The House of Destinia* SW, MR(C+5R), E/NE

Chicka1909 · 02-02-2012 06:53

Serah Hope (Chicka)
Friday date –Ivan
Saturday date – Mike

Date with Ivan

Date with Mike-outfit1,2&3

Music Talentshow

Martial Arts Talentshow

What can i say, when I found out about the 'Dates for sale' I was kind of shocked and I really made it clear to Lola and Helena. I think I shouted something like: 'What the hell? How can Ivan possibly be one of my dates?! I only met him, like, once! Why did he place a bid on me?'. I shouted some more to them and they shouted some more back, until Lola said 'Everyone needs a date, you stupid. Especially us three. People look up to us. We can do whatever we like, but we'll need a date to not look like a totall loser. Deal with it'. Yep, Lola can really give it straight to you. And she was right, like she always was.
Lateron, while we were shopping for the talent show(Each club had to perform their own show or shows) and for our dates, Helena explained all about the dates to me. Apparently, it was usual to have an auction around this time every year, were the guys of our school could place a bid on the girls they liked. The highest bidder got the date and since Ivan's got really rich parents, he gets almost all of the dates, year after year again. Now, I've heard that he realllllly likes me. I suppose he does look pretty hot and nice and cute and he's got a sixpack and... and... Maybe I'm looking more forward to this date then I thought.
'Hey, I've got the most amazzzzing idea for our martial arts talent show! We should totally wear streetclothes, jump out of them in our underwear and do a streetfight! Just the two of us. What do you think?(Lola)'
I told her it was a great idea, but to be honest, the idea she described sounded like the worst idea ever. I was just to much caught up with daydreaming. And boy, did I have a hot dream. I really like daydreaming, in fact, during classes it's all I do for the whole day and mostly I really don't know what the teachers are talking about.
Anyway, for my date with Ivan I got the cutest dress, ever and, according to Helena, it looked great in contrast to my eyes. For Mike on the other hand, I got something that barely covered my skin, because he asked me to. He said he liked it short.
And for the talent show, well, you'll see....

The few days before my date with Ivan, I really started hanging out with him. He's really the nicest guy I know and we became friends. Maybe even more than friends. We held hands all the time, hugged and these past few days I even saw more of him than of Lola and Helena. I asked him about what happened between him and Lucy and if it was true that he had an eye for Helena. He told me that he and Lucy were very close and did almost anything together, but because he didn't want to have sex with her, she cheated on him with Dorian, who she still has a crush on. I laughed, which I didn't want to at first and I asked him if he was still a virgin. Then, he also started laughing, but in a shy manner. He said yes and, when he said that, my heart actually jumped. I don't know why, I guess I was just happy to hear that from him. He told me that he, unlike most guys, really wanted to meet the right girl, an angel with a golden smile. I told him, that there was no way, that he could find an angel with a golden smile and joked. He laughed, grabbed me, held me tight and said: 'Fortunately, I've already found her'. 'Really? Where is she?, I joked and then, he finally kissed me. A short, powerful, loving, warm and delicious kiss. Everything felt so right at the moment, but a couple of moments later, when he answered my question about Helena, everything fell apart again.
He said that he had an eye for Helena, he still had, but when I came to this school, he immediately fell in love with me. I don't know what happened, if it was because Helena was my friend, or maybe because he somehow sounded sarcastic to me, but something inside of me just flipped. I pushed him away and with my, by now, 'famous angry walk' (Which I always use when I get sent to Lilliana's office and I get sent out multiple times every week, if not every day, because of Lola's 'bad influence' people say) I walked away from him. He told me to wait, which, ofcourse, I didn't and when he pulled my arm, I kicked him in his balls and ran off. I know it sounds harsh, and it was. I really shouldn't have done that and if you'd met me a couple of weeks ago, I really wouldn't have done that, but Lola awakened something in me, called 'Life'. I guess friends can really have a changing influence on someone's life.
The worst thing about me kicking Ivan, though, was that a lot of people saw it and new rumors were born. Ivan was apparently so hurt, both physically and mentally, that he didn't want to talk to me anymore and the next few days, he even didn't bother to come and visit classes. I really felt sorry.... A couple of times, I walked passed his room, but I didn't dare to knock on his door. The last time I walked past, I finally got the guts to slide a I'm-so-sorry-letter underneath his door, but he didn't answer me. The morning before our date, I started to really feel sick, because of myself. I felt like it was my fault, that I ended it. That I ended us. Out of pure frustration, anxiety and because I was just desperate, I decided to just go up to him and confront him with the question, if he still wanted to go on a date that evening, which, according to Lola, was a great idea, but was actually a bad idea, which I found out myself, lateron. He sighed, said yes and made me feel better.
However, the date was absolutely horrifying; neither of us spoke, the only thing we actually talked about was the weather. Sometimes, one of us would say something like,'So, uhm... the food is really nice. Great restaurant, great movie'. During the movie, which by the way, wasn't the movie we wanted to originally see, because that one was sold out, and which by the way was awful, I just couldn't control myself and I wanted to talk about what happened. He didn't want to talk. Our date became icier by the moment. When the movie was over, I just couldn't see him any longer anymore, and, once again, I ran away and he ran after me. I menaged to jump into a taxi, locked the doors before he could get in and I drove off, by myself, alone in the taxi. And no, I didn't steal the taxi, I borrowed it. Luckily, I didn't get into trouble because of it.
Wow, I thought I felt bad, but now I really felt bad towards Ivan. The next day, I decided to let him go, I decided that we were lost and that I probably couldn't find us anymore, no matter how hard I would try. I didn't visit any classes that day, I just cried. During lunchtime, Lola and Helena came over and comforted me. And after school had just ended, the doorbell rang again. It was Mike. I completely forgot about him and our date and I didn't care. He was, after all, a j3rk, just like all other guys. I opened up in my PJs and I saw a glancing Mike standing in front of me. The first thing he did, before he even said anything, was to kiss me on my mouth again and I felt so sad, that I just let him. I told him that I was sorry and that I had forgotten about our date, but he said that I wasn't going to get rid of him that easily and he menaged to get me out of my PJ's, while he was watching, into my dating clothes, while he was still watching, and out of the house, where we spent our night in the teacher's room at school. I know that sounds boring, but it was forbidden for students to come there, especially when no-one else was there and it was actually really exciting and I had much fun. Did you know that the teacher's room had its own jacuzzi and cinema? Why on earth would they have a cinema?! As if they use the freaking thing. We pulled our clothes out and went in the tub, wearing our underwear only and we talked all night. We talked all morning, we didn't even sleep and we forgot about the time. Then, at 7.30 in the morning exactly, the first teachers and students entered our school, because preparations had to be made for the talentshow that evening. And we were caught, red-handed. Ah well, a few more or less rumors, I suppose it didn't matter. We were punished. We had to clean all the classrooms, even the ones where they had potions-class and, believe me, that's awful. You really don't want to clean up after that. It's messier than messy and the smell will stay in your clothes and hair for at least one week, even if you'd shower every 5 hours. Helena felt sorry for us and Lola, well, Lola just laughed at us, made jokes, and she threw her garbage in front of us on the ground. I swear, if she wasn't my friend, I would've totally started a fight.
Long, long hours of cleaning, an angry look of Ivan and much gossips later, I finally found myself in Lola and Helena's room(they shared a room together), we were making ourselves pretty and Lola and I practised our 'battle' one more time.

At the talentshow, it was first up to the Book club, who performed a lovely play, and then, it was finally up to Lola and me. Like the Book club, we also performed a little play of our own;

Lola played the tough girl and I played the girl, who was just passing
by after having shopped for a long time. I accidentally bumped into Lola.
'So WHO do yer think ye are?' Lola shouted with a fake Irish accent.
'Someone who can beat you easily, even if my hands were bound on my back,
with my tongue in my armpit and while standing on one leg!!' I returned.
Then, I threw my shopping bags on the floor.
Lola, for a dramatic effect, ripped her shirt and trousers
and then I did the same. Together, we shocked our school,
by performing the worst play ever and by fighting in our underwear.

Seriously, nobody, exept for the guys of our school and Helena seemed to enjoy our play.
The jury was so shocked, that they even expelled us from the martial arts club for two weeks, guess our play was even worse than I thought.... The rest of our Martial arts club apparently DID show something decent.
Next up, was the Music club. We had divided ourselves in pairs and each pair performed a duet, while the rest of us played the instruments. First, it was Brandon and my turn. We sang the song 'Something stupid'. We'd practised it every morning, for over two weeks, and we both knew the lyrics by heart. Brandon really wanted to win the talentshow, so the thing I'm about to tell you, is not a positive thing, I know. But all I do lately, seems to be wrong. Guess that I've truly turned into a 'witch'.... During our duet, I couldn't help myself anymore. I suddenly felt an urgent need to shout for Ivan. I'd never longed for him that much, not like that time. And, as Lola has taught me, you should always do, what seems right for you. (And yes, it rhymes)
So, that's exactly what I did. During our song, I shouted as hard as I could and I shouted for Ivan. I shouted, while the whole school was watching and listening, I accidentaly shouted in the microphone. For a moment, everybody was quiet and hurt, I descended from the stage and I ran towards Ivan, with tears in my eyes and I told him I was sorry. Luckily, Brandon probably knew we needed our privacy and he bravely continued singing alone.
This time, it was me, who dragged Ivan along, against his will. I dragged him out of the school, while feeling everyone's eyes burn into my back.
But it didn't matter to me, all that mattered was Ivan and I told him that. I told him about everything I had felt these days and he told me about how he had felt. Yes, he had feelings for Helena. HAD. But those feelings were over now, he had feelings for me. I had feelings for him. We had feelings for each other. We loved each other.
He held me tight that evening, we talked things out and we kissed, long, wet kisses. I asked him about his duet, which he hadn't done, because of my fault. Instead of answering, he told me that my hair was 'stinky'. That my hair hair smelled like the potions, he had brewed a couple of days ago. Potions made out of dragonslime and frogfeet. I laughed, the first comfortable laugh in a long time. I suppose he didn't care about his duet anymore, nor did he care that my hair smelled, because he kept on sliding his fingers trough my hair. All that mattered to him was me and all that mattered to me was him. I loved him and he loved loved me.
And we made it known to the world. We became the new 'Golden couple'. Everybody thought we looked cute together, everybody talked about us, and the truth is, we did look cute together, because we WERE cute together. Because we loved each other.

Last edited by chicka1909 (02-03-2012 19:18)

Cicika · 02-02-2012 13:06

princesslollipop1989 wrote:
I was wondering, the book club is doing a group thing, what about the music club? Are we doing a group or solo thing?

However you want... i am fine with both group or solo
smile

Cicika · 02-03-2012 12:34

I was about to close Round 2, but I noticed that a lot of you need some extra time to finish the story, so I will keep the round open until tonight... I will close the round at 9pm forum time.

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Cicika · 02-03-2012 20:48

Round 3 is Open
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and please finish your round 2 story before posting round 3

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Tonkolina · 02-04-2012 09:18

Bianca Black

„So did you pick your dress yet?“ asked Peter as I sat next to him.The book club just started.
„What for?“ I asked.
„The ball.“
„Oh, no. Not sure if I'm going.“ I replied and crossed my legs.
„So I should go alone?“ he asked leaning to me.
„Not necessarily.“ I smiled and looked at Emma.
„Yes, necessarily.“ He replied turining my head towards his with his hand.
„Well, I wouldn't like to see you all alone there…“
„I know you wouldn't…So it's a deal, we are going together. What colour should my tie be?“
„What?“ I asked confused.
„Tie… girls like to match with their dates…Pink dress, pink tie and so on.“
„You would wear a pink tie?“ I asked with a grin.
„I would if you have a pink dress.“ He replied making a face that was hard to figure out was he joking or not.
„The only dress I have in my closet is a completly black one, suitable more for a halowwen party than for something like this. Even though, I adore it.“
„So wear it.“
„Black? It's ball , most of the girls will be in pink and green and blue!“ I replied.
„So? You're not the most.“ He said and looked at my crossed legs.“You're the dragon tattoo girl.“ That statement mad eme laugh.
„Those jeans I'm wearing are driving you crazy, right?“ I chuckled.
„Yes, I'm tempted to break into your room at night and tear all of your long pants.“
„Poor little Peter.“ I sad and patted him on his head.

I spent my Christmas with my family. My sister, brother and parents were there. I missed them a lot. They are happy. That makes me happy. My brother actually found a girlfriend, which we all thought was impossible. He brought her to meet us. Her name is Giselle and she has blond hair, she is a ground user and she smells like a rainy day. I believe she is making that scent by herself and not with a perfume, so I asked her about that and she teached me how can I do that with my element. I managed to make my own scent. It smells like the sea.

As we were eating the doorbell rang. I got up and went towards the door.
„Hi, Bianca.“ Chris smiled and hugged me. I instatly remembered the girl on his phone. But I had no reason to be mad. We broke up. It was over. He moved on. And so did I.
„Hi, Chris! Boy, I haven't seen you for such a long time.“
„You are still wonderful as you were.“
„You're still blind as a bat.“ I punched his shoulder in a joke.
„Do you have a moment for a walk?“
„Sure.“ We headed towards the old playground.
„You smell nicely.“ He said.
„Thanks, my new perfume.“
„I like it.“ He said and we continued to walk in silence. This was the awkwaed silence people taklk about. I never experienced it before. I had to make it stop. So I opened my mouth as we spoke in the same time:
„I'm dating Helen.“ – „I met a guy.“ We looked at each other, I was the first one who spoke.
„HELEN?Helen, like my friend Helen?“
„Yes.“ He replied looking at me ready for the punch. I managed to keep myself calm.
„Ok.Helen… She's a nice girl“ I said silently, took a deep breath and continued to walk.
„That's it?“ he asked curiously.
„That's it.“
„God, thank you. IO though you were going to slam me to the ground.“ He commented with a shaking voice and I laughed.
„No. You moved on. That's good.“
„And now… You met a guy?“ he asked looking at some building trying to avoid eye-contact.
„Yes.. his name is Peter… He's nice.“
„He better treats you good.“ He said and pushed me with his shopulder in a joke. We were in front of my house.
„It was nice to see you Chris. Call sometimes. „ I hugged him and went inside.

„Are you ready?“ Peter called from the door.
„Here, I'm comming.“ I said and opened the door. He was dressed completly in black.
„You match me.“ I grinned.
„Of course, I'm my girls goes to the ball like a vampire, so will I.“ he said and offered me his hand.

The ballroom was full of students in colourful dresses. I managed to stop me from laughing. I looked totally unsincronized with the rest.
„This is funny.“ Said Peter.
„Hilarious“ I agreed.
„Let's dance?“
„Lets.“ He took me by the hand and we went into the crowd. Soon I needed to take of my Jacket since it was hot inside. As we were dancing we tried to talk to each other.
„So how was Christmasand new year?“ he asked as a slow music played and we were squeezing on the dancefloor.
„Good, I met my old boyfriend and we celebrated together among with my sisters, brothers ann Helen.“
„Helen?“
„His new girlfriend, my friend…“ I replied.
„Oh… Awkward.“
„It actually wasn't… Although it surpried me, how easy was it to accept the fact he moved on.“
„You moved on too, that's what made it easier.“ He replied and spiined me.
„I guess that's the reason.“ I said as he lightly kissed me on my lips. „You know, you are a real cuddler.“
„I know, but shush, we don't want to ruin my reputation.“ He grinned.
„Don't worry, I would ruin mine if a badass girl like me dates a cute boy. I'll stick to the bad boy.“ I winked.

Peter escorted me to my room.
„I would invite you in, but my roomies are here for sure.“ I said.
„But I was so good today!I deserve a prize!““
„You do.“ I said and kissed him. We were kissing for a while longer.
„I wish you hadn't that long dress.“ He commented.
„Here, be happy.“ I chuckled and lifted the dress so he sees the part of my tattoo.
„And the rest?“ he asked following the lines of the tattoes with his fingers.
„Some other time.“ I kissed him and went in my room.

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Kimi666 · 02-04-2012 10:32

Taretha May-Louise

(asked out; ball; starting problems with powers; exams)

Christmas welcomed Tarrie at school. She wanted to stay, somehow. Home wasn't so alluring to her like other time, when she was at boarding school for a year. Even if Susie was the only person to cope with, Taretha wanted to stay at school.
Since that certain event after talent show, it was awkward to talk to Andrei even on club meeting. He was avoiding the conversation which was making her mad.
"Seriously, why do I even bother?" she asked, sitting with Sam on the outside. "No, don't tell me to give him time to think, he'll be avoiding it forever."
"Somehow I feel a little pity for him" Sam chuckled, poking her slightly. "Being kissed by you..."
"Pity?" she laughed, slapping lightly his hand. "I bet you were green with jealousy! Stop poking, it tickles!"
"God, you have enormous ego..."
"My name is Tarrie, but thanks" she joked, poking him in return.
"We need to cool your head."
Sam smiled as he pushed her straight to the snow. With small 'eep' she fel right into the big bunch, almost disappearing in it. When she got up, she was laughing and forming big snowball.
"I think you need to cool down too" she smiled mischievously, throwing snowball straight to his face.
Five minutes later big snowball fight started. Sam tried to cheat, sending too many snowballs, using his air power, but Tarrie in defense used hers to make them melt before they could even touch her. On the other hand Sam was sending back snowballs Tarrie was throwing, so it wasn't exactly fair fight between them.
Everything went smoothly, until the moment when Sam sent snowball thrown by Tarrie and it hit somebody else.
The two froze in their places for a moment. That was something unexpected for them, actually it was the first person passing by after they started fight. The person turned straight to them as they tried to hide behind each other.
"Holy hell" Taretha whispered, looking from behind of Sam's shoulder. She hadn't expected Andrei to be there!
And suddenly Sam hid behind her and pushed her straight to him.
"Gah!" With this unexpected sound she tripped and almost fell if it wasn't quick reaction of Andrei. "Ugh.. Sorry?"
"I think I'll be leaving you two alone" she heard from behind when Sam disappeared almost in blink of an eye. I'll kill him!
Now she was left with Andrei holding her. He seemed to be frozen at that moment, a perfect occasion... Her instincts were screaming to kiss him since he was so close; her mind tried to tell her to run away. It wasn't that much of hard choice, since her lips pressed to his, gently but decisively and for a short second. However it was enough for him to get out from his current state.
"Taretha..." he said slowly, tightening the grip. "Don't do that."
"Why not?" she sent him questioning gaze. "I wanted to do this so I did."
"I didn't want this." His words set a barrier between them.
"But I do. For holy hell, I want this for too much long." Her words made a few cracks in this wall.
"But you never..."
"Cut. It. Off." Another cracks. "You on the other hand have no idea how much I was restraining myself."
"Until the talent show."
"Until the talent show, yes" she nodded, smiling. "Which reminds me that I kissed you twice, so you have to kiss me twice to make score equal."
"Taretha" his warning tone made her loose that smile; she lifted her head up, looking straight into his eyes. "Stop it. Whatever you're planning, I'm not the one to fell for it."
Fire lit in Taretha's eyes, as her power made her almost burning with anger. She had her patience and it was looking like the patience regarding Andrei and his way of living.
"Oh, for fuck's sake, I'm having enough!" she snapped angrily, letting herself free from his grip. "Fine by me, just stay alone or with whoever you want to stay."
She couldn't say that she hadn't notice that he was spending time with girl from her year, Amelia. But in fact, she wasn't that jealous as fire witch could be. She was hearing rumors about fiery witches' jealousy and in fact, she wasn't that bad. Moreover, she wasn't jealous before. Now it was a slight hint, but quickly vanished. It wasn't her business anyway.
She went few steps away, with evil plan how to torture Sam in her mind, when she felt strong pull and found herself in Andrei's grip once again.
"Let go" she hissed, trying to free herself. No use. "Let the fuck go!"
"Stop swearing" something in his voice made her silent. For a short while.
"Let me go" she whispered, but somehow it was weaker than before. His face was to close and his eyes were making her feel uneasy.
"No."
It was hard to read him. Taretha felt her heart pounding, she didn't dare to look at him. Something was not actually right. He leaned closer taking off her earmuffs and brushed his lips against her now uncovered ear. Sudden shiver made her heart almost stop.
"I wish you'd go to the ball with me" she heard soft whisper.
Her heart stopped for a bit of time. At least she had the impression of it. Somehow this moment stopped the whole time. He knew how to surprise her... At least for a small while.
"Alright" she managed to say. "I'll go."
Something in her wanter her to scream in victory, but she stopped it and just smiled.

~*~

"I feel hot in that dress..." she mumbled, checking herself in mirror.
Something was not right. She wasn't supposed to feel this heat at this time of year. It was still a slight bit though.
She ad girls were waiting for their respective partners. Tarrie still couldn't believe how Halley turned Mike around her finger. And Emma, dating Joseph... That was something! Shy little Emma with one of the popular guys...
She heard small knock in the door. But let Emma open it. In fact, she wasn't sure, she was actually ready... Was it really her color?
"Tarrie, it's Andrei."
Taretha had to drop her tries to do something with the make-up and went out, towards her date.
She raised a brow. Andrei maybe did not dressed in tuxedo, but his clothes weren't casual either. In fact, dark trousers with dark green shirt and black jacket...
"Suits you well" she smiled, finishing her thoughts. Then she noticed his face. Ugh, something must be wrong with my face... "Andrei?"
"Stunning" he offered his arm. "Stopped my breath for a while."
She giggled, brushing her hair. Thankfully she hadn't to use hairspray, it would be a disaster.
The ball hasn't started yet, but Tarrie was already feeling jealous gazes from girls who were obviously having crush on Andrei. In fact, nobody believed that somebody would get close to him. Apparently she was the first one to break any rumor... Or it would seem to her. However he managed to get nice seats before the start.
They were sitting for a while, silently, until music started to play. She was too eager to get the dance that she almost caused a social commotion, wanting to dace first, without noticing that it has to be headmistress's dance first.
"Just calm down, Taretha" Andrei tried not to laugh at her behavior. "We'll dance soon, promise."
"Promise?"
"Promise" he finally smiled. "Now sit steady."
He kept his promise. Some time later they appeared on dance floor, Taretha was taking the lead. How much she was loving dancing, even in pairs. In fact, Andrei was dancing well enough not to stomping on her feet. But she was used to dancing, she was learning it, feeling it and it became her biggest passion. No wonder she was so happy...

~*~

"You called me?" Tarrie entered Amanda's office and almost immediately caused a puzzled look.
"What are you wearing, Taretha?" The woman tried not to look too shocked. "Isn't it a bit...?"
"It's hot" blonde mumbled. "I'm trying my best, but any next layer of clothes would make me sweat like a mule."
Day after the ball, Tarrie found out that she wasn't handling clothes very well. Strangely enough, she was feeling well, but it was too hot for her. Moreover, she managed to set chair on fire without even thinking about it. Just what the hell was happening?
"It's January, Taretha..."
Tarrie knew what Amanda had on thought. It was indeed January, freezingly cold, snowy and windy, but even outside, Taretha was feeling very hot. Moreover, she was melting the snow!
"But it's hot. I'm melting the snow..." she mumbled again. She felt suddenly sleepy. "Anyway, why do you want to see me?" she asked, getting back on main topic.
"Apart from the commotion you're causing?" Amanda smiled playfully. "Exams are near and I want you to score high."
Taretha hissed slightly. Somehow she hoped that wouldn't be the case, but her hopes faded away. Seriously, she wished any other things than that! She wasn't Miss Straight A, damnit! She was more suited to be the Miss Popularity type, not that!
"Don't get me wrong" Amanda noticed her reaction. "I do have high expectations, because you're the only novice with fire power. And it would be waste for such potential."
"Yeah, heard it somewhere else." blonde mumbled. "I'll try."
"That's what I wanted to hear."
When Tarrie left Amanda's office, she immediately went outside. It was too hot for her to stay at school.
Strangely, it grew more after winter ball. And she wasn't freaking out nor somebody scared her. She was doing usual things then... It was happening. Fireballs out of the blue, chairs, notes, everything on fire... She even burned accidentally her notebook!
It was snowing greatly, but Taretha wasn't feeling the cold. Every snowflake which landed on her, melted quickly and water from it was vaporing intensively enough to not notice it.Something was strangely wrong...
"Maybe I'm worrying too much..." she mumbled.

