Asmodeus

Chapter 1

Welcome to hell, by hell I mean school but it's not just any normal school, here at Unity High vampires, wolves and witches collide. In an attempt to put our years of rivalry behind us, parents from all over the kingdom packed our bags and dumped us here. In hell. My hell.
Imagine being the only child of the most respected, powerful witch and being unable to do magic. That's me, Beatrix or just Bee, I'm eighteen and stuck in a school full of supernatural while I'm just, natural.
I try to keep myself to myself but it's kind of hard here when you stick out like a sore thumb, everyday, every magic class, every celebration, something always goes wrong. The thing about being a witch is that your born into it and when you have no powers people tease, some say I was found by a river others say I was dumped in a bin but my mom, she swears that she gave birth to me and I want to believe her I really do but how can I when I'm normal and boring.
Witches are born with different powers, earth, air, fire and water, at the age of sixteen, your powers are supposed to come in and then you are assigned your classes and your living quarters. I'm still waiting for mine to come in, meaning I attend all classes and sleep in the quarters with the first year's. Embarrassing, I know.
I walk down the halls and people whisper, "That's the girl with no magic." If it wasn't for my best friend Daeva, I would have gone crazy a long time ago. Daeva is the complete opposite to me, for starters she's a vampire, vampires tend to be a lot louder, more confident and a complete ball of energy, I don't know how. Vampires here don't have human blood. It is synthetic, made in the science labs, but it seems to work because she's just always so... bouncy and she gets along with everyone making new friends wherever she goes whilst I just want to blend and be invisible.
There is one thing she is extremely good at, finding things and for the past twelve weeks since school started up again,we have been trying to find out what is wrong with me and why my powers have not turned up yet. I am sick of being teased and laughed at, so Daeva has been helping me. I have had to do some very questionable things, she researched that if I dance naked in the moonlight then it will create a certain energy that brings me closer to finding my true self, I did it, we both did it and we got caught,of course that is another embarrassing situation I am teased about.
Daeva has had me sing chants whilst swimming through the river of religion, we got caught, got in trouble and I also got teased.
The worst thing she has had me do is sacrifice a bird and drink its blood, she was certain that it would work, it didn't and I was sick for almost a week, thankfully we didn't get caught. I'm slowly giving up but Daeva refuses. She wants me to be happy and it's sweet, but maybe this life just isn't for me.
"Bee," she screams after me as she runs through the halls of our dingy old school. "I found it! I found it! I found it!" she chimes as she bounces in front of me handing me an old leather book "look" she points to a page with the heading of 'your true desires ' I role my eyes "I told you Daeva, I give up" I sigh as I close the book in her hands. "But you can't, please just look at it," she pleads, handing me the book. "Okay, okay, but after water class," I say, slipping the book into my backpack and parting ways with her as I head to my class and she heads to hers.
"Good afternoon all, today we will be presenting our progress at the front of the class" oh no, not again, I hate these days maybe if I slump myself down, Miss Cavendish won't see me. She calls the first name Candice, Candice is the best in the class, in the school. She's the daughter my mother wanted and she's so big headed. She knows she's good and the whole school either hates her or wants to be her, making her head even bigger. Big enough to think she can talk down to everyone and just be a cruel bitch. She waves her hands effortlessly and summons the water from the glass with ease, transferring it from the glass to the bowl and back into the glass again, before throwing it up into the air and spiralling it around then returning it to the glass once more. Everyone claps and cheers in awe while I try and shrink down lower in my chair until I am almost under my desk.
"Ah, Beatrix,care to show the class what you are capable of" Miss Cavendish speaks and everyone laughs "no thank you" I say trying to avoid an embarrassing situation "I wasn't asking" her voice stern. I sign as I slide myself from my chair and head to the front of the class ignoring all of the sniggering and whispers around me. I close my eyes, taking a deep breath. I try to clear my mind. When I open my eyes, I focus on the glass of water, move, come on, move,please move. The glass begins to wobble slightly and next thing I know, it launches out of the glass directly into my face, causing the class to erupt in laughter. "Candice!" Miss Cavendish shouts "sorry Miss, I thought she might like some help, considering she has no magic. " she laughs with a smirk across her face. Everyone is laughing at me, once again and all I can think of doing is running so that is what I do, I grab my bag and run out of classroom putting the laughing noises as far behind me as I can by running all the way back to my room and throwing myself on my bed. I can't do this anymore, I don't want to be here, in this stupid school with these stupid people and stupid Candice. If only I could do magic, powerful magic, it would shut her up. I would blend, be normal, be the daughter my mother wanted. I just want to do magic. I wipe a tear from my eye and look at my backpack, the book. I laugh at all the ridiculous things me and Daeva have tried just for me to find my 'true self' .
The door knocks and Daeva barges in. "Are you okay? I heard what happened. " One thing about Daeva, her hearing is a little... long distance,she can hear for miles if she concentrates properly. "I just want to blend" I say, trying my hardest to hold back my tears "we will find a way" she reassures me as she sits beside me, wrapping her arm around my shoulder to comfort me. "I have an idea" she smiles as she leans over, removing the large leather book from my backpack "try this" she scans for the correct page "if it doesn't work then it will atleast distract your mind and if it does work then..." she places the open book on my lap. "Now I must leave," she stands "your leaving me?" I question in disbelief, we have always done these things together "yep" she chirps "I have class and read the first line" with that I look down at the book 'this mantra must be done alone' well that's slightly terrifying considering how much I mess up. Without saying anything, Daeva leaves the room and I look once more to the book. Are we really doing this?