Chapter 3, the Night Dimension.
We approached the crater that lied in the middle of the clearing, inside the crater were two orbs the size of bowling balls, one was yellow and the other was a deep blue. They both looked like there was some kind of star in the middle. I glanced at Airin who was having trouble keeping up. He soon reached me and looked sideways toward the orbs, "what are those things?" he asked, I shook my head slowly and reached for one of them. The minute I touched it the thing jumped into my hand and stuck like glue. I shook my hand wildly trying to shake the ball off.
"Ahhh! Get off me!" I yelled, but the thing refused to let go. We then saw two figure heading toward us, Both had a jester like appearance only except the horns on one of them was a midnight purple and the other was black and red. They stopped in front of us and glanced down at the crater and then at us,
"Someone already beat us here!" the black one stated, the purple jester glanced at him and twisted her mouth obviously annoyed a little.
"WHO ARE YOU!?" I demanded, the purple jester looked up at me as did her partner, she grinned slightly and said in a slightly sweet voice
"I am NIGHTS," she answered, her partner glared at me
"I'm reala, and who might you be?" I glanced at Airin and nodded for him to step beside me. I stood upright in a proud stance and lifted my lip enough to reveal one fang; both of them scowled
"I am Caroline Preston, Vampire class ten and member of the school committee at the monster academy!"
"Your Brave kid i'll give you that much," Reala stated, Nights smiled and gesture toward me for me step closer, I found that pretty odd. Airin without question strode toward reala; he scanned him from up to down Reala scowled "what are you lookin at pale face!?" Airin smirked and backed up and pointed toward reala.
"Look whose talkin icicle." Reala's moth twisted with distaste, he walked toward airin just a few steps. He smirked,
"nice comeback there Blondie!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" that was it Airin was ready to explode but I held him back.
Nights sighed, I could tell that she was getting annoyed and pulled reala aside, her soft blue eyes flashed a shade of common wonder over both of us. "Look were here for one thing and then we'll be going, alright?" I narrowed my eyes and hid the gleaming yellow ball, I had a feeling she was looking for it. She rounded around trying to see behind me but I kept moving. She glared at me; I could tell she was watching me like a hawk, "what are holding?" She asked pointing to my hidden hand. I smiled nervously and squeezed the ball, it felt like hot rock but my hand wouldn't let go.
"N-nothing why?" I stammered. She folded her arms and mumbled some things I couldn't make out but I could swear they were not in English. That's when I felt something…… like a weight was being hefted onto my shoulders or if someone filled me with melted led. I couldn't move! I was paralyzed from the neck down! The corners of her lips rose into a soft smirk; she rounded my back and grabbed the orb right from my palm. She tossed it a couple times in the air and glanced toward me,
"ah…so THIS is what you were hiding?" she held the ball on front of my face, I tried hard not to twitch at the sight of the thing because it was so darn bright but as always my efforts were useless. I struggled but against the hold but nothing I tried would move my muscles,
"yah so what!" she scowled as the yellow ball disappeared.
"So what, what you were hiding a couple of minutes ago is vitally important for a certain something…." She grinned at us and tossed the blue ball to her partner. I narrowed my eyes
"oh really….and what might this something be?" I asked, Nights took the festival mask from around her face, lifted it a few inches from her eyes and stared at me almost blankly
"For a plan, nothing else" she placed the thing back over her face and strode toward her partner,
"Ya know….you look WAY better without that mask on" I mused; she stopped walking for a minute but resumed after a good five second pause. Reala stepped up and grabbed me by my shirt collar; I could see his deep crimson blood pump through his life filled veins.
"Yah what do you make of the masters plan!?" he yelled, Nights turned abruptly and shook her head in his direction,
"We shouldn't make trouble, at least not with them" Reala sighed and dropped me; I slipped and fell to the ground.
"HEY wait!" both of them turned, I started coughing and wheezing, Reala scoffed while nights just stared, I raced toward nights and grabbed her arm, i bit her only slightly but stopped myself before i could take anymore. Nights hissed at the pain and glanced at Reala.
"You'll regret hurting nights you bastard!" he slashed out at me with his claws, I smirked despite my pain from hurting nights and grabbed his right horn
"Too slow," I said as I flung him over my head, but I felt a jerking motion on my necklace…..he had grabbed it! It came right off and then it happened…… From all around me black clouds swirled, my hair turned deep silver as my eyes reverted to their cats eye slits, color of blood look. Finally my nails turned sharp slightly glinting in the dim light of the moon. The wind stopped and again the other me was released, I smirked at both of them. I saw reala injured slightly holding my pendant in his left hand, I walked toward them, Reala backed up slightly but he didn't seemed frightened by my appearence. (and for the record it couldn't matter to me whether he was or wasn't.) I ran toward them ready to take them on as a powerful vampire. I smirked and kicked my foot forward. Reala snarled like a wild animal and charged, i caught him by his arm, I was ready to pound the lights out'a him, "look who's got the upper hand know?" I said. Night stepped in front of me, pushed me away, blocking me before I could strike.
"Ok alright…" I could tell she didn't want me to kill him; Reala looked up at her.
"Thanks Nights," he said as she helped him up to his feet taking quick glances at me every now and then. I sighed and crossed my arms as I tapped my foot impatiently,
"Are you two done yet?" I asked looking back toward Airin who was staring opened mouthed at me standing perfectly still. "Great" I mumbled, "now he won't get in the way, he can stand and watch!" I didn't wait for them to get done; I charged at Nights and swung my leg around hitting her dead center in the side of her mouth. Nights screeched in pain and slammed into the ground, smoke billowed up from her impact as she emerged from the explosion. Her eyes flared with hatred at me, she stumbled at bit before fully coming out from the crater. I cracked my knuckles and stepped a few steps closer, "Come on Jester, I've been pissed off lately and I'm itchin to fight someone!" That's when my smile melted because either I was hallucinating or I was surrounded by like 30 Nights's! Did she clone herself? I didn't have time to wonder because her clones all charged at me, I yelled as couple to my side dealt blows to my back and head. Without thinking I swung my fist in the direction where they were but all I hit was open blowing air. Suddenly I felt something hard and metal like get jolted through my side, I looked down at my bubbling insides and saw a sharp metal claw like tip bracing my back and sticking out my lower side. I could hear both of them laughing as Airin shook out from his surprise trance and rush toward me pushing every single clone that got in his way far aside.
"Carol, hey Carol…" I could barely hear him now; my vision fogged up as my breathing became more and more raspy and slow like a broken air pump. I wanted to get up but my muscles betrayed me, I looked up and could faintly make out Nights and Reala walking away from us with the two glowing balls in Nights hands. They both looked back at us Reala's expression blank, I could see Night's grimaced but continued to walk back with her partner. Airin shook me multiple times but I didn't even make one sound. He was shaking himself as he hefted me up into his arms as he soared off his feet once again turning into that transparent wisp of his. The last thing I saw was Airin's deeply worried face begging me to wake up but alas I did not. But one thing I knew for sure, they wanted those orbs for something bad and we had to get them back.
Chapter 3 end! Ok sweet! Another chapter well done! Keep a look out for the fourth R&R!