After the creepy encounter with my second personal stalker I couldnt help but try to avoid non-crowded places. Hey I was pretty hard-headed and foolish at times but not stupid. Besides that guy, Quinn I think it was, seemed very familiar and I was busy trying to remeber if I had ever seen him before. It didnt seem likely but hey it was possible.
Well with all that social drama aside some more serious issues have recently arisn. Yah I know so like me to not say anything about this first but hey, i'm trying to fill you in on my social issues ok? Anyway back to the recent problem, remember those two kids who I 'rescued' from the dark fairy? Yah, well they've recently been sent off to an orphanage and Headmaster Ambrose is dead set on getting some people to raid Lady Blackhopes tower. And guess what he's going to do? he's going to have a competition just among the novices. The winner gets to yah, you guessed it go beat up Lady Blackhope and do some exploring. Cool right? Wrong. Why does he have to do this to us? just send someone who's more powerful, like that creepy stalker guy Quinn! So that's how I ended up here. Wasting my perfectly good saturday in a dueling arena...

"Come on Emily! Show them whose boss!" Ellie cheered from the sideline

"Go Emily." Julia muttered looking thoroughly exhausted as she leaned onto the railing her eyes droopy

"YAH BEAT OUR BRO TO A PULP!" Taylor cheered even more pumped, and violent, then Ellie. Which is wierd because Taylor is usually pretty docile.

As you may of guessed i'm fighting Toby. I had already beaten a good majority of the sudents in the death school. I'm apparently staying in until I can be defeated, so your probably wondering why I didnt just give up and move on with my life? It's because I HATE to lose. I'm competitive and violent. Pretty much the opposite of most life students. But right now it was what was keeping me in the arena.
I had been saving up my pips for awhile now, I had only healed using my minor blessing spell and at my feet was five glowing white pips. At Toby's there was only one. I had the advantage. Quickly I selected my spell of choice, and held it hidden in my hand, I had enough pips to blast out three attacks of pure destruction. Once Toby had selected his move I was free to attack, and so drawing the storm symbol in the air I cast my attack of choice,"Lightning bats!" I called as my accuracy spell boosted my power and accuracy by ten percent, a storm cloud appeared over my head as three blue and bright yellow bats swarmed down out of the sky and attacked my brother cauing some three hundred damage. Yes! His health was halfway diminished!

He drew the death symbol in the air and said with a nervous expression clearly written across his face,"Dark Sprite!" A little red and black fairy appeared out of nowhere, she waved at me and then started to randomly fly around me sucking up 100 of my health. i was barely fazed but still that was atleast some fifth of my health gone, I only had three hundred left because of the previous attacks.

I heard encouraging cries coming from the death school, "COME ON TOBY! DONT TELL ME YOUR GOING TO BE BEATEN BY A GIRL!" or "DUDE YOUR BETTER THEN HER! DONT SHOW ANY WEAKNESS!" then "I DONT CARE IF SHES YOUR SISTER! BEAT HER TO THE GROUND!"

I was aggravated by the calls coming from the majority of the male population of the death school, honestly just because i was a girl I couldnt pack a punch? I dont think so.

"WELL EXCUSE ME BOYS! BUT WHO'S WINNING AT THE MOMENT? ME, OBVIOUSLY! CHECK OUT THE HEALTH RATIOS!" I pointed to the screen that was hanging on the sides of the arena proudly

Cheers erupted from the life school and my various sisters as I cast yet another Lightning bats and Toby was defeated.

The dueling circle dissapeared from under me and I stood my ground. Toby was dazed in appearance as he stood over on th opposite side.

The death students continued to boo and jeer at me, it had been like that all day. I sagged. Couldnt they see that they had no hope?

there was a fizzly cloud in the center and just then my own personal stalker number one appeared, yah if it wasnt my old pal wrinkle face Ambrose.

"IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A WINNER!" Wrinkly exclaimed as he stood up straight raising his staff into the air, revealing very ugly hairy legs, eww stay hunched over from now on creepo...

"WHAT NO FAIR!" random death students called out "JUST BECAUSE SHE HAS A 25 WIN STREAK DOESNT MEAN SHE SHOULD GO!" "GIRLS ARE WIMPS! SHE'LL PROBABlY RUN FOR THE HILS WHEN SHE FIRST SEES BLACKHOPE!"

An aggravated symbol should of appeared on my head.,"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" I screamed at the top of my lungs

"Now, now everybody, Emily is the winner, we should all respect that." my least favorite stalker stated with that old wise guy type attitude he used even when it was unnecesary

I was so demoted feeling that I could of sweat dropped as drooped over in an embarrased slouch.

"And it's not like she's going alone either."He continued,"She will be taking along with her one more student of her choice"

Wait what? The headmaster stared at me expectantly and I realized I was supposed to be talking,"...Um." Anxious eyes watched me from the stands. I looked over at my sisters, they shrugged at me.

-who should I take?- I thought openly to them looking away at the same time pretending to be busy

-Personally I dont care to go.- Ellie stated

-I dont really care?- Julia thought incoherantly

-Thats not helping...- I mumbled back -Taylor?-

-Oh im just fine Emily, I dont care to go...- she sounded bored

Well that left just one choice..., "My brother."

The headmaster appeared shocked,"A death wizard?"

"No duh! I said my bro... I only have one of them." I rolled my eyes what did he have against me taking my brother? And with that I ported off the arena stage.
-A little later-

We were standing outside of Blackhopes Tower, it didnt look dangerous or any different than any other building on the street... maybe thats what made it dangerous? I dont know... I looked up at it and took a slow breath, I could feel the enrgy that vibrated on the inside, a challenge. I turned around to face the anxious crowd who had gathered outside to watch me go in, my brother stood by my side.

"Well what are you waiting for girly?" A rude death student with a wierd accent called over to me,"Are you afraid of a ghost?" He pouted his lower lip. I clenched my teeth in aggravation and continued to adjust my deck to best suite the upcoming raid, Three pixies, minor blessings, and leprachauns. Two imps, storm snakes, and lightning bats. Ok I was set, and with that I, followed by Toby walked through the door. My departure was followed by the death students jeers.

The door creaked to a close behind us. I looked around blindly, you couldnt see a thing in here... and it was so... cold. As in the 'Ellie would be comfortable' level cold.

"Hey Emily?" Toby asked

"Hmm?" I mumbled

"Where do you think Lady Blackhope is?"

"Good question. Feels like any old abandoned tower to me. The thing is, it's to cold."

"Huh?"

"This place is..." I stopped midsentence as I felt a cold hand touch my shoulder

"Radiating death?" a mysterious and ghostly voice murmered

I spun around to come face to face with a very wierd ghostly lady, Lady Blackhope obviously.

"I see I have a few more ghostly companions to be joining me?" She asked with extreme overly done innocence

"A few more... what?" Toby asked, he was taking this so much harder then I was. Just like that Lady Blackhope dissapeared and showed back up behind Toby. He jumped up as soon as he saw her behind him.

"Why ghostly friends. You and your sister can join me." she crooned

I swear if the room werent only being lit by her blue glow Toby would of taken a step back I was glaring really hard and I mean REALLY hard. Instinctively I summoned my wand in my hand and cast a Imp. Toby ducked out of the way just in time as the notes made contact with Blackhope. She resisted the attack but was caught terribly off surprise,"WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT!" She shrieked out as we were drawn into a duel and the room lit up,"I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THAT!"

"What? 80 damage? Come on, I know your not that much of a wimp." I smiled at her and she shrieked back in outrage.
Two dark fairies joined the battle. I rolled my eyes."Come on minions?" I asked her

"My fairies can fight better then a bunch of overgrown toddlers."

