After power practice we all meet up in the front of the school. I decide that when I get back to the dorm and I am settled in, I will try to contact Daniel. First, I need to ask Liam if I can bring Talia and Killian on his land to pack up my stuff.
'Hey Liam! I was wondering if I could bring Talia and Killian on your land to help pack up my stuff.'
'Of course you can, no need to ask, I trust you.'
'Thank you, Liam, see you soon.'
I drop the link and see everyone making their way over.
"Hey guys," I greet.
"Kate! What's up?" Jared asks.
"I just wanted to know if Killian and Talia wanted to come with Jason, Nix, and I to the pack house to help me pack up my stuff to bring to the dorm."
"That would be awesome! More exploring earth!" Talia exclaims.
I laugh along with the others, "come on, let's start walking," I tell them. "We will meet up with you guys afterwards," I tell Jared, Lina, and Mikhail.
Talia, Killian, Jason, Nix, and I walk towards the pack house. I grab Nix's hand as we walk. I think I felt a tingling sensation, but just as quickly as it came, it left. We walk in silence except for the occasional gasp of admiration coming from Talia whenever there is a flower or animal that passes by. Zane trots beside Nix as we walk. Soon enough we are at the clearing where the pack house is.
"Woah," Talia says, mesmerized.
"I know right?" I say.
We head inside and we are greeted by Liam, I see both Talia and Killian flinch at the sight of him. Why?
"Ah Kate, how are you?"
"I am good thank you Liam," I hear a gasp of shock come from Talia and Killian.
"So, this is Talia and Killian?" he asks gesturing towards them.
"Yes," I state.
I see Talia bow her head slightly as she speaks, "King Liam, it is a pleasure to be in your presence."
Killian does the same, "We are honoured to meet you King Liam."
I am so confused right now and by the looks of it, Liam is as well.
"What's going on?" I ask to no one in particular. They are acting the same way Zane did.
"I have no clue," Liam replies.
Killian leans over to whisper to me, "you didn't tell us this is the royal pack! We can be killed for trespassing. Demons are not welcome on royal soil."
I did not know that, "it's okay Killian, he gave me permission to bring you guys. Relax."
His body relaxes slightly, but I can still see that he is tense awaiting being killed or thrown in a cell.
'They think you will kill them for being demons on your land. They apparently aren't allowed to step foot on royal soil,' I tell Liam.
'I heard of that before, but as long as they aren't a threat, they will be treated like any wolf that comes onto my land.'
'You may want to tell them that. They look petrified.'
'Okay.'
I sever the link.
"It's okay, I will not hurt you guys. I do not enforce that rule here, as long as you don't pose a threat, then you will be like any other wolf welcomed on my land."
"Thank you, King Liam, we are very appreciative," Talia releases her breath.
"Please, you can call me Liam. If you are friends of Kate, then you are worthy of calling me by my first name."
They both look at me confused and then back to Liam, "Thank you, Kin…I mean Liam," Killian smiles.
We walk upstairs to my bedroom and once we arrive and close the door both Killian and Talia let go the breath they were holding.
"Oh my god! Talia, we just entered royal land and didn't get killed!"
"I know, once I saw him and felt the power, I thought for sure we were goners."
"I didn't know this was a rule for you guys or else I would have given you a heads up. I am sorry," I apologize.
"It's okay, if you told us we probably wouldn't have come, but I am so happy we did!" Talia exclaims.
"Alright, let's get packing."
After a half hour we are fully packed. Since I don't have many belongings or clothes, it was quick. We say goodbye to Jason and Nix. I go to teleport myself, Zane, and the bags before Killian stopped me.
"Wait! Can you teleport us as well? The Kin…I mean Liam will feel if we use our magic on his land and we don't want to push it."
"Sure," I say as I teleport the four of us and the bags to my dorm room.
"Nice room," Talia smiles.
"Thanks. I think I am going to go to bed. I will see all of you tomorrow. Tell Lina, Jared, and Mikhail I am sorry I didn't come to see them."
They both nod and teleport to another location.
'Alright Zane let's try to talk with Daniel and see where he has been.'
Zane nods. I close my eyes envisioning Daniel and try to speak with him forming a link with him and Zane.
'Daniel? Daniel if you can hear me please answer. I haven't heard from you in weeks and a lot has happened. I just want to make sure you are alright.'
