A Mythical Journey (closed)

[talmidhaseraph]

Currently this is my first draft; so I apologize for the lack of actual dialogue (which I will edit in later) and the clumsiness of it. I will edit this by tomorrow (hopefully) to a quality introduction. This is meant as an introduction to my character and the world in which he now lives. I hope that Jadefox will take the character of Thea, and introduce her story, but you are free to invent your character from the start if you wish.

P.S. The world does involve magic, but Nathaniel just hasn't seen it enough to believe in it yet. The school is also a school of beginning magic students.

Nathaniel:

Right before the new year began Nathaniel was taken from the Petz’s family so that another family could adopt him. He still remembers that day very vividly; it was a bright day with no clouds in the sky. Nathaniel was excited to celebrate Christmas with a family that he liked. It would have been his first Christmas in a house. Eager in anticipation, he set out to the woods to find a Christmas tree. He often set out on errands like these, but he preferred to call them “quests” or “adventures.”

The first such quest that he set out on occurred when he was about six years old. His family at the time was a very prominent family who were very imposing on his character. He had to act the way that they wanted him to. Every rebellious act on his part had been returned with an unproportional punishment. One such punishment that Nathaniel could recall was his being locked in his room for a week with only a meal every other day for a week because he forgot to thank their neighbors for giving him a gift on his birthday before actually opening it. Therefore Nathaniel scoured the forest on his free time to find a place that he can call his own. However, it didn’t take long for the family to figure out what he was up to and punish him for it. It wasn’t long thereafter that the family returned him to his social worker.

The social worker told him, “Well, your true parents wouldn’t have wanted you to live with that family anyways. Let’s just hope that the next family is.” Neither Nathaniel nor the adoption agency looking after him has any idea who his family is. He was found when he was five years old, or so they guesstimate, with another boy his age. The other boy, Areli, was tested to see if there were any relation between the two. But alas, there was none. Any person who watched them play together would think that they were somehow related despite their different appearances because of the way that they got along so well together.

Therefore, over the years of returning from houses that have rejected him, Areli has always been there to welcome him back. Yet, this family, the Petzs were different. The other families had kept him so separated from the family related by blood that it was easy for him not to get attached. But now, he knew them all like the back of his hand. There was Nancy, the oldest of the children; then Peter; then he and Vanessa were about the same age; and the youngest was Gene.

Nathaniel had been living with the Petz family for almost a year. Since then the family has also gotten to know him fairly well. They got used to his adventures and even let him keep a space that he could call his own. However, on that day when Nathaniel returned from the forest, he felt this really creepy chill crawl up his spine and was scared beyond reason. It certainly wasn’t the first time that he had had this feeling. He had been feeling it for many years already; but now, the feeling grew strangely strong. Therefore, he thought that something bad was going to happen and took Gene, the only other person in the house, with him to his secret place in the forest so that they would be safe. A couple of hours later the police had found them and he was accused of kidnapping the youngest child.
Therefore, on this Sunday afternoon, the last day of December, social workers arrived at Nathaniel’s house to take him away. The social worker said, “Well, your true parents wouldn’t have wanted you to live with that family anyways. Let’s just hope that the next family is.” Yet this wasn’t as comforting as it usually was. The pain in Nathaniel’s heart was too great. He thought that he loved these people and that they could really begin to be his family. He couldn’t bear them thinking that he would harm any of them in any way. Furthermore, he felt even more tears drop as he realized that he would never see any of them again. Nathaniel cried continuously for another few days. Finally he arrived at the conclusion that no one could really understand him. He saw the future of his life: he would be a child constantly passed around from house to house and never really get to know who he is. So he did the only thing he thought that he could do to change that: he ran away.

He didn’t run away alone however, he took his brother with him. The first couple of nights they both went without very much food. They were living off of pieces of food that other people had thrown out into the dumpster. Once they found a banana peel in the dumpster and they were both so happy to find such a treat. The peel was all brown because of the length of time it had been outside. But that only encouraged Nathaniel and Areli because it meant that it had a lot of sugar in it. The nights were fairly hard at first but the streets felt a lot more comfortable after the first few months.

The first problem for Nathaniel was that Areli wanted to go back to the way that things were. He felt that anything was better than the situation that they were currently in. But Nathaniel, being stubborn, told him that if he wanted to go he would have to go alone. Areli, not being the kind of person who would just leave his brother on his own, decided to stay only to make sure that nothing happens to Nathaniel. The bigger problem, however, came along with the changing of the seasons. Where he lived, it was summer at around the time of Christmas. Therefore, Winter was now upon him. The rain made sleeping in the streets nearly unbearable. He and Areli tried sleeping in covered places but the police never let them stay there. One day Areli saw a girl, who he knew to be the daughter of a baker, drop her keys without realizing it. Realizing what a great opportunity suddenly fell into his lap Areli retrieved the keys. Nathaniel was nervous about the whole thing because he didn’t think that it was a good idea to sneak into a bakery and steal some food, much less sleep there.

It had been about a month and a half of stealing from the bakery and sleeping in the basement that the night that Nathaniel dreaded came. The baker walked in on Nathaniel and Areli getting ready to go to sleep in the basement and his anger flared. The baker had a shotgun in his hands but instead used it to beat the two children to semi-unconsciousness. After many hours of Nathaniel and Areli crying the baker was finally about done. But as a last act he took them both and threw them into the river so that they would never return again. Yet, what the baker didn’t know was that the children were not only sore, but they also didn’t know how to swim. Therefore, after about a minute in the river they both went unconscious.
Nathaniel awoke to find a girl that was about six years old standing over him moving her hands in a very weird and what appeared to also be a bit clumsy way. Nathaniel felt the water draining from his lungs. Eventually his breathing returned to him and he was amazed at what this six year old girl had done. When he got up he found his bother right next to him with a worried look on his face. Nathaniel asked what the girls name was and she said, “Thea” quickly before running away.

Left alone with his brother to fend for themselves for the second time Nathaniel decided that leading this kind of lifestyle was not getting his brother and him anywhere, Thus, he decided to go find an adoption agency again for his brothers sake. Yet when Nathaniel found the nearest ciy it was nothing like the cities that he remembered: It was straight out of what he would picture as a kingdom’s capitol. There was in fact a castle in the center of the city. Fortunately, Nathaniel stumbled into a man who was very nice. The man was very interested in Nathaniel and his brother and asked why they weren’t home with their families right now. Nathaniel admitted that he and his brother were orphans and asked the man if he would adopt them together. The man said that he could not; but he could enroll them in the local school. However, since they are both orphans and have no money they would have to work for the school a lot and they would have little time to themselves. At this Nathanaiel was inclined to decline the offer yet one look at Areli told Nathaniel that he had no choice but to accept.

When Areli and Nathaniel get to the school, they both are instructed to begin their work. Nathaniel, not knowing what they were supposed to do, wandered about the premises. Most of the areas that he had direct access to were rather plain: food courts, bedrooms, living rooms… However, he noticed that there was a lack of technology. Every room he searched had no televisions, no radios, no electrical lights, and not even any electrical outlets! Secondly, he noticed that there was a lack of metal objects: sure there were metal utensils, but there were no metal chairs no metal tables…It seemed to him that this place was supposed to be a rather nice place but it simply didn’t have the technology to create all of the metal objects and all of the luxuries that existed in his town. But then he began to question where he was. He decided to ask someone and they told him that he was in a town called Capashen. When Nathaniel asked about the lack of technology they simply gave him a confused look and called him crazy.

Eventually Areli and Nathaniel found out that they were to be the janitors for the non teaching sections of the school until they turned eighteen. The years passed slowly until Areli turned eighteen when it passed even more slowly for Nathaniel. Nathaniel didn’t see Areli at all while he was working or any time after that. The only thing that Nathaniel was able to discern about his brother was that he was the second best student in magic: second only to some girl named Thea.

 

[Jadefox129]

Description of Character​

Thea: I’m still trying to decide what I want my character to look like. What I do know is that she is 5’7; her hair is jet black (for now) and is down to the middle of her back. She is part Fairy (if I make her African-American, she’ll be part Aziza, a fairy race from Africa) and Broxa (demons who can fly, change shape at will, read the future, and drinks blood like a vampire.). She looks like a fairy and none of her father’s physical demon traits are present. She can, however, fly, change her shape and read the future. I am not sure I want her to drink blood. Her eyes change color depending on her mood (when she has to deal with Areli, they are red, Nathaniel, blue or green). She has wings, but because she is so hated and feared at the school, she rarely uses them, and keeps them taped to her back.

Intro to Character​

As a child, Thea loved to go exploring. Her mother said it was the fairy in her. She felt most at home in the wood, the green of the leaves and grass, and the brown of the tree’s bark and the soil created a harmony that was music to her soul. Thea went out to play, like she did every day, taking her dog Simargl with her. They went further than they ever had and Thea was thoughly enjoing her new surroundings. The sound of rushing water sent a chill down her back, but she ignored it and continued on the path. The closer they got to the source of the rushing water, the more uncomfortable Thea felt. She continued on, until she could see the river. She stopped, taking in the sight. Simargl licked her hand, and she turned to walk back home when she heard the cries. She turned back toward the river and when she heard the cries again, she ran towards them. She reached two boys, about her age of six, only one was not moving, the other was sitting beside him, crying on his chest. Thea pushed him aside and felt the unmoving boy’s chest. She could feel his heartbeat, and closing her eyes, she began to move her hands. She was able to see the water in his lungs and pressed down, forcing the water out. She took a deep breath and saw the boy’s lungs expand. A lick from Simargl work Thea out of her trance. The boy was awake now and was looking at her. Thea smiled weakly and when the boy spoke it was almost too much for her to bear. He asked her name, she said it, and she ran home, with Simargl on her heels. When she got home, she plopped down on her mother’s bed and told her what happen. Her mother smiled sadly. She got up and hugged Thea and said she knew it was time for Thea to go to school. The next week Thea was pack and shipped off, Simargl by her side, to magic school. Thea had never been away from home before, and this was a new experience. Because of her looks, she was teased and taunted, her wings were pulled, her fangs the source of endless jokes. Because of this, Thea spent much of her time alone, honing her skills. She was awarded unheard of privilages by her professors because of her appitude. By her eighteenth year, Thea was the best in the school; her only rival was Ariel. Fairies have long memories and Thea’s was no different. While he had grown, she still remembered him as the sad little boy who cried because he thought his brother was dead. And the brother, the boy who had asked her name with such calm…She never learned his name, but she watched him as much as she could. She made sure he was never hurt, never sick. Something about him was special, she could feel it. If only she knew what powers he had…

Run-in with Areli​

After completing yet another perfect incantation, Thea packed her bags and turned to leave. Her potion would have to sit for a few days before she could use it. She was halfway to the door when she caught a glimpse of him as he passed by, a mop and bucket in hand. She couldn’t remember his name; the only thing she remembered was that he had almost died and somehow she had saved him. She ran to the door and watched him walk down the hallway. She shook her head, trying to clear it of the memory of him looking at her in childlike wonder, asking her name. They were children then…Thea turned and walked in the opposite direction of the boy, and as she turned the corner, she bumped into Areli. She sighed, annoyed that she had been so caught up in her thoughts that she hadn’t been on the look out for him. She brushed her hair out of her face, silently thinking of changing the color. Maybe red this time, she hated the natural jet black of her hair. She looked up to meet Areli’s eyes. They were narrow and filled with hate. Thea sighed again. Areli hated her because she was the best student in the school, second to none. He, however, was second to her. She couldn’t help that she was good. It was in her blood.

“Good evening Areli. I trust the evening finds you well?” Thea smiled, doing her best to hide her fangs. Areli liked to pick on them. Thea moved passed Areli not waiting for a response. He grabbed her left arm, spinning her around to face him. His face was a mask of controlled fury. “No, the evening does not find me well. I guess you know already know that I was not chosen for the Conference. Headmaster wouldn’t tell me who was, but I think I already know.” Thea looked down at the floor, praying that she could sink through the floor. She knew a spell that would allow her to do just that but it would be useless to use it. Areli would just search her out until he got the truth from her. The Conference was a big deal; anyone worth their salt would be there. She would have been devastated had she not been chosen to represent the school. The entire reason she worked so hard at her spells was so she could attend and showcase her talents. She had to prove to the pure bloods that a Halfling could master magic as well, if not better, than they. She looked up, determined not to be bullied by Areli. “I was chosen for the Conference. Headmaster felt it would be best since I know more advanced spells. I accepted. I hope that I can count on your support.” Areli practically growled when Thea finished speaking. He turned to stomp his way down the hallway. Thea turned to do the same, but she stopped. The image of Areli’s brother managed to make its way to the front of Thea’s mind. She turned knew it was risky asking Areli about him, but she called to him anyway. “Why doesn’t your brother practice the Craft? You both came here together, you both were tested and found to have the gift, yet he does all the work while you have all the schooling. Why?” Areli was on Thea before she had time to react. He wrapped his hands around her neck, cutting off her airflow and pressed her back against the wall. “Forget about Nathaniel. He is none of your concern.” Areli released Thea and she slide down the wall, gasping for breath. She wrapped her hands around her neck, rubbing the spots Areli’s fingers left in her skin. Before Areli turned the corner, Thea called out to him. “I think he is my concern. He wouldn’t be alive today without me.” Thea got up and ran down the hall before Areli could respond.

 

[talmidhaseraph]

Again, I just wanted to get it out there before editing...I like that these posts are long, but it just makes it harder to edit!

Nathaniel:
It was an ordinary day when Nathaniel was sitting in the cafeteria eating his delicious ice cream like food when the caretaker of the school came in to see him. The caretaker reminded Nathaniel of the promise that he made to him when he was a child. He promised Nathaniel that when he turned eighteen, the money he earned from working would be used to pay for his school tuition. Nathaniel then remembered that it was his birthday. He hadn’t really celebrated it for the past twelve years because he simply didn’t think that it was such a big deal. Therefore, it began to fade from his memory. The caretaker then took out what was Nathaniel’s first birthday present. It was a total of two boxes and a note on top. Nathaniel, never having had a birthday present before, eagerly tore apart the wrapping. Inside he found a robe similar to what he had seen all the rest of the students here wearing. It wasn’t a particularly nice robe, but Nathaniel was just as happy. After looking at it he gave the caretaker a big hug. He realized how childish it may seem but he did it anyways. The caretaker laughed at the unexpected gesture and said “No reason to get all sentimental now, open the second box. Come on.” Finally, Nathaniel released him and opened the second box. Inside there was a book called “The bare essentials to the Art.” Nathaniel asked what the book referred to when it said “Art.” The caretaker replied in an instructive voice that the Art was everything that tied everything and everyone together. Then the caretaker said, “Your class schedule is written on that note there, so you best not be late.”