"Me a toddler?" I sarcatically replied,"Me?" And with that I attacked a dark fairy with a storm snake. The fairy squeeled then vanished in a poof of dust. Toby attacked next with an actual Dark Fairy as it swooped up from the floor of the dueling circle and proceeded to sucking th life out of the other minion. Lady blackhope shrieked in outrage as she hopelessly attacked me by appearing in the circle.

"You will die wizards!" She screamed at us, well mostly me ...

"Uh huh..." I rolled my eyes at her and passed, Toby followed suit. "So tell me oh great dead Lady of Ugliness can you please tell me why you love children so much?"

"I HATE CHILDREN YOU FOOL!" She screamed back at me

"Well then ... why were you holding two children captive in your tower?" I continued on as she attacked me yet again, this time with an imp.

"...Wha-what are you talking about?" She was surprised, I had hit a nerve, of well shock at least... wait do ghosts even have nerves?

"You know... two kids... white hair, brother and sister boy around eight girl... maybe five?"

Her eyes bugged out of her sockets."I-i-i-i..." she stuttered I passed yet again as did Toby. To my great surprise so did Lady Blackhope...

"Look Corpse Bride Dead Lady, We know all about your little plan. They were your messengers."

All passes yet again. Oh well I was getting nowhere with her... I would attack next round... Thats when something happened to me. Something horrible. I wasnt there anymore. I was just gone. And what I saw was familiar. Horribly familiar. My mothers house, and a ... I felt like screaming and running it was a Hydra, it was attacking my mother. I screamed again and the scene vanished I was back at the circle. i was breathing hard and my brother was giving me a knowing look.

Rage burned inside me, like a hot iron that was glowed white. I wanted to attack her. I wanted to kill her! Curse her for doing this to me! For REMINDING ME! I WANTED TO TEAR HER THROAT OUT! DISCONNECT HER HEAD FROM HER BODY! Of course I couldnt do any of those things to an already dead person so I did the next best thing. I drew the symbol of storm in the air and then with aa angry, overpowered, crackle of electricity I summoned my current favorite spell, Lightning Bats. They swarmed down from a storming Black Cloud then circled around her causing severe destuction, 400 damage a voice whispered to me in my head. Lady blackhope screamed in agony then gave me an evil glare. For a brief moment I thought I saw the hydra but then it was gone again. And just like that she vanished. I felt my knees go weak as I almost collapsed onto the floor.

Toby rushed over to me,"Emily? Emily?" his voice sounded worried but I could care less I still saw the attack, I still saw my mother taking the hits from the Hydra. The dueling circle wasn't there... I was numb feeling. It was like, it was real... Agony ripped away inside me it felt as though I might fall to the floor and die... "Sis? Sis?" Toby asked again "What happened, did she show you the..." I slowly looked up to face him, my brown eyes mirrored into his face were full of concern.

"...I'm-i'm fine Toby..." I lied through my teeth and faked a weak smile

"No your not." he answered back quickly,"She did show you didnt she. Nothing tears you apart like this Em."

"I'm fine Toby!" I snapped back standing up "Now lets go see if those two kids parents are still somewhere around here!" tears threatened around my eyes but before he could see them I had them covered back up again.

He just stood there looking at me. His face was blank.

I spun around and walked up the stairs at the back of the room."Well are you coming?" I sharply called down

No response.

I continued on up the stairs...

The upstairs of the tower held nothing spectacular. Just a bunch of old dusty books and a couple of cots pushed into the corner of the room. Paper was everywhere, on the floor, on the tables, in the cold empty fireplace. Geez who would of guessed Blackhope was such a slob? A sudden chill ran through my body, and I shuddered. The memory... I pushed it out of my mind and continued to take in my surroundings. It had looked like no one had been in here for awhile, not since those two kids. BUt where were thier parents? Maybe a hidden door? They hadnt been able to find thier parents, what if they were...