'Chara?' I hear Daniel ask through the link.
'Are you okay?' I ask eagerly.
'I should be asking you that. A few weeks ago, I had to go see my mother and when I returned, I was told that you were taken by Luca or Altair, whatever that boy's name is. Where are you? I have been looking for you everywhere.'
'I am back at the dorms now. I came back here on Saturday. Everything is fine and it was a misunderstanding.' I explain to him everything that happened while I was in the underworld.
'Oh, I am so glad they didn't hurt you. I will get back as fast as possible.'
'Wait, where are you?'
'I am in Egypt, looking for a way to find you.'
'Oh, sorry for not contacting you earlier, I didn't know I could. I am glad you are okay.
I am glad you are as well. See you soon.'
'See you soon.'
I drop the link and look at Zane, 'you heard the right?'
'Yes, I am so glad he is alright.'
'I can't believe no one thought to tell me he went on a wild goose hunt to find me.'
'I guess it slipped their minds.'
With that I go to sleep.
***
It is now Thursday morning; Daniel says he should be back today, and I can't wait to see him again. I put on a pair of black ripped jeans, black and white converse, and a light purple cropped hoodie. I put gecko Zane into my hood and walk downstairs.
"Kate!" I turn to see Alana smiling with Ryla standing next to her waving.
"Hey guys, long time to see," I greet.
"Yeah you kind of disappeared. We heard you stayed at the pack house, how was it?" Alana asks.
"Is it as beautiful and grand as everyone says it is?" Ryla adds.
"Yes, it is beautiful, and I had a good time there. When I was there," I mumbled the last part under my breath.
They give me questioning looks, but I brush it off, "I should get going to school, see you guys later."
I hurry out the door and walk to school. Lately, those two have given me a strange vibe, I can't explain it. Because of this I try to keep my distance. I finally arrive at school and I realize I didn't grab breakfast. I decide to head to the cafeteria to grab something to eat and I am met my Jared and Mikhail there.
"Hey Kate, whatcha doing?" Jared sounds like a little kid.
"Oh, just planning on how to scare the crap out of you. I have a few plans."
He looks terrified as Mikhail laughs, "Don't worry Mikhail, I will never forget about you as well."
I give them both a mischievous smile and turn to grab a muffin and pay for it.
I hear Mikhail behind me whisper to Jared and say, "she is scary, we are demons and she scares us."
"I think that is why we get along so well, she isn't scared of us. It is quite the opposite," Jared whispers back.
I turn around halfway to the exit of the cafeteria, "I love that you two are scared of me. It's good to know," I grin.
They look at me shocked, "how did you hear that?" Mikhail asks.
"I listened, how else?"
"Well, we spoke through our minds, it is Jared's gift and he can speak with others through his mind."
Crap, I wasn't even trying to read their minds. How did that happen? Maybe it was because they were speaking about me? How am I going to get out of this one?
"I-I don't know, I just heard it."
And the award for the most terrible liar goes to Chara! There is no way they will believe that and now I don't know if I should tell them. Daniel will help when he gets here.
"Mmhmm," Mikhail says in a sassy tone making all of us chuckle.
"I really don't know how, sorry guys. I don't have that power, only my three. Maybe it was just my imagination."
"I don't know, that was exactly what we were just talking about."
"I don't know okay. Also, why didn't you tell Jack that you have telepathy Jared? You know Jack also has telepathy."
"Yeah, I know, he tried to read my mind, but I blocked him out. He got so confused; it was hilarious!"
"You should tell him; he can really help you improve and strive with that ability."
"Okay fine, I will tell him in class today. You ready for your birthday tomorrow?"
"No, I really didn't want to celebrate it. I hope it is a small gathering with my close friends."
"Knowing Lina and Talia, that won't be the case," Mikhail laughs.
"Yeah, I know. Come on, let's head to class."
We walk until we have to go our separate way, we say goodbye and I walk into the God history classroom. I walk over to my seat in front of Lina and beside Talia.
"Hey guys."
"Kate! Are you excited for tomorrow?" Lina asks.
"Just give it to me straight, how many people?"
"Everyone," Talia states.
"What?" I raise my voice.
"Everyone was invited, not sure who will show though."
"Hopefully only you guys, Jason, and Nix. I mean I don't talk to many others here."
