HIGH SCHOOL- DAMIRAE

Ch 13: Strange Dreams

Raven's POV:

"Did you like this, daughter?"      "Stop calling me 'daughter'. I told you to stay away from my friends."        "How long will you hide yourself, you ingrate. Follow your destiny."        "No!"       "Then you shall face the wrath of Trigon until you do so!........"

Noooo...... I woke up with a jerk. I looked up to see Kori staring at me. She said, "You had a nightmare again. You must've been scared by those muggers yesterday."         "What...muggers?..." I muttered to myself, "Ohh,yes. Muggers!"         "It'll be fine. Now get ready for school."        Ohh! School!    I forgot!

I got ready in a jiffy and stuffed some food in my mouth!  As Kori was driving, I was lost in deep thoughts....about yesterday....about Damian!   I didn't use my magic for a long time. Hope I was successfully able to remove his memories, though I feel guilty for it!   But while I was doing so, I felt like prying into his life. I couldn't see anything but I felt his childhood. 

It...it was somewhat sad, gloomy and also painful maybe?!  It was a chaos in his mind. It was somehow confusing.  What did he have to go through in the past, to have these kind of emotions?   Now, I realize he hides them well. Just like me.  

Just then, Kori's voice interrupted my thoughts, "Rachel, we've reached."      "Thanks," I replied as I got off the car.     "You don't have to go to work today Rachel. The bike needs to be fixed. It'll be done today. I'll come to pick you up after school."         "No, it's alright. I can walk myself there. I already took a sudden leave that day due to burns."       "Then call me right after your work gets over. I'll be worried."      "Okay," I bade her goodbye and went towards the school..............

Damian's POV:

I woke up early because I had a strange dream. It's just so hard to describe. I saw a terrifying giant red demon... maybe he had horns too! What was that?!   Then I saw a girl, glowing all purple, capturing a strange looking person in a giant black shadow in the shape of a raven?!

I could hear a rough voice saying, "Give up, Raven...."    I can't make out anything from this dream. It's just so disturbing.  I took a quick shower and headed down to eat breakfast.   Grayson was already there at the table. 

He spoke up, "You look worried, Damian. Want to talk about it?"   I thought about it for a while. Maybe I should tell him.   "I still can't believe that I had a concussion. Things just doesn't add up."            "Maybe it happened because you stressed yourself out too much."             "I've been trained by the League of Assassins and Father, Grayson!"         "Nonetheless, you are a human, still a teenager."            "Whatever. But some things keep bothering me."           "Like what?"               "When I woke up from the supposed concussion, I found none of my weapons inside my clothing. I am skilled enough to take down muggers by hand-to-hand combat. Why would I use my weapons? Where did they disappear?"          "You are still hiding weapons in your day to day clothing? Quite stubborn you are, little Wayne."               "You should know preparedness is essential in any situation."

Grayson became quiet briefly. Then he spoke up, "I also think that it's somehow not right. But we have to believe Rachel for now."          "Who was on patrol yesterday?"          "Nobody. The crime rates went down to almost zero and yesterday was a Sunday. So we thought of taking a day off.  We would go down to action if there was crime alert."             "Tt. Stupid decisions, Grayson! We have to stay alert always. Starting today on wards, maintain the patrolling schedule daily!"

I completed my breakfast and headed for school......

Raven's POV:

It was the first class. As usual, I was sitting with Tracie. Damian arrived too, but I was too afraid to face him. His face looked as if he had a lot of concerns. Was it because of yesterday?