At First, He Doesn't: Then He's Just As Enthusiastic...

Jack was shocked for about a hand's count of seconds as Syl kissed him full on the mouth and pushed her tongue between his lips, running it over his teeth. It almost got to the point that she mistook his shock for ****, but he snapped out of it just in time to grab her head before she pulled away and kiss her back!

The kiss was both passionate and pure, a promise of something to come, perhaps not just now, but soon. Their tongues danced a slippery tango together, as they kept kissing and their hands roved each others bodies gently but vigorously. However, Syl broke it off after just over a minute. "Jack, we'll continue this later, but right now we have to get you to the academy and enrolled in classes! If you are who that lightning bolt indicates you are I need to make sure you get training, I'm supposed to guide you to your destiny as the Son of Seasons. Part of that is enrolling you at the Jexalian Adventurers Academy; so come on!" She said towing Jack behind her by his hand.

They rushed through the forest, Jack frequently stumbling over roots and fallen branches. After 20 minutes the trees and underbrush gave way to fields, and the went along the path at the forests edge to reach a road. Just a bit away in the distance loomed an immense castle, but unlike any Jack had ever seen, it's towers rising from the forest fringed plane in an immense series of flying butresses, cantilevered extensions, and towers that were clearly supported only by magic.

They ran till they both had a stitch in their sides, and were gasping for breath. However the made it into the grand entry hall before the doors were closed and stood at the back of an immense crowd of people in their late teens to early thirties panting.

Around 100 meters away a bald man in white robes raised his hands and the doors were hauled shut behind them with a resounding clang, then the white robed man spoke...