Third Person's POV

The school doctor came out in the room, together with his assistant and some nurses. Three students of Crystal Academy is now in hospital beds, unconscious. Tyler sat beside her resting sister, gently caressing her hand while Sky, Bridget and the other part of the gang sat in between Ali's and Dymitri's beds, looking worried. The Triple Crown was at the corner, looking intently to the people who looked worried for their friends.

They all looked at the person who came in, it was the Headmistress of the academy, Headmistress Demonise.

"Ma'am, are they'll be fine?" Bridget asked, concern.

"Yes, Khalil and Dymitri was exhausted. They used their abilities too much as well as their bodies. A little rest will freshen them up but, in Taylor's case, she will be here for a few days or even a week. Her energy was drained out and it will took few days to regain her energy and consciousness." Demonise stated walking closer to the hospital beds.

"The reason why there is no professors around when the incident happened is they're all trapped inside a room, all knocked down. Someone gave them sleeping potions while having a short meeting earlier. Now, they're giving statements to the police outside of what really happened." She added.

"So, I think you should go back to your respective rooms to rest. This day's events is too much for us. We all deserve to rest." Demonise said walking to the door until she finally came out.

Sky and the others stood up. Taking a few final glances to their friends sleeping, they walked their way into the exit and came out. Triple Crown was left inside. There is silence not until Prince broke the peace.

"What the fuck is the Pillars?" He asked.

Ace cocked an eyebrow before replying.

"It was Zelquestria's guardians in the ancient times if I recall. I don't really have any clues aside for what I have said earlier."

"Come to think about it, that spirit or demon or whatso-fucking-ever possessed the crossbreed's body said that it will kill the next generation of Pillars."

"As far as I remember, the former headmaster of the academy is part of the Pillars but he died hundreds of years ago." Ace answered Prince's statement.

King remained silent, not caring the issue of killing the Pillars. He looked intently at the kid resting on his hospital bed.

He look so fucking cute within his glasses though.

Then realizations struck him really hard.

What the fuck did I say? He's cute? I mean his really cute as fuck but, what the fuck? Did I just compliment someone and especially, a boy?

He said to himself.

I'm straight but, he's too good to be looked and observed over here.

Prince noticed the look in King's eyes. He nudged Ace and pointed with his lips the staring King at the kid.

"If Dymitri's an ice cream, he'll be definitely started melting by now." Ace smirked seeing King snapped back to reality.

Theodore glared at his friend, sending invisible daggers of annoyance.

"Dymitri is pretty sure strong. He had some cards to pull out earlier." Exequile said amused, recalling the kid's deed earlier.

"That kid is full of surprises! Shit!" Prince blurted out.

"Indeed." Exequile agreed until his gaze landed on the boy beside the kid.

"That boy is pretty strong too." Ace stated looking at Khalil.

"He helped me earlier. I was clawed by a demon earlier. The demon's claws are sharp and venomous that eventually can kill a person in just 30 seconds but he healed me pretty fast." Ace admitted.

"He even created stronger barriers than mine. He's quite interesting." He added.

Prince looked at Khalil's pale face. His body drained some blood due to exhaustion earlier.

"Let's get out of here. I'm damn tired." King demanded walking out without taking glances at his friends.

Ace looked at Prince and shrugged until they followed suit.

The remaining events for the week long festival has been cancelled. Headmistress Demonise called every professors and staffs inside the academy and had a long meeting about what happened the day Taylor has been possessed. They created a plan on which protecting the students as well as the school. Demonise ordered to create a protective barriers to protect the whole academy. The building which is the Great Hall that had been destroyed was worked up and regained it's former appearance but more stronger and better.

After two days, Dymitri woke up in a white room with the scent of antiseptic all over the room. His eyes were blurry so he gently sat up and put his eyeglasses that being placed at the drawer beside his bed. He took a glance beside him as he saw Ali and Taylor resting and eyes closed. His eyes flew towards the door when he heard them creaked.

"Demi!" Sky exclaimed walking forward to him.

"Sky." His voice was raspy and itchy and his throat is dry. It seems that Sky noticed the kid's discomfort so he took a glass of water in the dispenser and handed it to him.

