Knights of the Nightmares

Shockwaves

Next morning Ella didn't feel like to go to school. She felt remorse and quite. The excitement she felt about Boav High,was disappearing. Last night she had some vague, disjointed nightmares. At one point, she found herself tied in a cage, alone and helpless. Some fierce looking creatures probably made with smoke was guarding her cage. Next thing she could remember a blow of a strong violet ray and a woman in a charcoal black dress was fighting with those smoky creatures.

Gibsons' loved to be chaotic at their breakfast table, but all went awkwardly quiet when Ella said, "I don't want to go to school anymore". Mr.Gibson chocked on a mouthful of bacon, Daniel and Anna started to discuss what actually their sister told, in a hushed voice, even Lucky understood that a storm was going to come so he went behind the curtain quietly, at last her mother cleared her throat and asked " what do you mean?"
"Mama, I don't want to study in this school" Ella said gently.
"Is that a joke to you? Do you think it's very easy to change school this frequently?"
" I do understand, but I don't want to go there anymore"
"What's wrong with you, ha? Last few days you were so excited about the school and now all on a sudden you don't want to go there anymore. Why are you being like this?
Mrs.Gibson's voice was rising.
Ella didn't say anything aloud but her eyes were saying a lot and probably, her father could see his daughter's disturbed eyes, so he said
"Okay Ella, we may consider the situation but it's not possible now. Even you know it very well, so you do one thing, keep continuing your school and in the meantime,we will see what can we do,okay?"
"..but Wayne"
"Later Tanya, we are being late"

Ella couldn't concentrate in her classes at all. All the time she was trying to differentiate Jonathan and Jasson,though she wasn't very successful. Even in the break when everybody was out at playground, she couldn't stop thinking.She got too engaged,otherwise she could notice that a girl was staring at her with the same wonder in her eyes.
"Ella, isn't it?"
"Sorry?" She was all captivated by her thoughts that when she heard her name she felt like a ghost was talking.
"It's you, Ella. I guess, everybody calls you by that"
"...ummm yeess...but how do you know my name? Are you in my class?"
"No. I am in year eight, by the way, my name is Laisa" said the girl pretty excitedly.
"Well Lsisa, nice to meet you but I don't think that we have met before" Ella was surprised.
"No, we haven't met yet, but I saw you when Tirana brought you safe at the council." She said in a breath.
Ella got all puzzled.She couldn't even think how to react. Thousands of questions were hovering around her mind, well, as usual she asked an inappropriate one-
"...umm what council!?"
"Our council!The board of Three Maystros! You are really funny Ella"
Ella saw Laisa smiling, and she couldn't find any fun here.
"Well, how do you exactly know me?"
"I saw you in my dream. I guess you haven't noticed me yet.Oh look, leisure time is over, gotta go. See you later"
Laisa rushed and got mixed up with other students, Ella couldn't see her anymore.

"She saw me in her dreams!"
After being numbed for don't know how long, that was the first thought came into her mind. She couldn't even remember when did she come to class from the ground and when Mrs. Hollins came to take class?Ella felt good that Mrs. Hollins couldn't see very far so she could allow her weird thoughts to occupy herself. After class when she was passing the ground she saw year eight students were gathering there. When she asked Maria about the reason,came to know that the students were paying their condolences to the student who was killed by a car crash.
"We also remained silent for one minute after the accident, you weren't there at that moment."
"Yes, I got sick the day I got admitted here.What was the name of that boy, by the way?"
"ummm....probably his name was Mashiro..." Maria said in a hesitant voice.
" yah, his name was Mashiro Chan, no doubt. Hey Ella! Step up quickly, our bus won't wait for us very long"
Did Ella listen to that?