Mind Boggling

(A/N- Any dialogue with the * sign at the beginning and the end indicates that another laughter is being spoken)

While each and every one of the students watching gripped the handles of their chairs, their hearts pounding, Atticus and Aurora followed behind the squad silently without uttering a word.

Atticus couldn't help but slightly praise Aurora. Throughout the whole process, she hadn't once shaken or even flinched. He was controlling the water in her suit; he would have known the instant she did.

Atticus cleared his head of any distracting thoughts and focused on the matter at hand, his gaze landing on the massive and imposing form of the majestic gate of the city as the group walked closer to the city.

'It's big,' Atticus couldn't help but think. It was truly massive. He had seen it from afar, from the top of the hill but had totally misjudged its height. Now that he was close, it truly was tall.