Torn Pages

"Help! Anais!" Nana carried Lin and Jasper on her shoulders, towards Anais. Jasper's arm had been nearly burnt to a crisp from all the magic he had been using and exerted in such a short amount of time. Lin has broken several bones, causing him to not be able to walk, "Call for help!"

Anais ran towards Nana, carrying Jasper, "You alright?"

"Yeah, perfectly fine, in fact I've never been better." Jasper said sarcastically.

"I'll call for help and postpone the exam, besides, what happened?" Anais asked Nana, "Where did you go? You just went missing and they told us not to worry about it."

"Oh nothing." Nana looked away, "Hey you take Lin, I'll call for help."

"Yeah." Anais was suspicious of Nana, something has happened and she didn't want to tell any of them, "Hey you guys, hang in there, helps coming soon." Anais placed Jasper and Lin on the floor. A sharp pain went through his head as he looked at Lin. Anais looked at Lin, he resembled the way his mother had been when he last saw her.

"Anais!" Nana called out with medics behind her, "We got help!"

-----Scene 2-----

"What happened?" Leo towered over Nana as she sat down on a bench, her body soaked in blood, "Aren't you suppose to be at the tower? Recovering? This is bounds for expulsion here, you're lucky the higher ups see something in you."

"Here." Nana slammed the piece of paper onto Leo's chest, "Here's your damn signature."

"Woah, don't get all pissy with me missy. I'm the only reason you're alive." Leo got down to look at Nana in the eyes, "Just because you were allowed an exit and a license doesn't mean you're safe." Leo had a murderous intent in his eyes" his shoulder still had the bite mark Nana had left on him, "I'm human, you're not."

Nana stared back, unafraid of Leo.

"HAHAHAHA!" Leo roared out in laughter, "I like this one, she's fearless." Leo had suddenly changed mood, now laughing.

"Leo cut it out, she's had it hard enough. I'll take it over from here." Jae Yoon walked towards Nana pushing Leo away, "My names Jae Yoon, a manager at S.O.U.L and a council member. Tell me exactly what happened, from start to finish."

Nana was reluctant, she didn't want to tell Jae Yoon, she had not told a single soul about her book or her abillities. "Well... I had discovered this bo-" She felt something pierce her heart.

"Stop." Nana had instantly transported into the cave where Ignotus and Nana had first met, "Do not tell him." Ignotus said, he had cracks all over his body and his eyes were a dark soulless colour. Ignotus was in his true form, a male body.

"Where have you been? After you said to kill myself you just disappeared on me!" Nana stomped onto the ground, splashing the water everywhere.

"I'm sorry Nana. My time here is limited. I've been attacked" Ignotus explained, "This was no doing of my own, I did not choose this. You've seen your book, you've seen how it's been destroyed and torn. The book is indirectly related to me. Whatever happens to that book, happens to me."

"Well who tore the book anyway? I didn't let anyone get near to it." Nana was concerned, not only for Ignotus but the book.

"I don't know Nana, I really don't." Ignotus' body was slowly starting to deteriorate and disintegrate into the water, "All I'm sure is that I've lost my powers of being able to bring you back to life, even after your death. I'm only capable of reversing a couple seconds, just to heal your wounds. Even so I'm not capable of doing it so much." Ignotus got onto his knees, "I'm truly sorry for not being able to serve you properly. I have failed as a familiar and as a protector."

Nana was shocked, not only was her only guide injured and damaged but she was now mortal, she could die, "Well what happens to the prophecy? What is the prophecy?"

Ignotus kept his held down, not responding the Nana, "I'm afraid I'm not able to answer your question. You'll have to find out yourself." Soon, the cave filled with darkness and Nana awoke.

"As you were saying?" Jae Yoon looked confuse as Nana had mysteriously stopped talking.

"Oh right... nothing. A Dicere had attacked me and I had used an orb of revelation to fight back. I would've died if I hadn't use it." Nana quickly responded.

Jae Yoon nodded in agreement, "Seems to check out. Well, why was this Dicere pursuing you but not other students, do you have any particular history with this Dicere?" Jae Yoon kept digging for answers.

Nana wanted to tell the truth but she could feel something, or someone, looking at her, "No. It was just a coincidence."

Jae Yoon could feel that something was not right, he wrote everything Nana said down, "Okay well... Are you aware of the consequences of using an orb of revelation without a proper license is?"

Nana nodded in agreement, "Expulsion and punishable by death if turned into a Dicere."

"Well done, you've done your home work." Jae Yoon wrote something down on his notepad, "And you willingly chose to use the orb of revelation?"

"I had no other choice." Nana responded.

Jae Yoon did not feel satisfied with her answer, "Are you aware the orb you used was an artificial orb?"

Nana remembered the orb she had crushed during her first altercation with Mika was red, the one she had showed to Anais was purple, "No."

"Hmm... okay." Jae Yoon was confused, "Well, you're a special case...?"

"Nana."

"Nana, yes. Nana you're a special case, you're not being executed immediately for turning into a Dicere because you're capable of switching in and out of human and Dicere." Jae Yoon put his hand on Nana's shoulder, "Do you know Adora?"

Nana shaked her head, "No, she said she was a childhood friend of Lin's."

"Ah, that must be how the Dicere was capable of getting the orb." Jae Yoon wrote it down into his notepad.

Nana remembered of when Adora had came close with Lin and touched his pocket, she must have swapped orbs with Lin at that moment. She was trying to trick Nana into using the artificial orb, turning her into a Dicere.

"Well, thank you." Jae Yoon walked away from Nana, into the scene.

"Hey, did you hear about what happened with the team that had a Yean in their team? I heard one of their team mates was a Dicere and one was turned into one." A student quietly whispered to his friend as they sat on a bench.

Jae Yoon walked past the two students, "Please no gossiping, we're looking into the situation as thoroughly and soon as possible. Do not spread information that is false or unconfirmed." Jae walked towards the destroyed buildings, where the second trial was being held.

"Sir Jae Yoon!" A soldier stood infront of Jae Yoon, saluting, "We require your immediate help! An unknown presence has been found on the premises and require immediate action!"

Jae Yoon sighed, "What is it?"

"A class A1 Dicere sir!" The soldier shouted.

"I'm directly infront of you, no need to shout." Jae Yoon said, "Anyway, there's another one? Wasn't the dicere taken care of by the students? I'm busy."

"The Dicere was taken care of by the students, but her core seemed to have regenerated." The soldier shouted, at a lower volume.

"What?" Jae Yoon was shocked, he'd never heard of a Dicere like this.