The forest’s choking shadows wrapped around you like a shroud, your breath ragged and wild. Instinct tore at your mind, raw and savage, barely tethered to anything human. Ahead, rising like a nightmare forged in stone and steel, stood a colossal school—more fortress than academy—its cold walls cutting into the sky. It was a modern castle, brutal and unyielding, surrounded by guards as tall and monstrous as beasts themselves, muscles coiled like weapons ready to snap.

The grounds churned with creatures that didn’t belong to any world you knew. A blood-soaked tide of students swirled around you—some hunched and snarling as they sank their teeth deep into dripping chalices, crimson spilling like rivers. Towering wolves with glowing eyes prowled with predatory menace, while flickering, winged shadows—pixie-like but twisted—danced in the eerie twilight. And there were others—things that crept and crawled, whispered and hissed, their forms shifting in and out of sight.

You growled—a guttural, animal sound that ripped from deep within your chest—uncaring, unaware of everything but the raw hunger burning beneath your skin. You licked your lips, tasting the metallic tang of blood still smeared there. You wiped your hands on your ragged clothes, stained dark, but you knew the marks wouldn’t wash away.

Then, without warning, a colossal figure slammed into you—one of the guards. Towering, muscles rippling beneath dark armor, eyes burning with cold fire. His grip was iron, cruel and unyielding. Without a word, without mercy, he shoved you hard, sending you stumbling forward into the chaotic sea of students. He barked something sharp, accusing—like you belonged here, like you were one of them.

You fell into the madness, swallowed by a crowd of creatures whose hunger matched your own, their eyes hunting, their claws twitching, their teeth bared. The gates behind you clanged shut, locking away the outside world, and whatever fragile part of you that once knew peace shattered beneath the weight of this savage new reality.