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About this story
One moment…A single second…Can change someone’s life forever.
Every breath you take, you are given a chance to change who you are, what you want, and where you want to be: Remember that.
There is more to being a headmaster at The Hollow Academy than simply watching over the students and professors. When Alyce Hollow took this position from her late grandmother she knew exactly what she would have to do in order to keep her families legacy intact.
Going out into the realms and choosing the young adults with great potential that don't quite fit in, or check the traditional boxes for those who attend the academy.
In this first season of The Hollow Academy, we meet Echo a young woman with exceptional control over dark magic. While those with her abilities are typically seen as dangerous and are avoided, Alyce knows that there needs to be balance in the magical world, and that ALL magic comes at a price.
Follow Echo as she discovers not only who she is, but also who she can become.
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I sat on the edge of my window and l looked out at the dark sky before I laid my head back against the wall and closed my eyes.
I inhaled deeply; the air thickly laced with the first bloom of the season. This was my favorite time of the year. I mean who wouldn’t like being able to eat off all the plants you walk by and seeing all the baby creatures.
Something crashed beneath me, and I chuckled knowing exactly what it was: Gee, our cow’s newborn. He was the least agile creature I’d ever met. I looked down as the clashing continued, just to make sure he wasn’t getting himself into trouble. As I waited for my eyes to eyes to adjust, the culprits made themselves known. Jessy, and Heith, the fouls born a few weeks before Gee.
“I better go help him,” I said aloud, though I was the only one in my room. “Before those two wind up the cows and they tear the barn apart.
“Shhhhh,” I heard my dad say, and I froze. “He was awake, and out of his study. He’d been bared up in there for days.
I started to go back to the window before I changed my mind and headed for the stairs. I haven’t seen my father in almost two weeks. After his latest adventure for information pertaining to the top-secret case he is working on for the King and Queen, he locked himself away in his study.
As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I heard Briony. “Sir, are you aware of what tomorrow is?”
“I am,” he replied. “This…This can’t wait.”
I froze behind the open door, knowing that if he saw me, I would hear anything but the truth. He was always honest with Briony. Though he never even thought about finding someone to replace my mother, and Briony never once thought of finding someone to replace her husband, they meshed seamlessly.
“Life’s moments cannot be had once the time has passed.”
“If this could wait, I would make it wait. However, unless you want the King to send his daughter here…” he said as he held up the summons.
“No. You are right,” Briony said.
“This is not right,” my father corrected her. “I merely do not have a choice.”
“What shall I tell Echo?”
“Don’t tell her anything. I don’t want her to worry.”
“She’s going to know something is up. I have to tell her something.”
“Just tell her I had to work. Tell her I will be back as soon as I can….Tell her, tell her that I love her.”
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