Nathaniel went to the bathroom that he had cleaned more times than he can count and changed into his new clothes, now that he was a student. Looking on the back of the note that was given to him, the first class that he had after lunch was “The bare essentials to the Art.” He looked at the double doors at the other end of the cafeteria that led to the classrooms full of anticipation. For the first time Nathaniel would cross those doors. He remembered all of the times that he would try to sneak a peek when someone came through but it was always too fast for him to actually be able to see something. But now it was his turn to go through those doors.
Nathaniel reached out to open the double doors but somehow they opened by themselves. Nathaniel froze right there. Never before had the doors opened like that. Whenever he walked by them they stayed shut. Sometimes he had even tried to open them to get a peek inside but they wouldn’t budge. After a few minutes, Nathaniel looked inside for the first time. It was actually really plain, but not to Nathaniel. There were candelabra’s on the walls and wooden doors every certain amount of feet. Nathaniel walked in and started looking at the numbers written in the stone just above the doors. A few minutes later, people started coming out of all of the doors in large quantities. Nathaniel was quite literally trampled over. When the people vanished into the doors again Nathaniel once again resumed his search. Finally he came to the room with the number 9360 above it. He took a deep breath and entered the room. There were about fifteen people in the room seated in desks that were arranged in a semi circle around the professor.

“All right class, let the new comer find his seat while you answer this question: Who are considered the greatest users of the Art and what magics are they famous for?” the teacher said.

Nathaniel raised his hand and when he was called on said, “There’s no such thing as magic, everyone knows that!” Everyone dropped their pens, ink vials, and anything that they might have had in their hands in order to wrap it around their stomachs to aid in their immediate laughing. Nathaniel turned red sensing that everyone thought that he said something ridiculous. The teacher tried to quiet the class but not very much worked for a few minutes until the teacher did something funny and made a lightning bolt jump from his hand and hit the wall.

“I will not have a mockery of students in this class!” he bellowed. “Nathaniel has been raised in a sheltered society where the Art is not used. But yes Nathaniel, magic does exist and that lightning that I created should be good enough an example for you to believe it.”

“Even if it does exist, what makes you think that I can do it?” Nathaniel asked.

“You remember when you first came to this school the caretaker asked you a bunch of questions and then took a drop of blood? Well, that was a magic test. Since you’re here that must mean that you passed. But class, who are the greatest class of beings?”

This time another kid in the class, who was about 8 years old, raised his hand and said, “The gods are.”

“Good, and why do the gods have power?”

“Because they are believed in by people.”

“Well, does that mean that if I believe in you as a god that you will have power like one?”

“No, gods can only be created by birth from other gods.” The kid replies in his smart alec tone.

“In what ways are the gods similar to us then?” the teacher asked.
Another kid responded faster this time, “the gods also have a special powerful gift, although their gifts are far more powerful than any of ours.

Otherwise, their magic is completely unknown to us.”

Then the teacher asked, “When do we get our gifts?”

“Each person gets his or her gift at an important time in their lives.”

“Exactly. For example, I’ve recently met a user who only received his gift when he had a child. But usually, the gift manifests itself earlier, at an earlier time in a person’s life that most people tend to think is important. What is it?”

But right at the moment that the question was asked a humming noise filled the air and the class was dismissed. Nathaniel was thankful to finally leave that dreaded room where everyone mocked him for knowing nothing about magic. His next few classes, however, were not really any better. Over the next few months Nathaniel found out that he was by far the worst student at magic at the entire school. He was supposed to be able to learn the basic offensive spells such as magic missile in a few days but after a few weeks, he still has not mastered the spell. Nathaniel was now growing hesitant to try at all because every time he tried people laughed at him. Demonstrating mastery of spells was required in order to advance to the next level of study in the Art. These demonstrations were like school recitals: they were all done in front of the whole school.

The biggest demonstration that was coming up soon was the conference. The teachers chose their favored students to showcase their talents and they also chose their favorite of those to receive a special award. Nathaniel wasn’t even sure that he wanted to go because he would feel so left out. But still, there were a few months left until the conference began.

Nathaniel wanted to be more powerful but not because he savored the power, but so that he could be normal and fit in with the rest of the students in the school. He was failing his other classes as well: Mythology (one of the most important classes, so the teacher says), and potions. He studied as hard as he could for Mythology, but because he started studying magic so late in his life he was too far behind everyone else in the class. Areli came by and helped him every once in a while, but he himself was studying his ass off to try and be the best student in the school.

Areli, being a couple years older than Nathaniel, had a head start in the school. Over this couple of years, Areli had grown to be very powerful in the Art for someone of his age. However, he let the appeal of power consume him to the point which he cared about few other things. One of those things though, was family. Whenever it came to Nathaniel, Areli became very protective; overprotective some might say.

Recently, Areli had been working very hard to be named the best at the Art at school. However, he didn’t receive the award. He had a sneaking suspicion though of who it might be: Thea. He planned to go talk to her and work out all of his anger; yet, something she said caught him off guard: “He wouldn’t be alive today without me.” Only then did Areli really remember what had happened to Nathaniel when they first arrived in this city: they were thrown into a river and Nathaniel nearly drowned. Thea saved his life. This gave rise to a very deep conflict in Areli. He had always wanted to hate Thea since she was so good at magic, but now he couldn’t help but have gratitude towards her for saving Nathaniel’s life. But still Areli had decided that Nathaniel could never know what Thea did, or else he would never be able to keep Nathaniel from trying to repay the debt. In order to do this, Areli tried to set up Nathaniel with one of the most beautiful woman at the school (though granted that Thea herself was also in that category) so that he would spend all of his time with her and ignore any other girl; in this case, Thea.

Areli had noticed that Nathaniel’s mood changed slightly every time he saw Allison, one of the girls at the school. Allison was a year older than Nathaniel and definitely more experienced in both magic and relationships. She has long blond hair and a slim frame. She also came from a rich pure blood magic family and wore really expensive and elegant clothing. She was the girl in school that every guy wished he could go out with. Areli had helped her out when she had a couple of bad boyfriends and so she now owed him a favor. Areli set up a date for both of them on Saturday at the fanciest and most romantic restaurant in town: the Lovers Kitchen. It was a rather large place but it was ridiculously gorgeous. The restaurant was U-shaped around a small lake which had swans gliding through the middle. There was outside seating which each table had its own heat lamp set next to the table. It was usually the place people would take their girlfriends to when they were about to propose. Nathaniel did indeed like Allison, but it was not because of her beautiful figure or face but because of something he saw her do.

It was the middle of the day and Nathaniel was cleaning the floors in the residence halls when she came out of a room in really stylish clothes. She was walking backwards out of her room talking to someone who was still in it. She said that she was on her way to some ball and that she would see that person later. The door closed and she turned around straight into another kid who was holding a lunch tray. The tray was fool of food: pudding, cake, tea, mashed potatoes with gravy, and some chicken with a really thick sauce. The food got all over the both of them. Allison’s elegant gown was ruined though. There was no way that she could possibly go to a ball wearing something like that. The other kid, who was clearly a nerd and not very familiar with social situations, started stammering an apology for bumping into her and ruining her dress. But Allison quickly interrupted him, saying that no apology was necessary. She (and Nathaniel) then noticed that he was also dressed to go to the ball. Allison told him to wait outside for a second while she changed. Then she took him into her room and used pieces of her now ruined dress and pieces of other clothing that she had to make him an entirely new outfit. Nathaniel, being entranced by the situation, just sat outside and watched. So about an hour later he goes off to the ball while she has nothing to wear. When she looked outside for the first time to see Nathaniel sitting there Nathaniel quickly thought up a reason to be there and thus started cleaning up the mess on the floor. Allison rushed out of her room with a few cloths and got on her hands and knees in order to help Nathaniel clean up the mess. Nathaniel told her to leave because she would be late but she refused saying that the mess was really hers to clean.

That whole scene flashed back in Nathaniel’s mind every time that he saw Allison and it made his heart melt. Despite the way that he felt for Allison, there was another girl that he really wanted to meet too. There was just something about her that struck him. He just had to get to know her. The only thing that he knows about her is that she is the best at the school in magic.

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea’s head felt like it would burst when she woke up. She groaned, wishing that she had enough sense to stop practicing earlier last night. The harder and longer she worked on her spells, the worst her headaches would be in the morning. She swung her legs over the side of the bed, pushing the heavy blanket off of her. She waited, head between her knees, for everything to stop spinning. When her head finally stopped spinning, Thea stood up, stretched, and headed for the shower. She took off her nightgown and slowly pulled the tape off of her wings. She hated tying them down, but she hated being teased because of them. Things were easier before she came here. When she was younger, she could fly whenever she pleased and she was never alone because there were others like her. Here, she was the only one of her kind. There were other fairy races here, but they shunned her because she was not pure. The demon races were not allowed in the school, so those that had demon lineage kept it to themselves. She stretched her wings, flexing them before she jumped in the shower. She rubbed soap over her body, paying special attention to her wings. She noticed that their color was changing. They were brown before, and now they were bright orange in some spots. She groaned for the second time that morning. She would have to go and see the school nurse about this. Whatever was happening to her, it could not be good. Thea finished her shower, dressed, and grabbed her fly pass. All fliers had to have an i.d. that identified them, their mode of flight, and what areas they had access to. Thea would have to miss class, but she would just get a note excusing her, and she would request extra work to make up for what she missed.

Thea took off down the hallway, trying to hurry before anyone caught sight of her or her wings. There was no one in sight and Thea breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone would be waking up now, Thea always got up before everyone to avoid being seen. She decided to take off from the large window two hallways down. She made it to the end of her hallway, turned right, continued down, turned left and continued until she was in front of the window. She was about to take off when she heard her. Allison. Thea cringed at the sound of her voice, but she stepped down from the window ledge and eased closer to the corner. She could clearly hear Allison. “I like him, but I can’t bring him home. He’s not a pure blood, and he can’t even perform the simplest spells. My parents would just die if I showed up on their doorstep with him.” Thea knew exactly who Allison was referring to and she was not in the least bit happy that Allison would be ashamed of Nathaniel. Thea started to walk down the hall toward the sound of Allison’s voice when she caught sight of herself in a mirror. She never walked down this hallway before and was startled to see herself. Her eyes had changed color, before they were sea green, now they were fire red. Her hair had also changed color it too was red. Her wings were now half orange, half brown. But it was the tail that swung behind her that captivated her attention. She had never had a tail before, and the one she had now was spiked at the end. It was deep red in color and was smooth until you reached the end. Thea turned and ran back to the window. She jumped out and took off. Had she not been in a rush, she would have walked through the school to the nurse’s office, but time was of the essence. She landed on the nurse’s window seal and knocked. The nurse, Nurse Ava, approached the window. She opened it and let Thea inside. She clucked reproachfully and Thea felt ashamed for entering that way, but given her current condition, it could not be helped. Thea turned toward the elderly woman and upon seeing her worried expression she began to cry. Nurse Ava took Thea’s hand, and led her to a chair. She waited until Thea calmed down before she spoke. “When you first came here, your mother warned me to watch you, she said you were one of only a handful of half-breeds. The Broxa mated with other races, but only maybe a dozen or so Aziza mated with them. Not much is known about the offspring of that mating. You are the first one here.” Thea looked up, feeling calmer now that she was in familiar territory. She always did well in history. As long as she approached this as a class lecture, she could remain unemotional. She nodded for Nurse Ava to continue. Nurse Ava sighed, she knew that Thea had just retreated into herself, but she had to warn the girl anyway. “Your tail comes from your father’s side. Broxa are usually born with it, but since you are a half-breed, it has only now expressed itself. You have to learn to control your emotions if you want to keep it hidden. Your hair, eye, and skin color will change depending on whom you interact with and how you feel at the time. You can control that too; your wings however, are going to shed. That’s why they are turning colors. You may be in some pain because of it. Once they are done shedding, they will be at least twice their size. I don’t know what color they will be since you are both a demon and a fairy.” Nurse Ava stood up and walked over to a cabinet. She pulled out a bottle of blue liquid. She handed the bottle to Thea and said, “Drink it. All of it. The one thing that both races have in common is their behavior in their eighteenth year. If you get in trouble, this will bring you here.” Thea looked at the liquid. She swirled it around and watched the color change. “What is it and what happens in the eighteenth year?” Nurse Ava looked around nervously. She refused to meet Thea’s eyes. “ Most of the Aziza meet their mates at this time, the Broxa…They seduce their mates at this time.” Thea looked up at Nurse Ava. She shook her head, and glanced back at the bottle. She twisted the cap, and drank the blue liquid. It burned like fire in her chest, but she did not say a word. Nurse Ava took the bottle and refilled it, placing it back in the cabinet. She stood in front of the pure girl and watched as the liquid took hold of her. Her hair turned jet black again, her eyes sea green. Her tail disappeared and her skin lost its reddish hue. Nurse Ava hesitated to say anything else to her, but she had to. “Your mother informed the staff as to the awakening of your gifts. We know about your connection to Nathaniel but he does not. It must stay that way. You need to find someone else. Stay away from him. It can only lead to disaster if you don’t. Besides, his skill in magic is lacking. His brother, however, is second only to you. The two of you would make a strong match and I think he could handle you…” Thea stood up and spread her wings. She walked to the window and climbed up on the ledge. “That you Nurse Ava, but I think that for now I’ll remain single if Areli is my only option. Besides, he would never have me. He hates me.” Thea sighed, remembering all of the girls rushing down the hall for their dates to the movie and all the balls she was never asked to. She smiled sadly at Nurse Ava. “I’m getting weary. I think I should go home. After the conference of course. I’ve worked to long and to hard not to be rewarded for my efforts. After that, I think I’ll go and live in the forest, somewhere I won’t be tortured for being different.” Thea took off, heading back to her dorm. She landed on the window seal, and took off running down the hallway. She entered her room and changed her robes. She still had enough time to make it to class if she hurried. She grabbed her books and rushed down the hall, out the front door, across the lawn and into building A for Advance Potions class. She was almost at the door when she bumped into Areli. Thea cringed inwardly, and then blushed when she thought about what Nurse Ava said about him. She chuckled weakly and apologized. She walked around him and proceeded down the hallway when she remembered that they were not meeting in the classroom today. They were meeting with the underclassmen to help them with their potion making. The Professor paired the students up last week and they were assigned a classroom. Thea sighed and turned. Areli was standing by the front door with a smirk on his face. “Did the great Thea forget her assignment? Oh what could have made her forget? And especially since I’m your partner. Well, come along Thea and next time you forget your homework let me know. I know a great spell to help you with that.” Thea followed Areli up the stairs muttering spells under her breath and cursing the gods for this. She noticed a picture of the goddess Philena and remembered what Nurse Ava said. “Stay away from him at all cost… His brother… Strong match.” Thea smiled for the first time all day. Nurse Ava told her to stay away from Nathaniel, but she tried to pair her with his brother. Thea decided it was only right to follow the good nurse’s suggestion. The first thing that Thea learned in school was that the gods always had a plan. She hurried up the stairs after Areli and grabbed his arm. She smiled up at him and said, “I need some help with my spells. I’m having such a hard time and some of them are right up your alley. Can you help me?”….

