Dark Familiars

Chapter 11

I sit in the play room of the girl's home. Two girls were in here snickering. I walk over curiously. "Hello." I greet. I didn't have friends here. They were always scared to come near me. They start laughing again. "Your hair looks stupid." One of the girls say. My red hair was in two braids. I turn around. "Oh is little orphan girl going to cry. I bet you mommy and daddy left you here. Didn't even love you." She says then starts laughing. Her friend whispers to her. "You should stop." The other girl just laughs more. "Why should I? This is fun!" She says. She gets up. "Your parents probably have another child happily." She says. I turn around. "Shut up!" I fire back. "Make me!" She yells. I walk away. "Is little girl scared. Is she going to go cry in her room!" She yells. "Leave me alone." I whisper. She runs over to me and pulls my hair. I scream in pain. Why wasn't anyone coming? "Let go!" I yell. "Beg!" She yells. She repeats that stupid word over and over again. I push her off me. "Haha you weakling!" She yells. I clench my fists and suddenly she begins to choke. I stand there in shock. What was happening? Was I doing this? I couldn't be I'm not even touching her. Her friend cries out for help. She runs out of the room. I hide behind the bookshelf. I see the women come back while the mean girl was still choking on thin air. I hear a gurgling noise and then knew she was dead. I realized I clenched my fists so hard I broke skin and was now bleeding. I sit behind the bookshelf in silence. I hear the women whispering to take the other girl away and to call the police. I sat there behind the self. A police officer sees me. She knew me from when I first met her in the woods when I ran. "What happened? Why are you here?" She asks. I bring my knees to my chest. "She was choking. She was dying." I whisper. The choking noise she made going through my mind. "Come here." She whispers. She picks me up. The mean girl was now gone from the room. It was now me and the police women. "Let me take you to your room." She whispers. She takes me back to my room and lays me in my bed. Did I kill her? I couldn't have. "Get some rest." She whispers. She leaves the room. Leaving me in the room with only my thoughts.

"Please Taylor! Wake up! Taylor wake up!" I hear voices call out to me. I was screaming my lungs out and thrashing. I feel myself punch someone. I sit up. I look around the room frantically. "I need to go. I need to get out." I whisper. I could only see darkness. I feel someone hug me. Bringing me into a warm embrace. I start to bawl into that persons arms. I kept repeating I killed her. I killed her. "Its ok.. Shh.. She is gone... you are out of their.." I hear his low British voice. I look up and see Gray. George standing to the side with Henry looking at me worried. "I choked her to death Gray. They don't even know." I whisper. "She was hurting you. You didn't know." He whispers. Did he see my dream? "You were imagining in your sleep." He whispers. I wipe away my tears. "Taylor... She hurt you first." He whispers. George turns on more lights with henry. It was three in the morning. I sat on the bed petting Grays wolf head. Tears still streaming down my face. "I'm sorry for waking you up..." I whisper. "Its ok." George says. He was on my other side. His arm wrapped around my shoulder. "You guys can go back to sleep. Ill just stay awake for now.." I whisper. "Are you sure?" George asks. "Yeah, like that seemed very scary. You punched George in the face.." Henry says. "What?" I ask confused. "When you were thrashing you accidentally punched me. It's ok it didn't hurt. I have a very strong face." George whispers. I laugh weakly. "Sorry. I thrash a lot when I have those dreams." I whisper. "You guys go to bed. I'll ask Mr.Jackel if I can get my work. I need to go to the infirmary for something anyways." I whisper. "Ok." Henry says walking away. George kisses my forehead. "Goodnight love." He whispers. I smile. "Goodnight." I whisper back. They both go back to there rooms. I was left alone with Gray. I kept petting his head. He transforms. His head in my lap. He was looking up at me. "Are you ok? Do you need to talk about anything?" He asks. "I don't want to." I whisper. He sits up. "Why do you need to go to the infirmary?" He asks. "To get sleep medication." I whisper. "So I can go to sleep easier. I did it when I was younger and didn't have any dreams pretty much." I whisper. He nods. "When I was turned into a familiar. I was a wolf and wouldn't let anyone touch me. I died by being assassinated. I would attack anyone who came near me so they would tranquillize me. I turned into a man and then my first master found me. I became his familiar. He would put my medication in my food. Most of the time I was a wolf. I only turned into a human when I needed too. Now I love being a human." He explains. "I soon after learned how to turn into other animals. Raven, jaguar, bear, and pretty much anything really. I always just like being a wolf." He explains. He was distracting me from thinking. "Thank you." I whisper. He smiles. "When you die only a few people get to choose if you would like to be reborn into a subject of your master or be forever in the heavens. I choose to be a familiar. To have a second chance. " He explains. "I went with my family back in Washington because I wanted a second chance. A chance to actually live and be able to be loved. In the girls homes, orphanages, and foster care no one dared to come near me. They were scared. My only friends were my therapists. Pretty pathetic. I know." I whisper. He laughs. "My only friend was my masters and there families. I was presented as their brother." He whispers. I lean my head on his shoulder. We talk until everyone woke up.

