-uhh...

My head hurt really bad...where am i ? I opened my eyes and as i did so i saw white for a minute i thought i was staring up into a light bulb until i realized.

-Is this the sky ?

I quickly jumped from my position onto my feet looking around highly alerted but as i looked around i also realized that nothing was changing everything was white !

-...

I quickly looked at my hands a bit panicked and got relieved when i could see my skin and the hem of my shirt i was still wearing my black jacket and jeans...where am i ? I was still visible to myself but everything else was white there wasn't anything else other then me the space was deserted of any color nor excistance..

-Am i dreaming ?

I sure seem to be ? Another thing i noticed was that my clothing didn't have any dirt on it what happened ?!

-I see you have awoken

I flinched and slowly turned to my right cold sweat was coming out of my forehead all of this seemed so strangely real i wasn't an idiot not being able to see the difference between a dream and reality...

Turning to my right i could see a throne with a guy sitting on it i was sure that a minute ago this wasn't here but i dismissed that thought as thinking of it as unnecessary so i looked at the guy.

He had long white hair and wore a black robe his left eye was hidden behind a brown leather eye patch and his right eye was as golden as mine...which made me a bit astound even thought i have the same golden eyes this is probably how react to me huh ?

He had a lot of small scars on his face but it didn't make him ugly no it more like made him decently handsome giving him a manly to edge to it.Next to the throne there was a staff leaning onto it the tip of the staff had a moving that looked like earth the individual in question seemed amused by me somewhat while looking at me..

-Who...

-My name is chronos thats all you need to know

His voice held power authority i didn't even see his lips move and he answered my question without me finishing my sentence...chronos..the greek god of time ?

His title held the words god of time in it why was a here ?

-where...

-This is my domain it is a special place for me to hold private to myself

I was slowly getting agitated by this guy but i didn't want to show it or make him mad but even so he probably knows what i am thinking.As i thought that he smiled and said.

-Haha i am sorry for being rude but staying here makes you really bored if i had to explain it.

I sighed and asked him.

-Why am i here ?

His face made 180 degree turn becoming as indifferent as possible and in a flat tone he stated.

-I am going to be blunt about this...

A shiver was crawling down behind my back i tried to fight it back but realized it couldn't his voice held some sort of terror on the back of my mind and the room seemed to multiply that but i soon realized he wasn't on his throne but standing in front of me.

-You are dead

-...

I looked at my hands for a second and touched them could not feel any warmth from them not even cold in any other scenario i would have denied such a possibility because i was still thinking and moving but this feeling that my skin gave me showed me already...he was right.

-I see

I said a bit saddened i clenched my hands and looked down everything ends here huh ? never thought i would actually die like this but i wasn't regretting anything no i was said i accepted my death with dignity it was because of this ability i was able to flee that prison the only thing i might be regretting was making my sister sad but she would live through it on top of that steward promised that he would educate my sister fully even after my death...

I giggled at myself sarcastically i could take death with no problem it seems.

Chronos looked at me a bit astound so he said.

-what you not gonna deny me ? run away ?shout at me ? bargain or cry ?

I smiled at him making him step back for moment but he soon enough stopped himself his face held a complicated expression.

-I regret nothing so lets get this over with

He stared at me thinking about something but suddenly he raised his hand snapped his fingers and with a snapping sound the space that we were standing in changed abruptly.

-You are quite interesting youngster but listen here.

He got down with his head he was quite tall almost reaching 2 meters his right eyes was staring at me and then i noticed something odd that i didn't see a while ago...he didn't have a pupil...instead of a normal pupil there was a golden clock in his eye the numbers were black in color and even the pointers the eye was abnormal but somehow familiar to me his strange aura reminded me of something but i could not remember what..

-Follow me

I snapped out of thoughts and looked around the white space was completely turned into a white hall way with nothing in it but the color white there were windows to my left side and when i looked outside there was a lot greenery to be seen a giant garden with fruits vegetables and even wild animals walking around it was really magnificent.

Chronos was already walking down the hall way i quickly sped up to him walking behind him while looking up out of the windows into the outside world it was truly strange how this worked.

-Your death was unexpected but it was also convenient towards me too

He stopped and looked out of one window while talking to me.

