Reine
07-04-09, 07:04 PM
((Closed))
“Iesiah slowly walked down the stairs. Her bare feet slid against the cold stone, causing goose pimples to break out up her legs as cold shivers slivered down her spine.” The light of the candle reflected off her chin and jaw, sending her face into an eerie contrast of light and dark and orange. With her dark hair framing something that normally looked so delicate, Lana looked like some kind of witch or sorcerer from those childhood stories.
“Her eyes could barely see anything around her when she reached the bottom. Barely any light streamed in from the night outside, the clouds having covered over the moon and obscuring it from anyone’s view. Thunder boomed in the distance, she could feel the vibrations as they travelled up her legs. Lightning flashed and for a brief moment, the hall before her lay illuminated. The second floor lay before her, the polished stone of the floor reflecting her and the portraits of teachers and distinguished students that decorated the walls. Their faces smiled at her, their eyes followed her as she timidly began the long walk back to her dorm, library books still tucked under her arm.
“Her heart thudded loudly within her chest. She’d done this walk so many times before, but not this late. She’d stayed past the school’s curfew, the one put in place for the student’s own protection. Just last week, Makie had gone missing when she’d wandered the halls of the school passed curfew. Only her staff was found.
“Lightning flashed again, clutching the book to her chest like armour, Iesiah swallowed and began walking down the hall. Her room was only around the next corner. She could get there in under a minute. That’s all she had to do was get there in under a minute. Reciting this like a mantra, her steps began to quicken.
“The sound of scratching echoed down the hall. Iesiah stopped. The sound stopped as well. Looking around her, she saw nothing and picked up her pace once more. The sound started once more. Stopping again, Iesiah looked around, hesitated then with a quick spell conjured a small light. The sound continued. She cast her light around. On the wall ahead of her, scratched into the very surface of the stone was the message ‘Now you’re mine.’ ”
Everyone in the room gasped. The candle under Lana's chin fluttered and sent her face into shadows and then back into light. Faelynn reached out and grabbed the hand of Alex, the small, timid looking mage girl lying down beside her. The small hand squished back.
“She dropped the textbook.” Lana slammed her hand down. The smack echoed throughout the entire room. Faelynn jumped, Alex let out a small squeal next to her and two of the other girls screamed. Lana smiled at the effect, the candle made it look devilish. “The loud thud drowned out in the boom of thunder and rain as it slashed through the sky and spattered against the windows. She ran. As fast as her legs could carry her, she ran down the hall towards her room. If she could make it there, she’d be safe, she’d be okay.
“Her feet skidded along the floor as she turned the corner and right there in the hallway before was the ghost of Eolas Braoin. His body was white and she could see straight through it. He lifted his arms, the torn and ragged robes fluttering all about him. A horrendous screeched echoed from his open, gaping mouth as he reached for Iesiah. She screamed and fell back! When she scrambled to her feet and ran back he was there behind her, reaching for her, trying to get to her. ‘Iesiaaaaahhh!’ He moaned. ‘Come with me Iesiaaaah!’ And his hands reached out and wrapped their cold embrace around her!”
Lana grabbed Alex’s arms and pulled her forward. The young girl screamed, Faelynn screamed and the other two young girls jumped up and began running to the door. In the confusion, the candle was knocked over and the light went out, plunging the room into darkness. The ensuing darkness quickly filled with screams of terror and the sound of scampering feet and desperate voices.
“A-Alex, I can’t see anything, where did you go!?” Faelynn reached forward, then cursed when her fingers touched nothing but hot wax. “Alex? Shoot, Lana?”
Faelynn scrambled up just as someone flicked the light on. Brightness filled the room as crystals along the mantles and tables all began to glow. Alex and Lana stood near the beds. Alex looked scared half to death, her small frame shivering and her face as pale as the moon. Lana on the other hand had the biggest grin Faelynn had ever seen. The other two girls were struggling with the door as if turning the knob had never occurred to either of them. The blankets and pillows they had strategically placed on the floor had been tossed about in the sudden chaos. Thankfully nothing had caught on fire.
“N-nice story, Lana...” Alex said, her voice shaking a bit as she stepped away from the older student. Lana—like so many of the students here—was a Fae, learning more advanced magic then she could get from her parents. And due to her racial traits, was one of the most beautiful people Faelynn had ever seen, but her personality certainly did not suite her girly looks in any way.
“Ha ha! Come on, Alex, you practically pissed in your pants!” And for someone who had only been speaking Common for a few years now, she was quite good and crude at it as well. She could give Faelynn a run for her money if they got in a swearing match.