~*~

Thankfully for Taretha, she stopped setting everything on fire and creating fireballs out of the blue. But she was still wearing summer clothes, temperature for her was unbearable to wear something more... matching for current weather. But it wasn't that shocking as before. Just as someone said, 'for good of other students'.
She wasn't curious about what was happening, she was fighting with the effects of it. In the end, she dropped the whole situation on exam stress and such. Amanda had high expectations, but she hated studying so much... She couldn't help it. The worst part was history, it always was. But in previous schools she could cheat, she had a feeling that here would be no easy task. So right after she managed to gain control of creating fire, she was trashing her part of room with countless sheets, sticking notes and photocopies of history notes. She would've trashed the whole room, if it wasn't Emma's protest against it.
It was no surprise that tests were like way through hell to her. No wonder she almost screamed when the tests were over. It left her practical exams and she finally could tidy her part of room! God knew that she would just burn all those notes she took and copied... And probably her roomies were more than happy to finally not see this mess.
Practical tests seemed easy enough. At least with the individual part of it. She was mostly improvising, but she joined it with the most pleasurable part of her life. Her dance with fire got applause, that was for sure. It wasn't creating big fireballs, burning anything, she was just letting flames circling around her, making it more ribbon-like. In the end she managed to create a bird before it vanished in hundreds of sparkles.
She noticed Andrei, smiling at her. She smiled back, brushing her hair slightly.
"God, she had enormous ego by now, not it will be unbearably enormous..." she heard Sam, so she patted his head lightly.
"My, my, my dear friend can't deal with the fact that I'm a dancer? And when a dancer gets approval from the audience..." Tarrie started her favorite sentence.
"Her feelings are making her feeling like God. I know, I know, you were saying that too much often." Sam sighed. "Anyway, how's with your beloved?" he winked playfully.
"I don't believe in love, Sam" she looked at him suspiciously. "And if you want to know, how's going between me and Andrei, you should just ask straight."
"Riiight... I forgot that our Fiery Taretha isn't the romantic one..." He made funny face which made her giggle. "So how are things between you and Andrei?"
"Steady" she smiled. "I'm not planning anything hot for now."
"But maybe he does" Sam laughed. "You never know with this one."
Taretha joined his laugh. That was true, but she knew that was the best thing in it.
Surprisingly, when battle of elements commenced for her, she was paired up with Helena. Strangely enough, because water and fire are natural antagonists and fire has little chance of winning against water...
"Ready?" Tarrie smiled. She was the confident one, she already planned something.
As the battle begun, blonde quickly had to change strategy. Creating big fireballs wasn't desirable thing, plus everybody were watching... So she was just dodging, before she finally went with decision. So, when Helena shot water balls towards her, blonde immediately countered it with fireballs, making water vapor. But Helena was the more experienced one, so no wonder Tarrie got cornered...
"Like it was said somewhere, offense is the best defense..." she mumbled after the battle.

Last edited by Kimi666 (02-07-2012 13:58)

Clarmelice · 02-04-2012 11:47

Aira Rose Alton
Arriving back to school "Study session"

Ball Elements exam

It wasn’t really a question if I’m going home for Christmas or not. Dad would have been flipping if I wasn’t going…I know it was weird for them, that I’m away. It would have been weird even if I was at Yale, I mean the eldest kids leaving the nest and all. But family has always been number 1 on our priority list, no matter what.
Not saying I wasn’t nervous at all, mainly because of the twins, since they don’t really know what’s going on…and once I’m home I’m going to have to meet up with my friends as well, which will be…well, I don’t even know what to expect. It doesn’t matter that much anyway I do want to catch up with them, at least on New Year’s Eve.

At the end it really wasn’t horrible at all. It was sooo great to finally be able to see my family. I terribly missed them. For a while I think I managed to completely forget about HOD…I know that’s somewhat mean, not even Amelia, Helena or Julien were that much on my mind. For a while I just felt perfectly normal again. Except the seconds when I used my power to get my towels or to cool my tea…okay, I guess I won’t ever feel perfectly normal again.
But Christmas really was nice. Home cooked meals, Christmas tree, presents (including my dress for the big ball, wohoo!).

Meeting up with friends at the New Year’s party was somewhat awkward and I was afraid for a while that if I drink even one glass of champagne I will say something that I really shouldn’t…it wasn’t like it used to be, but I didn’t even expected it to be. It still was sort of fun, and seeing old friends was a good thing.

Luckily, the break wasn’t too long for me to get comfortable at home, which I think was a good a thing...it would’ve been harder to fly back to HOD. I couldn’t help but notice that I was…almost missing this school I was so against as I got my letter. And well…I missed the people as well.

It was the second day of January, evening when I got back, trying to get my luggage up to my room. My kind of luck, of course, it was an hour after dinner, so no one was really lurking around the floors. I would’ve been happy with anyone, really, just needed someone to help me before I fell down the stairs backwards. Either because I was tired or just really crappy of jet lag, I couldn’t make the bags fly smoothly; they fell down once making a terrible noise in the deeply quiet castle so I’d choose to suffer.

”What’s up with your hair?”
I almost jumped out of my skin as he scared me walking out of nowhere. At least it seemed like that, but this castle…well, to say the least it has its dark corners, dead ends and all.
”Jesus you scared me to death Julien.” I really was shaking there for a minute and stopped with the whole “heavy suitcases – tired girl drama”.
”Oh sorry. Need a hand there?” He gave me a charming, cocky smile, I would have said yes even if I didn’t need help. Which I obviously did.
”Yes” I admitted with a relieved sigh, smiling at my own lameness, and letting him take my stuff.
”What on Earth are you carrying in these?”
”You know…clothes, clothes…and mainly clothes. Books. Some Christmas presents for the girls.” We made our ways to my room. “Now what did you just say about my hair?”
”Looks different”
”Emm…My hair iron went a bit wild. Not that I thought I’ll bump into anyone at this hour.”
”Then sorry again?” Anyway he really seemed to be amused about the whole thing.
To tell the truth I was basically somewhat nervous around him since our date. I still didn’t know at all what was on his mind, but weirdly we spent more time together since the date, and the play, and couldn’t really not talk with each other. Almost, like we were dating. Except we weren’t.
”But you know, I like it”
”You do?” I was skeptical raising one eyebrow whilst looking at his smiling face. Every single time he said something like that he was just so natural like I should be reading his mind or something, knowing what he wanted with that.
”Yeah. Now… I really don’t wanna break in to your roommates; can you handle it from here?” He put down the suitcases in front of my door.
”Ah-ha.” He was almost ready to go, as something came to my mind. “You know I was actually gonna ask you for a favor.”
”Yes?” He turned around curios.
”I could use a bit of a help with this first year history…it makes me a bit confused at times. Wouldn’t you mind?” I couldn’t really believe I just asked him that…when it comes to studying…I really kick ass, and even if I don’t get something at first, sooner or a later I get to the bottom of it without any help. And as usual, I already started to get prepared for the exams.
”I wouldn’t mind…” He seemed there for a second as if he could read my exact thoughts, but eventually he decided to go with it…”After book club?”
”Great, thanks. Goodnight!” I was already more cheerful, as I pulled my bag in the room, to greet Amelia and Shera.

The planned greetings I had to postpone for the next day, since both of the girls were asleep as I stepped into my room. Anyway the next morning they couldn’t escape me and my presents. For Shera I bought some CDs, Disney Classic collections, since I knew how much she likes music and I actually heard her once humming that song from Pocahontas. Amelia got a plant from me; since I thought it’s weird she doesn’t have any…I bet she could play around with it, and none the less, Shera could water it sometimes. How lovely life can be.

”It’s basically a baby, you have to give it a little push if you want to see how it’s going to look like” At least I found it funny, but luckily Amelia smiled too as she thanked for it.
“So how was your holiday?” I didn’t really feel like unpacking and going to morning classes so it was quiet hard to make me shut up over my holiday, but after that I was ready to hear all about Amelias.

”I was home, with my family. Pretty much that’s it.” I kind of felt a hint of weirdness there, and I really was trying not to pry but I raised an eyebrow looking at her.
”Aw, don’t give me that look…It just wasn’t all joy and laughter, you know. My family…doesn’t really know what this school is like…and that…I’m a witch.” She didn’t really seem happy about admitting that to me, so a smiled apologizing.
”Sorry, I didn’t mean to-“
”It’s okay. Anyway you’re just brave to telling it to them.”
”I’m not brave…sometimes I think it was selfish of me to tell them and destroy all they hopes and dreams for me. At least you didn’t do that.”
”Well I’m not sure. They can’t really process that I chose a no-name school here in Europe, not the Yvy League. I still had some explaining to do.”
“Oh, I get it. More pleasant subject then!” I was jumping back to my bed with a bright smile on my face. “Do you have your dress for the big ball already?”
Na, there was that pretty Amelia smile I like.

So, Wednesday afternoon, before dinner, I was trying to study with Julien in an empty corner of the library, struggling with History. That was at least half true. I wasn’t ever a real history-girl, I had to focus on biology and chemistry, and beside that I always loved literature better. So yeah, that was the hardest subject for me, but that help really wasn’t that necessary…
Which is probably why after an hour we weren’t even studying at all, but playing torpedo on the back of my notes. That’s a meaningful way to spend your evening when exams are coming up and you have a ball to focus on too.

I’ve no idea how much time we spent there but eventually my stomach started to grumble.
”God, I’m hungry…maybe we should go.”
”Just a sec I’ll have your last ship.”
”If you say so…” I was confidently smiling cause I didn’t think he’s gonna get it but guess what…he found it immediately.
“Don’t gloat” I warned him and started to get my things. He watched me for a while with the cutest smile without moving a finger to pack his things then he suddenly asked The Question.
”Would you like to come to the ball with me?” It was really annoying that he didn’t seem nervous at all, he never did, while I was always over thinking everything. It really is ironic how much I can struggle with my emotional side…
”As your date?”
”Of course as my date” There were small wrinkles on his forehead and I was sure he thought the question wasn’t necessary at all. It was to me at least.
”I’d love to” I felt a smile easily coming to my lips, even though I was a bit puzzled.
”Great. I’ll pick you up at seven then.”

Meeting with Rachel

The days until the ball were pretty much calm, I spent my time studying, being excited about the ball, but somehow I didn’t feel so careless I was before the holidays. I couldn’t really explain why but it was like…everything was filled with tension, things were gently shaking under our feet, waiting for something. For something big to break out. To top things it was like I used my power to do things but totally unconscious, and every time I did it, it felt like tiny bits of electricity would pinch me.
I mentioned it to Julien once during lunch, and he thought it’s nothing. But I couldn’t really shake this feeling off, that something is just not right, but for a while I managed to believe that I’m just nervous, the ball, the exams, and I’m feeling this more since everyone in school is probably nervous too. But I guess that was more like what he thought, not me…
“Just don’t stress yourself too much” He shrugged his shoulders and was ready to talk about something else, as Brandon walked up to me.
”Hey, Rachel wants to see you if you’re not too busy during the break”
”Did she mention why…?” I couldn’t really imagine what she wanted, as far as I know. I didn’t cause any trouble to anyone.
“Nope. But it’s probably nothing serious” As always he left with a bright infectious smile on his face, that somewhat cheered me up.
”Did you do something?” Julien seemed to be already thinking about what I could’ve messed up.
”Hell, no.” I drank up the last of my juice playing the insulted, than said goodbye to catch Rachel in her office.

“Come in” She answered my knocking immediately.
”Did you want to see me?” I walked in with a rather shy smile on my face, she asked me to sit down.
”Is something wrong…?” Maybe it’s just the weird tension of my latest days, but I felt somewhat pessimistic.
”Hope not. Just wanted to talk to you about the upcoming exams…if you need any help, or guidance with something. I’m really satisfied with your results so far, it would be a shame to ruin them.”
”Emmm…I think I’m fine, thank you. I like Potions, I think I’ll be handling the exam well, since I haven’t miss a class or a homework. It kind of reminds me of old high school lab classes with a hint of magic.”
That made her laugh and just as Brandon, she’s got a contagious good mood. “Happy to hear that. What about your other classes?”
”I think I’m quiet food with the basics, that doesn’t seem such a huge material, I’ve been trying to learn ahead for History since it’s not my biggest strength…”
”I’m sure you can handle a bit of a reading…just don’t put it off over and over again or you’re going to be left behind, and than it’s going to be impossible to catch up.”
”Yeah, I started with it in between the holidays.”
”God, you really are hardworking one. Probably you’re used to it, right?”
”I guess”
”But don’t forget to relax every once in a while. You don’t need to do your best in every part of your life at the same time. You don’t have to get into Yale or any other schools now, don’t forget that.”
”Yeah, I know” I smiled a bit relieved maybe I was already pushing myself too hard without even noticing? “But about Elements…” I couldn’t say it immediately; it just felt stupid to say something like that.
”Yes?”
”My power feels…somewhat weird lately.”
”What do you mean with weird?” Her smiled disappeared there for a second, and I couldn’t help but notice that.
”I don’t know for certain…sometimes it’s like it’s doing more than I want it to, or I do things not on purpose. It’s…electric.”
She didn’t answer at once. But then she said almost the same things as Julien.
”As I said, don’t try too hard. You’re doing okay here; I think you should just rest a little. Maybe go out on a date again…?” She started smiling, or this time more like grinning, what made me seriously laugh.
”Maybe you shouldn’t listen to rumors?”
“Oh, I like to hear rumors about my students, even if I don’t always believe them.” She winked. “Aira, just don’t forget to set your priorities. I’m not worried about you, just wanted to check. And if you needed any help, you know who to turn to.”
”Thank you, Rachel” She managed to calm me there, so I left the room in a better mood.

Shopping

The next Saturday, we went dress shopping with Amelia, since she didn’t have a dress yet. Mine was a Christmas present from mom, who…well, who pretty much shared my passion for fashion and knew my taste well but the fact didn’t stop me to be an eager help to my dear roommate.
We managed to rent a car, so we didn’t have to be dependent on public transportation and well…not like anything would run exactly to HOD. But to find a reeeeeally beautiful dress, we had to go a bit further than the village beneath the castle.

“What do you think of that?”
”Ew, too yellow.”
”How can something be too yellow?”
”Believe me it’s too yellow. It’s pretty but that color won’t suit your skin and hair. How about this?” I showed Amelia a beautiful green dress instead, that would go so well with her eyes…but the minute I got it down from the rack we realized that only the color was beautiful…
”Vaaaahh, get rid of that!”

We were already at the third store – no complaining, a lady has to take her time! – as Amelia asked me something I really didn’t want to think about.
”Don’t you feel…strange these days? Like, something is shaking inside of you?” I could tell that she’s talking about the exact same thing I asked Rachel about. Since we talked I was much calmer, but the feeling didn’t disappear completely.
”Well, yes I do…but I asked Rachel about it, you know.”
”What did she say?”
”She said it’s probably nothing, we’re just stressed out because of the ball and the upcoming exams, not to mention we’re freshmen, so we’re the most sensitive for this kind of things.”
”Oh, I see. I still can’t shake this off so easily, it worries me…that my…our power gets unstable.” Yep, she did seem worried. So was I, but since I didn’t have any good explanations I decided not to stress her even more out.
”Well, think of that if anything would go wrong, we have more powerful witches around us who could fix things easily.” I threw her a smile, of course I didn’t know how her powers awakened, and that this probably won’t sound so calming to her, than to me. For me, it was sort of working.

We had lunch together, and it was already afternoon when we managed to find the perfect dress. Not saying anything more…she’s going to be stunning.

Ball

Like every girl would, I was a bit nervous before the ball and wasted hours for getting ready. Long minutes in the bath, doing my hair, make-up, and so on and on and on…and if only that was it! I could only hope that Amelia hadn’t notice it, but it was like there’s this chilly breeze around me all the time. Everything I wanted to touch went up slowly in the air before I reached them, and smaller things like paper, pens, and socks did the same as I was passing them. I really couldn’t say I’m THAT calm…
I didn’t even wanted to think about it what I’m gonna do at the ball…I was silently hysteric by the time Julien arrived; I was walking around the room, trying to relax.

“You ready?” He asked smiling as I opened the door, he looked so charming in that suit..!
”Sure” My smile was definitely doubtful since he asked: “Is everything okay? You’re bit pale”
”Hope so”
”Come, this floor is somewhat chilly”
”Na, that’s just me”
”Sorry?”
”It’s me. The air keeps swirling around me. Do you see my skirt? It’s like it’s floating”
”Yes, it is really pretty” He didn’t seem to get it at all.
”No, I mean it is literally floating and I don’t want it to float!”
”Wow, I really do make you nervous.”
”Excuse me?” My voice just went a bit higher than normal, and I felt I was blushing. I really couldn’t understand why he isn’t taking this seriously, but on the other hand…what if he does make me nervous and that’s why my power’s doing this? I couldn’t decide it at all, but my stomach was trembling.
”I told you it’s probably nothing, you’ve been just a bit tense lately.”
“Ookay” I decided to go with it, I didn’t want to make anything stupid down there at the ball, so I was closing my eyes, taking a deep breath….
…and instead of letting it all out, the air just stuck in to me, since I felt Julien’s lips on mine, along with his hands on my hips and it seemed like ages until he let me go, and even than I didn’t want him to do that.
”Feeling better?” He took my hand instead and his smile just seemed…happy?
”Not sure” I wasn’t exactly teasing him, for a couple of seconds I just felt more nervous, butterflies in my stomach, and all.
”Ah, then maybe should I give it a second run?” He didn’t need my answer at all, just leaned towards me, and kissed me again, like it would be the most natural thing to do, or like it didn’t say so much more, than he usually does. “Now, let’s go, we don’t wanna be late.”

He held my hand the whole way down, and I actually started to feel more…calm and secure with him. Dear Newspaper, he doesn’t only know his way to me heart but it looks like to my brain too…but I was happy to go with it, the air felt light again, and it wasn’t chilly at all, more like a sweet spring breeze.

We really didn’t care about anyone else at the ball but I didn’t mind it.
”So am I your girlfriend now?” I couldn’t help but ask that, I really hate things that seem uncertain.
”I’m afraid you are.”
”Will you carry my books then after classes?” I couldn’t help but grin, the whole evening through.
”Oh, I won’t do that.”
”Why not?” I managed to make a sad face, but my eyes gave it away, that I was only joking.
”Because I just found out not even you are an exception from the curious-air girl-cliché”
”Auch, that was just mean.”
”Was it? Then I must apologize”
”You definitely must” No matter how many times we kissed, it felt more and more wonderful every single time. So much for me thinking I won’t be getting in the newspaper once again…
”But I also must thank you for your endless seeming patience little Miss Curios” There was a tiny shadow passing through his face as he pushed his forehead to mine. “I don’t know how you do it, but –“
”It’s okay” I didn’t want to make him say it, since even I didn’t know how I managed to keep my thousand questions about him to me. And I didn’t know that either how long I’m going to be able to keep this up. I didn’t want to ruin this evening with…secrets. Even though I knew he had many. It really didn’t seem to matter at the moment.

”So, do you want to be the neeew Queen?” There it was again, his cocky teasing, that made me punch him gently in the arm.
”No way. I’m leaving that to Lucy. Or to Amelia, who has her chances to beat her and take her little crown.”
He was laughing, actually quite a lot this evening.
”But then we must pay attention! We probably have to save Amelia’s butt then, it’s going to be officially a war…”
”We? I never said I want to get into this.”
”Oh, you don’t exactly have a choice anymore…” He smiled at me, just as I did at him. I never thought I’m ever going to feel like this about someone. Not to mention about someone I know so little about in a certain way.
Still, it was probably the best ball of my life.

Exams
(you should probably read Lavishi's exams part first, and then I hope it's going to make sense. all battle idea credits go to her, she's got the power!)

I know I’m bad, but somehow I managed to cut Julien off a bit before the exams…not like we haven’t seen each other at all, but I really put learning before him…not sure how he feels about that.

Potion went truly well, just what I expected. The Basics were a piece of cake too, with History…err, I guess I didn’t do it perfectly but wasn’t that off-topic at least. The individual demonstration of my element went well, I moved smaller, heavier things, used the air to float, run way-way faster than I normally could, I even tickled Rachel there for a sec for what I got an almost scolding look, but I could see her eyes were smiling.

I was confident before my battle with Halley since I didn’t feel that strange vibe through my performance. It was probably only the adrenalin looking back now.
I didn’t base my tactics on my brains on purpose…I mean not entirely, and not because I thought Halley wouldn’t be able to beat me in that. I never underrate my opponents, and especially not because they’re cute.
”Don’t die?” I looked at Rachel hoping she just didn’t mean that, of course she didn’t…have fun was more like something she would say.

I’m really not into battles that much, they are not really my thing, literature sort of taught me to be a pacifist and against violence. But what’s to do here? No wonder we were staring at each other for quiet a while.
Then it started. Attacking with air balls and getting out of their ways was more like the easy part. But of course, it haven’t been me, if I didn’t make things more…complicated then they have to be. Yeah, my plan was to trap Halley between the trees and “gently” knock her out with a bigger blast, so I was running faster than the wind, disappearing among the trees.
I was impressed how she found me. That impressed that I almost forgot to make an other quick move, but in the end I succeeded in disappearing again. That trick with the voices in the wind…I’ve been practicing for ages (at least that’s how it seemed), and it got me close enough to Halley.
”There’s only one rule, remember?” I actually was having fun there with this chase. Obviously I was just playing around with her; I never had the intention to hurt her. It was my turn to think we’ll finish this off in a second, but then…she casted a tornado and disappeared really quickly. I knew what she was doing; I still didn’t have a chance to get a glimpse of her.

And the tornado was there. The tornado, which Halley didn’t seem to control anymore. I didn’t have too much time to come up with something, so I went more with my instincts on this one. I wanted to get her out of the woods, so this time I casted a tornado too, to win control, but the minute the tornados united I felt it was the worst decision I could’ve made. That strange vibe, the electricity that was slowly taking the control over…I was desperately trying to keep things in my hand, and I couldn’t help but thinking about: what if I actually hurt her??
Then she casted another tornado, pushing it back my way…This just wasn’t a game anymore. The air seemed to leave our outskirts, leaving me breathless for a second, and even after I focused mostly on breathing, it was really hard to get some air.

“I think I’m losing control!!!” I heard Hally screaming out of nowhere, it took me a while to realize what she’s doing.
“Me too!!! I don’t know what’s happening! Do you feel that?!” I answered her gasping, really trying hardly to find a solution to that. Somewhere in my mind I just realized that Rachel should probably be helping us at this point. But she didn’t. I couldn’t help but think that it’s because she’s feeling the same as we do…if she used her powers…all hell could break loose.

“I’m going to make another tornado, okay?”
“You’re crazier than a Jackalope, Suga!!!”
“NO! I’ll make one that turns the opposite direction! When they hit they’ll cancel each other out!! But I need your help!! It’s too big for a small tornado to take this thing out!”
Yes, it was risky, but there was nothing else on my mind. I felt more and more dizzy as I was trying to make this plan work, together with Halley. The first tornado’s power was almost tearing us apart as we let another two into the whirling hell. After that…I was only guessing, that it’s working. At least something was happening, I felt like the air absorbs me for a second than shoves me away with its full strength. The world is spinning, my wrist hurts like hell, but finally there’s enough oxygen in my lungs, which makes me cough there for a couple of minutes.

The first thing I recognize from the floor is Rachel’s worried face, but then I can’t help myself but laugh on Halley’s comment.
”Yeah, that was definitely fun…”
”Are you girls okay?” Rachel asks helping us at least to sit up.
”I think I bruised my wrist but it’s nothing serious” I look at Halley hoping she’s got away just as easy.
”But you two…at least nailed your exams, that’s for sure” Rachel was trying to make it somewhat funny, but I felt that she’s nervous.

”Rachel..did you feel it too? That electricity as our power went out of control? What on earth was that?”
I saw her struggling giving an answer; eventually she just shook her head. “I’m sorry girls but this time…I can’t give you a proper answer” That was probably hard to say. “You should turn to our Headmistress.”

I didn’t need any more information, I stood up, still heavily breathing, thanked them, I don’t even know for what and stormed out the room. I even managed to forget that Julien was waiting for me outside since this was my last exam and we’re supposed to go out. He was somewhat terrified to see me, and I couldn’t imagine how I must’ve looked like. Dirty, sweaty, shaking and grabbing my own wrist, and I basically ran past him towards Liliana’s office.

”Aira? What happened, you look like hell!” Poor Julien was really determined there to stop me for a second, so he grabbed me by my waist and pulled me back. “You’re hurt” He stated as he was looking at my hand.
”It’s nothing major”
”How do you know that?” He really seemed angry there for a second, which was scary and actually flattering at the same time.
”I wanted to be a doctor, remember?”
”So, could you finally answer my question, what happened?” I really wanted to be in a hurry to get my answers as soon as possible, but eventually I didn’t have the heart to leave him hanging.
”Remember as I told you something’s wrong with my power? And Amelia’s?”
”Yeah…”
”Well, there is! Halley and I went totally out of control, and not even Rachel could help us, since she felt that vibe too!” I knew he won’t be happy about hearing this, and he also had to admitted, that I was right…
”And where you’re off too in such a hurry?” He already released me, and cooled off a bit.
”To the Headmistress…Rachel…she didn’t know either what was happening in there, so she sent me to her.” I was shaking more and more as the adrenalin rush was leaving my body, and felt the urgent need to hug him. Something like this would’ve never happened at Yale…
”Hey, it’s okay now.” He was just the sweetest, hugged me really tightly, and gave a kiss on my forehead. “You got scared, didn’t you?”
”Of course I got” I knew he was teasing me to make me forget the whole thing, but it didn’t work, not just yet. “But I gotta go, I need to speak with Liliana”
He nodded and let me go. “I’ll wait for you in the hall, but go down to the infirmary or I’m gonna bring you there!”
I managed to throw him a smile, then really was running up to the Headmistress’ office. Who just wasn’t there. I felt really disappointed but they said I could leave a note for her. So that’s what I did.

