The Dark Hour

--------Astrid--------

He had me pinned to the ground with his leg and he had a hand full of hair. I couldn't get him off of me at all. Damn it this is what Vincent was training me for. He pulled my hair and I screamed. I already had a big gash on my arm and it's still bleeding.

"Get off!" I yelled.

"We already lost the kid, got to make it up to the boss somehow."

"Like hell you do! This isn't even a fair fight!" I tried to move but he put more pressure on my back and pulled my hair which threw my head back. Where is Vincent? "Let go of me!" I yelled once more. Soon after my head went flying forward but the pressure on my back didn't lighten up. I looked behind me and saw that he had a hand full of hair. My hair.

"Let the Princess go." Vincent said angrily, his eyes were glowing red. Vincent is going to rip this guy to shreds.

"Make me." Vincent smirked.

"Astrid keep your head down." I closed my eyes and kept my head down. I heard a crash them a sigh. I sat up and looked behind me and the guy was dead with blood on the wall. Vincent helped me up and Ryan came down.

"What the- I don't want to know."

"Let's just get out of here." I said holding my arm.

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"Ryan would you just heal it!" I yelled at him sitting on Axel's bed. I was still trying to get use to my short hair.

"Maybe I don't want to heal it!" I was about to say something when the door opened and Skyla and Axel were at the door.

"What's going on in here? And what the heck happened to your hair?" Skyla asked shocked.

"We had a little dilemma." Vincent said calmly.

"What the hell happened to your arm!?" Axel asked running over to me and looking at my arm. I sighed.

"Nothing till Ryan using his healing magic."

"You're being a butt of course I don't want to heal you now where is that blond kid? I'll heal him cause he isn't being rude." Ryan said walking out of the room.

"What the hell?" I asked looking around.

"I'll go talk to him." He said also leaving the room.

"So we have a little problem after you left." I said looking at Skyla.

"What problem?"

"I got pinned to the ground after he cut my arm and Vincent used his sword to cut my hair. It feels so weird having this short of hair."

"Yeah, it looks good on you though."

"I don't like it but I have no choice now." Ryan walked in with Vincent right behind him.

"Okay the kid is healed the big guy didn't like the idea of demon magic but I talked him into it. Just some rest and he will be fine now Astrid if you would stop yelling at me I will heal your arm."

"Hell yeah you're going to heal it."

"Is Lalna still sleeping?" Skyla asked Ryan.

"Yep like a baby." She nodded.

"Ok, so who's going to be the one to tell Ridge what happened cause I call not it."

"I will I don't know how I would explain the whole going to a different world and everything but I'll try. Hey would you stop sticking your finger in that it hurts!" I snapped at Ryan.

"Sorry." Ryan said healing it. I moved my arm around and it was fine. I stood up.

"So let's get this all straightened out. Then I can talk to Michael." I walked to Ridge's room and knocked on the door. "Ridge?"