“I doubt that you could scare Alex with a simple story.” Faelynn said as a slight smirk crossed along her face.
“Oh, then what about you? I distinctly remember you holding onto someone’s hand because you got too scared.”
“What was that, bitch!?” Faelynn said as she clenched her hands at her side. Shoot, I can’t believe she noticed that!.
“Getting a little worked up, Hume?” Lana asked as she stepped forward, an evil glint in her ocean blue eyes. Faelynn knew she used that word on purpose too, she hated that word. A derogatory term that Draconian's used to look down at Humans, as if they were so much better than them.
“Who you calling a Hume, Faerie bitch!”
“Who you calling a Faerie!?”
Faelynn and Lana glared daggers at each other, the air between them practically becoming electrified. If their teachers saw this, they might actually be proud of the magical energies that the two were letting off. But Alex looked slightly worried, her eyes travelling from the two of them, unsure of who to help or what to say. The other two girls merely smirked. Considering how many times Lana and Faelynn did this in a day, it was amazing they hadn’t killed each other yet.
After a moment, the two of them stood back and smirked at one another, as if they had passed some kind of test the other had set forth.
“All right Alex, I’m going to head back to my room. You want to walk back with me since it’s on the way?” Faelynn asked as she crossed her arms under her chest.
“Su—”
“What’s wrong, Faelynn,” Lana butted in, “scared to walk back on your own? It is after curfew already.”
Faelynn glared at the other girl. “I’m not scared, I’m just being courteous!”
Lana rolled her eyes. “Just admit it, you’re scared.”
“Tsk, whatever. I’ll just leave Alex here to walk back on her own then.” Faelynn shrugged.
Giving one last glare at Lana, Faelynn moved towards the door, brushing passed the other two girls that were standing there as taunt as bowstrings. She’d just threw open the door into the hallway when Alex came jogging up to her.
“W-wait! I’ll walk back with you, Faelynn. After all, my room is on the way to yours.”
Faelynn waited for Alex to leave before she stuck her tongue out at Lana and closed the door behind her. She wanted to slam it, but if a teacher found them, they’d get in trouble. Grumbling, Faelynn turned right and began walking down the hall towards her room.
“Iesiah slowly walked down the stairs. Her bare feet slid against the cold stone, causing goose pimples to break out up her legs as cold shivers slivered down her spine.” The light of the candle reflected off her chin and jaw, sending her face into an eerie contrast of light and dark and orange. With her dark hair framing something that normally looked so delicate, Lana looked like some kind of witch or sorcerer from those childhood stories.
“Her eyes could barely see anything around her when she reached the bottom. Barely any light streamed in from the night outside, the clouds having covered over the moon and obscuring it from anyone’s view. Thunder boomed in the distance, she could feel the vibrations as they travelled up her legs. Lightning flashed and for a brief moment, the hall before her lay illuminated. The second floor lay before her, the polished stone of the floor reflecting her and the portraits of teachers and distinguished students that decorated the walls. Their faces smiled at her, their eyes followed her as she timidly began the long walk back to her dorm, library books still tucked under her arm.
“Her heart thudded loudly within her chest. She’d done this walk so many times before, but not this late. She’d stayed past the school’s curfew, the one put in place for the student’s own protection. Just last week, Makie had gone missing when she’d wandered the halls of the school passed curfew. Only her staff was found.
“Lightning flashed again, clutching the book to her chest like armour, Iesiah swallowed and began walking down the hall. Her room was only around the next corner. She could get there in under a minute. That’s all she had to do was get there in under a minute. Reciting this like a mantra, her steps began to quicken.
“The sound of scratching echoed down the hall. Iesiah stopped. The sound stopped as well. Looking around her, she saw nothing and picked up her pace once more. The sound started once more. Stopping again, Iesiah looked around, hesitated then with a quick spell conjured a small light. The sound continued. She cast her light around. On the wall ahead of her, scratched into the very surface of the stone was the message ‘Now you’re mine.’ ”
Everyone in the room gasped. The candle under Lana's chin fluttered and sent her face into shadows and then back into light. Faelynn reached out and grabbed the hand of Alex, the small, timid looking mage girl lying down beside her. The small hand squished back.