Last edited by Clarmelice (02-06-2012 11:50)

Echelon16 · 02-04-2012 13:20

Emma Montgomery

With Joseph Ball

Exam

I love winter holidays! They are my favourite time of the year because everyone gets so jolly. Me included. Back home, I'd always start decorating from December 1. Lights, tinsle, Christmas globes. The one thing I do not like at all is snow. I am a summer person and snow just makes me depressed. However much I love spending Christmas with my family, and I miss them so much, I decided to stay here, at the school. My roommates were staying behind as well. To be honest, not many people actually left home. Joseph didn't left either, but his roommates did, so we spent quite a lot of time in his room.
'Okay, check this out - Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) is a wetland perennial that forms large, monotypic stands. Purple loosestrife has showy, attractive flowers with 5-7 purple petals. Awesome.' I rolled my eyes. 'I've never been good at studying and I don't get any of this.' I was lying on Joseph's bed, with my feet up against the wall, reading from the potions book. Exams were getting really close and I was kinda very unprepared. If in high school I managed to learn everything in class, this was definitely not the case because everything was brand new.
'If I managed to pass my exams, I'm extremely sure you will too.' he smiled, flicking through a magazine.
'Witch stuff was more interesting when I didn't have to study for tests.'
'Let's see if we can make studying a bit more interesting.' he climbed over me, kissing me on the lips, then moving down to my neck, leaving trails of soft pecks on my skin. I started giggling cause I got ticklish but that felt so nice, feeling one hand moving up my leg and the other finding its way under my shirt, which eventually got to the floor. Thankfully I was wearing my good black lace bra instead of those bras no one should see you wearing. Then I did something I've been thinking about ever since our date. I grabbed the hems of his tshirt and pulled it over his head. And by God I felt myself drooling a little at the sight of those abs so obviously I started rubbing my hands against them because he suddenly stopped kissing and started laughing because my hands were really cold.
'Don't blame me, I had to feel them!' I laughed too and pulled him in for another kiss. Things got very hot and again I had to stop him before going even further.
'Are you a... virgin?' he whispered and I burst into laughter. You wouldn't think he's the kind of guy who would whisper such a thing.
'For you, yes I am.' I winked. 'I guess you'll have to wait for it.' I kissed him again.
'So, missy, who's taking you to the ball?'
'Well I got this nice offer I think I might accept.'
'Well, I think my offer would me more appealing.'
'What offer?' I want him to ask me like they do in the movies, not just assume I am going with him because of obvious reasons.
'Will' he kisses my right cheek 'you' then kisses my left cheek 'be' one side of my neck 'my' the other side 'date?' and seals it with a kiss on the lips. That was better than the movies. By far. My stomach makes tumbles inside of me and I get flustered.
'How can I say no to such a proposal?' I smile dreamily. 'You know what I've been meaning to ask you? Why don't you spend more time being nice instead of being a jerk with people?'
'Because then you wouldn't be able to realize how insanely lovable I actually am.' he grinned cockily.
'And modest obviously.'
'Of course. That is true as well.'

I started preparing for the ball early that day. I washed my hair and let it dry naturally so that it curls up, then I applied my make up carefully and once my hair was dry I tried a few things. I only put the dress on a few minutes before having to leave as I didn't want it to get dirty or crumpled or what else. Joseph wasn't late nor early by a single minute. When he knocked on the door, I checked everything one last time, and left.
'Look at this lady!' he looked me up and down, making my cheeks flush.
'Love your bowtie.' I smiled and gave him a quick kiss.
The ballroom was beautifully decorated with crystal chandeliers and candles on the walls. It looked like something taken from a royal ball picture. The girls were all wearing elegant gowns and the guys were wearing posh suits. A few couples were already waltzing on the dancefloor. Somewhere to my right I saw Peter and Bianca talking and I went to greet them. I haven't been spending as much time as I wanted with Peter. He left home for a few days, but we saw eachother very little. Joseph was very uncomfortable, only muttering a few words. Peter too. I had to drag out a few words from him. I need to lock these two in a room and let them stay there until they start talking. I can't live like this. Bianca was a sweetheart and she obviously noticed how Peter went silent as soon as we appeared next to them. Well, nevermind, if I wanted to talk alone I'd have done so in a mirror. My beautiful roommates were already on the dancefloor with their dates and they seemed to really enjoy themselves. We danced a lot that night and of course we kissed just as much. Joseph didn't seem as brooding as he usually is, but it was understandable cause we were having a great time. Throughout the night I noticed a few people looking weirdly our way and this one girl asked us how come him and I still talk to eachother. I mean, I know he is quite the infamous heartbreaker, but why was it so surprising to everyone that he'd be seen around the same girl for a longer period of time.
Anyway, I didn't think it through. Joseph was very attentive and he didn't want to take his eyes off of me. Neither did I to be honest because who would look anywhere with such a hunk near you.
'I've looked around the room a bit and you are by far the most beautiful girl tonight.' he whispered in my ear as we were dancing to a slow song.
'Mm, I'm sure.' I smiled looking into his eyes. 'Flattery won't get you anywhere, just so you know.'
'I'm not after anything, that was simply the truth.' he kissed my lips softly and my knees went just a bit weak.
We left before the ball was finished. I think it was somewhere after 1am. We were both tired from all the dancing, me even more because I had to endure the pain of wearing heels. I suggested we went back to my room, since both Tarrie and Halley were still dancing when we decided to leave. I changed into my pijama and then I thankfully witnessed Joseph taking his shirt off again.
'You will ruin your pants.'
'Do you want me to take them off?' he smiled cockily and I almost agreed but it would have been weird when the girls returned so I said I'd go back to his room and find some sweat pants or something. His roommates weren't there either. I got the pants quickly and went back, where he changed into them and then we tucked in under the blanket. The bed was a single and that meant we had to cuddle tight. We talked for a while and I fell asleep soon.
When I wake up later on, the sun was shining through the window and I could feel Joseph's chest going up and down from breathing. I smile to myself. This is a nice view to see when waking up. Just then I notice that my roommates are also in their beds, fast asleep and I thank them in my mind for not waking us up and sending this boy on his way.

For the next few days I do nothing but cram everything I need for the upcoming exams. I get very nervous and paranoid, even if most of the times I end up getting good grades, but right now, nothing seems to stick to my mind. I pace, I read everything out loud, I learn alongside with my roomies, I do anything so that I at least get a passing grade.
After the actual written exams I sigh in relief. I actually did well, I think. The subjects were a bit easier than I had expected and I wrote down everything I knew about them. Now I only had to pass my element demonstration exam and I was free again.
That was easier said than done. On the day with my last exam, I was more nervous than usual and I had a weird feeling in my guts, like something was gonna go wrong. I see Katherine and Aurora waiting there. I guessed my opponent had to be a water witch. I didn't know her, but she seemed very eager to start. I tried to defend myself and I tried grown something, but nothing worked. For the first few minutes of the battle I just did all these ninja moves to get out of the way of whatever my opponent threw at me. I got really stressed out and I called for a time out.
'NOTHING IS WORKING' I yelled, almost bursting into tears. Katherine got closer to me.
'Maybe you're not trying enough. Concentrate.'
'You think I didn't? I can't even grow a frickin flower. I lost my powers. What is happening?'
'We should talk to the headmistress. There have been a few other incidents, but none of us can explain what exactly is going on.'
'Well then, how am I supposed to pass this exam? I can't defend myself anymore.'
'We'll postpone it. I'll go talk to the headmistress right now. I'll let you know what we have decided.' Katherine friendly smile and pat on my back calm me down a little. I go back inside and I bury my head under my pillow. I know there's something wrong here. From the incident with Tarrie and Halley, I knew there was something wrong. Can one lose their powers? Because I really don't want that. For god's sake, I only got them a few months ago.

Last edited by Echelon16 (02-07-2012 13:39)

Lavishi · 02-04-2012 16:40

Halley Stil

Powers are going crazy/ Elements Exam/ Ball/ Other Exams

Story:

With the holidays quickly approaching I found myself missing my family more and more every day, and not to mention the worry that was slowly creeping into my dreams. I hadn’t had a single good night’s sleep for weeks and not just because I was starting to guilty for how I’d treated Mike on our date, only to have him come save me from alcohol poisoning the next day. The fact he would still look after me after all that said something about him. And I never thanked him. I was too proud… or too nervous. But either way I hadn’t spoken to him since. I’d even made the effort to avoid him by going to lunch and dinner super early so that I wouldn’t have the chance to see him.
And not just that but lately I’ve been really cold, too cold, even for this weather. It’s like the smallest draft chills me to the bone, like my skins paper thin. The wind just passes through me as it wishes, so lately I’ve been bundling up with hats, mittens, sweaters, just anything to keep the wind off of me. However the other morning I screamed when I thought my hand was missing, but by the time my roomies were awake to see what the commotion was about my hand was back good as new. They blame my lack of sleep but I swear it was gone!!! Vanished into thin air.
And then it happened again, progressively getting worse to a point where I had to make sure I didn’t lose my shoes in class because my foot would vanish leaving my shoe behind. I went right away to see Rachael to ask about what was going on with everyone’s elements because lately Terrie’s been complaining about being way too hot, and Emma’s saying her powers are beyond her control these days. Everything’s just escalating and no one has the answer to why, not even Rachael. She tries to comfort me by patting my back but her hand travels right on through to the other side of my chest, my torso now missing along with my shirt. At least when they both reappeared I wasn’t topless, but it was traumatizing to see your teachers hand reaching right on through your invisible chest. After that she immediately sent me to go see Lillian, our head mistress. And to say the least I WAS TERRIFIED, I’d never had to go talk to her before and what if our conditions meant something really bad.
But really there wasn’t anything to worry about, I never even had the chance to go see her. There was already someone in her office. I’m about to knock when I hear the muffled sounds of the principles voice talking to either a student or a teacher and from the sounds of their conversation the school might soon be in danger. I step away from the door unsure whether or not I was supposed to hear that and quickly evacuate the area before anyone could catch me.
As I started to run down the hall way I began debating as to whether or not I should warn my roommates or if I should even tell anyone… but what if that put them in danger….
I was in such deep thought that I accidentally rammed right into someone. “I’m so sorry!! I wasn’t really watching where I was going!”
But soon I realize that the person quickly has his arms tight around me, I try to push off to see whom was trying to kidnap me when I hear Mike’s voice and despite myself I feel a wash of relief and excitement run through me, “I’m so sor..”
He begins but I cut him off almost immediately as everything I’d been too scared to say comes out in a rush, “No I’m sorry. I thought I knew exactly what kind of a person you were and yet I punished you when I found out what others told me was right. That’s not fair, and I was too stupid to see it till it was too late.” He held me closer now so I continued, “But… the only reason I was so angry was because I see so much in you…. your selfless and yet you never look for anything in return, your thoughtful and sensitive no matter how little you show it, and most of all your insecure even though you have no reason to be…”
His face is sullen when he pushes me off, his voice equally steely, “Well you were right to believe in what others say because it’s true. None of that insecure bull shit is anything like me. I just wanted to say sorry for the horrible date. But you obviously took my apology out of context.”
He’s about to turn around to leave me like I did with him but I wouldn’t let him get away that fast, and create a little tornado at his feet like he’d done with me making him turn on his heels to face me once more. I cautiously step closer so that within the space between us I can feel his heat radiating off of him, and lightly reach up for the nap of his neck. I pull myself up against him, using his solid body to support me as I lifted up off my tip toes. Our faces are millimetres apart making me even more breathless, I was never this close him, “Don’t go okay? I don’t want to run away anymore. Just forget what I said.”
Mike doesn’t seem to be listening however, instead he seems entranced by my lips and I can’t help but smile at the thought of that. And in seeing my smile it snaps him back to reality, where he kisses my cheek like he’s done so many other times, “Okay! No more running away, I promise. But what about you? You sure you can handle not running away?” Mike begins to loosen his arms gripped around my back and pull away once again but like I said before I wouldn’t let him get away that fast, I pull him back to me so that when our lips collide it’s feels like my heart explodes with a warmth I’ve missed ever since our elements started to grow out of control.
Again I’m breathless as I whisper against his slightly parted lips, “Ready to run away yet?”
I feel the soft shake of his head as his nose lightly grazes mine as he turns his head left then right before he begins to kiss me again.
When he walks me back to my room it’s like were trying make up for the lost time we could have spent together because I can’t seem to keep my hands off of him. Oh god if only my church could see me now, they would have exiled me into priesthood. I push him off of me feeling my face get really red, “Okay. This is me.”
He clings to my hand, “How about we meet up tonight? I got something I wanted to ask you.”
I kiss him one last time this time less hungry and softer and lighter… sweeter, “I’d love too, where do you want to meet?”
“How about I meet you at the school Hall, we can make up for the bad date. What do you say?” He’s smiling at me with hopeful eyes. How could I resist?!
“Of course! I’ll meet you there just before dinner?”
He kisses my cheek with a million more soft kisses that somehow felt different than before, “Sounds good Suga.”
When I enter back into the room with both my roomies I find my face flushed and a permanent smile plastered on my face. But Emma and Terrie was way too preoccupied to see me in my euphoric state because almost immediate I see Terrie’s hands ablaze with enormous flames! Where was Harley when we needed her most!! Oh god oh god!! Emma’s screaming for Terrie to stop-drop-and-roll but Terrie refuses for fear of setting the whole place on fire!! Immediately I try to get Terrie over to the bathroom, I run over to her screaming her name and pointing to the bathroom but in the chaos of the moment they both hadn’t even noticed I’d entered the room because I scare the living day light out of both of them. And worst of all Terrie whom immediately shoots one of the enormous flames into a mini sun directly in my direction. Nothing goes through my mind at that point but the thought of surviving and suddenly I feel my body become as light as air. ‘Is this what heaven feels like’ I think to myself and then I become consumed with sorrow as the thought of my parents swirled within me. And just like that I’m suddenly flown across time and space.
When I wake up again I find myself on my parents couch. What just happened? The sound of shattered glass catches my attention and I turn to find my Ma’s famous pink lemonade splattered across the floor. My Ma was an equal mess as tears began to roll down her face, jumping over the broken glass she met me with open arms. My Pa soon joined in when he heard the commotion. And once again we were like a happy little family… a free trip home, who knew being an Air witch meant that you could be entitled to free Air Miles.
I was so consumed with showing off my new skills to my parents that I’d completely forgotten about my date with Mike tonight. So by the time I’d finished visiting it was already getting pretty early here which meant it was probably getting pretty late there. But how was I going to get home! I had no idea how to control my power yet. I didn’t know how to turn myself into air! I just did it…. I tried to explain what happened to Ma and Pa but they made it very clear that they didn’t want to shoot another fire call my way. So after saying good bye to my parents I cooped myself up in my room in hopes of finding the strength within me to transport myself back to school. The air in the world circulates across great distances, so I tried to imagine my route back home. Meditating at great length to find the core of my power just as Rachael had often instructed. Please. Please. Please. I need to get back to school. House of Destinia. House of Destinia!
After a good hour of having my eye’s closed in silent meditation I was beginning to give up. Why was I wasting my time here meditating when I could be hoping on a flight!!!... Oh right I don’t have the money…
I begin to hear the sound of Mike’s voice in the distance, at first faint but growing stronger. And then Terrie and Emma’s, followed by Helena. And then Rachael’s and the Head mistresses. I continue to follow the sounds of their voices until suddenly they become too loud to handle any longer, my body feeling as light as air again. I open my eyes breaking the connection and find myself back at school. Thank you thank you thank you god!!!
I race down the halls trying to find the Hall. And am pleasantly surprised to hear the music playing through the doors. When I burst through the giant doors I find Mike patiently waiting for me on the dance floor, with the same cute little bow tie. When he sees me his smile lights up the room, “I thought you’d changed your mind.”
We run to each other to meet half way and I kiss him feeling my body meld into his, “Nah, you should have seen the air traffic, it was almost impossible to get here.” I laugh, continuing on to describe to him my new found power as he leads us into one of the more simple dances. And just before I go on to ramble on about how well my parents are doing and how the towns folk plan on celebrate my parents sacrifice when Mike pops the question.. that is “Will you go to the Winter Ball with me?”
I practically jump into his arms with excitement, “Of course Suga! I thought you’d never ask!”
But of course we still had exams to get through, which seemed like a never ending marathon of physically and mentally straining tasks. Not only did we have to study the theory behind the plants used in the all the potions from Mutatio Venenum, to potions like Elemntia Maximia. And then there was some more theory on Bases of magic, blah blah… testing to see basic physical uses of our powers. And then the worst of them all… History of the original witches… UGHHHHH. But first we had a ball to go to ;)

Ball:
The dress I pull on is a one of a kind Mrs. Stil winter 2012, as in my Mama’s handy work. She often made my dresses for all the special occasions in Corpus… like church.. or the rare wedding… or the VERY rare dances. But when I sent her my letter 2 weeks ago about the winter ball she was too excited to even respond which was why I was so worried. I thought something had happened to her. But the other day when I made a surprise little trip back home she surprised me with the dress she’d been working on none stop for the last couple of weeks. Of course I didn’t know what the big box had in it, I just thanked her and made sure to send it to the school address so that I wouldn’t have to try to carry both me and the package back to the school.
But when I got the pack the day before the ball it was like heaven sent, otherwise I would have had to have worn one of the longer church dresses I had and those were definitely not ball worthy. I thanked my mom over and over and over again as I slipped on the dress. It was perfect.
So when Terrie and Emma left to meet their dates, I didn’t even bother to wait for Mike because I knew he’d be late. He always was with this kind of stuff. But when I opened the door I was pleasantly surprised to find him about to knock on the door with a bundle of flowers in hand and a matching gold tie, my Ma also made. I hadn’t even told her I had a date! But she made one anyway. What’d I tell ya, she was as sweet as her pink lemonade.
Mike’s handshakes slightly as he hands me the bouquet of flower, I hold his hand and try to sound reassuring, “We don’t have to go together if you don’t want people to see us. … I don’t mind.” I bit my tongue at that last bit because I felt deep down I’d be hurt but it was important for him to decide on his own whether we should be together and not by me guilt trippin him.
He shakes his head, but I can see his decision wavering, “Nope… let’s go!”
And he continues to slide his slightly dampened hand into mine as we make the long trip towards the Ballroom. But just before we make the last turn around the corner he presses my body against the wall, and from the guilt in his eyes I already know what he’s going to ask me.
“Here, I brought you this.” I go into one of my pink gloves and bring out the bow tie he’d worn when we had our first date and later when he asked me to go to the ball with him. I had it ready just for this instance. I begin to untie the golden tie my mother made and replace it with his black bow tie. “How about you go ahead and I’ll wait ten minutes before I go out next.”
The smile he radiates and the calm that washes over him tells me I’d made the right decision, I’m about to push him out behind the corner and towards he party when he draws me in for another kiss. And I can’t help but giggle as I push him off playfully motioning him to hurry. But if I’m being truthful with myself I know I’m more than a little disappointed… but it’s progress. I fiddle with the tie in my hand when I hear Justin from behind me, “Looks like you got the play boy hooked.”
My face bursts into flames as I stammer out an excuse, “More like he’s got me hooked, I thought I could deal with that one night stand me and mike had the other night!” I act like a damsel in distress as I continue, “But I just couldn’t handle only having one night with him. He’s a heart breaker. Did you see how he left me?” I sigh to add effect but Justin isn’t buying any of it.
“Mhmm. Well you mind if I wear the tie then? I miss placed mine.”
I start to frown at him, “I’m sorry but I don’t remember you asking me to the dance.”
Justin laughs, “Oh sweetheart, I didn’t as you I asked Lola. She’s wearing a gold dress too, so I thought it’d be nice to match with her.”
I roll my eyes at him as I hand him the tie, what use would it be to me now?
“Thanks Hun.” And then he walks away, obviously I’d been just a momentary phase of his. His life was way too fast paced for anyone to keep up with.
I look around the corner after another minute and then start on my way to the ballroom. It was absolutely spectacular, the roof was intricately carved with giant golden frames to accentuate the detailed paintings on the ceiling. It was truly magnificent, with a grand crystal chandelier hanging in repetitive intervals along the roof. I look around and see the people practically sparkle with beauty.
I don’t even bother finding Mike for fear of what I might see so instead I make my way to the table I’d been assigned to and sip my water. I wave at the occasional person whom comes my way, but other than that everyone has a date. And I don’t want to third wheel into their moments.
So I mindlessly chew on chunks of bread, listening to the orchestra play and imagining myself dancing with Mik…. I feel myself being pulled up out of my chair. My head snapping to the side making my neck throb, who was so rude as to do such a thing!!
I look over and see Mike’s hurt face, why was he so angry? Shouldn’t he be enjoying the company of some other partner less girl? “What’s the matter?” I whisper over to him making sure to not create too much attention.He tilts his head over at Justin whom seems to be glaring at us rather intensely; when I notice how ruffled he looks and missing the gold tie I’d just given…. Ooohhh. “Mike! Wait it isn’t what it looks like he needed a tie and Lola, HIS date, is wearing a gold dress like me you see. So I didn’t really give it to him. Well I did give it to him but not for the reason you..” And just like that in the middle of the biggest social event of the year he kisses me with more passion than the first time he’d done it if that were even possible. I can’t even speak when he pulls away, and from the sudden quiet the roams through the room I can tell everyone else is speechless too. I was so confused I couldn’t even think to put up an act, but Mike doesn’t seem to mind instead he smiles at me playfully and pulls me over to the dance floor while whispering in my ear, “I’m sorry about before, I dunno what came over me. But now, I just want to take you to the ball… like I promised!”
I give a playful shrug, “You did promise you weren’t going to run away.”
He kisses my forehead as I relax into his arms feeling the sway of the music carrying our feet. I loved it!

Showdown-> elements Exam:

Before the final portion of our exams began Rachael gave me and the other girl, Aira, a little run through of the rules. Of course I was expecting a giant string of rules to be listed out but instead she only said one: “Don’t die” she said sullenly and then as if she can’t hold the mask of her seriousness any longer she bursts out laughing probably from the terrified looks on our faces. Cause really what kind of school would this be if the mid-term resulted in life or death… I mean we still had to write finals for god’s sake. And once her laughing subsides she continues in a more personable voice, one much more like the one she’d used when she’d talk to us one on one, “I’m kidding, but make sure you don’t seriously hurt each other that isn’t the point of this portion of the exam. So have fun.”
When the buzzer rings to signal the beginning of our battle me and Aira stand staring at each other unsure of whether the other will make the first move. We must have stood frozen for a minute, giving us both time to survey the surroundings. The arena was like an enormous football field, obviously meant for all the other elements to fight in as well. The high roof for the air elements, the bare ground for the earth elements, a pond for the water elements, and some trees for the fire elements I would think since nothing else in the arena seemed to be made for fire. Unless the walls were fire proof but then again how would I know that.
This felt like an old western, us standing ready to fight yet at a stand still unsure of whether to make the first move. So I step up, to make my FIRST! MOST DRAMATIC! AWE INSPIRING MOVE!
I throw a small gust of wind between us, barely noticeable to Aira, but just enough to make the tumble weed I’d seen on the other side of the field blow across the field between us. Just like a real western, I smile at her as if to say now we can begin.
And we both fly into action, Aira makes a quick graceful leap to the left aiming one of her air balls at my face. But I catch it in a mini twister and try to throw the move right back at her, hoping the move would catch her off guard but it doesn’t instead she takes the opportunity to make an all-out sprint towards the forest lines along the entire right side of the arena. I throw multiple gusts of wind to try to make her lose she balance and smash into one of the trees, knocking her out and ending this exam but it doesn’t work. It’s like she’s using the wind to make her run even faster than I can toss the wind her way, I whisper under my breath, “… clever.”
Too clever actually and now I have no idea where she is, the forest was so thick the shadows the trees cast could hide an elephant. So how was I going to draw her out? Sheshh. I knew I should have expected some pretty sneaky stuff from the Yale girl, but how was a small town girl like me going to compete… hmm. That’s when I remembered something my Mama used to tell me, that if you listened hard enough you could listen to the summer wind sing. It was really just an old saying, since in Corpus the wind was often so strong that it made whistling sounds when it whizzed past our house. But it gave me an idea….
I closed my eyes, conjuring up the wind inside myself and the releasing it into the forest, when I heard the whistling of the wind I knew that it had found her. And just like that to the very far right of me I heard it, the whistle of the wind like a hound sounding for its master it alerted me to her present. I throw giant hurricane bursts of wind towards the trees, clear cutting through the section of the forest, but I must have just missed her because when I looked through to the cleared section of the forest there was no sign of her. I run with the wind at my back towards the cleared section and still no sign of her.
That’s until I hear the ground unsettle and I turn around to find a giant tree falling in my direction, if I hadn’t used the wind to push myself out of its way I would have been pinned down and it would have been the end of this exam. But what comes next is the biggest surprise, I hear Emma’s voice taunting me from the direction the tree fell, “Sheshh, I would have gotten you that time. Just stay still will you! “
Emma?? I thought I was fighting Aira, an air element not an earth. I stagger cautiously towards Emma’s voice, “What are you doing here Emma? I thought this was just between me an Aira.”
Emma’s laugh rings through the air, “Well we could tag team her.”
I laugh too, “Isn’t that cheating? Don’t they have rules against this kind of stuff?”
But then I hear it… my eyes grow wide as I soon realize I’d been tricked, my fists clenching ready for action, when I hear Emma’s voice behind me, “There’s only one rule remember?” And then I hear it, Aira’s voice replacing Emma’s loud and clear, “…Don’t die.” it isn’t threating the way she says it but teasingly as if to say I’ve got you now. I almost would have preferred her to say it threateningly because at least I wouldn’t have felt so toyed with. The fact that I could fall so easily for that kind of trick pissed me off, manipulating the sounds in her voice to mimic others by altering how the wind exited her throat was … clever.
Too bad Aira didn’t know that I could be clever too. I quickly spun a tornado around myself, cutting off her proximity to my vulnerable back and also lifting me upward so that I could see her well from the bird’s eye view. I must have been 10 stories up in the air, when I made my body vibrate into a trillion particles so that my body was truly and completely part of the air. To her it must have looked like I vanished into thin air, which in a sense I did. After slowly rising to the top of the tornado I quickly blew my disjointed body to the cover of the forest, just behind Aira, reassembling myself while she turned this way and that trying to see where I had gone once she realized I was most definitely not in my spinning tornado. I knew I should have destroyed the tornado before I turned myself into air but once I was that disjointed all I could do was create a small gust of wind to blow me here.
I should have but I didn’t, and now I was going to pay for it because Aira seemed to have come up with a plan of her own. She began to conjure up her own tornado, about the same size as mine, but once she combines them both the tornado grew to the size of a 20 story building. It was enormous and here she was pulling the tornado through the trees slowly clear cutting the forest in a wild search to find me. Oh god. That’s when I felt the weird electricity flow through the air again… just like the time Terrie accidentally threw a fire ball at me, which meant our powers were momentarily strengthened and therefore uncontrollable. I debated for a moment as to whether or not to risk using my powers but as the beast of a tornado slowly closed in on me I decided it was probably now or never.
So I thrust another tornado into that one making it grow 10 stories more, hoping that because more of my wind was within the whole of the tornado that I would be able to control it more. Which it could! I slowly pushed the tornado back towards Aira as she struggled to hold it back. We were both getting pretty weak by this time, and the air around us was beginning to get thinner and thinner making my head begin to lighten. All the oxygen in the air was being pulled into this massive tornado and the electricity of the elements was starting to make the tornado waver out of my control. I look towards Aira to see if she’s still holding up but from the way she looks at me I know she is feeling the same thing. I shout through the defining winds to make a somewhat windless tunnel through which we could communicate under the defining howls of the wind. “I think I’m losin control!!!” I scream!
“Me too!!! I don’t know what’s happening! Do you feel that?!” She shouts back, and immediately I know she’s referring to the electricity that seemed to amplify our powers uncontrollably.
I nod and I slowly make my way through the windless tunnel towards her, this was no longer a contest to see who could outsmart the other, this was a fight for our survival. She too slowly makes her way towards me, she shouts, “I’m going to make another tornado, okay!!”
I stare at her wide with fear, “You’re crazier than a Jackalope, Suga!!!”
She laughs, “NO! I’ll make one that turns the opposite direction!!! When they hit they’ll cancel each other out!! But I need your help!! It’s too big for a small tornado to take this thing out!”
My head was really starting to swim now, the thin air was starting to affect my coordination and I could feel a cold sweat starting to form along my lip and forehead. But I push through anyway, nodding to her to let her know I was game, “I need to let go of this tunnel first! So brace yourself against the wind! It’s going to be a wild ride!”
“Yeee Haaa” She chuckles to let me know she was ready.
And then I let go, the wind slapping my body like fists of iron, but we both creating a tornado that spin clockwise instead of counter clockwise. She nods to me to let me know she is ready, since the wind now makes it impossible to hear anything.
I nod back.
And with that we both thrust our giant tornado into the monster we’d created before.
The blast from the impact throws us both off our feet making us tumble and roll across the field as if a giant wave had just hit us. I’m so disoriented from the great tumble, my ears are ringing and my vision teeters as I slam into the wall of the arena. Finally figuring out its greatest purpose… to absorb massive weights of shock, because upon impact I simply get absorbed into what feels like a massive cushion.
I check myself once the world finally stops spinning and then look to my right to see Aira doing the same, I have to laugh since we’d actually just survived the most epic battle of all time, “Well that was fun.” I smile at her.

