Chapter 2
"What are you doing here Michael? 'Devil Children' are not supposed to be out and around humans." I couldn't stop looking at his friend, not even to look at how brave Angie was acting right now, even though I knew she was scared out of her mind. I finally turned my head away when I heard her scream. "What did you say?" Michael had her in a bear like hug, but I saw her struggling against him. So I got up and attacked him. "Let go of her you shit head!" I jumped on his back and started hitting him with all my might. He finally let go of her, but grabbed me and flipped me over his shoulder and onto the grass. I winced in pain. "Well, well, well. Looks like our hero is our very own Clarrisa Frey. Its been a while, I haven't seen you since 6th grade. How've you been?" I slowly stood up, "Have you met my friend Kyle?" as he said his name, Kyle grabbed me from behind, keeping my arms strictly at my side which hurt from being thrown on the ground. "Nice to meet you Clarrisa." his voice was velvety when he spoke sarcastically to me. "No, the pleasure is all mine." I said the words with a grimace as I used his weight to throw him over me and made him release me. I ran to Angie who was staring in disbelief at Michael, "Angie? Come on Angie. Snap out of it! We have to get out of here!" she finally turned to me. When we started to get up, Someone had me in a grip again. I couldn't move this time, I was too weak to throw the person, so I decided just on struggling. "You are still the same Clarrisa, always trying to be the big hero. Always fighting against people bigger than you." Michael shook his head then sat down on the bench watching me. "I am very impressed by your strength, especially for a girl. Though try doing that again and I will drag you down with me and hold your arms behind you, I might even brake one of your arms." "I guess I never told you, Clarrisa is a fighter. She was always protecting my sister, even from our parents if necessary." I squeezed my eyes shut then opened then to look at Angie, "Run Angie!" I struggled as much as I could against Kyle, Angie got up and started to run when Michael grabbed her, "No!" I struggled more just to be worn out and be held tighter to where it was hard to breathe. "All this fighting is making me very hungry," he turned towards me and stretched Angie's neck to where it was bare. He bent his head down to her and bit her, in front of me. I heard Angie scream and struggle in pain. "No! Let go of her you monster!" I struggled so much that Kyle threw me on the ground and had my arms behind me while he held me still with his knee. I heard a thud and looked up to see Angie lying on the ground motionless. I froze and looked at Angie's face, who was staring back at me with empty eyes. I turned my head to glare at Michael. "Didn't I tell you not to struggle so much?" Kyle whispered in my ear. "Oops, I guess I really was hungry." he gave a little laugh and turned towards me with a cocky smile I remembered hating so much. "You asshole! How could you kill her? She was your sister!" I struggled more and more but I was getting too tired. Kyle pulled me up to my feet and kept my arms behind me. "Ouch. Those are some really mean words. She is better off now, if I had stopped in the middle of it, she would be just like me and Kyle." he smiled his evil smile. "She would rather die then be one of you!" I struggled and only got pain shooting up my arm. I held back a scream. "Exactly, so I did her a favor. Now what are we going to do about you? You know, you look totally different from when I last saw you. You look like you grew some curves in a lot of areas." he smiled at me with that same wicked smile he gave Angie earlier. He walked closer to me, he was so close he was whispering in my ear, "You know, you look very yummy, I better bite you before Kyle does. He is a lot rougher than I am." I smacked my head into his and spit at him. He wiped his face and glared for a second only to start laughing. "You are more despicable then when you were alive! How could you think I would ever except your offer!" I seemed to have more energy and struggled more and ignored the pain shooting up my right arm. "Easy, easy. You don't want to brake your wrist do you?" Kyle was whispering to me now. I struggled more and smacked my head back to find I hit air, "Nice try, I am not that stupid." he grabbed around my waist and held me there, "I am going to enjoy this." I felt his breathe on my neck, I squirmed and hit something with my head. "Ouch, shit you stupid bitch!" I looked at Michael backing away with his hand over his eye. I heard laughing behind me. "I have never met a girl like this one, she sure would be nice to have as a pet." he grabbed my neck and quickly bent down and bit me. As he was drinking my blood, I squirmed at the pain and started screaming. The hand on my neck went to my mouth. My