Hey guys! Bringing you another new chapter of the story. We meet a few Ocs in this story, just introducing you to them. There will be more in the following chapters, along with more of my characters. I love the response this story has been getting so far, and also, when it gets down to it, I dont know how consistent updates will be, or how long chapters will be. Some may be this long, or a throusand words less or so, or even more. It just depends on the chapter itself.
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-Aftermath-
"She's here alright. Cant say I'm impressed." A man said. He was sitting in a tall tree, watching Violet get out of her mom's car. The man had short brown hair, with light blue eyes, and a scar running from his temple to chin. He was dressed in a simple grey shirt, and jeans.
A woman was sitting a branch above him. She had short black hair, and dark amber eyes, pale skinned with a scar on her cheek. She was dressed in a black robe, with matching boots, and gloves. She had a knife strapped to her belt. She glanced down at the man.
"Nothing impresses you Garth. But, I cant help but agree. I don't think she has much to her." The woman said, in an accent resembling French. Garth grunted.
"I don't see why we were supposed to watch her like this. Surely he told you Vani?" Garth asked, looking up at his partner for this mission. Vani shook her head.
"As much as he told you. I may be his personal guard, but that doesn't mean I get special privilege." Vani reminded him, he nodded. Looking around some more.
"I don't think anything will happen. You mind if I take a nap?" Garth asked, Vani rolled her eyes.
"You slack off too much. But fine, sleep. I'll keep watch, just in case." Vani told him, he smirked and leaned back on the branch, trying to fall asleep.
-Aftermath- Present Time
"Hey. You're Ruby right?" A student named Arthur Miles asked, he had blonde hair styled in a classic long top, with short sides. His deep blue eyes watching the girl as he lit up a cigarette. She had just gotten outside the building.
"Yeah. Ruby L. Keire. Who are you?" Ruby asked, Arthur smirked at her.
"I'm your personal advisor for the Protectors of Balance beautiful." He said, she gave him a polite smile as she moved her hands behind her back, he took a drag off his cigarette.
"Oh, thank you. But I'm pretty sure I wanna be apart of the New Guardians of Light. So, it's not really necessary." Ruby told him, he shrugged, and closed his eyes as he blew some smoke.
"Fine by me. How about this though, we ditch this place and have some fun in the forest?" He offered, she gave him an innocent smile.
"What kind of fun?" She asked, he just gave her a look.
"You know."
"I really don't…" She trailed off awkwardly, confused as to what he was getting at. He sighed, and smirked at her.
"Innocent I see. Well, what I mean is you and me, together, having fun, alone." He tried to be subtle, she tried to piece it together, she slowly came to realize what he was talking about and blushed a deep shade of crimson.
"Um… No, thank you. I don't like guys. Plus, I'm already in a relationship."
"Really? Lesbian eh? Who's the lucky lady?" Arthur asked, Ruby sighed dreamily as she clenched her hands together.
"Her name is Violet. She's super funny, and cute." Ruby told him. A passing student overheard her, and walked up to the two. She had long dark brown hair, tied in a pony tail, with bright green eyes.
"Violet? Violet who?" The girl asked, Ruby smiled at the new arrival to the conversation.
"Violet Hart." Ruby said dreamily, to which the girl raised an eyebrow, before laughing at Ruby. Arthur just gave her a look as he took another drag off his cigarette.
"I'm sorry… But, you? No, Violet would never go out with someone like you. You're lying." The girl told Ruby, and while the girl was correct that Ruby was lying, Ruby took offense to her saying Violet would never go out with her.
"What makes you think that?" Ruby demanded, the girl smiled.
"Because I used to go out with Violet. She isn't one to bounce back after a breakup. Especially after she begged for me to take her back just a few days ago." The girl revealed. Damon came out of the same hallway Ruby did minutes before.
"Man, why all you loitering?" Damon asked as he joined the group, Arthur smirked.