"Oh yeah, I heard everyone knows about you because you are the top fighter here at the school."
I just sigh and take out my notes for class. The class passes by very slowly with the thoughts of my birthday swirling in my head.
'Do I have to go? If so many people are there, they won't notice if I am not, right?'
'Of course you have to go! It is YOUR party. You can't just bail.'
Crap, Zane must have read my thoughts. He has been working that lately. Now I don't need a link for him to creep in.
'You can't just listen in on my thoughts Zane, its called privacy.'
'Oh, privacy is overrated. You are going to that party whether you like it or not.'
I sigh, 'fine.'
It is soon time for Supernatural Animal Training, Zane has been getting a hold of his powers just as quickly as I did. Today we are working on teleportation. During class we have to work on the three powers they know I have, but after school we try to work on the other powers, and I improve my own.
Killian and Ryder have been improving greatly. Ryder can now shift into any bird and he is now starting on his power in his true form. Today will be the first time I see a chimera in it's true from. Zane and I watch Ryder and Killian at the start of class as Ryder shifts into his true form from the hawk. It is magnificently terrifying. He is at least 6'5" with a razor-sharp beak and talons. The head resembles a bald eagle and the beak is black. The body looks like a black bird on steroids with muscles popping out all over. The legs are black, and the feet are webbed. The tail is long, and the wingspan has to be at least seven and a half feet long.
"You are amazing Ryder," I tell him.
"He says thank you," Killian tells me.
I know he did, "Your very welcome."
I turn back to Zane and to work on teleportation.
'Zane let's practice one of your other powers to learn this one. Try to feel how I am feeling while I teleport, then you try to imitate.'
'Okay.'
I feel the location I want to go to, the other side of the field by Jack's class. I feel the wind pick up as it does in the other side. I see the spot I want to teleport to and then feel my magic flow through my veins. I feel myself be swallowed by darkness and appear where I envisioned. I stand there staring at Zane, waiting for him to come over. I see him trying to concentrate and just as he was about to teleport, he was knocked off his feet and throw back about to hit a tree. I throw my hands up and catch Zane right before he hits the tree and I teleport him over to me.
'You alright?'
'Yeah, I think so. What happened?'
'I don't know.'
I look back to the group and see Killian's face full of worry. I see what happened, Ryder tried using his powers and accidently knocked Zane over with a gust of wind. I wave him off telling him it's alright. He looks relieved.
'It was Ryder, he knocked you over trying to work on his wind powers. He apologizes.'
I know, I heard his thoughts.
'Okay. We should try teleporting again.'
I look up from Zane to see Jack standing there.
"Kate, everything okay?"
"Yes, sorry for interrupting. I thought something happened, but it was an accident."
"It's alright, nice to see you protecting others," he looks over to Zane.
Zane looks shocked for a minute and then relaxes.
'He can read minds, remember.'
I forgot.
I laugh, "Okay, we should get back to teleportation now. Nice chat Jack!"
"See you later."
I teleport back over to our side of the field and wait for Zane.
'Trust yourself,' I say as I see his difficulty, 'I believe in you.'
He nods and then focuses. I can feel him thinking of the place in front of me and the magic flowing in his blood. Suddenly Zane disappears from his spot and reappears in front of me.
"Awesome! You did it!" I shout.
Zane wags his tail and spins in a circle, 'I did it!'
We chuckle and at the end of class we head to lunch. I sit at the bleachers and realize I didn't grab any lunch because of my run-in with Ryla and Alana. I sigh, but I am too tired to bother to go to the cafeteria. I can survive without food, I found out in God History the other day. Gods don't need to eat to survive and can go weeks, sometimes months without food. I just sit down with Zane next to me and as the others show up, Principal Grimm comes up to us.
"Principal Grimm, what can we do for you?" I ask.
"Ah, Kate, can I talk with you in my office please. You can bring Zane as well."
I nod and stand up to follow Principal Grimm, Zane follows beside me. He opens his office door for me, I walk in and take a seat. He closes the door and sits in his chair.
"Chara, sorry it took so long to talk to you about this, but I heard that Zane here is a pure chimera. Do you understand what this means?"
"He has the powers that I have, I know. I have been training him inside and outside of school."
"Perfect, I would love for the others to advance so you can get onto battle. For now, I would like you to take a chance to battle with Zane in power practice. I have talked with Jack already and he is okay with it. You may go a little into the forest to use other powers or you may use your chosen powers while fighting on the field. Completely up to you."
