Blood of Air
Chapter 1: A Rather Boring Day
"Chill.....Chill," a sweet voice said in the back of my mind. "ACHILLES"! the sweet voice abruptly turned sour,and my eyelids slowly rose revealing a stunning brunette shaking me violently.
"Jeez, Mia calm down," I grumbled still half asleep.
"Don't you dare tell me to calm down,Chill," she retorted, "I'm not the one who falls asleep every hour."
"It's not my fault school is so boring," I huffed.
"Just because school is boring doesn't mean......." There she goes again lecturing me for the fourth time to day about how to pay attention and how important an education is. I just sighed and turned my attention towards the two squirrels fighting over nuts outside. After one squirrel fell out of tree I looked towards Mia, who was still lecturing me. Her brown locks cascaded around her shoulders and her blemish-free face. A few stray hairs fell into her rainbow eyes. "Achilles, are you listening to me"? She asked while waving her hand in my face. I snapped out my thoughts.
"Uuummmmmm......." I stammered as I scratched my curly hair. She opened her mouth to say something, but the bell interrupted. "Lets get out of here," I said quickly. Mia just smirked and grabbed her binder, stood up and offered me a hand. I took it graciously and she pulled me out of my desk. We were just about to depart when there was a sudden CRASH!!!! I jerked my head towards the sound and my eyes widened.
Standing amongst the shattered remains of the widow stood a hideous giant.
"Wha-a-at is that"? Mia stuttered.
"I-I-I don't k-know," I stammered back. The giant had only one, disgusting, blood shot eye and was clad in nothing but tattered shorts and bronze armor. In a dirty hand he held a rusted sword.
"YUM! YUM! Weakling half bloods make good eatin," the beast exclaimed with a malevolent smile on his grotesque face as it slowly began to lumber towards us with his sword posed to strike.
"Achilles, do something"! Mia shouted, but I was paralyzed with fear. The creature reached me with a amble strides.
"You will be delicious," he chuckled looking down at me. His muscles tightened and his blade began its quick descent towards me. Mia screamed and I shut my eyes. I heard the rush of air and Mia gasp. The top half of my body felt somehow detached from its bottom half, but there was now horrific pain just a strange sensation. I opened my sky blue eyes and peered down. Indeed the two halves of my body were separated, but the gap between the two began to reform like it was made from air its self. In a mere second I was completely reformed.
The giant had a look of confusion on his face. I finally broke the binding of fear and took advantage of the monster's momentary lapse of judgment to act. I quickly nabbed my pencil off my desk and shoved it deep into the single blood shot eye, grabbed Mia's slim hand and pulled her out the door and down the hallway. I felt a thud as we collided into someone. I looked into the sea-green eyes of a raven haired boy.
