Shadows Of Vengeance
2671 Words
"No!!!!" Samara screamed horrifically, and the eyes of the rest of the disciples came wide too.
Aragon stayed still, and Orion's face remained in his neck for a minute before he raised it.
His face is back to normal, and his fangs are gone now.
"Did you just try to bite me? Bastard?" Aragon said unbelievably.
"I have no good left in me to do, but not biting you doesn't mean I changed, I only saved your blood for another day" Orion replied and started walking away.
Aragon got his sword immediately, and when he charged towards Orion...
"You know better than to come close to me with that, you'd end up getting wounded" Orion said without looking back till he went out of sight.
Aragon sighed, and his throat moved as he swallowed, remaining in his spot.
"Superior, are you ok?" Samara stood and held his arms, checking him out. Her cheek is so red right now as a result of the slap she received from Orion.
"Are you worrying about me right now? You're hurt" he replied.
"No it doesn't hurt. You almost got hurt cos of me"Samara replied.
"Come with me" Aragon took her hand, leaving the assembly with her.
Agatha was coming out of the terrace with her father when she saw them, and she grumbled angrily immediately.
"She'd be the first person I'd kill, I hate her for always being around Superior Aragon" she muttered.
"That girl..." King Depp said, looking at Samara intently.
"What about her?" Agatha asked.
"Nothing, let's go" he replied, and she gave Samara another sour look before going out with her father.
"Wait... I'm not getting something, is Superior Orion a vampire?" Raven asked no one in particular.
He's still at the assembly with the rest.
"Vampire? Cut the crap" Krishna replied.
"But you saw what happened earlier, he almost drained Superior Aragon's blood and he grew fangs and...
"Can you stop talking about him before he comes here and rip out your heart?" Ceres rolled her eyes.
"Practice has been cut short, I'm so happy" Echo stretched.
"What are we having for breakfast?" Merlin's voice made them turn in one direction at once.
"Merlin!" Echo shouted, rushing to hug him
"You're finally back! Your wound is healed!" She touched his belly, and he nodded, then she hugged him again
"I'm so happy you're back! I even got punished by Superior Aragon for wounding Agatha cos of you" she pouted
"Really?" He broke the hug.
"Yeah, she had to pick three bags of stones till daybreak, and she wasn't allowed to use her powers," Peony grinned.
"That must have been hard," Merlin said.
"But it's all good now! Let's go for breakfast before we shower! The party is tonight too so we have a lot to do!" Echo giggled, and Merlin smiled as she pulled him away, out of the assembly.
"Those two" Raven shook his head.
"I need some food too" Krishna said and made to leave, but Ruthie grabbed his hand, bringing him back.
"Krishna, are you mad at me? I don't remember doing anything bad" she said.
"Seriously? Last night at the library, You still don't remember?" Krishna replied calmly.
"Library? I didn't go to the library last night so I don't know what's going on"
"What!" Krishna frowned.
"Krishna, I swear to heaven and Earth that I didn't go to the library last night. I fell and got wounded on the knees and after Samara treated the knees, I went straight to my room and Peony even came to spend time with me, trust me Krishna" she said, and Krishna looked her in the eye.
"Believe me," she said gently.
Ceres started smiling again on her spot, but Raven suddenly pulled her out of the assembly, taking her to the back of the giant bell.
"What!" She broke free.
"It's you, right? You're the only one I know in this institute who's capable of stealing people's appearances" he said, and she smirked.
"So? What'd you do? Report me to the chiefs?"
"Ceres I'm not against you using your power, but using it on my best friend is totally out of it, are you insane?" He said angrily.
"I seriously don't have your time, Raven" she said and made to leave, but he grabbed her shoulders and threw her back to the bell concrete.
"Ahh!" She gasped hurtfully, looking at Raven shockingly. His eyes are glowing.
Did he just... overpower her?
"Careful, sister" he muttered and left her, walking away from the bell.
Ceres held her chest, still resting on the concrete as she tried to calm herself.
"Raven's powers are active, why is he pretending?" She muttered.
* INSTITUTE APOTHECARY*
Aragon took Samara to the old building a little bit far from the villa, and he walked straight to a shelf when they got in.
"Sit down, I'll get something for your face" he said, and she smiled as she sat, looking around.
It smells like herbs.
"The building is definitely old," she said.
"Yeah, it has been here even before Master Duran was born, one thousand years ago" he replied, and her eyes widened.
