Blazing Academy: Semester One (Academy For All Things Scorching #1) - Avery Song Page 0,48

in each individual, all of us that attend Blazing Academy have the common elemental trait of fire," he explained.

Taking another sip of his steaming hot tea, he carried on, "Blazing Hot Witches are actually extremely rare. The witch that declared that title was female and deemed to be sent down by the gods themselves. In the human world, you guys have various religions that believe in a God or other higher power, but in the world of magic, there are higher levels like the Universe," he began. "God is still the highest power of the Almighty. Some believe in His existence and others don't. Regardless, He's the highest power in the heavens. Many people are aware of angels and other such beings. However, there are also other gods and goddesses. They're individuals that were blessed and sent down to bring the world up, especially surrounding the use of magic. However, they were hunted by the humans they wished to protect, and some were even killed. It led to a war that made the gods very angry, and the end result made Mother Universe, which we call Mother Flaming Gaia, extremely upset. The killing of humans already hurt her, but gods are literally parts of her essence that were extracted by God's hand before being created to serve both sides of the spectrum of life. To see the humans kill them ignited wrath upon the world, and they were struck by various elements.”

Keru nodded as he paused in chewing to add to the conversation.

"It's similar to that part in the scriptures where they tried to build a ladder to reach heaven and were struck down and ended up speaking different languages. In our case, different parts of the world were struck by the elements. Some were flooded with forest fires. Others were struck by storms of thunder and intense sunlight. A few parts got hit with tornados and hurricanes. And a few rare parts got hit with a constant eclipse that left those parts in solid darkness."

Gabrielle bobbed his head, lowering his mug to the marble surface to carry on.

"However, there was one part that got struck with them all."

"All? You mean with the fire, thunder sun, wind, and solar eclipse catastrophes all at once?" That seemed like the sort of radical occurrence that you'd read about in stories or watch in movies about the world ending.

"Every single element," Gabriel confirmed. "The reason for it was because two gods were in that exact spot, a male and a female."

His eyes peered far away as he explained what happened. "They were lovers. Strong and powerful and very loved by Flaming Mother Gaia. Think of them as Adam and Eve, only they came down to help the humans reflect on what they were doing against the very land that offered them life. This was in a time when many didn't care about the earth and taking care of it. This world has rules that every species has to follow, and sadly, humans weren't following them at all. The more they involved, the more they lost their sight of the Universe and the privilege they were given to live on Gaia's soil. She asked God to send her favorite gods to aid in slowing the destruction of her roots and to remind the world that there were higher powers within this universe. Even with God's warnings, she had hope in this world, but it all came crashing down that day."

He looked sad as his gold eyes closed momentarily.

"It rained harshly the night they were corned in the depths of the forest. They surrounded the couple who wished no harm to these humans. But the humans held various weapons they had created to capture these gods and experiment on them. They didn't care about the message sent down from Gaia. They didn't believe in other universes or various individuals of unique capabilities. Their minds were tightly knit to view the world within the looking glass of tunnel vision, and that led to them attacking these gods. Their attack was in unison, and that resulted in the death of the male. He moved to save the woman he loved and died within her arms as he wished for Gaia to forgive him for failing. The goddess watched the man she'd loved for centuries die within her arms, and for the first time ever, she felt the ache of pain within her heart."

He opened his eyes slowly, the gold in them as vivid as ever as they