Chapter 7: Information

The wolf howls at the moon…sing your solace to the silent moon my friend…and maybe…this time she'll answer back…

As we were walking down the hall to get back to our dorms, I watched Mystel...I hope I got his name right...ehehe...-sweat drop-

Anyways I watched him slip away from the rest of us and he walked down another hall. I guess he didn't think anyone would notice. I guess a lot of people feel that way...they feel invisible to the world...but it doesn't really look like this guy is one of those types though.

Well you really can't blame me for being curious, I am only human you know. Mystel walked down several hallways and I almost lost him a few times, but he stopped at the end of a hall and I was able to catch up

"Hitoshi!!! The Lord of Nightmares!!! He's here!!!" I heard a familiar voice yell.

I watched Mystel's face contort into a look of pure amusement...no the normal kind of haha...it's funny amusement...but the sick kind of look that psycho's get before they kill someone...aaaannnddd this boys and girls is how you tell that you've been watching too much TV.

I tried to pick up a few more bits of the conversation, but all I could catch was a few words, I did have to stay kind of far away. Didn't wanna get caught.

"...banished to hell...50,000 years..."

"...dormant in.........train...resist..."

Dormant? What the hell? Is the Lord of Nightmares inside the school? Who is this guy exactly? Guess I'll have to ask during class ne? Good thing I have history class later today at least I think I have history later today...maybe its tomorrow...-sweat drop-

Mystel then let out a dark chuckle, which broke my train of thought, and then he turned to walk back this way. Shit! I've got to move!!! I searched around trying to find a good place for me to hide. Yeah...I can't so much really run...he'd hear me you know? So I did the best I could out of the circumstances I was under...and hid behind a wrinkled tapestry.

I heard the footsteps approaching me...closer and closer...and then he stopped. His footsteps started walking away from my hiding place and I let out the breath that I didn't know I was holding. I waited until I the only thing I heard was the sweet and comforting sound of silence.

Getting out from behind the tapestry...I then noticed...it wasn't so much a tapestry but actually an old map of the school that looked very worn down. Hehe...guess I got a little paranoid there. I stood in front of the map trying to pin point my location when another voice startled me.

"Excuse me...but why aren't you with the others?" I spun around and recognized Kinomiya-sensei's blue hair.

"Ugh...give those boys the day off and they go on a rampage...if they set the school on fire again I'm going to--"

"Actually Mika-sensei...I just sort of slipped away from the group...you see I was looking for a bathroom...and I kind of got lost..." I laughed nervously hoping she would believe my lie. That Mystel guy owes me big time.

"Well I'll let you take care of this Mika-san...I've got a class to teach, see you at dinner with the others?"

She nodded then waved Kinomiya-sensei off. "Well...I really should give you detention for wandering off...and for lying to me..." Shit... "but I think since this isn't really that big of an offence I'll just have you help me with some class work..." I sighed in relief. Mika-sensei was yelling before...and now she seems so calm. Weird...

"Follow me..." She smiled at me and then walked down a hall. Which led to another hall...which led to a staircase...which...oh forget it...

We eventually reached a dead end...where Mika-sensei tapped a specific tile on the floor. The wall slowly became slightly ajar, revealing that it was a door that hid an upward staircase. This place just keeps on getting weirder.

We ascended the stairs...which took a while...I think my feet are starting to blister. Ow! Ok scratch that I know they're blistered. Stupid shoes.

"Ok here we are," Mika-sensei ended the uncomfortable silence between us and opened the door at the top of the stairs "welcome to the Paranormal History classroom!"

I peered into the room; it looked extremely different than I imagined it to be. The room was enormous...well at least compared to the other history rooms I've been in. Bookshelves that looked like they could touch the very clouds themselves lined the walls. In the center of the room there was a staircase that led to the second floor.

"Well...go on in, have a look around and then I'll put you to work ne?" I nodded at Mika-sensei then walked into the room. Maybe I could ask Mika-sensei about the Lord of Nightmares...so long as I'm in the History room.

The History room is actually more like a History Tower...so to speak. There are about 5 floors that reach the ceiling about like what 200 ft above my head? Ten desks on each floor...which means there are probably 20 students in her class for each...hour?...she teaches. I mean she can't teach two floors of the room at the same time.

I guess I looked pretty stupid there staring out into space, because the next thing I knew Mika-sensei's hand was on my shoulder and she was asking if I was alright.

"Hey Mika...-sensei...who's the Lord of Nightmares?" I heard the words leave my lips.

"So you overheard Hitoshi and my conversation..."

"I only heard bits and pieces of it...not much really," I said truthfully.

"The Dark Lord...Lord of Nightmares..." Mika-sensei laughed nervously "we're not really learn about him until later in the year...but I suppose...if you keep this to yourself...I'll tell you a little bit about Mystel's problem..."

The Lord of Nightmares is dormant in Mystel!?!?! Should I tell her that he was outside—

"Mystel...has the Dark Lord dormant inside of him...I suppose his powers will—are growing with each day...but you see, the other teachers and I believe that he might not even know that he'll become the Dark Lord's new body someday...or even that the Dark Lord is within his conscious..."

"W-What happened to his old body?" I asked a little unsteadily.

"It was damned to hell along with his soul...unfortunately...somehow he managed to gather enough power to break the curse that confined his spirit to hell and he sought protection within a child's mind..."

"Curse that held his spirit?"

"Spirits are translucent creatures...no barrier, wall, or anything can hold them...unless they are cursed..."

"So why won't his body reincarnate?" There are thousands of questions in my head just waiting to be answered.

"Because to be reincarnated...the spirit must undergo the said punishment of the body with the body..."

Mika-sensei continued to tell me the story of two star-crossed souls from Egypt. And how I would soon get to know those souls very well, in my school life.

"That was over a hundred years ago..."

I blanched. "A-A hundred years!?! I can understand Mystel...but Vega? How did she even know about Mystel having the Lord of Night--"

"The Dark Lord," Mika-sensei corrected me "Vega already had Paranormal blood in her, some ancient civilizations believed divine rule; they didn't know how right they were. The Gods bless a specific family of a civilization with foresight, so that their lives would prevail..."

"But why didn't Mystel have foresight then..."

"Mystel chose not to believe in his power...he believed his power wasn't strong enough to rule his land..."

"I understand now...so...since they were both granted power by the gods...they gained a longer life span..."

"That of the demon kind...yes indeed..."

"Wow..." I was speechless...the world...used to seem so small to me...

"You mustn't tell anyone of this information...not even Mystel or Vega themselves...especially not them for that matter..."

"Hai Mika-sensei..."

"Oh you had to do something for me didn't you...hmm...ah yes...bring this potion to Hitoshi-sensei for me since you're heading back to your castle," She handed me a pale blue bottle that had a skillfully designed crescent moon as a handle.

"Sure thing..." I took the bottle then waved good-bye and retraced my steps from the staircase to the secret door.

As I walked down the hall and rounded another corner I bumped into something firm and impassive. I looked up only to have my gaze met by a pair of golden eyes.

"Rei..."

"Naoko..."