screams were muffed out and I was getting really tired and finally quit struggling. "See, its not so bad if you behave." Michael was next to me brushing my hair away from my face. I felt the pressure on my neck go away, "You really are tasty, don't worry, you will feel better once you wake up." he kissed me lightly where he bit me, as soon as he let me go I fell, and I saw faintly him and Michael walking towards Angie before I closed my eyes. I saw a figure walking towards me, the figure was a blur, but I was sure it was human. "Wake up my Child." I rubbed my eyes and focused on the figure. Her voice was as smooth as a stream lightly running across pebbles. She had dark brown, wavy hair flowing to the bottom of her mid-section of her back. Her skin was a pale olive tone, she had a tattoo of a heart which had the end swirled into a rose right over her heart. She was wearing a, well it basically looked like a Native Indian outfit, it had one strap over her right shoulder, to where the left side drooped just enough to see her tattoo over her heart. "Who are you?" she smiled and her full, pale pink lips shone a row of pearl white teeth. Her face was covered by no blemishes or marks of any kind, her skin was flawless, Her almond shaped eyes were surrounded by dark think lashes, but one thing was odd, her eyes. Her eyes were so light, it almost looked pure white, the only thing separating her iris from her eyeball was a dark, almost black red ring. "My name is Johanna, and you are Clarrisa Frey." Johanna helped me stand up, "Follow me." she was moving in a quick small strides, of course, I follow. "I'm sorry to be rude, but where am I?" she let out a small laugh. "We are in my home." it was cool inside the room. But when I looked outside, I saw that we were near the center of the Earth. I was about to scream, "Relax child, Earth is my home. You will not be injured here." "Why am I here?" I knew I was probably being a pest, but I had so many questions running through my head. "Who is them?" she patted my knee. "You will know soon, you are a very special gift to us. But, they will try to
"Who are you?" I stood up. She knew what I meant, she sighed and looked out the window.
"I am the Goddess of Darkness and Night, you may know me as Kali." I just stared at her. I read about Kali, but I never thought she was real. She looked up at the roof and sighed again, "It's time for your departure." I blinked and I was back in darkness.
I woke up in my own bed. I got up quickly and dizzily went to the mirror, "Phew, it was just a dream." I went down stairs and saw my Mom on the phone and looking sad, "Mom, what is wrong?" she turned to me and went back to the phone and whispered something I couldn't hear.
She ran to me and started sobbing into my shirt, "I am so glad you are alright. I thought you were dead." I pulled her away and looked down at her into her eyes.
"What happened Mom?" she started sobbing again and turned on the TV to channel 7. The main report was about a local girl who went missing at the music festival last night, I didn't need the name, as soon as they showed the picture of the cute red headed teen, I knew it was Angie, "Oh god, it really happened." I ran up to my room and looked at myself again in the mirror and shakily removed my hair from my neck and saw the bite mark. I shakily let my hair fall back down and let out a horrific scream before falling to the ground. As soon as my Mom came in and grabbed hold of me, I fainted.
"Sweetie, are you ok?" I looked up into my Mom's light hazel eyes. I nodded and slowly got up, "It happened to you didn't?" I didn't have to ask her what she was talking about. She knew what was wrong. I nodded,
"Well, lets get you packed and to Venuse Academy before something happens to you." she helped me out of bed and we spent a lot of time packing, my mom did crazy things to help cheer me up. By the time we were done, I was fine and ready to go.
We drove over to the Academy in silence, but when we got there, she tugged my sleeve and whispered, "I love you, I hoped you wouldn't have to go this path. But it is destined for you, especially with the history of your family." she smiled at me and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I love you too." I wanted to ask her about what she meant, but I didn't want to ask it with her having to already deal with letting me go on my birthday.
"Oh, I have a birthday present for you." she reached behind the seat and pulled out five gifts.
I gave her a hug and whispered in her ear, "I love you Mom. No matter what they are, I will love your gifts." I kissed her lightly on the cheek and walked towards the building. And into my new life.
"I need your help." I raised an eyebrow. She patted the seat on the couch next to her, I sat down, "When you wake up, you will not remember this, but I need you to help me bring sanity back to them."