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A/N: Well dearies, I'm back! So these chapters will be coming real fast. So bear with me. Alright, this chappie contains spoilers for the third book so BEWARE! Also, my Van Helsing story is up, please read and review it! And where have all ye gone? My readers have left my side. Is that it? Well not matter. I'll finish it anyway. Alright, here it be!
My eyes popped open furiously. It was like waking up from a bad dream. But as I was about to find out, the reality I awoke to was much more terrifying.
The light was blinding and I was strapped to a table. I recognized my surroundings at once: The School. I struggled against my bindings. Snapping my eyes shut, I tried to teleport off the table. I tried it once, twice and nothing happened.
Confused, I looked around. I jumped. Sitting next to me was…Ari. My face went hostile and I managed a furious scream. It was not as scary as I had hoped. My voice cracked and my throat was dry. It was more of a croak.
There was silence. I noticed that Ari was…different. He was a young boy and had no scars…strange. He looked as if he was sorry for me. Not like, sneering sorry. Like actually sorry. I ignored this; he probably was going to morph any minute.
He smiled sadly. "Hi." He greeted. "You've been asleep for days."
I gritted my teeth. "Why am I here!?" I screamed.
Ari rubbed his neck. "You're here to be exterminated."
"What?!" I wasn't screaming anymore but my eyes were as big as donuts. Normally extermination wasn't a good thing.
"We're all due to be retired." He pointed to some numbers on his neck that looked suspiciously like a date. "My time is almost up…" He looked unbearably sad.
"Ari…what's going on?" I had to have that question answered before I believed anything.
"All that…all your life ... It was all kind of like…a dream. Gabriella, those powers, getting shot, me beating you, escaping the school, everything."
This wasn't beyond my imagination. I had thought about it before. But boggarts it was confusing. "Why?" I asked in anguish. I almost couldn't believe it.
"They were preparing you I guess. But now, they've decided to destroy any experiment that wasn't useful to them." Ari looked away. "Including the rest of the Erasers. I'm the last one of my breed. They're going to wait until my expiration date is up…then I'm dead."
"What about the rest of the bird kids?" I asked frantically "I have to warn them!"
"Calm down." Ari told me. "They've been here all along. They just don't know it yet. But they will soon." He frowned. "I'm sorry."
"But why did they wait to tell me first?" I asked.
"Because you haven't been completed yet."
My racing thoughts froze. "What are you talking about?" My voice was shaking.
Ari smirked melancholic. "They don't call you Cherubim for nothing." My mouth dropped open. What on earth was he talking about?
Noticing my confusion the boy explained "You were supposed to be different from the others." He pulled a blue print out of his pocket and handed it to me. The blueprint showed an outline of a body with three wings sprouting out of the back. There were several notes showing how these wings would be attached and what the final product might fly like. I was to shocked to even bother reading those.
"Six wings?" I asked, shocked.
"Yeah. And Jeb wants to finish you. He was always too busy but now…he wants to finish the job he started."
This was a lot to take in. I breathed fast. My heart thumped so hard I was afraid it would burst.
The door drifted open like in a Star Wars movie. Ari stood up as a ten Whitecoats gathered in, Jeb following along behind them.
Ari looked at them, remorsefully. "I'm sorry Arthur." He whispered in my ear as Jeb began to tell everyone how the operation would take place. "I'm sorry I ruined your other life." Then he walked out of the room, looking behind him one last time.
A/N: Aw, so sad. Is Ari really being nice? We'll have to see. Thanks for reading! Please review! Say "Hogwarts" in your review if you have read my author notes.