"Our group gets bigger." He quipped, Damon smiled at him.
"Hey man, good to see you again! Now, can you please explain to me what the fuck is going on?" Damon asked, Arthur nodded.
"Sure. Red over here says she's dating this Violet Hart girl, and green eyes says she's full of shit. I find the situation quite entertaining. So many girl with girls."
"Like a mother fuckin' dream right? Anyway, Ruby, the fuck, Violet saved your ass, you two aren't going out." Damon said, causing Ruby to blush from embarrassment at being caught.
"I knew it." The girl quipped, causing Damon to look at her.
"And who the fuck are you?" Damon asked, the girl gave him a smile.
"Emma. Emma Carrington." Emma introduced herself. "I used to go out with Violet, I broke up with her."
"From the sound of it you really hurt her feelings. Violet's a sweet girl, why the fuck did you break up?" Damon asked.
"Short answer is, she's insane. Wanted me to do all this stuff a normal person would never want. She's also bipolar, being one way one minute, and another the next."
"I think that's just break up talk. From what I've seen, she's just a sweet girl. Now, I gotta go and get some water for said sweet girl. See ya'll later." Damon said before he walked away from the group. Arthur stomped out his cigarette, and looked to Ruby.
"Well, even if you aren't going to join the Protectors of Balance, or have fun with me. Let's at least go somewhere else." Arthur said to Ruby who smiled.
"Sounds good to me." She confirmed, as she followed him. Emma shook her head, and walked in the other direction. Damon shook his head as he was walking away, people needed to learn to mind their own business.
Damon opened the door to the large courtyard in the center of the school. Modeled after the Crossroads that represented Light, Darkness, Twilight, and Dawn, there were four paths that intersected. The infirmary was located in the front hall of the school, and as a member of the Protectors of Balance, he preferred to buy things from their hall, of course that also meant a trip across the courtyard, but Damon liked this area, so it worked out.
Damon let out a sigh as he saw two students, one from the Children of Darkness, and another from the New Guardians of Light fighting. You were allowed to fight, it was even encouraged to help build your skills, but it had to be someone that was equal to your skills. That fight Violet got into would never have been officially allowed. As Damon arrived at the door to the Protectors of Balance's hall he took one last look to see the student from the Light triumphing over the Darkness student, and helping him up after the battle.
Damon smiled and entered his factions hall, he was greeted almost immediately with a familiar face. Jamora Xavier Ray, or as Damon, and his other friends commonly referred to him as, Mora. He had light pink curly hair that looked slightly messy, and cut short in front so it stayed out of his green eyes. He looked like he was built for wrestling, as opposed to Damon, who was more muscular in nature.
"Hey Damon!" Jamora greeted him.
"Sup man, how's it been?" Damon asked, to which Jamora shrugged.
"It's been good. But, it's even better being back here." Jamora said fondly as he looked around at all the students, Damon nodded and did the same.
"I agree, you mother fuckers are like family. But hey, I gotta run, we'll catch up more later, alright?" Damon said, Jamora nodded, and waved as Damon walked towards the factions store. It was run by students during the year, but during this first week, some school faculty were running it. Damon arrived at the counter, and gave the shopkeeper a dollar.
"Okay, I'm assuming you want a water?"
"For sure." Damon confirmed, the shopkeeper nodded and bent over, getting a water from the cooler, and handing it to Damon, who thanked him and rushed off to give the water to Violet. Unfortunately he was stopped.
Specifically he was stopped by three girls, only one of which he recognized. The older of the three, Ignis, or as Damon, and her friends called her sometimes, Iggy. She had dark purple hair similar to the Guardian of Light Lea. Dark mocha eyes, and a tan complexion to her slender and trained body.
The girl on Ignis' right was Meian, a 16 year old, with purple hair styled in two spiky pigtails, each one curling slightly to the left and right respectfully, with navy blue hair bands, two locks of hair were framing her face, while two shorter locks fell on her forehead. She had chocolate brown eyes, and a pale complexion, and average body type.
