The Stairs

Chapter 7 | Switch

Charvi reached school the next morning, questioning the events of yesterday.

"Oh joy," Charvi sarcastically claimed." Back at my most favourite place in the world!"

Charvi entered the battered place and scurried to her locker after her eye fell upon Chris' oh-so-inocent face. But of course, he noticed her and walked up right behind her.

"Didn't think I would catch you hm?" Chris said with a hint of evil pleasure in his voice. "Wrongo little girl." Charvi didn't speak, maybe he would get bored and go away. Well that was wrong too. Chris looked around to see if anyones eyes were looking their way and once the coast was clear he grabbed Charvi's arm roughly to turn her around, his nails starching her skin and pushed her small bod against the lockers.

"What do you want from me? " Charvi finally whispered.

"I want to see you fall," Chris snickered. "You're too easy to wreck, you don't even need to try to be a freak." He laughed and all his friends that were witnessing it,  were laughing too. Boiling point was beyond Charvi's mood now. Instead of holding it in like she normally would, she raised her arm only slightly because of Chris' grip on her. Her magic released from her hands and darted straight for Chris. As soon as one of his friends has shouted his name it was too late.Chris rose from the ground and flew straight into the opposite wall. Even after he smacked the wall and slowly slid down the wall, electrical pulses snapped through his muscular body. Charvi walked up to him and raised her finger to send another electrical pulse. His body jolted to the pulse and then fell as he relaxed.

"Switched." Charvi simply spoke as she turned but as she looked up, a teacher was glaring aggressively back at her with arms crossed and furrowed eyebrows.

"So close." she whispered in defeat. 

"Take him to the nurse, Joe" The teacher sternly demanded to one of Chris' friends." I'll deal with you." The teacher walked off with Charvi following close behind. They reached the office door and entered.

"Take a seat." The teacher said sternly to Charvi and she did what she was told

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Charvi has her back slouched as she entered the detention room. It was silent as there was only two others there. 

"Oh what a surprise to see you here Charvi" The old female teacher boasted." What are you here for?"

"Unauthorised magic use miss." Charvi whispered with fear but not shame. The teacher laughed.

"What a surprise, "She sarcastically stated and leaned forward to be uncomfortably close to her. "You and your stupid magic habits. Take a seat." Charvi turned and started to walk to a desk by the window as the female teacher said something under her breath.

"Freak."

Charvi continued to her seat at the back by the window. She grabbed her pencil, looked at the teacher and then back at the pencil. She raised her hand and the magic rushed to the pencil, levitating it from the ground. She twirled it around and around, while thinking. The teacher that caught her using magic on Chris told Charvi that she had detention everyday after school for a week. She tried to explain to the teacher that she hadn't done anything unnecessary and that it was Chris that had done the wrong first, but he wouldn't have it. Not like Charvi thought he would, she is just a freak isn't she? She didn't understand it, in fact, she wasn't understanding much at the moment and being overly annoyed didn't really help. "Why did Erris leave yesterday? Why did I feel so sick after looking into his eyes that mysteriously changed from the marine to a weird dark colour? Why am even here? Urgh" Charvi thought to herself. She was confused. She then thought about Chris, what he said to her. The explanation he left. I want to see you fall. Charvi continued to think about things for quite a while, not caring about any work that she had to do. Soon enough detention was over and she had to go home. She rushed out of that building and to the park. She didn't want to go home just yet. She was bored as ever so she thought about something to do. The Custin Spell. She took it out of her bag andn viewed it again. Charvi seemed to have found an interest on the power of the spell and what it could do. Being able to erase destruction, while killing the cause, and the fact that if it was said wrong, the person saying it would die. It was something that Charvi had never heard of before that class, and it amazed her. She knew what to say, slowly. She knew the words but there was no way she could ever say it without stuffing up. Impossible. Charvi looked around her at the small, beautiful park that she goes to almost all the time. It was her favourite place. A place with no fear, anger,critisism and there was no one to call her a freak. She smiled at the eighth of the place she loved the most, forgetting about all that troubled her.