Author's Note's: Chapter 10! We're Halfway there YEAH!

(Monday morning…)

Will had never woken up so early in his life! He also had never been given money before.

"This money is for your lunch this week" Lara explained to her son as they headed off to school in the car. "All you have to do is give it to the nice lady with the cash register at the end of the lunch line and you'll have enough money to pay for the whole week. Then next Monday I'll give you more and you'll do it again; okay?"

Will just nodded as he looked out of the window nervously; he wasn't so sure he could do this.

"You're going to do great." Lara assured him as they parked in the school parking lot. "Ready?"

Will gathered up all his courage and pried his eyes way from the window. "Ready!" he told her.

"Then let's go!" Lara exclaimed happily.

Will got out of the car and took his mother's hand where she then led him into the school and down a hall with the big letter K on it. They walked all the way down until they reached the last door on the left.

"Well this is it." Lara said giving her son's hand a tight squeeze. "You be good now; okay?"

"Okay." Will answered and allowed his mother to kiss him on the cheek.

"I love you" She said with a smile, but Will could tell she was just as nervous.

'She's worried I'll be taken or killed, or if the other kids will accept me.' Will realized. He knew he had to calm her fears.

"I love you too." He said giving her a hug. "I'm going to have the best day ever!" he told her with as much excitement as he could muster.

Lara smiled as the pulled away. "I have to go now sweetie." She told him in a sad, but confident voice.

"Have a good day!" Will exclaimed.

"You too sweetie." She said and walked away.

He watched her go and once she was out of sight he took a deep breath and walked into his new Kindergarten class.

(Inside the Classroom...)

The first thing he noticed about the blonde headed boy was his strangely glowing gold eyes.

Icarus Slayen sized up his enemy with an intense stare, taking in his small stature, as well as the dazed nervous look on his face. He wear a yellow shirt, with a black sweater vest and blue jeans; He was also sporting a yellow and black book bag on his back.

'This is the prince of the Nightmare Realm?' Icarus was not impressed, but it didn't matter what he thought anyway. His father Bares had given him strict orders to befriend the boy at all cost so that he could spy on the boy's progression in power. It wasn't what Icarus wanted, than again Icarus never got what he wanted.

EVER!

The Boy sits down beside him in the second row. "Hi my names Will," He said shyly. "What's your name?"

'There's no way this kid is Lucas' son, he's too nice!' Icarus thought in disbelief. "Names Icarus, Icarus Slayen." He told the boy trying his best to keep the coldness out of his voice.

Will sits down and examines the boy, and he can already tell that he is half-human and half- demon as well; he can also tell by his energy signature that he is an ice demon.

The boy, Icarus has short black hair and dark eyes, and Will can't help the chill that runs down his back. This kid was far further along in his training then he was. Will was about to say more to the boy when a familiar face walks into the room.

"Malia!" Will jumps up in surprise.

"Will!" Malia practically runs over to the empty desk to his left. "I can't believe we're in the same class!" She exclaimed.

"What luck uh?" Will laughed and then turned back to Icarus. "Oh Icarus this is my friend Malia." He said introducing her. "Malia this is Icarus, he's just like me isn't that cool!"

'Friends?' Icarus couldn't believe his ears, but the kid seemed to mean it. 'What kind of demon has friends? Perhaps he plans to benefit from knowing her.' He thought.

Malia took one look at Icarus and she could tell she didn't like him; not one bit. It wasn't the way he looked either! Malia just got a very bad vibe from him, and it was the same vibe she had gotten from Will's Father's so called friends. 'He's bad news!' Malia screamed with her thoughts knowing Will could hear her.

Will looked at Icarus focusing on the boy's thoughts, but he found it impossible to break through his mental barrier.

'Trying to read me uh? Well you're going to have to do better than that!' Icarus thought to himself.

Will focused so hard that his head hurt, he was about to agree with Malia when someone else walked in causing his world to stop.

She her brown hair braided into two long pigtails, with matching brown eyes; and she wear a nice purple dress with a matching pair of shoes, and head band.

'She's beautiful!' Will thought to himself.

Icarus simply rolled his eyes 'Here we go.' He joked to himself.

Will watches as the girl sits down in the first row in front of Malia.

"Hi" The girl said to Malia happily.

"Hi" Malia smiled back. 'Now her I like' she thought as the girl turned back around.

'Me too' Will thinks with a sigh.

Malia gives him a look. 'Oh my you're crushing on her aren't you?!'

'No!' Will screamed mentally, but his face went a deep crimson, betraying his true feelings.

'Good grief, no wonder father wanted me to take this job; this kids so lovey-dovey it's sickening!' Icarus thought trying his best not to vomit.

"Alright class it's time to get started." A rather young looking woman stepped into the room. "My name is Miss Wade." She said. "And I will be your teach for this school year. Now we will start our days by saying good morning to each other. I'll start; good morning class."

