It was soon lunch time and all the children moved to the mess hall. Callum was in relaxed mood and Neil looked tired but there was excitement in his eyes. He had active strength in light spirit while Callum had just passive one, it made him smug. Callum on reaching mess searched for Melinoe but she was nowhere to be found.
He had quick lunch of spaghetti and salad and started searching for her. When he neared the washroom he saw few girls leaving it with a giggle. They all looked at him with smug expression which made suspicion form in the pit of his stomach. He barged inside the washroom to find Melinoe all drenched from head to toe and there were paper rolls all around her. She looked in terrible condition, Callum dashed towards her, seeing her in this condition his dark energy seeped out.
Melinoe despite being water element felt chill ride up her spine. She immediately let water dry up. Though she was upset she was thankful they used water to harrass her which was not a big trouble for her to deal. She removed toilet roll and patted his shoulder " don't worry, they were stupid enough to use water on me despite knowing I was water element. This means they meant not much ill will".
Callum growled " no ill will are you listening to yourself, how can you say that there was no ill will. How can you let them use you like this. You could have fought. They were five so what, if you have given just one punch to them I would have felt better. How are you gonna face dad and mom and tell them you let few girls bully you". Melinoe was silent, she knew she was in the wrong but she had a feeling that she was dirty after knowing what hybrid actually was. This meant that her parents sold their soul to some God to be used as vessel".
She was nothing but a result of greed and lust to gain more power. Atleast demigods have a scope that their parents fell for their mortal parent and gave birth to them but she was nothing but a cheap alternative. She lost her will to fight at that point. She can't risk telling this to Callum and make him feel disgusted towards her. She felt cheap looking at herself, she was happy just yesterday when she found out she had power, but then she heard those whispers and slowly the feeling of shame and doom crept in.