-You even used your False Prophecy to escape the hits from that dragon making your mortal brain going to a place with no return shattering it to thousand pieces i was surprised you survived that long mastering that ability usually takes more then 20 years and even if you master it you can't usually control it to your will like you do.

His voice held a edge to it his eye was also holding such light as if reminiscing something but why was i here ?

He looked at me i was still confused.

-Okey lets get to the point the rules state that once a mortal dies his or her soul will be send to the afterlife in the standard rules i should send you to death personally and let him sort this out himself but as those wise men say.

He waved his hand at me and a mirror appeared showing my face i looked at it for a second and noticed with awe...my eyes...the pupils changed into clocks like his.

-Rules are meant to be broken you are here because i am in need of help urgently if you help me i am willing to bring you back to the living.

I looked at him again and back to my eyes they were truly bizarre was this the reason why verdath was so surprised about me ?

I thought for a bit was it worth accept his deal ? He was a god double crossing me meant nothing to him so why should i even trust him ?

He smiled for some reason his face showing a knowing expression so he said.

-Don't worry about it my task is relatively easy if you think about it on top of that gods stay to their words its one of the rules in this universe that gods have to be truthful..

Twisting meanings aren't lies thou.

-Hahaha i like how you think

He laughed vigorously and said.

-Lets do it like this the conditions for the deal are up to you you can always change them whenever you like or how think about them in exchange i will need you to help me

-with what ?

He once again snapped his finger a golden pocket watch appeared in his hand it was truly a old piece it had scratches all over it but it was still a valuable piece.He gave it to me.

-I need you to find someone for me and don't ask me why i am not doing it myself there are reasons for it too.

I looked at the clock and opened it and noticed the pointer was stuck at place it was trying to move down but it couldn't always rewinding back to its original state with a tick.

I started thinking about my sister,cecilia,stella and the people i had ever met.

I looked up into to chronos and asked him.

-What do you want

He smiled and said.

-Then lets begin time waits for no one does it ?

We continued walking down the hallway while talking to each other.

=================Cecilia's P.O.V=================

I ran with all my might into the field tears were running down my cheeks.

-Congrats miss..uwaahh!

I pushed the teacher of my way and started pushing through the medics the headmistress was also like me pushing through the medics her eyes held a uneasy light to it which made me even more worry.

-Dawn !

I quickly sat next to him and gasped when i saw his eyes they were shining with golden light like a flash light but what awed me the most was how bizarre those eyes were there no pupils those eyes instead looked like clocks the pointers were going down in rapid succession completing a turn in a second.

-Ehh we we're losing him !

-what ? what do you mean by that ?!

-He..he is dying !

Everyone got quite at that i looked at the medic who was next to me he was using Recovery type magic a white round ball was hovering above dawns stomach the headmistress was the first to react as expected.

-Quickly tell me whats the problem

She summoned her wand and asked the medic in question.But he seemed to be panicked not able to guess what to say.

-Ehh i don't know his mind isn't responding to anything his heart rate is also going down the second we speak there is not internal damage that is impossible but...wait his mind his mind is broken !

The headmistress quickly held onto dawns head light was coming out of her grip dawn in turn flinched for a bit the golden light in his eyes was also starting to disappear the clock like pupils also turned into his normal color slowly depriving him from his light...i quickly grabbed onto his arm squeezing tightly hoping for the pain to keep him awake..

I stared into his eyes and started to think about all the things that happened since i met this guy as the heir to the greenwood house i wasn't allowed to have any weaknesses at all people used to keep distance from me or be overly polite with me i more then once talked with kids the same age who tried to be friends with me just to get a favor in the future this act was truly disgusting towards me making myself distance from people even more...When he started to work as a bodyguard i thought we could become friends so i tried a lot things starting from talking with him daily and see his likes but i soon discovered he was a very secretive person who kept for himself which made it very hard to get close to him i even asked steward to investigate dawns past which i felt disgusted about to have ever asked later on but in the end he didn't find anything about dawn nor stella it was as if they never existed in the first place...

The headmistress was well known for her earth magic and enchantments but her true capabilities lied in healing magic i had high hopes for her but i could see shock in her eyes she quickly stood up and said.

