Chapter 25: new revelation

I was filled with such anger, I could barely move. The person I'd hated my entire life. The person who was responsible for the deaths of my parents and pretty much my entire district had been right in front of me since the moment I'd walked through the doors of the room with the armonica. It was never a good idea to get me angry. Especially get me as angry as I was now. It might as well be considered suicide.

My eyes began to glow. A cold wind swirled through the arena in a loose circle. The temperature in the room seemed to drop ten degrees. Cheryl was clutching her nose. She shot one look at me, like a cornered rabbit and moved to run away, running back through the hole in the wall and out into the ruins.

"NO YOU DON'T!" I yelled. The chains busted in one swift movement, and my death scythe sailed back into my hands. I made two shotguns. I fired several shots at her as she ran. I ran after her. I'd never catch up to her to use my death scythe in its original form, so I used artillery. My combat pistols turned into two semi automatic machine guns. I shot her in the shoulder.

"Got you, you bitch! I swear I'm going to put as many holes in your body as people I've seen die!" I yelled. "One for all the people I knew!" Bang. Another shot hit her in the waist. My death scythe turned into a barrel gun, free firing a spray of bullets. A third shot hit her in the knee. She screamed in pain. She muttered a spell and created a portal. She quickly jumped through it. I moved to follow her, but someone caught my wrist.

"Let me go!" I struggled to free my hand from William's grip. "I said let go of me!" He loosened his grip on my hand, but the portal had disappeared. "Why did you do that?" I demanded. "I could have killed her and all this would have been over."

"There's no need to be rash. No one knows it was Cheryl besides us two. If you killed her now, her allies would probably twist her words around to make it so that it sounded like she was innocent and you were the suspect to blame. We have to wait before we act. I understand your pain. I want to kill her just as much as you do. We can't make any stupid decisions just yet."

I sighed and nodded, feeling defeated. My chance for revenge had just slipped through my fingers.

"You're right. You're not hurt at all, are you?"

"Thankfully not. How about you?"

"I'm fine, too."

"That's good." William sighed in relief. He glanced back towards the arena. "Let's get out of here. I don't think it's a good idea to hang around." I agreed. We walked away aimlessly, unsure of where we were going but not really caring.

"I can't believe it!" I raged. "That stupid woman had enough idiocy to be able to break into a training facility and think she could get away with it, not to mention the possibility of hurting others, and on top of everything she- GAH!" I tripped over and unseen rock and fell on my face. "Ouch…" I picked myself up. I heard a strange sound and looked around. Someone was laughing, but no one was around us. I looked at William. He had his hand lightly over his eyes, a smirk on his face. It took me a few seconds to realize what I was seeing. William was laughing. He was actually laughing. It wasn't a full out laugh, more like a chuckle, but I was so surprised I forgot about the pain in my foot.

"Ah… I'm sorry." He said, still smirking. "Are you all right?"

"Yes… are you all right?"

"Me? I'm fine… why?"

"You're… laughing! You're laughing! I've never heard you laugh in the entire time I've known you! Probably no one's ever heard you laugh… It's just surprising, that's all."

"It's true, I haven't laughed in a long time" He admitted, still smiling. "Forgive me. It was mean to laugh over someone else's injury. You just looked so funny…"

"No, its okay, really it is. I'd fall on purpose if it meant hearing you laugh. You have a nice laugh." I said, and it was true. He did have a nice laugh.

He pointed at a bench at the pier. The water was sparkling in the sun. As soon as I saw it I completely forgot about all my anger and all my points of revenge and hate. I had some time with William when I normally wouldn't. Why not make the most of it? I smiled.

"Why don't you say we sit down for a bit? We've been walking for a little while." I nodded happily. Revenge could wait… for now.

Ok short chapter again. sorry people. XD it only felt fitting to end it there, seeing as in the next chapter or two there's going to be a war. :D thought I'd shove in a little fluff before all the blood and death. William actually laughed! it's a miracle! XD

~darkironprincess17