Unspoken Tensions
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Her eyes are still gold, but Orion's eyes stayed normal throughout the lock, and he maintained his stony face for a while before letting a little smirk cover his thin lips.
He lowered his sword from her neck, and it returned into his body.
"You're one interesting girl. Go on, kill me," he said, and Samara swallowed.
"C'mon smartie, slice my throat," he glared, and Samara raised the sword on him, but the sword flew away from her immediately, landing on the ground far from her.
Her eyes widened, and she started running to it. She got there and picked it up, but the sword flew away from her again, and this time, it started coming for her.
She tried changing its direction with her eyes, but her eyes stopped glowing, and the sword almost got her belly when Orion appeared in front of her and grabbed it.
Samara held her chest, going on her knees as she sweated profusely.
Orion dropped the sword in front of her, and she slowly looked up.
"Do you know what happens when you get wounded by your own sword as a supernatural? You wither painfully until you die off after three days," he said, and she swallowed. She almost died!
"And I saved you because even if you'd die, I'd be the one to kill you," he said, and she stood slowly, facing him.
"We've never met before. Why do you hate me so much?" She asked, and he looked at her hair.
"It's your fault for belonging to the race of whitehead witches. I plan to wipe them all off, and I'm starting with you," he said.
"What!"
"You can't even control your sword yet; it almost killed you after saving you. How interesting," he said grimly, turning his back on her.
"Then turn down the order to be my Superior," she said, and he stopped.
"That was my plan before, but now that I think about it, it'd actually be fun having you as my only student. Get ready, witch," he replied and vanished.
Samara sighed, arranging her hair before taking the golden sword from the ground.
"Why aren't you listening to me? Do I have to tame you first like a horse? Huh?" She said, and then she noticed her environment is changing.
The forest started changing slowly, and in another minute, she was standing in the middle of the scary rocks again.
She ran to the base of the cliff where she fell from, and she raised the sword, tightening her hand on it before closing her eyes for a minute.
When she opened it, it was already glowing in gold, and the sword glowed the same as she started flying up the cliff.
Immediately she landed on top, the cliff transformed back into the tree, and she jumped down.
"I passed," she muttered.
"Sam!" Ruthie's voice made her look back.
She's with Krishna, and they're both holding bleeding Merlin.
"Ruth!" Samara rushed to them, and her eyes widened when she saw Merlin's tummy.
"Who did this to him!"
"Let's just go back first," Krishna replied.
"Wait, your sword! Your sword appeared!" Ruthie said surprisingly.
"Luckily," Samara smiled, and together, the three left the woods.
* DEMONS' COVEN*
Located in the middle of seven wide burning fires and flaming hot rocks. No rain nor sunshine, just fire and flames, so it's always hot in the domain of darkness.
Bakasura came down from the stairs of bones, her black dress dragging behind her as she stepped into the palace, her palace. She's the queen of the coven.
Immediately she sat on her throne, two male demons came into the palace. Her subordinates, Agares and Karazi.
"Greetings, great queen," they bowed in front of her, and she sighed as a black snake began crawling on her shoulders, flaunting its venomous tongue.
"Hasn't it been a while since I tormented Duran's institute?" She said calmly, standing eventually.
"Great Queen, you said it yourself that we'd seize fire until the one arrives at the Institute," Karazi said, head still bowed.
"And why do you think I'm talking about it now?" Bakasura replied with a smirk.
"The one is in the Institute already?" Agares gasped.
"The seven fires sent me the signal last night," she replied.
"Then we should go for her already, we need to get her as soon as possible. We need her menstrual blood for seven months according to the legend of our ancestors," Karazi said.
"That's right, great queen, she has to be captured as soon as possible," Agares added.
"We have to tread with caution. Duran is not to be underestimated," Bakasura replied.
"I don't think Duran is the major problem, it's Orion," Agares said, and a loud thunder clapped in the sky immediately, tearing down a part of the coven.
"Agares!!! I told y'all how dangerous it is to call the name of that child in here! I warned y'all!" Bakasura yelled, and another part of the coven went down as a result of her anger.
Agares quickly went on his knees, bowing his head on the ground.
"Forgive me, great queen," he muttered, and Bakasura rolled her eyes devilishly.
"No one can make any move on the one without my consent," she said and vanished.
Karazi and Agares left the palace immediately.
From the top of the bone stairs, Mali stood calmly, her lids almost touching as she stared down at the large kingdom.
She's the demon princess, the only child of Queen Bakasura.
"Your dinner is ready, princess," a demon said behind her.
"Human blood again?" She replied without turning.
"No. Queen told us to get you the blood of a deer as you wished," the demon replied, and she turned eventually, following him down the bone stairs.
* MYSTIC INSTITUTE*
Agatha was the first to arrive. It's mandatory to wait for the others before retiring to her room, so she waited at the assembly, and Aragon joined her immediately.
"Superior!" She smiled and tried hugging him, but he stopped her, and she grunted.
"Why are your nails bloody?" He asked, and she quickly hid them behind herself.
Aragon's next words were interrupted by the entry of Peony and Echo.
"We're back, Superior!" Echo shouted childishly, and he nodded. Peony smiled.
"Wait! Merlin is not back yet? Yes! I get to eat his dinner!" Echo suddenly said.
"You made your silly deals again?" Peony said, and she nodded.
Ceres arrived with Raven next.
"We're left with three," Agatha said, and almost immediately, Samara and Ruthie came in with Merlin who's still bleeding.
"Merlin!" Echo rushed to them with wide, terrified eyes.
"Merlin! Why is he bleeding!"