Last edited by Lavishi (02-07-2012 07:03)

Tomomo · 02-04-2012 19:49

Faith Constantine

"Let go of me!"
"Why so you can go inside and drink yourself to death?!"
"This is no diffrent then how you usually behave! And you don't even know me!" The arm pulled itself out of the grip.
"That is because I don't care what happens to me and if you would stop being so secretive maybe I would know more about you! Even Dorian seems to know more!" He was working himself up. Both of them was silence for a while.
"I... I thought you were going home during the break..."
"I was but I wanted to see you, and now that we are on that subject you lied to me."
"I am sorry, I just..." She bit her lip, crying in front of someone was humiliating.
"Hey, I know I might not act like it all the time but I do care about you..." He hugged tightly.
"I don't know what to do anymore..." She cried and squeezed her face into his shirt.
"About what Faith?" He was worried he had never seen her like this before.
"My brother... they raised the price and I can't afford it." She cried, he was puzzled she had a brother?
"What can't you afford?"
"The hospital fee..."
"Your brother is sick why didn't you tell me about this? And your parents..." Faith shook her head at parents.
"You don't have any parents? Why didn't..." Lucas started shouting but stopped when he remembered that she was already crying.
"Okay come on let's go home." He said and started walking but she was falling behind so he picked her up on his back.

"It is the first time he brings a girl home." Vanessa was a dropp dead gorgeus woman, a natural beauty and Faith could see were Lucas had gotten his dark thick hair and wondeful cheek bones.
"Thank you for letting me stay ma'm." Faith said and bowed down a bit at the kitchen table.
"Please stop that we are not formal here." vanessa laughed and took a sip of her coffe.
"Actually I need to ask you something, please look after my boy. He can be a handful sometimes but he has a lot of good inside of him and I can see that you mean a lot to him." The woman smiled and took Faith's hand.
"Of course I will look after him." Faith smiled and looked out the window at Lucas getting wood for the fire, he was a great guy she was the lucky one.
"So how about we get your brother here for a few hours?" Lucas said when he came inside.
"Really?!" Faith almost screamed of happiness and jumped into Lucas' arms she wasn't usually the girl who did such a thing but right now she couldn't help herself.
"Yes I want to meat the boy." He said in a laughter and went over to his mom giving her a kiss on the cheek. He was diffrent around her, so gentle and kind, but he was like that around her sometimes to.
"You still haven't told me what all that was about with Dorian...." Lucas asked in the car and put in a higher gear.
"I promise I will tell you everything later but no right now, please." The black haired man just grabbed her hand as a answer. Seeing him up on his legs was not something Faith saw everyday and it made her dazzle with joy, for now they would just wait with all problems.
"Faith!" The boy screamed and tried to walk faster towards her, the girl wrapped him in her arms so he could barely breath.
"Are you a okay?" She asked and looked at him.
"Yes I am feeling better, who is that?" The boy asked and pointed at the black haired man leaning against a black mustang.
"That is a frie..." She didn't get to end her sentence.
"I'm your sis boyfirend." He said and laid a arm around Faith, who didn't know what to say.
"My sis doesn't have boyfriends." The boy said and crossed his arms.
"Now she does!" Lucas answered in a childish way and Faith felt that this was going to be a long day!
"So what is your name?" Lucas asked the boy while they drove back.
"Tom..." The boy said without thinking, Faith felt a chill go down her back and when Lucas gave her a confused look she felt like puking.
She knew she would have to tell him eventually but while Ray was there she didn't need to worry it was when the night crept up slowly and Lucas gave Ray a ride back that she tried every possible way to not talk to Lucas.
It ended with her pretending to be asleep.

New year came fast and they were alone in the house, sitting in front of the fire.
"Sure you do not want to go out?" Faith asked Lucas.
"Naa we can go out anyother day I want to be with you right now" She knew what he wanted, he wanted her to tell him now. To her suprise Lucas started to kiss her, Faith wrapped her arms around him and Lucas lifted her up still kissing her. He carried her to the bed room and pressed her down on the bed starting to unbutton her dress.
"Lucas wait..." She said between the kisses but he didn't stopp, she tried to keep calm but couldn't. Faith heard a scream and realised it was herself, Lucas released her and sat on the bed.
"Now are you going to tell me?" He asked and covered me with the blancet, Faith nodded and patted on the place beside her Lucas laid his arm around her and she told him about her family.
"My father's name is John Illarte" Faith said and looked into the ground.
"Wait the maffia?" Lucas said suprised she didn't look like the daughter of a big bad maffia boss.
"Yes, we all lived together until he killed my mother and almost my brother we testified against him and had to change names." The girl said and kept on answering his questions.

Studying for that A!

"You are not the only one feeling it." Lucas said when he created a fireball in his hand.
"I have read up on it and it is bad." Faith said and opened a book.
"Cold spirits?" Lucas aksed and looked with a puzzeled face at her.
"Yes I believe so"

Exam

For Faith Exams had never been anything to worry about, she was great at studying and could remember every single stupid detail and this year she felt extra proud since she had helped Lucas prepare.
Who was the original witch for the element earth?
Faith was prepared and could write about Terra Plantae as if it had been herself, she was born out of the earth. For 9months the earth cared for her and carried her so she could grown and if it had not been for earth she would not have become a woman with dark brown hair that reached the ground. Maybe she still felt a contact to earth that way? Her hair and feet were still conected to it.
With her incredible power to move mountains and create newlandscape she became one of the first witched, it has been discussed that maybe she was the one who with her powers molded the earth into its shape. Also a conection to animals came with her powers they would follow her.
Faith dropped her pen for a second while helping Lucas practise for his exam she had read up on Adura Flama the witch over power. It was uncany how the description on her was a spitting image of Lucas.

After the writen exam she was brought into a garden, she was told to make plants grow. Faith stood there listening to the earth, it was like listening to a song describing their life and what was happening. The small sprouts asked her to help them grow and Faith answered their call it was a wonderful feeling when she helped them. She also helped the weed grow which at first made her supervisor frown her nose but Faith made the weed change, she had worked on it for a long time and now she had absolut control.

-Potions

Plants were placed in front of the students the first one Lythrum salicaria L. or commonly known as Purple Loosestrife.
Faith could easly regongnise it by the flowers with around 5-7 petals they attracted the eye and the flower could also take on the color pink or white. Another sign was the vigorous rootstock, if you were to cut it a rescours for growth in spring would be the fate for a damage plant because in the rootstock you have the storage. Purple loosestrife is an aquatic to semiaquatic species occurring in a variety of different shallow water wetlands.
The stock remains during winter time and from June- September it will bloom, each plant can contain up to 3,000 flowers.
Purple loosestrife was introduced to North America from Europe and Asia during the early 1800s as a valued medicinal herb for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, bleeding, wounds, ulcers, and sores.
The use of Lythrum salicara L. – the white flowers with 7 petals and the rootstock of the plant are used to make a Sanat Medens potion – the potion that helps heal wounds – it fastens the healing. It works best on cut wounds. ¨

The second flower had swordlike leaves which made Faith restrict it to the Iridaceae family, but the rhizome grows close to the surface of the soil so it is uprooted easily and is considered an endangered species. So she quickly realised that this was Iris nigricans commonly known as Black iris.
The black iris is the national flower of Jordan, where it grows in the wild. Black Iris is a symbol of chivalry. The royal symbol of Jordanian kings is the black iris.
Jordan's Kerak plateau is a place where the original Black Irises grow. Two species of black iris exist on the plateau: Iris nigricans and the iris petreana. The flower has adapted to a harsh environment and is not suitable for home growing. Moreover, it has a short season for bloom, from mid-March to April.
-the use of Iris nicricans in potions – The iris essential oil from flowers in used as a main ingredient in Equus potion – the calming potion. Aged rhizomes are distilled to produce an oil known ass iris butter, which when applied on your wrists in the 23rd of every month increases the witches rational skills. But the most important use of the black iris is to make a powerful potion – Somnia –the sleeping potion that can put a person in deep sleep that can last for years if the potion is made correctly. It is a very dark and dangerous potion.

Their next task was to make a Elemtia Maximima potion.
ingredients:
white crystal
dried oak root
earth that the oak grew on
rain water from the first spring rain

Faith loved making potions and had done this one before she heated the rain water and added a big spoon of earth and stirred clockwise with the white crystal it was the small details that made it perfect and after exacly 15 min she added dried oak root and stirred contra clockwise for 15min again. Then she dropped the crystla careful so it wouldn't splach to much and left the pot on until all water had evaporated.
Then she crumbled oak root to a fine powder and mixed it with more rain water but she should not drink it right then like some students did it can only be drunk at midnight and it should have a golden color. The potion maimizez once power for 24hr but can only be used 1 max 2 a year or you will get weaker instead.

From here until...

-History of Element Magic
She looked at the questions and sighted this was going to take som time;
The Salem Witches
From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft. Dozens languished in jail for months without trials. Then, almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended.
The elements have worn the witches that something dark is approaching. What isn’t known in human history is that it was all work of Abezethibou, the deamon with one red wing. He maneged to kill 19 witches and wizards before the hybrid put an end to him.
The quest for the Original Book of Spells
The Original Book of Spells is a book written by the four Original Witches. It contains magic that is today forgotten or so powerful that no witch can perform – without the book, that is. It is the most powerful book ever written and that is why the witches have protected it. Only one person knows it’s whereabouts – the hybrid. Hybrids live 500 years – when they reach their full maturity they stop ageing. When the new hybrid is born, when he/she turns 18 their powers demonstrate. Then, he old hybrid has one year to teach them and give them all the secrets – including the place where the book is hidden. The hybrid keeps his identity hidden all of his/hers life from safety reasons – every dark being wants to get it’s hands on hybrid.

The Cold Spirits
They are one of the biggest nemeses of the witches. They are born as spirits and walk the earth for centuries feeding on the misery of other souls until they reach their full strength and give birth to their bodies. They are tall, slim, but strong. They have purple eyes and long white hair, their skin is very pale. They feed on people blood, which they need for heir bodies to function. They are the origin of the vampire myth in human culture. But, they are really after the blood of the witches. Once they suck dry a witch they gain the control of her element, which makes them very hard to kill since they are faster and stronger physically than the witches. The legend says that if a Cold Spirit gains control over all four Elements, he can kill a Hybrid. The Cold Spirits walk only in winter and cold weather.

Story of Original Witches
Four Original Witches were sisters. They were all different, but that is what made them so close. They were born out of their elements and helped each other create and change the earth. They lived in union and loved and protected each other. They gave too much good to Earth, and because of that the balance had to be restored. When there is too much good, there is always evil to remain the balance of the nature. So, they started using their powers to fight the evil. But, the more they stayed on Earth, the more human they become and so their powers weakened. They started using potions too help them in battle. They wrote down all the spells in the Original Book of Spells – every original spell is in that book, which makes it the most powerful book in history. Witches successfully fought of any evil that came in their way until the Cold Spirits showed up. They would suck the magic from their blood and steal it, then use it for evil instead for good. The witches couldn’t fight them off – they were faster and stronger than them. So, the witches did the most powerful spell that was ever performed – they created a Hybrid – a creature that had the control over all four of the elements. Hybrid defeated the Cold spirits. But, the spell exhausted the witches and they became mortal. To preserve the magic, they shattered their souls in 4 pieces after their death. The pieces of souls travelled he earth until they found someone worth of the magic. Those souls would later shatter to another 4 pieces and it was done so for 100 years. And that I how the witches, as we know them today, were born. Every single of us has a small part of the soul of the original witch in her.

Is just what you wrote about it I haven't had the time to chang it

Now it was just the last part left, Elements

- Elements
1. Individual demonstration of your element
-prepare a demonstration of your element, what you can do with it.
2. The Battle of elements
-two students, in pairs, will demonstrate the battle with elements – show your defence/offence skills. Try not to hurt yourself or your partner – you need to demonstrate that you can hold your element under control. You can pair up with witch of other element; it doesn’t have to be yours.

The Ball

Lucas mother took a picture of us, he looked amazing in his black outfit and a blue tie to match her dress. He had been really sweet to Faith, she had actually never been able to picture the 2 of them as a couple but here they were. The night had just started when Lucas and Faith walked inside, he even asked her up for a dance but just when everyhting seems to be well Faith went to the toilet and saw Lucy standing there with a big stain on her dress right by her cheast.
"What are you looking at?!" She screamed at Faith.
"Nothing..."
"And don't think I don't know who threw the food on me! You are such a bitch!" Lucy screamed and came at Faith giving her a punch in the face, but all the girl could do was laugh over what she had just realised.
"Are you using a bra filled with water to give some extra push?!" Faith laughed and backed out of the bathroom when Lucy came after her, everyone was looking at them when Lucy gave a nother punch. Faith responded this time by pulling Lucy's hair and the extensions came out runing the hair-do.
"What is wrong with you?!" Lucy screamed and grabbed after Faith's dress it ripped and reveald that she was not wearing a bra, not that Faith cared. She tore the blond girl's dress right of, underneath you could see that one cup of her bra was smaller and leaking some kind of mixture of oil and water also her granny panties to keep in the fat (girth).
Lucy ripped of the last of Faith's dress and they were rolling around on the ground naked still fighting. Everyone except Lucas and Dorian were quite they just laughed.
"Okay that is enought the guys said after a while and covered us up and took us to the toilets.
"Are you okay? She seemed to scratch you pretty bad." Lucas said and whiped of some blood.
"Hmm... I thought it went better for me?" Faith laughed and kissed him.
"You are probably right. And the no underwear?" He asked lifting an eyebrow.
"All for you. Because you did so good on the exam." She winked and laughed.
"Okay wait here I will be right back." He said and got up.
"Now Lillith why don't you start telling the truth?" Dorian was standing in the doorway.
"What are you talking about?"
"Come on don't try and play all innocent, I know about your father. And if you want the article to do you justice I suggest you tell me all about it." He said with a smirk on his face.
"Or you just leave my girl alone..." Lucas smashed Dorian's face into the wall.
"Come on Faith we are leaving..." He grabbed her hand.
"Don't you want to know all about her? How she has been lying to us?!"
"She already told me and it doesn't matter what her name is or what happened in the past." Lucas answered and seemed to have matured a bit around Faith.

Last edited by Tomomo (02-07-2012 20:14)

Heltinne · 02-05-2012 05:25

Sorry for missing round/dropping out. Managed to injure myself fooling around on the ice. Been in ER/on Vicodin.

Princesslollipop1989 · 02-05-2012 07:49

Rachel Wilkins
When Brandon Asked Me... Winter Ball

Exams

Dear Diary,
Today was such a wonderful day! I can't believe it!! The school part was okay, more reviewing for exams and ugh! But afterwards, I went to the music room for a music club meeting we were having. We haven't been working as hard in Music Club lately because of exams and all, but we needed to regroup and what not. Well, after the meeting, I was hanging around, messing around on the piano and humming, that sort of thing. (I have really started to miss all the regular activities of Music Club and cannot wait for exams to be over so we can get back to all that fun stuff.) Anyway, Sweet Diary, I was sitting at the piano when Brandon came up to sit with me. Well, since our date, things have been sort of calm but...weird. We talk alot, all the time, (as you know because I talk to you everyday) and sometimes we'll hold hands, but that's about it. We haven't decided anything and sometimes, if the idea of an "us" gets brought up, he blushes and changes the subject. Anyway, he sat with me at the piano and we started talking like we usually do. (I am thankful that at the very least, he's such a wonderful friend) We were talking about my vacation with my parents and how I spent Christmas with them, when out of the blue, he asked me if I'd bought any new clothes or dresses lately. I told him that I hadn't and asked, highly confused, why he had asked...
"I was just wondering if you'd bought a dress for the ball yet," he said, looking at a piano key.
"Oh," I said as I wondered why he wanted to know, "no, I haven't yet."
"You are going, right?"
"Yeah, of course I am." I laughed a little. I live for evenings like that, I thought, with the fancy dresses and dancing. "I just haven't decided on a dress yet, that's all."
"Oh. Well, what about your date? What does he think?" Brandon asked quietly.
I looked at him for a moment, slightly irritated. "Brandon, you know I don't have a date." He looked up at me with a look that I couldn't quite figure out. "You're one of my closest friends, Brandon. For Pete's sake, I tell you everything! You would know if I had a date to the ball." There was a quiet moment where we both looked at different keys on the piano then he looked up at me and smiled! I was about to yell at him, not that I was truly mad, but just because this was completely perplexing, when I noticed a slightly mischievious twinkle in his eyes. I smiled and waited for him to say what had him smiling. "Rachel, I kindof knew that you didn't have a date, but I didn't want to assume. I also don't see how you don't have a date for the ball." I interrupted him, hoping to say something and give my feelings for him away, but the best I could manage was that I wasn't really interested in any of the guys who had been flirting with me lately. He raised his eyebrows and I realized that the words I had chosen also included him. "You never count in my generalizations," I said, giving him a playful shove. He laughed as he took my hand, "Rachel, I was hoping you'd go to the ball with me."
Anyway Diary, I'm going to the ball with Brandon! And I'm so excited. It's a start, ya know? Maybe I'll pluck up the courage and tell him how I feel at the ball. Or maybe I'll chicken out again. I'm just so afraid that what he feels for me isn't as serious as how I feel about him and then I'll wreck the friendship by saying something stupid. Wish me luck Diary, as the ball is coming up fast and me and a couple of friends are going to go shopping this weekend for our dresses!

At the Ball
"You look so beautiful," Brandon said, "I'm sure to be the luckliest guy here tonight!" I blushed at the compiment. "Thank you Brandon," I said as I kissed him on the cheek, "Not only are you handsome, but you're incredibly sweet too." Brandon placed a coursage on my wrist and placed his arm around my waist as we walked into the ballroom. For awhile we just sat and talked. There's never any really good songs to dance to at the very beginning. After awhile though, I started looking around. There were so many beautiful dresses and the ballroom looked amazing. "Did you want to dance?" Brandon asked and I noticed that I hadn't been paying attention to him. "What?" I said, and finally met his eyes. "I asked if you wanted to dance," Brandon said as he played with my fingers. I nodded and we went out to the dance floor. We danced the last few moments of an awesome song when a slow song came on. He looked down kindof bashful as he held out his hand for mine. I placed my hand in his and he put his arm around me and we started dancing. The rest of the evening went even better as he realized that he was the only guy I wanted to be there with. We danced alot and laughed. We hung out with some of our friends and had alot of fun. The ball was absolutely beautiful. "You know what's amazing?" I said as we were dancing to one of the slower songs. "You," Brandon said against my hair. I giggled at the compliment, "Thank you, but no," I said, "What's amazing is how wonderful everything has been but this is only my first year here at the House of Destinia. I can't wait to see what the rest of my time here will bring." I lifted my head up to look at him and smiled. "I can't wait to find out either," he said and gently kissed my lips. I put my head back on his shoulder and was left to wonder what exactly that meant. We left the ball a little early and he walked me back to my room. "I'd invite you in but I don't know if any of my roommates are back yet," I said. "That's okay," Brandon said, "we can sit in the hallway instead." I laughed as we sat down and leaned against the wall. "Rachel?" I rolled my head against the wall to look at Brandon. "Hmm?" Brandon mumbled a few umms and then he just kissed me. It didn't take me by surprise, perhaps because of the way he had been looking at me just moments before but it was so intense that I immediately put my arms around his neck and kissed him back. I might not be able to say the words to explain how I felt but I sure as heck could kiss him. He broke the kiss, and we just looked at each other for a moment. Then he was kissing me again, gentler but with just as much feeling. We sat out in the hallway like that, just kissing, for what seemed like forever. "We should probably get going," I said, "You know, curfew and all. And it's been a long day." I smiled at him. "On one condition," Brandon said, leaning his head against mine. "What's that?" I asked, smiling. "That you agree to spend some more time with me tomorrow." I thought it over and realized that I still had a lot of studying to get done before exams. "Can we study?" I asked hopefully. "Rachel, I don't care what we do tomorrow, I'd just like to spend time with you." We agreed to meet tomorrow to study and said our goodnights...
...And Diary, let me tell you that tonight was one of the best nights of my life.

Exams and Elemental Mischief
Dear Diary,
Exams were...difficult but wonderful. There were some subjects that I felt quite confident on and I'm sure I passed. And then there were other parts that I'm still a little nervous about. But the thing is, things haven't been quite right for quite awhile. Things with Brandon are wonderful and I haven't been fighting with any of my friends, it's nothing so, simple, as all that. It seems as though people have been in a fog. Personally I know that I don't feel like my usual self. The other day, I was out walking around and I saw this beautiful flower. Well, it wasn't fully bloomed so I thought I would try perking it up some. Instead, all the weeds around me grew several inches and the trees became speckled with moss!! I don't know what I did wrong, I've been helping flowers for quite some time now without messing things up, and yet...Well, naturally I was quite concerned so I went to some of my professors to ask them about it, but no one knew what to make of it. They just couldn't (or wouldn't) answer my questions. So, I took the advice of Katherine, the head of the earth department, and wrote my concerns to Lilliana. I'm hoping to receive a response soon. I'm starting to get worried and no one knows what to think.

I hope my gown for the ball is okay

Last edited by princesslollipop1989 (02-06-2012 08:10)

Cicika · 02-05-2012 10:59

Heltinne wrote:
Sorry for missing round/dropping out. Managed to injure myself fooling around on the ice. Been in ER/on Vicodin.

I am really sorry to hear that hun... hope you're feeling better now.

Cicika · 02-05-2012 12:05

Round 2 reports added.

Also, here are the exam tasks

Exams

-Potions
1. Test – recognize the plants and write all you know about them – name, where they grow, how to use them, in which potions you put them
2. Make an Elemntia Maximia potion – a potion that maximizes your element’s strength (only for 24 hours and you can take in only twice a year, otherwise your powers will go very, very weak)

- The Bases of Element Magic
1. Test – Write about the Original Witch of your Element
Earth – Terra Plantae
Air – Ailla Divinus
Water – Aqualia Fluctuna
Fire – Adura Flama

* I don’t want to bore you here with all the unnecessary details about each witch, but if you want to know more about the witch of your element pm me. Also if you guys want me to write down the Story about the Original Witches I will do so… again, there is already too much I write in this contest and so much information and characters, so I don’t want to bore you with more writing if you don’t want to or of you don’t need it for your story.