 

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I decided since this scene is soo long that I would spit it up into two parts, so my next scene begins with Areli and Allison in the cave. But feel free to write something in between!!

Nathaniel:

Nathaniel was walking down the hall to the same classes that he failed every day when Allison ran up to him and grabbed his arm. Feeling so close to her made an air of warmth spread through Nathaniel. They both walked down the hall a bit arm in arm, until Nathaniel noticed that Allison wasn’t looking at where she was walking. Her head was slightly turned and her eyes were looking straight into his. Nathaniel was now completely distracted by her sea green eyes.

She said, “hey, you.” And all Nathaniel could do was smile.

She continued, “you know, I can’t wait for our date on Saturday next week…Saturday is just too far away. So why don’t you take me to the school dance this week?” she said as she batted her eyelashes a couple times.

“Sure, I…I’d love to.”

“Great. Then I’ll see you there,” she said as she hurried off to class.
Nathaniel had only one problem: he had no formal clothes to wear to the dance. Therefore, he went to Areli. Areli had won many magic competitions, that Thea didn’t attend of course, therefore getting him a lot of money. Nathaniel told Areli about his problem and Areli was delighted to help him look good for Allison. It would perhaps help her to like him, Areli thought. They went out and bought a grand suit which made Nathaniel look very attractive. After a big hug, Nathaniel left Areli to return to his dorm room.

On Saturday, Nathaniel got all dressed up in his suit and went to the ball. But when he got there, he was surprised to see that so many people could look so different by just dressing differently. Quickly, Nathaniel went to find Allison. After a while of searching through the crowds of people he found her talking to one of her friends. Nathaniel tried to walk over to her but his head was in a state of shock at how…well, hot Allison looked. She was wearing a black dress that reminded Nathaniel of a tube. The very next thing that Nathaniel noticed was the size of the tube: it started low enough to reveal a large portion of her breasts and stopped high enough that it was only a few inches below the bottom of her ass. Speaking of which, Nathaniel noticed how firm her ass looked and for the first time wondered how it would feel like if he grabbed it. However, Nathaniel didn’t want to be the kind of person who only cares about such physical things. Finally he managed to make it over to Allison.

“Hey you,” she said as she gave me a hug as she looked into my eyes.

“Hey you back.”

“I got this new dress, do you like it?” she asked. The dress really turned Nathaniel on, but Nathaniel couldn’t say that.

“Yea, it looks nice.”

“Just nice?” Allison teased.

“Um, no. You look very sexy,” Nathaniel finally gave in.

Allison pleased that she had gotten the compliment that she was looking for wrapped her hands around Nathaniel’s neck, pressed her breasts against his chest, and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

“Compliments will get you everywhere tonight,” she said.
Right then Allison’s friend came in and pulled her away to talk to her for a while. Nathaniel couldn’t make out what they were saying, but he didn’t want to eavesdrop. However, at roughly the same time, he saw a girl from across the hall looking at him, only to turn her head away quickly whenever she noticed that he was looking. She was gorgeous in her own way, Nathaniel thought. She, unlike Allison, did not reveal much of her breasts or a lot of her legs but still she looked amazing. After noticing her looking for the third time, Nathaniel decided to actually talk to her.

“Hello, my name is Nathaniel,” Nathaniel said.

When she looked into his eyes, Nathaniel noticed that they changed colors from a fiery red to a sea green as she said, “My name is Thea.”
After that the conversation just flowed, like the wine. Thea and Nathaniel were just so…well, there is no way to really describe it: they just fit together. After a good hour’s conversation Allison found Nathaniel. Allison, getting jealous that another girl would be so interested in Nathaniel, introduced herself, “Hello, my name is Allison. I’m Nathaniel’s girlfriend. Nathaniel, you want to dance?”

Nathaniel quickly looked back at Thea and quietly told her, “I think that I should go, but it was really nice meeting you because I feel like I can tell you anything. Maybe we can talk later?” was all he got in before Allison dragged him off.

On the way to the dance floor, Allison grabbed Nathaniel’s arm to claim him for herself. Moreover, to get his mind off of Thea, she pressed his arm into her breasts. Nathaniel nearly instantly turned his attention to her and looked into her eyes as they walked onto the dance floor. The first song was very slow; Allison wrapped her hands around Nathaniel’s neck and placed her head onto his upper chest and shoulder. Nathaniel really enjoyed the closeness of the situation as it warmed his heart. After numerous slow songs, the pace began to speed up to Nathaniel’s disappointment. If it were up to Nathaniel, he could stay that way with Allison forever. Unknown to Nathaniel, Allison’s heart was also being warmed and she was beginning to feel the same way about him. But for some reason, unknown to even her, she requested a change of music to something fast paced. To Nathaniel’s surprise, when the music stopped, she turned around in front of him so that her back was facing him. When the music started again, Nathaniel noticed how close her ass was to his pelvic region.

As the music played, Allison bounced or rocked to the music as everyone else did, Nathaniel couldn’t tell because she also managed to graze him in just the right place, teasing him mercilessly. Nathaniel felt her soft yet firm ass rub against him every two beats. It was the most erotic experience he had ever felt and he had all the signs showing it. Allison smiled as they continued through the night.

The next day, Allison received a note from the headmaster of the school making her go on an assignment. See, the world at that time was divided into two sides: the Light and the Dark. The Dark believed that the only way to build character is through pain and misery. The Light believed that through faith, people’s character could grow more than possible any other way. Yet, this was only how it started. People who didn’t care for character at all started joining the Dark and so the movement now had no purpose but to inflict pain and suffering. One of the most common types of people to join the Dark were rapists. So the school, a member of the Light, sent its students on missions to gain an advantage over the dark. This particular mission was to retrieve a scroll from a cave. When Allison looked at who her partner would be, she grunted. It was Areli.

The morning of her mission, Allison prepared a lightning bolt and a fireball spells for the mission. They were both relatively weak spells, but they should do for the mission. Then Allison quickly took a bath and thought of Nathaniel as she was scrubbing herself down but then, of how easy it would be to get him. She got out of the bath and put on her underwear, followed by a halter and a skirt.

She went to the entrance of the cave to wait for Areli and naturally, he was late. Fifteen minutes later he showed up in fancy armor and a sword. He looked like he was about to go and fight a dragon. Immediately, Allison started laughing. Areli turned red in the face with anger at her response but said nothing. They both entered the cave and start walking. Desperate for revenge and also curious, Areli turned his head towards Allison and asked his puppet, "Have I won the bet or were you able to seduce him?"

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea checked her calendar. She only had two more months until the conference. She rubbed her shoulder, peeling off a thin layer of skin. She threw it into the garbage can next to her and stood up, stretching. She headed out the door, on her way downstairs to the cafeteria. She had a taste for chicken and corn chowder and as she walked down the stairs she pondered what kind of bread she would get with it. With rye, white, and wheat bread dancing in her head, Thea walked into the cafeteria. She scanned it, hoping for a glimpse of Nathaniel. She spotted him in a corner, head down in a book, and wand in his right hand. She smiled, but continued on to the soup counter. She was the only one in line, almost everyone had already gotten his or her food and left, she was one of the last. She was about to leave when she heard a loud boom behind her. She turned around and saw a cloud of smoke hanging over Nathaniel’s head. She laughed and made her way over to him. She waved her hand in front of herself and coughed. She looked down at Nathaniel and smiled. “I don’t know what spell that was, but I’m guess that the gray cloud above your head wasn’t what you wanted.” Thea looked down at the book he was reading. “Everyday Potions.” Thea stifled a laugh. She hadn’t read that book since she came here. She didn’t even know it was still in print. “If your girlfriend doesn’t mind, I could teach you how to make potions. It’s one of my best classes.” Thea took the pen Nathaniel had lying next to a piece of parchment and wrote her room number down. “You can come by and I’ll help you. If I’m not there, I’m usually in the greenhouse.” Thea turned and walked away, congratulating herself for not spilling soup on herself or saying anything stupid.

 

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Nathaniel:

Nathaniel was ecstatic that the best student in school had offered to help him. But he remembered that Thea said, “if your girlfriend doesn’t mind” and picked up on Thea’s dislike of her. But still, Nathaniel thought that Thea was being a good friend to him and the gods know that he needs the help. So Nathaniel wolfed down the rest of his food that he set aside while making the potion. Then he quickly looked down at the slip of paper that Thea had written her room number on. It was room 816. Quickly Nathaniel found the nearest staircase and pounded the steps only to realize that by the fourth floor, he was out of breath. Slowly slowly Nathaniel trudged up the steps for what felt like an eternity until he got to the eighth floor. Nathaniel had never been in the girls dormitory before, he was strictly to stay on the men’s side of the grounds. But wow, these dorms were beautiful with a lot of sculptures and artwork lining the hallways. Finally finding the room 816 . It had a nice red-wood door and a gold handle.

Nathaniel knocked a couple times on the door, but he heard no response. On the third knock the door slowly started opening, not because someone was opening it, but because Nathaniel was so anxious to get his lesson started. When the door was completely open, Nathaniel saw Amy, a girl who was on the track team , standing in the corner looking at herself in the mirror, The mirror was not faced towards the door so she couldn’t see him. But soon after realizing his mistake, Nathaniel realized that she was getting dressed. She had just stepped into her red panties pulling them up, but still left a large part of her firm ass exposed. She then started putting her matching bra on allowing Nathaniel got a good look at her breasts. The were fairly large and looked so smooth and golden and soft. He could just imagine holding them in his hands and rubbing them. When she attached the back of it, Nathaniel snapped out of his trance and realized what he was doing. Nathaniel then knew that this would be the girl that he would lust after for some time to come.

Therefore, he shut the door in a hurry and started running down the hall. Realizing that slamming the door must have alerted her to his presence he dodged into the nearest room that he could find. As soon as he closed the door, he realized that he was in the girls bathroom. He couldn’t go back in the hall or Amy would see him, so he hid in a stall and prayed to the gods that she wouldn’t find him. But still, he couldn’t forget the image of seeing Amy getting dressed.

A couple minutes later he heard a group of girls walk in the door. He could hear them all go to the sink and turn it on. Almost immediately after that he heard the door open again and heard Amy’s voice. Nathaniel panicked and his heart raced when she started talking.

Amy said, “Did you see some guy come in here recently?”

The girls said, “Not really, but Allison was supposed to be on duty now, you should ask her.”

As soon as Nathaniel heard Allison’s name he completely forgot about Amy. He almost got off of the stall to go ask the girls about Allison. Right now she was on a mission to retrieve some important information, a mission assigned to her because she was not weak like him. Apparently the mission was more important than hall duty. “Thank the gods,” Nathaniel thought. But still remembering that he wasn’t supposed to be there he didn’t make a sound. Nathaniel realized that Allison had made him forget about Amy and also realized that he didn’t want to be the kind of person thinking about other girls while he had a girlfriend who liked him. Moreover, he wanted to be the kind of person who wasn’t dependent on a physical relationship. There was more to a relationship then just sex. He would just have to block out the image of her gorgeous circular breasts and now , using this as an example, he was confident that he would be able to do it.

“Speaking of Allison, do you think that she’ll be able to pull it off?” the girls said.

Nathaniel was happy that Allison was cared about, as her mission was a dangerous one. The girls continued, “Yea, she’s really good at it though. I mean, look at her.” Nathaniel thought about how athletic she was.

“Yea, but still, that’s a challenge,” they said right before they left.

Nathaniel cautiously got off the stall and left the bathroom. Amy was nowhere in sight. Then he looked back down at his paper he realized that the paper must have been upside down. Thea’s room wasn’t 816, it was 918. So he quickly dashed up one more flight of stairs and found her room. After knocking one more time, he heard Thea’s voice say, “One second.” Nathaniel felt relieved that he found the right room.

Then Thea opened her door, and Nathaniel saw that she was really dressed up nicely and with a big smile on her face said, “Hey, what’s up?”

Nathaniel responded, “You offered to help tutor me in potions..”

“Oh of courses, come in,” she said as she opened the door wider.

“My roommate isn’t here so we can use the whole lab.”

Nathaniel looked about the room and saw a lot of books on one half of the room; the other half was full of paintings of popular singers and friends and whatnot. Nathaniel walked in and shut the door behind me determined not to leave before three things happened: having good long talks getting to know Thea, being able to make that god-dam flower growth potion, and then giving it to Thea.

