A Wizards Fairytale

Chapter 16

Aries sent Lena home that afternoon and soon after received a summons. Ignoring Gabrielle's concerned gaze, he ducked out of his Transfiguration class and found his team waiting for him in the hallway. Tapping his wand to his tattoo, the team of five was whisked off to some unknown location.

Gabrielle wasn't too worried initially. Aries had been summoned during class before. She wasn't sure how he was able to maintain good grades, but the point was he always came back before too long and didn't ever seem hurt. When there was no sign of Aries by dinner, however, she got worried.

Jacques did his best to reassure Gabrielle and a frantic Iris, but it was obvious that he was worried too. Toward the end of the meal there was a crash in the Great Hall, and everyone looked up to see Aries and some unknown people trying to get up.

Things did not look good. The scary girl, Rue, was digging through a bag for something while the brown-haired girl was putting pressure on the brown-haired boy's chest wound. The Japanese boy was trying to keep off his right ankle, and Aries had a splotch of red showing through his t-shirt.

"Rue, do something!" the brown-haired girl said panickedly.

Rue continued looking through her bag. "Em, I'm doing the best I can, but I don't think I have anything that can heal that. I can give him a Blood-Replenishing potion and hope he doesn't bleed out."

Aries pinched his nose, trying to think. "What language was the curse in?"

"Russian, I think," the Japanese boy responded.

"Excellent," Aries grinned. He said something in Russian, and then the wound closed immediately. Emma looked at Aries in amazement. Rue rolled her eyes.

"How did you...?"

"I guessed. Can you set Mu's ankle?" Emma nodded, moving to help Isamu. Rue turned to Aries.

"Shirt off," she ordered. Aries raised an eyebrow.

"For a little cut?" he teased.

Rue narrowed her eyes. "That little cut made a great slash on your shoulder. Shirt off now." Aries went to open his mouth, but Rue cut him off. "And hold the sexual innuendo please."

"You're no fun," he grumbled, pulling his shirt off. She focused on healing his shoulder, but everyone else was just staring at Aries. His chest was well-muscled and defined, catching the eyes of many girls much to Gabrielle's ire, but that was not what the majority of the people were staring at. No, all eyes were on Aries's tattoos. On his left shoulder was a detailed sailboat with a name and date etched in Greek on the sail. Right above his heart and going down were lines of music. The most eye-catching of his tattoos, however, were the bold letters inked across his back, proclaiming: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Rue raised an eyebrow. "Haven't seen Tinte yet this year?"

Aries shook his head. "Not sure what I want yet."

Iris, having gathered her thoughts since her cousin came popping in, said, "Yia-Yia is going to kill you if you get any more tattoos."

Aries smirked. "Not unless I give her my puppy eyes and explain that my tattoos are a way to express myself."

Iris pouted. "No fair! You get tattoos; Yia-Yia gets a little upset and then gets over it in a heartbeat. I even mention getting a tattoo; she has a hemorrhage."

Aries shrugged. "I'm the sad pathetic grandchild, 'Ris. It works in my favor sometimes."

Aries's team, also never having really looked at their boss's tattoos, were fascinated. "Aries, what do the notes stand for?" Emma asked, having little skill in reading music. She could read enough to tell it was something on the piano, but that was about it.