2. Practical use of the basic spells
Earth – controlling the growth of plants
Air – controlling the wind’s strength and direction
Water – controlling the movement of the water
Fire – controlling the size and strength of the flames

-History of Element Magic
1. Test – The Salem Witches, The quest for the Original Book of Spells, The Cold Spirits

* again, if you need info on any of these things for your story, or if you are just curious about them, let me know and I will tell you the story.

- Elements
1. Individual demonstration of your element
-prepare a demonstration of your element, what you can do with it.
2. The Battle of elements
-two students, in pairs, will demonstrate the battle with elements – show your defence/offence skills. Try not to hurt yourself or your partner – you need to demonstrate that you can hold your element under control. You can pair up with witch of other element; it doesn’t have to be yours.

Ok, this is what you need for exams; if you have any further questions feel free to ask.

Last edited by Cicika (02-06-2012 14:11)

Cicika · 02-06-2012 12:13

Ok, since most of you wanted to know the extra information about everything exam related, i will post it here within an hour.
Also, I will answer all the questions you pm-ed me as soon as I am finished with these stories.
Because of all the waiting you had to do to get your answers I will extend this round for 24 more hours than it was planned. I know there is a lot of writing you need to do for this round so I think you deserve the extra time.

Mara2511 · 02-06-2012 13:19

YES! Extra time! big_smile
I was really needing it, this round!

Cicika · 02-06-2012 14:10

Exams – extra info

*Potions *

1. Recognize the plants and write all you know about them
-Plant 1 -
Lythrum salicaria L. or commonly known as Purple Loosestrife
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) is a wetland perennial that forms large, monotypic stands. Purple loosestrife has showy, attractive flowers with 5-7 purple petals (occasionally pink or white). Flowers bloom from June to September and the flower stalks remain standing through the winter. Each plant may bear as many as 3,000 flowers. Purple loosestrife has a vigorous rootstock that serves as a storage organ, providing resources for growth in spring and regrowth if the plant has been damaged from cuttings.
Purple loosestrife is an aquatic to semiaquatic species occurring in a variety of different shallow water wetlands.
Purple loosestrife was introduced to North America from Europe and Asia during the early 1800s as a valued medicinal herb for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, bleeding, wounds, ulcers, and sores.
-the use of Lythrum salicara L. – the white flowers with 7 petals and the rootstock of the plant are used to make a Sanat Medens potion – the potion that helps heal wounds – it fastens the healing. It works best on cut wounds.

-Plant 2 -
Iris nigricans commonly known as Black iris. The black iris is the national flower of Jordan, where it grows in the wild. Black Iris is a symbol of chivalry. The royal symbol of Jordanian kings is the black iris.
A member of the Iridaceae family, its scientific name is Iris nigricans. There are more than 2,000 species of Iridaceae, all of which can be recognized by their swordlike leaves. It's rhizome grows close to the surface of the soil so it is uprooted easily and is considered an endangered species.
Jordan's Kerak plateau is a place where the original Black Irises grow. Two species of black iris exist on the plateau: Iris nigricans and the iris petreana. The flower has adapted to a harsh environment and is not suitable for home growing. Moreover, it has a short season for bloom, from mid-March to April.
-the use of Iris nicricans in potions – The iris essential oil from flowers in used as a main ingredient in Equus potion – the calming potion. Aged rhizomes are distilled to produce an oil known ass iris butter, which when applied on your wrists in the 23rd of every month increases the witches rational skills. But the most important use of the black iris is to make a powerful potion – Somnia –the sleeping potion that can put a person in deep sleep that can last for years if the potion is made correctly. It is a very dark and dangerous potion.

2. Elemntia Maximia potion
ingredients:
white crystal
dried oak root
earth that the oak grew on
rain water from the first spring rain

You put the rain water in the pot and heat it up until it starts boiling. Then you add one large spoon of earth and stir clockwise with the white crystal. After 15 minutes of stirring, you add the dried oak root and stir contra clockwise. After 15 minutes of stirring you dropp the crystal in the water and leave the pot on the fire until the whole water has evaporated. Then you take the oak root and crumble it until it is a fine powder. Then you mix the powder with more rain water. What you have now is an Elementia Maxima potion that can be drank only in midnight. It should have a golden color.

*The Bases of Element Magic*
1. Test – Write about the Original Witch of your Element

Earth – Terra Plantae
Terra Plantae is the Original Witch of the Earth Element. She is the daughter of Earth – she is born from Earth. Story says she grew in earth for 9 moths until one day she just surfaced as a first earth witch. She had dark brown hair so long it reached the earth. She was able to make mountains, move them, and shape the landscape. She had the absolute control over Earth and some believe she was the one who shaped it in a way it is today. She made plants grow and made new plants, changed them, made them as beautiful as they are today. The animals would always follow her wherever she went.

Air – Ailla Divinus
Ailla Divinus, the Original Witch of the Air Element. She was born in the sky and the soft gust of wind blew her to the earth. She had long white hair that flew around her in waves. She controlled the weather and the seasons. She made four seasons to represent four original witches. Summer – Fire witch, Autumn – Earth Witch, Winter –herself and Spring –Water Witch. She helped Terra with flora and fauna.
She was just like the wind – free spirited. Controlling the Air element, she had the responsibility to analyze how each weather condition would affect the Earth – that is why air witches have good analyzing skills today.

Water – Aqualia Fluctuna
Aqualia Fluctuna, the Original Water Witch. She was born in water… she had long hair that fell in waves around her face… it was the colour of black that shone with blue shine. She controlled the water and everything in it. She could make life, rain, waves big as a mountain, rivers that cut their way trough stone… She was the most emotional of all four witches, because she controlled the element where life had begun. She used water to give life to everything on earth.

Fire – Adura Flama
She was born in flames. Her hair was curly, wild and red. She could make fire out of nothing. She helped human civilization grow into what it is today by giving them the fire. She was creation, not destruction like people today think about fire. She was wild and impulsive and the one who protected the other witches. She gave humans passion, bravery and determination to progress. She loved the Sun and the heath.

Story of Original Witches
Four Original Witches were sisters. They were all different, but that is what made them so close. They were born out of their elements and helped each other create and change the earth. They lived in union and loved and protected each other. They gave too much good to Earth, and because of that the balance had to be restored. When there is too much good, there is always evil to remain the balance of the nature. So, they started using their powers to fight the evil. But, the more they stayed on Earth, the more human they become and so their powers weakened. They started using potions too help them in battle. They wrote down all the spells in the Original Book of Spells – every original spell is in that book, which makes it the most powerful book in history. Witches successfully fought of any evil that came in their way until the Cold Spirits showed up. They would suck the magic from their blood and steal it, then use it for evil instead for good. The witches couldn’t fight them off – they were faster and stronger than them. So, the witches did the most powerful spell that was ever performed – they created a Hybrid – a creature that had the control over all four of the elements. Hybrid defeated the Cold spirits. But, the spell exhausted the witches and they became mortal. To preserve the magic, they shattered their souls in 4 pieces after their death. The pieces of souls travelled he earth until they found someone worth of the magic. Those souls would later shatter to another 4 pieces and it was done so for 100 years. And that I how the witches, as we know them today, were born. Every single of us has a small part of the soul of the original witch in her.

*History of Element Magic*

1. The Salem Witches
From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft. Dozens languished in jail for months without trials. Then, almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended.
For more info see: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm

The elements have worn the witches that something dark is approaching. What isn’t known in human history is that it was all work of Abezethibou, the deamon with one red wing. He maneged to kill 19 witches and wizards before the hybrid put an end to him.

2. The quest for the Original Book of Spells
The Original Book of Spells is a book written by the four Original Witches. It contains magic that is today forgotten or so powerful that no witch can perform – without the book, that is. It is the most powerful book ever written and that is why the witches have protected it. Only one person knows it’s whereabouts – the hybrid. Hybrids live 500 years – when they reach their full maturity they stop ageing. When the new hybrid is born, when he/she turns 18 their powers demonstrate. Then, he old hybrid has one year to teach them and give them all the secrets – including the place where the book is hidden. The hybrid keeps his identity hidden all of his/hers life from safety reasons – every dark being wants to get it’s hands on hybrid.

3.The Cold Spirits
They are one of the biggest nemeses of the witches. They are born as spirits and walk the earth for centuries feeding on the misery of other souls until they reach their full strength and give birth to their bodies. They are tall, slim, but strong. They have purple eyes and long white hair, their skin is very pale. They feed on people blood, which they need for heir bodies to function. They are the origin of the vampire myth in human culture. But, they are really after the blood of the witches. Once they suck dry a witch they gain the control of her element, which makes them very hard to kill since they are faster and stronger physically than the witches. The legend says that if a Cold Spirit gains control over all four Elements, he can kill a Hybrid. The Cold Spirits walk only in winter and cold weather.

Mara2511 · 02-07-2012 07:26

Amelia Mills

Getting my Christmas gift & Hanging Out at the Pub.

Danail’s Late Night Visit & The Winter Ball.

Once again, a tiny bit bigger than expected. Gosh, no one will read this… =P

And it was already December 23rd. Where has the time gone? A day before the Christmas Eve, Destinia was almost empty. My room was a quiet, lonely place without Aira and Shera; and with pretty much all of the friends I’ve made away to their home, there wasn’t much to do there.

I wasn’t complaining, though. This quiet time was in my plans all along: the midterm exams would be in about three weeks, and I knew I couldn’t take home any of my text books. So, I would use this time to focus on my studies until I felt fully prepared to my exams. And I can’t say I wasn’t having any social contact: Andrei had stayed.

Andrei… We were getting closer every day. Now the school was empty, our meetings wouldn’t happen only in the end of the night anymore: we were having meals together and, when we were both tired of studying, we’d go to the city to have a drink or two. He was opening up to me slowly; revealing little facts of his life. Talking to him was easy… and he was actually fun to be around, when he relaxed.

A few days ago, he asked me to meet him before our regular jogging time. I was surprised when he took me to Katherine’s office. As it turned out, the headmistress had recommended me to join Katherine’s evening classes with Andrei. At first, I wasn’t sure what to think about that – maybe the headmistress thought I was dangerous? Lilliana knew about my wakening, after all. But then Katherine explained me that what both her Lilliana had seen in me was a vast potential and that they wanted me to explore it… if I wanted to. I was so flattered I agreed.

It was strange to see the interaction between Andrei and Katherine. There was an obvious affection in their eyes when they looked at each other; but I couldn’t capture any sexual tension. There was so much pride in her voice when she talked about him, that it could easily be mistaken by romantic love; but her body language – relaxed and distant – would shout otherwise.

I have no idea why I was so interested in Andrei’s life, but, God, I wanted to know what was going on between those two! I know he told me nothing romantic had ever happened, but, when he told me that he was yet to let me in. He could have lied; why wouldn’t he? And there was the girl Andrei had kissed, Taretha. He talked about her once, when we were drinking at the city. I could see it in his eyes that he had liked the kiss… and, the weird thing is: it bothered me. It made me feel sick to my stomach – a feeling very similar to jealousy. But I couldn’t be jealous, could I? There was nothing romantic about my friendship with Andrei. Right?

There was nothing romantic about my friendship with Andrei.

It couldn’t be. I was, after all, very much interested in Danail – even though he had, as the paper put it, twisted and confused feelings for me.

The last contact I had with Danail was before the talent show, when he invaded the Martial Arts Club room and kissed me senseless. Lola, before going away, reassured me that he was crazy about me; but it was getting really hard to believe that. I was sure he wasn’t worth all this trouble; no man was. No matter how much chemistry there was between us.

After the holidays break started, I didn’t see him anymore. Naturally, I assumed he had gone away too, to visit his family in Bulgaria. Honestly, it was for the best: I needed to concentrate on my studies, and all the drama would only be on my way.

But, after days of peace, calm and lots of reading, I found out I was wrong.

The sun was already setting when I realized my history’s book was a bit superficial on the chapter about the first Book of Spells. So I did something I haven’t done since the week of the talent show: I went to the school’s library.

And there, to my surprise, I found my twisted and confused Danail.

Our yes met almost immediately. And my heart accelerated.

His face stiffened. There was no way to pretend I hadn’t seen him, so, blushing, I smiled shyly and whispered a “hello”. His reaction was closing his notebook, getting up and leaving. And, just like that, all my peace and calm went down the drain.

I couldn’t stay there anymore. I’d be way too distracted, knowing Danail was just a few meters away, ignoring me.

Livid, I took a deep breath and went to talk to the librarian:

“Hello. I… erm… just found out today that I have to go home. Sick relative. It would be very unpractical to take my books with me, and, with the midterm exams coming…”
“The library has a vast bank of e-books available to the students. The computers are in that room” – She pointed to a wooden door, far on the left. – “All you have to do is to copy whichever you want to a flash drive.”
“Oh. I didn’t know that. Thank you.”

Luckily, I had an almost empty flash drive in my bag, so I quickly could take care of the matter. With access to academic material, I made my way to Andrei’s room – he was the first person I could think of.

“What you’re doing here?”
“Hey… Can you drive me to the airport?”

It was a 3 hours drive, but Andrei didn’t hesitate when I asked: he just took his coat and his keys, and asked me to follow him. We didn’t talk much on our way to Belgrade; and I certainly didn’t tell him my last minute decision was born because another guy disturbs me.

“You don’t have a bag.” – He said, as soon as he parked in the airport.
“I don’t need one. I left most of my clothes back home.”
“Amelia, today is December 23rd. Do you really think you’ll get an international flight to South Carolina?”
“Andrei, you should have tried and stop me before driving me to the airport, don’t you think?”
“I’m not trying to stop you. It’s just a reality check.”

I took a deep breath.

“Well, there’ll be at least one flight to somewhere in the States. I’ll surely get to Charleston from there.”
“Ok. Then I’ll be with you until you check in.”
“It’s not necessary, Andrei. Honestly. I don’t want to push the limits of your goodwill.”
“Well… I guess you’re on your own, then.”
“Ok. I’ll text you as soon as I get a ticket, if it makes you feel better.”
“Do it. Have a good Christmas.”
“Happy holidays.”

And I left.

Getting on the plane was difficult: the only flights to the US were to Washington and California. I ended up choosing DC, and the flight was hours late. I only got to the States at 6 AM, local time – and only then I called my parents. Few hours later, I was landing in Charleston.

Both of my parents were at the Charleston’s International Airport when I finally arrived. Mom had an enormous smile in her face (and watery eyes), and dad was ecstatic. But it was the sight of my baby bother that made my heart leap: I had no idea of how much I’ve missed him. I approached them fast.

“Brandon!” – Was the first name I said, practically ripping my baby bother from my stepmom arms. I threw him on the air, delighted by his oh-so-sweet laugh, before covering his face with kisses. – “Have you missed me, baby?”

He said my name a couple times, while I stepped to kiss my parents and Beatrice.

Getting home was… odd. It was like that life didn’t belong to me anymore. And, of course, mom realized there was something strange with me. She spent most of night asking me if I was happy in Europe – and I wanted to tell her I was happy; I needed to tell her who (what) I was, but the words would die before reaching my lips. I’m not sure if I was ashamed or afraid… but, in the end, I lied. I told her I was just jetlagged.

The Christmas.

In spite of my mother’s protests, we ended up spending the Christmas Eve at my dad’s – Beatrice had been planning the Christmas meal ever since the Thanks Giving, and she had invited a load of friends. Mom’s plans were just easier to give up on.

The whole party was excellent. My father wasn’t kidding when he said he’d make a scrapbook entitled “My Daughter Is Better than Yours” – the embarrassing thing was on display over his coffee table, and he’d show it to all of his friends right after introducing me. I had to lie a lot about what I was doing in Europe. Somehow, my parents had assumed I was getting a degree in international relations, so I just played along; it was easier than making something up.

Right after the meal there was some gifts exchange (as well as a Secret Santa I wasn’t included because no one knew I was going to attend the party until a day ago), and people were getting drunker and louder.

I was starting to get bored when my parents and Beatrice ambushed me – mom had a small festive envelope in hands, and the three of them had a playful grin on their faces.

“Merry Christmas, baby.” – Dad said.
“AND happy 19th birthday.”

I frowned, taking the envelope.

“Happy 19th birthday? You know it’s only in three months, right?”
“Well, we’re giving your gift a bit early. Be a good girl and take it!” – Beatrice said. My stepmom was more excited than my parents.

Unsure, I opened the envelope.

And my heart skipped a beat. It was the photo of a really adorable red Prius. Could it be…?

“Please tell me you’re not messing with me.” – They looked too excited to be joking. I could have screamed. – “Oh, Mom! Dad! Thank you!”
“It was Beatrice’s idea.” – Surprisingly, mom admitted that.
“Wow… Thank you! I loved it!” – I hugged my stepmother. – “Where is it?! I want to take it for a ride!”

Mom and dad looked at each other, but it was Beatrice who answered:

“Parked on the Belgrade Airport. We were going to tell you over Skype tomorrow; but I guess you’ll get it when you come back to college.”

I was thrilled: now I had a car. That meant independence.

Beatrice went upstairs with Brandon before 2 AM. And this was when dad and mom started talking to each other and laughing together… just like back when they still were happily married. I looked at them, mesmerized. I didn’t want them to get back together – I loved Beatrice, and I wished that Brandon would grow up in a happy home. Still, it was great to see them being friendly.

Powers Gone Mad.

A couple of days later, after I posted some Christmas photos on my Facebook, I had the most pleasant surprise: Gabrielle, my closest friend, gave me a call. She said she was in the city, and that she wanted to see me.

We met at a little park close to our former high school, where we used to hang out all the time. It was wonderful to see her again – even though I’ve made good friends in Destinia, no one would ever mean as much to me as Gaby… We know each other every since we were little children, after all.

“Amelia! Oh my god, I miss you so much!”
“So do I. Make me envious: how’s Yale?”

She opened a huge smile.

“It’s a dream! I’m now a Pi Beta Phi!”
“Oh! Aren’t you the one who would never be in a sorority?”
“Well, that was before they accepted me!”
“I’m happy for you. You know, my roommate was going to Yale, too. She reminds me of you.”
“Just for you know, I’m not giving up on the best friend job. So don’t go replacing me for this new roommate of yours.” – I laughed. – “But tell me about Europe. What college is this anyway?”
“It’s… complicated.”
“Hm. Is it a secret school for gifted youngsters? Because that’s my theory, you know? That you’re an X-Man.”

I tried to laugh – but Gabrielle was closer to the truth than she could ever imagine.

“It’s a very restricted private college. I didn’t even think I’d be accepted, that’s why I never told you about it.”

Lying to her was even harder than lying to my parents. And the worst thing is that she noticed I wasn’t been honest – I could tell by the way she was looking at me. Still, Gabrielle knew me enough to see when I was trying to avoid a topic.

“Whatever you say, Mia. You like it there? Got a new boyfriend already?”
“Yes, I love it there. And no, I have no boyfriend. But there’s an emotionally unavailable guy who kisses me sometimes.”
“Wait… what?”
“His name is Danail, he’s Bulgarian and he’s extremely hot.”
“Wow. How long you two have been… you know… doing whatever it is you’re doing?”
“We had a date a few weeks ago, and we made out. Then he stopped talking to me. Then, almost a week later, he got me alone in a room and we made out again. And he stopped taking to me. Again.”
“Seriously? I wouldn’t waste my time with him, if I were you.”
“My thoughts exactly. After he started ignoring me the first time, I was decided not to be with him anymore, but then he kissed me again, and I found myself with absolutely no self control. There’s a sort of magnetism between us; he feels it too, I’m sure.”
“It’s just physical, then?”
“No… We hang out a lot, and I do like him. But liking someone has never annulled my willpower, before; you know that.”
“That strong, huh?”
“Yes. I have no idea what to do about it.”

Gabrielle smiled naughtily.

“Well… Do him.”
“I can’t say it hasn’t crossed my mind.”

She laughed.

It was great to be around a friend like her again. Gabrielle understood me like no one else in this world – well, maybe Andrei was starting to. We stayed together for hours, talking about the past, and the plans to the future, and our somewhat complicated personal lives; and, thankfully, she did not ask me about Destinia again.

The sun was already setting and I was walking Gaby home when I felt a minor earthquake. At the moment, I didn’t think it was something to worry about: we were at Charleston. Earthquakes are rather commons there. Besides, it was so weak that my friend didn’t even notice it… But, by the time I got home, I starting to get intrigued: I was feeling a tingling sensation on the tip of my fingers – similar to what I always feel when my power is piling up. Following Andrei’s lessons, I immediately put on my sweat pants and went out for a jog.

But, no matter how much I ran (and I tried it for several miles), the tingling just wouldn’t go away.

And on December 30th things got way too weird. The tingling sensation got stronger, and if I touched the lawn with my bare skin, I’d actually feel electric chocks. Something was off. I was worried, to say the least. Afraid I’d end up causing another accident, I decided to go back to Europe – but my parents convinced me to stay just for two more days, so we’d spend the New Years Eve together.

But on January the 1st I was on a plane to Serbia.

It was almost midnight when I got to the Belgrade Airport. I was eager to see my new car, so I got my keys as soon as I passed through security. I had no idea where the car was parked; but the airport wasn’t crowded, so it wasn’t too hard to spot a red Prius among the few cars in the parking lot. I pressed the alarm, just to be sure.

There. My dear red car. I already loved it so...

Anyway, about three hours later, I was at Destinia.

It’s… strange how I’ve missed that place. It had been only a few months since the first time I came, but it sort of felt like home already. Somewhere I belonged, with all my high ambitions and unusual secrets.

I wanted to greet Andrei and give his Christmas gift as soon as I got there; but it probably wouldn’t be nice to wake him up in the middle of the night. Besides, I was very tired… So I just went to my room. No surprises there: it was still empty. I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

I woke up quite early the next day. Well, the alarm clock woke me up – I didn’t want to miss breakfast. I took a long bath to fight the sleepiness, took Andrei’s gift and hurried to the cafeteria, feeling anxious. He was already there, in the line. I smiled, and went to him.

“Happy new year!”

He turned to face me – his lips were curved, forming a small grin.

“I thought you’d call me to pick you up at the Airport.”
“Well, it wasn’t necessary. I got a car for Christmas.”
“I won’t have to drive you around anymore? Be honest, this is yours Christmas gift to me.”

I laughed.

“No. This is.” – I said, showing him the small box I had in hands.

Andrei actually blushed a little.

“I didn’t get you anything.”
“No one can put a price on what you did for me, Andrei. I’m counting your endless patient as a gift.”

He left the breakfast line with his tray in hands. I guided him to one of the tables.

“Still, you should have told me…”
“I didn’t know I was buying you anything.” – I lied.
“And who else will get gifts?”
“My roommates – Aira and Shera –, Lola and Dorian. And I got something to Katherine and the Headmistress, too.”
“Seems like a rather exclusive list.”
“I’m a rather exclusive person.” – I smiled. – “I did all this shopping, and ended up forgetting about the ball. You already have clothes and a date?”
“The clothes will be the same of last year. And I think I’ll go with Tharetha.”

My heart leaped, once again feeling that nonsense “jealousy”.

“Oh. That’s great. You should go with her.”
“Who you’re going with?”

I shrugged.

“Apparently, I’ll have a hot date with my Tablet. Dorian will be pleased to see someone from the paper will actually be taking notes that night.”

Andrei Smiled mischievously and asked:

“Are you sure?”

I frowned, only understanding what he meant when someone else sat on our table. It was Danail. And he did not look happy.

Still, my heart raced and I immediately became nervous.

“Good morning.” – I said. Danail didn’t answer.

Andrei got up, feeling the tenseness piling up on the table.

“I should go back to my studies. Good morning.”
“No, wait.”
“What?”
“Your gift.”

Smiling sheepishly, Andrei took the small pack from my hands and left.

After he was distant enough, I looked at Danail. And he kept looking at me, with those piercing grey eyes and that angry expression on his face – which I absurdly found hot. And I was, at the same time, mad that he interrupted my conversation with Andrei, and feeling that uncontrollable attraction…

God, I was going mad.

Finally, he said:

“Where have you been?”
“At home. I just got back last night.” – I said, matter-of-factly.
“You didn’t tell anyone.”
“There was no one to tell. We were all allowed to leave Destinia whenever we wanted during the break.”
“Your friends here…”
“My only friend here was the one who took me to the airport.”

He sighed, a sarcastic smirk on his lips.

“Andrei.”
“Yes. Andrei.”
“He also got a Christmas gift.”
“He deserved it.”
“You run with him every night, and now you’re having the ‘special classes’, too. You two spend a lot of time together, don’t you?”

I was fuming. The now everlasting tingle in the tip of my fingers got almost unbearable.

“Yes, Danail. Because he wants to spent time with me. He doesn’t disappear, nor ignore me, and…” – So angry my eyes started to get watery. – “What do you want from me?”

He looked at me for a while – straight in my eyes. I couldn’t even blink; those incredible grey eyes burning me. And the lust hit me hard, adding all the anger and the frustration; and making a toxic mix of feelings inside me. It was too much. It was way too much.

I held my hands in fists, trying hard to contain my power.

And then, he answered:

“I don’t know.”

