Shadows and hell flames.

~ Chapter 3 ~

I walked in and everyone stared at me like I was the most disgusting thing they have ever seen. I probably was. Everyone didn't look human. Everyone either had weird colored skin or horns, tails, a few had wings and a few had wands that were glowing at the tip.

I heard many whispers. Many which consisted of 'I didn't actually think she'd be staying here', 'it's her' 'freak', 'is that carisa?' And many more, there's just too many voices that are being jumbled together like a zoo and all the animals are screeching. Yikes, no good remarks about me.

"Alright carisa, follow me." Said Atlas, considering I don't want to be killed by these creatures. I obey, we sit near the end. There's about 100 chairs on each side of this really, really long dining table. There's a huge chair at the end, which I assume it's the headmasters.

"M'lady" He said like a true gentleman. I scoff. "What a gentleman." I replied with sass, "I know, you can resist a gentleman m'lady" He replied with a smirk plastered on his face like he just said the most funniest thing in the world. I see how it is. I take my seat and wait, while I'm waiting I take a moment to read the room, if that's how the saying goes.

Just like the hallway, gold embedded crescents with tints of black all over the walls, the huge door, it's about as big as the headmaster's door, probably bigger. There's that faint smell of metallic, coming from the guy beside me. He has brown hair that falls over his eyes, but I can see a hint of green in the orbs. He is holding a wand with a glowing tip, he has an owl at the end of it, like it's a symbol for something.

"Take a picture, it will last longer." I jumped. I didn't know who that voice belonged to until I looked beside me and saw the mysterious man with a wand staring right at me. "Sorry, you just looked...... appealing." I couldn't find the word for a while, I was already stuttering. Stuttering is a sign of fear.

"How flattering, call my rave.", "Okay, rave. Im caris-" He stopped my talking mid sentence "carisa alen, i know. Trust me. Every demon, werewolf, vampire, goblin, giant, and more are whispering your name all around this table. Considering I'm a vampire, I have great hearing." He replied, then he smiled.. He had fangs. They have little stains on them. But they're not yellow. It's blood.

I was going to reply but the ground started shaking, making me unable to speak. I was immediately picked up by someone, atlas. He looks terrified, like there's something out there. There might just be. He pushes open a door and immediately locks me in there with him. "Expla-", i tried to start off. "They are ravens, demonic creatures who don't know anything besides evil. They kill anyone in their path. Nobody but the headmaster can stop them." He said. Now I'm terrified. Im shaking now, i don't know what to do.

"What do we do?" I asked, I could feel my eyes watering up. "We're going to stay here, don't worry I'll protect you." he said with a voice that I knew I could trust, even if he is different from me, even if he's a creature. He's the only person here to trust right now.

They're coming..

I gasped, i didn't think that but i echoed through my mind. Just then a blast came through the door which pushed me back all the way to the wall. I blacked out.

When I came to, Atlas was fighting the one raven I assume off with a knife that's made of glass. But the only thing is, atlas is losing.

Atlas gets thrown into the wall and he's right back on his feet. And atlas charges through the raven with a knife, to which the raven claws atlas in the chest while letting out a screech. Atlas is now wobbling around, like he is about to collapse. In the end, he did. He fell to the ground with a thud. The raven was about to put out the finishing blow.

Kill it.

The voice again, it rang through my head like a school bell.

Pick up the knife, or thou shall die.

I did as the voice told and sprint towards the knife that laid on the marble floor, that's also splattered with blood.

Everyone thinks only the headmaster shall defeat these awful creatures, they're wrong. Show them they're WRONG.

The way the voice shouted made me feel like my eardrums would burst. I'm now holding the knife, standing in front of this creature. He has long ragged teeth, with claws to match. Red glowing eyes, about 8 feet tall, big body that looks like I can walk right through it.

I hold the knife. Shaking so much I'm scared I'll drop the only way to live. I hold it out towards the hideous creature, and charge.

The knife ran through the raven and it screeched. It tried to claw me but I dodged. I don't know how I dodged. How did I dodge that?

Because you simply aren't human. Not one bit. You have powers, USE THEM.

What are you?

I am what's deep within, I'm also your one and only guide.

Just like that I felt like flames coursed through my veins, I felt electricity. I then saw flames surrounding me. Black flames.. I then do as I always saw in movies, movies I never thought could be my reality. And pointed it to the raven. Suddenly black flames came shouting at my hand. And just like that the raven screeched louder than I ever heard before. It fell to the ground with a thump.

The headmaster then ran in looking frantic, he then saw the flames still surrounding the raven, i watched as it disappeared into crumbles that looked like ashes. The remaining pieces of this hideous creature floated into the air, leaving nothing behind. "Did you kill it?" The headmaster's voice was stern and terrifying. "I'm not sure." I said with a shake of my head. "This voice-" i started, "explain later we need to help atlas." the headmaster's voice said as I looked terrified and found an atlas. I forgot about him! I then ran to his body, he was out cold. I then picked him up and walked behind the headmaster quickly.

The headmaster led me into the infirmary. Well, I think it's the infirmary. It's all white and has surgical tools, and smells like chemicals. "Set him on the bed.'' I obeyed and put him on the bed that's right in front of me.

The headmaster then asked "Where was he hit?" he asked like i knew, i was about to say i didn't know but then i remembered. His chest was scratched. "His chest was scratched." I repeated what just went inside my head.

The headmaster ripped off Atlas's shirt with no effort, his chest was bare, he had a 6 pack, a well built body. I shouldn't be thinking about this. "Is he going to be alright?" I asked with a shaking tone. I'm scared of atlas. And most importantly what that voice was.

"Yes, just some stitches, and he should be alright." A huge sigh of relief escaped my lips, a breath I didn't know I was holding. He will be alright. I repeated in my head. "Now let's talk about what happened, shall we."