1 What is going on?

*urghhh..*

A painful scream resounded from a room, making the people around widen their eyes.

"What is this noise?!" a lady shouted looking at the door.

"What happened?" another female voice came from behind.

the crowd gathered outside the room, all looking at her.

the lady came forward with a frown on her beautiful face.

"Miss Christie, we heard a scream from inside." a young lady said nervously.

"step aside!" Miss Christie said and pushed the door open.

"HAAH?"

All the people present shouted in fright, as they looked inside.

Miss Christie was not different either, but she was calm and collected.

"Mark Flynn?" she spoke looking at a young man inside the room sitting on a bed.

The young man looked dumbfounded. he narrowed his eyes and looked at her carefully.

"Hello? you're..." the young man scratched his head and looked at her.

she looked very tense, but her beautiful eyes were very inviting to him.

she had long black hair, Asian skin complex, with long eyelashes, and her unique violet pupils were slightly gleaming.

the young man looked dazed.

Cough!

"All of you leave the room at once!" Miss Christie exclaimed.

the crowd dispersed within seconds leaving behind those two in the room.

Miss Christie didn't say anything and approached him.

Mark noticed her glare and gulped. she slowly extended her right hand and pointed her index finger at him.

a glowing orbit of light appeared around her finger, making Mark widen his eyes in shock.

but before he could utter any word, a glowing arc launched at him.

Swish!...

he closed his eyes instinctively. and grabbed his head.

"huh?"

nothing happened. he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Miss Christie.

"hmm... interesting..." Miss Christie mumbled.

"huh? what happened?" Mark gasped in surprise.

"Mark Flynn! follow me!" she said and turned around.

Mark gulped and slowly stood up on the bed. he looked at himself covered in bandages.

"umm... E-Excuse me?" he slowly asked.

"What? I said follow me!" She said and walked out of the room.

Mark quickly grabbed a shirt near his bed and walked out of the room.

they exited the room and walked through the corridor. on his way, he noticed many stares from a lot of people.

they soon reached a room and entered.

upon arriving Miss Christie pointed at the couch. "Sit there,"

she said and went over to a mini-fridge.

"umm... so tell me, how are you doing?" she asked as she grabbed an Orange juice bottle.

"I... I am fine." he took a deep breath and relaxed.

"Great! now tell me who are you?!" this time her voice was cold. she glared at him and poured the juice into the glass.

"I..." he flinched at her question and looked at her.

"I am Mark Flynn, " he said nervously.

Miss Christie looked at him, then at the glass.

"Here drink this..." she handed over the glass of juice.

"...thanks" he held the glass and took a sip.

but as he swallowed a bit, his eyes widened.

the juice entered his stomach felt mind-blowing... No- this was not orange juice at all.

he gulped down the rest in one go.

"What is this?" he asked in an excited tone

Miss Christie looked at him with an annoyed look and sat down on the couch.

"... that's the holy water of purification," she said and she leaned back on the couch.

"holy water?" Mark looked at her with a curious look.

"I don't know what to say...Mark Flynn! do you recognize me?" she asked in a calm tone.

"I... I don't!" Mark said with a straight face.

*sigh* Miss Christie looked at a photo frame on the desk.

In the photo, two girls were smiling, one is Miss Christie and the other one looks similar to Miss Christie, but a bit younger.

for some reason, she appeared very distressed looking at the photo.

"I don't know what's going on... can you tell me where am I?" Mark asked after not getting the situation.

Miss Christie looked at him with disdain.

"I don't know what's going on either... people going missing... dead coming back to life..."

"by the way, this is the Maddox Elemental Academy," she said in a slow voice, audible enough for Mark.

"Maddox Elemental Academy?" his heart started to pound harder.

breathing heavily on the couch he stood up.

"what happened?" Miss Christie.

Mark looked at her and gulped. 'What? Maddox Elemental Academy? isn't this the name of the Magic Academy from the book I was reading?'

he thought of a book he was reading, that mentioned the same name as this.

"Mark Flynn? what happened?" she frowned again looking at him.

"it's nothing. by the way, is this a magic academy by any chance?" after witnessing her using magic, he guessed that must really be the case.

"Don't you remember anything at all?" she sighed.

"I don't really know..." Mark shook his head.

"This is indeed a magic academy. and you're a student in this Academy too," said Miss Christie with a frown.

"wait for a second! I have called Miss Lor she will be here any moment," she said with a troubled look on her face.

then, there was Mark sitting on the couch while his mind racing through the whole world.

' what the heck is this? did I somehow get transmigrated?'

' No way right? how is this even possible? I must be dreaming.'

' but then again it feels too real to be a dream.'

' wait! I was reading the book last time I went to the library. is this why I am having a dream?'

but alas he didn't have to wait long. soon the doorknob turned, and opening the door a beautiful young lady looked at him with her beautiful eyes.

"Oh! Miss Lor, you're here? come have a seat."

Miss Christie greeted her with a straight face.

"Oh Christie, what happened you called me out of blue? did you finally find a man? you know I can hel-" she was cut short by miss Christie.

"Please... you're 31 and still single, you might be the last person I will turn to for love advice." Miss Christie cringed.

"how rude! I just entered my prime, and also, there are a lot of guys hitting on me," said Miss Lor with a pout.

sigh!

Miss Christie looked at Mark and then Miss Lor.

"hey, Christie, who is this young man? your boyfriend?" Miss Lor said and winked at him.

Mark looking at her smile blushed.

"no he is not!" said Miss Christie with an irritated tone.

"His name is Mark Flynn!"

that being said, Miss Lor widened her eyes. then soon chuckled.

"come on Christie, it wasn't a good joke."

"it's not a joke, you've never seen him before but it's really him. I can't make a mistake." Miss Christie spoke in a cold voice.

"But he is dead! it's been a month! and you're saying it's him? and you want me to believe it?!"

Miss Lor stood up in anger and smashed the table with her fist.

THUD!

the force was too strong for a wooden table to handle and it was destroyed into pieces, along with the floor tiles.

this time Miss Christie didn't say anything just looked down.

unlike before, Miss Lor seemed like a different person.

Mark on the other, hand jumped on the spot and fell back from the couch.

Sigh!...

Miss Lor calmed down looking at the young man and sat down.

"so tell me what's going on!" she asked Miss Christie.

"it's like this..." and she started to explain everything that happened.

"I see... but from what you said, it could be that his body is possessed." Said Miss Lor with a cold tone.

"I am sure that's not the case, I gave him the holy water. and he is perfectly fine after drinking that. if his body was really possessed by an evil spirit or a demon. he wouldn't be better than a dried corpse by now."

"is that so... I will look into this matter. as of now let him rest," said Miss Lor, and threw a bracelet towards Mark.

"Mark... you should be grateful to her." she smiled at him.

"i-i..." Mark was dumbfounded and embarrassed looking at her smile.

"don't worry about anything and rest well in your dorm. and don't you dare leave this Academy premises without my permission."

"thank you, Miss Lor, Miss Christie, and what is this bracelet?" asked Mark.

"This is a calling device. you can use it to call someone. It's directly connected to mine, so if you need something, you can just rub the surface and then leave a message."

said Miss Lor and left the room.

after that, Miss Christie looked at him with a cold glare.

"you can go to your dorm now, here's your id." she handed him a small steel plate with some weird symbols.

"thank you..."

"now scram!" she chased him away afterward.