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea moved aside to allow Nathaniel to come into the room. She peeked out into the hall to make sure no one saw him come up. She closed the door and turned to face him. It was weird having him in her room. She never had any company. She rushed over to clear a space on her desk for him to put his books.

“Um…. You can put your books right there. What are you working on?”

Nathaniel opened up his book bag and took out his book. He opened it to the Flower Growth potion and showed it to Thea. She laughed.

“I’m sorry, it’s rude of me to laugh. It’s just…. I didn’t think they taught that anymore.” She took the book out of his hands and walked to the lab, reading off the ingredients. She took bottles off of the shelves and handed them to Nathaniel as she walked.

“We’ll need one Unicorn hair, a toad’s eye, breath of newt, and five owl pellets.” Thea walked over to her side of the lab. She got down her bowls and knifes. She turned to Nathaniel. She moved so he could put the items down.

“The main thing to remember is to put them in your potion in order. First, you’ll need some water.” Thea walked over to the sink and ran water into the bowl. “I don’t measure, I just count to five. I think you need cup of water. After that, bring it to a boil.” Thea took her wand out of her pocket. She waved it over the bowl and the water began to boil. “You will need to actually boil the water the old fashioned way until you move on to advanced spell casting. Anyway, boil the water and then add the eye of toad. That takes a long time to soften and dissolve so I usually cut it up.” Thea cut up the eye and added it to the bowl. She used her wand to stir the mixture once. “Next, I crush the owl pellets. Add them to the bowl when you can’t see the toad eye.” Thea crushed the pellets and handed Nathaniel a small bowl containing them. He peered into the boiling bowl and added the pellets. He took out his own wand and stirred the pot.

“Should the pellets just sit at the top? I think they are clumping together.”

“Yes they should. They act as a fertilizer. Now add the unicorn hair.” Nathaniel dropped the hair into the bowl and a bright white light oozed out of the bowl. Thea handed Nathaniel a towel.

“Put that over your mouth and nose. Then add the newt breath. Stir once and we’ll try it out.” Nathaniel wrapped the towel over his mouth and nose and released the newt breath into his potion. A green light floated over the bowl and then faded. Nathaniel took his towel off and stared into the bowl. Thea grabbed a dying plant from her roommate’s side of the room. Nadia was great at flying and transfiguration, but she lacked a green thumb. Thea placed the plant on the table and Nathaniel poured the potion over it. Immediately the plant brightened, the leaves became lush and deep green. Nathaniel whooped and hugged Thea.

“That was great! Oh man, you are a good tutor. I’ve got a ton more.” Thea blushed hearing the compliment. She was about to answer when she heard a growl. Thea extracted herself from Nathaniel and walked back into the front room. Simargl was sitting in front of the door, waiting to go for his flight. Thea heard Nathaniel’s sharp intake of breath and she turned to face him, eyes wide with fear. She could be expelled if he told anyone about Simargl.

“You can’t tell anyone he’s here. My roommate doesn’t mind and he hardly ever makes noise. It’s just…I don’t have anyone else and…. Please don’t turn me in.”

 

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Allison:

Allison was walking down the cave as Areli reminded her of their bet. One day Allison was boasting about how every boy in the school had a major crush on her.

Areli promptly said, “I do not. I am even willing to bet my prized wand that I didn’t like you.”

Allison, being no fool, decided that there was no way that he could prove what he was saying because he would simply hid it in order to win the bet.

“Fine, then I know of another person who doesn’t like you,” Areli said.

“Who?” Allison said defiantly.

“My brother, there is no way in hell that he would like a bitch like you.”

Sneering, Allison said “you’re on.”

But right then Areli tugged on her arm bringing her out of her state of remembrance to show her that there was something up ahead. They both stopped and took some time to prepare all of their spells. The first that Allison prepared was a distraction shield. It was one of her favorite shields. It is simply an enchantment that draws men’s attention to her breasts allowing her to catch them off guard and kill them. Unfortunately for Areli, he was also affected. While he was preparing his spells, Allison caught him many a time staring at her chest. The second one that she prepared was a real magic shielding spell called force shield. It was strong enough to completely dispel weaker spells thrown against her but would drain her energy when stronger ones attacked her. Unfortunately, such was common in shielding spells. When she finished, she noticed that Areli was redoing half of his spells due to messing up by staring at her chest. Allison liked the attention but reminded him that they had work they had to get done.

After about another ten minutes Areli was finally finished. Then the both proceeded down the cave in a cautious as possible manner. After about five minutes of slow walking Allison saw something. As she got closer she was able to make out a bunch of people lying on the floor. But as she got a better look she saw that they were all naked and most of them were having wild sex. Almost immediately, Allison felt herself lurch into the orgy of people, but she just barely managed to restrain herself. What many people didn’t know about Allison (but a fair amount did) is that she is a very sexual person. At the school, sex is entirely prohibited, but Allison and some other people still managed. But here, where there were people expressing their sexuality freely, Allison felt freed. Therefore, she longed to go join the people but she remembered that she and Areli were in enemy territory.

Allison saw Areli also intently gazing at the same place. But what she did not know was that Areli wasn’t seeing the same thing that she was. Areli saw, oddly enough, Allison. She was standing in the center of the path and she was taking off her clothes. Areli couldn’t help but stare at her breasts as she placed each of her hands on the opposite side of her waist grabbing that side of her shirt and lifting it up, over her breasts, and over her head. Then Areli noticed that her nipples were pressing hard against her bra. Then she bent over to pull down her skirt giving Areli a perfect view of her cleavage. Areli started panting, but was still able to restrain himself. But then, the image of Allison took off her bra, panties, and then stuck a finger into herself, eliciting a moan. Areli’s knees went very weak as he was no longer able to control himself. He ran over to the image of Allison starting to pull his pants down along the way.

The real Allison, noticing the large bulge in Areli’s trousers, started calling out to him when he started running; but it was too late. The trap was sprung and the floor fell through causing him to fall into what Allison could only make out as a dark black hole.

Allison screamed down the hole, “Areliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,” but there was no response.

“Shit,” Allison muttered under her breath. She knew that she still had to complete the mission. Therefore, she had to continue alone. Immediately Allison went into shock.

“Areli is dead,” she thought.

“Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god,” she said in quick succession panicked.

“No, it couldn’t be. He was the second brightest in the whole school. He must have thought of something to save himself. He must have!”

Calming down slowly at Areli’s falling through the floor, Allison sat down to think for a bit. Looking around her, Allison could see no other route which would go around this hole so she thought that maybe if she waited, the floor would come back.”

Ten minutes later, the floor is still gone. But then an idea hits her, “I guess I should try and jump across.” But then she realizes the problem. How would she know if the ground there will fall in or not? So she headed back until she found a fairly large rock and returned to the hole. Then, gathering all of her strength she throws the rock across. The rock flies through the air and hits the other side on the edge. The rocks move down a little bit.

“Oh, shit.”

Not knowing what else to do, Allison cast a spell of slow fall on herself so that she could jump further. After a deep breath she jumped as far as she could across. She landed far past the point where the floor had stopped caving in but then the floor underneath her started to cave in too. Therefore, she started running down the corridor when she saw them again. Multitudes of people just having a lot of sex. How Allison longed to be free!

The moment of longing that the sight inspired in Allison was long enough for the floor below her to fall away. Luckily enough, her slow fall spell allowed her to reach the floor some time later without being harmed. But still, the sound of sex was in the air. Curious as to where it was coming from, Allison followed the sound. When she finally traced the sound back to its source, she found that it was coming from a room behind a wooden door. Slowly opening the door so that she wouldn’t be heard, Allison peeked inside. To her astonishment she saw Areli underneath some demon woman who Allison could only guess was a Broxa.

The demon woman was panting and sweating riding Areli like a horse but she was still holding Areli in place only allowing him to thrust his hips if he wished. But he was doing it with a fervor and was panting quite a bit himself. Allison just stared in wonder as the two had sex. If Areli got her pregnant, what would the child be like? But then Allison heard Areli scream her name as he thrusted one final time into the demon woman. Allison in the heat of the moment froze and hoped that the demon woman would think that he was screaming a random name and not calling for help.

But then Allison got up the courage and threw her daggers straight into the back of the demon woman, killing her. Areli seemed really surprised to see Allison there despite having called out for her. However, she still helped him get his clothes on. Only then did Allison really get a good look at the room that they were in. It was a beautiful bedroom. Perhaps a king’s bedroom.

Allison turned to Areli and asked, “Are you okay?”

“Yea, I’m fine. Just shaken up a little bit. But I’m fine.”

“Did you find the scroll we need?” Allison asked.

“No, its supposed to be in the main room right next to this.”

Areli and Allison went to the next room and found a nice case that was for housing scrolls. However, something else caught Allison’s attention: there was writing on the wall. Best that Allison could tell it was a family tree. Looking down it to the bottom to see if there was anyone she knew. After a couple of minutes of searching she found the symbols for “The” and “ah”: Thea.

“Oh my god.” Allison whispered in disbelief. “Thea…the best person at magic in the whole school is a Broxa?” Allison stared at the wall in amazement for a few minutes. But then, she noticed something odd. Allison’s mother had a different symbol other than Broxa next to her name. Allison deduced that she must be a mix. Looking at Thea’s father, she saw the symbols for “Veh” and “gnor.” He has a brother whose name is “Psu” “deus”. But the next part shocked Allison beyond anything and everything else that day. Psudeus had one daughter named Allison. Allison quickly read the description of the girl named Allison on the wall. It fit her perfectly. But then why didn’t Allison have any of the trademark Broxa characteristics? She had neither wings nor a tail. She looked at her mother’s name “Aur” “aura”. But the symbol next to it wasn’t the symbol for Broxa either. The symbol simply said “dea.” It was a symbol that Allison had never seen before and had no idea what it meant.

But still, Allison was half Broxa and everyone knows one of the things that the Broxa are famous for: the seduction of their mate at age 18. Allison was then exactly 18 years old and now began to understand what she had been doing to Nathaniel. That reminded her of the rest of her bet with Areli, Areli and Allison both said that they needed proof that Nathaniel either liked Allison or didn’t. Therefore, Areli said that if indeed Nathaniel liked her, that she could get him to sleep with her. That had been her goal. But, the consequences if she failed on her first try, were one of Areli’s choosing. Allison would have to do any one thing that Areli asked and that scared Allison, but it didn’t matter since she knew that she could seduce any man in an instant.

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea was in the middle of begging Nathaniel not to turn her in when she heard it. A loud piercing scream that shook the entire room. She looked at Nathaniel; the look on his face had not changed, but Simargl was not growling anymore. Instead he was lying on the floor with his head between his paws. Thea looked back at Nathaniel. He was speaking, but she couldn’t understand anything he was saying. The entire room behind him changed until it was no longer her dorm room, but her father’s bedroom. Her cousin Lithia was face down on the floor, two stab wounds in her back. Thea’s father and aunt surrounded the girl, howling. They were calling Thea home; it was the reason why she couldn’t understand Nathaniel. They were drowning out his words. Thea shook her head. She smiled at Nathaniel and began to apologize while shoving his books back into his bag.

“I’m sorry. Something’s come up. I’ll have to help you later. You did a good job today. Keep up the good work.”

Thea shoved his book bag into his hands and pushed him out the door. She counted to ten before she turned around; when she did, she found her room returned to its previous state. She ran into the lab and grabbed a jar of dark red soil from the top shelf, she went to her closet and selected a long, flowing black dress. She put it on, tying the back tightly. She straightened the long train in the back and straightened the bow in the back. She ran her fingers through her hair and began to wind it, finally putting it up in a bun. The bun would serve a duel purpose. Thea took a plain wooden box out of her closet and opened it. She gazed at the ornate crown and ran her fingers through it. She had hoped never to wear it, but her cousin was royalty and as such, all the nobles would attend her funeral. Thea looked at herself in the mirror and placed her crown on top of her hair. She put a gold collar on Simargl and then wrapped a black cloak around herself, putting the hood on to hide her crown. She grabbed the jar of red soil and walked out the door, Simargl leading the way. She stopped at the nearest window. She opened it and threw the jar out. When it crashed, Thea climbed out of the window. She looked down to make sure the portal was open and then she jumped. She landed outside her father’s door, Simargl landing behind her with a loud “thud.”

“Come on pooch. We have work to do.”

Thea removed her cloak before she opened the door to her father’s room. Lithia’s body had been moved off of the floor. She was lying on the bed in the middle of the room, her body adorned with jewels. Thea noticed her father and aunt standing off in the shadows watching her. Thea ignored them, and proceeded into the room. She stopped at the foot of the bed and bowed low, removing bun from the back of her dress. She stood and untied the bow. A singled diamond fell from the middle of the cloth. Thea placed the diamond at Lithia’s feet, as a sign of respect. She turned and walked out the door. She waited in the hallway to find out if her aunt accepted her token or rejected it. A moment later, Thea’s father came out of the room. He nodded at Thea and she released a breath she didn’t know she was holding. He pointed to the room next door, indicating that she should wait there for him. She nodded and walked into the scroll room. She took a seat at one of the tables and waited for her father. Simargl was walking around the room, nose to the floor; when he got to the family tree, he began growling. Thea shushed him; she didn’t want him to be sent out. Her father walked into the room. Vehgnor had always frightened his daughter. He expected much from her, and fully expected her to be Queen when he died. At 8 feet tall, he was considered a giant amongst his people. His jet-black hair and coal black eyes made him appealing to all Broxa women, but his physical appearance made him desired by women of all species. They fully expected his heir to be a full blood Broxa and were very disappointed when Thea was born. Nevertheless, he groomed her to take over the throne when she was not busy with school. It had taken almost 18 years, but Thea finally felt comfortable around her father. Vehgnor took the seat in front of his daughter. He took in her appearance. She looked every bit the royal. He frowned and reached over to pull up one of Thea’s wings. The dull orange color of her wings was wearing off. They were turning a beautiful, bright red.

“Your wings are coming along nicely. I was worried that you would end up with your mother’s wings; light and airy, but your wings are full and heavy. Perfect for flying.”

Thea smiled. This was her father’s way of complimenting her. He could never say normal father things, but then again, he was not a normal father.