My jaw clenched. I took a deep breath. That couldn’t go on. I had to get rid of that attraction before I was driven insane.

“Look; we should have never… Whatever happened between us, we should forget. For whatever reason you don’t allow yourself to get close to me, and I respect that. It’s your choice. But I don’t want it to affect the friendship we were building. I like spending time with you, Peter and Lola; I don’t want it to be weird. And, Danail, every since that date, you’ve acted nothing but weird towards me. So, please, can we be just friends?”

He kept looking at me, baring me with his eyes. It was making my decision too hard to keep.

“If this is what you want.”
“It’s for the best.”
“Fine by me.”

He got up and left. And there was nothing else I could do but to get back in my bedroom to study a bit. Shera got there a few hours later, and I think we talked for a couple of hours (which was more than we have ever done so far). I gave her her gift: just a few make up items, nothing much. The truth is, we weren’t close enough; so I didn’t really know what to buy her.

Still tired, I went to bed before ten; skipping my jog with Andrei.

When I woke up the next day, Aira was already there. It was refreshing to finally see a friendly face – you know; one I don’t have mixed feelings about, nor tries to ignore me all the time. She gave me a plant for Christmas… well, a seedling, actually. It was only when I saw my gift that I realized I had no plants in my room – it was odd, considering my element was earth.

”It’s basically a baby, you have to give it a little push if you want to see how it’s going to look like”

I smiled, taking my seedling to the window – after hours in closed plane, it must be craving for some sunlight. I also tried to manipulate the soil in the vase to give it some nurturing without fast-forward its growth: it almost immediately became greener and healthier.

“So, how was your holiday?”

Then she started talking – about her family, her friends and the Christmas and New Years Eve. She had a lot to tell, for which I was thankful: I didn’t really want to talk about my family in front of Shera. Not that I disliked her; I don’t. I just wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it.

Luckily, by the time Aira was finished and could ask about my holidays, Shera had already left for breakfast.

“I was home, with my family. Pretty much that’s it.” She raised an eyebrow, and even I had to recognize that my answer had been too vague. Aira didn’t know that I haven’t told anyone back home about me being a witch. Maybe it was time to reveal it; I think I can trust her with a secret. “Aw, don’t give me that look… It just wasn’t all joy and laughter, you know. My family… doesn’t really know what this school is like… and that… I’m a witch.”

Saying it out loud felt strange and sad.

Aira smiled, apologizing.

”Sorry, I didn’t mean to—”
”It’s okay. Anyway you’re just brave to telling it to them.”
”I’m not brave…sometimes I think it was selfish of me to tell them and destroy all they hopes and dreams for me. At least you didn’t do that.”
”Well I’m not sure. They can’t really process that I chose a no-name school here in Europe, not the Ivy League. I still had some explaining to do.”
“Oh, I get it. More pleasant subject then!” – She jumped back to her bed with a bright smile on her face. “Do you have your dress for the big ball already?”

I smiled, thankful for the topic change.

“God, I actually haven’t! I haven’t given much thought to the ball, with the exams madness! Besides, I don’t even have a date.”
“You don’t?”
“Nope! Only random guys I don’t even know have asked me to come with them, so I had to politely refuse. Have you got a date already?”
“No. But I’m optimistic.”

Dress Shopping and Night at the Pub.

The first week after the holidays break went by like a lightning. It seemed like the closest the exams were, the more we had left to study. Thankfully, Dorian was worried about his exams too, so he wasn’t too annoyed when I told him I needed to stay away from the paper until the exams. And Lucy seemed quite relieved to have me away for a while. I didn’t even bothered showing up at the martial arts club – I needed those precious hours… mostly because I wasn’t inclined to give up on my daily jog with Andrei.

I was so busy I had no time to notice that my powers were getting increasingly weirder. The tingling sensation, the strange electricity… and, now, I had to concentrate a lot to perform the most simple tasks with my powers – otherwise, they’d get out of hand. It didn’t help while I was training my presentation to the elements task… I was starting to get worried about this one.

Sooner than we all expected, the weekend came. The winter ball would be next Saturday, and was yet to get a dress. I needed company. The first person I thought of was Lola with her impeccable fashion sense… but, lately, she’s been very busy spending all her time in dark corners with Justin. Thankfully, though, I had Aira, who was willing to keep me company while helped me shopping.

We took my new car and went to the closest big city. As I had some extra money this month, I could afford to buy a more expensive dress. So I drove us to a boutique Lola had recommended to me, hoping to find something that fitted well. The place was large, and too white; but the dresses displayed on the mannequins were quite beautiful, so I guess it would have to do.

We started looking at the racks, and I soon took a gorgeous yellow dress, with some sparkly details on the cleavage.

“What do you think of that?”
”Ew, too yellow.”
”How can something be too yellow?”
”Believe me it’s too yellow. It’s pretty but that color won’t suit your skin and hair. How about this?”

She showed me a green dress instead. The color was beautiful, but the cut…

”Vaaaahh, get rid of that!”

Obviously, Lola’s store wasn’t the one. So Aira and I started walking the city, entering all the boutiques that looked promising.

By the time we got to our third store, the stinging sensation on the tip of my fingers got stronger. I could be just me; but it wouldn’t hurt to ask.

”Don’t you feel…strange these days? Like, something is shaking inside of you?”

She looked at me, and there was a shadow in her eyes. She knew what I was talking about.

“Well, yes I do… but I asked Rachel about it, you know.”
“What did she say?”
“She said it’s probably nothing, we’re just stressed out because of the ball and the upcoming exams, not to mention we’re freshmen, so we’re the most sensitive for this kind of things.”

I looked at her for a while – when I started having this feeling, I wasn’t stressed at all.

“Oh, I see. I still can’t shake this off so easily, it worries me…that my…our power gets unstable.”

Aira smiled, reassuringly.

”Well, think of that if anything would go wrong, we have more powerful witches around us who could fix things easily.”

Could the witches resuscitate people? I bit my lip and decided to focus on the dress shopping. It was better not to think of it; at least, until the exams.

“There’s nothing here… and, I don’t know about you, but I’m starving.”

Aira smiled – looking relieved with the topic change – and we went to have lunch.

The hunt for the perfect dress lasted a few more hours. But, after going in a dozen stores and trying on what felt like a million dresses, I finally found the most gorgeous, strapless black and red gown. It was a bit over my budget, but it was certainly worth it.

Later that night, Lola asked me to come to the pub – in her words, it was about time for my car’s grand inauguration. I was… nervous. It would be the first time I’d get in the same room with Danail after our breakfast conversation, and I wasn’t sure how he’d act. Still, I was stressed, my powers were all messed up, and I did miss hanging out with Peter and Lola. So I just bucked up and accepted the invitation.

Anyway, I dressed casually – trying not to worry about impressing anyone –, took my keys and went to meet everyone at the entrance hall. I smiled widely – even to Danail – and guided them to my Prius. Soon we were at the pub.

Thing were weird between Danail and I, at first. The sexual tension as strong as ever, and we couldn’t acting like friends at all. But Lola and Justin kept pushing us closer and making jokes to lighten the tension all the time. Eventually, we hadn’t much choice but to warm up to each other. And it was a relieve to have him talking to me without any ulterior motive.

Lola and Justin… They were quite the couple. It was a shame it wouldn’t last long – she had told me herself – because they were great together. The kind of couple who can’t take the hands off of each other, don’t mind some PDA and even finishes each other sentences. They were going to the ball together, but I was under the impression they wouldn’t be a couple for much further than that.

“So” – She said, not at all concentrating on the snooker. – “Lucy gets from the beach and her hair is green! She looks at me, desperate, and asks for my help. Well, I said, I could burn it, if you want. Justin, stop grabbing my ass, I’m trying to play!”
“I’m trying to play, too.” – He answered.
“We can play that later!”

I took a sip of my beer, rolling my eyes. PDA. Just as I though, she turned around and captured his lips on a very intimate kiss. There was nothing I could do, but to go back to our table and stay with the guys.

Except that the only one there was Danail.

Shyly, I took a seat.

“Where’s Peter?”
“Went to the bathroom.”
“Oh.” – I sighed, drinking again just to keep my lips occupied while I thought about a conversation topic. – “Hey, how’s everything at the martial arts club? I haven’t been there all week.”
“It’ll be better if you stay away for a while. I think the stress of the exams is driving some people right to the edge. Look.” – Saying that, he lifted his left sleeve up until the elbow. There was a painful-looking burning scar. – “Lucas did this to me, on an amiable fight. He didn’t mean for this to happen; it just got out of hand.”

I frowned, remembering my conversation with Aira, that afternoon.

“That’s… strange. My powers seem to be on the edge too, lately.”
“Stress?”
“Well… I’m stressed now. But it started when I was at the US. I couldn’t be more relaxed, back then.”
“This is weird.”
“And my roommate told me today that her powers are off, too.”
“Hm. Hey, Lola!” – She gave up on Justin’s lips to turn and look at Danail. – “How are your powers lately?”
“Batshit crazy. I can’t make a toast without it becoming ashes.”
“Justin?”
“They’ve been working strangely ever since Christmas.”

I shifted uncomfortably in my seat.

“This can’t be normal.”

Danail nodded.

“I agree with you. Maybe we should talk about it with the headmistress?”
“Well, I’ll see Katherine in privet on Tuesday. She surely can tell something about it. This way no one will have to waste time with an unnecessary visit to Lilliana’s office.”
“I’m surprised you haven’t asked her before.”
“I wasn’t giving it much thought, to be honest.”
“Well you—”

Danail stopped in the middle of his sentence, and, of course, I knew why: Bohemian Rhapsody had just started playing… the song of our first kiss.

I cursed mentally: all the tension Lola worked so hard to extinguish was immediately back. The memories of the most intimate moments of our dates rushed back to my mind… and, by the look in his face, he was thinking the same thing.

And my heart was pounding. And I was craving for some closeness.

With a sheepishly smile, he said:

“Don’t tell me you like this song.”

I laughed sadly, literally in pain. It was the exact thing he had said before kissing me.

“I do. And if you don’t, we can’t be friends.”

He nodded, and his hand slowly came to mine, caressing slowly, gently.

I needed him.

His eyes… they were inviting me. Inviting me to hold him, and kiss him. To become his. And I was about to give in when…

And then, the spell was broken. Peter came to the table with a bowl of Doritos, and practically threw it over our hands. As soon as the contact was broken, I could think straight again. And, conscious, I got up and went to the snooker – it was hard, but I was sticking to my decision.

Extra Classes and Late Night Visitors.

The next few days I was starting to pay more attention on my powers, and how they were shifting from normal to completely out of control. I gave up on using them on my plant – I was afraid I’d end up killing it – and I was avoiding touching the earth with my bare skin. I even told Andrei we’d stop running together, because I was afraid something would happen if I tripped and fall.

Tuesday night Andrei and I met at the main hall to go to our extra class with Katherine. Andrei had a happy glint in his eyes and, at first, I didn’t know what it was about. That was before I remembered I saw him with that girl, Taretha, earlier. Again, I was strangely affected by it.

“You’re ok?” – He asked me, probably noticing how I felt.
“Oh… I…” – I smiled. – “I’m tired. Have been studying too much, I suppose.”
“We all have.” – He started guiding me to the Katherine’s office. – “Have you been training a lot?”
“Sort of. I keep restraining myself.”
“Why?”
“Well, every time I get carried away, I end up creating something potentially risky. Back at home, I was using one of the techniques Katherine thought me on a plant. I wanted it to flourish, that’s all. I ran out of patient, and, as a result, the plant created seven inches thorns.”
“I told you’re dangerous.”
“Does it get better?”

He smirked sarcastically.

“Gets worse. The more your power grow, the most unstable it will get.”
“Oh, Andrei, that’s great news.”
“You can handle it.”

Katherine was waiting for us, with her usual smile on her face. These classes with her were helping me more than I could have imagined. I was having a better understand of my connection with the earth; I could start feeling the element as if it was a part of me, handling it as if it was a part of my own body.

She wouldn’t allow Andrei and me to use our powers at the same time – she’d fear our potential was too big to be contained. But it was actually a god think: I felt like I learned a lot by watching Andrei manipulating our element.

After an hour and a half of training, Katherine decided to finish the classes for the night. But she wasn’t letting us go yet.

“Amelia, is your exam’s presentation ready?”
“Well, I was practicing some things. I don’t feel confident to showcase mightiness, so I was thinking I could show precision. Changing color of flowers, making a moving sand spectacle, and, maybe, lift a sand castle… I don’t know.”
“It doesn’t sound bad; but I thought you’d be trying something more… offensive.”
“Well, I don’t think I have the capacity to—”
“She restrains herself, fearing to hurt others.” – Andrei said, and I blushed.
“Andrei!”
“You do, Amelia. I don’t think you should battle with a freshman. It could be dangerous.”

Katherine looked at me, thoughtful.

“Andrei is probably right.”
“Katherine, I couldn’t defend myself against an older student. Most of the time, I don’t really know what I’m doing.”
“And this is the dangerous part, Amelia. When you react before thinking.”
“Well I… Fine. You should know, though, that my powers aren’t working well. So, I might lose control.”

She frowned.

“Your powers are strange?” – I nodded. – “You’re not the first student to complain about it. I have a theory about what might be happening, but… It wouldn’t be good. We should talk to Lilliana.”
“Now?!”
“Why not?”

That said, Katherine guided us to the headmistress’ private room. I was nervous when I got there: I never heard of any student who visited her after the business hour. Still, I was even more intrigued after Katherine’s vague answer… I needed to know what was happening to me.

Katherine knocked on the door and announced herself, before opening it.

“Lilliana. Andrei and Amelia are feeling it too. I think we should be worried.”
“Come in.”

The three of us followed Katherine into a large airy room, where the headmistress was. Lilliana was taking care of a beautiful plant – I wondered if her element was also earth –, and her features weren’t as calm as we were all used to see.

“Your powers are unsteady?”
“Yes.” – Andrei said. – “And it’s not only us. Lucas Conti and Julien Durand are also feeling it.”
“And my roommate, Aira. Danail Borisov, Dolores Snow, Peter Connors and Justin Reed.”
“And myself.” – Katherine admitted, her face going red.

Lilliana sighed, leaving her plant and turning to us. There was a shadow in her eyes.

“The Element's are warning us... In the past element's always warned the witches when something dark and dangerous was approaching. The element's are warning us now. I can't be sure what are they warning us about... but, I am not going to lie, I don't like it at all. The winter this cold, the elements charged with electricity... Whatever is in store, it's big. So, be prepared. We all need to be.”

I felt a shiver down my spine – that woman was dead serious, and I believed ever word she said.

“But… Is there a risk I’ll have another accident, because of this?”
“No; but I’d like the both of you to train harder. I need you to know how to defend yourselves and the others. I need you to know how to attack, if necessary. Katherine, you should meet them twice a week, from now on. If you all agree, of course.”

We all nodded.

When we left her room, I was shaking. Andrei was right behind me, and he also didn’t seem scared.

“A warning? What do you think the elements are trying to tell us?”

He sighed, getting closer to me.

“I have no idea. Can’t be good, though.”
“I’m scared.”
“I know.” – Saying that, he held me and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. I was jealous of him; but I felt no attraction when he held me. Weird. – “But I think we can handle anything.”

I laughed; and, at that point, I heard some steps.

“Have you heard it?”
“Yes. If it was someone from the paper, we’ll be front page next issue.”

I got out of his embrace, thankful for his little comic relief.

“Good night, Andrei.”
“Good night, my friend.”

And we went our separate ways. Soon enough, I was at my bedroom.

I wanted to talk to Aira about my conversation with the headmistress; but, with the exams coming, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to worry her. I was decided that I’d talk to her after the exams – if something bad is on the way, she better be prepared… even though no one had any idea of what was coming.

Full of angst, I took a long bath and prepared myself to sleep – it would be useless to trying to study, anyway.

I was already in bed, moisturizing, when I heard a knock on my door.

“What time is it?”

Aira, who was on her bed finishing her studies, looked at her phone.

“Half past one.”
“Who the hell--?!”

Aira sighed and got up, going to the door. Certain that it wasn’t for me, I continued what I was doing. Of course, I was wrong.

“Amelia, it’s… for you.”

Frowning, I got up.

At that point, I was sure that it must have been Lola, with some girl problem; so I didn’t bothered putting on a robe or my flip-flops; after all, I’d just tell her life goes on, and I’d be back to my comfortable bed in no time.

Once again, I was wrong. Waiting for me on the other side of the door was Danail. The look he gave my barely covered body made me blush.

“Oh, I… I didn’t think it was you.”
“Can we talk?”
“Now?!”
“Are you occupied?”
“Well, no, but---”
“Then, yes. Now.”

For a while I just stood there, feeling the cold breeze of the corridor on my skin. I knew about my resolution; I knew I couldn’t be close to Danail anymore. Still, I apparently couldn’t bring myself to tell him to leave. So I just sighed resigned and stepped out of my bedroom, closing the door behind me.

I tried to look aloof.

“Can you make it quick? I’m freezing here.”
“That’s what you get for not be wearing any clothes.”

I blushed.

“I was going to sleep. And it’s not like I’m on my underwear: It’s a short and a top. C’mon, Danail, it’s really late.”

He putted his hand on the small of my back – I shivered when his hot hand touched my bare skin. I took a deep breath, trying to leave this line of thought.

Danail took me to an apparently deserted classroom, still on my bedroom’s floor. There were a few desks and a big wooden table in there, all covered with dust. He guided me to the table and, after making the dust go to the ground, he sat there.

“So? Why am I here, Danail?”

He looked at me.

“I didn’t think this through.”
“What?”
“I saw you and Andrei, and I just needed to talk to you. But I’m not sure what I need to talk to you about.”

Oh. He was source of the steps I heard, when Andrei was hugging me.

“So you just went to my room?”
“As I said, I didn’t think it through.”

I bit my bottom lip, sitting by his side.

“Well, you can say what you’re thinking. Or what you feel. We decided to be friends, after all.”
“I’m thinking about you. And I feel desire. I want you.”

My heart raced, and I was breathless, and my hands sweat, and I felt that wonderful pain below my belly. And I just knew I couldn’t look at him, or my body and my needs would take the best out of me. I had a resolution; I had to keep it.

“I… don’t know what to say.”
“Then don’t say anything; let me do the talking. I don’t know what you did to me, Amelia, but I can’t stop thinking about you. I took you on that date because I wanted to prove myself that I could overcome whatever it is that I was feeling for you, but I failed miserably. I can’t be in the same room with you and not to think about your kiss, or imagining you body. And the worst part is that I know you feel the same.”

I bit my lip, still no daring to look at him.

“How is this the worst part?”
“It makes harder to run away.”
“Then don’t run! I don’t understand why you--”
“I feel that we’re too different. I was sure of it when I saw you with Andrei, today.”
“Nothing is happening between Andrei and I. We’re friends.”
“I’ve heard that before.”
“I’m not like Lola.”

I felt his eyes on me.

“You’re more like her than you care to admit.”
“Then what the hell are you doing here?!”
“I can’t control myself anymore.”

I couldn’t let this go on. I had to tell him nothing could happen between us, that he had wasted his chances with me. I had a resolution. I had to be over with all that, and…

Oh, screw it!

I looked at him, and I’m sure this time I was the one with fire in the eyes.

“I’ll be straight with you, now. I’m too tired to play this game, Danail. I want you. But if you’re not sure of what you want, stay away from me and let me get close to other people. I will not wait around for you to find out whether I’m good for you or not. I was the one who was hurt here. I was the one who was ignored, while you decided what you wanted from your life. Still, I’m here, and I’m willing to try… But you mark my words: this is the last time I’ll—”

I could never finish my sentence, because Danail crushed his lips on mine. And I felt joy, and fury, and heath, and lust. So much lust. Lust for the way he kissed me, and moved his hands on my skin. Lust, because it felt like our bodies were meant to be together. Lust for the electricity our over-charged powers seemed to liberate when his skin touched mine.

“Come to the ball with me.” – His voice was muffled by the skin of my neck.
“Yes.”

We stayed like that for a few minutes. When things started to heat up (more), I decided it was time to go back to my bed, alone – I didn’t know how Danail would act in the morning, so it was safer to wait. I didn’t want to end up hurt. But, to be very honest, it was hard to give up on his kisses.

To my surprise and joy, he greeted me with a kiss when we met the next morning, when we were alone. And the next day. And the next day…

The Winter Ball.

The perfect dress, the perfect date. No wonder I wasn’t at all nervous for the winter ball.

I couldn’t say the same about poor Aira – who seemed to be as anxious as one can get. Her messed up powers were more evident now, and it made me worried; remembering of the headmistress’ grim prophecy. I still haven’t told her what I knew… And, obviously, that wasn’t the best time to tell her something dark was coming our way. I helped her a bit with her hair, and handed her the mascara which flew away every time she tried to get it – I made no comment, though; pretending I didn’t noticed anything odd.

As for me, it was easy to get ready. Danail liked my hair down, so I didn’t do anything with it, and I had my make up done in no time. So, when Danail knocked on my door, I was ready already (while Aira still struggled with her nerves).

“Good luck tonight.”

She tried to smile.

I opened the door, and I was breathless. Danail… he looked insanely good in a tux. Even when it was written in his face that he didn’t felt comfortable in those attires, he still managed to look like he belonged in that suit.

“Wow.” – I said, leaning to kiss him.

His hands caressed my waist.

“I look like a penguin.”
“A very handsome penguin, then.”
“Well, I shouldn’t worry. No one will look at me tonight. You look...” – He hugged me, and talked in my ear. – “Can we skip the ball and go straight to my bedroom?”

I felt the infamous butterfly on my stomach.

“There will be no bedroom today.”
“You’re really going to make me wait, aren’t you?”
“Yes. Let’s go.”

He took my hand, and waked me to the ball room.

The latest days with Danail had been great. We weren’t, by any means, one of those romantic couples, who kept saying to the world how much one care about the other. No. He was still cold, and still too down to earth… But I came to find out that I in fact liked it very much. It meant I was the only one who got to see how warm he actually was, and how tender his kisses could be.

There was no PDA for us. But when we were together, his hands would always find my shoulders, arms and back. Our friends still weren’t sure of what was going on between us… and, I supposed, neither were we.

When we got to the ball room, Lola and Justin came to talk to us – immediately noticing that we were holding hands.

“So, you guys are going steady or what?!”

We looked at each other, awkwardly not knowing what to say.

“I don’t want to pressure you, mate, but Amelia doesn’t seem the type of girl who’ll be waiting around for you to make a decision. Well, that’s what Lola told me. Or something like that; she was topless, so I wasn’t really listening.”

Lola playfully hit his stomach; and, to my surprise, Danail said:

“No details necessary, Justin. Now, I’m going to get a drink with my girlfriend.”

My heat skipped a beat, and a permanent smile was formed on my lips. Apparently, we were a couple.

And, as it was the first time we presented ourselves as a couple in public, there were a lot of questioning – from the guys of the Martial Arts Group and the School Paper, and some of our colleagues who shared the power over the earth.

At some point, Danail went to get drinks and Dorian approached me. It was easy to see he had been drinking a lot.

“You’re really dating the Bulgarian?”
“Yes.”
“Hm. You’ve been spending so much time with Andrei, that I thought you’d be with him. But I see he’s got himself a good company. Well, luckily you and the Bulgarian don’t make a couple as interesting as you’d make with Andrei.”
“Luckily?”
“Yes. Luckily for Lucy and I. You’d probably be a stronger competitor for the Queen if you had Andrei in your arms.”

I rolled my eyes.

“You can tell Lucy I’m not trying to be queen of anything.”
“Well, Amelia, you don’t try, but you get.” – He got closer to me. – “Hasn’t things been like this for you ever since you’ve got here?”
“Dorian, are you trying to make Lucy mad right now?”
“Yes. I might be. She’s just adorable when fuming. And you are the easiest way to get on her nervs.”

I couldn’t help but to laugh – and, far on my left, I saw Lucy. She did NOT look happy.

“You’ve succeeded. Now, please go ease the beast.”

As I watched him going to meet a very angry Lucy, I also spotted Andrei and his date. I still got that bad feeling similar to jealousy; but at least now I was almost sure I wasn’t falling for him – after all, I had strong feelings for Danail… and I thought to be impossible to like two guys at once.

Andrei looked my way. I smiled and waved discreetly.

And I felt Danail’s lips on my neck – and a warm feeling in my heart. I turned to face him.

“Dorian told me we were in the run to become Queen and King.”
“Seriously? Can we get out before the result is announced?”

I laughed.

“I know. Though, I’d actually like to take the crown, just to upset Lucy.”
“You know, I really don’t get this rivalry between you two. I don’t like her at all; but I deal with it by ignoring her existence.”
“She decided to get in my way, Danail. I’m just making her see she can’t.”
“Why do you have to be so competitive?”

I smiled mischievously.

“My element is earth, isn’t it? You’re competitive too, when you fight.”

Danail rolled his eyes and kissed me. And this was our very first public kiss.

The ball went by faster than I’d have liked; and when it started to empty both Danail and I were a bit tipsy… and, with the chemistry we had, being drunk couldn’t be a good thing. So, even though I said I wouldn’t end up in his room, I did: when I realized what I was doing, I was already in his bed in a steamy necking session.

“We… shouldn’t.” – I tried to articulate.

But we wanted it. I wanted it. I wanted it so much that I had opened his shirt and allowed him to lift my dress and expose most of my legs.

“Danail, wait.”

