Snippet #1198853

Desmond was not asleep by most standards, nor was he unconscious. Being from across the gate, every time his soul slipped from being solidly planted in the current world he travels back o the other side in an ephemeral form, much like a ghost. This time he was in a strange place, a tower. A flash of brilliant green light, the remains of a battle, the royal palace, and finally the throne room; His father was placing a ring back on a tablet, a man in a military uniform was bowing, and the whole area went dark. He was back, for a moment at least, on the other side. He was trying to rest, knowing he had too to recover, and yet he couldn’t rest. Something was going on, something that was definitely a problem. His mind raced as he ran through the day’s events, trying to understand what it was that was nagging him so. He had to resolve whatever it was or he would be stuck in a half resting state and his recovery would take twice as long.

It took a few moments of reliving the day up to when he had used the ring before it hit him and his eyes shot open. “If the hunter was an imposter, then where’s the real student!?” he asked out loud as he shot up in his chair and instantly attracted the attention of a nearby Kalen.

“What’s wrong?”

“Kalen, I need you to get me to the front gate, now.” He said with a wheezing cough

She didn’t bother asking why; years had taught her that if he asked something of her it was important. She thought what would be the best way to help him get there swiftly, but the answer came as the bracelet on her wrist shifted and fell slightly.

Moments later she was stepping down the outside of the school heading for the group at the gate. Her hand on her Bracelet…

Little did any of them know that little more than 200 feet away in a tree a human clutching a crossbow with a scope was observing every move the creatures made, waiting for the other two teams to get into position. “Who to take first?” he asked with a smile as he thought of the pain he would bring to the inhuman monsters below…