"Master Duran is an immortal?"
"What do you think?" He replied, finally getting a brown bottle of ointment.
"Meaning... Superior Orion is an immortal too?" She asked.
"No. He's just a cursed bastard who got what he deserved" he replied, taking his seat beside her.
"He's.... cursed?" She asked as he began opening the bottle.
"Why do you think he behaves like a madman? He caused the death of his brother, and he was cursed with loneliness. No human can make contact with him, the result is death" he replied and turned her face to himself.
He started applying the ointment on her red face with his fingers.
"But...he behaved like a vampire earlier. He almost drained you" she said.
"That's just one of his numerous mad personalities, he'd have drained my blood if he wanted to, but he'd never try that" he replied.
"Why?
"I was Astrid's best friend when he was alive," he replied.
"His brother?" She asked, and he nodded.
"But does that count with him? He doesn't seem like he has a heart" she replied, and he smiled, still rubbing the ointment on her face. The redness is lessening.
"He's Orion, maybe I know him better than anyone" he said, and she smiled too.
She wanted to talk, but she kept it off then gave his face her full attention, staring deeply at him as he rubbed her cheek gently.
Before she knew it, she started leaning in, and Aragon had to stop rubbing to look at her eyes.
She still didn't stop leaning in, so he held her shoulders gently, stopping her from leaning further.
"What are you doing?" He asked, and she blinked thrice before springing up.
"Thanks for the ointment Superior! I'll see you around!" She bowed slightly and rushed out of the apothecary.
Aragon covered the ointment and began staring at the bottle, smiling as he did.
* PRESTIGE HALL*
Master Duran came out of meditation when King Depp's presence was reported, and he met him waiting at the open room already.
"Your majesty" he said with a slight bow, and King Depp nodded.
"I came to see my princess, but the condition I met her in is not too appealing. She lost a lot of weight and flesh, and her skin got rough too" he said.
"You knew she was coming here to get power training when you sent her here from the palace. If you met her in the same shape she was when you sent her here, then it only means she's doing nothing" Master Duran replied.
"We should understand ourselves more than this, Duran. I'm asking you to lessen her training. She told me it's compulsory to wake up at 7 for training. Can't she wake at 10 for hers?" King Depp said.
"She's not here for vacation, your majesty," Chief Water said, coming in.
"And if you're not pleased with the training here, why don't you take her to another institute? This is not the only supernatural institute in the world. There's Elms Institute at Mount Wei" Chief Feathers said, coming in too.
"You two!" King Depp stood.
"You either take your princess away, or let her stay and continue getting the equal treatment, it's the rule" Master Duran said and went back in.
King Depp looked at the chiefs before leaving the hall in anger.
"How petty, who made that imbecile a king?" Chief Feathers said with a light inhale.
"He's one of the richest kings existing though" Chief Water said, and Feathers gave him a death glare.
* MINUTES LATER*
Breakfast has been announced, and the disciples are busy rushing to the cafeteria for their food already, but Samara is nowhere to be found.
Ruthie left the villa and went to the cafeteria, but she's not in, so she rushed out of the cafeteria, bumping into Peony.
"Ruthie! Was looking for you and Sam!" She said,
"I'm here now, but can't find Sam," Ruthie replied.
"She's at the assembly, practicing alone," Raven told them, and they rushed to the assembly.
Truly, Samara is there, practicing the lifting of her sword alone.
Ruthie made to go close, but Peony pulled her back.
"No. She needs this determination, let her have it" she said, and Ruthie nodded as they left together.
Samara placed the sword on the ground this time, then she stood in front of it and closed her eyes, trying to gather her inner energy in her core like Orion said.
She must become one with the sword first if she really wants to tame it, she must be able to communicate with it.
She felt hotness inside her belly, and her brows moved as it got hotter and hotter. She could feel her energy gathering, it was steamy.
Her core almost exploded as she tried to lift the sword with her mind, and surprisingly, it worked!
The sword listened to her and left the ground by itself till it got to midair and stopped.
"Good, now get into my hand" she ordered, and the sword flew to her right hand.
She grabbed it, and automatically, her feet left the ground too, and her eyes widened as she began flying in the air.
The sword was deep gold in her hand as she flew, and she smiled prettily.
"You finally listened to me, whoa, I'm cool. Wish that a Vampire Superior of mine could see this" she said.
