As each beat rises, to hearing of Ali's voice as the classmates stare at her in anxiety, waiting for her to drop the bomb on them, and so she speaks.
"The first test is TRUTH." Everyone hearing this is dumbfounded except Michael, as he finally smiles while others stare in contempt, thinking this is just a joke.
Think about it, do you really think EMOX would tell the public what actually happens? Of course not, there would be criticized, canceled by the weak minds outside the walls of EMOX, so a perfect lie is created.
Miss Ali begins her speech again. "Reliers rely on the pain of the past to execute their abilities, mourners rely on a person of the past to execute, and the hybrids perform both. Such abilities are unique to everyone, meaning there is no true way to teach these abilities except through repetition. Emox created the ranking system simply for that, for all of you are 0 stars, and the only way to get a rank is by surviving."
A boy stood up. "SURVIVE WHAT?" he asked in utter confusion.
She laughed. "Survive the Truth, my children, for the reason Emox was created was to fight the unknown. For we don't know why we developed these powers, but developing these powers gave birth to concepts that should never have existed. For everything YOU think you knew is a lie. GOD, SCHOOL, LOVE, IT'S ALL A FALLACY IN THE TRUTH I SHALL SHARE WITH YOU."
"Ma'am, stop joking around," a girl stood up and said.
Ali walked to her, staring into her eyes, deep into her soul, as she screamed, "JOKE?! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TO KEEP THIS WORLD STABLE? YOU THINK EARTHQUAKES, THE NATURAL DISASTERS, ARE NATURE? NOTHING IS NATURAL IN THIS WORLD, FOR THIS WORLD YOU LIVE IN IS FAKE, CREATED 10,000 YEARS AGO AFTER THE GREAT WAR FOUGHT BY THE STRONGEST EMOXIANS IN THE GALAXY TO DEFEND THE PREVIOUS WORLD!"
At this point, Michael was shocked. What was he hearing? His life had been a lie; all that existed never truly existed; could it all be one artificial world? Where was this thing going through? He stood up in anger. "MADAM, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?" Elizabeth was shocked, but quiet.
"Michael Ozor, ALL OF YOU, OBLIVIOUS TO THE TRUTH, THIS IS MY BEST CLASS, ONLY FOR THE REACTION I GET AFTER YOU ALL LEARN THE TRUTH.
FOR AS I WATCHED MY COMRADES DIE TO UNCONCEIVABLE POWER, AS I WATCHED THE ONES I LOVED TURN TO SMITHEREENS, AS I BEGGED FOR GOD TO EXIST AS I KNELT CRYING, AN UNKNOWN STRETCHED OUT TO ME AS HE SPOKE IN A VOICE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SHIFT MOUNTAINS: 'HUMANS CURSED WITH INTELLIGENCE BUT LIMITED BY BODY, FROM THY DAY I GRANT YOU FREEDOM. FROM NOW ONWARDS YOU SHALL BECOME STRONG, STRONG ENOUGH TO RETURN AND GET REVENGE OR WATCH US ERASE YOU FOR THE SECOND TIME.'"
MISS ALI'S BODY GLOWED IN RADIANT GOLD, AS HER PUPILS WERE WHITE LIKE SHE WAS IN A DAZE, HER HAIR AFLOAT AS SHE STARED AT ME, AT THE CLASS, AND MUTTERED, "ABILITY: [THE MOURNING SERAPHINE], MY BABIES," she said as tears fell, "SEE THE TRUTH I LIVED."
AS A WAVE OF WHITE LIGHT WASHED OVER THE WHOLE CLASS, SO DID MY WHOLE SCENERY CHANGE FROM A CLASSROOM TO A SITE I COULD ONLY COMPREHEND AS THE UNKNOWN.
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