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Innocently CursedPart 3:
Chapter 10:
After hearing my name being called I tensed up. I didn't know how to react. I just stood there frozen not realizing that Seth had been calling out my name to get my attention. "Luna! Luna!" he called out. I slowly started to fade out of my own thoughts. I stared down at the stadium floor, as I got up out of my chair and walked down the stairs. When I got down to the stadium the referee told us to take our stance. Zola looked eager to get this over with while I still remained in a daze. " I can't do this! Demon hunters are suppose to protect their comrades as well as humans they are not suppose to harm them…" I thought to myself. As soon as the referee rang the bell the battle began.
Zola charged at me while holding a fist. I don't know why but I didn't move… she punched me repeatedly. My face and stomach were very bruised and had cuts on them that were bleeding. I could feel the warm hot blood trickle down my shoulders and legs. Hit by hit she kept coming at me and with each hit I felt like I was only getting weaker. Slowly enough I lost feeling in my legs and I became numb to the point where I couldn't even stand. I fell to the ground like a lifeless body and lied there not even attempting to fight back or at least get up. When Zola was finally satisfied with beating me to a pulp she stood up and started to walk away. With a smirk on her face that had "that was easy!" all written over it. I could hear the echoing of her every step as she walked away.
As the referee was about to announce the winner, I started to think about what got me here in the first place. Then Aurora's face appeared in my thought…
That's when I remembered my promise to Aurora. I promised that I wouldn't die until we met again. The very words of our promise echoed in my head " I will not die, I will not die, I will not die". Then I spoke the very words " I will not die!" I snapped out of it.
My body started to glow again illuminating the very puddle of blood I was standing in. All my injuries started to heal. I could feel myself regaining my strength. I could feel the very power itself flowing inside of me. I made a promise, and I was not about to throw that away. I stood up and called out to Zola, " Where are you going the battle is just getting started?" she looked shocked at the fact that I could even stand up. Zola smirked and turned " So you can still stand, (she chuckled) well looks like this is going to get interesting, just don't bore me this time!" she said as she summoned her sword. Now the battle has truly begun.
She instantly charged at me, while I stood in stance position not moving a muscle. She swung at my stomach and her sword sliced right through me but I wasn't injured. It was just like she had sliced through fire itself. When any element user goes into battle if they have truly mastered their element ONLY during battle can they turn their body itself into the element causing them to have the ultimate defense. But if the element user has mastered their element but at that current state of the battle is too weak to use the technique then it results in no defense considering they cannot use the technique for protection.
During Zola's state of confusion, I grabbed her sword and incinerated it just by the touch of my hand.
Zola looked at straight in the eye and said " I see so you're a Fire element user, well guess what your not the only one that a has tricks up their sleeves!" Zola gave me a cocky smile as the ground slowly beneath her started to rise up to half the height of a skyscraper. Then she looked down at me and said "Crescent terror" then a huge barrier surrounded Zola and me closing us in leaving us with no possible exit. Then gas started to fill the cube- like barrier. It was like a deadly smokescreen. I couldn't see at all. Leaving me vulnerable to attacks, on top of that I couldn't breath in the gas because it was deadly and just the slightest inhale of this gas and its over. I slowly walked about the smokescreen while covering my mouth trying not to breath in the gas. Then out of nowhere three needle like weapons that were made out of sharp rock hit my shoulder. They were in deep, but I could easily yank them out. Which I did, despite the sharp pain I felt from my injuries. Then 10 more were thrown. The 20 then 30 the numbers kept going on and on. If I kept going at this rate this battle will end just like the one with my encounter with a Zeckon.
Then I tried something new I stood still and waited till another 10 were thrown then the second they were a couple centimeters from my body I called out "REFLECT!" then the needles were returned to their original direction. Causing them to hit Zola instead of me. Then the second I heard her say ouch… I ran towards her direction. She was only still standing on her pedestal like land that was towering over the arena. I found the beginning of the pedestal and put my hands on firm, gritty surface and said in my head
"Primal blaster" now that I moved from my original position I couldn't give away my new location. As I grabbed the pedestal like land that had resin to a higher point the ground that she was standing on started to crack and soon enough collapsed back to its original state. The second Zola hit the ground she looked puzzled " how come you can control 2 elements?" she demanded with outrage in her eyes.
" If it makes you feel better I don't control 2 elements… I control 7. Goes to show you that being wise a*s can lead you to being a dumba*s!" I responded with a smirk on my face.