Thea sat back in her chair. As long as no one was around, she could relax. “What happened here? Who killed her and what are you doing about it?” Thea saw the muscles working in her father’s jaw.

“They weren’t after her, and there is not much we can do about it. No one has tried to come into our home for over a hundred years. No real security was around, only a few illusions. Apparently your cousin thought that the male intruder was attractive and had some fun with him. His female companion killed her. They then stole a scroll and left.” Vehgnor got up and stood in front of the family tree. Thea walked over and stood beside him. She sensed that there was more to it, but knew better than to rush her father.

“Every member of our family is on this tree. The ones in red are dead and the….”

“One’s in blue are alive and well. I know, you’ve told me a million times.” Thea smiled at her dad, but her smile faded when he looked at her. His face was hard.

“Your cousin died at the hands of a family member. I had forgotten all about the bastard child, until today. She never knew about her heritage and I wanted to keep it that way, but the bitch saw our tree. She knows about you now and she is a threat.”

Thea looked at the tree again. When she was a little girl, she loved to sit and watch the tree. It was a living, breathing entity. When someone was born, it bled red blood, when they died, black blood. Thea ran her fingers over her father’s name. She traced her own name and that of her mother’s. Next was Lithia’s name, and that of her father and mother. But there was another name, written in black. An uncle. He had only one child, a girl. Thea traced the name and gasped.

“Allison?! Allison is my cousin?! She can’t be, she hates me. Oh my God!”

Thea collapsed on the floor, staring at Allison’s name. This had to be some cruel comic joke. The fates were never this evil. Thea curled up in a ball and put her head on the floor. Flashes came to her: Allison touching the wall, finding Thea’s name and then her own, Ariel taking the scroll, asking Allison what was so interesting, Allison grabbing his hand, pulling him out of the room. Thea sat up and gasped, struggling to breath. When she caught her breath she looked up at her father.

“Why is the scroll so important? Why would the light go through all the trouble to steal it?” Thea stood up and wiped her hands on her dress. She couldn’t look her father in the eye.

“The scroll isn’t important, what she saw is. The light wanted her to know what she is and what you are.” Vehgnor sighed. “That boy, the one you obsess over has an important role to play in this world and she is a key player in his development. She needed to see what she saw to help him move to the next plane. I don’t know what know what you will do for him, but I hoped that by saving his life, your part was over. This tells me it is not. You need to watch her, befriend him, but know that she could always tell the whole world what you are.”

Thea walked out of the room. Her aunt was standing by the door holding her cloak. She fully expected Thea to run after hearing what her father had to say. Thea took it. She didn’t put it on, but called Simargl and walked down the hall. Her father called after her.

“They don’t understand us. They think us vampires and baby killers. Watch them.” Thea and Simargl were transported back to the school grounds. Thea took off her crown and flew to the window. It was still open and the pair made their way to their bedroom. Thea opened up her door and let Simargl in. She threw her cloak and crown on her bed and closed the door, locking him in. She walked down the hallway, and down the stairs. Thea was on the boy’s side of the dormitory before she realized it. She turned to find her way back and bumped into a boy with amazing green eyes. He grabbed her arms to steady her and a sparks flew between them. Thea looked up and when she noticed the boy’s eye color, her eye color changed to match his and he whistled.

“You really are powerful aren’t you? I’ve never met anyone who could change eye color without waving a wand or at the very least saying a spell.”

Thea blushed and back away from the boy. She held out her hand. “Hi. I’m Thea.”

“So you’re the amazing Thea. Well that explains why you don’t need a spell. You’re the best of the best. I’m Cameron. I just transferred here from England.”

Thea gasped. “You’re Cameron? Well, I guess our reputations precede us. You are supposed to be the best dragon tamer in all of England, if not the world.” Thea leaned in and whispered, “I heard you even brought some of your dragons with you. Is it true?” Cameron laughed and leaned in. “Yes. Would you like to see them?” Thea almost squealed with excitement when the clock chimed. It was time for curfew. Thea ran around Cameron; she had to hurry up and get across campus and into her room before the doors locked. Cameron called after her, “I’ll be working in the field at 5:00 a.m. You better be there if you want to see them!” Thea didn’t bother to say anything. They both knew she would be there.

 

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Areli:

After Allison threw her daggers into the back of the demon woman she waited for Areli to get back on his feet and put his clothes on. But something was happening. Allison could hear people coming to the room that they were in.

“We had better leave, I hear people coming. Did you get the scroll?” Allison asked.

“No, it wasn’t there.” Areli lied.

“Well, we don’t have time to look for it. Lets leave.”

They both hurried out of the building and went back to the dorms. Once Areli got back to the solace of his room, he took out the scroll and opened it. While it was true that the scroll was of no use to the light, Areli found many uses for it. But as Areli was inspecting the scroll, he found a couple pages that were slightly thicker than the rest. Any normal person would have dismissed it as a simple manufacturing error but Areli was different. He was always suspicious of everything and everyone. This time, his suspicions served him well. There were a few pages that were not only hidden physically, but also magically. After going through every spell that he could think of to open the hidden pages, he smacked his head on the table in anger. The candelabra he was using for light fell over lighting the scroll on fire. Areli tried to put it out but it simply wouldn’t be extinguished with anything: water or clothing. But then Areli noticed something. There were those three pages with glowing symbols. Areli started reading them.

The scroll detailed the history of the dark and how out of many years of fighting not one, but two families of the dark , both now described by their species, emerged the strongest: the Ravens and the Broxa. But the part that interested Areli was the beginning: The two men that both conquered all of their enemies except each other. There were wars between the two with many deaths on both sides. But ultimately, deception was brought into play. The Ravens would have people pretend to be a part of the Broxa in order to stab key members of the family in the back. The fore-fathers were attacked in this way, multiple times, but neither man fell. Not until many years after which both families were settled in their respective kingdoms. It was a dark day, but in the Broxa family the fore-father’s wife had died when the war was at it peak. Now for some time, the fore-father had been interested in another girl. It was the day of their marriage that it happened. Right after their marriage the fore-father took his wife back to his room to consummate their marriage, but in the middle, the wife took out a dagger and stabbed it into the chest of her new lover.

He didn’t die immediately but while he was dying, he looked into her eyes and cursed her and her family. It was a curse that since no one has been able to replicate. It bound his wife and all of those who were part of her family to have a blue mark on them proclaiming which family they were from. Then, after seeing him lose his last breath she left the kingdom never to return.

But then it stuck Areli, he had seen such a symbol before. His name was Rhen. Areli was going to pay him a visit soon. In fact it was the very next day that Areli cornered Rhen.

“I know what you are,” Areli whispered into Rhen’s ear.

Immediately Rhen froze, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I know that you’re a Raven. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone, but I want in.”

Shocked at his proposition, Rhen replied, “Normally initiation is only at childbirth” Areli gave him a look that said that he was ready at any moment to tell the whole world his little secret.

“All right, All right. I’ll see what I can do. But you understand what initiation is like, don’t you? Especially since you are already so late in your life you have to do more to prove that you are loyal to the cause.”

“I’ve already raped a Broxa and then killed her. Is that enough?”

“Well, almost but you have to prove it. Tell me the details first.”

“Well, I entered their house and there was this really really luring allusion. I went after it and fell into a hole. But still, I was so aroused by the allusion, to put it gently, that I found the first Broxa that I could, forced her to use her allusions. But in the middle I heard someone coming so I laid on my back, threw her over me, and put her hands underneath my back to make it appear that she was holding me. Then when someone came in they threw a couple daggers into her back. But that didn’t kill her so I held my hands over her mouth pretending to have trouble pushing her off of me and thus she died.”

“Well, with such dislike for the Broxa, I think you’d be a perfect fit. But you have to give me some time,” Rhen said before leaving.


Allison:

“Hey Amy, how’s it going?” Allison asked.

“Well, today a guy walked into my room and stared as I got dressed in front of him giving him a full view. So I’m really pissed. Speaking about guys, have you seen the new transfer student? Oh my god he’s so hot! It’d be cool if it were him who saw me so that I could get him back!” Amy laughed.

“No I haven’t seen him yet.—“

“Oh my god there he is” Amy interrupted.

But then, the clutziest girl was coming down the hall with a cup of water in her hand.

“Uh oh, watch out” Amy pointed out.

The guy passed Allison, turning his head to continue looking at her for as long as he could staring at her. So, naturally the two crashed in one big collision making her water get all over him. All the girls watching him saw the muscles through his shirt and went “Oooooh.” Then he picked up his shirt to ring out as much water as he could.

But Allison noticed that on the small of his back he had this really small blue symbol. Out of curiosity, Allison asked, “What’s his name?”

Amy responded, “Cameron.”

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea was smoothing her skirt down when she spotted Allison and her friend Amy. She ran down the hallway to catch up with them, and threw herself in their path.

“Hello Allison. We need to talk.” Thea looked Amy up and down. “Hello Amy. You need to go.” Thea waited impatiently while Amy and Allison shared a look.

“Amy, its alright. I asked our star here for some help. This will only take a minute.” Amy opened her mouth to protest, but a hard look from Allison shut her up. She stormed down the hall, and with a final look at the two, proceeded down the stairs.

Allison smiled at Thea. To anyone else, it was a sweet, innocent smile, but Thea knew that Allison was smiling because she enjoyed having something to hang over Thea’s head.

“I guess I’ll begin this conversation, cousin,” Allison said. “You don’t have to worry about me telling everyone I meet about you. I’d be in trouble too, since it seems my father was a Broxa. So, I’ll keep my mouth shut as long as you do.”

Thea hissed inside. She hated Allison with all her heart. She was a whore and nothing else, but if you said one word against her and Nathaniel would rush to defend her. It also pissed Thea off that Allison knew what Thea was going to say. Being down there must have awoken something that had been lying dormant inside of Allison. She could feel a connection to Thea, something she never felt before. She knew when she was getting close to her and when Thea was sad or angry, she felt it.

“I was coming to warn you. I already knew that you wouldn’t say anything; you would be risking your head and your mother’s. The family, our family, is not going to stand for this. You killed one of us, and since you are an outcast, you can be killed without shame being brought to our family. They will be coming for you, so I suggest that you act as if you know who your father is, that Lithia tried to attack you, and that you just wanted to seek peace with the family.” Thea took a deep breath. “If you don’t lie, they will kill you, and everyone you love. Its what we do best.”

Thea turned and walked away from Allison. She had done her job, she warned Allison and now her conscious was clear. What ever happened now was up to Allison.

 

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Nathaniel:
As soon as Nathaniel got out of bed, he heard someone knocking on his door. Trying to feign off sleep Nathaniel rubbed his eyes and quickly stretched. When he go to the door, he saw that his friend, Kurt, was waiting for him outside. He looked like he was about to get a big present. Nathaniel opened the door land Kurt quickly came in and and asked, “hey Nathaniel, you excited?”

“About what?” Nathaniel said having no idea about what Kurt was talking about.

“Don’t you know? The Greats have found out that one of the greatest days of light is coming,”

“Who the hell are the Greats and its pretty sunny today, I think.” Nathaniel said with his vision still being a bit blurry from sleep.

“Gods, sometimes I think that you come from a different world of something.”

Nathaniel snorted and thought, “yea, I do too.”

“The Greats are a group of people who basically control the decisions of the light. They’re called the great because their unique powers are great that no one else can stand up to them. The light are a group of people who believe in using positive reinforcement, but that was a long time ago. People who joined the dark, such as the Ravens believe that pain causes growth. Since then, the Raven have been notorious for many evil acts such as sacrificing virgins for magic purposes, rapes, ,as so on.”

“Oh…..but what is a day of light?”

“Yea, I was getting to that. It is a day in which the magic of the light is stronger than usual. No one knows why, but it is usually a very big difference, or so I’ve read. These things don’t come around for many many centuries. But people usually take advantage of the event by making an especially powerful item. I’m now studying about how to do it but I want to make it really strong. What are you going to make?”

“Umm, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but when it comes to magic…I’m not really the best student.”

“Yea…but you and Thea are getting very friendly…”

“Hey, what are you talking about? Thea and I are just friends. Allison is my girlfriend.”

“Yea, but lately, you’ve been spending a lot of time with her.”

“Yea, studying..”

“Studying what?” he said pointingly.

“Haha, no she’s giving me lessons.”

“Oh, so you wont suck with Allison…”

“Hey! You know that I’m really worried that I wont be able to satisfy her. That’s not funny dude.”

“All right, I’ll stop. But maybe you can get her to make something for you.”

“Yea, I’ll ask.”

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea:

Thea made her way down the stairs. She contemplated getting breakfast, but a glance at the giant school clock hanging above the school entrance made her decide to go meet Cameron. She wanted to be fashionably late, but not so late that he thought she was rude. She walked outside, trying to boost her self-confidence. “You are pretty, he is interested, even if he’s not, it helps to get out from under your books.” She was so involved in her personal conversation that she almost didn’t notice the unusual amount of people milling around. She stopped walking and glanced around. There were seven or eight small groups of students, standing around and talking excitedly. Thea walked up to the nearest group and stood close enough to hear their conversation.

“Yeah, I’m so excited! What day is the Day of Light?”

“I don’t know, they didn’t say.”

“I heard that the Greats were going to try to weaken the Darks on that day.”

“That is stupid. There hasn’t been a direct attack on them in years.”

“I’m just saying, that’s what I heard.”

Thea walked away from the group. This was not going to be pleasant. She had never experienced a real Day of Light, but she knew that everyone in the school would take part in some kind of celebration or make some kind of weapon. People of the light would be at their strongest. It could not happen at a worst time. Times of light were horrible for her father and their people and they were not much better for her mother and their people since they walked such a thin line between the light and the dark. Gods only knew what it would be like for her. She turned the corner and started walking across the field. Thea forced a smile on her face when she spotted Cameron standing in the field, a tiny dragon flying above his head. She would be happy, at least for the day.

Cameron:

Cameron watched Thea approach. He knew she would be upset about the day of light. It upset him as well. He would have to act like he was happy and celebrate with the rest of the brats, something that would tear him up inside. At least he knew what to expect; Thea however, did not. Being a half-breed, and especially so rare a half-breed, would make it difficult to know what to expect. Cameron smiled and whistled when Thea stopped in front of him.