The girl to Ignis' left was Maxine. She had straight purple hair, with a spiky fringe that slightly covered her eyes, her hair fell a few inches below her shoulders. She had chocolate brown eyes, and a pale skin, with a slightly trained body type.
Damon just looked between the three of them, he swore something was up, he knew Ignis from the years before, but the two girls with her were certainly new, and resembled each other strangely. He was going to assume they were twins.
"Um, is this, like, important, because I kinda got something to do." Damon said, trying to be polite, but in truth he was just wanting to get back to Violet.
"Well, I guess, it's not too important, I just wanted to introduce you to two new students, and friends of mine. Maxine, and Meian." Ignis told him, Damon nodded, and gave the three a smile.
"Damon Ty. Darnell, honorary Protector of Balance. Good to meet you all, I'm sorry, but I really gotta go." Damon told them, they nodded, understanding, as he walked away he smiled back at them. "We'll talk more later, don't worry!" He assured them, before leaving the building completely and returning to the courtyard.
Damon saw the two students that were fighting earlier, sitting on a bench talking to each other. He smiled, that's what he was fighting for, people from the Light and Darkness getting along. It seemed like an impossible goal, but Damon's father had always told him that nothing could stop a Darnell. So, if Damon put his mind to it, he could do anything.
Damon got lost in his thoughts for a moment, and ended up bumping into someone. He turned to apologize when the girl was glaring at him, as if she was offended he was even near her.
She had long black hair, and a pair of grey eyes, pale complexion, with ruby red lipstick on. She was beautiful, and seemed like the type of person who knew that.
"Excuse you." She told him with a sneer, he just gave her a look. He recognized her, but he couldn't place where… At his lack of response she scoffed. "I said excuse you, what, too fucking dumb to respond?" That was it. Victoria Arianne Bon-Velz. Chief bitch, and prestigious member of the Children of Darkness. She was at the top of her class in terms of grades, hell she was at the top of the school, she was also a pretentious, stuck-up bitch.
"Nah, only in awe of how cruel someone so pretty can be. It's a damn shame." Damon said, with a smirk, she rolled her eyes.
"Like you'd even have a chance. I'd watch out next time, I could ruin your life in an instant." Victoria said, before she walked off, her head held high. Damon just shook his head and returned to his goal of getting back to Violet.
He made it back to the infirmary without any more stops thankfully. Toni was pacing around the room impatiently, and Kelsi was holding Violet's hand. Jesse was reading a book on the couch, but he kept glancing up at Violet to check on her.
"I got that water. Sorry about the wait, fuckers wouldn't stop stopping me." Damon explained, Kelsi smiled at him, ignoring the profanity, and took the bottle. Toni gave her wife a look.
"What? He gets to curse? That's bullshit." Toni exclaimed, causing Kelsi to glare at her.
"I cant really stop him, now can I? You however know my rules and break them intentionally." Kelsi pointed out, in a sharp and dangerous tone. Toni held her arms up in mock defeat.
"Jeez, don't bite my head off. I was kidding… Mostly." Toni said, causing Kelsi to shake her head. She undid the cap to the bottle of water, and looked at Violet as she grabbed a pill.
"I know you hate them, but this will make you heal faster." Kelsi said, in a soothing voice, Violet frowned, and shook her head. Kelsi let out a sigh. "Am I going to have to have your mom come over her and jam the pill in your mouth or are you going to cooperate?" Kelsi asked, in a sincere tone, Violet looked over at Toni who just shrugged.
Reluctantly Violet opened up her mouth, Kelsi put the pill on her tongue, then lifted Violet's head at an angle. Kelsi put the bottle to her lips, and told her daughter to drink, which she did. Swallowing the pill reluctantly. Violet huffed, as she glared up at her mother.
