Chapter 19: Transaction
Hoshi no furu basho e…To the place where stars fall…
Can you catch a falling star…?
It was dark when I woke up…
What. The. Hell.
I'm awake…and it's fucking Midnight…
I shivered a little and glanced to my left to see that the Ghost-guy…Bryan…had his futon set up next to mine…and he had stolen my covers…
(T.T); BLANKET HOG!
I curled up in a ball to try to see if my own body heat could keep me warm…but…that wasn't so much working.
And I couldn't necessarily wake up Bryan cause…I'm kinda in a crappy mood…and I know that we'll end up waking everyone up if I steal my covers back…and then I'll have a pissed off ice prince, phoenix, vampire, etc. on my ass for waking them up from their beauty sleep.
I sat up on my futon rubbing my eyes to get used to the darkness of the common room. There was a half moon tonight and it illuminated the room somewhat. Well it was bright enough for me to see the outlines of my dorm mates' bodies on the ground. Wait…che…nah my mistake that's just Brook and Kao-ri's empty futons.
Brook was sleeping sitting upright against the wall with Kao-ri…its pretty cute he's got his wings wrapped around her.
Gah…what can I say I may be kinda tomboy-ish but I'm somewhat of a hopeless romantic too…
Wait a minute…I knew something didn't seem right…
Max and Vega are gone…and there's a light coming from one of the rooms…
Ew…ok…I hope they aren't doing anything…erm…inappropriate…
They both seem smarter than that…so something must be wrong…
As stealthily as I could I stood up on my futon…
And stepped on a squeaky floor board…
And woke up the thief of my covers…
And tripped because he's stupid…
And because he probably thought I was trying to take them back…
And cause he can't really tell that it's me…
In other words…that stupid moron woke up and tripped me…and I fell…on top of him…
And cause he's a moron…
His powers suddenly decided to work…
And we fell through the floor into the basement specifically…
Into. A. Fucking. Broom. Closet.
(-.-) I…am…not…happy…
"YOU FUCKING MORON!" I screamed at my lavender haired roommate.
"What…the hell were you doing awake now?" He asked me calmly.
Suddenly brilliance decided to strike as an idea came to mind.
"Ne…Bryan…you can become invisible ne?" I asked with a grin.
"I'm a ghost what do you think?" He snorted as if I had asked him if the sky was blue.
"Something's going on between Vega and Max…I want you to help me investigate…"
"Well who would've known that little Rumi-chan is a nosey little bitch…" Bryan laughed at his spot against the closet wall.
BAM!
"Never…call me that…" I growled drawing my fist back from his gut.
Bryan had a mixed look of pain and shock on his face. What did you really expect me to let him get away with that? Plus like I said…I'm in a really bad mood. For some freakishly weird reason I woke up…and now my stupid conscience isn't gonna let me go back to sleep until I find out what's up.
"Take my hand…and close your eyes…" he mumbled.
I grinned and did as I was told and suddenly I felt as if I was weightless. I could tell that we were floating through the ceilings that we had passed through when we fell.
And then we stopped.
"They're in the next room…stay quiet…we're invisible…but that doesn't mean that we're inaudible…"
I nodded and closed my eyes again as Bryan brought us through the wall.
"I'm sorry that I woke you up Max…but I have to tell someone…"
I opened my eyes again and watched the scene in front of us.
"…Do you mean the reason you transferred into my room?" Max asked the Egyptian.
"I can't be around him…I need to leave this place…but I'm afraid he's going to follow…" Vega's fist was shaking, perhaps in anger? "…I can't escape…he always finds me…I can't keep running from him…"
"Who are you talking about Vee!" Max asked stepping closer to her.
"Mystel! He's the Dark Lord…" And so she told a story that has probably been repeated far too many times.
"…And you haven't told the teachers?" Max nearly shouted at her.
"If I did he'd kill them…he's always watching me in the daytime…at night I'm here with you and Rini…so I'm safe…"
"This…is complicated…" Max ran a hand through his hair and looked away from Vega.
