In a world where everyone is divided by the colour of their blood, Mare Molly Barrow encounters an unknown girl with gifts similar to hers. With red blood running through both their veins, they both poses abilities that can not be explained. But when it's discovered that this strange girl holds more abilities then everyone else, she's viewed as a threat to the royal family and history of the nation. While Mare comes to terms with her own new ability and troubles of a future princess, this powerful stranger is beaten and trained into a weapon that will be used for war.
No Red can conjure an ability. No Silver can poses more then one. Yet, these two girls deify the rules. In a world where everyone is divided by the colour of their blood, Red and Silver. These girls are better then both.
Rise, Red as the Dawn.
The Red Queen and The War Weapon, a pair that can not be broken.
"Evangeline, of House Samos."
Everyone knows the name, even the king and queen. But not Mare, Mare has no idea who this snide girl is. The girl is dressed in black leather unlike the others, in their smooth silk dresses. In all her iron covered suit, she is obviously the favourite. Everyone knows who will win the Queenstrial.
She looks the weakest; Mare thought. Although Evangeline Samos is far from it. She makes a show of her ability, proving that she is certainly powerful enough to win. The sound of bullets ring aloud, below the crystallized net. Soon, pipes splinter the floor of the arena. They burst through the walls and twisted around Evangeline with an earth-shattering noise. Sparks fall from the lightning shield, but she doesn't care. She's hungry for power, she's hungry for the crown. She would do anything to show up her competitors. That includes using the audience in her little show.
It starts slowly, a slight change in balance, until every box in Mare's row lurches forward. It begins bending and making everyone in it tip. The glass she was holding, fell and shattered on the lightning shield, as the silvers applause shortly turned to screams. The silverware tumbled and turned over the rail and with it Mare Molly Barrow.
She fell silently, waiting for her body to hit the lightning shield. Her eyes closed, she couldn't feel herself falling, not until she realised she wasn't. With one strong hand, she was being held by a girl leaning over the railing. A member of the high house? No.
A servant, like her.
Her eyes are wide, but not scared. Determined. The box lurches backward, then quickly forward. As if Evangeline wants the pair of girls to die. It wouldn't be surprising; Mare thought.
Even if this girl is a Strongarm, it wouldn't help. The young servant fell over the railing. Neither of them scream, both waiting for death.
Mare expects to see her skin burn and fry. But all she feels, is the lightning running over her entire body. The electricity run through her bones and her nerves. Mare turns, the fear of seeing that girl dead beside quickly subside. All she can see is that same girl, full of life and lightning. The shield keeps trying to kill them, but it can't. Everything in Mare feels wrong, but right at the same time.
This shouldn't be possible.
The shield gives way, giving off black smock and starting to crack. The first thought Mare has, is that they have to get off this thing. But the dying shield shatters, and they both tumble over each other.
Somehow they're both still alive. Mare landing in a pile of dust and the girl landing near Evangeline's sculpture.
Mare struggled to her feet first, all eyes on the burned Red girls. The human lightning rods.
Evangeline's eye darted between them both. Wide and scared. She jumped back slightly when the red servant lifted her head and began to rise. Mare tried distracting her with a pathetic Hi. But it didn't work. She answers with a flurry of metal shards, all of them sharp and deadly, pointed at the girls hearts as they rip through the air. Before Mare can register what's happening, the girl incinerates them with a wave of her hand. To her surprise, Mare does the same as she throws up her hands. Hoping to save herself from the worst of it.
She nearly fries Evangeline, but settled with a four foot hole in the wall just behind her head. All eyes on them.
"Mare," a strong voice calls out from the floor. She turns to find nothing but dust.
Every silver eye was on the pair of girls, even the king leaned over the edge of his box.
"Sentinels."
His voice a raiser. She suddenly grabs the wrist of Mare, hard. She turns her as the sky begins to bleed Sentinels and soldiers.
She was just on the floor.
"Run," her voice determined, again. "Don't look back. Go. NOW." Her voice full of anger and a strength that Mare had never heard before.
With reluctance, Mare bolted from the scene, leaving the girl that had tried to save her alone, with the Sentinels and Evangeline. She sprinted and jumped down the gaping hole she had made with her lightning, seize them! Echoing behind her as she goes. Was she following? Would Mare ever learn the name of that brave girl?
It wasn't her time to die, but Ava was giving it her best. Evangeline had run off somewhere to hide from the little red girl, which meant she was left alone in the arena with the Sentinels and the eyes of all the high houses. There was no way she was letting them take Mare, even if Ava had to give her own life. She took all the breath she could before running, toward them.
They move with speed and accuracy, something they've been trained to do since birth. But so has she, and they don't know that.
She jumps and lunges toward the first Sentinel, wrapping her legs tightly around his neck and flips him to the ground with a nasty crack. She kicks out the legs of the second, holding his arm behind his back until she heard the wanted break. Her cheek collides with the dusty floor as another kicks her from behind, but she's up in just enough time to drag him to the floor by his shoulder and knee him where she knows it would hurt the most. Ava heard the gasps of all the silvers as she floors the Sentinels, but they put up a fight that quickly tires her. One catches her arm, hard. Ava let's out a painful scream as her blood begins to freeze, more soldiers and Sentinels beginning to run at her and the hole. She reaches out a hand and tugs at whatever piece of skin she could find. Without a though, fire starts blazing from her hand - causing the Sentinel to stumble back and fall. Another runs for her, but she falls to the floor and catches his ankle and shocks him with lightning. As much as she could, that is. Her energy quickly fading.
She has no choice but to run. Too many of them, and only one of her.
No where to run, she realises, as they circle her with no escape. She realises she's forced to show another one of her abilities, one she always said she's hide, in front of all these silvers. Even the king and queen.
Ava runs at the hole, the Sentinels blocking her pathway.
Everyone's breath catches as they realise she's gone, right in front of their eyes. The whole arena is silenced as they look around, expecting her to jump out shouting Here I am!
Ava tore through the corridors, dodging the guards with guns as she follow's the thoughts of Mare. As she rounds a corner, she finally caught sight of her and gave out a shout. Sentinels broke through glass and mirror in front of Ava, not even noticing her. She begins to run at them but Mare slips past both of the tall orange beasts, taking Ava's hand, they both run in the opposite direction with more glass and mirror shattering behind them.
When they finally find a window, it's made of diamond glass. Walls of red and orange come storming from both sides.
"I'll buy us some time," she squeezes Mare's hand.
While she runs off, Mare let's out a short laugh. She turns her head to the left, seeing the red girl strongly fighting her way through Sentinels. Something she didn't think were possible. She saw a blaze of fire then lightning. A blur of water, glass and even blood.
But it wasn't enough. Mare heard her scream and then she herself was swallowed by thick, black smock. It was slowly suffocating her.
Ava had fended off two, maybe three Sentinels but it wasn't enough. By the time she turned to check on Mare, what she saw was the Prince choking her with his ability. Burner. His eyes were sad as her body weakened. She met his eyes for a brief moment before trying to save Mare. Running forward, shouting her name, she was quickly dragged back by a force that stopped her breathing. A force she could have matched if it weren't for her tired being. Dragged through the long corridor, until her back met the marble wall, Ava's head lolled to the side. Everything went black after that, for both of them.
Mare's sleeping body was gently lowered to the ground by Cal. He rose to his feet, a frown of confusion and sadness plastered across his features. He couldn't understand what had happened to the other Red servant. Not until his eyes focused on the Sentinel standing next to her battered body.
Telky.
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