Into the pages // Gems170

7 // The town of Caecillius

The carriage trip to the main city is awkward. It's awkward because i sit next to Xander and it's even more awkward because Xander has no idea why I'm not talking to him. I never realised that when Michael said be would give me and Xander a task, this would be it.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Xander asks me with slight irritation, his right knee jittering constantly.

What's wrong is that I can't get his words from last night out of my head. The curious, stupid part of my brain wants to know more about the relationship between Emelly and Xander. I want to know what else could of happened rather than Michaels story, because Xander seems to feel differently. But I know I won't be able to get any information out of Him.

As the carriage comes to a stop Ezra opens the door for me with a smile. I don't return the smile, I don't like Ezra, he's too sketchy for my liking. And he's too full of himself. Xander shoves me out of the way, turning to face him I give him a shove back.

"Don't-- touch me!" He shouts as he throws his fist into the air. The action seeming quite fitting for Xander.

Ezra chuckles, as he walks over to Xander he places his hand on his shoulder. I gasp when Xander scratches Ezra's wrist in response to his actions. Ezra frowns and I squeal. Blood slowly drips from his cut, however, within a few seconds the cut fades.

"Whoa, can I do that?" I rush over to Ezra in amazement, staring at his wrist. Ezra laughs at me. "That's not magic, love," I grow embarrassed at my childish behaviour. He grins at me, "It's called being a vampire."

Xander makes an inhuman sound. We both turn to him, "what? You gotta problem?" Although Xander's face strikes me as anger, his ears tell a different story. I can't take Xander seriously when his ears twitch every five seconds. His ears are too cute.

"Now, now Xander. We have to show our secret weapon around the city of Caecilius." The way Ezra says 'Caecilius' makes me laugh, his British accent makes it sound far more proper and articulated.

We're arrive to the place where I was with Veronica the other day. The cobblestone floor and the large stage all look familiar. I like this place, minus the beheading business. I can't quite picture Michael being okay with things like that. I'll have to speak to him about that when I see him.

"Now, before we go exploring we're going to have to give you a disguise," just before the carriage takes off, Ezra pulls out a red cloak with a hood. Throwing it at me he motions for me to put it on. I quickly slide it over my bright pink dress. (Scarlet dressed me... ) I shudder remembering when she stormed into my room this morning, a mischievous look in her eyes.

Pulling the hood over my head I give Ezra a smile, "why do I need to wear this?" I ask in laughter. I probably look really funny at the moment. Ezra gives the white horses a small slap, they take off into the distance as the driver tries to control them.

"Because people already know who you are, they already know about the famous 'Amethyst' and how she's going to save our city, world even."

I give Ezra a small shove. "That's ridiculous, I only just learned how to use magic, I don't need talk about saving the world going on." I follow Ezra through the crowds of people. Michael told me that he wanted this to be a learning experience. He wants me to learn of 'his Kingdom' and 'his world.' Caecilius is the name of his kingdom, at least I think it is.

I didn't notice this the other day but all the people here seem to either be wearing white, gold or red. Yanking on Ezra's armour I watch in disbelief as people make way wherever he walks. It must be the outfit. He turns around, "why are people only wearing white, gold or red?" I ask him in fascination. There are a few people wearing brown or just random colours but red, white and gold stand out the most.