Finally the weekend had come and Evyon slept right through breakfast, while the others Efee's went off to breakfast. She was much too sore to get out of bed and she lay there staring up at the dark canopy. What am I going to do? I can't defend myself enough and I am getting my ass whooped in this school. She pondered to herself, went suddenly she heard the door open and the curtain by her bed rustled. Rolling over, Evyon pretended to be asleep, only for someone to grab her shoulder gently to wake her.
"Evyon," a familiar voice whispered.
Looking over her shoulder she saw Seboyk sitting on her bed next to her. "What are you doing here? If the Efee's find you, they are going to kill you." She whispered. "They are planning to take you out."
"Evyon, don't worry about me. I just came to see how you were doing. I heard that you took a bad hit last night." Seboyk appeared to be very concerned. "A hit from Caelhoek can put you in the infirmary for days."
"I'm fine. A little bit of rest and I'm all better." She said sitting up in her bed. "Is that the only reason you came? That's kind of a stupid reason for you to risk seeing me."
"Sorry, I didn't realize that friends couldn't care about their friends."
"I didn't think that guys cared so much."
"Humans don't, Elves do." Seboyk smiled at her. "Just remember, I am always here for you."
"Thanks Seboyk, but you really need to leave now." She warned him.
"Okay, I'm going." He said before disappearing through the curtain.
Evyon listened to his footsteps as he disappeared out of her room and she opened her curtain to let a little light in. Putting in her contacts and getting dressed she stretched before getting out of bed. Kai, Ramy and Cairo were still gone, meaning Evyon was free for a while.
Walking through the common room, she saw that there weren't very many people. They must be at breakfast, she assumed before leaving and deciding to tour Durmstrang. Sighing to herself she picked another random corridor and walked down it. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until she saw that there weren't any more windows and it was rather dark in this section of corridor. After all that she had been through, this didn't faze her and she began down the dark hallway, curious as to where it led to.
At the end, she found a single light over a door, but there were no signs. Reaching the handle, she hesitated and contemplated what could be inside. Death traps, more dungeons, trap door... None of the options really mattered and she stepped inside. Although what she found inside confused her.
There was one window in the very top of the ceiling which had to be almost give stories high. There were rocks and cliffs everywhere, like a terrain inside. What in the world is this? She pondered closing the door behind her and stepping the rest of the way inside. "Hello?" She called out as she began to climb some of the rocks and found it rather entertaining. Finally stopping at a ledge, she sat down and dangled her feet off of the edge. The structures only went about two stories high and then stopped, leaving open space the rest of the way up.
Taking a deep breath she laid down on the rocks. Her eyes went up to the hole in the roof and instantly she thought of the moon shining down and an idea struck her. This must be for werewolves... she assumed. But that can't be... they can just stay out of the moonlight. She was so confused by this idea, when suddenly something grabbed her leg. It jerked her off of the rock and she began to fall towards the ground, screaming in her high pitched, girl voice.
The closer she got to the ground, the less afraid she was, until she landed on all fours and looked up. Shaggy brown hair was looking down at her as she cast her black gaze up to see what had thrown her. "What the hell? You could have killed me!" She shouted, but the figure disappeared into a cave. Getting onto her feet Evyon ran back up the rocks and jumped into the cave casting her gaze around. "Where are you?" She called examining the dark, but with her black contacts she couldn't really see anything.
"Who are you?" A deep voice replied and suddenly her feet were swiped out from under her. Evyon laid on her back as something held her arms down and breathed slowly on her face.
"Why don't you show yourself?" She asked, trying to see his features.
"How did you find this place?" The voice asked.
"It's called walking, you should try it."
A low growl emitted and then something slapped her across the face. "Don't be so rude."
I should have known that this was going to happen. She thought sighing. "So what do you want with me? Do you plan on just sitting on me all day?" She asked him.
"It's not what I want with you, it's what you want with me." The voice said again. "You would not have gone into the dark, if there wasn't something that you were searching for. Am I correct?"
"No, I was just curious."
"Curious about what?"
Evyon glared up into the dark, before bringing her knee up and kicking him off of her. "Why do you care?" She asked getting up. She was able to see his silhouette standing up in the opening and impulsively she lunged for him. The two flew out of the cave and began fighting in the air, before he spun in the air and slammed her into the ground. After so many hits she had taken this past week, she was unable to stand another one and began to pass out. Just before she did, she saw that he had blue eyes and stood about six feet tall.
When Evyon woke again she was lying in the common room on a couch. "Where did you go?" She shouted as she sat up and looked around. The Efee's were sitting around her curiously.
"What happened to you Evyon?" Cairo asked.
"I... I don't know." Evyon said rubbing her head as she laid back down. "How did I get here?"