"I know Violet. But just wait a few seconds. You'll be amazed at how fast it works." Kelsi said. Violet resigned herself to waiting, but immediately most of the pain in her throat was gone, the back of her head still hurt more than anything though.
"…Fuck…" Violet breathed out, Toni looked over at Kelsi to see her reaction, but her wife just stroked her daughters hair sweetly with a smile on her face.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me. Now Violet get's off the hook too?"
"Toni. That's two, you wanna go for three?" Kelsi's tone immediately went harsh, Toni once again put her arms up in defeat. "She's my baby, and she's hurt." Kelsi said, her tone softening, as she kept stoking Violet's short hair. Toni rubbed the back of her head.
"She's not a baby anymore, she's a seventeen year old girl. Who picked a fight and got hurt, actions have consequences." Toni pointed out, causing Kelsi to glare at her.
"She got her brash nature from you! It's your fault she even got in a fight, maybe if you weren't so aggressive all the time, this wouldn't have happened!" Kelsi yelled, causing Toni to frown, and stare off in the distance. Kelsi immediately regretted her words. "Toni, I'm-"
"I know. Me too." Toni interrupted her wife, Kelsi took a deep breath. "Anyway, it's been a hour, can we take her home now?" Toni asked, Kelsi nodded, and kissed Violet's forehead, before standing up.
"Let's go talk to the nurse, and principal then." Kelsi said, before leaving the room, Toni followed her and closed the door. Damon and Jesse both approached Violet's bed and smiled at her, she returned the gesture.
"Sorry I wasted your guys' day." Violet apologized, her voice hoarse, Damon shook his head.
"Man, we'd a been tethered to you anyway. Don't sweat it baby girl." Damon told her, she smiled at him. Jesse cleared his throat uncomfortably.
"I'm sorry I didn't get to him sooner. I feel awful about it." Jesse said, Violet shook her head.
"You did all you could. Thank you Jesse." Violet said, he smiled down at her.
"I meant what I said before. I'll protect you Violet. No matter what, against Darkness, against Light, hell, even against my own fucking faction. So, no matter which faction you join, I'll be there to make sure some shit like this don't happen again. I swear." Damon said, Jesse nodded.
"Yeah. I mean, I'm not the best fighter, but I'll be by your side too. No matter what." Jesse proclaimed alongside Damon, Violet smiled at them, she pushed herself up on the bed so he back was against the wall. She was in a hospital gown, she extended both her hands, taking one of Damon's and one of Jesse's in her own.
"Thanks you two. That really means a lot. But, how did I get in this and why?" Violet asked, referring to the hospital gown.
"Your clothes had blood all over them." Jesse explained, Violet nodded.
"You guys didn't try to sneak a peek at the goods while I was asleep did you?" Violet asked, Jesse shook her head vigorously, where as Damon slowly shook his head with a smirk.
"Course not Violet."
"Well why not? I would have! I'm fucking hot!" Violet exclaimed, before laughing, Damon smirked at her.
"I don't know if hot's the word I would use." Damon said, Violet gasped.
"I'm offended! What the fuck dude? I thought we were tight!" Violet exclaimed, Damon smirked at her.
"I'm sure you are tight, but I'd use sexy more than hot. Because you just got that sexy vibe to you." Damon flirted with her, Violet smiled at him, with a slight blush.
"I'm blushing Damon. How did you know that flattery will get you everywhere with me?" Violet said, Damon just smiled at her. Jesse coughed uncomfortably.
"If you two would stop… It's making me extremely uncomfortable." Jesse said, Violet smiled at him.
"Sure thing. It was just harmless flirting anyway." Violet said. Damon nodded. Toni and Kelsi came back into the room. Kelsi had a bag in her hand, she smiled at the scene, whereas Toni just looked uncomfortable.
"Hope we aren't interrupting anything." Kelsi said.
"I sure do." Toni chimed in, Kelsi gave her a look that said to drop it. Toni shrugged, and looked the other direction.
