Theo and the other newbies enter the Aureole Academy looking fresh as ever in their uniforms. They all look excited, scared, and curious. Theo is at the back, his head on the ground, avoiding any attention possible. His eyes are blank on the gold floor, his footsteps feeling heavy.

‘’This place feels…’’ He thinks to himself. ‘’I can’t describe it, but it feels ominous.’’

And he feels something, really. Something bloody in nature, the feeling jolts his body.  And he hears punching sounds, shouting sounds, he turns around and due to his two powerful sense of sight ability, he sees a visual in his head of people fighting in a room, and second – with his sense of hear ability, he hears threatening sounds.

‘’Charlie…. Charlie…Charlie’’

He starts feeling anxious, he is scared. He tries to ignore, but he hears the voice again.

‘’Charlie…Charlie…Charlie’’

The voice more painful, as well as the visual in his head getting stronger. He stops walking, while the crowd moves. He is just standing, sweating.

‘’Should I help him?’’ He thinks.

‘’I want to but I don’t have the courage to. I don’t know if I want to help or leave him alone, at the same time I don’t want someone getting hurt. But also, I’m a shy coward with a low sense of self.’’

‘’C’mon Theo, think, think. You are the only one that can hear this, and you don’t want to help? Why can’t you move Theo? Move!’’

He turns around to the door where the sound came from. And he is debating in his head, ‘’Should I tell the teachers?’’

‘’Wait…Where are the adults in this place?’’ He looks and finds no teacher around, or grown-up. ’This is strange.’’

And then hears the voice louder than ever, ‘’You shouldn’t have come here, and now. I have no choice but to kill you!’’

Theo jolts up, ‘’Can I rescue him? Can I save him? Can I do it?!’’ His mind starts racing, until he slaps himself, ‘’No. I should save him.’’

His sweating intensifies, and he forces a determined smile. He starts running, footsteps echoing on the marble floor. Half the crowd of newbies turn around and look at him.

‘’What is he doing?’’ They all wonder in confusion.

Theo starts running faster, ‘’I have a visual of the door in my head. It must be D7.’’ He runs, panting heavily.

He then turns around and sees D7, ‘’There It is! D7!’’ He shouts to himself.  He doesn’t open the door; he just slams in and gasps.

‘’Charlie…’’ His voice echoes as Charlie is tied to white strings, sweating profusely. But very angry, ‘’I’m gonna kill you!’’

‘’Say that again, baby boy.’’ The shadowy boy says as he ties the strings, making Charlie scream in pain.

Theo is shocked and scared, ‘’What on earth is going on?’’ He thinks to himself. He then sees the shadowy figure and shouts, stammering, ‘’H-H-Hey. Leave the-the boy alone!’’

The shadowy figure stops and looks at Theo, smirking, ‘’And just who do you think you are?’’

Theo stands firm, ‘’I said leave him alone and let him go!’’

The shadowy figure stares at him, and laughs loudly, echoing around the room, ‘’And what if I don’t?’’

Theo is scared, he is dying in the inside, ‘’Th-Then. I’m going to find the teachers and call them here.’’

The shadowy figure stares at him, and wheezes, the laugh is building up, ‘’You newbie. There are no teachers here!’’

The figure laughs loudly, even tearing, ‘’This is not how you play the game, kid. You are supposed to fight! Not get a teacher’s attention. You think this place is normal? It’s not. It’s Aureole Academy. The school of no return!’’

Theo gasps, shocked. He can’t believe what he just said. He stands, freezing, tears growing in his eyes, ‘’No, No, No. You’re lying!’’

The strings spring out of the shadowy figure’s hand and to Theo, he looks up and clutches them tightly with his two hands.

‘’You’re lying!’’ He shouts angrily as he breaks the strings with his bare fists, panting heavily.

The figure smirks, ‘’It’s the hard truth, kid. There’s no exit, it’s just 24/7 in the depressing dorms.’’

Theo angrily runs to the figure, dodging the strings which captured Charlie, he jumps, flips, vaults, and uses his fists or teeth to break them. The shadowy figure looks in amusement, ‘’You are talented.’’

‘’I learned parkour in 6^th grade! So, let the boy go before I use it on you as well!’’ Theo shouts in full rage. The figure releases more strings at Theo.

‘’You can’t escape this now.’’ The figure aims his finger at a light bulb, and 9 large strings drop on Theo.

‘’You’re surrounded!’’

Theo looks around, sweating. ‘’I can dodge this. I just have to make use of the environment.’’

However, the strings latch onto his legs, and Theo gasps, he is now upside down, ‘’I was gonna use that flower pot to hit his face, but now I’m out of reach. What should I do?’’ He thinks.

‘’Just believe it, newbie. This is the school of no return, there’s no use trying to fight it.’’ The figure says, amused.

Theo looks up, jaw clenched, ‘’Shut up! There’s no such thing as that!’’

‘’Oh, this is the place. I’ve been here for 5 years; I know how terrible this place is. Join me, we can burn it down together!’’

Theo tries to cut the strings with his hands, ‘’I refuse!’’ The strings latch onto his hands, making him gasp. The strings then smash him on the wall, forming a large crack.

‘’Guess, I have no use for you.’’ The figure says, sympathetic. He then releases more strings on his forehead and makes him smash on the cold wall.

Theo looks up, groaning in pain. Small blood streaming on his forehead, ‘’Who are you?!’’

The figure grins and shouts, ‘’I am— ‘’

However, the figure gets cut off when they see fire raining on the strings, they look up in shock. A large explosion sends Charlie flying on the ground, hitting the wall with a pose. The walls crack and explode, making the space where the figure stands drop.

‘’You would have made a great asset, Charlie!’’ The figure shouts as he falls down.

Charlie looks down in anger, bleeding everywhere. ‘’Go eat shit, skinny.’’

Theo is stunned, ‘’Did you do that?! You’re amazing you know that?!’’ Charlie turns to Theo, and shouts, ‘’And you, why the hell did you help me?! I didn’t need any help!’’

Theo recognizes him, ‘’Wait, you’re the one who bullied me before I entered.’’

Charlie’s eyes flicker with fire the moment he hears those words, he shoots a large fireball at Theo, exploding the room, sending him flying to the wall, heavily burnt. ‘’You..are…Charlie.’’ He says weakly before he drops on the ground weak.