"Okay, thank you. We will start today; I have been waiting to beat Zane's butt."
'Oh, you wish, you haven't seen my true form yet.'
'Will you really use that against me when I am restricted? You can use any form except your true form when fighting at school. When we battle alone, you can transform into your true form to battle.'
'Okay, I guess that is fair,'he says sadly.
We make out way back to the bleachers to see everyone look over and stare at us.
"What?" I question.
"What did he want to talk about?" Lina asks.
"Just about power practice. Zane and I are battling each other today."
"Why did he need to talk to you privately to talk about that?" Jared asks, looking curious. I don't like that look.
"I don't know, go ask him yourself," I snap.
They give me shocked looks, "sorry, I am just tired."
"It's fine," Jared replies.
The rest of the lunch goes by normally. Jared and Mikhail are thinking hard about this morning. It doesn't look like they told Lina, Talia, or Killian anything. Let's hope they keep this to themselves.
Killian and I make our way to the field where Jack is after getting changed.
"Chara, I am guessing Principal Grimm talked to you about today," I stare at him wide-eyed. He just used my real name.
He notices my expression and corrects himself, "Sorry Kate, I got the wrong name. I am exhausted today."
"It's okay," you are going to be the death of me Jack.
I see the gears turning in Killian's mind. Oh no, he is going to figure it out soon.
'Can we trust them?' I ask Zane referring to Lina, Mikhail, Jared, and Killian.
'I feel like we can. They have a good energy around them, even though they are demons.'
'Okay, you ready to battle me yet?'
'Totally.'
Once everyone arrives, everyone gets into pair except for Killian since he is now the odd on out. He goes over to Jack to ask something and then walks over to me.
"Jack says if you want a challenge, we could battle each other two to one. You against Zane and I."
I smile, "sounds like fun!"
We get prepared to fight; Zane starts on one side of me and Killian on the other. We are fighting next to the river that runs on the far side of the field. They attack first. Zane throws a fire ball and Killian runs at me to punch me. At the last second before Killian reaches me and the fireball hits me, I teleport behind Killian. Killian quickly turns to the side, but the fire ball grazes his arm. The fireball dissipates and I push Zane to the ground with my telekinesis. I try to push Killian, but he forms a shield. I try holding his there as he tries to keep the shield up and I make a fireball and throw it at the shield. He couldn't take the pressure and the shield falls. I teleport in front of him and punch him square in the jaw throwing in some of my super strength. He stumbles back but regains his posture quickly and punches me in the stomach with his super strength causing me to stagger. I push down the pain see Killian teleport somewhere and then I am placed in a choke hold from behind. Zane stands in front of me and throws a fireball which hits me in the centre of my chest. I stop coughing profusely. I shake off the pain the best I can and burn Killian's arms to which he lets go in pain. I hold Zane up in the air with my telekinesis and hold Killian to the ground. I see Zane forming a fireball and I grab some water from the river splashing him while I hold of both in the same position. Zane growls at me for getting him wet. I give him a smirk back.
"Are we done?"
"What would you do from here if you needed to kill us in order to win the fight?" Killian asks.
"I would snap both of your necks, simple," I reply.
"Okay, I am out," Killian says, and I let go of him.
"Zane?"
'Fine, I give up.'
I smile and let Zane down. My adrenaline is crashing, and I feel the second and third degree burns on my chest. I feel the bruise spreading across my stomach.
"Crap," I mumble.
"You okay?" Killian asks.
"Fine."
'Zane, I need to go heal myself. That was a pretty good fireball though.'
'Oh no! I forgot about that! I am so sorry.'
'It's fine, I will be okay. I just need to heal myself.'
'Okay, let's go into the forest.'
"I will be right back Killian."
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, I will be right back. Go find Jack or something."
He nods and I turn to head into the forest with Zane. We walk a few feet into the forest along the water and I take off my shirt.
'Geez Zane, you really did a number on me, I laugh.'
'Oops.'
I shake my head smiling and I place one hand over my chest and the other over my stomach. In a few seconds the bruises and burns are disappearing. In thirty seconds, they are completely gone. I put my shirt back on and as I stand up and I feel another presence. Crap.
