Ezekiel Thomas and The Kraven Hill Academy

Chapter Ten - After Hours

Thomas took a sip of his water as he sat on the grass under a tree with Leia. "I can't believe we won the game yesterday."

Leia looked up from her book of Mystical Artifacts. "Me neither, I think if Jacob hadn't awakened his anima at the last minute, we probably would've lost."

"He was right though, Jacob, about us. We all played apart in that last goal and the chemistry between us really came out." Stated Thomas, tracing his eyes over the school. That didn't stop Manuel from ripping into him everyday.

"Yeah I guess so." Leia moved her head back down to her book.

Thomas noticed her white blonde hair a little damp. He's sure that's not how it normally is, unless she didn't do it properly, which in this case wouldn't surprise him as she never does her hair that well.

"What did you do to your hair?" He asked.

Leia's mouth parted, her face going scarlet. "Uh, um..."

It didn't take long for Thomas to figure out why her hair was the way it was. "Why does she do it all the time?" He questioned.
She shook her head as she looked down. "I don't know." She muttered.

Silence grew between the pair. Thomas stared at the castle as he saw one of the Strange triplets stepped outside. This brought his mind back to the conversation he had the day before with Jacob. He couldn't help but bring it up with to Leia.

"Hey, Leia?" He called.

"Hmm?"

"Have you ever heard of a group called the Osirians?"

Leia stared intently at the sky, biting her bottom lip. "I was told stories about them when I was younger but never actually known if they've existed or not. Why? Is this about the attacks?"

Thomas shifted closer to her, explaining his thoughts. "Well yeah, I mean I spoke to Jacob yesterday and just before he was called away, he said the people who wrote the articles think it's them."

"I mean I have no idea who it could be, but from what I know of what I've heard-- wait!" Leia smuggled inside her bag until she found what she needed.

"Here it is." Leia lifted a brown crusty book in the air and placed it on her lap. She opened the book, turning pages and pages before stopping.
"Got it!" her index finger traced under each word reciting the text to Thomas:

The Osirians are a dark organisation consisting of seven (or less) sorcerers dedicated to taking over the mystic world and ruling it as they see fit.

Thomas peered over at the castle as Leia continued reading. "Where do you think Baron goes at night?"

"Huh, What do you mean." She asked.

"Well, for the past couple of nights, I've been seeing him come back to the school all dirty after hours. Why?"

Leia shut her book as the afternoon breeze blew her hair across her face making fold it behind her ear. "That's odd, the Watchers aren't supposed to leave the school. That's the whole point of them watching and guarding."

What on earth could he be doing? Thomas wondered. Thomas has been curious about a lot of things during his thirteen year life span and this was one of them. He couldn't help but pull his lips up into a smirk.

"I think we should spy on him and see what he's up to." Thomas suggested.

Leia's eyes popped out of her head hearing his idea. "Absolutely not, we'll get in so much trouble."

"Oh come on, what's life without a little fun. We'll go at night when everybody's asleep, trust me we won't get caught. Look at how many times other people have sneaked out."