The Broken Sigil

Chapter 12: The Academy

   “You! Young sir, have gotten yourself in a lot of trouble,” Lucius and Cristopher heard the ruckus that was coming from down the hallway. The academy was built in a classical fashion, there was no need for anything grand and fancy, it was just like any other school at the time, just plain white walls, with brown frames on the windows, brown furniture, brown marble tiles, the roof wasn’t high it was just normal in contrast to the palaces Lucius and Cristopher have gotten used to living in. “Off to the master with you!” the noise kept coming as out from the corner came a man dressed in black robes, curly gray hair, and sideburns. He had his arm twisting the ear of a kid that he dragged all the way across the hallway.

    “Wouldn’t want to be friends with that guy,” spoke Cristopher looking as the man dragged the kid.

    “Yeah…” replied Lucius not quite sure who Cristopher meant exactly, the groundskeeper sounded the bell that indicated both of them to get to the classroom. This was the first day in the academy for them, from this day they will train and learn everything it takes to become Protector, what kind of teachers will they have? What subjects will they be studying? Everything was a bit exciting and a lot scary, in fact, we're a bit hesitant to enter the classroom, but the money their parents spend would tell them otherwise, they weren’t going to embarrass their parents now. Both of them slowly entered the classroom and looked around. The academy itself may not have been anything strange but the classrooms were strange indeed. One would think that in a classroom there should be chairs and tables and a board, but this was different, there was a board on the wall sure, but there were no chairs nor tables for the students to sit, it was just a plain room with wooden parquet on the floor, the walls had shelves and cupboards filled with books and transparent bottles filled with strange colors, there were shields and swords attached to the walls as well as some staffs. Lucius and Cristopher approached closer to the board where there stood a man who had his back turned to the rest of the room, it seemed like he was reading something, all of a sudden Cristopher cleared his throat in order to gain his attention. The man turned at them swiftly and with a piercing look, he shut closed the book he was reading and tucked it in his robes, Both of them could notice the book was a hardcover brown.

    “Just the two?” asked the man quietly and calmly. He was tall had black clothes and a black cape, his long hair parted in the middle, and scary black eyes, the students felt uneasy whenever around him.

    “Found this rascal outside, practicing!” the same man that dragged the kid by the ear entered the classroom and brought the student with him, whose ear was red and hurt like hell.