She tried to get up but before she could I said "rock cuffs" and the ground it's self rose up and made cuffs that cuffed Zola to the ground. She could no longer move. Even thought she lied there and she knew it was over for her she still said " this isn't over I can still win!" I still continued just ignoring her because she clearly was in denial. I spoke the final move that would end this battle "Final Spark" her body was immediately shocked by electricity she became unconscious and the battle had ended.
The referee announced the winner "The Guardian of Order rank #1, Luna Ridgewood wins!"
Chapter 11:
After the battle had ended I was walking of the battleground to leave the arena and go back to my room since I was the last battle for the day. But its really hard to walk of the battle arena with a cool look on your face trying to take the victory, when you hear Seth from the sidelines screaming "You got this Luna baby" over and over again. His very voice just irritates me! I can't believe he is saying that out loud. If any of the girls from his fan club heard that I would be the target of the school! It's bad enough that Stacy is already out to get me I don't need anyone else.
I walk off to my room and lay down on my bed the, battles had taken most of the day and it was getting pretty late. Then I began to wonder when I will be able to go home. I know that one day here is 1 second over there but I still miss dad and Amy. Plus I don't think anything is going to get better around here. Just on my second day here I had to kill a girl! Who knows what's next. I let my thought drift off into space. But soon enough I became sleepy. That's when I fell asleep.
I woke up the next mourning to Seth sitting on the edge of my bed just gazing at me. I never really knew why he had taken intrest in me… soon enough I started gazing back. Its almost as if his very eyes just put you under a spell, that makes it impossible to resist. But then one very important thought popped into my head. WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING IN MY ROOM AGAIN!
That's when I came back to reality, and shoved him off my bed. "Seth why are you in here again? There's this thing called knocking you should try it once and a while!" I said. But in response with a smile on his face Seth said this "well I wanted to come in to tell you that we have a very important mission today and that we need to be at the Elite's private room early so that we could begin our mission. But when I got in here I saw you sleeping and I just couldn't wake you up. You looked so peaceful so decided to let you sleep in. Even though I knew that when you woke up you were going to flip out." It's almost as if he enjoys seeing me all mad and flustered. That b*sterd I'll get my revenge someday.
After I kicked Seth out of my room like I did yesterday I got ready and later after that we both walked to the Elites room.
When we got there everybody was in their own little conversation and as soon as Seth stood at the front of the room. Everybody's face grew serious while I still remained confused. Then he explained the mission " the mission was given to the Elites from the Mayor of Enron town in western part of Syra. The mayor states that there have been many Zeckon attacks towards civilians around a cosplay restaurant so he wants us to go undercover as maids and butlers at the restaurant during the day and gather information from the costumers of the attacks and from that information he wants us to patrol the town at night, to see what we find. Main goal of this mission find out why the Zeckons are attacking the civilians and what there main objective is. The bonus of this mission is whatever money we make while being undercover we can keep. Our ride arrives in 15 minutes gather your belongings and get ready to head out."
After the explaining of the mission everyone bolted to his or her rooms, including me. I packed up my uniform and my sword, since I never really thought that I would be taken to another dimension I didn't really have the time to pack. All I had was the cloths on my back.
I reported back to the elite's room and soon after everybody arrived we all walked together down to the school's main gate so we could find our ride and leave. On the way down I asked Seth "so what's are ride?" Seth smirked and said, " Our ride is the best thing this academy could offer! Only the elites are allowed to ride it!"
Seth having said that I was imagining a dragon or something like that but when I finally saw our ride I was left utterly shocked.
There before me stood the most beautiful yet crappiest transportation I have ever seen. It was a carriage.
" YOU CALL THIS A SWEET RIDE!" I yelled. Seth looking puzzled responded, " Well here in Syra we aren't that advanced in technology yet so yeah this is considered a sweet ride."