“She dropped the textbook.” Lana slammed her hand down. The smack echoed throughout the entire room. Faelynn jumped, Alex let out a small squeal next to her and two of the other girls screamed. Lana smiled at the effect, the candle made it look devilish. “The loud thud drowned out in the boom of thunder and rain as it slashed through the sky and spattered against the windows. She ran. As fast as her legs could carry her, she ran down the hall towards her room. If she could make it there, she’d be safe, she’d be okay.
“Her feet skidded along the floor as she turned the corner and right there in the hallway before was the ghost of Eolas Braoin. His body was white and she could see straight through it. He lifted his arms, the torn and ragged robes fluttering all about him. A horrendous screeched echoed from his open, gaping mouth as he reached for Iesiah. She screamed and fell back! When she scrambled to her feet and ran back he was there behind her, reaching for her, trying to get to her. ‘Iesiaaaaahhh!’ He moaned. ‘Come with me Iesiaaaah!’ And his hands reached out and wrapped their cold embrace around her!”
Lana grabbed Alex’s arms and pulled her forward. The young girl screamed, Faelynn screamed and the other two young girls jumped up and began running to the door. In the confusion, the candle was knocked over and the light went out, plunging the room into darkness. The ensuing darkness quickly filled with screams of terror and the sound of scampering feet and desperate voices.
“A-Alex, I can’t see anything, where did you go!?” Faelynn reached forward, then cursed when her fingers touched nothing but hot wax. “Alex? Shoot, Lana?”
Faelynn scrambled up just as someone flicked the light on. Brightness filled the room as crystals along the mantles and tables all began to glow. Alex and Lana stood near the beds. Alex looked scared half to death, her small frame shivering and her face as pale as the moon. Lana on the other hand had the biggest grin Faelynn had ever seen. The other two girls were struggling with the door as if turning the knob had never occurred to either of them. The blankets and pillows they had strategically placed on the floor had been tossed about in the sudden chaos. Thankfully nothing had caught on fire.
“N-nice story, Lana...” Alex said, her voice shaking a bit as she stepped away from the older student. Lana—like so many of the students here—was a Fae, learning more advanced magic then she could get from her parents. And due to her racial traits, was one of the most beautiful people Faelynn had ever seen, but her personality certainly did not suite her girly looks in any way.
“Ha ha! Come on, Alex, you practically pissed in your pants!” And for someone who had only been speaking Common for a few years now, she was quite good and crude at it as well. She could give Faelynn a run for her money if they got in a swearing match.
“I doubt that you could scare Alex with a simple story.” Faelynn said as a slight smirk crossed along her face.
“Oh, then what about you? I distinctly remember you holding onto someone’s hand because you got too scared.”
“What was that, bitch!?” Faelynn said as she clenched her hands at her side. Shoot, I can’t believe she noticed that!.
“Getting a little worked up, Hume?” Lana asked as she stepped forward, an evil glint in her ocean blue eyes. Faelynn knew she used that word on purpose too, she hated that word. A derogatory term that Draconian's used to look down at Humans, as if they were so much better than them.
“Who you calling a Hume, Faerie bitch!”
“Who you calling a Faerie!?”
Faelynn and Lana glared daggers at each other, the air between them practically becoming electrified. If their teachers saw this, they might actually be proud of the magical energies that the two were letting off. But Alex looked slightly worried, her eyes travelling from the two of them, unsure of who to help or what to say. The other two girls merely smirked. Considering how many times Lana and Faelynn did this in a day, it was amazing they hadn’t killed each other yet.
After a moment, the two of them stood back and smirked at one another, as if they had passed some kind of test the other had set forth.
“All right Alex, I’m going to head back to my room. You want to walk back with me since it’s on the way?” Faelynn asked as she crossed her arms under her chest.
“Su—”
“What’s wrong, Faelynn,” Lana butted in, “scared to walk back on your own? It is after curfew already.”
Faelynn glared at the other girl. “I’m not scared, I’m just being courteous!”
Lana rolled her eyes. “Just admit it, you’re scared.”
“Tsk, whatever. I’ll just leave Alex here to walk back on her own then.” Faelynn shrugged.
Giving one last glare at Lana, Faelynn moved towards the door, brushing passed the other two girls that were standing there as taunt as bowstrings. She’d just threw open the door into the hallway when Alex came jogging up to her.
“W-wait! I’ll walk back with you, Faelynn. After all, my room is on the way to yours.”
Faelynn waited for Alex to leave before she stuck her tongue out at Lana and closed the door behind her. She wanted to slam it, but if a teacher found them, they’d get in trouble. Grumbling, Faelynn turned right and began walking down the hall towards her room.