-Medics start carrying him into the healing facility i want 8 healing mages on his mind right now keep him from passing out MOVE QUICKLY !

The barrier was still intact and the students who were behind it looked over here curious why we were standing here for so long loren was next to her servant talking to him in a harsh tone but he didn't have none of it and just looked over here his clothing was burned and ripped all over the place the burn came from the light attack dawn used on him his eyes held a complicated feeling to it but i ignored it for now.

The medics started carrying dawn the headmistress opened a gate into the facility and started ordering people around i was also going with them but as i started moving something unexpected happened.

(BOOM)

A giant explosion hit the barrier it made the earth shake for a moment there was smoking coming behind the barrier and as the explosion came another appeared.

(BOOM)

The students were in panic and started running around wildly i could see no one was injured just scared the target weren't the students but something in this barrier.

I used detection magic and looked closer trying to find the attacker but all i could see was a green light arrow flying towards the barrier in high speed.

(BOOM)

-Headmistress we have a report stating a demon was on the spectator seats shooting arrows onto the barrier what do we do ?

She looked a bit distracted and said.

-Try to apprehend him his aim obviously isn't any of the students but evacuate them to safety !

With that said another explosion was set onto the barrier the people who were holding it were starting to faint one after another cracks started to appear on the barrier and with the final explosion the barrier was shattered.

-Everyone be prepared its coming !

The medics already moved dawn into the facility i couldn't do anything and hated myself for that but i had to wait on top of that someone was attacking us !

As the barrier got shattered black smoke appeared and started flying towards us the battle mages started using their magic shooting their spells into the black smoke with no result other then the smoke avoiding the spells.The headmistress got also ready and took a stance with her wand i didn't have a wand because i preferred using my ring as a focus like anyone else.

The black smoke hit the ground in front of us and started to take shape and beginning from the head a blonde haired green eyed guy appeared in front of us he drew his green bow that was made out of green light and pointed it towards the headmistress his face showed urgency but also complete indifference towards anyone else expect the headmistres who was also pointing her wand at him not casting her spell but staying ready and so did i.

I looked at the guy for a second and inspected him using my magic..this truly a demon a really high ranked one too maybe even a archfiend type what was he doing here ?!

-WHERE IS BROTHER !

I only now noticed someone standing behind the demon and when i looked at her i was shocked to find stella standing behind him..Oh GOD what is she doing there !

The headmistress also noticed that girl and ordered they teachers to put their wands and rings down she on the other hand kept her wand pointed at him.

-What do you want

She asked him with a threatening tone.

-Where is dawn

I was once again shocked for a second time even the headmistress was a bit confused.

-He was sent to a healing facility what do you want from him.

He didn't answer her question and just kept his bow drawn pointing at her at that moment stella spoke up.

-I WANT TO SEE MY BROTHER !

Everyone looked at her she was crying and i could also see a very large amount of mana coming from her body it was slowly getting over here the amount of mana was suffocating the mages who were standing closer to them making them faint.

-huh

The demon made his bow disappear at that even the headmistress lowered her wand she looked at him so did he both of them held their gaze to each other not yielding one bit to each other and finally the headmistress sighed and said.

-Truce ?

-Truce

The headmistress nodded and started ordering people around i also started running towards stella not caring about the demon one bit she also came to me running so i caught her she was crying asking for her brother i patted her and told her it was alright and that he would be okey my voice was a bit cracked and even i couldn't believe what i said.

The headmistress came over and started talking with the demon he didn't answer and just demanded to know where dawn was he took several glances towards stella but was quiet i had questions towards him but not now.

The headmistress soon opened a gate to the facility we all walked into it and found dawn on a bed with a lot of Magic doctors handling him the demon was really anxious when he saw him but kept quite stella in turn demanded to enter the room to meet her brother but i tried to convince her he needed to rest to get better in which she obediently obligated after a lot of convincing...

I looked towards the window into room where dawn was laying down his body was almost lifeless not moving at all his eyes were already deprived off all light becoming white the doctors where using all sorts of spells and techniques to hold him alive even the headmistress was there holding his head channeling her spell into him but there didn't seem to be any result from it.

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