Well I guess not all dimensions have advanced in technology as like back on earth. We all entered the carriage. It had nice velvet red cushioned seats, with mahogany wood surrounding us, and 2 average size windows on each side. As we all entered the carriage everyone sat down next to his or her partner. As much as I didn't want to sit next to Seth I felt like I had to, but just as I was about to sit down Stacy sprinted to the seat and sat down giving me the evil eye to back off. So since I wanted to be the bigger person and not cause another battle I sat next to Logan instead. Its actually been a while since I talked to Logan the last time we spoke was when he… kissed my hand… but since I know we'll be going on missions together it might not be a bad idea to get to know him he seems like a nice guy. But it was so difficult to start a conversation with him when I constantly find that Stacy just can't keep her hands off of Seth. First she put her wrapped her arms around his right arm and then she started to lean on his shoulder. A part of me just wanted to ignore it and act like none of it was happening but the other part of me was VERY irritated. Why can't she just settle with Logan? What's so special about Seth? Soon enough I found myself just thinking about Seth and the very thought of that got me even more irritated. But during my own irritation with Seth I noticed Logan staring at them as well. Logan's eyes where concentrated on Stacy. When I looked closely at him I noticed that I his eyes were full of hurt and pain. Its almost as if I could hear his eyes screaming out to Stacy, "get away from Seth, don't fall for him, do you really hate me that much?"
By witnessing the event it only made me more curious about Logan and Stacy's history as well as her history with Seth. What could have happened for Stacy to dislike Logan or was it that she just always liked Seth even before she met Logan.
After a very puzzling ride we soon arrived at Enron town. Stepping out of the carriage I noticed that the town was like an old village. It had dirt paths and the houses were made out of a combination of wood, brick and stone. There were many kids running around all over the place, playing together talking and some were just resting. The town seemed very peaceful and calm, like none of the Zeckon attacks have ever happened. After I was done analyzing the place I followed Seth and the rest of the elites to the cosplay restaurant, and the second Lilly, Kylie, Stacy and I walked through the door a strange young woman who was already dressed in a maids out fit dragged us into our rooms and instructed us on how to work.
Entertain the costumer (do whatever you have to!)
Ask if they would like anything on the menu
Give them there order & make sure they pay
The job actually seemed really easy but for some reason I had bad feeling that something really unwanted was about to happen. But as usual I just brushed it off like it was nothing.
After instructions were do she gave me my maid out fit as well as the others theirs. Each maid's outfit was designed differently for each person, for example my maid outfit was short green and white, with white ruffles in front and back and it was a low v-neck cut. As much as I HATE looking like a wh*re it had to be done. (Why me) but even thought I hated my outfit it didn't seem like Stacy had a problem with hers, she was practically checking herself out in the mirror! I don't know how she enjoys having to be practically half nude. It doesn't make any sense! And the worst part of it is that I have to go out there where all these men with raging hormones will be looking at me. This kind of stuff is more Amy's style, she's used to be the whole boy's staring at you and checking out thing but I'm not.
After putting on my maid outfit I had to go down stairs, but the second I got down stairs just as suspected Seth takes one look at me and basically drops his jaw and starts drooling, I have never felt so violated in my life.
(There will be some script dialogue in my story just telling you ahead of time)
Seth: (face turns red when he sees her than he faints out of seeing something toooo CUTE!)
Seth's daydream while being knocked out in his head from his Point of view:
Seth: oh hello Luna you look rather beautiful today (Luna turns around), but then again don't you always!
Luna: ooh Seth how could you like a girl like me, I'm not good enough for you (teardrop drips down her face)
Seth: (cups her cheek with his hand) don't you ever say that!
Luna & Seth both start leaning in for a kiss… (End of daydream and wakes up.)
Luna's P.O.V:
After Seth got knocked out he started talking in his sleep. I could only guess what was going on in his Dumba*s of a head. I just stood there and stared at him for a while but when I saw heard him say my name and pucker his lips an extreme anger came over me so I punched him in his stomach!
Seth: (wakes up) OOWW what the F*CK that hurt!
Luna: well maybe then you should keep me out of your delusional pervy dreams!
Seth: I wasn't dreaming about you!
Luna: oooh really then why did you pucker your lips and say my name! (Spoke angrily)
Seth: (oh crap she's on to me, try to change the topic) Well Luna don't you look sexy
Luna: (not shocked that he tried to change the subject) you're an idiot. (SLAPS HIM and walks away)
Why can't he just leave me alone it's as if he thinks that this is a game! Why doesn't he just date Stacy already? She clearly likes him more than I do. I walked over to the thing to do chart and saw the garbage still needed to be taken out. I picked up the 5 garbage bags and carried them off to the dumpster out back. That's when I heard calling out for help. I ran in the direction in which I heard the scream and saw Stacy's fighting with a man had jeans and a dirty shirt on. Since I saw her magazine lying on the ground, he was probably somebody from the shop telling her to stop lazing around. Since I had no interest in what was going on I decided to quickly drop of the garbage and leave. Then I saw the man quickly grab her arm and twist it behind her back.
