For some strange reason, darkness brings me alot of peace. Even my own friends think I'm insane because I can only sleep properly if my room's pitch black.
I guess most people are afraid of the things that creep in the shadows, but I've always welcomed it. Of course now I'm rethinking that mindset with the recent discovery of vampires, but still... the darkness continues to be alluring to me.
So taking a mini road trip at night was actually quite serene to me. And now Calluna, Enya, Rauz, Raven, Avian, and myself were all in the van and on our way to The Orphic Academy. They were extremely paranoid so they kept pointing out every single thing they thought they saw through the darkness.
The amount of times they've screamed "look, a vampire!" Was becoming excessive at this point... and we hadn't even been on the road that long.
The road we were driving on was pretty much empty, nothing but trees and open fields to greet us in passing. That made their paranoia even more hilarious. Every tree and bush was a vampire to them.
Kane was in his car ahead of us at first, although I remembered the way, we were following him just in case. But his slow careful driving grew to be annoying so I cut in front of him at some point.
"So thats the big bad Kane Wardwell huh?" Rauz said nonchalantly, finally breaking the silence. I couldn't help but chuckle because he seemed underwhelmed.
"Yep, thats him" I replied
"He's definitely arrogant, but he isn't as intimidating as you described him"
"Well to be fair, he was alot more intimidating when I was a young inexperienced witch"
"I second that" Calluna interjected, putting her hand up like a kid in a classroom.
"So about this spell... I know you said not to worry but I'm sorry — I don't think you should do it, I mean it could kill you for crying out loud!" Enya insisted. I couldn't see her face from the front seat but I could just imagine the creases in her forehead from worry. "and what are we supposed to do if you die?"
"Live your lives and be grateful that I was able to save us all... minus myself of course" I laughed
"You know its not that easy Alt, you took us in and basically saved our asses when nobody cared about us" I turned around and could now see the concern all over her face as she frowned from the backseat.
I knew the dangers of the spell and I obviously knew how much it would hurt them if I died trying to perform it. But I also didn't like the idea of being hunted by a creature of the night, so I was very conflicted.
"Let's just think positive right now, okay?" I insisted, trying to avoid this conversation entirely. "But if I don't make it, bury me in a rhinestoned kimono please" I laughed.
"Not funny" Calluna sneered, giving me an icy cold glare from the seat beside me.
"I don't know... it was kinda hilarious" Rauz giggled
Avian had been unusually quiet the entire car ride and seemed to have alot his mind.
"You ok Avian?" I probed
"I'm fine..." he assured me unconvincingly. "Listen, I know we just met and all but I don't think you should do it either. In the short amount of time I've gotten to know you... the kindness that you've shown me... I would hate if something happened to you. Like what if he has vampires from another line so his dirty work after you do the spell? It'll all be for nothing!"
He had a point of course, I hadn't even thought of that if I'm honest. But still, I was conflicted, and also flattered that he seemed to care so much about me.
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Exiled
FantasyA young and powerful gender fluid witch, Altiair Wick, was exiled by her coven and superiors for unfair reasons. She takes a close friend with her and they set out to find others like them, Others who were outcasted for being different. They come ac...
