The Dark Heirs Volume 1

Chapter 3 (2): Gratitude

Tw: Nearly drowning of a child (I think that already was it-
That was the shortest Tw so far lol)

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In the evening Erika was sitting alone on a bench. She was thinking about how everything will go on from now on. The thought of evil people possibly wanting to hurt her scared her alot.

She was grateful for the gift she got but the price they now had to pay for it was scary.

Erika went to the little lake behind the orphanage and looked into the water. The moonlight reflected itself in it. Her gaze turned towards the sky and she looked at the moon. Suddenly she felt a surge of electricity run through her eyes and she flinched, but when she closed her eyes she saw something.... There was a child... That fell in the water a few minutes ago... She saw it drown... She opened her eyes again and blinked a few times. Erika looked at the water and saw the same spot the child had drowned in what has seemed to be a vision. There was something in the water... Maybe it was the child. Either way she couldn't swim. She thought of a way to save this poor child. Then she remembered that this 'creator' had turned Kate into something like a fish.

Erika quickly ran back to the orphanage tears flowing down her cheeks because she was scared of someone possibly drowning. When she arrived at Kates room she was out of breath and tried to catch it. "Erika? What's wrong?" Kate asked worriedly as she watched Erika trying to catch her breath. Erika tried to speak but couldn't get anything out due to her sobbing and rapid breaths. "Hey, hey calm down... Take deep breaths... In and out..." Kate instructed. Erika tried to follow her instructions as best as possible. "Yeah like that. That's good. You're doing good." Kate smiled as she rubbed Erika's back in attempt to comfort her.

Soon Erika was calm enough to talk again. "T-There's a child drowning in the lake! Did you notice anyone missing at dinner? You know the kids better than anyone else here." Erika stuttered still being concerned about the wellbeing of the children. "Indeed. Rachel was missing. I thought she was just throwing a fit again and refused to eat dinner... But maybe you could be right and she's in danger.." Kate said her tone slowly growing worried.

"You can swim now right?... Please look if it's her and if it is then help her!" Erika begged. "I haven't tested my 'ruler form' yet, but I'll try my best!" With that Kate and Erika rushed outside again even though Erika needed to stop a few times because she was out of breath again. They eventually arrived and Kate jumped into the water without hesitation, her worry about Rachel being too big for her to be scared. Her body transformed, her legs turning into a mermaid tail/fin and her skin became scaly.

After a minute she came out of the water again, in her arms a little girl (probably only a year or two younger than them). "She isn't breathing, but I still feel a pulse... She must've held her breath for a long time to still be alive. We need to do CPR quick!" Kate recommended and started doing CPR on Rachel until she eventually started breathing again and coughed out some water that had come into her lungs. Rachel slowly opened her eyes. "*Cough* W-what happened?... I remember being at the lake when I tripped and fell into the water..." Rachel spoke. She then looked at Kate knowing she was the one that saved her. Kate smiled kindly at her. "You're safe now. Don't worry..." Rachel quickly hid her face in embarrassment as she realized her cheeks went red. She then thanked Kate and went back to the orphanage to change her soaked clothing. Kate looked at Erika with admiration. "You saved her life! If you hadn't known that she was in there, she would've died! How did you know by the way?" Kate asked genuinely curious. "You remember when the 'creator' told us that he would bless everyone with abilities?... Maybe this is my ability... Having visions about the future..." Erika figured. Kate's eyes went wide. "Wow! That's so cool! You're a hero! Do you think I have abilities like that too?" Kate asked admiring Erika's ability. "I'm sure you will! Maybe we'll find out soon! We'll definitely need to tell the others about that!" Erika said.

Later in the common room after all younger kids went to bed, the 10 friends met. Kate had told them that it was important. While everyone else was interested in what they had to say, Lydia and Desmond remained in the background still being extremely jealous. Still they listened, not wanting to miss out on whatever they had to say. Then Erika began: "Guys we need to tell you something we found out..."

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Yippie part 3 is now completed:D I hope y'all like it! I'm genuinely interested in who's your favorite character so far, so if you want you can tell me in the comments:)

Nathaniel out!