He stopped kissing my cleavage, and looked at me. There was so much desire in his eyes, that I melt.

“Do you want me to stop?” – He asked breathlessly, with his accent so strong and sexy that it sent shivers down my spine.
“I… No. No, I don’t.”

And I took his lips myself, with fury.

Unfortunately (or not), few moments after I’ve made that decision, there was a knock on the door. And it was Danail’s roommate; so we had to postpone whatever it is we’d end up doing.

The Midterm Exams.

I woke up with the hugest hangover of my life after the ball, but I did have a permanent smirk on my lips. Aira realized my way-too-great mood; but I didn’t tell her about how my night (almost) ended. Unfortunately, with the exams only a few days away, I couldn’t focus on Danail anymore – who now, as far as most of the school knew, was my boyfriend –; but I took some time every day, just to keep him company and kiss him a bit.

On January 18th we had our first test: The Bases of Element Magic. As soon as all the freshmen with my element were in the classroom, we were told this test would be made in two steps: a written and a practical test. I wasn’t really nervous; not as I probably should be, since I’ve never taken these kind of tests before. And, when I saw the question, I realized I really had nothing to worry about.

Write about the Original Witch of your Element Earth.

I smiled. Thanks to the library’s e-books I had everything there was to know about Terra Plantae right in my mind.

The Original Witch of the Earth Element was named Terra Plantae. As her three sisters, she was born out of her own element: the myth says she grew buried for nine months, growing and getting stronger just like a seedling, until one day she surfaced with powers to manipulate every molecule of the soil.
Most authors disagree when it comes to her looks; but there’s one common point – Terra Plantae had a long brown hair long enough to touch the ground, so she would be always in touch with her element.
As for her powers, the myth says she was the one to shape the globe’s landscape – as she took as her personal mission beautifying whenever she’d go, and had the power to move from the highest mountain to the deepest tectonic plate. Most of the flowers are said to be her creation, since most authors agree she had the power to shape new plants by manipulating the soil subtract. The same way, she could make plants fructify, so it’s said the animals would follow her.
Like their sisters, Terra Plantae became mortal after the war against the cold spirits.

Happy with my answer, I finished the test.

About two hours later the practical part of the test started. I was happy when I saw we had to control the growth of a plant – this was quite easy for me…

I concentrate when the seed was given to me. Soon, I putted it on the soil and touched the earth, concentrating like Katherine had taught me. My plant was the first one to grow – fast, healthy and beautiful. I kept concentrating until it flourished; the examining board seemed satisfied.

The next day I was a bit more nervous. I’m not sure if I had a lot of talent for potions, and I might need a bit luck there. Just like the previous day, the test would be made in two steps: written and practical.

For the written test, we had to recognize two plants. I couldn’t help but smile – even though I felt a bit bad about the students with other powers. The earth witches naturally study plants, since we could manipulate their growth.

And I was thrilled to see I knew a lot about both plants.

Plant 01: Lythrum salicaria.
The plant that produces purple, pink or white flowers (the firsts are the most frequent) is an aquatic to semi-aquatic species commonly known as Purple Loosestrife. The roots serve as a storage organ, protecting the plant from permanent damage. It’s original from Europe and Asia, but since the 1800s it’s commonly seen in North America. Historically, it has been used to fight conditions such as diarrhea, dysentery, wounds and ulcers; and the white flowers with 7 petals and the rootstock of the plant are used to make the Sanat Medens potion – a potent scarring and anti-inflammatory.

Plant 02: Iris nigricans.
The national flower of Jordan is widely found there (native of the Jordan's Kerak plateau), know by the name Black Iris and tends to bloom during the spring. The essential oil from the Iris nigricans flowers is the main ingredient of the Equus potion, a calming potion; and it’s known to increase the cerebral activities of the witches if applied on the wrists once a month. It can also be used in the Somnia potion – commonly classified a black magic, it may put a person in deep sleep that may last years (some authors says the legend of the Sleeping Beauty was born after a princess took this potion; but it was never confirmed as fact).

I looked at my answer for a while, not sure if I should let this last part. I’m not sure if I was supposed to know about that potion in particular. Still, I decided not to erase – they couldn’t low my score because I gave a full answer… could they?

For the second test, I had to make the Elemntia Maximia potion – which would maximize the element’s strength, with a cost. I wondered if we had to prepare this potion to make a stock, with these darks omen. I was nervous, but I knew how to do the potion, theoretically. In the end, it was almost golden, so I think I was close enough.

Then, on January 20th, we had the History of Magic test. We were to talk about the Salem Witches, the quest for the Original Book of Spells and the Cold Spirits. This was the easiest one; I had memorized most of my history book just for fun, because the whole thing was fascinating. This was the longest test I took, too: I wrote almost three pages – but, I suppose, didn’t leave any detail out.

Finally, we had the elements test. Ok, for this one I was really nervous. I still hadn’t my presentation figured out, and I had no idea who I’d be battling with, since Katherine didn’t want me to be with another freshman.

We were taken to the castle’s lawn – where we had a lot of earth to work with: the snow had been melted, giving us full, direct access to the soil. All of the students who shared my element were there, and they seemed to be doing just fine. So no one can blame me when I trembled a little when I heard my name.

Danail gave me a pat on the shoulder, to give me courage. And, as I had no other choice, I went to face de examining board.

I took a deep breath, bent and touched the ground. Then, I concentrated.

And I did great. I made small bushed grow in synchrony, making all flourish at the same time. I made their flowers change shape, size and color. I made two five-inch dunes, and got them to collapse together and form a pike, and a plateau, and a volcano. I changed the flowers again, while I was still messing with the sand’s shape.

Finally, I got up, hoping it was enough. And I was happy to see the board seemed pleased.

The individual presentations continued, and there was a short break before starting the duels. Curious, I went to Katherine.

“How did I do?”
“Great. Manipulating many plants at once was impressive.”
“I trained it in my garden, when my parents were asleep. But, about the duel, have you already chosen who’ll be my pair?”
“Actually, one of the students volunteered.”

I took a deep breath.

“I really don’t want to fight with Danail.”
“Wasn’t him. Lucy Snow volunteered. She said she wouldn’t mind, if I agreed to let her fight again in case her victory was too easy. I don’t think this will happen.”

At that moment, Lilliana called Katherine. And she left, without allowing me to tell her that Lucy hated me.

When was time for my duel, I was beyond nervous – everyone knew Lucy was powerful, and, now, she was after my blood. I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t take her! Not when I have been training for only a few months!

Still, I got to the arena. And, as soon as the battle begun, I saw it would be harder than I’ve expected: Lucy grew a large, thorny plant too fast and too close to me – the sharp vines whipping my legs and cutting my ankles. I fell almost immediately.

Lucy got a warning, and Katherine wanted to stop the fight. But I wasn’t ready to give up yet. I told her I was fine, in spite of the pain and the blood, and I got up.

The fight begun again. I tried to use the plants that surrounded us to grow roots to immobilize Lucy. But she was faster, and I couldn’t stop the vine that came from my left and held my ankles again. I screamed in pain, and, before apologizing, I saw a small grim in Lucy’s lips. She was starting to piss me off.

Round three, and I was getting tired of making a fool of myself. This time, Lucy made a small dune move, to try and bring me down again. It didn’t work – the martial arts club helped me more than my powers, on this one. I fought back by growing some roots that finally held her; but she made them dry almost immediately. And, while she did this, I was surprised by a vine that held my neck.

It all happened very fast after that. The unexpected clutch on my neck made me just react – a primal instinct of self preservation, that was aware Lucy was the enemy. The vine that was holding me got so dry it broke in many pieces, and, I barely could breathe again when I felt the ground move and Lucy’s scream. When I realized what I was doing, I had both of my hands buried in the ground, and from my hands started two small gaps shaped like a lightning bolt that would meet right before where Lucy used to stand and form a large cleft. Lucy’s screams came from the bottom that cleft.

I was so scared I just took my hands out of the ground, and, as a result, the whole thing collapsed, burying Lucy.

My heart stopped for a moment. That couldn’t be happening.

I ran there, and putted my hands in the ground, and I concentrated so hard. The floor shook, and I could hear some screams… But I couldn’t concentrate on that… If something happened.

Nothing would happen!

I concentrated again, and the floor shook even more. But, this time, the gap opened again and we could see Lucy: dirty, shaken, but – thankfully – alive and well.

“I’m so sorry!” – I said, only now noticing I was crying.

She looked at me and tried to clean her mouth before saying.

“Just… help me out, Amelia. Please.”

And I did. When we turned around, the examining board, Lilliana, Katherine and Andrei were there, looking at me mesmerized.

“She lost control” – The older one said.
“Yes. But she saved her adversary without our help.” – Katherine said, in my defense, with some pride in her voice. – “Two minor earthquakes and one conscious cleft. And she’s a freshman.”

But I didn’t want to hear any of that. Exhausted, I went to Danail and let him hold me. In his arms, I didn’t felt dangerous.

“Get me out of here.”
“Sure.”

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Cicika · 02-07-2012 20:52

Round 3 closed/ Round 4 and banner up
reports later on. if you have any question about the task for this round, feel free to ask, as always smile

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Tonkolina · 02-07-2012 22:47

Bianca Black

After Liliana summoned us and told us about the cold spirits, some of the students started to panic and some stayed on their places shocked. I was one of the shocked ones. Peter came to me and lifted me by holding my hand.

„Let's prepare.“ He said and went towards his room.
„Girls aren't allowed in boys rooms.“ I mumbled.
„Really? Bianca think a bit. We are in a dangerous situation, do you really believe anyone gives a crap for girls in boys rooms. Get a grip.“ He said rolling his eyes and opening his doors.
„Oh.. yes..“ I whispered.
„Take a shower to rehidrate your body. And put on these clothes.“ He said and handed me some rough pants and a shirt.“ I went in the shower. The water did me good. I felt better after it, it relaxed me and gave me strenght. I put on the clothes and went out. Peters hair was wet.

„How did you manage to get your hair wet?“ I asked.
„I went to the boys bathroom down the hall and took a shower.“ He replied. „Here, have this with yourself during the battle.“ He said and handed me a bottle with water.
„Why?“ I asked confused. He rolled with his eyes again.
„Because your element is Water and it is easier to enlargen then to make it on your own. This way you just take water from the bottle and use it.“
„How do you know so much about this, I thought you weren't the study elements type.“
„Because my element is Water too.“ He replied stating the obvious.
„Oh.. I didn't know that.“ I mumbled.
„I know.“ He smiled and kissed me.„Are you ready?“
„No.“ I said.
„Noone ever is.“ He said silently as we exited the room.

All were ready for fight. They were divided into groups or pairs. We saw something move. They were coming.
„Be brave.“ Said the headmaster.

The battle started. We joined some to help them, not even knowing who they were. It was important that we could destroy the enemies. The trick with the bottles was useful. It saved me a lot of energy so I wasn't as tired as I would be after making water.

Probably, the scariest moment of my life was whan that creature caught me and took my bottle. I thought that was the end of me. I tried to fight but he was too strong. I felt my power falling. Suddenly Peter and some friend of his attacked the creature and I was able to escape. Still, I felt tired and good for nothing.

„Get up.“ Peter said.
„I think I can't. “ I replied as the rain started to fall.
„Yes!“ I heard Peter while he was carrying me on the rain.
„Are you trying to catch a cold?“ I asked.
„No, silly. Rain is water, it should make you better.“ He said with care. As I got wet I felt much better.
„Thanks Peter.“ I said able to stand up.
„Always there for you.“ He replied as I saw the creature behind him.

„Look out!“ I said and attacked the creature. He turned around and joined me. I was weak but he wasn't so he decided to use the rain too. He managed to kill it with a little bit of my help. He looked tired.

„Are you good?“ I asked worried.
„No. I feel really weak.“ He answered.
„Let's go inside and hide for a while.“ I proposed.
„Ok. I am just too tired and the rain is getting weaker and weaker.“
„Here I'll help you.“ I said and let him lean on me.

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Kimi666 · 02-08-2012 07:53

having problems with my little PC, but I'll do my best

Taretha May-Louise

(at home for sudden reason; night of the attack; special guest for this story)

"You called?" Taretha entered office of headmistress with strange feeling that something was not right. Sudden premonition about something bad was twisting her stomach and it wasn't something good in any ways.
"Please sit, Taretha" Liliana's voice was a bit worried. "I'd like you to tell me something about your sister, Flanne."
This sentence made blonde uneasy. Up to now Liliana respected her will to not telling abour family. What actually happen that se wanted to talk about them. Especially about Flanne?
"Well... Flanne was always ambitious, scoring high and such..." Taretha had to admit that she didn't know her sister well. In fact, Flanne was at mother's side in all quarrels. "Surely was waiting for profits" she remembered when shhe got her salary, Flanne used to ask her for a dollar or two... Always. Until she got the fact that her sister won't give her anything so she turned to support mother in usual quarrels. "Can't say we were close or so."
"Well, I called you not without reason. Strange awakening happened not so long ago. Certain house was covered in vines and plants, trapping everyone inside. Moreover, the person who did this is amongst them."
"Well, okay..." Taretha said hestitantly. "But I don't see the link."
"The one who did this was your sister exactly. She may be a powerful witch without even noticing it. She's one of the kind, Taretha, the one whose powers wouldn't disappear even if she coose not to go to Destinia. That's why she's dangerous."
"Oh, I see it" Tarrie mumbled. "Once she'll learn about this and overcome fear, she'll be the one to say that she's better than me. So what am I supposed to do? Yell at her for being idiot?"
"No. You'll go to your hometown, free your family and try to convince Flanne to arrive here as soon as possible."
What headmistress was asking for, was difficult for Taretha. It would be her first meeting since her runaway to Destinia. And blonde had feelings that it wouldn't be pleasant one, especially with her parents. After all, she became a black sheep some time ago. But she knew that with headmistress isn't the person to dispute about it.
"I'd like to take company" she finally said. "Two people. This won't be easy."

~*~

"All right, I know that Andrei is here, because he is your boyfriend, but why me?" Sam asked her while they were driving in a bus towards her home.
"You're the one to talk" Andrei said. "I still don't know either."
"Guys, I asked you for specific reason. My informations are clear that subject is using earth element, so it would be good to have somebody with the same element to counter the effects of this awakening."
They were speaking in lower voices just in case. And they were sitting at the back.
"And me?" Sam asked again.
"You, apart from being moral support, have skills in talking. Perhaps you would be able to convince her, when I fail."
"So... I'm last resort or something?"
"Kind of" she nodded. "And... I'm not eager to tell you, but... this won't be easy. It involves my family and moreover, the part of it I don't want to talk about."
"Don't worry, Tarrie, I'll do what I can!"
They arrived on place. Taretha had to admit that Liliana's words were true. Her house was covered in vines, plants... And tree was growing of the roof, for all people!
"Holy hell!" she laughed, being hold by Andrei. "That's enough, we have to get rid of this soon. Before I'll die from laughter. Andrei?"
He lowered down and put hand on the ground. There was moment of focus at his face, she couldn't help but watch it with small smile on her lips. She was attracted to him, that was fact. Still, she had hard time to find the exact reason of this attraction.
The tree vanished from the roof, most of the plans withered, but the vines were still embracing the house. Sam was on watch, sending away people who got too close to see everything.
"It will be hard with these vines" Andrei wiped sweat from his forehead. "We need some fire, Taretha. To burn their roots."
"Alright" she nodded slowly. "But how am I supposed to do this?"
"I'll guide you" with this response, he placed his hands on hers.
It was new experience for Taretha. She actually never learned how to cooperate with other element, but she decided to entrust this to Andrei. After all, he was the more experienced one if it was coming to powers. With this, she felt a strange pulse coming from the underground. Not one, some of them. Deafened voice of Andrei told her about where to strike, at those pulses. She started burning them one by one, trying not to get distracted by screams she was hearing from burned roots. However when they ended work and Andrei made vines disappear, Taretha's head was aching greatly. As Sam waved the smell and withered plants away, aching was less and less felt. House was clear and the door finally opened, revealing Flanne's twin brother, Jared. When he saw her, his jaw dropped, eyes widened. However, blonde noticed he was tired. More, exhausted.
"No way!" he exclaimed. "What of all people are you doing here?!"
"Have no time, Jared" she said, already at steps. "Parents at home?" she looked at him with serious gaze, implying that she's here with reason.
"N-no." Probably her glare scared him. "They're at delegations..."
"One problem less" she sighed. "Flanne at home?"
"No, Tarrie. She did it. Right after these... things grew, Susie got sick. She hasn't recovered yet, but..."
He interrupted, seeing Taretha's face becoming pale. She had no idea that these screams could be Susie's.
"Where is she?" she asked.
"Susie is in your room. Somehow the plants managed to avoid it. Flanne is at her friend as far as I know..."
"Rest of guys?"
"Jacob and Jonah are getting lunch ready. Josh is with Susie and Jim... Jim still doesn't understand, I left him by TV when... Is that your doing, that these things vanished?"
"Yes, it's ours" she nodded. Andrei and Sam finally appeared by her side. "Let us in and call Flanne to come. I need to talk to her. Seriously."
"R-right away!"
First of all, Taretha dashed upstairs and checked Susie's state. Little girl was pale and sweating, somehow exhausted, but sisterly intuition was telling the oldest of girls that she'll be fine. Of course, Taretha scared Josh almost to death.
"These plants were growing, using her life" Andrei appeared at the entrance of the room. "She'll probably be water witch when she grow up."
"Even if, Andrei... I think I understand why Liliana send me here" Tarrie sighed. "She'll recover, hope..."
"Now that we got rid of these plants, she'll be healthier each day, I suppose." Andrei hugged her tightly. "Don't worry."
She smiled. It was still hard to believe that actually she had someone like him. She felt safe in his arms, growing more and more attracted...
Soon the sound of door opening announced Flanne's homecoming. Taretha was already downstairs, leaving Andrei with Josh and Susie. She noticed that Sam with his attitude already made friends with Jonah and little Jim. Jared was still reluctant to trust him and Jacob... Was Jacob, always unsociable type.
As she predicted, when Flanne saw her, she dropped her things.
"And what are you doing here?!" Flanne yelled angrily. "Get out!"
Taretha took a deep breath, calming down.
"You irresponsible, selfish and stupid parody of sister" she said in low voice. "I'm here because of your antics."
"Antics? Are you crazy?!"
"Then how you can explain that Susie was close to death?" blonde stood up, crossing her arms. She was showing aura of the oldest child. "Growing plants were the things that brought me here. And brothers are very talkative when scared."
"So what? I can do it again!" Flanne raised her hand in gesture Taretha knew from classes.
Flanne's gesture was soon interrupted by flames appearing at Tarrie's hand.
"And I can burn it to the ground, Flanne. I'm here because of you. There's a school for people like us, with powers. If you don't want to have interventions like this, you have to go with us."
When those words were told Sam and Andrei appeared in the room.
"Going with you?" Flanne hissed. "With daughter who is so ungrateful that left without goodbye? With a shame to our family? I'm not like you, Taretha. I have my goals in life, I won't discard them. I wish to finish school, go to college, get respectable work. And now I'm supposed to drop it, just because you say so?"
"Well, this or you'll be a danger to everyone" Andrei answered. "Your family already suffered."
"Yet you stubbornly denying your role" Sam said with smile. "And accepted powers. Headmistress told us to get you to Destinia ass soon as possible. Good teachers will teach you."
"I don't need your recommendation. I have school and college to finish."
"Then I won't be wasting anymore time" Taretha said sadly. "Sam, Andrei. We're leaving. I don't want to stay here any minute longer."

~*~

Tarrie tried to live by after this incident, however she was calling home just to make sure Susie is okay and Flanne isn't doing any suspicious things. She was indeed worried and saddened by Flanne's stubborn. She kept silent about this to her roommates, consolation finding in martial arts club. Activity was helpng her getting rid of unpleasant thoughts.
It wasn't long after this incident, when Tarrie, currently pracitcing with Lucas at element class, heard the announcement. Headmistress was gathering everybody. Something big was coming.

~*~

Everything seemed in order. But Tarrie lost contact with Andrei as soon as col spirit drove her right to the woods. It would be over if Flanne didn't appeared out of the blue... Thankfully, the two sisters reconciled... Andrei appeared with silver knife a bit later, but heard what promise the two sisters made.

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Lavishi · 02-08-2012 08:28

Halley Stil

Story:

What I felt as I blew ear shattering whistles at the cold ones was nothing. No hint of rage, or fear… just nothing. It was like ever since I found out my parents were killed my heart has been stolen from me, and I feel nothing but numbness. Even now I feel no fear of dying, only protecting, I need to help protect the students in the school unlike how I was unable to protect my parents.
I should have protected them once I knew how to use my powers; I should have gone home immediately!! But instead I stayed because I couldn’t bare the idea of leaving Mike behind. I should have started to worry when they’re letters stopped arriving but Mike continued to assure me that they were probably just busy with the towns celebration of them and their sacrifices or maybe my mom was just scared people were starting to look through our mail and were starting to realize they hadn’t sent me to some asylum or church in Jerusalem. So yesterday after my date with Mike I snuck myself away from the room to carry myself on the wind back home. But instead of finding my Pa and Ma with their pink lemonade I found my house burnt to ashes, my parents bones lain among the rubble without any effort shown to help collect mangled bodies. They lay strewn across the heap of ashes with a signs that said, “The work of God has been done. Holy… Holy… Holy.”
HOW was anything they did holy?! How could god ever support such blatant cold blooded killings on good people?! And they were good people…. After I found them I cannot say that my actions were righteous, or in any way justified. But to me it was justice… I needed everyone to pay.
Within my unbridled rage I threw up the biggest tornado I’d ever made, bigger than the ones I’d made during the exam and far larger than any natural twister I’d ever seen. In that moment I had no small voice inside me telling me this was wrong, everything was drowned out by the howling of the wind calling for my parent’s justice. I heard the sounds of my neighbours screams as I rose up before them, they stared up at me in fear frozen where they stood. Easy pickings.
My voice boomed through the air, echoing through the entire town, “It’s time for God to return the favour.” But just before I unleashed the full gale force winds of my power on these arrogant souls I hear Mike’s voice whispering through the storm that swirled around me, “Please don’t do this Halley. Please don’t lower yourself to their level. You’re so much more than this!!!”
I ignore him and continue to push my power forward, watching the terrified faces begin to scatter in a giant frenzy. “Halley!! You’re so much more than them!! Think of your parents, they loved you!! You told me what amazing people they are and they of all people would never want you to kill thousands of people in their name. They sent you Destinia to do good in this world, not evil!! If you do this you’ll only prove all those people right.”
And suddenly my anger is washed away, leaving only the numbness I feel now. After that I shrank my tornado down to a wimpy little twister and directed my attention to my old house… or what was left of it. Sweeping away the ashes of the house to find the ashen remains of my parent’s bones. How anyone could create such a blaze was unbelievable and as if to answer me I hear June’s timid voice behind me, it shakes like a leaf, “We didn’t do this Halley. I know how little you think of us but this wasn’t our work..”
And at that I break down crying, everything I’d ever loved in this world was in this house. My whole life was shaped by these two people and I hadn’t even gotten to thank them properly for everything they’d done.
“All that I ever was and ever will be was because of them.” I feel myself trembling before I fall to my knees, I can’t seem to take my eyes off of their skeletons. “Why would you do this to them?!” My voice cracks between the tears, “They’ve been nothing but nice to you… if you wanted to take out you Holy power on anyone it should have been me!!!!” I scream.
My sudden outburst makes June jump back slightly but she continues, “I told you we didn’t do this Halley…. The fire just came up so suddenly, and we know no one did it.”
“WHO DID THEN??!”
June’s frightened and approaches me as if I’m a wild beast but continues anyway, “God… Satan.. You tell me Halley. Your parents would have sold their souls to the devil to have a child, everyone in town knows it. And they obviously did to have a kid like… you. I only pray God was the one to punish them and not Satan.”
I can’t help but shake my head since leaving this town I’d seen so much more than the simple black and white picture Corpus had painted of the world. I wanted to scream some sense into her that there had to be someone in this town that murdered my parents and everyone here was just to ignorant to see it but what good would that do. Instead I got up and buried my parent’s remains in a makeshift grave and returned to the school. I was numb when I got back, but I didn’t have time to mourn because the school was under attack… by something called the cold ones. I’d even missed out on the emergency assembly that the Head mistress held to explain to us how to kill them. So when I got back the school was in a frenzy some people preparing to fight others running to the safe room.
I luckily found Mike in the chaos; my little howling wind trick comes in handy sometimes. We quickly run into each other’s arms where he twirls me around and kisses me tenderly on the lips, “I’m so proud of you.”
And at that I break down again, if felt like the numbness seemed to come and go, the sadness bursting through the solidity. “I don’t understand. June told me no one did it.”
Mike bites his lip, “I talked to Rachael about it and she thinks one of the Cold ones might have done it… since they’re able to take our powers if they drink our blood dry. And from the sounds of it that was no ordinary fire..”
I nod, “Their bones hadn’t burnt to ash.. it was like they were left there … for me. As sick as that sounds.”
Mike holds me tighter, “I want you to go to the safe room. You aren’t in the right mind set right now and if you’re out there fighting I won’t be either. I need you safe.”
I pull away, “No. I need this.. I need to find the bastard who killed my parents and kill them.” My voice is steely, making Mike look uncomfortable since he knew I was serious about this.
After a moment he continues, “Fine. But stick to the group, you can’t take these things down with a single element. And you’ll need a bunch of these…” He hands me a sac full of silver daggers, “You can only kill them with silver.”
I quickly grab the bag and kiss him as long as I possibly can, “I need you to be safe too. I can’t lose anyone else I love today.”
He looks taken aback and suddenly I realize I told him I loved him… uh oh.. here comes Mike the womanizer. I prepared myself for some kind of sarcastic come back like, ‘Baby if I worried about losing all the people I loved I’d be worrying bout the whole population of woman in the school.’ But instead he kisses me back, “I love you too.”
I push him off me playfully, “I don’t think I remember saying I love you.”
He shrugs before running off, “Who doesn’t love this.” He gestures to his body.
And I can’t help but let out a small chuckle.
I quickly run to find Emma and Terrie. If I needed anyone right now it would be my Fire and my Earth.
Terrie smiles, “Nice of you to join the battle. Where you been?!”
I force a smile back, “Getting pumped up for the battle.”
Emma gives me a hug, something she would never EVER EVER have done before which makes it that much sweeter, “We have to watch each other’s backs.”
And with that I start to see the approaching hordes of tall lanky creatures quickly approaching, some already breathing fire or pushing us back with gale force winds. These guys weren’t joking around. They were blood thirsty…
Welcome to Destinia… where the Final exams really do mean life or death. But don’t forget to have fun of course.
Emma quickly grows vines from the ground tripping some of the cold ones and trapping others in their tangled grasp. Terrie jumps in to burn them where they stand while I throw some of the silver daggers into the wind. Conjuring up swirling tornados of silver daggers puncturing wounds into their bodies before swirling to their next victim. The battle rages as students and cold ones alike begin to fall one by one. I fly myself up to get a bird’s eye view of the scene quickly throwing daggers left and right, using the wind to produce a more accurate and powerful blow. The power begins to drain from my body, but I push forward there was no time to rest. A I blow a thunderstorm from the pacific ocean over towards the cold ones, so that the rain could help fuel the water elements and use the thunder to Taser the bastards.
That’s when I see him though one of the few fire elemental Cold ones motioning me to come to him, his lips cured upward into a repulsive smile. And I knew… he was the one that killed my parents. I throw daggers at him in a shower of raining silver but he blows an enormous fire into the sky making the silver bubble and then boil away into nothingness.
I fly head first into him using the wind in front of me to make a pointed arrow of compressed air, upon impact he would be impaled by air. But instead I drive myself head first into his chest, bouncing back to see he’s only bruised. Their skin was tougher than I thought. I get up immediately ready to fight, rage clouding my judgement.
“What’s the matter Halley? Your life blow up in smoke?” He snickers as he teases me with my parent’s death. “It’s funny how things in life just seem to blow up in your face hey?”
My eyes narrow in on him as I literally clear the air from his surroundings, drawing out every bit of air from his lungs, “What’s wrong Frosty? Did I take your breath away?”
But he doesn’t choke like I wished he would instead he slowly approaches me, one step at a time, mouthing the words which are inaudible without air. So I push him back forcing another air bullet back into his lungs. He coughs as if something were simply irritating his throat before continuing, “As I was saying. It’s really too bad you weren’t able to kill me before I got to your parents. I mean if only we’d found this school sooner we wouldn’t have had to have gone to the trouble of asking some of your parents.”
My eyes grow wider as he continues, “But I have to say, your mom makes a mean Pink lemonade.”
And at that all I want to do if kill him, my sensing growing increasingly keen to the air around me. There’s an unnatural tingle in the air as I soon realize where the silver was, it hadn’t completely disappeared but instead evaporated into the air. I smile at him as a plan comes to mind, continuing to talk as I gather the silver within the air slowly into a compact ball before me, barely noticeable to the naked eye, “You don’t deserve the kind of death you gave them, you deserve something a little more painful… and long”
His eyebrows raise to me as he begins to wonder where all my blinding anger washed away too, “And how will you do that?”
I force all the silver in the air at that instant into his lungs and hold it there as I watch his pale skin begin to splotch with the exploding veins of sickly looking blood. His skin no longer a pale white but a sickly purple as he chokes and heaves for air but I hold that silver in him till he’s lifeless on the ground. “Just like that.”
But his death doesn’t bring me any peace of mind… only an empty numbness which brings me to where I currently am in the battle. Blowing high pitched whistles into the Cold ones ears till their too disoriented to know which of them is a student and a fellow Frosty. Throwing knives left and right. Avoiding getting too close because that would mean death.

