Jack explained that the duel ends when one of the people give up or are knocked out. My classmates back up to observe the duel and Jack joins them. I take my place a few feet from Britany and she does the same.
"Begin!" Jack shouts.
A huge gust of wind is blown towards me and I take a few steps back under the pressure. I raise my two hands and activate my telekinesis as a shield and begin to walk forward pushing against the wind with my shield. With one big push, I use my telekinesis to revert the wind and Britany is thrown off her feet by the gust. I feel a smirk forming on my lips. Britany stands up, I can feel her rage from where I am standing, and she is furious. She makes a swirling motion with her index finger and a tornado of sorts begins to form. I begin to panic slightly and try to hold it off with my telekinesis, so far it is working. I look over to Britany and see she is tired; this tornado must take a lot of energy out of her. I decide to try one of my other powers I can use at the school; teleportation. Still using my telekinesis to prevent the tornado from advancing towards me, I close my eyes and focus on teleporting behind Britany. I keep trying to focus with my eyes closed until I feel the weight of the tornado disappear. I open my eyes and I see I am behind Britany and she hasn't noticed yet. I use this to my advantage and use my telekinesis to increase the pressure inside her head. The tornado stops and she falls to her knees gripping her head on the fresh cut grass. I keep an eye on her to see if she will tap out or pass out first. Then her scream pierces through the area, I'm sure the whole school heard.
"STOP!"
I pull back my powers and the pressure in her head returns to normal. She just sits there in the grass trying to catch her breath. I walk around Britany to face her and hold out my hand to help her up; she wacks my hand away.
"I don't need help from a loser like you."
I shrug and walk over to the rest of my classmates and Jack. They all looked very shocked.
"Oh my god! That was amazing! No one has ever been able to defeat Britany before!" I hear Brett exclaim.
"Looks like you got quite a crowd," Jack tells me while pointing to my right.
My gaze follows his finger and I see a crowd of students standing beside the bleachers looking dumbfounded. I don't like all of the attention and I am supposed to be keeping a low profile.
"I'm sorry," I said to Jack before running back to the school change rooms.
Once inside I throw on my clothes and shove my workout clothes in my backpack. I hurry out of the changeroom and make my way to the library to work on my history project.
I browse through the prophecy section looking for another book on this particular prophecy and found a book on Aluca, I figured if people believed this person was his right-hand man, maybe there will be something about him in here. Also this gives me a chance to learn more about my brief captor. I bring the book back to the table where my backpack is and take out the history textbook. I flip to the page with the passage about the boy, then open Aluca: God of the Underworld. Chapter 3 is called Creatures of the Underworld and maybe the boy will be mentioned. There are the Demon Servants, Ravenier, and Hell Hounds, but nowhere does it mention a boy. I keep flipping through chapters and the final chapter is called Allies it is only part of a page that reads;
There are no confirmed allies of Aluca; however, many believe the God of the Night, Noc, was working with him in the past and that is why he was banished to Valanter fifteen years ago. Other than Noc, there is no one else that may be working with Aluca. It is believed that if the girl named Chara if influenced by Aluca, she will join him to rule in darkness.
I will never help Aluca, not in a million years. I flip to the back of the book and it was published two years ago, that means Noc was banished around the time I was born. I wonder if he ever met me or if this happened before I was born. I wish I could meet my parents. I take out my notebook and write down the prophecy and then what I found out about Noc and Aluca. I theorized that Noc may be that boy in the prophecy. I walk into town after I gather the information, I need to get poster board and glue for the project. There is a little square with some shops, I walk by a bookstore and clothing store, then I reach a coffee shop and decide to go in to grab an iced coffee. As I wait for my drink, I see some students from school walk in and they order then come up to me.
"Hey! Kate, right?" a boy asks, and I nod, "you were great on the field today, it nice to finally see someone beat Britany. My name is John." He holds out his hand and I shake it.
"Nice to meet you," I reply.
"I heard you helped Brett with his powers, thank you so much," a girl steps forward.
"It was no problem at all. Happy to help." I smile.
"I am Carly, Brett's younger sister."
"I can see the similarity. How old are you?"
She chuckles, "I am fifteen."
I nod in response.
"Here is your coffee miss," the barista tells me.
I pick up my coffee, "I should get going."
"Bye," John says.
"Goodbye," Carly waves.
