Dyarknesslayers: Dyarkness

Chapter III

Where was he? Magnus twirled his head around. So many questions flew around his head. Why was he here? When did he come here? Who was the person in front of him? He swore, just a minute ago, he was on the roof. Then it all came back to him. A vision, a shadow, yet that still didn't answer who was still in from of him. One second ago, Magnus was sitting atop a rooftop, reminiscing a vision, the next, a shadow morphed into a boy, and he felt as if he was yanked out of the world he knew, quite literally, and plopped into this place, wherever it was...

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"No! That's not how you do it Sam you idiot! Sit still." Light illuminated the room in the Washington Sanctum. Hester Wyveraach worked madly at Samantha's hair, sticking bobby pins in, here and there. This plan needed to be perfect if it wasn't, well then, they would be dead. As of currently, Illyne was going nowhere, where was sleeping fast as an anchor in her bed. Hester didn't want to hurt Illyne or anything, she was a good mistress to her, although at times a little weak, and plus, she needed the rest, she couldn't possibly be worrying about taking the mortal child that the Regime entrusted upon her just last week.

But then again being weak was understandable, only one person could stand head to head with Hester and that was Gandalf. With a bit more training, Hester would out the old hag to shame, of course though, that 'bit' more training, Hester knew, would take far longer than she intended. Not because she herself needed any improvement, but because she was stuck with these two–

"Do we really need to look like boys Hester? Why does Ivy get to be a girl, I'm sure with a little bit of makeup, I can look like Illyne too."

"For the last time in the name of the angles! We need to look like boys, because Illyne's supposed to be collecting the mortal child tonight, along with two other unknown boy Dyarknesslayers from the academy in Celistia. Now stop your whining"

"What about the boy's aren't they gon–" Hester finished inscribing the sleep rune on Sam's back, she felt relief that she could finally work in peace.

"H-Hester, I can't hold the door for much longer, if you could please hurry up with the hair please. Gandalf's starting to use fire spells on the door" Hester shot a look at Ivy who was attempting in vain to hold the Slavak doors back. Hester could already see burn marks appearing on their side of the wall. So much for peace.

"Urgh, why, oh why in the name of the angels must I be stuck with these dimwits in this sanctum!" Hester's hand moved faster than a blur, using inhuman speed and strength, of not only a Dyarknesslayer, but also her vampire inheritance and reached over her back to yank her signature sword staff out from its casing on resting on her back. It whirled through the air, and finally came to a sudden stop with the cracking and groaning of definitely ruined Slavak wood, but also jamming the door in the process.

"But what about the fire spells? If Ganda–"

"Who do you trust more? Me or that old fool! You wouldn't be here anyway, if I didn't want this to be a coven." Hester almost roared at Ivy rendering Ivy silent and compliant once more. Runes glowed on Hester's weapon, glowing a bright and dazzling pink. They flickered like lights, brightened, and dimmed again. You could see that the runes were carved into the weapon with a precise and powerful hand, hot pink angrily glowed from the bottom of the runes.

"Erm, Hester..." Ivy's voice now dropped to a hoarse whisper, she knew better to disturb Hester, when she was entirely engrossed on doing something, but this was urgent. Hester was unstable in a way. She was dangerous, and yet so thoughtful, kind, yet so cold. Who knew what she would do next, besides herself? But a gold and crystal tipped staff was already poking in through the wood, and a voice could be heard from the other end. That meant that Hester's silence rune was waning, she was probably fully aware of that, but Ivy thought that she might warn Hester, just in case.