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Clarmelice · 02-08-2012 20:59

Aira Rose Alton

After exams date safe room/battle

“Wait, you knew??” I was just gasping at Julien. We were sitting in the main hall after my “terrific” elements exam, already in changed clothes and with a bandage around my left hand and wrist. It really was nothing bad. I just told him I left a note to Lilliana about the strange things I’ve been experiencing lately, and he just gave me basically a full answer to it, even before the headmistress could’ve done it.
”….yes.” He obviously didn’t think this through.
”You acted like you haven’t noticed anything!” I started to get pretty angry there…he was looking at me during these weeks like some adorable little fool, and that didn’t feel flattering at all now.
”I didn’t want freak you out and make things worse.”
”I wouldn’t have freaked out!”
”You’re just about to….”

And damn him, he was right. I’m not the brave one. I’m actually more of a coward rabbit. I mean I can solve anything I want, learn anything I want to, I don’t have a problem with seeing blood…but something is threatening us? Really?
“And I really don’t want you to panic and run away.” He added, like he was reading my mind. Damn him, again.
I would lie if I said that this wasn’t my first thought the minute I landed painfully during the exam. I mean…I never did karate or even something similar, not to mention almost hurting someone with a tornado I MADE. I’m just not a fighter in a physical way. I’m smart, but I’m a coward and no matter how much I started to like it here, these recent events really started to scare me. Maybe it would be much safer at home…and starting the spring semester at Yale, and going back to normal…I literally froze there for long seconds, before any of us dared to say an other word.
I stood up, starting to walk up and down next to the bench, knowing if I continue this I’ll start to freak him out too, but I just couldn’t stop thinking.

”How’s your hand?” He asked as if this could draw off my attention somewhere else.
”It’s fine, Jesus, I don’t care about my stupid hand!”
”Then maybe you could stop being angry at me?”
”I’m not angry! At least not at you…” I really had to admit that it wasn’t Julien who made me this frustrated, not this time. I was mad at Lilliana, and every single adult in this school. What is wrong with them? Why didn’t they tell us before and did something about this before they let us take our exams? Loosing my powers in a couple of years didn’t even seem so bad of an option now that I felt it out of control. And why aren’t they sending us home if something’s wrong? I just realized that maybe I still don’t know this world as well as I thought.

“Okay.” Anxious, but I sat back next to Julien, who immediately hugged me. “Now we should go and spent some quality time together I guess.” A promise is a promise, and I really was a bit…unavailable while studying for the exams.
“Now that’s what I wanted to hear. Let’s get your coat; we’re going out for dinner. It’s been ages since the last time I ate off campus.”

Apart from the “tiny” disagreement…we were fine, and having fun as usual.
And still…how am I supposed to not think of that, that something terrible might be happening, not even Lilliana is sure about…? And my instincts, as they were trying to tell my all these days, now they were screaming that something’s coming…

The Announcement

I’m not sure how but the next days went away quickly. Nothing weird happened, somehow the electricity in me started slowly to vanish, but I didn’t find that calming at all. I couldn’t shake this bad feeling off, which followed me even to my dreams.
I kept dreaming about winter. Nothing, but winter, no monsters, no fighting, no powers going crazy…it was just winter. In the forest, in the castle, by the lake, in the villages. It kept snowing. But instead of thinking it was beautiful, there was something threatening about this blanket of snow which grew and grew with every tiny snow flake.

In a different way like before but I felt the stress in the air, and in all of my friends, the students and teachers. This time not even Julien could deny that something really is wrong.
Then we finally got to know why. Not saying I was happy though…

The announcement came during elements class. I briefly looked at Halley than Rachel not as if they could give me the answer. I was trying to avoid everyone I know in the main hall, I was standing in a corner behind people. The Cold Spirits. They weren’t even here but suddenly I felt so cold. I didn’t know how I didn’t think of that before…it all made so much sense in the minute.

After Lillianas words, I just wanted to get back to my room and think this through, but I felt like I don’t have the time to judge things properly, which I mostly need to make sane decisions. I was almost running to avoid others, and most of all Julien, but as he knew what I was doing he caught me on the stairs.

“You can’t fight.” He said with a strange, cold and determined look on his face.
I didn’t say anything, just took his hand, and let him to walk me to my room, while arguing against me going to the battle. I didn’t say a word because honestly…this time I totally shared his view of things.
As he was finished, he realized that I wasn’t actually arguing with him. “What…?” He gave me that adorable, worrying look.
”Nothing. I won’t fight.”

I wasn’t even looking at him; I sunk too deep in the ocean of my thoughts. I knew it wasn’t a brave thing to do, and that everyone will think I’m a coward. But I couldn’t help myself, I thought of my family…they would go insane if anything happened to me, especially in this strange world to them, and I knew that dad would blame himself for letting me come here…I couldn’t bring myself to find the strength and facing this cold spirits.
Not to mention I seriously thought that I can’t fight properly. I was a freshman.
And Julien…I was thinking he would be much more of a help to everyone if I’m not there, and he doesn’t feel he has to look out for me…
I was never so scared my entire life, I felt it in all of my bones, together with this soulless cold, and it was shaking in my stomach.
”God, I’m so glad…” He was more relieved than I was. He even managed to smile at me, but I couldn’t feel not even a little sparkle of cheer.
I put my arms around his neck, and hugged him really closely. “You have to be really, really, really careful, okay?” I was basically just whispering in his ear, I couldn’t even speak in a normal voice; it was like I was completely frozen inside.
”Hey, it’s gonna be okay. Especially now that I know I’m going to have to go and get you from that safe room when we knocked those evils out of here.” As always, he seemed to take even this just so easy. I was really admiring him for that. I kissed him passionately for long minutes, before I finally let him go.
”I need to get ready…and you go down to the safe zone as soon as possible, okay?”
”Yeah, I promise.”
”Jesus, girl, don’t look like this. This school stood here for long hundreds of years, the day it’s getting destroyed won’t be today.”
He kissed me again, than I felt him leaving my warm embrace, and I didn’t dare to look back at him in the floor.

I was running into my room, no one was there yet what was weird, but it gave me the time I needed to take a sobering, hot shower and change into something more comfortable than my uniform. I managed to leave our room before anyone arrived, and made my way to Lilliana’s safe room.

Battle

I had no idea when it started. Only silent noises could have been heard in here.
I was thinking about the most ridiculous things sitting in the safe room, among with others. Actually with a lot of freshmen.
Battle images from Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter got stuck in my mind. And I realized: those moments up the walls, while waiting for the enemy to arrive seem always so exciting – but now I was sure, they don’t exist. They aren’t exciting and beautiful not even in their own tense way. They’re simply terrifying, nothing else.

I don’t know for how long I was struggling there with those stupid thoughts and my worst fears but suddenly out of nowhere a totally different idea came to me: I made the worst decision I could’ve made. In a minute, completely irrational but it became all so clear. I do have to fight! If I don’t and we loose I’m gonna hate myself forever for not doing anything. And others will probably hate me too. And if we win (please,please,please!) then how are they going to be able to look at me? How will I see myself?
I couldn’t bear it. I took a deep breath and I knew I just throw all my pros and cons away in this minute of mental sanity.
I had to go.

They weren’t too happy about my sudden change of mind, but getting out for us witches was much easier then for the Cold Spirits to get in. Not as if that would’ve been impossible…unfortunately.
Luckily we had more than enough silver stuff in the room, so I wasn’t going bare handed. I vaguely remembered the first part of the big plan, something about the earth and fire witches and the air and water ones to fight together, the last group up to towers until the enemy doesn’t get through the walls, and the earth group making traps downstairs…but I had no idea how chaotic it will be once I leave the “comfort zone”.

But it was. Broken things, destroyed decoration, fire balls, vines, water, and blowing wind seemed to welcome me everywhere…which meant they were, or at least some of the enemy was already inside. It was pretty hard to navigate, and find what I was looking for – naming the group Helena was leading, since I knew Julien’s not in it, and maybe I should back up the other air witches there.

But isn’t life just ironic? I was making my way to the upper levels, hoping they weren’t already forced to leave their spot, actually avoiding those spirits quiet good, looks like they were storming in through the gates.
The first group I managed to bump into was the one Julien was into. I had absolutely no idea how he managed to notice me, but guess what, he did…
”What the hell are you doing here? They already found the safe room??” He was fighting a spirit with Mike on his side, who staked the enemy with a single move after Julien almost drowned it in water. Pretty. There weren’t too many of them yet but still…for a second I almost changed my mind again. But this time, I didn’t let the fear control me.
”No, I just need to help.” I wasn’t stopping I was running already to the next stairs.
”Aira, stop!” At first I thought he just simply wanted to make me change my mind and I haven’t even realized I was running into the arms of a pale, tall creature…

I didn’t even think, out of fear I sent a huge blow in its way, and its body crashed to the wall. I stood there surprised for a second, though I knew that didn’t finish it off.
”Don’t let it regain its powers!” It was Mike’s voice this time, and I realized I could kill it before I needed an other element’s help. A took a silver stake out of my belt and stabbed it into the trembling body before it could make a serious move.

I had no idea I could do that…neither did Julien it seems, I saw a sort of surprised look on his face.
”I won’t fight here, next to you” I didn’t even explain I guess he understood it just perfectly so I finally made my way up to the stairs, heading to de northern tower.

As I expected Helena and the others already left the tower, I shortly bumped into them. Luckily everyone was busy enough not to care about whether I’m supposed to be here or not. I had no idea how the spirits could make it this far, but it seemed, they were drawned to us, feeling our powers and finding us, no matter where we were…
I paired up with Helena who actually seemed struggling on her own, and blew the enemy, that was closing up on her away. It was a good strategy for a while, I managed to keep them away enough not to hurt us, while Helena made them weaker. But we needed to get close to them, if we wanted to kill them. That was the harder part…

For a while it wasn’t that hard though, I started to get angrier at them for barging into our home than scared, and could shoot my stakes right into them. Guess what Cold Spirits, an air girl can be fast too! Except we were running out of stakes, I was soon left with one silver dagger, and I couldn’t throw that away…so we did need to get closer eventually.

This thought scared me much more. I didn’t want to feel them anywhere near me, not to mention my blood…I saw others getting attacked every once in a while, but luckily we had enough air witches to keep them in the air for precious seconds.

I was trying to get one, Helena and I seemed no weaken more than enough, when I felt that terrible cold everywhere inside of me. I didn’t even feel its hands, I had no idea how it got me, I just felt cold, lost, and almost like…I was already dead.
It wasn’t more than a couple of seconds though; someone managed to take that beast down, but I felt like I won’t be able to move again.

”Come, we need to get down, cutting their way and making them stay downstairs, attacking them all at once.” Helena’s voice was like it came from a far away planet, my legs moved like I would have been a robot or something.

It took a while I was getting myself back together, and even then I guess I was more distracted than I should have been. Things started to heat up, and if I thought I’ve seen already what chaotic here means, I guess I was wrong.
Sometimes I didn’t even have the time to realize who was helping me, and who was I helping, the only thing that stayed clear was, who we all are fighting. I got a glimpse of Amelia and Lola there for a second, but I lost Helena to the crowd some when, I couldn’t see Julien anywhere, what started to freak me out, nor the calming face of Rachel or Lilliana.

But I kept doing my best, although I was more and more exhausted, and the Cold Spirits didn’t seem tired at all. A fire ball was racing next to me, and hitting a spirit right in the head, so I wasn’t hesitating and stabbed it, I just saw an other attacking Ivan, who I sent right up to the ceiling than let go of it, leaving it there for the guy to finish it up, since out of nowhere there was one right in front of me. Again. They just kept coming, and I forgot even to count how many we possibly finished off.

I was just about to get back to Helena’s side who I finally saw, as one of them basically jumped at me, making both of us fall…down the stairs. I heard a terrible crack as I landed face down to the ground and I knew this time I surely succeeded in breaking my wrist. It wasn’t even that which hurt. I felt more frozen and somehow the cold cleared my thoughts…but the feeling as its teeth found their way to my neck couldn’t been shut out.

I couldn’t think, couldn’t analyze what would be the best way to deal with this, one and only resolution came to my mind, since I could barely even move under this evil creature.
I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off, or even if an air witch is capable of doing this, but I tried. I wished, no, I wanted all of the air to leave my enemy, leaving it gasping and suffocating, and letting me go…there was nothing else on my mind, not even my friends all around me, pushed to the ground I couldn’t see anything, and the only thing I heard was the beating of my own heart.

For everlasting minutes I thought nothing will happen, I didn’t feel any change, and I knew it started to drink my blood…the thought of that made me just furious, I tried harder, and suddenly I felt that there’s more and more oxygen running through my body. I felt that it started to let me go, so I pushed myself to my limits even that this much oxygen started to shut my brain down…at least that how it felt, it made me dizzy, and weak, and when I couldn’t take it anymore I just let it all out…

They told me I pretty much made everyone loose the ground under their feet in about 5 meters. I didn’t see it, since the too much, than too little oxygen in me made me pass out, everything went black after that.
I couldn’t see our victory either, but according to Helena it wasn’t that much away after that. She was the one eventually who killed that brat. Luckily it didn’t get too much of me or anyone either. She made sure I was okay, so I woke up later by the wall, in a corner…I didn’t really know where I was, why, why does my wrist hurt like hell, and why am I bleeding…but funnily I felt tiny sparkles of sunshine on my face. Or more like someone’s lips, which made me smile, hoping that it can only mean one thing…

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Princesslollipop1989 · 02-09-2012 04:25

Rachel Wilkins
Receiving the News Night of the Attack

I was in my element class when we were called to a meeting in the main hall. I left my things in the classroom and hurried into the hall. My mind was racing. I figured that things were not well based on the repsonse I had received from Lilliana, our headmistress, but I had been hoping that her and the other teachers would have everything under control. I tried not to worry but couldn't help the small knot of panic forming in my stomach. I was on my way to the main hall when I ran into Brandon. "What's going on?" I asked him, hoping he would have a comforting answer. "I don't know," he said, "Let's go find out though." He grabbed my hand, partly so we didn't get seperated with everyone heading to the main hall, but it made me feel a little better. We got to the main hall and sat down, we nervously chattered while we waited for everyone else to get seated and Lilliana to explain what was happening. I listened in shock as my headmistress explained that our school was going to be attacked, we were going to be attacked! I couldn't believe that Cold Spirits were coming for us. I immediately thought of my family, sitting back at home. Would they be safe? What if we lost? I was terrified but I knew what I had to do. Lilliana was giving us a choice. We didn't have to fight, we could hide in safety and wait. I wouldn't be hiding though, I would be fighting to save everything that I've come to know and love. We were dismissed for the time being so Brandon and I went to my classroom to get my stuff. "I don't want you fighting, Rachel," he said as we walked back to my room, "I'd feel alot better knowing you were safe." I thought about what he was saying. I'd like that better too, I thought. Actually, what would make me truly happy is if there were no Cold Spirits, no attack, and no need to fight or hide at all. "I can't do that Brandon, you know I can't," I sighed and tried to explain what I was thinking, "I know that you'll be fighting, and I'll be right there, helping as much as I can. I'm terrified, believe me, but...I can't just sit and wait to see what happens. I have to do this." We were quiet for a moment after I finished. I turned to look at Brandon and saw that he was nodding, "Okay," he said, "okay..." We reached my door and he kissed me on my forehead. "We have to be back at the main hall later, to make our decision and get ready to fight. I'll meet you here and we'll walk down there together. And we'll get through this all together." He smiled sadly and walked away. I went into my room and tried to get ready for the fight that was sure to come...
I looked in the mirror and took a deep breath to help calm my nerves. I wasn't really thinking, I was almost numb. I heard a knock on the door and went into the hallway where Brandon was. "Ready?" he asked me. I laughed nervously, "No," I said and shook my head, but I kept a smile on my face. "Here," he said as he placed something in my hand. I looked down at a silver little dagger. 'This is really happening,' I thought to myself, but I was somewhat confused. "What is this for?" I asked him, "I thought we defeated these cold spirit things with our..." My voice faded to a mumble as things began to set in. "You have to weaken them, then stab them with this," Brandon said as he tapped my hand that was holding the blade. I nodded and we started walking down the hallway to join the others. "Rachel, I want you to fight right beside me. I know that you can't promise me that, things happen during a fight like this and people get seperated, but try to stay with me, okay?" I nodded and he continued talking, "We're gonna fight with a couple of friends of mine, Derek, a fire, and C.J., a water, so we have all four elements. We're gonna get through this." I nodded again and took his hand, he squeezed my hand gently and then we were there, in the main hall. Brandon's friends immediately found him and we were a team of four. We made our way outside but didn't have a chance to think about anything or form a plan when we heard them coming. I took one last deep breath, closed my eyes a moment and hoped that everything would turn out okay and that no one would be seriously hurt. Then, it started...
I screamed at the first one that I saw clearly, it was so horrifying. It's eyes were pure evil and I knew we were in for a long night. Then, the one that was closest to me seemed to smirk, and I felt every ounce of fear leave my body to be replaced by anger and rage. It happened to be standing by a tree so I focused and had the tree's largest branch pull back and hit the cold spirit. It slammed to the ground, shocked but not truly injured. Then, it was on fire, thanks to Derek, Brandon's friend. I couldn't help but laugh. This wasn't a nightmare, it was real. I turned in time to see another cold spirit running towards me. I hoped that someone else would stake the other one. Before I could even think of something, it had been blown high into the air and then it just dropped. As I watched it fall, I realized I needed to do something, so I formed a hard stake of rock, right underneath the creature. It landed on it awkwardly and I quickly ran the few feet to it and stabbed it with the dagger. I turned to find another one but quickly found that one had already found me. It reached to grab me and I dodged to the side, barely avoiding it. It let out a screech of frustration and came after me. I ran to where I saw some weeds and started growing them longer. The vines wrapped around the cold spirit and held tight, pulling it in every direction. I didn't know how weak I could get it by myself, but I didn't think too much as I walked up to it and stabbed it. It let out a piercing yell but it worked. I stood in that place for a moment, hoping to get more that way, and was lucky when I lured and killed two more cold spirits that way. The fight raged on and I had a moment to think that this was more a war than a simple fight. Brandon was fighting a particularly large cold spirit and I rushed to his side to try and help. He had it spinning in it's own little tornado, but it was fighting to get loose. "Push him towards those two trees," I yelled. Brandon nodded and started moving it. When it was between the two trees, I used the large branches of the trees to wrap around the cold spirit and hold it tight. Then, before I could do anything else, Derek had set it on fire. Brandon rushed to it and staked that one too. "Look out!" I yelled and Brandon turned, seconds too late, to see another creature coming after him. It tackled him and I ran closer. I set a smal quake under them and the ground sloped. They rolled slightly, but it worked and the cold spirit let got of Brandon. It wasn't disoriented very long, but long enough for me have some vines grab him. C.J. staked him and I went to check on Brandon who hadn't moved. "Are you alright? What happened?" I asked. He nodded slightly, "I just got the breath knocked out of me, I think." I nodded and turned to see if we were safe for a moment. One creature had just started coming our way, but I knew I could hold it off long enough for Brandon to catch his breath. I took a protective stance in front of Brandon, who was now sitting on the ground, then I turned toward the cold spirit and waited. I watched and formed a small hole in the earth right in front of it. It fell in and I knew it would be out shortly, but it bought enough time for Brandon. Brandon's friends ran towards us. "What's going on?" I told them what happened and they knelt by Brandon, waiting for him to be okay. Then the cold spirit was out of the hole. "Umm, a little help here?" I asked and watched as they somehow (I'm not entirely sure what they did) took care of the creature. Brandon was up again and felt ready to rejoin the fight. As a group, we got rid of three more spirits. "Look," I said, and pointed to the night sky. It was getting lighter! We started moving towards the castle doors, fighting and killing cold spirits along the way. I staked a cold spirit and turned to see my group. I screamed a warning but it was too late, Derek had been grabbed by yet another creature. I thought we were winning, that they would be gone soon, but apparently, they didn't know when to give up. We were about to do something to help when the spirit let go of him. Then Brandon used a gust of wind to slam the creature against a wall. The creature fell and I had vines hold him down to the ground. C.J. ran over and staked it then we checked with Derek. "What happened?" I asked. "I don't know," Derek answered, "I just sortof lost control for a minute. I must have gotten really hot and it just...let go." Before we could say anything else, Derek passed out. I looked at Brandon. "Is he ok?" C.J. asked as she knelt over him. Brandon nodded. "I think he passed out. He probably used too much energy or something." C.J. and I helped carry Derek towards the castle and Brandon blew away and cold spirits that tried to stop us. We were gone only a few moments, trying to get help for Derek, but I guess that was all it took. When we went back outside to continue fighting, but it was all over. We won!

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Cicika · 02-09-2012 12:36

Ok, it looks like I forgot to tell you how to kill a cold spirit... big_smile
Well, only a hybrid can kill a cold spirit alone, other witches have to work together, since no element is strong enough by its own to kill a cold spirit. So, have to work together with someone who is using other element then yours . First you have to weaken it's human body down, because that is their weakest point. Then you will have to stake them with a silver knife/stake/basically anything sharp and silver.

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