"We found you lying in the middle of the hallway. I think you passed out," Ramy explained.
Evyon looked up at the ceiling as she thought and then shook her head. "No," she whispered remembering. "I didn't pass out, I was knocked out."
"Yeah, last night," Cairo said confused.
"No, this afternoon. I found this strange room and then somebody was in it. He knocked me out..." she trailed off remembering him. "Do any of you know about it?"
"Well a random room with a random guy in it, that's very descriptive." Ramy replied.
"Don't start with me," she snapped before looking at Kai.
"Maybe you were just dreaming and sleep walking." Kai suggested.
"No, I wasn't," she said getting up and pushing the guys away from her. Gazing into the fire she remembered what he looked like. "He was brunette, shaggy hair and blue eyes."
"I don't know anyone like that," Kai replied.
"Well I'm going to find him," she said determined as she left the common room.
Kai was getting annoyed and followed her to watch after her. "What is wrong with you? Ya know, you're not a normal girl."
"Would a normal girl run away from her parents and go to Durmstrang, be entirely evil and be half werewolf? I don't think so."
"Point taken," he agreed. "Here, I want to show you something. Please, it's a weekend, I want to take you somewhere that you might like." He grabbed her hand and began to pull her down the hallway.
Ripping her hand away she looked at him. "Uh... I'm a guy, remember? We don't hold hands."
"Well do you promise to follow me?" He inquired.
After thinking about it, Evyon nodded and followed Kai to the transportation bubble. It shot them up to the surface and again they continued to walk some more. "Where are we going?" Evyon asked getting tired.
"It's just at the top of this hill," he called as he reached the top and helped her up. "What do you think?"
As Evyon reached the top, all she could see was water, endless water. A strong breeze swept across it and right up at her, it brushed her face and she closed her eyes breathing deeply. "It's wonderful," she whispered lifting her arms into the sky and taking in the freedom.
"I thought you might like it," Kai whispered in her ear as he stood behind her. "Look," he said pointing out across the water.
Just at the horizon was the sun, it was beginning to dip behind the water and it shot fiery colors into the sky. The clouds seemed to glow in the sky.
"Do you see this often, or did you do it for me?" Evyon asked.
Kai stepped back and turned away from her without answering.
It took Evyon a moment before realizing that he hadn't replied. Stepping up she looked at him. "Are you okay?" She asked. "Is it the sun?"
"No, it's not the sun. Evyon..." He said turning to look at her over his shoulder.
"Yeah, Kai?"
His eyes just stared at her for a moment before he sighed. "Nothing."
Evyon watched him as he turned away once more. His silhouette appeared golden in the sunlight and alone. "I forgot, you have to be all macho to be a leader, don't you?" She said giving him a playful nudge. She hated it when people were hiding something and they would be so obvious about it.
Kai lost his balance for a moment. "Yes, you're right, I have to be macho and I don't take nudges like that." He said turning around with a playful smile. "I'm going to have to get you for that one."
Evyon's eyes lit up as she smiled and began to run away. "You'll have to catch me first!" She called behind her, looking over her shoulder, but he had disappeared. Looking forwards once more, she ran right into him and fell backwards off her feet. "Hey, no fair!" She complained jokingly.
"Life isn't fair..." he replied a little sadly.
"You going to help me up now?"
"I thought a tough girl like you could take care of herself."
"You're right, I can." She swiped her foot under his ankles and knocked him onto the ground as well. "See?" She asked getting up. "Now, I hope you can take care of yourself."
Kai reached forward with his hand, trying to grab her feet just like she had done with him, but she jumped seeing it coming and landed with a foot on either side of his torso. "You are going to have to do better than that," she said stepping away and letting him get up. "Now, come on, show me what you got."
Kai rolled onto his stomach and got up before looking over at Evyon. "Let's see what you are made of werewolf."
"Bring it little bat," she teased fists in front of her.
"Oh you'll get it for that one." He called punching for her right shoulder.
As he leaned Evyon cart wheeled right off the edge of the cliff.
"Oh my gosh! Evyon!" He called looking over the edge.
"What, you can't catch me?" She called up, before turning and yelling in glee, before disappearing under the water.
Kai waited a few moments, but when she didn't resurface he jumped in after her, looking around for her. As he came up for air she was behind him and pushed him back into the water, making him splutter around and began laughing, until he grabbed her ankle and pulled her down with him.
Gasping she sank into the water, to come eye to eye level with Kai, but she didn't open her eyes. She knew that her contacts would come out if she did and she had already lost too many. As she came back up she coughed and spluttered about, trying to get the water out of her lungs. "That's not funny Kai, you almost killed me."
"You almost killed me first," he retorted.
"How?"
"You scared me to death. I thought you were dead."
Evyon's expression dropped and she blushed gently. "I didn't know you cared."
