[Nico]
One guy immediately stood up and shouted “Bind.” He sat down embarrassed.
[i]Right, stay the hell away from that guy...period.[/i]Nico thought, curious as to why the boy had done what he did.
Mr. Magorian went around, checking everyone’s paper and admonishing one person for writing down ‘God’ and forcing her to change it into something else. He then gave further instructions, “Now that you’ve written it down, say it aloud and try testing your new power out. From here on out, you’ll be fighting for your life. You’ll either leave this place through graduation or in a body bag.”
[i]Ah...no power until we say our word...[/i]Nico thought enthusiastically.
“Dragon.” Nico said quietly and with a great deal of certainty.
The paper immediately disintegrated and Nico felt a burning sensation at the top of his neck. He reached and barely felt the word burned into his skin. Nico then concentrated on trying to summon a dragon only to be interrupted when the sun was blocked by the floating island.
Seals and runs started appearing all over the place. Monsters started to rise up out of them and Nico immediately got up and focused on the task at hand.
The boy from earlier sealed the windows and doors shut with crisscrossing iron chains, bolted from floor to ceiling and started slaughtering monsters as they arose from the floor and walls. Loops of piano wire pulled by a few thick elastic bands sliced apart the creatures with ease.
“Students! My name is Gideon Vaughn, and I will protect you all! You can already see that my words are the truth. These repugnant monsters will not take any more of this class’s lives today. Now, I need to know everyone’s Words so I can figure out the best way to survive this ordeal.”
“What if I don’t want to listen to you, huh!?” An angry student calls out.
“Then don’t listen.” Gideon smiled and waved his fingers, prompting strips of duct tape to completely cover every inch of the student’s head except for his nose and mouth.
“He’ll be fine, he can breathe.” Gideon assures everyone, as the student began to peel the tape off of his face.
[i]The hubris...he may have known a thing or two going into this place, but he clearly doesn’t realize that he preventing anyone from being useful.[/i]
Gideon started to work his way around the room, asking about people's words and lightly touched a person’s shoulder here and there.
[i]So, he thinks he is the smartest in the room....well I just need an opening to make that true...[/i]
When Gideon got to Nico, Nico said “Grass.” and Gideon moved on to the next student, seemingly unimpressed.
Later on, Gideon asked for volunteers to help scout around, and immediately two people spoke up and followed him. One of the people he had touched on the shoulder was left to defend the room.
[i]Now may be my only chance, time to see what I can do.[/i]
Nico focused intently and summoned a dragon about as long as his arm. He had the dragon cut a hole through one of the windows just large enough for Nico to climb through. After Nico managed to get through, the dragon followed and the two ran from the building.
[i]Now, I’m going to need a few more dragons to work with until this all works out.[/i]
Nico summoned 2 more dragons and fought his way toward the track.
[i]I wonder if I can transform into a dragon just like Sarkhan can...[/i]