Dymitri finished it with a big gulp. Sky chuckled at the scenery, Dymitri handed him the empty glass of water and put it to the drawer.

"How are you? Are you feeling alright?" Sky asked concerned as he sat beside the kid.

"I'm okay. How's Ali? And Taylor? Are they alright?"

"Ali just woke up earlier, he's just fallen asleep. Taylor is okay too. She hadn't woken up but she's okay according to the doctor."

"Where's Tyler?" The purple eyed kid asked after realizing that he didn't saw nor felt the presence of his best friend.

"He left yesterday. He's sad that he had to leave you and his sister but he must. He'll tell Mrs. Morgans what happened to Taylor." He replied shortly.

Dymitri only nodded in defeat as his friend will be never come back again.

"Don't worry Demi. Tyler told me he'll be back as soon as possible." Sky assured the kid seeing its sadness taken over his eyes.

Days has passed and Dymitri and Ali was released in the hospital wing but as in Taylor's case, she hadn't woke up for the past few days. Tyler came once together with his mother, Mrs. Thalia Morgans. As she saw Dymitri, she quickly held him in her arms and hugged him very tight, missing the kid's presence and existence when he left. Kissing the head of the kid, they slowly walked in the room where Taylor has been confined. Sky, Ali and the rest of the gang was also there. Bridget, Carlo, Riley and Aliza finally met Tyler days ago so there's no problem in introducing himself once more.

Thalia softly cries after seeing her daughter lying in the hospital bed, different apparatus being connected to her body. Thalia and her husband, Leo had a quarrel before and that leads to their separation. Their children are in the edge of their separation so they decided to take one child to their side and that goes to Tyler to stay in his Mon while his older sister is on his Dad's side.

As Thalia sat beside her daughter and cried, their heads snapped towards the door's direction upon hearing someone.

"Taylor?" Leo approached the hospital bed where his daughter lies. Upon seeing his child unconscious, his heart tugged. When he looked at the woman beside his daughter, he saw the woman he loved crying softly, hiccups escaping from her lips.

"Thalia." He muttered scooting closer to his wife. Hugging her, Thalia hugged back and that made her to cry harder.

"Shh, everything is gonna be alright. Taylor is strong. She's strong as you Thalia." He hummed gently rubbing his hand at his wife's back.

The kid's hearts melted seeing the couple unite again, especially their son, Tyler. Time passed by and the doctor told them that Taylor is just pretty exhausted in the past activities. She pretty fine but her energy was all drained out.

When the sun starts to set, the Morgans bid their goodbyes to Dymitri and the others. Thalia planted a small yet full of love kiss in the purple eyed kid's head before coming to Leo's side. Tyler hugged them one by one until he hugged finally his best friend.

"Take care, all of you! Especially you Dydy!" He said and they smiled.

"Okie." Dymitri softly smiled waving his tiny hands at the family who left.

They came back to their rooms and rested a bit. Time flies by until it was Monday came in. Dymitri and Khalil went to their first period together with their friends. They took notes and listen attentively to their professor until they heard the bell rung. They took their time to set their things off to their bags before leaving the room.

They separate ways walking to their next period and as for Dymitri, he ran his way to the classroom where his Herbology class is. When he entered the room, his eyebrows knitted together when his classmates for the second period didn't spare him a glance.

For him, he's relieved that his presence seems to get low. He didn't want attention though but at the same time, it's pretty weird. He came to his desk and sat there silently when Triple Crown entered the room. Dymitri was busy tapping his phone and hadn't realized that the three intimidating men, especially King was already beside him, taking their seats peacefully.

Ace looked at him, and then to the King who he caught staring at the kid. A small smirk formed in his lips and nudged the arm of his friend.

"You're crushing at him, don't you?" Ace teasingly asked, a brow wiggling.

"Shut up or I'll cut your dick." King spat coldly and warningly, sending daggers of glare to Exequile.

Ace chuckled upon seeing his friend's reaction.

"You're so mean. How could I fuck if you cut my dick?"

"It's your problem not mine. Now stop pestering me before I could actually cut your dick." King said turning away.

