MYSTERIES OF NO-LAND(Chapter 3.3)-Fantasy

Chapter 3.3

He walked into the hall as quietly as possible. While the guys were angry, the man sat at the dais maintained a calm demeanor. Vince thought he saw concern.

He joined the rest of them kids, on the floor, sitting at the back. A lot of them looked six or seven and only a few looked his age. He hoped he didn't look too out of place.

As soon as he sat down, the hall went dark provoking murmuring from every corner of the room. A reddish flame suddenly burst out at the front of the hall. Looking at where the man had been, Vince saw a massive dragon. He had been of the opinion that dragons were nonexistent but what about this? It was like nothing he'd ever seen.

"Did he turn to that?" He asked but no one answered, everyone equally dumbfounded as he was. That was soothing though seeing as he didn't want to feel like he was the only one present who had no knowledge how the admission process worked.
"Sindex Thyros, proceed."

The voice had come from the dragon. Now, it purred the same reddish breathe from its scaled nostrils.

The girl whose name had been called walked slowly towards the dais and stopped at a spot, a circle, drawn on the floor. She looked at the Dragon her eyes shifting from one of its eyes to the other. It opened its mouth and she took a step backward. It suddenly poured out a mist from its mouth, encapsulating the lady whose scream was ear-deafening. Then all went dark and quiet. So he killed her?

People everywhere were already sobbing, some even were even crying aloud. Suddenly, a thick blue flame leaped up illuminating the girl who had stopped shouting though she still looked scared.
"A miner. Good. Go out through the first door. "

It was then he saw the doors at the front of the podium. They were four in number and that meant they were going to be three other gifts, houses, classes, whatever they were.
" Steve Loner! Step forward "
A boy who had dog-eared ears walked boldly to the spot that has left by the girl and closed his eyes. He didn't scream when the flames engulfed him. When the hall went dark, the sobs had reduced. A green flame shot up and lingered for some time.
" A cultivator. The second door. "

He hurriedly went through the door.
" Jonathan Ratz"

A fat boy, whose shorts were threatening to give way giving his weight, hurried out. A sob escaping from his mouth. This one had to be a mummy's boy. He looked every bit it with his white shoes glittering in the cover of the almost dark room illuminated only by the light from the nostrils of the dragon as it wheezed.
He stood at the same spot the others had stood and shut his eyes. He still screamed though when the flame hit him. Everywhere went dark and lingered. The flames everyone expected never showed up.
"Well then, next. Douglas Martin."

No one answered or moved. The dragon wheezed. The flames from its nostrils lasting longer.
"I won't repeat again. Douglas Martin. "
The tall lanky boy spotting blonde hair moved forward. His eyes already filled with tears, terror clearly spelled out in his eyes.

It took him like forever to get to the platform. He stood at the spot his legs visibly shaking. When the fire came on him, he didn't even scream. Perhaps, he'd already accepted the worse. All went dark and then a reddish flame burst up.
"Aha! Finally, a shape shifter. Go in through the last door. "

The boy traipsed there mopping his eyes as he went.

Vince waited through the process. Some bluish flames, some greenish, a few reddish.

Then came the turn of a smallish girl he had noticed who had been perched on a small stone by the extreme left side, she had been unperturbed despite everything that had happened. Her green skirt were rumpled and her shoes worn out. She strolled towards the platform and stood inside the circle. When the flames ate her up, she was unfazed.
Darkness

When the place lit up, it was a yellowish flame. It towered high and lingered longer than the rest.
"A seer. Very good girl. The third door. "
Vince heaved a sigh. So those were the elements. The sight, shape-shifting, miners and cultivators. He wondered where he would fit into. He watched as names after names were called. He wondered what really happened with the ones who went away with the darkness. He hoped he didn't fall into the category. He had to wait till almost the very end to find out. Only he and a boy whose eyesight were dull and using glasses, remained.
"To the late comer, Vince Nicholas. "
Vince walked there. Standing inside the circle, he waited with closed eyes. When the fire came, it had a tickling sensation to it. When everywhere went dark. He began to feel a heat rising on his inside. It was like his entrails were being cooked. The heat kept rising, changing position. Just when he thought he couldn't bear it anymore, a reddish flame sprang up lastly very briefly.
"Woah! Another shape shifter... Go in through..."

Just then, shattering the darkness, a yellow flame spiraled up. It came from him and lasted for brief seconds too. The dragon was speechless.
Again, altering the darkness, a greenish flame shot up. Vince thought maybe the identification process was having technical issues but that wasn't the end because following that, in the same interval, a bluish flame erupted.
The dragon had stopped wheezing and the light restored. He took a careful look at Vince who was equally observing it. The grey-scaled face with spikes all over the body. Eyes that looked aged.
"I'm honored to have seen this, " his voice, sounded more subdued. "I'm sending you to the grand lord himself."
He poured a thick mass of smoke over him and Vince found himself being sucked in, till he became one with the smoke, dragged into nothingness.

Thanks for reading.

The image of dragon was gotten from pinterest

Here are the rest parts in case you just happened upon this update.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
-PROLOGUE
-Chapter1
-Chapter2.1
-Chapter2.2
-Chapter2.3
-Chapter 3.1
-Chapter 3.2

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