"What happened?" Aragon asked.
"Agatha hurt her," Ruthie replied, and before Aragon could make a move, Echo already sped to Agatha, and her nails grew long, longer than Agatha's.
Before she could be stopped, she shoved them into Agatha's belly, and Agatha spit blood from the mouth as her belly bled too.
"Argg!" Agatha groaned, and the nails on Echo's second hand grew long too.
She was about to wound Agatha with that too when Aragon grabbed her hand, stopping her.
"You're going against the rules, Echo. Taking bloody revenge into your hands is forbidden, and you know that," he said.
"I don't mind!!! Merlin is bleeding, and she caused it! I'd face the consequences, so allow me to wound her one more time! Please, Superior," she begged in tears.
Agatha already fainted, so she was taken to the ice cave together with Merlin, then Master Duran entered the assembly with the chiefs.
"Good job, everyone," Chief Water smiled.
"We should have chicken soup for dinner tonight! Chief!" Peony shouted.
* Yes, Chief!
* We want chicken soup!
* Chicken soup!
"Sure, chicken soup," Chief Water replied.
* Yay!!!
"Agatha will receive the right punishment after healing tomorrow, and you, Echo..." Master Duran spoke, and they all went silent.
"I understand Merlin is your friend, but taking bloody revenge into your hands is forbidden here," he continued.
"Yes, Master," Echo replied with a bow.
"Your Superior will give you the right punishment. And tomorrow will be the start of your practices in full," Duran said again.
"Yes, Master!" They chorused.
"And for passing the tests excellently everyone, there'd be a welcoming party tomorrow night," Chief Water announced.
* Yes!!!!
"I don't think this is the right time to organize a party," Chief Feathers said sternly.
"A little fun won't hurt," Chief Water replied with a big smile, and Feathers rolled her eyes.
Master Duran stood without another word, walking out of the assembly.
"Do you have any dresses for the party?" Ruthie asked Samara.
"Mum packed some nice gowns in my bag," Samara replied.
"Me too, I can't wait for tomorrow!" Ruthie winked.
"Are we allowed to do dates? Superior Aragon" Peony suddenly asked.
"It's your party, do what you like" he replied freely, and Samara went to him immediately.
"Superior! Thanks for saving me, you'd forever remain my favorite here" she said, and he gave her a light smile.
"Huh! You smiled!" She gasped.
"You got your sword, you might be more powerful than I'm expecting" he said, looking at the sword on her right hand.
"It's a pity, it doesn't listen to me. I can't control it yet, but it took me up the cliff earlier though" she said sadly.
"Meaning you have the potential. Talk to your Superior about it" he replied.
"But he's...
"He's a hardtack? Crack him then" he replied and left.
"Wanted to ask him to be my date," she muttered.
"Krishna! Wanna be my date to the party?" Ruthie asked him suddenly.
"Krishna! Do you wanna go to the party with me?" Ceres asked at the same time, and he looked at the two before sighing.
"I'm uninterested," he said and walked away.
Ceres came closer to Ruthie immediately, and Ruthie stood her ground boldly.
"I know what you're about to say. You're gonna tell me to stay away from Krishna, but nah, he's not interested in any of us at the moment so I'm not leaving till he shows interest in one of us, peace out!" Ruthie said and left with Samara.
"I hate her guts" Ceres glared at Ruthie's legs, and they collided into each other.
Ruthie fell, hurting her knees.
"Ouch!" She gasped.
"Ruthie are you ok?" Samara quickly helped her up.
"You're bleeding, come let's get it treated" she took her away, and Ceres smiled satisfactorily before walking away.
"Peony!" Raven suddenly called, and she turned back immediately.
"Huh? Raven" she smiled.
"Ummm.... Are you gonna attend the party?" He asked awkwardly.
"Why not? Chief Water organized it for us" she replied.
"Then... Do you have a date already?" He asked, and she smiled.
"Yes"
"Oh... Guess I'm unlucky, goodnight" he said and started leaving.
"So...what if I said I don't have a date?" She asked, and he turned back.
"I'd ask you to go with me," he said.
"I don't have a date, I was just kidding," she said, and he smiled.
* ORION'S ROOM*
Orion's stars shone in the dark as usual, and he raised his right hand, spreading his palm.
There's a large burn wound on it, and he got it from when he grabbed Samara's sword earlier in the woods.
He didn't realize he had the wound till he left her, and it kept getting bigger and bigger every hour.
His brows squeezed, and he looked at the burning palm again. It hurts, and he hates paint like crazy.
Just how powerful is her sword to even hurt him? He has no idea.
He's a healer too, so the wound should have healed by now, but instead of that, it kept getting wider, and it'd soon spread to every part of his palm.
He vanished from his room immediately.
* SAMARA'S ROOM*
Samara finished treating Ruthie's wound with herbal leaves not long ago, and Ruthie went to her room to clean up already.
They're to come for dinner at the cafeteria soon.
She started stripping herself for her bath, and when she took off the last thing (her pants), she got her towel to wrap on herself, and that was when Orion appeared in the room.
"What the hell!!!!" She screamed, getting the towel as fast as possible.
She quickly wrapped it on herself and walked briskly to him.
He wasn't moving, looking like a ghost as usual till she got to him and slapped him angrily on the right cheek.
"Just because you're my Superior doesn't mean you get to act like a bastard!! You're an animal!!!" She shouted, and he sent her to the wall with his eyes.
Her back slammed violently on it, and she got greatly wounded.
He sped to her and trapped her there, gripping her towel tightly.
"Heal me" he muttered hoarsely, raising his wounded palm.
- Writer