"Here Violet, I brought these for you to change into." Kelsi said, handing Violet the bag. Jesse rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
"I'll take my leave then. See you around Violet." Jesse said, before he went and grabbed his bag from beside the couch, waving as he left. Damon nodded.
"Yeah. I'll see you around baby girl. I went ahead and put my number in your phone. Gimmie a call some time." Damon said, with a smile before he left the room as well.
"Let me-"
"No, wait." Toni said, interrupting her wife. Who was going to attempt to help Violet stand up. Violet attempted to get up on her own, she thought it would work, but apparently more of her body was sore than she thought because he legs gave out and she fell back on the bed with a scream. Toni smiled, and Kelsi looked like she was about to cry, and kill Toni.
"Fuck me…" Violet muttered, as he body protested her movement. Toni shook her head.
"See, next time you'll think before you act." Toni said, trying to prove her point. Kelsi moved away from her, and went to help her baby.
"You're cruel." Kelsi muttered as she pulled Violet up gently. "Come help me get this off of her." Kelsi ordered, in a stern voice, Toni nodded and moved to help out. Violet blushed at having to have help changing, but her body was in no condition to move independently.
After they had helped Violet change into some jeans and a t shirt, Kelsi grabbed Violet's clothes that were covered in blood, along with her bag, and carried them, while Toni carried her daughter.
"I feel mortified…" Violet muttered, Toni shrugged.
"You've got nothing we haven't seen before, or have ourselves." Toni said, Violet shook her head.
"Well, also at having to get carried like a baby." Violet said, Kelsi smiled at her, and kissed the side of her head.
"You are my baby." Kelsi said sweetly, Violet blushed, embarrassed. They were, after all in the middle of a hall. They left the building and walked towards the parking lot.
They didn't notice the two people watching them from a nearby tree, or if they did. They didn't give any indication.
"They're leaving now." Vani said, she had moved from her position, and was now just standing on a branch next to Garth, who nodded, and brought two fingers up to his ear.
"They're leaving now Chrysander. I'd advise you stop snooping around." Garth said into a microphone. Seconds later he got a response.
"As you wish, sir." Chrysander said. He had black hair tied in a ponytail, and grey eyes with a pale complexion, and lithe body. He ended up passing Toni, Kelsi, and Violet. Not bothering to look at them, Toni however turned her head slightly to look at him as they passed. She got a weird vibe from him.
"Babe." Toni said, Kelsi nodded.
"I know. I felt it too, I'll take care of it." Violet just looked between her parents, settling on Toni.
"Felt what?" Violet asked, Toni shook her head. Violet looked to her mother. "Take care of what?"
"Don't worry about it kid." Toni said as they reached her car. Kelsi had taken her own, and frowned. She kissed Violet's forehead.
"Mommy's gonna be back with you soon, okay baby?" Kelsi said in a voice that signaled how upset she was. Toni sighed, she should be the one doing this, not Kelsi. But Toni knew that Kelsi wasn't strong enough to carry Violet, and Violet was in no condition to walk herself.
"Be careful, and don't worry, I'll take care of Violet." Toni tried to assure her wife, who just shook her head. Violet just looked at Kelsi, she was terribly confused.
"Where are you going mommy?" Violet asked, she only used mommy when she really wanted to get her way, that caused Kelsi to shake her head as she put Violet's bag in the backseat of Toni's car.
"To take care of some things Violet. Just say goodbye for now, okay?" Toni asked in a patient voice, which was odd, she was the opposite of patient on a daily basis, this must be serious.
"Bye mommy." Violet said, Kelsi smiled and kissed Violet's forehead, petting her hair a few times before Toni opened her passenger car door and put Violet in the seat, closing the door. Violet couldn't hear much of the conversation outside the car.
"Seriously, be safe. Just go and tell him how it is, then come right back." Toni said, Kelsi gave her a worried look.
