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I swallowed a huge gulp of water. “Wow, you’re really thirsty, looks like I don’t know the full story. What happened to you in there?” Lexus asked, as she took a sip from her own bottle.
“I made a mirror angry and it started making clouds of smoke everywhere,” I told her as if it were the most common thing that could happen to a person. “What happened to you in there?” I asked.
“Well, a chimera came charging at me when I first entered the Unknown. That was where I got this,” she pointed at the scratch on her waist, “Then I saw a huge hole with rattle snakes coming out of it. Then I found you,” she said, using the same tone of voice as mine.
And I thought I went through the hardest parts of the Unknown. Rattle snakes? Chimera? The mirror and plant incidents were nothing compared to those dangers.
“So, what now?” I asked.
Lexus shook her head and shrugged.
We waited.
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After about three hours of chatting about the details of what happened to both of us, the last wave of Undecided came out of the Unknown. We all clapped for their return.
The leaders came out from an entrance behind the Unknown to greet the Accepted. All five of them lined up in the middle of the field with the swarm of guards clustered around them, some scattered around near the bleachers we were sitting on.
The Phoenix leader spoke. He seemed to be the one who usually makes the announcements since he has such a thunderous voice.
“Welcome, Survivors. You have successfully completed the challenge of the Unknown, and we are very proud to see a lot of Accepted this year. Congratulations.” He gave everyone on the benches a warm smile.
“The trains to your sectors are ready for you in the station.” The man paused as the leaders stood there conversing with each other, the guards keeping an eye out for any trouble as a few of them surrounded the leaders to watch their backs.
I was able to identify each of those leaders since I had studied about them, but I didn’t really learn everything related to them in full detail. The leaders weren’t very open about their personal lives.
The woman who was wearing very elegant clothes and had a tight bun was Iva Sparks. She was the leader of the Sphinx sector. I knew from my previous studies that she was a very bright Sphinx affiliate back in the days when she was a soldier for the leaders.
The man with a perfect face and blonde hair – who looked like a very good example of what a devious person would look like – was the leader Jason Edge. He was the leader of the Mermaid Sector.
The man with bouffant, dark brown hair – and the one who gave me a challenging look – was the most intriguing out of all of them. He wore a long sleeved shirt and had his sleeves rolled up to reveal his gargantuan arms. He was Chase Stalwart, the leader of Lexus’s sector, the Dragon Sector. I knew how much Lexus hated the Dragon Sector; once she even drew mustaches on the Dragon leader’s face on one of our books.
A friendly and innocent-looking young woman with long silky black hair stood next to the strong Dragon Sector leader. Her dark complexion looked incredibly smooth. She was the leader of the Pegasus Sector, Raven Hartley. She was the wisest out of all of them, but I already knew that Iva didn’t really have a good relationship with her since Iva used logic to make decisions while Raven used her emotions.
The man with the strong voice was the one that I had to look up to and show more respect for from now on. He wore a nice suit for the Sector Commemoration. His dark green eyes were full of warmth, even more than the warmth my mother’s eyes usually had. His jet-black hair was shaggy despite his obvious efforts to keep it swept back. He was Demetrius Hail, the leader of the Phoenix Sector.
Demetrius spoke again, “Now, we will all enter the trains, sector by sector, to the Valley of the Myths. That is where your chosen sectors will be”
Demetrius ended his speech.
The Sphinx leader, Iva accompanied by guards, led her affiliates to the hill. The Mermaid leader, Jason also accompanied by guards, went second with his affiliates. Now it was the Dragon sector’s turn, Chase Stalwart waited near the exit with his own guards surrounding him.
“Well, I guess this is my turn,” Lexus said, echoing discouragement. She stood up.
“You’re going to fit in easily trust me; you’re brave, and proud. Just be careful, some people in the Dragon sector have a big ego,” I warned her.
She nodded, agreeing. Lexus, Luther and the other affiliates, including Winter, followed their leader through the exit.
The Pegasus leader, Raven, led her affiliates out to the exit with a few guards and all that remained now was the Phoenix Sector.
Demetrius smiled at us and waved his hand for us to follow. Mason, the affiliates and I walked behind the guards with Demetrius in front of them as we entered the exit and away from this nightmare.
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We boarded the train to our sector. It was obviously ours since it had the symbol of the Phoenix on it – A Phoenix with its tail encircling itself alongside small flames trailing behind its tail –. I sat on a seat next to Mason.
“Hey…” he said flatly. Despite his faint smile I could still see sadness in his eyes. I tried to avoid his eyes as much as possible without making it seem obvious.
“Hey…” I said back.
“Losing someone like Isaac isn’t easy… not just for you, but for me too” he choked slightly. “He was also my brother…”
I nodded. I felt my stomach flop again after my brother’s name was mentioned. Mason frowned and apologized.
“It’s okay, it’s not you. It’s just the Unknown was extremely tiring, not just for me, but for all of us really.”
“It was...” he agreed.
“So what happened to you in the Unknown, rattle snakes? Chimeras? Evil stallions?” I asked, hoping that I would be able to change the mood.
“Actually, I saw Isaac around three minutes after I entered the Unknown,” he said.
“You did?” I asked, a little surprised.
“Yeah, he was really brave. We went through every obstacle together. We were so close to the exit.” Mason suddenly turned his head looking outside the window at the Unknown.
“But then Isaac told me he’d take another route so the leaders wouldn’t think that we helped each other. Looks like he didn’t make it,” he said with a frown.
“The hardest obstacle we went through was the siren. It kept taking shapes of people we care about so it was hard to get away completely. Isaac manipulated it by hating it and it worked,” Mason added with a mournful sigh.
I nodded slowly, “Yeah, he was really smart”.
I felt like crying and mourning my brother. Why did he have to mention Isaac? Especially that I now knew he had almost made it, but got lost. Then again, I am Isaac’s sister; of course he’d want to tell me. I was also practically like a sister him, too.
Mason noticed my glum expression. “Iris, I’m sorry about your brother. He was a really great friend.” My lower lip started to quiver slightly.
“You okay?” Mason asked me.
I shook my head, “Yeah, I’m fine. I just need to use the bathroom.” I got up, and instead of going to the bathroom, I went to the back of the train.
I really felt that I needed some alone time. I went to the last seat, and saw a