A/N: I didn't get very many reviews...Please, tell your friends? I really want more people to read it and tell me what they think. THANKS TO THOSE WHO REVIEWED! 3 This chapter is dedicated to anyone who reviewed the last chapter...

School of the Chosen

A story by xxacidxx

Think About This

Arianna's voice soared high with a crystal clear note, the song she was singing had just come to an end. The piano Daxento had been playing along with her also stopped. Amon applauded loudly. The three of them were in the music room. The room was dressed in rich earthy browns and reds and had every instrument imaginable along with music stands and fingering charts.

The three had just composed a piece of music for Pandora, on account that one: her birthday was that tomorrow, and two: she was now able to enjoy doing things with the others. So the three had gotten together, first Daxento had written the melody for the piano, then Amon and Arianna had gotten together and written words and a harmony to the piano piece. The finished product was a beautiful song.

"Well done!" Amon said, still clapping.

"Couldn't have done it without you, Amon." Arianna said cheerfully, hugging Amon.

Dax nodded briefly with a forced smile before he gathered his music and left the room in a great hurry.

"Is something wrong with him?" Amon asked Ari a look of concern spread on his features.

"If there is he won't tell me." Arianna sighed, her smile deminished. "I wish he would just talk to me..."

Amon nodded sadly. "Well, i'll see you later." He took his leave.

Arianna nodded and smiled as Amon left and then headed to her brothers room, knocking on the door. A muffled 'come in' was heard and she slowly entered finding her brother face down in his bed.

"Whats wrong, Dax?" She asked softly sitting beside him and stroking his back.

He turned his head to look at her. "I...Ari I feel so empty."

"Why?"

"Ari...I'm in love with Ben..." He looked away, obviously fearing rejection.

The blonde girl stopped her hand on his back and froze. "What?"

"I'm in love with him...I know it's not right...I..."

"But that's wonderful! There's nothing wrong with that, why are you upset?"

"He...thinks it's wrong...that i'm a freak...He won't look at me anymore, Ari. It hurts so much." His voice cracked and tears began to flood from his eyes.

Arianna laid beside her brother, wrapping her arms around him as he sobbed into her neck. She stroked his back and whispered softly to him.

"He'll come round...you'll see..." She murmured to him gently.

"Don't fill me with false hope, Ari. It's torture."

Arianna held her brother tighter until his tears ceased. "Give him time...it's a bit of a shock. He just needs time, brother."

The blonde nodded into her shoulder. "I hope your right, Ari. Merlin, I hope your right."

-----------------------------------------------------

Kinneta grinned as she strattled Amon. "I've got you." She said triumphantly.

"No, i've got you." Amon said and with that he pulled her lips to meet his in a passionate kiss. Kinneta returned it fully and soon the too were having a full-fledged snogging session.

They sat on a couch in the lounge of the mansion, their limbs now tangled.

Ebony walked in and immediatly made a vomiting noise.

"Oi! You two! Get a room, will you?" She said cringing. The black-haired-girl flipped a few strands of silky lock over her shoulder and crossed her arms.

"This is a public place." She huffed casting herself into a chair across from them as they broke apart, laughing.

'Sorry, Eb." Kinneta giggled untangling herself from her boyfriend. "Young love and all that..."

"Are we in love?" Amon asked kissing her nose.

"Yes!" The red head said hitting his arm playfully.

Ebony made another gagging noise before crossing her legs in front of her and laughing.

"You had better be, all the snogging you two do." She rolled her eyes.

"So what did you get for Pandora?" Kinneta asked her, leaning on Amon.

"A new cloak black cloak with swans emroidered on it in silver." She replied, "And you?"

"Daxento, Arianna, and I composed a song for her." Amon offered.

"I painted her a unicorn and it's foal." Kinneta told her smiling. "I hope she likes it."

Ebony nodded. "Her eyes still scare me a bit." She confided.

"Well, it's not her fault." Amon said shrugging. "They don't bother me anymore."

Kinneta nodded in agreement. A bell sounded, reminding them all that it was supper. They stood and all headed to the dining room, again Daxento and Benntar were missing.

----------------------------------------------------------------

"BEN!" He pounded his fist onto the door again. "BEN PLEASE!"