"Even if I hurry, I'll be gone for a week… I hope he's not angry with us." Kelsi said, Toni shook her head, and pulled her close, stroking her wife's hair.
"He wont be. You know how he is. He'll understand. Don't worry, I'll take care of our kid, Blondie." Toni tried to assure her wife, using the nickname that annoyed her to no end. Kelsi smirked slightly, and pushed off of Toni.
"You better take are of my baby Hart." Kelsi said, giving her wife a quick peck on the lips before going over to her own car. Toni sighed, and walked over to the drivers side of her car, getting in, and bucking her seat belt. Violet just looked at her.
"Where's she going?" Violet asked, Toni sighed, and started to drive our of the parking lot.
"Just to take care of a few things Violet. Don't worry, she'll be back soon." Toni tried to explain, but she was never good at things like this. Comforting people and whatnot.
"How soon? I feel like you wouldn't keep saying that if she wasn't going to be gone for a while." Violet pointed out, Toni glared at her, as she clenched the steering wheel, her knuckles turning white from how much pressure she was putting on.
"I don't know!" Toni yelled. She was not happy that Kelsi had to go off by herself to do this. It was always dangerous when visiting another world, especially when you weren't a Key-Wielder, and there was fighting breaking out over Light, Darkness, and Balance.
Violet was visibly hurt by Toni yelling at her out of the blue like that, she slumped down in her seat and stared out the window aimlessly. Toni looked over at her and sighed, Kelsi would kill her if she saw that, she was never supposed to seriously yell at Violet. Even when Violet was in trouble, Kelsi made it clear that she wasn't supposed to be yelled at like that.
"I'm sorry mom…" Violet muttered, Toni let out a frustrated sigh as Kelsi's voice popped up in her head, scolding her, as if she was in the car.
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's not your fault, okay? Just all this other bullshit, that your mother has to go take care of. She should be back in a week or so…" Toni trailed off, Violet nodded.
"What's she got to take care of?" Violet asked, Toni sighed, she couldn't avoid it, well she could, but she didn't want to. Violet deserved to know a bit of what was going on.
"Me and your mother used to be Protectors of Balance. We were there in the room when it was formed, and we left because we were fed up with the way things were heading, and we had a little girl to raise. We wanted to raise you in peace, and things weren't peaceful there, so we came here. We haven't spoken to the leader since then, and Kelsi's going back now to make sure we aren't being targeted for any reason."
"Why would we be targeted mom?" Violet asked, Toni sighed.
"Like I said, Violet. We were in the room, we know things most people don't, we were close with the leader of the group. That made us dangerous, but now that you're going to school in a place where they have eyes and ears, we need to make sure we're still safe, that he hasn't forgotten everything we've done for him.." Toni finished explaining. Violet let out a sigh.
"So I'm the problem…" Violet muttered, in a guilty tone, Toni shook her head.
"Don't you ever think that Violet. You are not a problem, you're the best thing that's ever happened to us. It's everyone else that's fucked up." Toni said, Violet nodded, and stared out the window.
So far, today had been nothing but trouble for Violet. She hoped the rest of the year wasn't the same. Was it too much to ask, for a simple school, with a simple problems. Prom, all that stupid shit that normal teens had to deal with at normal schools, no. Instead she got her ass beat by a guy with a hard on for darkness, and her mother had to put her life in danger because of her. After today, Violet's life would change. Not necessarily for the better.
-Aftermath-
Oc's introduced in this chapter were...
1. Arthur Miles- Hell Devil 13
2. Jamora Xavier Ray- Magic StilesLover
3. Ignis- Shiranai Atsune
4. Meian- Shiranai Atsune
5. Maxine- Shiranai Atsune
6. Chrysander- Linkonpark100
There it was guys, hope you enjoyed it. Dont forget to favorite, follow, leave a review, send in a character or two, and all that good stuff. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, and am finally starting to figure out where I want to take this story, and this arc of the story itself. Later guys, Love ya!