"The nerve of that man! I knew Doji worked for Todo O Mal, but to think that either of them would sink so low as to involve Caspian McKandless into their scheme...!" Morgana's voice was full of rage as she bustled about her office, pulling scrolls and books off the shelves of her office, "It's maddening!"
"You act like you know our dad." Wales observed, a hand on Luke's shoulder. Said teen didn't even seem to notice, as his eyes were glazed over.
"Of course I know him! He's older than I am, and a very powerful warlock! He was around during the time of demons, he was on Todo O Mal's side when she tried to kill the humans the first time, and I thought he'd died, before I met again him over twenty years ago." Morgana fumed, more to herself than any of the students in the room.
"Why didn't you get rid of him twenty years ago then?" Chris asked, a bit confused.
"Because he was happy, and he didn't seem to be the least bit evil." Morgana sighed, pulling a book off a bookshelf. She opened it to reveal it to be a photo album. She scanned through it, before finding a photo and pulling it out of it's sleeve.
"This is Caspian, twenty years ago. The woman in the picture, her name is Alyssa, and-"
"It's mom." Wales took the picture, blinking at the photo, "It's blurry, but that's definetely mom."
"It's blurry because of who she is." Morgana said, "Your mom was a vampire."
"Shouldn't vampires not show up in pictures, or mirrors?" Dark Heart asked, confused.
"Shouldn't, yes. But only because she's a young vampire. Recently changed, or, should I say, 'reborn'." Morgana said, then waved her hand when Wales tried to hand her the photo back, "No, keep it. Alyssa was a dear friend of mine, and I'm sure she'd want you to have a picture of her and your father in their happier times."
"If she was a vampire, why'd she die?" Wales asked.
"I visited her, while she was sick. She said she'd gone out hunting one night, to feed, and she fed on a wolf. What she didn't know, it was a werewolf. Werewolf blood is poison to vampires." Morgana explained. She sighed, "I'd never thought I would ever see it, but Caspian was beside himself with grief. He couldn't heal her, and he kept saying he should have gone with her. When she finally passed..." Morgana shook her head, "He went... insane, to put it lightly."
"You can say that again." Wales mumbled.
"So, quick question," Chris piped up, "Alyssa was a vampire, and Caspian is a warlock... how are Wales and Luke not hybrids?"
"Both vampire are warlock genes are dominant. And on top of that, a warlock's blood to a vampire could be poisonous, but at the same time, it could strengthen them too." Morgana said, "It would make sense for you to be a full blooded warlock, or vampire, and not be hybrids."
"Maybe to you." Luke finally spoke up, his voice barely a murmur.
"Lucas," Morgana moved to stand in front of the younger boy, "Wales said you told him that you bit into your father's shoulder. Like I said, warlock blood can be poison to vampires. Do you feel anything strange?"
"Besides just plain exauhsted?" Luke whispered, "No."
"I see." Morgana murmured, "Even so, I'd like you to stay out of classes tomorrow."
"By himself?" Wales asked.
"No. I'll give you the day off tomorrow too." Morgana said.
"Another question." Chris said, "I have history with Luke. His father's teaching the class. What if he asks where he is?"
Morgana frowned, thinking. Then, a slow smile spread over her face.
"Tell him that Luke's sick, and laying in the infirmary." Morgana said, "After all... he's a warlock. I'm sure he'll know that a vampire taking in warlock blood... it could be dangerous."
Jasmine jumped half out of her skin when a hand clapped down on her shoulder. She turned her head to see who it was-
And reacted by grabbing Ryder by the throat and pinning him to the library table.
"Bad idea to lay a hand on a person who knows what you do to girls." Jasmine hissed, eyes flaring red.
Ryder didn't seem fazed. Instead, he grabbed Jasmine's wrist, and pulled the hand wrapped around his throat away, without breaking a sweat.
Jasmine squeaked in surprise, eyes widening.
"Your sister is Yasmina, correct?" Ryder didn't offer any hostile looks or attitude. He simply jumped up on to the table and sat there, crossing his legs.
"What's it to you?" Jasmine snapped, gathering her books. She didn't want to spend a second with the creep.
"You've noticed Dot looks like a mirror image of her?"
Jasmine froze, turning to look at Ryder, "How do you know what my sister looks like?"
"You know about Todo O Mal?" Ryder still was asking questions.
"What about it?" Jasmine swallowed.
"Have you swapped the letters of either one of the names? Dot Moola or Todo O Mal?"
Jasmine felt a tingle go down her spine, and she set her bag back down on the library table.
"They spell each other's name." Jasmine realized.
"Now you're getting it."
"Dot Moola... is Todo O Mal?"
Ryder smiled, half- sly and half- evil, and jumped off the table. He grabbed Jasmine by the arms and shoved her against the nearest wall. Jasmine yelped in pain.
"Keep thinking Jasmine. Dot looks like your sister. You know Todo O Mal needs Yasmina as her vessel, when she rises." Ryder leaned forward, blue eyes glowing in the darkness of the shadows, "Do the math, Jasmine. You're smart."
Jasmine swallowed. She knew exactly what Ryder was implying, but she didn't want to believe it.
"I... I saw her body in that sarcophagus." She whispered, shaking her head, "She's a corpse, until Todo O Mal needs her."
"Have you looked during the day?" Ryder asked, letting go of Jasmine and stepping back, "Something to think about."
"What's something to think about?" Jasmine yelped as Dark Heart appeared out of the shadows, eyes narrowed.
"We're talking about one of our classes- we're in history together. I was offering a conspiracy theory about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table." Ryder said, easily.
"Um, yeah." Jasmine swallowed, before straightening, "Yeah. That's what we were talking about."
Dark Heart's eyes went narrower, suspicious, but didn't say a word.
Ryder flashed Jasmine a smile, before turning and disappearing into the depths of the library.
It wasn't until later did Jasmine wonder just how the hell Ryder had even known Dark Heart was coming.
Hehe... Who knows when the next chapter will come? It might be tonight, I'm not sure when my schedule will allow it. So... in the meantime, leave a review?