Chapter 4: Initiating The Plan

  After a couple of months, I was happy with both my physical, and magical strength. So I planned to go that night.

  I snuck out of bed, and crossed the hallway. I went towards the back door, being careful to avoid where the chaperones search. Once I made it outside, I scaled the fence.

  It’s guard time.

  “Fire Ball” I whispered, sending a ball of flames towards the guard from one direction, while I was running at the guard from the opposite. I tried sneaking by the guard while he was looking in the other direction. But that’s it, I tried.

  Emi and the boy whose name I now know is Uoun (oo-on) appeared.

  “Where are you going?” Emi asked,

  “Somewhere else.” I responded,

  “What do you mean somewhere else? We’ll be sad without you here.”

  “I’ve barely done anything here anyways. Even if I was connected to this place, I need to get out quickly.”

  “But…”

  “Sorry. Just how it goes.”

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  “Iro, Take us with you!” Uoun yelled.

  “No can do. It will make it harder for me to escape if I have to deal with two other people.” I responded calmly.

  “Please!” Emi cried, “Don’t leave us behind!” Although I knew I shouldn’t have, regardless of who I am, it still pained me to see a girl cry because of me.

  “Fine. Just quiet down. The guard will hear you.”

  All together, we climbed the fence. Making it into the warzone.

  The country I bet on escaping to was called Itone. It was a country completely different than our current one, Futae. That’s what I bet on at least.

  Emi, Uoun, and I found some shelter nearby. It was an uninhabited bunker.

  “Wow! This thing is so cool!” Uoun exclaimed,

  “Like it’s right out of a novel!” Emi agreed,

  “I mean, this is a warzone, what would you expect?” I asked both of them.

  We found a dining room, and a bedroom. Only two rooms, but this would do for a night.

  We found sleeping bags, and a small amount of food. Perfect. We needed the food, since this would be a 3 day trip.

  At this point, it was very late at night. We were all tired, so we all fell asleep.

  I had a dream.

  I was sitting at a river with Emi and Uoun. We were having fun, but when I came back from a short break, they were drowning, and I couldn’t do anything. The only way to save them was to kill myself in the process, so I just watched.

  I was scared the people I subconsciously cared about would die. Even with this, I still didn’t think of them as friends.

  “Morning Iro!” I was awoken by Uoun shaking me. Emi was sitting up in her sleeping bag, I assume Uoun woke her up this way too.

  “Morning. Let’s get something to eat and get going. If we go fast we can make this a 2 day trip.”

  “Boring. We have a bunker! Let’s stay here longer!” Uoun commanded,

  “Sure. If you want to risk the people who made this bunker coming back.” I said, shutting Uoun down.

  “By the way Iro… Where are we going? I was tired last night, so I forgot to ask.” Emi asked,

  “Oh yeah. We’re going to Itone.”

  “Really? That’s amazing!.” Emi said. She accepted it faster than I expected. Then again, I don’t think she understands that there is no way she can come back to Futae.

  We ate, then set out to look for an Itone campsite.