I looked at the both of them while feeling a surge of adrenaline in my system. I have never spoke up to anyone. Maybe not to those who are higher than me.

    "What is it that is occurring here?" I turned around and saw an old man that with thick beared and silver eyes. He had wrinkles while he was holding a black stick to support him.

    "That is the headmaster, Lethenar Guvicikaea." I heard Nate in my head again.

    I looked at him in the eye as he did the same to me.

    "Oh I was just leaving Professor Lethenar. I lost my appetite due to some matters." I said while looking at Kaval who was now looking far ahead..

    I looked at the one beside him. He was still looking at me and his eyes were saying something that I could not make up. I looked away and back to the professor.

    "Well now, you can''t leave yet. I still have an announcement to make Alex. Besides you are still needed here for the opening ceremony."

    "What will that be if I may ask."

    "Each year, the descendants of each kingdom must open the ceremony by showing their ability to the whole school. Although I see that you are in a hurry and must be tired but I would like to order that you stay for a while. The ceremony won''t take long further." The professor said and walked away.

    I was quivering inside in the thought of how am I supposed to show up in front of these people while I have no power to show. I felt someone looking at me right now and as I turned, I saw Kaval smirking at me.

    "Now Felix. Show me that knowledge you speak of." He said with a mocking tone in his voice.

    "Do not mind him Alex. He''s just jealous." I looked at Diane who was glaring at Kaval and the other one who was dead drop silent. I looked away and thought of what might come in this. I know that dead track is what lies far ahead and there are no other ways to choose.

    "Looks like you are staggering boy."

    I immediately looked at the person with a glare. He was smirking which raised the hairs in my body. I looked at him fixated and analyzed him as a whole. He was wearing this dark attire and his cape was embroidered with the symbol of fire. Ah, my rival. I said in my head. No wonder he wanted me to fail at the start. His eyes were dark as charcoal, he also had sharp features. His face was that of art if I may say so truthfully. He was masculine as I was slender. He has this authority roaring in the air whenever he spoke as his presence was heavily felt throughout without him doing anything.

    "I see, but I that is none of your concerns am I right?" I spat back.

    "I guess not."

    The table went back on silence but a minute or two, the voice of the headmaster was yet again heard booming.

    "We need to leave your majesty. Your position is at stake here and we cannot take such risk." I heard Nathan''s voice yet again but I was to occupied on thinking how will I get through this without walking through the situation. I looked at Nate who was waiting for my command. His eyes were filled with worries and fear but I know not because of being embarrassed but because of my wellbeing. Nate is really selfless and sometimes I hate him for it. I turned to face Diane who was eating while her brows were furrowed.

    "As it is custom. Every year, our academy starts it''s new batch of students with a ceremony including the royal descendants of the greats who ones stepped foot and trained in this academy and I the academy will continue to feel very honored that we get to present and unite the kingdoms in this glorious event."

    I can feel my hands shaking under the table as I set my gaze unto the professor who is standing upfront with a slight yet true smile on his face. Diane already stopped eating while Kaval looked like he had his mind elsewhere. I looked over to the ever so mysterious guy who had his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes closed. I chose to look away, afraid that he might catch me staring.

    "As you all know that within the past few years, the academy only had the privilege of welcoming new students and starting of the new school year with three heirs. As I have longed for the complete ceremony, it seems that the gods heard my prayers as we are finally joined by the heir of the kingdom which was recorded with the most conquer of victor in the schools entire history span. I am thrilled to witness another glorious moment thus, let the ceremony begin."

    My head at the moment as a chaotic place that can be compared to the vast yet compact void of space and the ballistic matter it opposes to itself and the destruction it has made to end itself. Nathan was looking down and I knew that he was thinking on how can we escape this. The crowd of students in front of us was up with their applause and exited faces without knowing that they''d face the disappointment of the millennium.

    "Professor, I have something to propose." I looked over to Kaval who''s wearing an evil smirk that made the hairs in my body rise.

    "Why don''t we have a battle as a kick off for this years ceremony?"

