CHAPTER ONE
The night was misty and dark, Violet lurked on the street corner , shivering in her thin jacket and worn out skinny jeans. Her bright scarlet eyes scanned the street up and down , looking for a place of shelter. She had been on the streets , running from the Anti-Magic-Alliance for six whole months.
Violet was fifteen , an underage magician. Anywhere she went , she was recognised by her scarlet eyes , something only a magician had. She coughed and wrapped her jacket tighter around her thin frame. "Stupid weather" she muttered under her breath. She coughed again , even harder , causing her untrained powers to move a rubbish bin across the car park and smash into the side of a parked car. Violet jumped suddenly , her heart pounding against her chest. "crap" she whispered to herself. As she looked around desperately in case someone had heard the uncontrollable smash , she spotted an open , empty garage. " Best hide for a bit then!" she announced to herself. She got up and ran into the garage. It wasn't warm , but it was better than getting a cold on the street corner.
She shuffled into the corner and sat against the wall and gripped onto her knees , desperate to get some extra heat. Violet must have fallen asleep for a few minutes because suddenly her eyes opened to the noises of AMA sirens outside the garage. " oh my god , oh my god! What did i do?" she thought to herself as she desperately tried to hide behind a stack of old tires
Nearby , a young shape-shifter named Indigo was nosing through rubbish bins looking for something to eat in his Wolf form when he heard the familiar sirens. "Another Magician? That's easily the fourth one this week!" he thought to himself as his ears pricked up at the sound. His instinct urged him to go and help the magician in need. Indigo sped off into the night following the sounds of the sirens and the smell of magic and magician's blood. He skidded around a corner into a car park and bolted as fast as he could to the garage where he could hear Violet's screaming. He jumped around a corner , panting and stopped at the AMA vans.
Indigo creeped around the vans and went into the garage and lurked behind another stack of old tires. He could smell the magic clearly now. Pure , sweet , innocent magic that was about to be destroyed by the AMA's lust for power. A dark haired girl cowered in the corner ,covering her eyes and shaking with fright. Three men , obviously AMA workers stood around her about to pounce on her. "Not today!" Indigo growled loudly , showing his gleaming white , sharp fangs. He snarled and ran towards the workers. One of them turned around and saw Indigo. In a fit of panic he shouted "A shape-shifter!" Indigo picked up speed and pounced on the workers who were crowding the young magician and flashed his perfectly pointed canines at them , continuing to growl. " you leave her alone or you'll have me to deal with!" he growled close to their faces. The AMA workers whimpered as Indigo stepped off them and onto the floor , still growling. They picked up the ropes they intended to tie Violet up with and ran out of the garage and into the vans to drive away from the shapeshifter.
After a little while when Indigo was sure they had gone , he shifter back into his human form. He stood up straight and shook his midnight blue hair out of his sea blue eyes. He slowly crossed the garage and peered behind the old tires , where Violet was still shivering violently. He gently looked down at her and offered his hand to help pull her up. "so.." he began. Violet looked up and jumped in surprise of another human's presence. "what did you do to get cornered by the AMA?" He asked curiously as Violet took his hand and leaned against the wall to steady herself. She shrugged. " i coughed" she replied. Indigo blinked in confusion. " you coughed?" "yup." Indigo blinked again. "How old are you?" he questioned . "i'm fifteen , an underaged magician" Violet said in a matter-of-fact tone. "what happened after you coughed?" Indigo asked , stroking his chin with his thumb. Violet rolled ger scarlet eyes and sighed deeply. "i sent a bin flying across the carpark and it smashed up the side of a car , okay?" Indigo chuckled. "whats so funny?" Violet demanded. "oh nothing , nothing" Indigo said as he chuckled more. Violet glared at him , making him go suddenly silent. "if you must know , my powers haven't settled in properly " she admitted .
Indigo suddenly felt bad for laughing at her. "i'm sorry" he muttered under his breath. Violet's glare softened into a gaze. "it's okay" she said , trying to hide a smile "i won't be much of a magician" she added , looking down at the floor. "well , i'm a shape-shifter, i wouldn't know about good or bad magicians." he said. "i try not to get involved in goverment stuff , but you needed my help, i could sense it" he stuttered. Violet smiled greatfully. "so do you do this often? i mean , rescuing magicians?" she askex . looking curiously at her life saver. He shook his head , making his blue hair fly everywhere. "no" he said in a guilty tone. "but something told me you really needed help and i needed to do something" Violet rubbed her head. She could feel a headache coming on. She said nothing , just continued to lean against the wall. "so , why arent you with your family?" Indigo asked. Violet's eyes started to water. She burst into tears quite suddenly , making Indigo jump. "shh shh don't cry" he pleaded. "if a simple cough can send the AMA running , i don't want to know what magic tears can do" Violet wiped her eyes with the back of her worn out sleeve. "if you must know , i'm fostered and my foster mom reported me to the AMA when my powers came in. I sneezed and accidently sent my foster sister flying into the wall"
Indigo didn't look surprised . "is this a habbit of yours?" he asked "sending things flying into other things?" Violet looked down. "I broke Emma's arm , she flew into the wall with such force that the entire house shook" she sighed. "Emma screamed and my foster mom came running. She said i has magically made her fly into the wall. That was when my foster mom went mad , she didn't know i was soon to be magician, i knew but the powers aren't meant to come in till you're sixteen. I knew i'd be out of there by then. But they came so suddenly. She called the AMA and locked me in my room untill they arrived to destroy me, so i smashed through my window and ran for it" Indigo nodded. "seems logical" he said. "anyway" he muttered. "you look shattered , come with me , i'll keep you safe" Violet's scarlet eyes scanned Indigo's thin, lanky frame up and down. "woah woah woah fairy princess! Don't look at me like that, i don't want to turn into a frog!" he chuckled. Violet giggled. "i dont do frogs i make things smash into other things remember? By the way i'm Violet" She held her hand out to Indigo to shake his. "I'm Indigo" he replied as he took Violet's hand and gently shook it. "So , Indigo , whats your story?" Violet asked as she released his hand , secretly feeling sparks fly up her spine. Indigo shook his head "theres not much to know about me really Vi , i've been on the run from the Wild Beast Control services since i was three , i never knew my mom and my dad was killed when i was seven" Violet looked down at the ground , regretting the question she's asked. Indigo shook his head again. "No it's fine , i've never really talked about it but i feel better now that someone has asked" he said as he wiped an escaped tear from his eyes.