“Short pink skirt, low cut pink blouse, tiny pink shoes…and your hair is down. I think your trying to make me fall in love with you.” Cameron laid the charm on thick and knew that he had succeeded in making Thea happy when she blushed.

“Um…I was just in a pink mood. What’s up with the dragon?” Thea looked straight up in the sky. The dragon was small, but he was large enough to block out the sun over the two. Cameron whistled and the dragon slowly descended until he was standing next to Cameron. He was still a baby, and he was barely up to Cameron’s hip, but he was fat. He had blue scales and soft brown eyes. Thea tried to remember everything she could about dragon species. The silver scales belonged to a water dragon family, she couldn’t remember which, but the eyes made him seem like a wood dragon. “Half-breed,” Thea thought.

Cameron watched the two stare at one another and broke the silence with an introduction. “Samson, Thea. Thea, Samson.” Thea held her hand out to Samson. He glanced at it and said, “I’m sorry, I can’t shake hands.” He held out hand, or rather his fin. Instead of having a regular dragon claw, he had fish fins. Thea nodded her head.

“I understand. I can’t always shake hands either. Sometime I have…” Thea stopped talking. She felt like she was being watched. She turned and looked around. She couldn’t see anyone, but the feeling didn’t leave.

“Cameron, maybe we should go.” Thea turned to face Cameron. He looked curious, but he didn’t question her.

”Come on, I’ll show you the rest of my little brood.” The two started walking toward the dragon complex, Samson flying overhead. Cameron grabbed Thea’s hand as they walked, blushing and refusing to meet her eyes. Thea chuckled and looked at the ground as they walked. She still felt like they were being watched, but it was ok because Cameron held her hand.

 

[talmidhaseraph]

As the day of light drew closer and closer, now being only four months away, Allison made a point of it these days to be seen with Nathaniel every morning walking down the hall arm in arm. Everyone could notice that the couple was getting closer, especially Thea. However, although she did become a bit bitter over it it wasn’t as much as one might expect, now that Cameron is here. But still, the fight between the two women had escalated. Oddly enough, when Allison found out about her relation to Thea, she thought that they might settle their differences and help each other out with certain *needs* seeing how they both had Broxa blood in them. But it was this one day that Nathaniel remembered.

Allison was walking with him down the hall when she directed him to go away from their usual path to go somewhere new. Soon enough, they found themselves down the hall from Thea’s locker. Thea approached her locker, whispered her magical password. And then the locker burst open shooting about two or three damp wooden objects in the shape of a phallus as well as some other odd looking stuff. Apparently, Allison timed it just right so that Cameron arrived there first seeing all of the objects on the floor. While sex at the school was completely prohibited, masturbation was only heavily looked down upon not to mention very shameful. Therefore, Thea went scarlett red seeing Cameron looking at the stuff he would only assume is hers. As other people approached and noticed the objects on the floor, Nathaniel thought that he could see Thea start to cry right before she ran off.

“Ha, she thinks that she’s the only one at this school that can do some complex magic.”

After giving Allison a look, Nathaniel ran off after Thea. But by the time Nathaniel reached Thea, she was no longer crying and pretended like nothing happened. Even after all of Nathaniel’s apologies he wasn’t sure that she was going to be ok. She had some sort of expression that he hadn’t seen on her before.

Not long after that did Nathaniel figure out what that expression meant: Thea was getting even. One day, when Allison was wearing a flowing blue-green dress she was walking down the hall with Nathaniel. As soon as Nathaniel and Allison passed a window, it burst open letting the storm inside. The storm has such force (somehow…) that it blew off Allison’s dress. For a few seconds, a couple of the boys in the hall got a good glance at Allison’s chest as she wasn’t wearing a bra before she covered them up with her hands. But it didn’t shame Allison as Thea would have liked. Actually, all the boys were drawn to Allison and she was getting a ridiculuous amount of attention. On some level Allison enjoyed it, but in truth she was ashamed but didn’t try to show it. Fortunately, Nathaniel acted the part of the gentlemen and didn’t look at Allison half naked. Instead, to Thea’s dismay, he took of his clothes (except his underwear, and gave it to Allison for her to wear. As Allison walked down the halls with Nathaniel to get some new clothes Allison noticed the amount of girls looking Nathaniel up and down and held tight onto him.
Well, there was no way that Thea would let that stand, Nathaniel thought. But Nathaniel also wisely guessed that she would wait a bit to try and catch Allison off guard.

 

[Jadefox129]

Thea walked slowly out of the med wing. What Nurse Ava had wasn’t enough to cure this. Thea’s entire body felt like it was on fire; like she had been thrown into a bar-b-queue pit. At least her wings were done peeling. They were no longer orange or scaly. They were now strong, smooth and dark red with intricate black designs throughout them. Thea crossed the campus and was about to enter the dorms when she heard Cameron call her name. Thea turned and watched him jog towards her, every muscle in his body rippling in slow motion. Thea felt a drop of drool hit her chest. She realized what she was doing and quickly closed her mouth.

“Hey. I haven’t seen you for a while. Are you ok?” Cameron looked Thea over noting the glazed look in her eyes. “Thea, what’s wrong?”

Thea didn’t respond. She was mentally undressing Cameron. First his shirt came off. His tanned skin glowed with a healthy sheen of sweat. Next came his shorts, his legs strong and hairy, his privates covered by white boxers. Thea shook her head before she mentally took those off and left him in all his naked glory. She glanced up at him and swallowed hard.

“I’m fine, just a little feverish. I should go.” Thea turned and ran into the building. When she made it to her room, she laid down on her bed. What was happening? Why was she so affected by Cameron? He was attractive, yes, but he never had this effect on her before. She glanced at her calendar and groaned. How could she forget? With the death of her cousin, the impending Day of Light, and trying to get revenge on Allison, she had forgotten that her 18th birthday was the following week. All of the stress must have triggered her change. Because she was in light territory and the change she was going through was considered Dark, she was in more pain then she should have been. Normally there would be no real physical change, only an increase in power, but she wasn’t exactly normal, and she was changing under abnormal circumstances. It still didn’t explain why she was so attracted to Cameron. The males were the ones affected, not the females. She should be beating men off her with a stick. Thea closed her eyes, and tried to focus on something else. She had to get her temperature down, so she tried to conjure up a cooling spell, but she was interrupted by a knock on her door. She got up, and wiping sweat from her face, opened the door.

“Cameron, wha…what are you doing here?”

Cameron glanced around the hallway nervously. He peeked behind Thea and when he didn’t see her roommate, he visibly relaxed.

“I, uh…I brought you something from home. I told my mom that you were sick and she sent this.” Cameron pushed past Thea into her room. She closed the door behind him and made her way to her bed. She was too tired to be bothered.

“Cameron, I’ll be ok. You didn’t have to ask your mom…” Thea stopped speaking. It just dawned on her that Cameron had been talking about her, to his mother of all people. She turned her head to look at him. He looked so different standing in her room; she could see why all the girls wanted him. Over six feet tall, with flaxen hair, green eyes, and a body to die for, He was a virtual god. He unscrewed the cap off of a bottle and poured it into a cup Thea had on her desk. He crossed the room and sat on her bed, pushing the hair out of her face.

“Come on, sit up. You’ve got to drink this. My mom said that you might be in pain because the Day of Light is coming. This recipe has been in our family for years.”

Thea took the cup and drank deeply. She milled over Cameron’s words.

“What do you mean, I’m in pain because of the Day of Light? Why would that cause me pain?”

Cameron looked at Thea pityingly. “Did you really think I wouldn’t know who you were? Our families may not be close, but we do keep an eye on each other.” Cameron pulled his sleeve up. On his right wrist was a tiny red mark. The sign of the Borax. Thea looked up at Cameron in wonder.

“But, your name isn’t on the tree! I would have noticed your name; there aren’t that many males on the tree.”

Cameron chuckled. “Yeah, well…my mother was cast out of the family by your grandfather. When he died, your father allowed her to reenter the family but he couldn’t put her name on the wall. My name will only be on there when I remarry into the family. He already chose my bride. I’m going to marry his youngest and strongest daughter. You.”

Thea laughed. “No really. Why haven’t I seen your name?” Cameron’s expression didn’t change. Thea couldn’t believe it. He expected her to marry Cameron?! She had to go see him, there had to be a mistake. Thea swung her legs over the bed and tried to stand up. She fell back upon the bed. Cameron wrapped his arms around her.

”Shhh. You are going to be Queen. You will rule your people. But with me at your side.” Cameron nuzzled Thea’s neck and she tilted her head to the side to give him more access. He kissed her neck, then her ear.

“Don’t you like me? With your power and my connections, we’ll make our kingdom so powerful. But first, you need to rest.” Cameron kissed Thea’s neck one more time and then laid her down. He covered her with her blanket now that her fever was gone. He rubbed her back as she slept, even when the tattoo on his back burned.

“Does she buy it?” A hooded figure stood in the shadows. Its words were barely above a hiss but Cameron understood them perfectly.

“Yes, but she is reluctant. I’m going to have to spend more time with her. That boy still has a hold on her. But she’ll fall in love with me, she’ll marry me, I’ll kill her, and then the Ravens will reign supreme.” A key in the door stopped the two from speaking. The hooded figure faded into the darkness and Cameron stood up, looking down at Thea adoringly. Her roommate Nadia entered the room, startled to see Cameron there. He smiled and put his finger to his lips, telling her to be silent. He bent down and gave Thea a kiss, then gathered his belongings and walked towards the door to leave. He glanced back at Thea and then at Nadia. Whispering he said, “She’s really sick. She should stay in bed for a while, no company. I’ll come and bring her all of her meals and her medicine. The Nurse gave it to me.” He walked out of the door, Nadia staring after him wishing she had a boyfriend like that.

 

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I'm sorry! I meant to just edit the piece, not re-add it.

 

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Cameron:
As Cameron walked out of Thea's room, he grunted as the Broxa symbol on his arm started to burn off leaving a dark red mark where the symbol used to be. But then he was reminded that phase one was complete, she had taken the pills. The only thing stopping him from completing his plan right now was that damn bitch Allison. But soon he would take care of her too. Cameron smiled as he walked away.

Areli:

Areli was taken to a cavern outside the school grounds. Rhen said some magic words to open a hidden cave. A large boulder rolled out of the way revealing a dark path down into the earth. Areli was nervous. His jealousy of Thea had led him to this dark part in the quest of greater power.

As they descended into the cavern they passed a lot of weird symbols on the wall. After a fairly long time of walking downwards they reached a clearing. There were a lot of hooded robed hanging on the wall. Rhen told him to put one on. These robes were really long and black. After he put the robe on, he was guided into a large room with a semi-circular arrangement of chairs. Everyone there was in robes. He was guided to the side and was told to bow. Everyone else in the room did the same. Then someone entered the room and everyone said, “all hail the prince.”

The prince did not speak but the person on his right did. “We are here today to discuss the initiation of a new member. His initiation will take three different tasks. The first, that will be done today will prove your alliance with our morals. The second will prove your ability. The third will prove your commitment. Be seated.”

Everyone sat in their respective chairs in the semi-circle. Areli noticed that a flat circular table in the center of the circle was rising out of the ground.

“Areli, your first task is to have sex with the woman in the next room on this table.”

Areli wasn’t a virgin and thus thought that it wasn’t such a big deal. Therefore Areli walked into the next room only to find a fully clothed girl that was just releasing her blindfold as Areli came into the room. She then saw him and said, “Who are you and what do you want.”

Areli said, “All we need to do is have sex in the next room.”

Immediately the girls eyes filled with fear as she started backing up into the wall. “No, no! Please don’t!”

“Listen its not so bad. It’ll even be fun. I’ll take it slow with you and before you know it it’ll be over.”

“No. Don’t!”

Areli started to get angry, without this there was no way that he could get initiated into the Ravens. He tried to use a magic spell, but as soon as he started the casting the power behind it disappeared. Areli approached the girl.

“No no! Get away!”

Areli still approached the girl more and more slowly. When he finally was within arms distance of her, she kicked him in the balls causing Areli to fall over on his side.”

“Bitch!” Areli cursed.

She was almost at the door when Areli got up and dashed to the door far faster than she could go. She was almost out of the door when Areli caught her by the back of her shirt. She slapped him as hard as she could.

“Listen it wont be so bad. If you would just—“ Areli tried to convince her again, but she wouldn’t listen.

Areli, getting frustrated at the number of bruises he was accumulating grabbed her hands causing her to scream, “Let go of me!!”

Areli said, “You think that you can just hit people?” and he slapped her back.

Then Areli carried her screaming and kicking on his shoulders to the main room. He was almost there when she managed to swing herself to the side causing him to fall down and allowing her to run away. Areli again ran after her. When he caught up to her he slapped her again, “it wont be so bad, stop running away.”

“Noooo.” She was now crying as she was struggling to get away from Areli.

Then Areli hit her in the stomach so that she would stop struggling. She fell over and Areli carried her with no trouble back to the table. Then he laid her on her back and put each of his knees on each of her legs so that she couldn’t run anywhere. Now, Areli got his first good view of the girl. She was a brunette with a cute face and brown eyes. She was a small girl with a small frame and small breasts to match. She was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. Areli started on the t-shirt, trying to get it off. However, the girl struggled, moving her arms so that they wouldn’t come off. Thus he grabbed the bottom of the shirt and pulled up. He easily pulled it up above her breasts revealing the whiteness of her skin. But she refused to let him take it fully of in hopes that he wouldn’t continue if he couldn’t take it off. Areli quickly gave up on trying to take the shirt off, therefore, he ripped it off in his anger. Then he started on her jeans. She couldn’t stop him from taking those off because he was on her legs. Then she only had on her underwear. He scooted up on her so that he was sitting on her stomach. This let him use one of his hands to hold her hands above her head. This allowed him to take up her bra revealing her bright pink nipples. Out of curiosity, Areli started massaging them. They were really soft and put up no resistance to his prodding unlike the rest of her body. Her nipples hardened under the continual teasing of Areli. Finally, Areli reached down between her leg which she tightened as hard as she could. But still, Areli moved her underwear to the side giving him full access. Then he massaged her and watched her response.