    The old man smiled as I frowned. I knew where this is going. The celestials have aligned for this moment and I do not know if I am to be alive mentally if I am to be drained by embarrassment and possible even pity. I was helpless, I was a person that held nothing but words that would supposedly impose that I am like my father.

    "Then may I suggest Prince Alex to battle with Prince Hade?" the moment the words left the professor''s mouth, I was sent into the air with an agonizing pain that scorched me into the core.

    Gasps where heard across the hall as I struggled to stand back up but when I did managed. I knew who was I up to. Cheers roared as fear drowned me. I had little burns on my arm and my cape was disheveled. Nate was quick to attend to me as he fixed his gaze unto the person who I assume is the Prince of the Inferno. Hade.

    "Move away nitwit." He said in command as he approached us but Nate stayed firm, his persona unwavering but he was slammed into the wall right behind me and I watched in horror as he collapsed on the floor as the blue liquid streamed down his forehead. I turned to face him as my anger was consuming me rather than fear. I didn''t know what was happening as my head couldn''t process anything. Students from my kingdom were yelling enraged from what happened but I was focused on the man who stood in front of me, wearing an evil smirk.

    When I reached him, my hands were fast enough to slap him. Those who were from my kingdom roared into cheers as I felt horrible for doing so. He turned his face back at me and I swear to whoever is up there, they were raging with fire.

    I looked over to the headmaster along with the professor''s and important persona in the room and he was looking at me with a questioning look, eyebrow raised and figure stern. I gulped visibly and went back to face the person in front of me. The voice in ny head keeps saying that I shouldn''t have done that but a part of me is proud for what I did. Never in my life did I lay a hand nor harm anybody and this moment is a new thing for me. Am I happy? No. Am I excited? Yes but I know that all of this is short lived. And as the universe called it, I was swallowed in a ball of fire and was lifted into mid air. My breath became ragged as I felt my throat close and my skin boil.

    "This person right here is an impostor of the image he oppose." Hade said while looking at me still. Murmurs spread like the fire he had in him asking what his words meant. I would rather choose death over anything else in this situation for I feel like I will not have an image to show them after whatever it is that''s going to happen.

    "He has no power-" the moments he opened his mouth, I fell to the floor as I heard a loud bang that shook the hall we are in. I groaned as the pain I felt surged from my bottom to the top of my body. I felt really dizzy and with this embarrassment that I am going or now facing, I felt like I want to puke and cry silently in my room. I wanted to be swallowed by the earth beneath me at the moment. My vision was a blur but I know and certain that everyone was staring either at me or to whatever it s that caused the shaking in the hall.

    The moment that my vision became clear, I saw Hade laying the ground with a huge cut in his left arm. His eyes were filled with hatred and disgust. A circle of fire was around him as if it was protecting him. His aid was steady at his side and looked unbothered. I looked over to Nate and he was still unconscious. I quickly moved over to him and pain was consuming my body with every bit of movement I made.

    "Nate! Wake up!"

    I was starting to palpitate and my vision was starting to go hazy. I heard voices in my head calling for my name. I ducked down as I covered my head trying to not hear anything. Everything was in chaos.

    "Alexander!!!!"

    I gasped and jumped from the bed. I looked at Nate who was staring at me with worry. Wait. So I just woke up? I had a dream of waking up and seeing a man peeping over me. The chills came back as I thought about it. It''s odd. How everything is mixed up. One thing I was dreaming about meeting the gods, then waking up and seeing a creepy man. Then suddenly went back in time to my first meeting with the others which strangely is the same but also not at the same time. Something in the back of my head is yelling someone''s name is not correct but I can''t seem to pinpoint it.

    "Are you okay?" Nate asked with worry. I only nodded and was about to ask something when I saw dark figure in the washroom. I was frozen as I was fixated at it. Nate looked at me with a weird stare and followed my gaze.

    "Do you see that? Nate someone is in there." I was starting to panic. This can''t be. He was in my dream. It was just in my dream.

    "Alex, I can see it." He spoke with a shaky voice.

    Eyes wide, body frozen and cold. The both of us in the room, a face emerged from the door. Peeked at us with the same eyes I saw in my dreams. The same smirk I saw in my dreams. The man who had red eyes.