Always Chasing Stars

-17-

  Hi all!! I'm terribly sorry for my really long hiatus!!! I've been maintaining my grades, prom is pretty soon and I'll be taking my S.O, so it's been really stressful getting the plans ready!! Not to mention I have a friend who wants us to act like we're royalty, but only one of us in the relationship is a god (hint not me). That gave me an anxiety attack during my science class.....so yay!!! Anyways, enough of my shit. HERE'S A CHAPTER!! I hope y'all enjoy!

  TW: threatened drowning, specific suffocation methods, trashyratman, Virgil being a bada$$!!!

Virgil's  POV

  I felt something bump my head. I looked up to see none other than the dumbass himself: Remus.

  In the fire light from the torches, I could see he was holding a plate of apples and a whole other variety of fruits. I looked down and realized he had thrown an apple at my head, it lay a few inches from my knee.

  Struck with an idea, I bent my head down and bit the apple, holding it with my teeth as I lifted my head and then maneuvered so I could grab it with my right hand. Once it was there, I threw it right back at him. It sailed towards him and hit him square in the nose. He dropped the entire plate as he flailed his arms in protest.

  My laughter was soon cut short as the room filled with a new light of green flames. I opened my eyes and looked away instantly. Remus had just burst into a pure, hot, column of green flames. I stared in amazement.

  Did......did he just fucking catch on fire? And not die!!! WHAT THE HELL!???!?

  I stared at him with both wonder and fear. Then I remembered the day they kidnapped us, Remus had thrown a ball of green fire. I felt dumb for not remembering that important detail. The fear left my face, but not my body.

  He began to breathe slowly and the fire around him became dilapidated. Then, he raised his hand and the fire that surrounded him all flew into the palm of his hand and compacted into a little ball of flame. It danced chaotically in his grasp.

  Our eyes met and I could see the fire in them as well. Remus, I realized, had mastered his respective element in Thomas's mind. Which meant that Roman could also control fire, as they were twins it would only make sense. I looked at Roman to find that a sneer overlapped his fear as he glared at Remus.

  "What happened to you not being allowed in here?" Roman asked, clearly agitated with Remus's presence.

  Remus lowered the eyebrow he had raised for whatever reason.

  "Well, cum-wad! I'll have you know that the boss himself gave me these fruits to throw at the both of you. So it's a win-win, if you ask me." He took a bite of a pair and threw it at Roman's face, who in turn flinched and went to throw it back, but it had rolled out of reach.

  I felt angry and completely done with him at this point. "How is that a win for us??!"

  He cackled. "Well, I win because I get to throw shit at you two. You win by eating whatever you can catch!"

  I sighed and allowed my head to drop. This was SOOOOOOOO annoying.  But, suddenly, an idea crept into my mind.

  Lifting my head, I made eye contact with Remus.

  "Remus, could I maybe have some water?" I asked stifling a cough. It was half fake, but I hadn't had anything to drink for five hours so it wasn't completely fake.

  He gave me such an annoyed look. We stared at each other for a couple of minutes before he finally sighed and set the plate of fruit near the door.