"Good morning Miss Wade!" Will and the other students answered in unison.

'I'm going to die in this place!' Icarus thought. He didn't see why his father threw him in this mediocre educational system. It wasn't like he couldn't learn all of these things at home. 'It's because of him you're here!' He told himself. 'You have a job to do so suck it up and focus on your target!'

"Now than we will start today by getting to know one another. I want each of you to take turns standing up and tell us a little about yourselves starting with you dear." Miss wade said addressing the pretty girl in front of Malia.

The girl smiled and stood up facing her classmates. "My name is Hannah Downing" the girl said.

"Hello Hannah!" the class said in unison.

'Hannah' Will sighed again.

'Seriously has your father not ripped your heart out yet boy?' Icarus had to keep himself from screaming his thoughts.

It wasn't easy!

"I like to draw and play outside" Hannah continued. "I also like animals and going to the beach and…"

'Blah, blah, b lah!' Icarus smirked. 'What a preppy brown noise brat!' But Will sure didn't think so; in fact Icarus found that the prince was practically hanging off her every word.

"I also like spending time with my mom." Hannah said, finally finishing.

"Thank you Hannah" Miss Wade said. "Next?"

'I have to introduce myself.' Will thought to himself as he drowned out the rest of the kids. 'What will I say?' he asked Malia mentally hoping for some answers.

'If you really like her than just be yourself.' She answered.

'Yeah, you're right I'll do that!' Will exclaimed. 'Thanks Malia.'

'No problem.' She thought giving him a smile. Then she stood to take her turn in introducing herself to the class. "Hi I'm Malia Windsnap."

"Hi Malia" the class chanted.

"And I like to draw, paint, and hang out with my friends." She said before sitting down.

'Now that's how it's supposed to be.' Icarus thought; 'Short and sweet.'

"Thank you Malia" Miss Wade said with a smile. "Next?"

Will stood up on slightly shaky legs. 'Just be yourself 'he thought. "Hi my name is William Venroe, but I like to be called Will."

"Hi Will" the class chanted once more.

"And I like solving complicating puzzles, and reading. I also like to spend time with my mom." He continued.

"Oh you can already read, that splendid Will" Miss Wade said approvingly. "I'll be looking forward to hearing you."

"Thank you." Will said as he set down. 'Well that wasn't so hard.'

'So Mommy's still in the picture?' Icarus thought. 'Well that explains a lot!'

"Next?"

Icarus stood up and said. "My name is Icarus Slayen" "Hi Icarus" the class chanted again.

"And I reading as well" he said and sat back down.

"Oh my two reader," Miss Wade was beaming. "It makes me so happy to see kids at such a young age take an interest in learning."

Will smiled, but gave Icarus a weird look. 'You didn't want to share anything else?' he asked telepathically.

'No not really.' Icarus answered.

'Oh' Will is somewhat saddened by the answer. He had been hoping that he and Icarus would have something in common, but the boy couldn't be more different from him.

Finally the last student stood up to introduce himself. "Hello my name is Bobby Downing" "Hi Bobby" The class answered together.

"And I like to play sports." He said and stopped as he noticed Will had glanced at the girl in the front row. 'Is he staring at my cousin?!' He thought.

Icarus couldn't help but smile. 'You're in trouble now googly eyes!' he told Will telepathically.

Will turned around and gave Icarus a weird look. 'What?' He asked.

'That's Bobby's cousin and he doesn't like that you're staring at her.' Icarus answered.

'I wasn't staring!' Will exclaimed.

'Sure you weren't!' Icarus teased.

'No really I wasn't staring!' Will argued.

'Well he sure seems to think so.' Icarus told him gesturing to Bobby.

Will looked at the kid, and if looks could kill then Will was sure he'd be dead.

"Alright Bobby if you are done please sit down." Miss Wade said breaking the awkward silence.

Bobby sat down his eyes never leaving Will.

'Told you.' Icarus teased once more.

Will gulped it was his first day of school and he had already made an enemy; could today get any worse?

(Back with Lara...)

The anxiety was killing her…

Lara bit her lip as she tried to focus on what her instructor was writing on the chalkboard. What had started off as an easy first day had soon turned into a game of cat and mouse!

How you might ask?

Well it all started in first block, when Lara accidently walked straight into, and through a wall!

Okay now let's restate that, she walked through the wall, like a ghost! Luckily no one had been around to witness said event, but it was like her body was trying to get her caught. Her first break of the morning was lived out as a nightmare.

Why?

Because Lara being Miss Genius decided to turn invisible! Needless to say she spent the rest of her break trying to be seen again before she ended up being marked absent from her next class. Then throughout all of second block she had to keep a death grip on her desk so she wouldn't start defying the laws of gravity and start floating in the air!

