"What is the word I'm looking for?" I said to an older girl with ashen blonde hair. Anger was seething from her as she glared at me with her ash gray eyes. A smirk crossed my lips as I pretend to think. "Oh that's right, brat," I said simply. This caused her eyes to narrow and she lunged towards me.
I moved to the side just as she reached my spot. As she fell to the ground I quickly grabbed her arms and twisted them behind her back, pinning her to the ground.
"What's wrong Nixie? Can't take your own medicine?" I asked her loudly. Suddenly I felt strong hands grab onto my arms and yanked me off of Nixie.
The unknown person locked painful metal handcuffs around my wrists before turning me around to face them. A young male guard stood there with a serious look on his face as he marched me away from the scene towards the detention halls.
"You're in big trouble Miss Barnes, again," the guard spat at me while marching me into the basement of the school. I kept my face neutral before shrugging.
"Nothing new, now is it?" I asked him when he stopped before a locked metal door. He produced a key from his pocket and unlocked the door before pushing me inside and locking it again.
The handcuffs clicked to signal that they were remotely unlocked and I uncuffed my hands from them before going to sit on the small cot that was placed along the back wall of the dark, cinder block cell.
My eyes gazed around the dull, plain room. There was a small powder room off of it with no door, but other than that and the cot, the only thing in it was me. The walls were a gray cinder block and the door was metal with a barred window at the top of it. A small window leading outside was high above the cot, again it was barred.
With nothing inside of this place, there was nothing else to do but either think or sleep.
I chose to fo the latter.
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Red. That's all I saw.
There was a flurry of red around me as I stood in the center of-of - a raging inferno - yes I think that's what it's called. A scream tore it's way out of throat and my eyes were wide with fear as I tried to move, but I found that my body wouldn't listen to me.
"Hush my child," a female's voice said from somewhere around me. I tried to find the source, my head whipping around in an attempt to locate the woman. "It will be alright, Sapphire," she said in a soft voice. I still couldn't find her and that made a ping of panic throb in my chest.
"W-Who are you?!" I called out to the voice. I tried to sound strong, and I normally was, but here, I felt weak and unsure. That scared me.
"It doesn't matter yet, my dear," she said to me as her voice began to fade, as did my surroundings. Fear began to well up in me as well as anger, with a cry on my lips, she spoke one last time.
"It is almost time, my darling little Sapphire."
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My eyes snapped open as I realized it was all just a dream - a crazy one at that. My breathing was erratic and so I took deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself down.
Suddenly a loud clanking sound echoed throughout the cell and the large metal door swung open to reveal another guard, this one was female, and she beckoned for me to follow her.
Standing up from my seat on the old, worn out cot, I silently followed her out of the detention halls and back into the school. Looking around, I saw that there were no students in the halls and came to the conclusion that they were either in class or that school was over.
"So, what time is it?" I asked the guard as she led me through the halls towards the principal's office. She gave a slight glance back at me before sighing and pointing to a clock on the wall above a string of gray metal lockers.
"So, school's over then?" I asked her noticing that it read four o'clock in the afternoon. The guard gave me a slight nod before pushing me into the office and going to stand by the door. I stared at the young female guard.
"Miss Barnes," an old man's voice caught my attention and I turned around to see the aging principal sitting behind his old gray metal desk. What there was of his hair was gray and he had a few wrinkles on his face.
"Yes?" I asked him, annoyance lacing my voice as I spoke. I didn't want to be here. To listen to him telling me that complete obedience is mandatory and all that. His wrinkled eyes narrowed as he looked me over carefully.
"You must know by now that this behavior is absolutely unacceptable anywhere in our beloved kingdom, right Miss Barnes?" He asked me as he stared right into my eyes. I rolled my eyes in response and then shrugged.
"So what? I don't want to be here anyways," I said to him as I took a glance back at the guard standing outside of the door. Turning my focus back onto the principal, he had a look of anger on his face.
"You will remain here, that is law," he told me before waving his hand in dismissal. "Tonight, you will receive no dinner and a whacking will be given to you before bed," he said to me while writing down my punishment into the records. "Now, good day Miss Barnes."
Then, the guard walked back into the room and led me out of the school before stopping at the front doors. She gave a sharp, slight nod, then walked back inside and left me to make my way back to my family's small apartment.
I made my way down the streets towards the city bus station. Everything was just as it always was, still air, artificial lighting, and busy streets. Things rarely changed around here. Though I wouldn't know about things outside of Cemena's walls - or what' on the other side of the dome.
When I reached the station, I swiped my student ID and went to wait for the bus. As I waited, my thoughts drifted to the rather strange dream I had not even an hour earlier.
"What was with that anyways?," I thought to myself as I stared out of the windows. I watched the others both in and out of the station bustle around, they were all going about their business. Before I could think too much more, the bus I was waiting for pulled up. I let out a sigh before standing up from my seat and walked over to get in line to board the bus.
Once I stepped onto the bus, I scanned my ID and took a seat near the back by the windows. Once again I stared out them, watching the same old world go by as I returned home.
A while later, the bus came to stop down the road from my apartment's grounds. I got off the bus and walked down the street towards my apartment. As I reached the gate, I pulled out my ID and resident's pass and showed them to the guard at the gate. He gave a sharp nod before opening the gates for me and letting me inside.
Walking along the pathway towards my home, I heard a familiar voice call out. I turned to see my best friend Katlyn White as she ran from her apartment over to me.
"Hey Katie," I said to her when she finally reached me just before she enveloped me in a big hug. With a smile on her face she pulled back and shook her head.
"Sapph, why do you always get in so much trouble?" She asked me while looking me in the eyes. I shrugged and turned to wall further down the pathway towards home. Katie followed me as I tried to rush ahead of her. However, it seemed he wouldn't give up the chase.
Reaching my door, I opened it and stepped inside. Just as I crossed the threshold I was met with the angry faces of my father and stepmother.
"Oh crap."
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Fantasy[the elementals saga] Imagine a world that is under the complete control of a dark monarch. A world where you either obey or face the consequences. A world like Cemena... Once the Capital of Aravielle, Cemena has transformed from a place of magic an...
