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On a normal day, Lexine is sent a large wardrobe and a letter telling her she is invited to a new school. She firmly believes it is a scam and refuses to go, not caring of the 'consequences' they had stated in the letter. However, on the day she resumed her normal classes, she is kidnapped and taken to the school. Here she learns that the world she knew was divided into two realms by what is known as a gate. The Headmaster took a risk in inviting her to be part of the academy. If anyone finds out that she is human, she might die in a duel. She agrees to the terms in order to find out the truth about her father. Was he part of this other world that had mystical creatures that were only found in fantasy films? If yes, what creature was he? What led him to get to the other side of the Gate? Lexine has to discover who she is, while rectifying the mistakes that her father made years and years before. Will she be accepted or kicked back to the other side of the gate or will she be killed to keep the secret? *Small excerpt* Lexine held the heavy metal sword tightly in her grip as she breathed heavily. She could feel the skin on her palm had become torn again. Either way, she could not give up now, not when she had come this far. She looked up at Taevlin who was attacking her silently with wave after wave of water. Her job was to cleanly slice the waves of water in half before they hit her body. So far, she had succeeded in hitting none. Taevlin was becoming increasingly irritated with the human. He ran a hand through his ash gray locks, trying to think of a solution. Without a word, he walked up to the human, held her by the hips and pushed down, thereby correcting her posture. Lexine internally frowned, not used to contact with a lot of people. Before she could get a word in, Taevlin had spoken in her mind, 'Plant your legs firmly, else the force of the water will continue to push you back.' She frowned, "I've told you time and again, don't speak in my head like that. It's disturbing." Despite the chastising tone she was using, she followed his instructions and planted her sneaker covered feet ankle deep inside the soil. Taevlin: 'Did she just...' Note: This book does not focus on the love life Lexine will have. Yes she will have a love life, but it is not the whole plotline. The main theme is how she grows as a whole, trying to accept who she is and find out who her father truly was. I would like to hear your guesses on who the love conquests are though. There's a whole new world being introduced, many different species. All characters, despite not being in the main cast, have a storyline. If they are important to the story, the storyline will be explained further. Hope you enjoy the book, and please comment on anything you would like to point out.
The night was silent, devoid of any noise. If one were to listen closely, you could hear the whispering of the trees, as they spoke to each other. The whispers continued as tree after tree told the story to another.
Deep in the forest, there stood a man. He stood before a massive lake that clearly reflected the light of the full moon on his face. He held a picture in his hands and he gazed at it. His eyes were misted over and a small smile framed his lips.
A tear dripped down his cheek and onto the picture.
He crumbled the picture up in his hands.
The silence of the night became more profound, leaving the world around it engulfed in silence. The man fell to his knees, having seemingly lost his strength.
A shadow formed itself in front of him, standing above the suspiciously still water. The shadow disfigured in and out of the darkness before forming something akin to a solid body. However, the body was still transparent. The shadow stood up straight, looking down at the kneeling man as if giving him a condensing look.
It was almost as if he did not notice this shadow, for the man only had his eyes locked onto the picture he had crumpled up in his palms. The shadow did not make a sound and observed silently.
When the moon reached its highest position, the man's body began to shake. As if possessed, his body bent backward and a large crack filled the surrounding area. The man bit his lip, to prevent himself from screaming out in pain. His left arm was next to break. The fingers cracked backward, then it bent at the elbow and at the shoulder.
Realizing that his right hand was next, the man stuffed the picture he held in his hand into his mouth. Tears ran down his face as the right hand broke next. Before his jaw broke, he chewed and swallowed the picture.
His legs were next, all the joints breaking.
By this time, his vision swam in and out of darkness. He thought of his daughter and a large drop of tear dripped down his eye. 'I am sorry.' Was his last thought, as his neck broke.
Wind whipped around the area, its strength forcing trees out of the soil from the roots. Just when the wind calmed, a whirlpool of water appeared from the previously calm lake. It splashed through the shadow and onto the man. The ground rumbled, throwing the dead man a few centimeters off of the ground. White mist engulfed the area.
As suddenly as this had happened, it all disappeared. By the time the mist had cleared, the man's body had disappeared. Left in his place was the small shoot of a tree.
Small Theater(S/T):
Man: I can't believe you killed me in the first chapter. Couldn't I have lived on for just a few more years.
Author: Oh shush. You'll delay the progress
Man:...
