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Chapter IX - Fun and Hidden Truths
The rest of class was uneventful. At the end, Ms. Hayes asked me to stay behind. Knowing what it might be for I was a bit nervous. As far as I knew no one here knew that I was a Pure Hybrid, but the way she looked at me I couldn't be sure. Sitting back, I watched as all the other students left the room one by one until I was the only one left, before looking at Ms. Hayes. We stared at each other for what felt like a minute. Eventually she broke the awkward silence with a question,
"Do you know why I asked you to stay behind Ms. Vega?"
Hoping it wasn't for what I thought it was I simply shrugged, trying not to make myself look as un-suspicious as I could. Turning her head, she gazed out the window giving an amused hum that came out as a low hoot instead.
"Ms. Vega, I have been alive for many eons. I have seen things most would think do not existent, heard things that most humans and Alpha Descendants alike would call myth and make believe." She then looked straight at me.
"I helped discover diseases that most call black magic and witchcraft and I have met people who were said to not exist." Slowly she began walking towards my table until she was towering over me. Feeling a little intimidated I moved my chair back a bit, but that didn't stop her from moving around the desk. Moving quickly I got up and started backing away.
"When I first saw your record I was curious. I hadn't seen a case of Quasimodite since the times of the Black Plague. Naturally I wanted to see what you were like. When I saw your profile picture however I knew you didn't have the disease. You looked too healthy. I then became curious as to why one of the deputies would lie about such a strange thing." Feeling my back impact a wall, I realized I had cornered myself. Looking back I noticed she had stopped a few feet away.
"When I saw you, however, I knew why she lied. Your aura was the same as a few young Descendants I met once. One of them looked normal until the full moon came. I watched him destroy a whole village within an hour before he was stopped and slain by members of the council. After they destroyed his body, the Wolf King came up to me and told me that if I was to ever come across a creature like this I should inform the council, and I did. For about 3000 years when I spotted a Hybrid I would inform the council and they would slay it, most of the time stopping them before they completely demolished a town or reveal us to the human race. I would always inform the council until I met another wolf/vampire hybrid." Stepping back she walked towards the window, staring out as if she was deep it thought. Feeling safe, I moved out of the corner and put as much distance between us as I could. I glanced at the door, contemplating if I should leave or not.
"At first I wasn't sure if she was one. I never saw her shift before the full moon, a slave to its call, but one day I saw her change. Just as I was about to attack and stall in order for the council to arrive I saw her head towards the hills instead of the nearby town. Confused, I followed her until I came to the edge of a clearing and what I saw shocked me. She was helping a colony of humans out of a collapsed tunnel. There was a group of them telling old stories when it caved in. She helped them all get out, making sure no one was injured before leaving. When the council finally arrived I told them what I saw. I explained that she wasn't hurting humans but helping them and that she wasn't a threat like the others." She turned around to face me directly.
"Do you know what they said?"
Thinking about it, I had hardly ever heard of any other Hybrids before, especially Vampire/Wolf Hybrids. I used to think that we were an anomaly due to our human mother having had Lycan DNA in here blood and being turned whilst she was carrying us.
"They didn't listen did they?" Only now I realized I was sitting on one of the desks, forgetting about the fear I felt earlier.
"At the time I thought they did. They thanked me for my services and asked where they could find this 'special case' as they called her. Foolishly I told them exactly where she was and let them leave." She hung her head in defeat and I could tell this story didn't have a happy ending.
"I went to see her a while later, curious as to what they wanted to see her about. I arrived in time to watch them summon Ιερά λεπίδα and prepare to thrust the Holy Sword into the poor girl's heart. I demanded to know why, but all they said was that she was too dangerous to let live and for the good of supernatural beings everywhere she needed to be purged from the world or we would all be doomed." I watched a tear fall down her face and disappear into her chest feathers before she could wipe it away.
"They thanked me in front of her before they ended her life. But the look of betrayal on her face…" Suddenly, she looked up, no trace of sadness in her eyes. Just hollowness.
"After that I gave up hunting Hybrids. I became a teacher, traveling around the word, letting the council know when I stumbled into dangerous Hybrids but letting the peaceful ones go with a warning." Walking towards her desk, she pulled out a late pass and quickly signed it before handing it to me.
"I will be keeping an eye on you and your brother Ms. Vega. If I feel that you are a threat to any of the students or staff here I will not hesitate to bring you in."
Reflecting on the story, I knew now more than ever that I had to be extra careful to hide myself from everyone and anyone or it would mean death. No excuses, no going to jail, only straight to death. Packing up my bag, I made sure I had the right books and my desk was locked before leaving but I stopped at the door. There was something I really wanted to know. As if reading my thoughts, Ms. Hayes looked at me and sighed.
"Rebecca. Her name was Rebecca."
Classes had finally ended for the day and though I was a little shaken up by what Ms. Hayes told me I knew I didn't have anything to worry about. I did contemplate telling Ocelia about it but there was no point in drawing extra attention to myself. Heading to the game room, I found Daruis and the rest sitting in the bean bag section with their 3DS's out. Getting closer I could hear the popular Mario Kart theme playing from all their DS's. Just as I was about to announce my arrival Daruis started shouting 'blue shell' looking at the people who were closest to me - which happened to be who was first. I watched as the bomb hit them, causing them to lose the lead and let a black kart overtake them.
"Thanks, Daruis," Alexis taunted whilst activating her bullet Ben, making sure she got the lead and won the race.