Kai leaned forward slowly. He longed to kiss her more than anything.
"Kai, stop kicking me." She warned.
"Uh... I'm not kicking you," he said stopping abruptly.
"Well if you aren't, then what is?" She asked, and began to swim towards a rock that stuck out of the water.
Kai was right behind her, hoping to get out of the water as fast as possible. He made it first and reached down to help her out, only for something to start tugging on her ankle.
"Kai, don't let go!" She screeched, trying to kick her feet and get whatever was on her off of her.
Kai pulled harder and whatever was in the water let go, making him fall backwards onto the rock, with Evyon lying on top of him. She was breathing heavily from fear and she finally just laid her head down on his chest. "Thank you," she whispered, the two just laying there for a moment.
The sun was close to disappearing and Evyon finally got up realizing how awkward that was. "Thanks again, but I think we should be getting back."
"You're very right," he agreed coughing a little. Why can't I just tell her? He pondered before getting up. "Only question is... how do we get back?"
"Climb, don't you know how?" She asked feeling adventurous. "I love climbing."
"You would..." he said implying her werewolf side. "Well we better start, before the moon comes up." Grabbing a piece of rock, he hoisted himself up.
Evyon reached the top long before he did and walked a little ways away, out of his vision. "Uh... Kai, can you please hurry up... it's getting... dark out." She called down to him, watching as the sun disappeared. Suddenly a hand grabbed her shoulder and whipped her around. "Oh finally," she said, thinking it was Kai. "You!"
"I was right about you," he whispered at her, his blue eyes piercing her.
"What do you want with me?"
"It's what you want with yourself. Just learn to accept it, I will help you." He said touching her neck, where the symbol had started to appear. "I will see you tonight," he whispered before spinning her away and running.
By the time Evyon could turn around no one was there, except Kai.
"Who were you talking to?"
"The guy from... nevermind." She replied shaking her head and looking at him. "We need to go," she began to walk fast. The last thing she wanted to do, was to turn right now. Never able to control herself when she was changed and she despised it.
"Okay," he followed her back to the Durmstrang castle, just before the moonlight began to seep onto the earth. "Uh... Evyon, do you think it's possible for-"
"Nothing is possible," Evyon said not even listening to him. All she cared about was staying out of the moonlight. "Please, I want to get back as soon as possible." Finally they made it to the common room and Evyon ran up the stairs disappearing behind her curtains.
Kai followed her into the room and sighed before getting dressed and laying on his bed. After some while, he was unable to fall asleep. Getting up, he walked over to her bed and sat inside next to her. Evyon hadn't fallen asleep yet either, she hadn't done anything. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, what do you want? Shouldn't you be sleeping?"
"I wanted to make sure that you were okay." He said placing his hand on her leg. "You seemed a little off today." He said looking at her caringly.
Evyon looked at him confused. "Oh I see how it is now." She said looking back at him almost appalled. "You like me, a lot, don't you?"
Kai didn't say anything, but his gaze dropped to the bed.
"Kai... I don't like you like that. Frankly I don't even like you. You try too hard, you took me from my friends and you're just pathetic. Also you have no self-restraint."
"I have self-restraint. If I didn't you wouldn't want to know what I would be doing right now." Kai replied rather offended.
"Kai..." she started looking at him straight in face. "It will never happen between us and I can take you on. Don't pretend like you are stronger than me."
Kai's gaze shifted to her face and now he was angry. "You think that you are stronger than me?" He asked, his grip on her leg had started to cut off the circulation in her leg.
"Kai, what are you doing?" She said grabbing his hand and trying to pull it off. "Let me go!"
"No. You have treated me with disrespect since I met you and now I'm going to show you that girls don't belong in Durmstrang." Grabbing her wrist he threw her onto the floor and she slid across the wood.
Evyon was already in pain after everything she had been threw and she wasn't sure if she could stand another fight right now. What have I gotten myself into? She wondered watching as Kai appeared from behind the curtains and glared down at her.
"You will like me and like being an Efee."
"Never!" She snapped back at him.
Kai leaned down and grabbed her around the neck, lifting her off her feet and into a wall. His fangs had grown long and were gleaming at her.
"Don't... do this..." she gasped, as she clutched at his hand.
"You don't have the moonlight to protect you this time." He whispered in her ear, as he ran his fang down the length of her neck, not piercing her yet.
Suddenly something smashed into Kai and knocked him off of his feet, sending Evyon onto the floor breathing deeply. Looking up she saw the guy from earlier. "Who are you?"
"Come with me," he said reaching his hand down to her.
"Why?"
"Because I am saving your life," he whispered to her.
Casting her golden gaze at Kai who was coming to, she quickly grabbed his hand and he pulled her out of the common room into the hallway. "Where are we going?"