I was leaning against George trying so hard not to fall asleep. Gray was making breakfast in the kitchen. It smelled so good. "I would have never guessed he was good at cooking." George mutters. I laugh. "When he told me I looked at him surprised but its true." I whisper. We sit at the table. "Breakfast is served." He yells. He puts the plates down that were stacked on his arms. He made eggs, bacon, with toast that had butter, along with some cut of fruit that were cut like roses, and some orange juice. "God damn Gray!" I yell. "I told you I'm good at cooking." He says. We all sit down and start eating. The eggs were so fluffy and melted in your mouth. The bacon was crispy but not over done. I was astonished. I seriously finished my plate in seconds wishing I would have savored it and ate it slowly. Once everyone finished Henry and George got dressed. They came back in there black uniforms and red tags. The uniforms were black pants and a white t-shirt with a black long coat with a hood. They also had a weapon belt with their weapons and had black boots on. "Ready?" George asks. I nod. We walk from his apartment to his car and drive to the academy. I kiss George goodbye. I and Gray head to Mr.Jackels office. We get inside and see a police officer. "Where were you?" He asks. "At George's I was past curfew and stayed there." I say. "I thought you were killed. Your room was ransacked. Nothing was stolen." He informs. I sigh in relief. "Thank you officer you may return to your post." He says. The officer nods and walks away eyeing me down. "Why do you look so tired?" He asks. "I didn't sleep last night. I need to get sleep medication." I say. "Ill write you a note." He says. "I'm also not feeling well." I add-on. Please let me skip. Mr.Jackel was like a father figure to me now. "You skip first, second, third ,and my class. You need to go to ability class." He says. He hands me a note. " Go get some rest." He says. He opens the door for me and lets me out. "Thank you Mr.Jackel." I said while walking out of his room. "No problem." He whispers. I walk away towards the infirmary. I get inside and was nicely greeted with a nurse. "Hello my name is Cady. How may I help you?" She asks. "Can I get some medication? For sleeping?" I ask. She nods. I hand her the note from Mr.Jackel. She nods. "Wait here." She whispers. I stand there. Gray was in wolf form sitting next to me. I pat his head. She comes back with a bottle of pills. "Take before you go to sleep." She says. I take the pills. "Thanks." I say smiling. She nods. I walkout and head back to my dorm room. I take a pill and lay down in bed. Gray was laying next to me. I soon fall asleep into a dreamless slumber.

I run into class when the bell rings. I had a sandwich in my mouth. Fred was talking to his class. "In two weeks we will be having our first exams. For each class you have you'll have an exam. You don't know what's on the exam but hope you have all the knowledge you'll need. You guys will be fine. You will have an exam in this class but I'm not going to tell you what it is." He explains. I go to where everyone was standing. I eat my sandwich quickly. Then I see Mr.Jackel in the back of the room. Was he watching the class? "Today we will practicing swords, daggers, and shields." Fred announced. We all summon our ability. "Behind you is a target which you can throw daggers, practice sword fight, and throwing projectiles." He explains. I summon a throwing knife. I throw it at the target. My wind pushes the target back. "Whoops." I whisper. I go up to the target and pull it against the wall. Then I walk back to my original spot. I start to throw daggers swiftly. I see them disappear once being stuck in the target and reappearing in my hand. I then create a small wind ball. I throw it at the target. It just pushed back the target towards the wall. I see Mr. Jackel walking around talking to students. They seemed nervous talking to him even though he was acting friendly. "Make sure you flick your wrist when you throw. It will hit harder." He explains. I try again. "Also to keep your arm firm and strong." He mentions. I was now throwing my daggers even farther. Is it possible to create a bow? I look for Fred and call him over. "Are you able to create a bow?" I ask. "No, but you can infuse your magic into a bow and arrows. With your magic you would make your arrows go faster with the wind." He explains. "Cool." I mutter. He walks away with another student calling his name. I feel myself get really light-headed and decided to sit on the floor. Gray comes over and sits next to me. I hear a scream. It was a mans scream. I look to Mr.Jackel who didn't even realize it. I walk over to him. "A man just screamed." I whisper. He nods. I run with Gray and Mr.Jackel out of the room. I could already smell blood. We turn a corner to see the blood pooling around the again decapitated head. The familiar was against the wall shot in the chest three times. "Taylor, go to your rooms. I need to send everyone to their rooms." Mr.Jackel says. I and Gray run to the girls dorm. I hear Mr.Jackels familiar on the intercom. "This is a code black. Please everyone report to their dorms quickly." She said calmly. We get back to my dorm. I shut the door behind me and Gray pushes me on the bed. He puts his hands to the door and started chanting these weird foreign words. I then see a pentagon form on the door with Unicroni words going around it. I couldn't understand what it was saying. He sits on the bed with me. "What did you do?" I ask. "Sealed the door." He says. "What do we do now?" I ask. "Now we wait." Gray says calmly. I sigh only wishing George was here.