Instead of moaning like she expected, she cursed at him and told him to stop between her sobs. Finally, she became wet enough for Areli to start. He took off his pants and released her hands so that he could open her legs to get in between them. But as soon as he did, she scratched him as deep as she could.
And finally, the magnitude of Areli’s actions hit him.

“What am I doing?” he thought to himself as he looked at the naked sobbing girl under him.

Thinking quickly while holding the girl still underneath him Areli thought about taking out some components for a potion from his robe. Then he decided that he couldn’t make the potion while holding this girl still so he instead took out a black vile. He uncorked it and pored some of the contents into the girls mouth. She tried to spit it out but Areli covered her mouth. Finally, she swallowed it, then he poured some of it onto her breasts and started massaging it in. Finally, he poured the rest onto her clit and massaged it in, ignoring her protests for him to leave her alone.

Areli readied his dick right at the her entrance but she was moving her pelvis so that he couldn’t enter her right then. But after a while of Areli pressing his dick against her mound he finally pressed himself into her. As soon as he pressed into her she screamed out the sharpest sound he had ever heard. But then, his potion began to take effect. The woman’s scream slowly turned into a moan. Areli felt so good being in her because she was really small and barely able to accommodate him. He thrust in and out of her, happy that she finally gave in.

All of the people in the circle smiled as they watched on…

Thea:
Recently, Thea had been feeling really down. Allison had managed to out do her in embarrassing the other. Thea started crying as she walked down the hall back to her room as Nathaniel reached her. Thea tried to wipe away her tears but this time she couldn’t. This time Allison used the wind to blow Thea’s shirt off; the same trick that Thea tried to pull on Allison. Thea, however, was far more sensitive to the way she looked, especially undressed. But the part that really got to Thea was how Allison was playing her against their people because in removing Thea’s shirt, her wings were now free for everyone to see. Thea, thinking quickly, said that it was from her mom’s side. These students didn’t know enough to know that her mother’s wings were white. But that was when Thea started running down the hall crying. Nathaniel stopped Thea and looked into her eyes.

“Whats wrong?” Nathaniel asked. He, like most of the people in the school had no idea of Thea’s origins and that was the way that Thea wanted to keep it. It was hard enough having wings.

“Nothing.” Thea said wiping away some more tears.

Nathaniel looked deep into Thea’s eyes and asked her again, “Whats wrong?”

Thea wanted to trust Nathaniel with her secret but she knew that she would get into trouble even if he didn’t tell anyone. But then, Nathaniel pulled her in close and gave her a deeply comforting hug. Thea couldn’t hide it from him any longer.

“I…I..” Thea stuttered.

Thea realized that she and Nathaniel were already standing outside of her room so she opened the door, led him in, and locked it behind him.

“I…I…” she stuttered again.

“I’m a Broxa.” She finally managed to say.

Nathaniel had this look in his eyes that Thea couldn’t quite decipher. Therefore, Thea turned around in shame and said, “Don’t look at me.”

That phrase reminded Nathaniel of something that he had heard a while ago: “Yea, she’s really good at it though. I mean, look at her.” He heard it in the girls bathroom on the eighth floor of the girls bathroom. “Maybe they weren’t talking about Allison’s mission and rather me” Nathaniel thought. He quickly banished the thought although it still lingered somewhere in the back of his mind. But what Nathaniel knew for sure was that Thea definitely was being honest with him.

Then Nathaniel did something unexpected, he walked up to Thea’s back and removed the tape that held them in place. Then he slowly brushed his hand over the soft feathers making Thea shudder. “I think that your wings are beautiful, and so are you.” He said as he turned her back around. When Thea turned fully back around Nathaniel saw that her face was flushed.

“Why are you so embarrassed by your people?” Nathaniel asked.

“I’m not. It’s just that the Broxa were always thought of to be evil people. For a long time now the world has been divided into three parts: the gods, the light, and the dark which consists of the Broxa and the Ravens. But all of the rapes and most of the murders have been by the Ravens.”

“Yea, but you’re not a Raven, you’re a Broxa.”

“But because of them, we look bad too. People just lump us together with them because they don’t know us.”

“I’d like to get to know you then.”

Thea grew even more flushed if that was possible but remembered that he shouldn’t even know that she was a Broxa. “You can’t tell anyone that I’m a Broxa though…I shouldn’t have told you…you weren’t supposed to know. I’m going to get into a lot of trouble for this.” Thea said panicking and forgetting both the compliments that Nathaniel was giving her and the fact that she was still half naked.

“Thea.” Nathaniel said calmly. “I’m not going to tell anyone and it means a lot to me that you were able to trust me with this secret.”

Thea didn’t know why but something happened then as she looked into Nathaniel’s eyes. She felt him, felt his presence in her room and something that she could only guess was some kind of emotion. But she felt that she could trust him.

He then gave her a hug and left her alone with her thoughts but Thea started heating up and she didn’t know what was going on…

 

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Thea:
Thea moved down the hallway in a daze. She was so hot, she couldn’t see straight. She had to find Cameron, but she couldn’t remember the way to his room. She sat down in the middle of the hallway, she didn’t know if she was in the boy’s dormitory or still in the girls, but it didn’t matter. Someone would wake up and see her. Hopefully they would take her to the med wing.

Allison:
Allison spotted Thea in the middle of the hallway. She paused. Thea had been trying to get back at her for embarrassing her in front of Cameron and Nathaniel; this could just be a trick. Allison waited a moment. Thea still hadn’t moved and her wings were fluttering uselessly behind her. Allison decided to approach her cautiously. She called out to Thea, walking towards her slowly. Thea looked up and Allison knew by the unfocused look in Thea’s eyes that she wasn’t faking. Allison ran the rest of the way down the hallway, falling to her feet in front of Thea.

”Gods, what happened to you?” Allison touched Thea’s head. She was burning up.

“Allison? I…Gods it hurts. I…I’m sorry…Help, I need help.” Thea put her head in Allison’s lap. Allison looked around helplessly. There was nothing she could do for Thea. She couldn’t levitate her and there was no way she could leave her to get help. She noticed a window four feet from them. Allison dragged Thea over to it and opened it, hoping that a breeze would help cool Thea down. They stayed like that for hours, Thea mumbling incoherently, and Allison soothing her. When Thea screamed and began to thrush in agony, Allison stood up and turned to run down the hall. Areli was standing there, blocking her way. She threw her arms around him in relief.

“Oh my Gods! She was in the hallway, just sitting there, and…I couldn’t leave her, and I can’t levitate her, I never took the class, and…?” Allison stopped talking. Areli had a strange look on his face. She took a step back. He was wearing a black hooded robe. It wasn’t a school robe. “Areli, were have you been?” Areli smiled coldly. “I had something to take care of. It seems that the moment has passed. Thea appears to be well.” Allison spun around. Thea was standing up. Areli and Allison watched as Thea ran her fingers through her hair, its color changing from midnight black to dark red. The color matched her wings perfectly. She ran her hands over her robe. It changed from a pale blue robe to an emerald green dress that fell off her shoulders. She ran her fingers over her eyes. They changed from dark to emerald green to match her dress. She sighed and turned her head to look out the window. The moon was full and bright. She turned back to Areli and Allison. They were staring at her in shock.

”What? You didn’t know I could do that?” She turned back to the window. The moon’s light bathed her face, making her eyes seem to shine like jewels. “I have lots of talents and hidden power, power you will never have and can never dream of.” She looked back at the two. Allison was still staring at her in shock, while Areli’s expression was one of rage. “Be careful Areli. You don’t want those fangs to show do you?” She walked over to Areli and slid her hands inside his robe. She touched his bare skin and hissed. Power radiated from him. “Oh Areli…the things we could have done, the things I could have done to you. But you are so jealous, we would never have made it.” Thea licked her lips and then kissed Areli. He pulled her against him, and she moaned as she felt him swell. She broke the kiss and looked into his eyes. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to give you the impression I really wanted you. Its your brother I’ve always wanted.” Thea turned and looked Allison up and down. “But he chose another and so now I’m going to move on and let him go. His debt to me has yet to be repaid, but I’ll forgive it anyway. I’ve found a better catch.” Thea purred and rubbed her face against Areli’s robes. She pushed him against the wall and laughed. “I have to go. The moon is full and I’m feeling horny. I think I’ll pay Cameron a visit. You two can come if you like. I think I might enjoy an audience.” She looked at Allison and Areli. They both wouldn’t meet her eyes. She laughed and began walking down the hallway, her dress swishing as she walked.

 

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Allison:
It was weird seeing Thea so weak with such a fever that she didn’t notice that her temperature too was going up. It was finally Saturday and Allison was happy. Today was the day that Nathaniel was going to take her to that fancy schmancy restaurant. Allison had just finished taking her showe and had stepped into her closet to decide what to wear. Allison didn’t know why, but she felt different about Nathaniel than she did most of the other people that she bet on. But still, Allison would dump Nathaniel as soon as she had sex with him and claim her prize from his brother.

She looked into her closet. First, she picked out a black bra that made her breasts look big and put it on. She needed to pick out something sexy to wear tonight. After a while of searching she finally found it. It was a light pink mini-dress that was a tight fit. Allison slithered into it happy that it still fit her well. Then she pulled the front over her breasts and tied the straps around her neck. The dress depicted almost every curve that she had. Furthermore, since it was especially tight around the bottom of her breasts and also a different shade of pink which made her breasts look bigger. If there was one thing about her body that she was proud of, it was her breasts.

Her bra was strapless but she made sure that the strap around her back could still be seen as from the looks that she had gotten before she knew that it drew a lot of attention to her.

Finally, she left to the restaurant. When she got there, there was a note on the table from Nathaniel, “Step one, follow the trail of rose petals to our table.” Allison looked down and saw that there were hundreds of rose petals on the floor leading to somewhere she couldn’t see.

Excited, Allison followed the rose petals until she reached a candle lit table out by the lake. Then she read the second part of the note: “Then sit down in the chair and blindfold yourself,” Allison was nervous about the blindfolding part but decided to trust Nathaniel. She took out her napkin and blindfolded herself and waited.

A couple seconds later she felt a whoosh come around her and then all was quiet again. Now Allison was getting nervous at not knowing what was going on so she called out, “Nathaniel.”

A couple seconds later she felt someone’s lips press against hers and all of her fears began to melt away again. After a long and deep kiss, Allison heard Nathaniel’s voice, “Hi sweetie, don’t you look stunning tonight.”

Now this might sound cheesy, but, in all of Allison’s dating career, no one had called her sweetie and she felt honored that Nathaniel cared about her so much. So honored, in fact, that she reached out for where she last heard Nathaniel and pulled him in for another deep kiss. It wasn’t after long which Allison began noticing how hot she was getting.

She broke away from the kiss and said, “we should order.”

But then, Nathaniel pulled off her blindfold only to reveal that they were no longer by the lake, but rather, in an air bubble in the lake. Allison looked down and saw the rose petals still on the floor. The food was already on the table and there were an abundance of exotic fish swimming around them and the coral reef which they were in. Allison was absolutely breath-taken. All of her favorite foods were also on the table as they began to eat and talk about anything and everything.

After they finished their meal, the bubble started moving to the surface. It was amazing and the time passed only too fast for both Allison and Nathaniel. When they got to the top they were put into a field on the opposite side of the lake where there were no people. Allison and Nathaniel lay on they backs staring at the stars talking to each other when Allison turned onto her side and stared into Nathaniel’s eyes creating their own separate world with her hair surrounding them.

Allison then kissed Nathaniel like she had never kissed a man before. Nathaniel and Allison both were lost in a world of love and the contact of their lips only made Nathaniel feel more a part of Allison. Allison too felt a sort of strange connection to Nathaniel that allowed her to glean at his emotions and she could tell that he was really in love with her.

But then something happened inside Allison, her temperature had gotten so high that she felt like she was on fire. She furiously kissed Nathaniel and then reached down between his legs and started massaging him. Nathaniel though, reacted differently than she had thought he would. She could now sense the doubt in him. Nathaniel almost immediately pulled away from Allison and asked, “What are you doing?” Nathaniel remembered the conversation that he had heard in the bathroom one more time and it all made sense now. What Allison was supposed to do was sleep with Nathaniel.

“Is this what the girls in the bathroom were talking about? You were supposed to try and sleep with me?” Nathaniel asked angrily.

Allison, still half ashamed at her overpowering heat was stunned that he figured out what she had intended on doing. But still, that may have been what had started her relationship with Nathaniel, but now she liked him for who he was: the kind, caring, and romantic man that had taken her out to dinner tonight. But then it hit her: Nathaniel was in the bathroom while the girls were talking about her. Amy had told her about that day and so Allison put the pieces together.

“Wait, that was you who was on the eighth floor that day? You’re the one who was peeping at Amy?”

This time it was Nathaniel’s turn to be caught off guard. “Umm, yea, it was an accident. I was only there because I thought it was Thea’s room—“

Allison interrupted, “What??? You’re not allowed in the girls dormitory, what were you doing going to Thea’s room?” she said. But then she decided that she didn’t want to hear the answer and walked away. As she walked away, she cried harder than she ever had in her life. She and Nathaniel were now broken up. She didn’t want to admit it because even after this whole event she felt in him that he still loved her. But more seriously, the knowledge that Areli had been to Thea’s room had made her jealous causing her to realize that she loved him too.

Even as Alison was walking away she decided that she needed to get Nathaniel back. Unfortunately, right outside her door she found Areli.
“And for my prize for winning the bet, I want you to have sex with me.” He said.

Allison, shocked out of her mind, said, “Fine, on the day before I die.” Then she slammed her door in Areli’s face.

