Chapter 2: What I Saw
Aria POV
"Well I would have brushed it off had it not been for this right here." I said as I rolled up my sleeve and her eyes widened in shock.
"What the hell!" she whispered yelled as she grabbed my arm just above the bruise. I looked at her and after a moment she got it. "Is this where?" she asked
"Exact same spot and look, my hand is too small to fit here." I said as I laid my smaller hand around the bruise. Her eyes were such large saucers you could have had a tea party.
"That's not possible." She whispered
"So I thought. Hey can I come over tonight, I don't wanna be by myself with this thing I'll get caught." I said and she nodded as we headed to our first period.
During classes everything was pretty much uneventful except for Britney trying to figure out how it was possible for me to have that bruise, see even though she loves Charmed like I do, she's not as obsessed with it as I am, she's the logical one, like Piper.
Finally it got time for lunch and the moment the bell rang signaling lunch Britney bolted out of the room and ran outside. See where we go you can have lunch outside. And so whenever we need to talk we go outside and sit underneath the little cluster of cherry blossom trees we found just outside school grounds but no one ever notices or tells because there are no teachers who come out here.
Once we got there we sat down and started to eat her lunch since she brought it for the both of us today since our food at school makes us wanna puke. As we sat down we started eating and I asked, "So figure out my mystery bruise yet?" casually.
"Quit acting like this is a joke and no but you just need to stop thinking about it ok?" she said seriously
"Ok but calm down it's only a bruise." I said as we eat but everything in my mind was screaming that something was off.
"So what do you want to do when we get to my house?" she asked me as she dragged me out of my thoughts.
I gave her a look and said, "What do ya think?"
"Charmed?" she asked and I nodded.
"Well I guess we're charmed because that test next period is cancelled." I told her
"What really?!" she said as she choked on her drink
"Mhmm." I say
"How do you know?" she asked
"Kira told me." I say as we started packing up our things to get back to class on time.
"Sweet, so sub?" she asked, seeing if that was the reason we didn't have a test. I nodded to her. She smirked as we started up the steps only to have someone step in our way.
"Hey Aria, miss me?" they asked
"Anthony get the hell away from me and never talk to me again." I said as I tried to walk past him only to have him step in my way.
"I think she said to get away from her." Britney said as she stepped in front of me slightly.
"And I think you should shut the hell up." He said bitterly.
"Don't talk to me like that you ass." She said
"Shut up you little bi-" he said but was cut off by the crunching sound of me breaking his nose.
"Come one let's go." I said as I grabbed her arm and we ran to class.
Walking into class she said, "You didn't have to do that."
"And he didn't have to be an ass, oh well." I said as we sat down in the back of the class.
During class we were talking as the sub talked and I was drawing onto a piece of paper without looking at it. I looked around the room when someone in the corner of the room in the shadows caught my eye. But after my eyes adjusted to the light change I couldn't believe what I saw. There standing and looking at me was none other than Chris Halliwell. My eyes widened and I blinked a couple of times then looked again. He was gone.
I shook it off as me being ultra into Charmed today I mean I did have an awesome dream about him so I guess my subconscious is still thinking about him. After he disappeared I looked down at the piece of paper I was scribbling on, it was a triquetra. I guess my mind's still hooked.
After the bell rang I went to my next period, which was study hall, funny how study hall was my last class. Just about every five minutes in class I could have sworn that I saw Chris but I kept trying to dismiss it. It was only when I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up and saw Chris there and who disappeared when I blinked did I start to panic.
I sit at the back of class so no one saw me semi-freak at Chris's hand on my shoulder even though he wasn't there. So I did what I would do when I needed to breathe. I walked up to the sweet old teacher lady and asked politely, "Mrs. Warren, can I go to the bathroom?"
I think she's my favorite because of her name, which is Prudence Warren. I nearly had a stroke when I saw her name on my schedule for the first time earlier this year. "Of course sweetie, take this pass." She said as she handed me a bathroom pass. I smiled and sped walked out of the room, my purse bouncing on my hip.
As soon as I was out of there I ran to the bathroom on the other end of the hall. I ran in and checked all the stalls before I threw my purse on the ground, knowing that nothing would break, and locked the bathroom door.