"I'm going to run away…"
"But-"
She laughed, "It's the only thing I'm good at…I can't fight him…the power I was blessed with was the ability to run away. I guess this is my punishment…I'm going to run…for all of eternity…"
And then Max hugged her…
"Vee…you're our friend…we can't let you suffer like this…"
"Thanks Maxie…but…what else can I do…wait until he kills you all just so he can then rape me…at least if I run…Rini and you won't get hurt…"
Max closed his eyes tightly and hugged the girl closer, "B-Be careful…"
"I will but…promise me you won't tell anyone Max…"
"I promise…"
She kissed Max on the cheek and then there was a sudden gust of wind and a breeze of feathers flew out the window.
She was gone…
I felt weightless again and Bryan brought us through the wall and into our room.
"I have a bad feeling about this…" I whispered.
"Damn you and your stupid feelings…" he whispered fiercely.
And then we were going through the walls again.
"Kinomiya!" Bryan yelled slamming his fist on out teacher's door.
"Wha? Do you kids know what tim-"
"There'snotimeVega'srunaway…" I screamed at him.
"………………………………………………………What…?"
(-.-);
"VEGA HAS RUN AWAY!" We both yelled.
Kinomiya-sensei's eyes seemed to darken. "This isn't because of Mystel is it?"
We nodded.
"Shit…stupid girl…" he cursed "…go and wake up your dorm mates…find her now…" he ordered us.
There was a poof of smoke and then he was gone. Probably to inform the other teachers.
Again Bryan led us through the walls and back to our castle. It was going to be hell waking up everyone.
Lets see…I think I've gotten scratched, bitten, drooled on, frozen, burnt, electrocuted, punched, kicked, and thrown across the room but we managed to get everyone up and now our castle is running through the forest searching for our hawk-like friend.
Including Mystel…
It's strange…and maybe…I'm a little scared…of what's going to happen when we find her…will he grab her and run…or will he continue to lay low like he has been?
One thing is for sure though…after what I heard tonight…I don't think I will ever trust him again…
"Guys…I…found her…but…yo-"
Takao was cut off as the sound of all of us running towards him droned out his voice.
"—you're not gonna…want…to…bring…the whole cas-tle…here." He finished his sentence as the last one of us arrived.
I held my stomach as I fell and threw up, emptying the contents of my stomach on the forest floor.
Many of us turned away from the sight…
Others sought comfort in the embrace of their mates and friends…
Wyatt and Rena fainted…
In front of us…a twenty foot pine tree…had been hit by a powerful magic…its needles lay dead and black on the ground…the branches weak and frail…pieces of them ready to fall off…
But…that wasn't what had us so disgusted…
Hanging by a rope that was tied around one of her wings…was our Egyptian quarry…
Apparently…someone else had found her first…
Vega seemed like she was halfway transformed into her hawk form…
Probably forced to stop by her captor…
Blood caked her silver bangs and chunks of her long wavy hair were found on the ground by the base of the tree.
Her pale rose-colored eyes seemed lifeless…and blood was dripping down her chin.
Her clothes were torn beyond recognition and tarnished by her blood.
There were large gashes all over her body…and parts of her skin were dangling off of her nearly dead corpse…
A knife was also on the ground…Tala found that it was warm and sticky…having been used quite recently…
On her exposed stomach…was a message written by her scarred skin tissue and her blood.
Catch me if you can
"H-Help me…" she whimpered and a pool of blood flowed out of her mouth.
I threw up again…and more of us fainted…
The teachers arrived…
The teachers sent us all back to the common room…
We wouldn't have classes today…
I crawled onto my futon and stared at the ceiling…
Why do bad things always happen to such good people…?
It's really not fair…
I felt the covers being laid on top of my body and I was pulled up against a warm body.
"Go to sleep Rumi-chan…" Bryan whispered.
"I told you not to call me that…my name's Loretta…"
Lily-sweatdrops- I'm sorry for the late update again minna-san! Here we go with my list of excuses…
1. My relatives from London came to visit
2. I'm kinda getting into Naruto now –sweatdrops-
3. I went to my brother's house this weekend and I would've gotten it out a little sooner had I not gone
4. I hate school…
5. I'm getting really lazy (. .) GOMEN NASAI!
Anyways...
Signing Off...
I'm Always and Still
Lily