The Crazy Adventure We Will Never Embark Upon

Friend or Foe

(ANUSHKA'S POV)

"Outside." Chelsea panted. "Come outside."

Nicolas, who was standing beside me jumped into action. Stealthily he made his way outside. Giving into my curiosity I followed after him. As I stepped out into the cold night I slammed into Nicolas' back. He had stopped dead in his tracks. His muscles had gone rigid. I looked up at what he was seeing and withheld a gasp.

Time is running out Fallen Ones. Chose your alliances wisely. Was written in the air with dark, musty smoke. It then faded out and collected unto a being. A cloaked floating figure that drifted about. It had no face or legs just eye sockets and skeletal fingers. A layer of frost was left in the places he had touched. It made me shiver. It was like the embodiment of deepest, darkest fears.

My feet planted themselves to the ground and my voice was caught in throat. I was unable to scream or run. I became completely handicapped. Ms.Hemsly commanded us to run but i was unable to. I began to shake as the figure flew towards us, or more specifically towards Madhulika. I tried to warn her, to tell her to run, but I couldn't from the words.

Beside me, Ms.Hemsly chanted a spell and a blast of pure while light burst from her hands, directed right at the creature. The creature be bellowed like a wold beast. It's voices was extremely high pitches, it felt like needles were piercing into my brain. But the screaming stopped after a while as the villain disintegrated into a puff of black smoke and withered into nothingness.

"Are they gone?" Nicolas asked Ms.Hemsly.

Ms.Hemsly began to answer when another one of these being solidified and attacked her. But she as too old a bird to be caught off guard. She was ready for it.

Unfortunately when Ms.Hemsly was busy combating one of the figures another popped up and attacked.

"There!" I yelled at Nicolas but before he could get ready, the creature was already in proximity. In pushed Nicolas with as much force as I could to get him out of the way. And as I did, a fore bolt hit the figure and it roared in rage. But before it could react, fire both hit it in succession and it disintegrated. Nicolas took the opportunity to take on his real form. With his help they took down yet another one.

The person who threw the fire bolts came rushing in our direction. Instantly she knelt down before Madhulika to ask her if she was okay. I was about to do the same when another one of those figures came rushing towards we. This time Blake was the one throwing fire bolts.

The God, that it was the last one. No more dark figures came after that but Ms.Hemsly had the magic barriers reinforced. And the security lightened.

After the whole ordeal finished i made my way back to the auditorium and sat beside my friends.

"What do you think those were?" I asked.

"We've been discussing that. Scratch that, the entire hall has been discussing that." Chelsea replied.

"I think it was a Laxen." Madhulika whispered. "I remember seeing so, e thing similar in 'Inscrutable Myths and Mysteries Unveiled'. "

"It must have been lower life form. You know something at the bottom of the Laxen totem pole." Greg joined us.

"But so soon and so suddenly?" Anannya asked.

"To evoke fear." Nate guessed.

"That means, we don't have much time before a full out war." Sebastian sighed.

We all nodded in agreement. "You're right." Nicolas seconded the thought.

We all sat in silence for a minute or so, letting the reality sink in. It was only broken when the girl who had thrown the fire bolts came sauntering in. She walked in a cat like manner and as she did her hips swayed to and fro. The sound of her heels was muffled by the carpeting.

The girl was frighteningly beautiful. She had big, plush lips, high cheek bones and an angular jaw. Her brows were sleek and her eyes was haunting. She had gorgeous jet Black hair and a peachy completion. And I haven't even gotten to her curves yet! She was tall, thin and curvy. She was like a Victoria's Secret model. She was the perfect femme fetal.
Behind her was a girl younger than her. But she had the same haunting eyes, his check bones, angular jaw, peachy completion and thin body. Only exception was that she was younger and blonde. And her face, although angular was a little more elliptical.

The younger of the two looked more girlie rather than he older one who dressed more lay like. They could pass as sister. What's more the instantly reminded me of someone. I had been these features before. Blake!

"Hello brother." Both the girls sang out.

"Oh sh*t." Cried Blake. "You guys are back so soon?"

"Is that a problem?" The older one asked, calmly but we all could sense the waring she was trying to thinly veil.

"No. Of course not!" Blake forced on a smile.

"Nicolas." The older girl smiled at him.

"Victoria." He greeted back. Wait, Victoria? As in the Victoria? As in the one Nicolas dated?

I got my answers from the way the two looked at each other. It was frightening. Their gazes held both hatred and longing. Seeing it, my heart began to squeeze itself and my chest became tighter.

"Oh get aside, won't you?" The younger sister hissed. "I need to see my boyfriend. It's been so long." She pushed her way out and plunged herself Into...Jeremy?!

"You had girlfriend?" Sneha asked.

"No." Jeremy croaked. I suppose it was hard to talk with a girl squeezing your throat with her monstrous hug. The guys began to laugh.

"Katy, well, she's had his major crush on Jeremy every since she hit puberty. So she has a one sided relationship with him." Nate explained.

"It is not one sided. Right Jay?" She asked Jeremy.

"Actually yes it-" by she cut him off.

"Not don't play hard to get. I know you're mad at me because I left you alone for so long. I'm sorry okay? So don't say this like that!"

"She's a bit coco in the head." Nate whispered.

"Nate!" Katy yelled defensively. " just beacuse I rejected you it doesn't mean you'll be jerk!"

"Rejected?" Anannya lifted her eyebrows at Nate.

"Nope. The chic is delusional." Nate explained.

"Am not! And you!" Katy pointed at Sneha. "Stop gawking at bae!"

"What the? Listen here you little delusional brat, I have no interest in your bae. Keep smothering him of you want but guess what he has not interest in you..." I could see Jeremy's heart break on the spot he hasn't professed his live for Sneha or anything but we all jsut knew he liked her. Everyone but Sneha. Ironic since she was so quick to notice it for us.

"Anyway!" Blake yelled. "I haven't even introduced you people yet! Everyone these are my sisters. This is Victoria, my older sister, she is a Senior Nd this is Katy my younger sister who is a freshmen. And these people are now part of the Circle! That's is Anushka, Anannya, Sneha and Madhulika. " He didn't give anyone the chance to interrupt his fast talking.

"So...How was the world tour?" Nicolas asked.

"Excellent." Victoria answered. "But mom kept cribbing now and then." And with that the group got involved into conversation, leaving only Anannya, Madhulika, Sneha and me.

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"So Victoria and Katy huh? What do you guys think of them?" I asked once we settled in my room.

"Victoria is plain scary. I wouldn't get on her bad side." Anannya answered.

"Katy on the other hand is all bark and no bite. She's jsut obnoxious." Sneha scrowled.

"I don't get good vibes form either of them." Madhulika shook her head.

"So what? Are they are comrades or enemies?" I asked. Everyone just shrugged.

I guess only time will tell.