The moment the door was locked I walked to the sinks and held onto one for dear life and for a moment I was truly afraid that I was gonna lose it then I realized, 'Hey I don't care!'. I ran the water on cold and once it was ice cold I splashed some on my face, knowing my makeup wouldn't come off. I did that a couple more times when I heard a noise to my left, the side with the door.
I looked over expecting to see someone trying to open the door but my heart stopped when I saw Chris Halliwell standing there. "Chris," was I all I could get out before my mouth went dry. He smirked and walked towards me. I stood up from my hunched position over the sink and took a step back. I looked away from him and then back and saw that he was no longer Chris but no he was Anthony. If my heart had been stopped before, now it was frozen especially when he gave me that look.
"No, not Chris although you wish it were." Anthony said as he stalked towards me as I walked backwards. He only stopped walking when my back hit the wall.
Shit.
He looked at me and gave me a dark smirk before tilting his head to the side and rolled it back and forth. I saw him roll him knuckles before he started morphing into something else.
Now would be a damn good time to find out he's a power ranger. I thought fearfully. And to my dismay he did not turn into a power ranger but The Source. I kept pushing against the wall trying to get away from him with no avail.
He glared and me evilly and walked closer causing me to push harder. He stopped about half a foot away from me and stared at me with a look that froze me to my spot. I couldn't move I couldn't push against the wall I could do anything but freeze in fear.
Oh how Barbas would love to see this. My heart started pounding against my chest as he stared at me with his black eyes. I gulped and in about a millisecond although it felt much longer his hand shot out for my throat and I ducked, throwing my arms over my face and neck as quick scream tore through me.
Then everything was silent. I waited a moment to feel some sort of movement and when I didn't I moved my arms from my face slowly and saw that he was gone. "Damn if The Source was gonna screw with my head and attack me if he even did attack me why couldn't it have been Cole when he was The Source to attack me, he isn't as scary." I say to myself before laughing at myself "Well hell, I finally gone crackers."
And now I'm glad that every class in this part of the hall is deserted due to it being last period. I pick up my bag and look at myself in the mirror and watch as the blood drains from my face. I look to my right and see 5 marks on the wall, burn marks it looks like. That's the way his hand was positioned, he had black energy surrounding his fingers. But, but there's no way he was really here. Was there?
Quickly walking to the door I unlocked before running out and back to class, my fear and panic over him coming back overrode any other emotion. As soon as the door got in eyesight I slowed my semi-run to a normal walk. I had given myself enough time to catch my breath that when I walked in and handed my pass back to Mrs. Warren no one thought anything was out of the ordinary.
After class I met up with Britney outside the school and we walked to her car. The moment we got in we were slinging our bags into the back, thankful we got no homework, and blasted the radio. With me being desperate for her not to bring up my bruise or me being weird I belted out the lyrics to songs I didn't know but somehow knew the lyrics to and she couldn't talk over me and the radio although I'm pretty sure she tried to.
Soon enough we were pulling into her driveway and I was basically running into the house, my books long forgotten. As soon as I was inside I ran for her room with her not far behind me. The moment she was in her room with me I was pulling out some of her night clothes (luckily we're the same size) and turned to her as she put in season 6 of Charmed in her DVD player. "I'm going to the bathroom to change and then I'll be back ok?" I ask
"Kk, hurry up or I'll watch without you." She said as she too pulled out some night clothes (even though it's only 4 pm) but hurried none the less, knowing she was dead serious.
I ran to the bathroom on the other end of the hall and walked in and shut the door. As soon as I locked it I had off my clothes and slipped on the black and red plaid shorts that were very, short, but they were SOO comfy that I always wore them. Then I pulled on my sports bra and over that I put on a black shirt that said 'Magic lives on…' in big letters in a Broadway like font. After that, since I'm terrified of Brit's parents seeing the bruise I slipped on a red windbreaker (really thin jacket for those who didn't know) to cover up my wrist and because it was kind of chilly in the house.
Turning around I saw a bluish glow coming from the crack in the wall and of course my curiosity got the better of me and I just had to touch it. And the moment I did I was falling and once I landed I looked up and my jaw dropped, I couldn't believe what I saw.
AN: Soo what do you think Aria saw? What's going to happen next? Did Anthony deserve to get his nose broken? Other questions/suggestions? Let me know. R&R Guys
Hugs and Kisses - Madame Magic