"Somewhere you will be safe," he answered her as he took her back down the dark corridor. Opening the door, he pulled her inside and kicked it closed. "You will be safe here."
"How do you know?"
"Because... only werewolves can enter." He said looking at her, a gentle gleam in his blue eyes.
Evyon watched him and as he smiled at her she felt butterflies in her stomach. "Why did you attack me earlier? Why did you follow me? Who are you? What is this place? I have so many questions."
"I noticed that," he said shaking his head with a smile and sighed. "Well first off, I'm Blake and I'm a werewolf, pure-bred." He said beginning to answer her questions. "This room was built long ago, when there was a large population of werewolves in Durmstrang and this was where they went at night. Unlike you, a half-breed, we stay changed at night until we touch sunlight, even after we leave the moonlight. So this was where we could go and not harm anyone." He explained and walked towards the rocks, before climbing up, making sure to stay out of the moonlight.
"Wait you didn't answer all of my questions." She called up after him. "Why did you attack me and why did you follow me? What do you know about me that I don't?"
"Calm down little one." He said sitting down on a ledge and watching her. "You see, I hadn't touched sunlight yet and so I was still instinctively ready to fight. Naturally when you came here I fought you, but when I landed in the sunlight I knew what I had done was wrong and left you in the hallway." He finally answered and laid down on the stone. "As for following you... I could tell that you were trying to find yourself, but not having much luck with it, so I am here to help you. Besides if you are hanging out with vampires, I think you are having some issues."
"I was originally hanging out with an elf." She said with a smile.
"HA!" He burst laughing, before jumping and landing next to her. "Elves are weak and we don't associate with them."
"I didn't have a choice about the vampire, or the elf. Everyone needs friends, right?"
"Why did you switch from an elf to a vampire then?"
"Well... he was blackmailing me." Her eyes dropped to the ground.
Blake studied her carefully unable to find out why she was being blackmailed. "What for?"
"I can't tell you," she whispered.
"Well then I'll find out," he said grabbing her wrists.
Evyon's eyes shot wide as she looked up at Blake, with his mischievous grin. "What are you doing?"
"Tell me your secret or I'll turn you."
"You wouldn't! Besides, who cares anymore. My life is ruined."
"Fine, if that's the way you see it." He said and spinning her around, he let her go, so that she stood in the moonlight.
Evyon threw her head back and looked up into the sky, howling long and deep. Just before her personality changed she stepped out of the light and heaved. "What is wrong with you?" She said collapsing to her knees and hands.
Blake tilted her head to the left and examined her neck. "Well I had suspicions, but none of them would have made me believe this..." he said as he let her go.
Lifting her head she looked at him. "Fantastic... at this rate, the entire school will know my secret."
"This explains why you couldn't free yourself against the vampire." Blake lifted her to her feet and looked into her eyes. "You need help..."
"With what?"
"Your inner werewolf. You need to become stronger, to protect yourself."
"How do you plan on doing that?" Evyon inquired, although not sure if she wanted to know the answer.
"You're going to fight me."
"That is not fair. You're way bigger than I am and you appear older."
"Appear? I am older than you, by a few years I am assuming. I'm fifteen, if you must know."
"Definitely not a fair fight, I'm only twelve. Not to mention, I have been beaten up too many times this week to do much of anything, besides breath."
"Stop acting like such a girl. It was obviously your choice to come here, so don't regret it. You wanted this, no one forced you."
"No one ever asked me if I wanted to be a werewolf!" She snapped.
Blake sighed, "You're right. No one asked for you to be given this amazing gift of ultimate power. I'm sorry."
"Fine," she said after a while in silence.
"Fine, what?"
"You brought me here for a reason, so show me what that reason was. Bring it on. You're right, it was my choice and I have been told so many to stop acting like a girl. I have to prove this." She replied.
Blake smiled. "I admire the spirit."
"Yeah, yeah. But how am I supposed to stay a werewolf, there isn't enough moonlight."
"I can take care of that." He said and slammed his foot on the floor. The entire ceiling began to retract and let large amounts of moonlight in, until the enter place was covered and the two had changed into their werewolf forms.
Now Blake was even larger than Evyon and the two fought until the sun broke into the room and both changed back. Evyon collapsed onto the ground, cuts were all over her and she bled all over. Blake had a few scratches, but mainly bruises, although nowhere near the extent of Evyon. He sat down next to her and lifted her head onto his lap.
"You did well little one."
Evyon was breathing from exhaustion and she felt like she was going to be sick. "Fantastic, I'll go pass out now." At this she closed her eyes and her breathing slowed down, until she fell asleep.
Blake simply sat there after placing a jacket over Evyon and resting against a rock. She is going to be a handful when she reaches full power. He thought to himself, as he began to doze off as well.