I heard the quiet steps behind me and spun around to see my brother,"Well what do you want?" I snapped but just like a true death student he kept his face blank. A minute or so passed and I knew he was thinking about my pathetic outburst... but I wouldnt invade him, he was my brother and personally I didnt want to see another replay today.

Finally he spoke,"Geez Emily... why do you always have to act so tough, I mean...Who are you pretending for? I saw the tears that threatened your eyes... I had seen your terror as you painfully and unwillingly revisited the memory. The rage that poured through you was a substitute for your sorrow. It powered up your move by almost double. Can you please stop pretending to be Miss Invincible?"

Rage boiled through my blood,"LISTEN! I DIDNT FEEL ANYTHING AT ALL WHEN I SAW THAT MEMORY! NOTHING EXCEPT FOR PURE ANGER! SO SHUT UP!"

Toby shook his head and rolled his eyes at me,"Emily...geez..."

His face was full of concern for me and instantly I felt awful..."Toby?"

He looked up at me,"Emily look its OK if you dont want anyone to see how pathetic and weak you are." He teased "Your technically the oldest out of all of us, and all though it was never formally anounced you act alot like a leader. You dont want to see us upset or worried, so you keep it to yourself. All the worry you feel is never shared with us and your constantly on the verge of one of your mad outbursts. You may fool the others but your not fooling me. Your the only one who well... saw the reason why Mom died. You sat helplessly on the sidelines well Mom was sacrificed to repay her..."

I put my hand out to stop him,"No more of that today Toby okay?" my face was grim and I didnt even try to smile,"Your saying to me that you pretty much can share my concerns with you?"

"Yes." he replied there was no hesitation

I kinda smiled back at him,"Well thanks."

"No problem you are my sister after all." I managed a bit of a more realistic smile at him "And well I love ya sis..." he finished as he hugged me, it reminded me of hugging my dad you know? Well maybe you dont... but I dont care... it was the first time in months I felt good. I hugged my brother back and we broke apart,"We need to find those kids parents." I reminded him

"One problem, we cant."

"What do you mean?"

"They arent going to be different from us Em. They arent going to have parents. Their parent are dead."

The sorrow and grief I felt for the two children was overpowering, how would they take it when they found out? They would definately cry, probably separated from eachother if they got adopted. Like us no real parents to rush home to when they were upset or got a good grade, no one to confess to when they did something horribly wrong. But if they got lucky maybe they could have eachother. Like we had. "The ghostly companions, they were the parents." realization swept over me

Toby nodded his head,"I felt thier prescenses. They're gone now but..."

"It comes with being a death student im guessing?"

"Yes."

"Well theres nothing else in here." then I noticed an odd book on a table, it was a dark leather and I could feel magical enchantments protecting it,"... well thats odd."

"What?" Toby asked confused by my sudden conversation topic

I picked up the ancient leather book,"This book. It's enchanted."

Shock covered his face,"Why would Lady blackhope need an Enchanted book?"

"Not her... maybe who she reports to?" I asked theoretically

"And who would that be?"

"I dont know... but lets get out of here." Something about this boring old tower was getting to me,"Grab as many papers as you can."
and with that we raced out of the tower our arms filled with evidence.

What do the mysterious papers contain? If anything? What is with the ugly brown leather book? Why does Headmaster Ambrose wear a dress? Why does Lady Blackhope wear to much makeup? What the heck is going ion with Emily? And most importantly what happened to my extreme swearing?
FIND OUT IN CHAPTER 12! WHICH IS ALREADY POSTED! YAYS! YAY EXTREMELY RANDOM QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED! Ok yah I know pretty dramatic chapter...but I just felt like it ok? Im trying to get the story line to progress... and if you want to know how long this thing is gonna be i'm predicting maybe 50+ chapters? Well thats how it looks now. Oh btw I just moved and I havent had any internet access for over two to three weeks. IT WAS AWFUL!
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