Daxento stood in the bedroom hallway, pounding on the door to Ben's room. Silence greeted him.

"Please! I need to talk to you!" He slid down the wall beside the door, hugging his knees.

After a long while the door opened, Ben stood uncertainly in the doorway. His unseeing eyes gazed ahead.

"Come in then." He said softly stepping back at Dax jumped to his feet and slipped passed him. Ben closed the door behind him and sat down at his desk. "What is it you want to say?"

"I'm sorry if I disgust you, but it's just who I am. I didn't choose to feel this way...it just happened..." He started, his voice soft and pleading.

"You don't disgust me, Dax." Benntar said softly.

Daxento dared not look at Ben, even though the other was blind.

"I love you so much and it's eating me up inside...I can't function right...I can't eat..." His voice almost cracked but he struggled to keep his composure. "I can't stop thinking about you..."

Ben let out a breath he didn't realise he'd been holding in.

"I just...I need to know. If you can tell me honestly that you don't feel the same, I will forget this. I will never mention it again. Just tell me you don't love me."

"Dax-"

"Just say it, Ben. Just say it!" His voice was desperate.

"I don't know! I don't know Dax! I can't think...I just...give me time." He was frustrated at the feelings his best friend could stir within him.

"Alright." Daxento said, his voice was weak. "I love you so much...You'll never know..." And then he left the room and headed to his own. Arianna was waiting for him, sitting on his bed.

"Well?" She asked expectantly.

"He needs time to think."

Arianna nodded and embraced her brother. "I brought you some food." She said, breaking away from him. "You need to eat, you look horrible." With these comments she left.

------------------------------------------------------------

A delicate white cake with little sugar lilacs was set before Pandora. Her eyes widened.

"I've never had a birthday party before." She said softly right before blowing out the candles.

The cake was cut and everyone ate, excluding Benntar who was still in his room. When they had all eaten their share of cake, the presents started to appear.

Pandora was presented with the cloak and painting from Ebony and Kinneta. Next Amon stood up and stood before them all as Arianna and Daxento got ready behind him.

"And now, Arianna and Daxento will play the piece we wrote together, for Pandora." He said with a smile, stepping aside to reveal Dax sitting at the piano and Arianna standing before a silver music stand. The first notes on the piano were sounded and Benntar appeared in the doorway, not noticed by anyone. Now Arianna was starting to sing, and the song was progressing. When it ended there was a lot of applause and then Dax noticed Ben.

"Ben!" He called over the noise, as a smile broke over him. He hurried towards his best friend, clutching his arm. "Ben. I'm so glad you came."

"Now now, eh, Dax?" He said emotionlessly pulling away from the older boy and slipping over to Pandora who he presented with a silver necklace with a small leaf danging from the end that had been preserved by magic. Then he was leaving, ignoring Dax's desperate calls.

--------------------------------------------------------------

And that was the way the relationship between Dax and Ben stayed for the next three weeks. Ben was pleasent to him, but almost emotionless and completely fake. Dax constantly tried to talk to him, but it seemed Ben was avoiding him. Arianna kept warning her brother to give him time, but Dax felt he couldn't wait, his heart was breaking with every fake smile.

Finally Daxento cornered his best friend in the library. He pulled him into the private examination room and closed the door behind them. It was a small room with bare walls and a plain table with two chairs set around it.

Ben shivered and hugged himself, his back against the cold stone wall.

"Have you thought about it?" Daxento asked him gently.

"Of course." Ben said almost coldly. "I haven't stopped for the past three weeks."

"And?"

"I don't know Dax."

Daxento walked towards Ben so that their knees touched. Ben turned his head to the side. With gentle fingers the blonde turned his friends head back towards him. He bent in and placed a gentle kiss onto the his soft lips. Benntar went rigid and tried to push Dax off but by now the blonde had Ben pinned to the wall. Daxento broke away and leaned over so his head was beside Ben's ear.

"I need you, Ben. Think about this." He hovered his mouth over the other boys for a moment longer before he turned and walked out of the room.

Ben brushed two fingers over his lips, and closed his eyes with a shaky breath.

A/N: How do you like it? I know theres a lot of typos, because this keyboard is old and there is no spell check... PLEASE REVIEW! If you like this story, TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!! Thanks!