The sun sets in the distance and Nytri is going to the dormitory. Surprisingly, she's been put in the room beside Ophelia. The dormitory is big with many small rooms built in, the small rooms are for the special class students and a huge room with about 40 sharing for the general students. The rooms are a lot since the academy itself is large enough to host a lot of students with its 17 dormitories for students and 4 buildings for staff.
Nytri enters her dorm which has a little garden in front with a fountain before the building. She enters the building to the 3rd floor with her room, she sees Ophelia entering her room in the corridor and waves at her. Ophelia waves back shyly and quickly enters her room. Nytri squints her mouth and continues walking to the door beside Ophelia's.
A group of girls are waiting outside for Nytri, they start to snicker when they see Nytri. The leader now being the noble from Falshurx steps up, "Well well well, look who finally showed up."
Nytri looks at them with her mind blank, then she puts her hand on her chest acting touched. "Awww, you waited for me?" She makes an emotional face, "You care about me so much you waited at my door for me."
"Tch," the Falshurx girl speaks, "Who cares about you?!" then she leans on the wall snickering, "I noticed a suspicious figure entering your room so I came to see, and here you are." She smiles looking down on Nytri.
Nytri continues with her act, "Awwww, you saw a suspicious person so you came to check up one me?" She rubs her eyes as if crying, "Aww, I could cry." Ophelia looks out her door and sees the commotion, she trembles watching then she slowly walks out. One of the noble girls see her, "And what do you want?" shouting down on her.
Ophelia looks down trembling, "L..L…." her voice barely a whisper, "Leave her." She looks down. Nytri looks at Ophelia with a smile, she walks up to Ophelia and holds her trembling hands. "I appreciate you looking out for me, thank you." Nytri smiles genuinely at her, "Let's go to my room, I brought a board game." Ophelia nods with a smile but the girls snicker, at this point a crowd has gathered to watch.
Nytri holds the door handle to her room and she freezes, "That's odd." The color of her eyes changed, Nytri is combat ready. Nytri's thoughts, "Why do I feel like a powerful opponent is behind this door?" The girls talk at her but she doesn't hear them. Nytri slowly opens the door and light enters her room from the corridor. A poisonous snake is lying on the floor before Nytri.
The girls snicker at Nytri, Ophelia freaks out trembling hard, "S…S….Security! Help!" she tries screaming but her voice small. The people watching haven't seen the snake. The snake slithers to Nytri and she stares at it trembling. Ophelia holds Nytri's shoulder trying to pull her since Nytri isn't responding to anyone. Ophelia tried tugging Nytri but she felt she was trying to pull a mountain.
The snake slithers to Nytri's feet and bites her, the teeth of the snake sink into her flesh and her blood flows on the floor. The girls start to worry since they didn't expect Nytri to just stand there. One of them finally screams drawing people's attention to the snake, they gather to see the snake biting Nytri's feet and she's unmoving. Ophelia starts casting healing magic on Nytri over and over but she's too frightened to actually cast anything.
Nytri stares at the snake in thought, "Just now…..Time has changed. I have another set of memory." Nytri bends down and grabs the snake by the head/neck picking it up, "A hatchling Serpentus, this is normally 10 to 20 meters….It's been shrunk. There's no way the girls could get this kind of serpent, it's already strong to fight a champion."
Nytri brings the snake to her eye level staring at it in thought, "My first memory, it was a big worm. I didn't even notice it and crushed it, everyone was shocked but it was a worm….But right now….this is a Calamity hatchling…yet it's here. It'll die due to EP density, so why?"
At this moment, Nytri enters a trance. She sees the figure of a man at a table with another man. The first man she felt familiar to Him but couldn't tell why but the second man, she felt hate. The 2 played a game like chess and Nytri is a chess piece in the hand of the first man. The first man is moving Nytri towards a piece of the hateful man whose pieces are away from the king piece.
Nytri stumbles back a bit regaining her consciousness with the snake in her hand. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" Ophelia asks with worry. Nytri glances back at her with a smile, "I'm alright." Then she looks at the snake in thought, "Is this how Aunt Moti's prophecy works? No…this isn't a prophecy but a memory….the question is, who is strong enough to mess with time beyond comprehension?"
Nytri sighs, "No point in overthinking this." Everyone is surprised by her words, a snake just bit her….there's no wound on her feet. Nytri walks to the window in her room and opens it, "For some reason it's very dark outside. All my senses aren't touched yet my vision deceives me." Ophelia blinks her eyes staring at Nytri utterly confused, at this moment a guard arrives to see this sight. A student holding a snake looking into the sky which is a mix of day and night, this sight stuns him.
Nytri looks at the snake then hate boils in her heart, "Off into the darkness with you!" Nytri moves her right hand holding the snake then with all her might, throw the snake out of her room. Nytri looks at her hands and she feels joy, "It's as if a weight has been lifted." Nytri finally notices everyone around her, "Eh?....What?"
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When Nytri was in her room holding the snake, she was being watched. In the sky on the highest cloud is the figure of a man, but the man has 4 creatures with 4 faces as the ones Nytri saw in the land of the dead around him. The man has a short nice beard and a nice short haircut almost looking like an afro. The man wore clothes looking like fire and precious stones yet the clouds he stood on seems to be burning. The man is of unimaginable beauty yet frightening appearance, but what makes Him even more frightening…is His eyes of fire.
This Person, is staring down at Nytri with a warm smile {I'm proud of you. You overcame].
One of the 4 creatures bow speaking with a voice of thunder, "Ancient One, she only won the game because you let her win. The rule is to have her memory erased until sh-"
{What matters is the results.} The Ancient One speaks, {The Serpent of Old, That Fallen Star set the rules. Yet there's nothing stopping Me. I gave her a part of Me as Wisdom, to become one with her.} He turns to look at the creature that spoke, {Now tell Me, is this any different from what I said?}
The creature shakes its/his/her head speaking, "No Ancient One. It is just as you told her…" The creature looks at Nytri, "But my Lord, is she capable of facing the dragon's pawns? She knows nothing of the war."
The Ancient One chuckles, {I AM A Man Of War. My daughter is no different. That is why I sent her servants as 'Foreigners' to her even if she only received a 100 of them.} He looks into the distance beyond the universe, {The rest are ready to join her anytime} He starts to walk vanishing into the darkness. The 4 creatures look at their faces then they also vanish.
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[AU: INFO
- Image of an Adult Serpentus: A colossal serpent with scales made of pure obsidian. It slithers through the depths, causing earthquakes with every movement and unleashing deadly venomous attacks. Current Known length: 4 kilometers
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