And third block, well let's just say if her stupid ex-boyfriend hadn't destroyed her innocence years ago then her new x-ray vision sure did!

Now it was fourth block, and Lara wasn't sure she could take much more.

'Maybe I should call Lucas.' She thought. 'He did promise to teach me how to control this.' She knew it was probably her best bet, but she also knew that Mr. Prince Charmless may not be pleased to be interrupted from whatever it is he does when she and Will were out of house.

Still she knew it was her best bet.

"Mrs. Winters perhaps you would like to stop daydreaming and read the next paragraph!" her instructor snapped, pulling her out of her thoughts. He was a tall man, with a thick accent, and light brown hair, with a military style haircut. His eyes were a sharp green, with a thin line mouth of impatience.

Lara nodded and stood on shaky legs, and took her book in her hand. 'So far so good.' she thought as she began to read. She sped through the paragraph as fast as possible, and then a miracle happened.

She was saved by the bell!

'Oh thank goodness.'

"Alright class we'll pick up here tomorrow." her instructor stated giving her the evil eye. Lara bit her lip. 'Great just what I need a teacher who already hates me.'

Could today get any worse?

Suddenly her hands went through her book and it fell on her desk.

'That's it I'm calling Lucas!' she snapped. Her instructor's eyes widen.

"Mrs. Winters please I must speak with you!" he urged.

Lara bit her lip and slowly walked to his desk as the room emptied. "Yes Mr. Wormwood?" Lara asked unsure.

"Please first let me ask that you forgive me for my outburst, I had no idea." Mr. Wormwood began.

Lara gave him a weird look. "What are you talking about?"

"It was prophecies that you'd be here, thank Time Baby we are not too late." Mr. Wormwood went on.

"Wait hold on okay!" Lara snapped. Then calming down she said. "Look I'm sorry, but you're not making any sense. What prophecy, and who the flip is Time Baby?"

"Of course my apologies," Mr. Wormwood cleared his throat, "But first I must be sure. Please let me see it."

"See what?" Lara was really confused now.

"The mark, the stars that symbolize your power." Mr. Wormwood whispered.

Lara's eyes widen. "No stay away from me!" She backed away obviously frightened.

"It's alright." Mr. Wormwood assured her holding his hands up to show that he meant no harm. "My name is Isaac Wormwood and I am the leader of the Guardians of the Stars."

"I don't know who that is." Lara yelled still backing away.

"Then please let me explain." Mr. Wormwood begged. "Please Lara if you don't let us protect you from him than the future as we know it will surely be lost."

Okay now that got her attention. "The future?"

"Yes, but first please show me the crown upon your forehead; I must be sure it's you." Mr. Wormwood asked hopefully.

Lara hesitated, the last time she trusted someone they turned out to be a witch pretending to be her best friend, but then again she did handle that just fine on her own. "Okay fine but no funny business." She warned.

"You have my word." Mr. Wormwood assured her.

Lara reached for her bangs hesitatingly and finally pulled them back slowly.

"Aries! My word it is you." Mr. Wormwood was shaking now. "My time has come." He whispered darkly.

"Your time?" Lara asked still confused. "Please tell me what's going on."

Mr. Wormwood nodded, "Yes, yes, of course." He agreed and pulled out an old looking leather book.

"Whenever a Star Child is born, our oracle gives us a prophecy about that Star Child." Mr. Wormwood explained.

"Oracle, aren't those the women from Greek history that speaks the future in riddles." Lara asked.

"Yes." Mr. Wormwood nodded.

"I thought they were myths." She said still wondering if she should be buying any of this.

"Some parts of all mythology are fact; the Greek gods were merely demons, ruling over the people with an iron thumb. And whenever the humans stepped out of line or didn't worship then enough, they brought down beast to destroy their lands."

"So the Titans?" Lara asked.

"Also demons" Mr. Wormwood answered.

"Hercules?"

"Half demon, half human" Mr. Wormwood shook his head, "I'm happy you have so many questions about the true history of your realm, but we must hurry the lunch hour will not last forever, and I don't know when I will be able to talk to you again."

"What do you mean? I have class tomorrow." Lara reasoned.

"No the enemy must not know I am so close to you.

"The enemy?" Lara asked.

"Yes, Sheba, I believe you have already fought his hag." Mr. Wormwood whispered darkly.

Lara's eyes widen.

"How did you know that?"

"Her magic it surrounds you, I can feel it, any experience Sorcerer would." Mr. Wormwood explained. "Sheba the witch, she is watching you."

Lara was shaking now.

"Please sit, you will feel better." Mr. Wormwood assured her, and pulled out a chair for her.

Lara nodded and sat down, "Please start from the beginning." She rasped suddenly feeling like she had cotton mouth.