By now, she's out of the Institute, still flying higher and higher in the morning sky
She looked down to take a peek at the world below, and it happened.
She started falling from the sky, just like the other time at the cliff.
"No! Not again! No!!!!" She screamed as she sank down, but the familiar arm grabbed her again, and she gasped when she came face to face with Aragon.
She quickly held his shirt in the front so tight.
"You're so silly," he said.
"The sword listened to me earlier, dunno why it suddenly stopped" she muttered.
"It's as stubborn as you" he replied
"Am I?" She said, and he smiled as they continued sinking back to the ground.
"Thanks for saving me again, Superior Aragon" she said, knowing holding his shirt tighter
* CITY OF SPAIN, HERCULES VILLA*
"I hope they're adjusting well in their new environment, I'm not so worried about Ruthie because she's good at that," Mrs. Reed said as she stepped out of the house with Mrs. Hercules.
She actually came to have dinner with her.
"Lucky you, my Sam is a troublemaker and since she left, I've dreamt of her multiple times. She was getting tormented by a wizard" Mrs. Hercules said.
"That's not so good" Mrs. Reed faced her when they got to the park.
"No, it's all good. Her Granny Elsa says she needs difficulties to push out her power, I believe whoever the wizard is, he's helping without knowing" Mrs. Hercules said.
"Not a bad deal, I gotta go," Mrs. Reed replied, getting in her car.
"Bye" Mrs. Hercules waved as she drove out, then she went back inside, but immediately she got back in, she felt a freaking dark energy everywhere, and she stopped on her tracks.
She heard movements behind the freezer and turned there, but no one was in sight.
The next sound came from the dinning, and she walked there quickly, but no one was there either.
The sound came from the living room again, and she went there slowly.
"Who are you? You know better than to invade the privacy of a witch!" She said, and all the lights in the house went off immediately.
She snapped her fingers, and the lights came back on.
Orion was already sitting on the couch, his dark eyes on her as he rested back on the tiger skin.
"You're the wizard. My daughter's tormentor, I see you in my dreams every time I close my eyes" she said.
"Now I'm here to torment the mother too, I believe in double-tormenting, Bree Hercules" he stood.
"What do you want? How did you know this place? And how did you know my name?" Bree asked, and he rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, revealing the wound.
It has spread to every part of it already, and it's bleeding.
"The emotionless sword" Bree muttered, looking at the wound.
"I'm not ready to do the shitty process of dipping my hand into her blood, so tell me any other way" he said.
"No other way, and for a wizard like you, even if you use her blood, you won't get healed. Just cut off the hand and feed it to the vultures" she replied.
"That answer can be dangerous to your existence" Orion replied stonily.
"Your boldness is interesting. You came all the way here to talk down on me despite knowing what I am?" Bree said, and in the next second, Orion was already with her, grabbing her neck with his second hand. He flung her away, and she landed on the rugged floor with a groan.
"What do you think you are? You're just a lowly witch who is unlucky to be a descendant of a whitehead. Got anything else to say? Bree?" Orion said.
Bree stood immediately, opening the freezer with her eyes.
A bottle of water flew out of it, and the cap opened on its own.
The water splashed on Orion's body, and fire began burning on him.
The fire spread to his legs, and Bree inhaled as she watched him burn down till he became ashes on the ground.
"You're incredible, I must say" Orion's voice said behind her, and she turned to see him leaning on the wall.
"You just burnt down one of my seven clones, not good news" he said with a wicked smile, and when Bree made to cast another spell, he sped to her and grabbed her head.
He snapped her neck into two before dropping her limp body on the ground.
"Rest in hell, Bree" he muttered and started walking out of the house, but immediately he got to the doorstep, he heard movements behind, and he looked back to see Bree standing up already.
She came back from the dead, the cross necklace on her neck glowing powerfully, exactly the type on Samara's neck.
"You've gotta be kidding me" Orion muttered.
ut sitto mihi et omnibus
gerum contra malignos spiritus
Dei Filii et!
Bree casted the three lines spell in Latin, and Orion immediately landed in a locked dungeon in the middle of an inferno.
"I swear it Bree, I'm killing you first if i come out of here, and your daughter's sufferings are just starting" he muttered as the fire scotched his skin.
He tried to teleport, but it's like his powers aren't active here.
He held the hot metals, gritting his teeth.
"Bree!!!!!!!!!!"
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