Her mother shook her beautiful head, her brown hair shimmering.
"You must practice, Cara! You will never be very powerful if you don't
try!"
"I am trying! Just watch, I can't seem to get it!"
She raised her hand and focused on a stone across the other side of the
chamber. She visibly tensed, and scrunched her eyes up in an expression of
deep concentration. Nothing happened. She relaxed, and turned back to her
mother.
"It's because you're not doing it right, let me show you,"
She flicked her hand and the rock imploded.
"Goddamn it, why can't I do it?"
"Don't worry you'll be able to do it in time. You simply need to practice,"
"I suppose. Where's Mariah?"
"In her chamber,"
"Thanks!"
The girl wandered down the stone corridor; she could feel the drop in
temperature as she approached her sister's chamber. She knocked on the
white door.
"Mariah? Can I come in?"
She received no response, so opened the door.
"Look out!" came a shriek.
Cara span around; a ball ice energy shot through the air towards her.
Instinctively, she threw up her hands to protect her face. The ball emitted
a loud crack and exploded, a plume of steam reaching to the ceiling of the
low chamber.
"I didn't know you had got that far!" her sister exclaimed. Cara looked at
her.
Nobody who didn't already know would be able to tell they were sisters.
Mariah had bright pink hair, which was tied back in a ponytail that reached
to between her shoulder blades. Her eyes were amber and there was a light
dusting of freckles across her perfect cheekbones. She was, at the moment,
wearing white trousers and a white sleeveless top, both trimmed with pink.
She had a pink belt wrapped around her slim waist.
Cara was almost completely the opposite. Only the front parts of her black
hair were tied back, and it reached almost to her waist. Three silver rings
glinted in the top of her left ear. Her mahogany eyes were ringed with
heavy black eyeliner and eyeshadow. She was wearing a tight, long sleeved
black top and baggy dark blue jeans, with numerous chains hanging around
her waist. Mariah had given the necklace around her neck to her, and she
always wore it. Her arms were adorned with many black bracelets, and her
fingernails were painted black.
She blinked stupidly a few times, staring at the spot where she had
deflected her sister's powers.
"Me neither!"
Her mother walking through the door interrupted her.
"You two should be going, you're going to late if you don't hurry,"
"Yes, Furlwelpola," the girls chorused.
Cara stared at the clock on the wall in front of her. She had never known such a long five minutes. The teacher continued to drone on about the radioactive radium compounds used in luminous substances and Cara wish she hadn't taken Chemistry as an A level. She begged the bell to ring and free her from the lesson. After a while, it answered her pleas, and its shrill call signalled the end of the period. She gathered her books up into her bag and forced her way out of the door. She slowly walked down the corridors lined with lockers, trying to pick out familiar faces. Then she saw a very familiar one. "KAI!" she yelled and hurtled down the corridor.
Kai slouched in his seat at the back of the classroom and sighed. Who ever knew Maths could be so boring? He glanced up at the clock for the twentieth time and groaned. "Hiwatari, if I see you look at that clock one more time you're in big trouble," the teacher snapped. Kai merely glared at him and growled. He decided from that point to keep his eyes firmly on the clock and not take them off until the end of the lesson. He knew the teacher had noticed – he kept on shooting death looks at him. Satisfied with severely pissing his teacher off, Archet left the lesson in a good mood. He wandered down the corridor, and as he turned the corner to the East wing heard a shout. "KAI!" He looked up to see a swirl of black hair then was knocked to the ground as someone leapt on him. He groaned and stared at the person now straddling him as he lay on the floor. Cara grinned down at him. "Can I get up?" he implored. She scrambled off him and helped him to his feet. Easily six feet tall, he towered above her, but she did not care. She hugged him hard and beamed at him. He was muscular and toned, and it was easy to see why girls found him so attractive. His blue hair, light at the front and dark at the back, flopped across his black eyes. There were two blue triangular tattoos on either cheek. He was wearing a black tank top with red trimming and very baggy blue cargo pants. He had his white scarf wrapped around his neck, as always. "Did you miss me?" "Not really, the last time I saw you was yesterday," She frowned, then tucked her arm in his as they walked outside. "I spent all night practising, it got really boring, but I think I'm actually making some progress, but you have to come with me tonight, I don't like practising alone -!" A yell from across the field interrupted her line of speech. "Look, it's Kai and his girlfriend!" A loud blonde boy strode across the grass towards them. He grinned at them, and laughed. He was tall, but not so much as Kai. He had dressed childishly in a T-shirt of a disgustingly bright shade of green and even brighter orange dungarees. "I've told you before Max, we're just friends," "Oh yeah, just friends! I must say, you are very close friends then, aren't you?" "Yeah, we are," This was not the response Max was aiming for, and it took him a moment to regain his composure. "Kai and Cara, sitting in a tree, doing what they shouldn't be..." "Oh grow up Max!" Cara said with supreme disdain. "You're so immature you've created a new meaning for the word," Kai added. Max turned an angry shade of puce and stormed off. He marched over to his group of friends and began talking to them. Cara snorted. "What?" Kai murmured. "I don't know how the hell he expects anyone to take him seriously whilst wearing that!"