Man: come on little lady why don't you just give me some entertainment that is your job isn't it?
Stacy: LET GO!
Stacy was clearly showing at lot of restraint. She knew she couldn't fight back because if she did it would give away our cover. Only people who have gone to the Jacken high school know battle skills, regular civilians don't. So all she could do was hope that he would let go. As much as I don't like Stacy I just can't let the man get the best of her. Plus I knew if I didn't help her I would feel a lot of guilt, and me and guilt are not the best of friends… so I guess I'll just have to fight with the table ware knife I picked up earlier. Since I'm so use to having a knife on me I just had to grab it! (Force of habit to always be prepared for battle)
Me: (walks up to the man) LET HER GO (threw a tableware knife at him)
Man: (knife landed in his arm and he let go of Stacy)
Stacy: (runs away as soon as she is set free)
Me: (thinks: a "thanks Luna" would have been nice)
Just as Stacy leaves I decide I should leave to so I run away. Then just as I was about to get away the man grabbed my hand and flipped me over, then later slammed against the wall it felt like every bone in my body was broken. I need to heal myself I kept thinking. But I need to get away first, I began crawling away but then he kicked me in the stomach and instantly I could feel my warm blood going up my throat and be coughed up. I never was this helpless. If I could of used my powers to save myself. My vision began to blur and my I could feel my heartbeat slowing down. "Hey b*stered you shouldn't pick on girls" said a too familiar voice. Seth came to my rescue. Why is it no mater how much I push him away he always finds a way to pull himself in closer…
Chapter 12:
I could feel the soft texture of a blanket under my hands as I awoke from my long sleep. I rubbed my eyes and stretched my arms. I looked around the room and saw Seth sitting in a chair next to me fast asleep. I shook him awake while calling his name "Seth" I called in a very soft voice. Soon after he opened his eyes he instantly looked relieved that I had awoken, then suddenly his facial expression went from happy to p*ssed. Then he walked out of the room without saying a word to me. The only thing I could think was what the hell happened to him. This is the first time since I entered Syra that I've ever woken up without being sexually harassed by Seth.
I just brushed it off like it was nothing. I'm thankful for him for helping me but he didn't have to be so mad about it! Lilly later walked into the room and gave me a bear hug. But knowing Lilly she always forgets how strong she is I was practically being crushed.
Lilly: (eyes welling up with tears of joy) I'm so happy your okay; we all thought you were done for.
Me: what do you mean done for? All you had to do was heal my wounds?
Lilly: it's not that simple, in the elites the pair that is talented in the earth element and medicine is Kylie and Luke. They healed most of your wounds but some of them were far out of their training. You had several cracked rips and ripped tendons. Most of those injuries could only heal with time. But the likely hood of you waking up from your deathbed was a 5% chance. You were asleep for days; most of us were starting to give up on you. But Seth wouldn't give he never left your side, not even for a second…
Lilly's words sounded unbelievable. I never thought that I had come that close to death. I started to feel an extreme pain in my chest. I needed to apologize to Seth and thank him for not giving up on me. I went down stairs to the center of the café to find Seth; he was setting a table near a window. I walked up behind him and tapped him gently on the shoulder. He turned around and when he saw it was me he immediately avoided my eyes and didn't say a word. I started to speak " Seth I'm s…" but before I could finish he walked away. Which frustrated me, I was trying to thank him!
Me: WHY WON'T YOU TALK TO ME! (I said angrily) I thought you would be happy that I woke up!
Seth: (in a frustrated tone) so you really don't get it do you!
Me: get what! I'm trying to thank you and all you've been doing is treating me like crap! What did I do to you…(Seth cut me off)?
Seth: (in a harsh voice) do you have any idea how painful it was to see you like that! Knowing that you might not ever wake up. What were you thinking! Going off to fight that man when you knew that were all under restriction! HE COULD HAVE KILLED YOU!
By now his face was flushed and his eyes were teary. After hearing what Seth had to say it finally mad me understand what was going on. He was worried…
After I figured out what was wrong I did the only thing that would calm him down. I gently wrapped my arms around him and pulled him in to a hug. " I'm sorry" I said in a soothing voice Seth didn't utter a single word he stood there letting me embrace him making him have no worries no fears, just a calm feeling that says I'm here…