 

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Thea:
Thea held the glowing ball of light in her hand, watching the shadows it created in the room. The ball itself was warm to the touch, but light and airy. However, the image it was suppose to cast when activated, a roaring lion, was instead a huge slithering serpent. She crushed the ball in her hands and sprinkled the ashes in front of her. She rubbed her hands together to get rid of the dirt that lingered on them and opened up another spell book, this one 1700 Ways Manipulate Light. She walked out of her lab, taking another ball with her, and sat at her desk. She was determined to get this spell right. It wasn’t even a hard one, but everything was going wrong for her right now. Thea sighed. Some days it just did not pay to be the number one student in magic school. Everyone came to her with some outrageous request for the day of light. She had so many requests that she finally posted a sign up sheet on her door, that way she could create whatever she wanted and then past them to people who wanted them. Thea decided that she would make simple objects to house light, and whenever some one activated one, an image would appear. The image depended on the person she was making it for. This boy, Aaron, was fierce and he was always nice to Thea, sticking up for her whenever she needed it, so she tried to make his image a lion. Thea was picking up another ball to use when she felt a stabbing pain in her head. She dropped the ball, hearing it shatter as it hit the floor. Tears ran out of her eyes and she grabbed a tissue to wipe them away. As suddenly as the pain came, it went. Thea looked at the tissue a, and she groaned. The white tissue was stained scarlet by her tears. Yet another change she was not expecting. Thea swore, nothing about this change even suggested that she was part fairy. She closed the book on her desk. She was tired of hanging out in her room. Ever since that night with Areli and Allison, she had been avoiding them. But the main person she was avoiding was Cameron. She couldn’t look at him anymore, not after the way she behaved. Every time she closed her eyes, she could see the scratches on his chest she made with her nails. Thea swept the glass off the floor. It never even occurred to her that every ball she made was clay and this was glass. She threw it away, grabbed a robe, and headed out the door, determined to find Cameron.

Cameron:
He was sitting in front of his mother, a dark haired woman whose beauty had faded with time. He glanced about the room, taking in the worn rug, the chairs with their faded patterns, the clock that didn’t tell time. The only thing that bright any warmth or light into the room was the fire in the fireplace. There were no windows to allow any sunlight to penetrate the glum. He finally rested his eyes on his mother and sighed dramatically.

“I really don’t have time for this. I need to start putting pressure on Thea. I need her to forget about the boy and fast. Her change is almost complete.”

The woman smiled. She stood up and walked across the room, touching the back of his chair as she walked. She picked up a book that had been lying out of his sight. She walked back over to him and dumped the book in his lap. She took her seat and waited for him to open it. He turned it over; it had the seal of the Ravens on it. He opened it up and began reading the names in the book, their crimes and weaknesses; he stopped and smiled when he saw what his mother wanted him to see.

“So I won’t have to worry about destroying Allison. Allison struck a deal with the devil and he never lets someone out a deal.” Cameron laughed, a cold bitter laugh and stood up, tossing the book in his chair. “Thank you mother. I needed that. That is one less headache I have to be bothered with, now I can focus all my attention on Thea.” Cameron kissed his mother on the cheek and walked out of the room, the fire sending shadows over the book, highlighting Areli’s name and his desire to bed Allison.

 

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Allison:
Allison felt the worst she ever had in her life. Furthermore, for the first time in her life, she was jealous over a boy.

“Why did Nathaniel go to Thea? What was so wrong with me? Why did he stop me that night? Does he not like me any more?” she cried into her pillow.

But still, she was really hot and it was getting harder to ignore. She wiped her eyes off and decided to go and find Nathaniel. She walked out of her room and realized that her clothes were all messed up. She quickly readjusted her bra straps and smoothed her shirt over her stomach. When she looked up, she saw the back of Nathaniel’s head and cried out: “Nathaniel!” He turned around iand it turned out to be Jerry another kid in their class who didn’t really look like Nathaniel.

She turned around again and bumped into Areli. To Allison though, it looked exactly like Nathaniel. The heat overtook Allison and she went straight for his lips. Areli responded in full. The burning in Allison was satiated as she made out with Areli. He pushed her back into her room and took off her shirt. He ogled at her breasts but continued making out with her. Allison was lost in her own fantasy. Areli then reached up and massaged her breast and then Allison froze while Areli continued to kiss her.

Allison felt Areli’s freezing cold hands against her breast and it was completely different to Nathaniel’s. Nathaniel’s hand were warm and soft whereas these were cold and hard. But Allison thought that it wasn’t really his hands that were cold but something else. But still, this difference shattered Allison’s fantasy and her image of Nathaniel faded to Areli.

Suddenly, Allison felt like she was being molested. She screamed, “Ahhhhhh.”

Areli was oblivious. She continued massaging her and started moving his other hand down her stomach. As his hand drew closer and closer to her skirt Allison grew very scared. When Areli put his hand underneath the waistband of the skirt Allison screamed, “Nathaniel!!”

All of a sudden, Allison’s heat returned in full but in a kinder more tame manner. It was giving her power. With this heat came a translucent circle of gold light around her which pushed Areli away from her, Then from the outside of that circle exploded a fireball completely engulfing her and Areli. She was completely unharmed. About a minute later, the heat burned away and Allison felt drained of her energy. She fell to the floor and landed on Areli’s scorched body.

Nathaniel:
Nathaniel was presenting a report in one of his classes when he heard Allison scream his name. Nathaniel grew feared for her life and concentrated all of his thoughts on her. Soon after he passed out in the middle of his report.

When Nathaniel woke up he asked, “What happened?” rubbing his head. He tried to get up but his legs were weak and he fell back down.

“You yelled out Allison’s name in the middle of giving your report and then you fainted.” The nurse said.

She went on, “Is there something going on between you two?”

Nathaniel felt confused as to how he felt about Allison. Before today, Nathaniel thought that he couldn’t care less if she weren’t at the school the next day. She was a slut who wanted to win a bet. But today, when he thought that she was about to die, Nathaniel realized that he loved her; even if she was a slut. But still, he had to make her pay somehow.

“How did you know that Allison was in trouble?” the nurse asked him.

Nathaniel thought about it. In truth, he didn’t know, he just heard her voice call out to him. “I don’t know, I just heard her…I guess.”

“Very strange, you are saying that you heard her talk, do you know any telepathy spells?”

“No, I’m only in the second year of spells, telepathy is in the sixth year.”

“That’s impossible. Telepathy spells require that both people know the spell at the very least. Does Allison know the telepathy spell?”

“Yes, she’s in her eleventh year of spells.”

“This requires more investigation. Expect to see me again when you feel better.”

“Wait!” Nathaniel cried. “What happened to Allison?”

“Oh, another student was on top of her and wouldn’t get off. He probably didn’t hear her tell him to get off and she reacted very quickly. We believe that her gift might have come out. But oddly enough, she can’t use her gift at will as most people can. The other student though, wasn’t as lucky in escaping the situation sh she was. He was burned from hear to toe and was very nearly dead when we found him, he’s currently being treated. Enough excitement for now though. Get some rest.”

Out in the hall, people were talking about the event. Nathaniel heard them from his bed, “How do you think that she managed to get through his wall of light? She broke his wand and his pendant. No one has broken of those protective pendants before. I heard that she has devil blood in her.” he heard before tiredness overtook him.

 

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Thea:

Thea sat in front of the dragon, staring into its golden eyes. She felt dazed, her head hurt, and she was struggling to breath. Every breath she took hurt and her chest began to burn. She stood up and in an effort to get more air, opened her mouth, inhaled and when she exhaled, a large fireball erupted. Applause rang out behind her and she turned, grinning, to face Cameron.

“I finally did it! I did it!” Thea jumped up and down, and ran into Cameron’s open arms. He was laughing and she could feel the rumbling in his chest.

“I knew you could do it, and I’m glad that I could help. Now all you have to do is combine the fire breathing with the transfiguration and you will be a very convincing dragon indeed.” He looked down at Thea’s flushed face with pride. “I can’t wait to see you at the conference. You’ll be the star, the main event, the…” Cameron’s speech was interrupted by a knock on the door. Cameron sighed heavily and let Thea go to open the door. A boy in a black robe stood outside the door, bouncing from foot to foot. He looked at the dragon standing silently behind Thea and screamed. He threw Cameron a piece of parchment and ran back to the school at full speed. Thea chuckled. Apparently everyone in the school wasn’t happy to have dragons here. Cameron closed the door and opened the parchment. He began to read aloud as Thea threw dead waterfowl to the dragon as a treat.

“Tomorrow, October 31st, all students involved in the Conference must submit their Talents to the headmaster. After all Talents have been submitted and reviewed, a letter will be delivered informing all students of the acceptance or rejection of their Talent. If a Talent is rejected, the student must reapply within a fortnight. Further instructions will be given tomorrow for those students who’s Talents have been accepted.”

Cameron knew how much this meant to Thea and he wanted to offer her some comfort. She wouldn’t be able to present her Talent in writing; a transfiguration would have to be performed live, in front of the headmaster. Her acceptance or rejection would be done face to face. He looked up from the announcement. Thea was no longer feeding Bane, the dragon. Cameron looked behind him; he had not heard her leave. He called out for her and began searching the barn. She was no were to be seen, and he was about to leave and head back to the school to look for her there when he heard her growl. He looked up at the ceiling and gasped. Thea was hanging from the rafters, her claws digging into the wood. Her wings were spread out on either side of her and her tail was wrapped around one of the beams.

“What brought this on?” Thea sighed and ran her hands down her body.

“I don’t know, I suddenly felt the need to change so I did. I have to say, I’ve never felt so…sexy isn’t the right word, but it’ll do.” She sighed and closed her eyes. She growled as she ran her fingers through her hair. Cameron issued his own growl and, dropping the parchment, he began to climb the side of the wall. Thea watched his approach with quiet curiosity. Cameron reached her side and flicked her tail with his own. She dug her claws further into the wood and unwrapped her tails to flick him back. He slowly spread his wings and Thea watched his transformation in awe. There had never been any males around when she was growing up so she had never seen any change before. Her uncles and father always stayed the same. Cameron’s usually green eyes were now the deepest black, his skin, normally a healthy tan color, became a pale gray, his wings were twice the length of her own and his wing markings matched her own. Cameron reached out and ran a clawed hand down Thea’s side. She made a purring noise and edged closer to him, closing her eyes. He rubbed her wings and she almost fell, the sensation was so intense. She heard him chuckle and opened her eyes. He was staring at her, a look of extreme satisfaction on his face. She flicked him between the eyes with her tail and let go of the ceiling. She flew to the other side of the barn and stuck her tongue out at him. He frowned and flew towards her. He attempted to tickle her but she flew out of range. They keep this game up for twenty minutes, never tiring, and would have continued if they hadn’t heard the voices of a group of females. They both flew down to the floor and changed back into their human forms. Thea brushed some lint off of her pants as Cameron opened the door.

“Ladies.” A group of ten women were standing outside the door. They barged in without waiting for Cameron to invite them in. They looked Thea up and down and dismissed her. They did not consider her compition. The leader of the group, a tall girl with large breasts and no brains decided to speak up.

“Cameron, I don’t know what to do! I was invited to participate in the Conference but I haven’t decided what my Talent is yet, and I have to submit it tomorrow! I was wondering if you could help me?” Thea snorted. This girl had been invited to participate in the Conference? Thea highly doubted it, but she was sick of these girls insulting her. It was common knowledge that Cameron was seeing Thea and the fact that this girl and her cronies had come to seek his help only served to infuriate Thea. She sauntered over to Cameron and through her arms around him.

“Cameron, I’m a little tired from earlier, but I would like to continue what we started here later.” Thea kissed him and rubbed her body against him. She felt him dig his hands into her side. She broke the kiss and leaned back. “When you’re done helping the little girls, I’ll be waiting.” Thea turned to leave, but stopped when she heard the little skank make a comment about her.

“I always knew she would give it up for anybody who would pay any attention to her.” Thea turned around and walked up to the girl. They were nose to nose and Thea smiled.

“I want you and all of your friends to know that the Thea you knew is gone. I won’t tolerate you walking over me, talking about me behind my back or trying to steal my man. I’m going to be the biggest bitch you have ever seen, and if you cross me, I’ll make you suffer.” Thea smiled and it sent a shiver down their spines. “Have a nice day girls.” Thea turned and walked away feeling more satisfied than she had in a long time.

 

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Nathaniel:

Nathaniel lay in the hospital bed for hours while thinking about Allison. The nurse purposely didn’t say how Allison was. Even though he was furious at her for only going after him in order to sleep with him. Yet, her transgressions didn’t even come to mind when Nathaniel heard about the accident. Nathaniel got up to go see her and it wasn’t until a full second that Nathaniel caught himself. He realized that he was acting on instinct, but one that was very unfamiliar to him, love. But still he had no way of knowing how Allison felt.

She probably was just using him for that one thing and nothing more. She probably had little to no feelings for Nathaniel. Therefore, Nathaniel had a judgment call to make. Does he tell Allison about how he feels, or does he lock it up? After many hours of thinking Nathaniel finally decided to risk it. After all, what is love without risk?

Nathaniel left his bed and walked down to where he found her bed to be. She had minor burn wounds that were being taken care of. But Allison herself seemed to be out cold. Nathaniel straightened the pillow under her neck, put her arms at her side and tucked her in. He had been sitting in the chair at her side for hours and now it was time to go to sleep.

Oddly enough, the next morning, Allison didn’t wake up. Nathaniel rushed out of the hospital room and talked to the priest. The priest said that his healing magic was working on her burns, but for some reason she slipped into a coma. It appears as though she is using energy every day without eating anything.

Nathaniel was very worried. That night. Nathaniel once again fluffed her billow, put her hands at her side, and tucked her in.

A week had gone by and there was no change in her condition, yet every day, Nathaniel left her a present for her to unwrap. As he placed the present at her side he remembers all of the good times that they had together. His most favorite of which is simply the times that they were walking down the halls of school holding hands.

After a while of reminiscing Nathaniel started to cry at the thought that he might not get Allison back.

Cameron:

“Yes, mother. Not only did they play their role perfectly but Allison is also in no position to stop our plans. But, I must ask you mother, what are we going to do about the coming day of light?”

“I have come across some very interesting information that you might find interesting.” Cameron’s mother smiled as she handed him a scroll. Cameron quickly skimmed through the scroll until he found the line of interest, “This day of light will not only be a day of light but also one of the blackest nights” upon which he smiled a devious smile.