Ace playfully zipped his mouth and threw something in the air even though he didn't holds something. As if he locked his mouth and threw a key far from him. Meanwhile, Prince sat silently in his chair, wondering why he hadn't got a letter for today. Well, actually, he hadn't got a letter after the day of attack. He found it weird, feeling sad and disappointed. A sigh escaped his lips until their attention was focused to the woman who entered the room.

"Good morning class. Today, we'll be learning about a plant called Protuctous. So open your book in page 29 and also, take down notes. I'll give you a quiz after the discussion." She mentioned standing in front of the class.

The students took their book out, as well as their notebook and pen. Once they finally settled, the professor started her discussion.

"Protuctous, or also known as the 'Protection Plant' can be found in moist areas like swamp and other muddy places. They are very lethal once they sensed something dark." She began as she slowly walks around the classroom.

"Its vines are very enormous, it can kill a giant in just a second. This plant will fasten the process of killing its prey when you moved or try to struggle. This plant is used to plant around the area where it acts as the guard of the thing you wanted to protect and guard off." She continues to explain everything until her discussion was finished. She stood in front of her class with a small smile in her lips.

"Any questions?" She asked to the bunch of students inside her classroom.

Some students raised their hands and asked the professor questions related to the topic not until Ace raised his hand. The woman picked him and asked him what's his question. Ace stood up and pairs of eyes began to stare him.

"Can I ask something else?"

"What is it Mr. Salvatore? I'm pretty sure we have some pretty long time before I could give your quiz so spill it out."

"What is the Pillars?" The professor was taken a back in his question all of a sudden.

"Pardon?"

"The Pillars. The one that the devil who possessed the Delta Head Student told us to kill. I'm pretty sure you know it Ma'am." Ace said.

The woman looked reluctantly at her students who looking at her, expecting her to give a clear and understanding answer.

Ace looked everywhere to find answers and back up. He only knows that the Pillars are the guardians of Zelquestria thousands of years ago and that's that. Any information was nowhere to sight. He searched for answers in the library but find nothing.

"Well, okay. I'll answer that Mr. Salvatore." She said in defeat.

"I know you all know already that the Pillars are the protector and guardian of Zelquestria in ancient times. The Pillars are sent off by the Gods and Goddesses to protect us, especially for wandering spirits, creatures, and demons around." She said.

"The Pillars consists of three major holy spirits. The Gatekeeper, the Saint and lastly, the God." Students inside listened attentively to her, especially Triple Crown.

"The Gatekeeper, Saint and the God are considered to be second to the Gods and Goddesses because they had the powers of them. They are the same level of the Demigods."

"What's their roles in protecting our world Miss?" A girl from Delta asked.

"Well, their role is to guard and protect us from dark and evil forces, especially from the Seven Deadly Sins. Each Pillar had a specific role."

"First, the Gatekeeper. The Gatekeeper is responsible for creating a world in which the Gatekeeper will put the Sins inside to locked them there forever. He's also responsible for guarding the world he or she made. This power can also be lethal because the Gatekeeper can also call spirits and other beings from other worlds, dimensions and realms."

"Next is the Saint. The Saint is the one who will seal the lock of the World where the Sins are with his power so no one could open them again. He's the weakest among the Pillar, he only can give blessings and protection spells compared to the two and there's a case where wizards and witches who eventually broke its seal back in the ancient times and reopen the gate of the Sins back to our world. Even the Saint is weak, he's still stronger among us. The only thing that the wizards and witches broke his spell was they sold their souls in the dark forces. The Saint is dangerous too, his or her powers are reversible, which means he can turn the one he blessed into cursed." She stated as she started walking.

"And last but not the least, the God. The God is the strongest among all the Pillars. With his power the same as the Gods and Goddesses, the God is in charge of ruling the Gatekeeper and Saint, keeping the peace of Zelquestria. The God is responsible for fighting the dark forces and putting everything in peace while the Gatekeeper and the Saint is taking care of their work. God is the one who hides the location of the gate to the Sins. His power is the same as the Gods and Goddesses and it's very dangerous and lethal."

