7 Atlantis

I turned around to see Tim, "I'm so sorry I didn't manage to get back to you! Being the only engineer here I had things I needed to sort out." Tim apologized profusely. As he pulls me to the side so we don't hold up the line.

"It's okay I understand you have other priorities" I replied.

"Did Scarlet provide any help? She left in a hurry when I said you needed help." Tim asked.

"Ohh yeah, thanks for asking her, she couldn't help Caroline either sadly." I said with a frown.

"It's okay we will try and help her any way we can." Tim reassured me.

"Ohh by the way, do you happened to have a mobile communicator?" I questioned.

"Well I don't have any but Scarlet will have one, all S ranked students in Atlantis are required to have one on at all time for emergency situations, can I ask why?" Tim explained.

"Well I was hoping to communicate to Caroline with it." I answered

"Sadly it's not that simple firstly Caroline would need one and then on top you will need to pair with her's just to start communication." Tim explained

"Damnit, why is it so bloody hard to contact people here?" I said in anger.

Tim was speechless unsure how to respond. I guess I'll have to send a message or use the send message spell. God this is stupidly infuriating, why the F are people forced to go to damn place that picked them. I began clenching my fist in anger, I punched the wall next to me, a resounding crack echoed through the room leaving a large crater where my hand impacted the wall.

"Ummm...…. Emilia are you okay?" I heard time question me in hesitation

My jaw dropped and my mind froze, "Tim? Did I just do that?!" I asked. Tim clearly just as shocked as I was nodded up and down. "How the F did I just leave a crater in the wall?!" Tim started gesturing to me to calm down.

Tim grabbed my arm "we should get going" he instructed, as he pull me toward the portal pushing through the crowd, stepping through the portal I was momentarily blinded by the sunlight. "This is Atlantis" Tim proudly beamed. It was truly a magnificent sight to behold, we stood in a courtyard of a enormous large castle, with a beautiful sky above us. In the middle of the courtyard was a giant tree that had a strange rainbow hue, on the left side a medium sized building with what seems to be agricultural fields behind them. On the right is a very large Colosseum building, and in the far end a large aged castle with several tall spires.

As we slowly strolled to the large tree,"magnificent right? this tree is one of the two that exist in this world, it's called a world tree, this tree alone absorbs and emits Arcanum at such a vast rate by itself it powers everything in Atlantis! No one knows where Atlantis originated from or even how a world tree ended up here but its truly brilliant." As he stared at the enormous tree in wonder and amazement.

"Hey Emilia!" I heard Jay shout as he jogged towards us.

"Who's that?" Tim asked.

"Ohhh he's my friend Jay we talked a little during the Bran's speech" I answered

As Jay arrived Tim held out his hand, "Hi I'm Tim". Tim introduced himself.

Jay shook his hand "Jay" he answered. "So who's tour we gonna take?" Jay questioned.

A part of me secretly wanted to go on tour Paul's, "No idea i have no real preference to be honest." I said not wanting to raise any questions.

"Ummmm generally freshman take the chance to meet and talk to S Ranks sorcerers." Tim answered.

"I wouldn't mind going to with Scarlet's group, she is gorgeous!" Tim chuckled.

"Don't let her hear you say that." Tim laughed as well warning him.

"Sure let's go with Scarlet's tour! Since I can probably introduce you Jay!" I joked.

"Sure! You gonna join us Tim?" Jay questioned.

Tim laughed a little, "Sadly I'm not a freshman I'm actually a 2nd year" Tim replied.

"Woah! That's so cool! You're the same year as Scarlet and Paul! How were they?" Jay asked in excitement.

"Well scarlet joined as a 2nd year and well Paul was barely here during the 1st and 2nd year, he mainly hunted bounties. Tim answered.

"Woah how did he become to strong?" Jay asked

"No one really knows actually, nor has anyone seen him fight he's only famous for taking on many tough bounties." Tim answered.

"That sounds like Paul he usually tries to avoid conflicts." I added

They both look at me shocked and confused, "you know Paul?" jay asked.

"Ohh no sorry I got him confused with someone else I used to know." I joked playing with my hair nervously, they both looked at each other like they got a gut feeling that something strange is going on here.

"Ummm, sorry guys but as much as I love making friends with freshmen I must dash, there's tons of things that need to be done and setup today. I hope I see you guys around" Tim said Hugging me goodbye and shaking Jays hand.

"Later bud!" Jay beamed.

"Take care!" I replied.

We both started walking towards the crowds that formed near the glowing tree, I saw some students take a glance at me and begin chatting and pointing, "Looks like you're a celebrity." Jay chuckled.

"Ohhh god, there goes the plan to lay low." I said face palming myself.

"Ahh you'll be alright, I'm sure all the hype and gossip will pass sooner rather than later." Jay replied. there were three distinct groups waiting for their tour to start, everyone was super excited. "Which one do you think is Scarlet's?" I questioned looking at all the groups.

"To be honest something tells me it's the slightly smaller group that are primarily dudes." Jay said.

"That does sound right to be honest considering her reputation, and boys will be boys." I joked as we slowly made our way to the group.

"By the way? Why does everyone speak English?" I curiously asked.

"English?...?" Jay responded in confusion.

"Yeah the language we speaking now....." I hesitantly replied.

"You mean Common?" Jay asked

"Common?.... no I meant the language we speaking right now." I replied

"Yeah in all the planes its called 'Common'." Jay answered.

"Ohhh I see...." I replied.

"Wait, where are u from?" Jay asked totally confused.

"Well Earth? But I remember bran saying something like concen-something….." I hesitantly answered, he stepped back a little in shock, "see I don't get it why does everyone react like that!" I said.

"Because like only the most famous and strongest sorcerers came from there-" Jay explained

"I know I know." I sighed.

"Well when u get famous, don't forget me." He joked.

"You never know the fame and fortune might get to me." I joked in return.

As we arrived at the group, I took a peep to see if Scarlet was there, I couldn't catch a glimpse of her Red hair, to be honest I'm surprised I even tried to look for her, the absence of terrifying fear is already an indication that she's not here yet. The group to our left suddenly became noticeably louder, looking to see whats going on, i caught a glimpse of Travis walking out of a building towards his group. This time I got a better look at him, and I must say he's pretty sexy, his white vest did little to hide his hypnotizing physique the perfect muscular body but not too muscular he had the perfect upside-down triangle figure, he had some tribal style tattoos going from his shoulders down his arms, his hand were big and thick, parts of a large scar could be seen through his vest, his facial features were strong with some stubble that further exaggerate his strong jawline, even his walk exuded confidence which further increased his appeal. Just looking at him made me feel slightly hot and my throat parched.

"Do u wanna switch groups?" I faintly heard Jay joke beside me.

"Huh?... what?... no no this group is fine" as I try to pull myself together.