Chapter two
After what seemed forever the endowed were finally allowed to leave the kings room. Immediately they all packed up their books and Tancred, Lysander and Amber were first out of the room, closely followed by the moody Manfred. Soon the kings room was empty leaving Charlie and Erin alone, Charlie was walking towards the Kings portrait this would've been the perfect time to try and talk to the king. Only Erin was rather distracting, always willing to help people Charlie turned to look at Erin. She was trying to pack up her things, but she seemed mad, (probably because Manfred had issued her a detention on her first day) and she kept burning the edges of her books. Charlie noticed most her books were already in a slightly charred state. He looked at the King briefly, sighed and then walked over to Erin,
"Do you want some help?"
Erin threw down another book as it began to smoke,
"Yea..." She then began to take calming breaths in hope of controlling her power. Charlie began gathering her still scattered books for her and put them in her bag.
"Thanks," she said gratefully as he heaved her full bag onto his other shoulder.
Charlie smiled,
"Until you get control again..."
Erin continued to breathe slowly and deeply as they walked to the door out of the Kings Room, but before they could reach the door, it slammed shut and locked. Charlie and Erin jumped.
"What the hell was that?" Erin whispered nervously. As though answering her question, a girl appeared in front of the door. Charlie had never seen this girl before and he would've deffinately remembered seeing this girl. She had a pale face and long black hair, she wore a long black flowing dress, black nail polish and a black necklace with silver star on it.
"Who are you?" Charlie asked.
"It doesn't matter. What does matter is my ignorant brother is pushing all of you around. Don't-"
The door burst open and the girl vanished,
"What are you two still doing here?" Manfred demanded, "And why was the door locked?"
"What busieness is it of yours Freddy?" the girl's voice came from just behind him although neither Erin or Charlie could see her. Manfred's face visibly paled,
"Who said that?"
"Oh Freddy, you know who it is...Your just in denial..."
Manfred spun round,
"How did you find your way back?"
There was a sigh,
"Still got that attitude, you should really loosen up big bro..."
Manfred looked around furiously,
"Where the hell are you, Leah! Show yourself!"
"Get bent." There were footsteps and then silence.
"That little bitch," Manfred muttered, he then remembered Charlie and Erin were still there, "What are you looking at? Go to bed!"
XXXX
Charlie stood in the music cloakroom, having just finished running. He heard a noise behing him and spun around, seeing Gabriel he relaxed. Gabriel raised an eyebrow,
"Charlie, you okay?"
Charlie shook his head, the invisible girl was doing his head in. Something about her scared him, while at the same time interested him, who was she and why was Manfred so worried about seeing her? And why had she called Manfred her big bro? She couldn't possibly be his sister...The Bloors only had one child didn't they?
"You haven't seen anything unusual recently have you?" Charlie asked Gabriel.
Gabrial looked at him,
"Only Amber's forever changing appearance."
It was true Amber's appearance did seem rather unusual at times...That morning at breakfast she was seven feet tall.
"No, not that kind unusual..." Charlie told Gabriel about what he and Erin had witnessed last night. When Charlie had finished it all Gabriel stared at him,
"The Bloors don't have another kid do they?"
Charlie shrugged,
"I don't know, but if they do they've kept it pretty quiet..."