"But Miss? Where are they now?" A boy from Gamma asked.

"The Pillars are once lived before not until they died or killed. Every time dark forces who tried to bring back the Sins back, the Gods and Goddesses created a new set of Pillars to protect us in the process we call reincarnation." She replied.

"The former Headmaster of the Academy used to be the Saint but eventually, he died hundreds of years ago and Headmistress Demonise take over his position. Headmistress is his apprentice back then."

"But Miss, you say that the Pillars are the ones who protecting us, especially from the Seven Deadly Sins. How could the Sins are here now? Was they summoned again?" The same boy asked again.

"Apparently, the Sins didn't went to other dimension last time. They were temporarily trapped inside a jar where Headmistress Demonise and the former Headmaster created. Back then, the Pillars had a fight and that results to the Sins to not trapped in other dimension."

"Why?"

"Well, the God and the Gatekeeper had a fight. The God had dark plans and planning to let the Sins take over the world while ruling them. The Gatekeeper was mad at him not until he killed the Gatekeeper. Headmistress Demonise and Headmaster Reloixé tried to put the Sins in jar and they succeeded. They cast the God and cursed him until he banished the grounds."

"So, is the God is still alive then?" This time, Ace is the one who asked her.

"Yeah, the God who killed the Gatekeeper in the past is currently known as the Shadow Master right now." They all gasped in horror and in shock, well, except for the Triple Crown. They knew it. They already knew it and that's why their parents warned them for the awakening of the Master of the Shadows.

"Due to the pasts events, Headmistress Demonise and Headmaster Reloixé tried to defeat Shadow Master but the God was too powerful for them so instead, they banished him in Zelquestria by cursing him into a deep sleep. It lasted for hundreds of years not until some witches and wizards woken up him again and summoned back into our world."

They we're all silent upon hearing the historical story of Pillars and the Seven Deadly Sins. The former God betrayed them and killed one of the Pillars which is the Gatekeeper who supposed to locked the Sins in other worlds.

"So, I supposed I'll give your quiz tomorrow then. It's nearly time to your third period so goodbye class." She said as her students began to scramble and pack their things.

Dymitri patiently waited his classmates to go out. He didn't like the idea by getting crushed by tall teenagers that casually walked out the room. Upon seeing the coast is clear, he sling his back in his shoulder and stood up. Fixing his desk and chair, he began to walk forward to the door. He was about to walk out when two gigantic figures jumped out from either sides of the door, towering his little height. He let a startled yelp escape his pinkish plump and kissable lips.

Exequile and Kieffer chuckled seeing the kid's reaction.

"H-hey! That's n-not funny. You s-scared me!" He stammered watching the two guys tower his height. He glared at the two but instead of feeling intimidated, the two felt awe seeing his purple eyes sparkle in anger.

"Is that a glare kiddo? Sure it's not effective." Ace chuckled.

"You look cute. Can I keep you?" Prince asked and Ace gave him a smack in the back of his head.

"You're a homophobic bitch remember? And kiddo is not a pet to be kept by useless pea brain like you." Ace snapped.

"What the actual fuck? Are picking a fight on me boy?" Kieffer cocked a brow as if intimidating his friend.

"Oh hell yeah. Why? Feel you're going to lose again?"

Dymitri looked at the two dominants arguing in front of him and then he noticed the presence of King beside, leaning against the wall while crossing his broad arms against his muscular chest. King rolled his eyes seeing the two premature hybrids smack each other until he began to walk.

Dymitri looked back to the two who's currently firing nonsensical statements and profanities towards each other with smacking a slapping each other's shoulders and arms until he looked back to the leaving King. He shrugged his shoulders and silently walked away from the two who seems to be pretty distracted of their argument.

Dymitri silently followed the trail of the intimidating King, gaze lowly while fixing his eyeglasses not until he crashed into a hard surface. He stumble a few steps before lifting his gaze. King who stopped walking looked him intently.

"S-sorry. I didn't look o-on my w-way." Dymitri admitted looking at the floor.

"Tsk." The only word he heard came out from King.

"Where are you heading at?" Theodore asked him.