Mr. Wormwood nodded and handed her a glass of water. "A powerful being known as Time Baby created the Star Children to protect the human Realm from powerful beings like demons. To prevent them from taking over your world, or destroying it completely; he did this because the Earth Realm was the weakest Real in the Multiverse, and he felt that even something as weak as mankind held value."

Lara nodded as she sipped her water.

"So he created the Star Children, but things did not go as planned. The first Star Child Virgo was born, and on that night a terrible prophecy was given to my ancestor Samuel Wormwood." Mr. Wormwood opened up the leather book to a random page and began to read…

"Hope that sparks shall turn to fire! As a monster shall get what he most desires. A boy of the Star's shall fall tonight, Virgo's light forever bight. But beware young one for what I say is true, a deal struck with Lucifer shall be the beginning of the end for you!"

"Oh my God is that-"

"Virgo's prophecy?" Mr. Wormwood asked. "Yes I'm afraid so."

"What happened?" Lara dared to ask even though she wasn't sure she wanted to know.

"Well the monster turned out to be a fire demon; he tricked the Star Child Virgo into making a deal. The cheat tricked him, into giving him all of his power. The Child Virgo's bright light went out that day."

"You mean he died!" Lara exclaimed.

"Yes, we tried to save him, but you must understand it takes a long time for us to do the math, and calculate exactly where the stars were a line on the day of your births. Each of you is born under the stars that mirror the crowns on your heads. It took time to discover exactly where Virgo was in the sky the night the child was born, and then we have to wait for their abilities to surface before we can sense their power."

"So by the time his powers surfaced?" Lara dared to ask.

"We were already too late, the deal had been struck." Mr. Wormwood spoke gravely. "

But how? How did the demon know?"

"Demons can sense even the smallest trace of magic in a being." Mr. Wormwood explained.

"So every Star Child is born with a prophecy including me?"

Mr. Wormwood nodded.

"Please." Lara was trying not to cry. "I deserve to know."

Mr. Wormwood nodded. "Very well but I must warn you it is not pretty."

"I don't care tell me!" Lara demanded.

Mr. Wormwood flipped through the book once more until he found what he was looking for. "August 1st 1909"

Her heart skipped a beat that was her birthday alright.

"A life of hardship a waits the, mother of demon spawn, child of the Aries Star. Thy beautiful defender will soon be forgotten. Her bright light doomed to be dimmed by a monster of the shadows. Her cry of death shall start a path of pure evil upon our Realm, destroying our hopes of peace for centuries to come."

The tears finally spilled from her eyes. "Are you telling me that I'm destined to die?" Lara screamed.

Mr. Wormwood bowed his head; "Yes as am I." he spoke gravely, "My time has also come."

"Then what's the point in fighting uh?" Lara screamed. "If I'm just going to die anyways."

"Mrs. Winters please, you must keep hope, as much as it pains me to defend a demon brat, he must live." Mr. Wormwood snapped.

"Excuse me?" Lara was shock. 'Demon brat? Did he mean William?!'

"You don't have to lie to me the prophecy calls you 'mother of demon spawn' I know the child exist, and unfortunately the Oracle has made it clear that your son's death would spell out the end of your realm."

"William is that important?" Lara asked her anger gone in her astonishment. "But how can that be?"

"The oracle would not say just that someday in the far off future your son William will be the turning point in the greatest war of Human history." Mr. Wormwood explained bitterly. "He shall save us all."

"But he's just a child that's a lot of responsibility to put on his shoulders." Lara cried.

"I know, but the oracle is never wrong, I will help you protect him, even though it is against every bone in my body, but you must trust me. It is important that we make sure you die as the prophecy has spoken it to be, otherwise the future as we know it may be altered forever!"

"But I don't know any 'monster of the shadows' " Lara cried. Suddenly the bell sounded, cutting Mr. Wormwood off.

"I'm sorry but I have to call my-husband" Lara exclaimed as she got to her feet.

Mr. Wormwood nodded. "I understand, but I must warn you, if you want your son to be safe then its best that I disappear, and watch over him from a far."

Lara nodded and turned to leave. "Oh and Lara?"

"Yes?" Lara turned back around.

"I am not allowed to interfere with your path, or tell you what choices to make, but trust me when I say the 'monster of the shadows' is much closer to you then you think." Mr. Wormwood spoke gravely.

Lara shivered and ran out of the room as fast as her legs could carry her as the Oracle's Prophecy echoed in her mind…

"A life of hardship a waits the, mother of demon spawn, child of the Aries Star. Thy beautiful defender will soon be forgotten. Her bright light doomed to be dimmed by a monster of the shadows. Her cry of death shall start a path of pure evil upon our Realm, destroying our hopes of peace for centuries to come."

Chapter End Notes

Thanks for reading next chapter will be up soon. Until then this is...

Emily signing off.