"What's that? Three games now that you broke your own rule?" She looked over at me and nodded a greeting before going back to her game. I quickly sat down next to Attero, receiving a chorus of 'hey', 'sups', and head nods from most of the people here. Looking over at the screens closest to me, I watched as the leaderboard changed, putting the black kart first and moving a blue kart to second and a Luigi kart to fifth. I could guess that the black kart was Alexis and the Luigi kart was Daruis from the looks on their faces.
"Who's who? And can I play?" Looking at the screen I could see black was first, purple second, followed by yellow, green, red, Luigi, a few other colours then a blue kart in last place with zero points. Everyone shouted out their colour before Maya - who was blue - gave me her DS saying she had enough and wished me good luck. Restarting the game the boys moved up to make room in the circle, each either complaining about what colour they got or taking the mickey out of a white boy with short hair - Martin is the name on the screen - for being the pink kart.
"Before we start, we have but one rule, tha-" before Darruis could finish Alexis socked him in the jaw.
"Attero, help me!" Looking at the others for an explanation, Nova quickly answered, "The rule they made up is that no matter what, Alexis isn't allowed to be first." Looking over I saw said person give me a challenging glare before going back to her DS. Waiting for the race to start I made sure to knock into her kart, forcing her to drive off the road.
"Vega?!" Everyone else laughed.
Walking to the dorm rooms I couldn't help but giggle. After beating Alexis once, she then made it her mission to ensure I stayed at the bottom of the leaderboard even if it meant she lost first. After apologizing a million times and swearing I wouldn't do it again she finally left me alone. Alexis wasn't like anything I thought she would be. Supposedly being one of the alphas I was expecting her to be a bit like Jade, if not worse. To find out that she was like this was a relief. I might even ask if she can train me sometime.
Entering the dorm room I meet with all my fellow housemates. Deciding not draw attention to myself I headed to my room. Half way there I hear someone whispering my name. Looking around I couldn't make out who it was until I heard it again. Turning round and heading towards the upper hangout level I wasn't surprised to see Andre sitting there facing the stairs, smiling at me. I was surprised to find the rest of them there too. Cat and the guy with the nice hair was staring at me with smiles on their faces though they seemed to hold a mischievous glint in both their eyes. There was a scrawny, nerdy vampire with glasses and girly hair who was playing with his laptop whilst a Narga sat on the table in front of him.
And then there was Jade.
I couldn't tell what she was thinking but she didn't seem very thrilled to see me, unlike the others. Not wanting to make things even worse between us I turned around with the intention to leave only to hear Andre shout my name this time. Looking over my shoulder I could see him waving good bye to the others before jogging over to me.
"So where we heading chica?"
Chica?
Ignoring the Hispanic jab I lead us to the elevators, teleporting to the ground floor, and walked along campus until we reached the music department. Peering through some of the windows I could see that a few other students were either doing work or using it as a hangout spot. Luckily there was hardly anyone here and we quickly found one of the bigger rooms to work in. Stepping in I held the door open for Andre who quickly walked over to the grand piano and started hitting a few random notes before playing what I recognized as a song by Alicia Keys. Standing I was actually slightly surprised. I knew he was a great music prodigy from the way everyone acted in class, but I didn't think he was that good.
"What else can you play? Instrument wise, I mean." He finished the song before more or less listing off all the instruments in the room; Piano, Guitar, Drums, Cello, Violin and even the Harp that was in the corner. Not totally believing him I challenged him to play something on it. Dragging the chair the nine steps over he started plucking the strings, getting familiar with it before playing a song I had never heard before, but sounded amazing on it.
"Wow. That sounded amazing. What was it though?"
He got up and clapped his hands together then did an over dramatic bow that made me shake my head at his childish antics.
"Thank you. I haven't played that for weeks. I feel kinda rusty. The song was a piece I wrote a few nights ago. First time I've actually played it."
We both walked back over to the grand piano, me grabbing another stool and him taking out a few papers from his bag he brought with him so we could do the project.
"So how's this going to work? Normally my partners make me do all the work and I write their name on the top of the sheet we hand in. Say, what instruments can you play?" Seeing an opportunity to at least not seem like a complete loser, I began playing a different, more recent, Alicia Keys tune before playing a few random notes and then turning that into a different song altogether.
"I can also play guitar, though I prefer to sing."
And just to prove it, I began singing along. When we finished, he gave me a round of applause before I lightly pushed his shoulder, signaling him to stop. Together we began playing random notes until it started to merge together into a song. I looked at him and smiled. I hadn't had this much fun in ages. He looked up from his writing and smiled back at me before playing what we had back to me, allowing me to sing what I had so far.
"So tell me that you love me anyway".
BEWARE THE FULL MOON
Hello! I am so sorry this chapter has taken this long, I basically set myself a 2,200 word minimum limit and around over halfway i didn't know what to type. It also doesn't help that I have actually lost the book I had written the draft of this story in as well as it actually straying from the plan.
My mother then decided to take all my electronic devices cause I'm always up late playing Xbox or watching Twitch (i'm 20 btw) so I haven't had anything to update with or fill you in with, I THEN started college again to redo my GCSE English and I hate it -_-
I got my laptop back last week but because its old and shitty I literally can't do ANYTHING on it so I'm still screwed as I still have nothing to actually with.
I'm also having problems with the OCs, especially Alexis but I can't tell you though or that would give the story away :P all I'll say is I fixed it so that shes not as powerful as I accidentally made her.
On that note I would also like to let you know I will also be cross posting this story on AO3 (Archive Of Our Own) As well as moving my other story 'Wild cats & Demons' over there, just search the story name and you should find it.
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