Ender Clan ~ Book 1: The Start

Aria & Luna ~ Chapter 3

Aria's eyes slowly flickered open. She sat up, hand clutching her head. She glanced at her surroundings. 'I'm still in my room...' The lights had stopped flashing and there were no longer any sirens, in fact, everything was dead silent. Aria slowly stood, wobbling a bit as she tried to regain her footing. 'How long was I out?' She asked herself, glancing around the room one last time before sitting on her bed and trying to remember what exactly happened before she passed out. 'There were sirens, flashing lights, yelling... Luna...' Aria paused and listened closely, listening for her friend, but there was nothing. Aria shook her head before laying back on the bed and staring at the ceiling. 'What did you get yourself into?'

Eventually, Aria's door slid open, indicating it was feeding time. She stood and stretched before making her way down to the dining hall. She glanced around, looking for her friend, but seeing nothing. 'Where is she?' She was becoming more and more worried, what exactly was going on? She shook her head before heading over to the counter to get her food. She walked over to an empty table before taking a seat. Aria was lost in her thoughts, mindlessly eating, but was snapped out of them once she heard the metal doors to the dining hall opening and the room went silent. Aria glanced over to the doors, and what she saw made her eyes widen. Luna was finally here, but things were very different this time. Luna had her wrists and ankles shackled in chains, along with her neck which had a chain attached to it to lead her. Beside her were two guards dressed up in body armor and fully armed. That wasn't what shocked Aria the most. No, what shocked her the most was the fact that Luna was covered in blood. The guards lead Luna over to a table in the corner where she was sat down and only given a piece of bread to eat. Luna's eyes were devoid of any emotion, she almost reminded Aria of herself a while ago. Slowly, the room returned to its chatter, but Aria could only remain focused on the blue-haired girl. Aria seen a boy passing by her and she grabbed his wrist. She had talked to him a few times before, he was relatively nice considering the circumstances and his name was something like Billy... maybe Braden, or it could have just been Bob. It didn't really matter. "Hey, think you could tell me what's going on with her?" She asked the boy. The boy gave a small shrug before replying, "I'm not entirely sure what happened with her, but there is a rumor going around." Aria narrowed her eyes a bit, although it was a rumor, it could give her a hint as to what had happened. What he said next shattered any guesses she might have had towards what Luna did. It made so much sense, but Luna didn't seem like she was someone who could bring herself to do something like that. She couldn't believe it, but the proof was right there slapping her in the face. The guards, the restrictions, the dull look in her eyes... the blood.

"The rumor is that she snapped and killed three guards after her experiments."

(A/N: There is the newest chapter everyone! Sorry it took me so long to update, I haven't been feeling very well these past few days. I am also going to be starting another story here shortly, so keep your eye out for it. Hope you enjoyed!)