Chapter 2
Cara ran through the dense forest, her black hair streaming out behind her. The muscles in her legs were beginning to ache; she had been running for longer than she knew. Stars twinkled in the night sky above her, only visible in patches, for the forest was so thick. She didn't even know why she was running; she decided something must have been chasing her, but she wasn't entirely sure what. The forest seemed to be going on forever, she couldn't see it thinning. She kept running for another five minutes then collapsed on the hard floor in exhaustion. Herlegs were screaming, she wanted to know what was chasing her.
Cara stared at the clock on the wall in front of her. She had never known such a long five minutes. The teacher continued to drone on about the radioactive radium compounds used in luminous substances and Cara wish she hadn't taken Chemistry as an A level. She begged the bell to ring and free her from the lesson. After a while, it answered her pleas, and its shrill call signalled the end of the period. She gathered her books up into her bag and forced her way out of the door. She slowly walked down the corridors lined with lockers, trying to pick out familiar faces. Then she saw a very familiar one. "KAI!" she yelled and hurtled down the corridor.
Kai slouched in his seat at the back of the classroom and sighed. Who ever knew Maths could be so boring? He glanced up at the clock for the twentieth time and groaned. "Hiwatari, if I see you look at that clock one more time you're in big trouble," the teacher snapped. Kai merely glared at him and growled. He decided from that point to keep his eyes firmly on the clock and not take them off until the end of the lesson. He knew the teacher had noticed – he kept on shooting death looks at him. Satisfied with severely pissing his teacher off, Archet left the lesson in a good mood. He wandered down the corridor, and as he turned the corner to the East wing heard a shout. "KAI!" He looked up to see a swirl of black hair then was knocked to the ground as someone leapt on him. He groaned and stared at the person now straddling him as he lay on the floor. Cara grinned down at him. "Can I get up?" he implored. She scrambled off him and helped him to his feet. Easily six feet tall, he towered above her, but she did not care. She hugged him hard and beamed at him. He was muscular and toned, and it was easy to see why girls found him so attractive. His blue hair, light at the front and dark at the back, flopped across his black eyes. There were two blue triangular tattoos on either cheek. He was wearing a black tank top with red trimming and very baggy blue cargo pants. He had his white scarf wrapped around his neck, as always. "Did you miss me?" "Not really, the last time I saw you was yesterday," She frowned, then tucked her arm in his as they walked outside. "I spent all night practising, it got really boring, but I think I'm actually making some progress, but you have to come with me tonight, I don't like practising alone -!" A yell from across the field interrupted her line of speech. "Look, it's Kai and his girlfriend!" A loud blonde boy strode across the grass towards them. He grinned at them, and laughed. He was tall, but not so much as Kai. He had dressed childishly in a T-shirt of a disgustingly bright shade of green and even brighter orange dungarees. "I've told you before Max, we're just friends," "Oh yeah, just friends! I must say, you are very close friends then, aren't you?" "Yeah, we are," This was not the response Max was aiming for, and it took him a moment to regain his composure. "Kai and Cara, sitting in a tree, doing what they shouldn't be..." "Oh grow up Max!" Cara said with supreme disdain. "You're so immature you've created a new meaning for the word," Kai added. Max turned an angry shade of puce and stormed off. He marched over to his group of friends and began talking to them. Cara snorted. "What?" Kai murmured. "I don't know how the hell he expects anyone to take him seriously whilst wearing that!"
Chapter 2
Cara ran through the dense forest, her black hair streaming out behind her. The muscles in her legs were beginning to ache; she had been running for longer than she knew. Stars twinkled in the night sky above her, only visible in patches, for the forest was so thick. She didn't even know why she was running; she decided something must have been chasing her, but she wasn't entirely sure what. The forest seemed to be going on forever, she couldn't see it thinning. She kept running for another five minutes then collapsed on the hard floor in exhaustion. Herlegs were screaming, she wanted to know what was chasing her.