I walk out of the coffee shop and down the street passing a few stores on the way. I grab some poster board and glue then head back to the house. I walk in and an amazing smell hits my nose. Pizza. I put down my stuff at the stairs and walk over to the kitchen.
"Is that pizza I smell?" I ask with a smile.
"Of course, come on. Take a slice and eat with us," Alana pulls out a chair from the table for me to sit in.
I sit at the table with Alana and Ryla, it is nice just being the three of use and not having the other girls around. I don't know how awkward it would be if Britany showed up.
"So, do you have something to tell us?" Ryla questions me.
Puzzled I ask. "what do you mean?"
"Oh, you know how you embarrassed Britany in front of half the school. It all everyone is talking about, so tell us what happened." Alana demands.
"Well I helped Brett work on his powers since I know how they work, then Britany started making fun of me because she thought my powers were weak. She then challenged me to a duel; I accepted. I used two of my powers to take her down, piece of cake."
"So, it is true? You are a Di?" Ryla asks.
"Wait, you said two of your powers. How many do you have?" Alana looks curious.
"I have three." I state.
"You are a Tri? But...how?" Alana stutters.
Ryla is just sitting there, mouth open in shock.
"Are you guys okay?"
"Yup, totally fine," Ryla spits out.
"Sorry, but there is no other Tri's at the school, and I have never met one, that is so cool." Alana chuckles.
We finish eating, talking every so often about nothing in particular. Afterwards, I head upstairs and go to sleep, I figured I will work on the project tomorrow.
I throw on camo pants with black combat boots and black t-shirt. I pack my bag with a new set of workout clothes, my notebooks, and textbooks. I throw the bag over my shoulder and make my way to the foyer. No one is there.
I reach for my phone and check the time. I have an hour before class starts, might as well head to school and work on the project. I go to the barren cafeteria to grab a chocolate chip muffin then sit down at the end of a table. I grab out the textbook, my notebook, and my felt tip pens. In my notebook I begin to plan out how I will set up the poster board. I will put a quote of the prophecy in the middle and the title will be The Powerful Boy That Went Missing. I will put word bubbles of possible information of what might have happened to the boy and at the bottom I will have a conclusion. After planning this out I need to write out my speech on cue cards. As I remove the cue cards from my bag the five-minute warning bell rings and I almost jump out of my chair. I cannot believe that much time has passed already. I throw my stuff back in my bag and head to history. I sit at my desk and take out my textbook waiting for the teacher and the rest of class arrive. I zone out into my own thoughts. What am I going to do? I don't know how I am supposed to save everyone from Aluca and his allies. What am I going to do?
I am snapped out of it when I hear the teacher calling out my name. My head shoots up towards the teacher, slight embarrassment crosses my face; how long has she been calling my name.
"Good to see you are with us Kate."
"Sorry."
"This is Luca, he will be sitting next to you."
Great, just great. I hope he won't be too annoying. I look back down at the textbook hoping my body language speaks for me. Obviously, this guy can't take a hint or just really doesn't care.
"Hey Kate, nice to meet you, I'm Luca."
Oh well at least he isn't talking to me. I really want to go to sleep, I'm so tired.
"Um, Kate? Are you okay?"
Who is he talking...OMG I am Kate. Geez I must be really tired; I must seem so rude right now.
"Sorry, I am just exhausted"
He chuckles, "it's okay. Can you catch me up on what we have done so far? I can't imagine how much my classes have been through since I am joining so late in the school year."
"Yeah, sorry I won't be much help. I just had my first day yesterday, so I don't know much either."
"Oh, I guess we are in the same boat then," he smiles.
"Yeah."
I got back to looking at the history book, but not reading. My brain does not want to function today.
"Okay class, today you will spend the class working on the projects, the due date will now be Thursday. Kate, is it okay if Luca joins you with your project?"
I nod, not wanting to talk.
"Perfect, you may begin. If you have any questions just ask."
"So, I may have pretty much finished the project already," I say a bit embarrassed.
"That's okay, I can just tell Ms. Trinity I will do the project myself."
"It's okay, if you put the poster board together for me that would be great. I will work on the speech myself."
"Okay, as long as you are alright with that. Thanks."
"No problem. Do you want to come over to the dorm after school, I already have poster board there."
"Sure, would I be able to walk over with you after school, I don't quite know my way around yet."
I nod and take out my notebook, "this is what I have."
He takes a couple minutes to look over what I have, as he reads over the part about Noc he looks shocked.
"You really think Noc, God of the Night, may be that little boy?"
"It is possible, I think it is a solid conclusion. I read in a book about Aluca and it says that Noc worked with him before and that he was banished for it."
I really hope my dad never worked with Aluca, I will may never know the truth. That scares me.
"I never would have thought of that. That is a great conclusion."
"Thanks."
We talk a little bit longer and the bell rings. I find out that Noc has the same schedule as me. It's nice to have someone to talk to. I feel a connection with him and that I can trust him. I don't know enough about him to tell him anything though. I miss people calling me Chara, I hope I can see Daniel soon. I really want to learn how to use the other powers I may have.
We make our way to math and I take my seat next to the girl that never looks up from her phone. Luca unfortunately has to sit next to the queen bee herself, Britany. She is all over him, being her flirty self; however, Luca looks annoyed and shoots me a 'please help me' look. I nod to tell him to come over to my desk and he stands up, grabs his chair and makes his was over to me. He plops down next to me with a relieved look.
"Thank you so much."
"It was nothing, do you need any help?"
He nods. We work on the math together and I explained what we did in class yesterday to get him caught up on the related lesson from today. I have to admit he is a fast learner. We start on tomorrows lesson and finish some of the homework. I have never met a guy that would start on the next days lesson. After the class is over, we walk to lunch, on the way to the cafeteria I feel someone's glare burning holes in the back of my head. I did not have to turn around to know who it is; Britany. I guess she doesn't like the fact that Luca came and sat with me instead of her in math. Oh well. I grab an apple from the cafeteria today and Luca gets a slice of pizza. We sit down at a table and Luca pulls out a book, it is on the Malan gods and goddesses.
"How is the book?"
"It is my favourite; I have read it three times."
I chuckle, "must be interesting then."
"It is, if you have time, you should read it one day."
"I will keep that in mind."
I let him read in peace as I take out my new phone and text Daniel. Every so often Luca strikes up a conversation on one of the gods. Daniel says we will meet up tomorrow after school to work on my other powers since today I am working on the project with Luca. I ask Daniel if he knows him, but he says he hasn't heard of that name before. It was soon time for power practice. I meet Luca out on the field. I just noticed that I never asked what he is or what powers he has.
"Ah Kate and who is this?" Jack questions.
"I am Luca sir."
Jack lets out a soft chuckle, "Just call me Jack, Luca."
As people begin to walk out onto the field, I explain who they are to Luca.
"That is Jason, he is a werewolf. The one on the left is Pelan, she is a fairy and next to her is Brett, he has telekinesis. Last but not least is the queen bee herself, Britany. However, I am sure you already know her." I laugh.
"Unfortunately," he replies.
Britany gives me a death stare the whole class.
"Okay everyone, this is our new student Luca. Luca would you care to introduce yourself?"
"Okay, I am Luca Rite, I can control shadows, and fire."
"Wow, we got a Di."
"A what?"
"Here at the school we have many supernatural beings, but almost all of them have only on gift. The ones with two gifts are called Di's and the ones with three are called Tri's."
"Oh okay, are there many other Di's and Tri's at the school?"
"Well we have two other Di's and only one Tri which is our one and only Kate."
Luca turns to me looking shocked.
"Yeah, yeah. Come on, let's train," I say, trying to change the subject.
Jack tells us to break into pairs and I work with Luca today. Brett is working with Pelan and Britany with Jason.
"Hey Kate! Look!" Brett calls out to me.
I look over and he is holding a big rock in the air.
"Brett, that's awesome! Congrats!"
He slowly puts the rock down, "all thanks to you!"
I give him an encouraging smile and turn back to Luca.
"What was that all about?" he asks.
"Yesterday I helped him control his powers. Just gave him a few pointers."
"That was nice of you. What do you want to work on?"
"Well since we both share fire control, why don't we work on that."
"Okay."
We put some twigs into a pile, one for me and one for Luca. We decided to have a little competition to see who can make the highest fire while keeping control. I focus on the tingling sensation of the magic flowing through my veins. I focus on the heat and move it to my hands. Then I focus on pushing the heat to get hotter and I make a spark in the sticks. I make that spark turn into a flame and begin to make it grow. Luca is not far behind me and I continue to make the flame climb higher. I look back over to Luca and his face is covered in panic and fear.
"Are you okay?"
"I...d-don't...t-think so."
Just like that Luca collapsed to the ground. The fire began to spread out of control.