"Come on out, I know you are there," I say into the forest. It's Killian.
"Sorry," is all he says.
"What are you doing, I told you to leave me alone!" I shout to him.
"I just wanted to make sure you were alright."
"I told you I was fine."
"You didn't look fine."
I sigh, "what did you see."
"You have healing powers. Also, Jack called you Chara, are you the Chara from the prophecy?"
"Yeah," I say, defeated, "I am. Don't tell anyone please. I will tell Lina, Mikhail, and Jared soon."
"What about Talia?"
"She already knows, Aluca told her when I got to the underworld."
He nods, "come on, let's head back before people notice."
I nod and we walk back to the class. We head over to Jack.
"Congratulations Kate!"
"Thanks, it was nice to have a challenge for once. They actually got some good hits in."
"You alright?"
"Yeah, I took care of it."
"Okay."
We walk over to the bleachers to wait for the last two minutes of class to end.
"How's your arm?" I ask Killian.
"Just stings a bit."
I close my eyes and focus on healing his arm. In a matter of a few seconds I open my eyes and it is healed. He looks down, shocked.
"That was awesome! Thanks!"
"No problem."
'Zane, are you hurt at all?'
'Nope, I am okay.'
'Good, we need to teach you healing.'
'That we do.'
We sit in silence for a few minutes watching the others battle. Zane looks to me panicked.
'What's wrong Zane?'
'It's Nix, he is in trouble. We need to go to the front of the school.'
I don't bother replying, I just stand up and start running at full speed, only thinking about getting to Nix. When I reach the front of the school, there was blood everywhere. Everyone looks confused and scared. I realize that hellhounds are attacking the school. Altair is there and then I see Aluca. I can't believe he lied to me. I search for Nix and he is in wolf for with a hellhound on top of him. He is struggling to keep him from biting him. All of a sudden the hellhound clamped his long K9's into Nix's neck. I scream from the rage and focus on the hellhounds. In a second they were all on the floor dead, they turn to ash and then blow away, leaving no trace.
I run over to Nix and kneel down, I put my hands over his neck and close my eyes to focus on healing him. I open my eyes and he is unconscious. He can't be dead, I put my ear to his chest, and I can hear his heartbeat. Thank god. I reach into his mind and make him transform into his human form to he can wake up to ensure he is alright. He opens his eyes.
"Nix, thank god. Are you alright?"
"Chara? What happened?" he pauses, and realization covers his face, "Are you okay? What happened to the hellhounds?"
"I saw one bite you in the neck and I killed them all."
He just blinks at me looking shocked. Great, now he thinks I am a psychopath.
"That is so hot."
I look at him wide-eyed, I was definitely not expecting that, "what?" is all I manage to say.
"I said that is hot!" he sits up, "Damn you can fight."
"Thanks, I guess," I let out a small laugh.
"I need to speak with Aluca."
He nods, standing up with me, "I am coming with you."
"Okay," we turn to see Aluca and Altair full out fighting each other.
Maybe he didn't turn on me. I look behind Aluca to see Talia, Lina, Mikhail, Jared, and Killian standing there looking shocked. Killian looks over to me and I give him a questioning look. He walks over to us.
"Chara, are you alright?"
"I am fine, what's going on?"
"Altair took all the hellhounds, except for one, and brought them to the school to kill you. It was the final straw for Aluca. He came here to stop him but arrived too late; the hellhounds were already attacking the students and teachers. Aluca couldn't call them off because Altair set them free from commands. Thank you for what you did, if you didn't, many people would have died."
"Yeah, thank Nix, he is the one who told Zane there was trouble."
"Thanks man," Killian outstretches a hand and Nix takes it.
I begin looking around and see the injured already huddles by the school entrance. I walk over to them to help heal them. I decide to let Aluca deal with Altair.
"Let me help you guys," I tell them, and they give me questioning looks.
They are mostly teachers, one or two students. They probably know my powers; I think after today I am pretty much exposed anyway.
I take the arm of Ms. Trinity, my supernatural history teacher from last year. She has a nasty bite mark; it fades away and is completely gone in seconds. She looks shocked. I give her a reassuring smile and move on; they all have non-life-threatening injuries that I heal quickly. Once I am done, I turn back and walk over to Nix, interlocking our fingers. Nix looks at me and smile, I feel a tingling sensation for a second again and then it disappears. Weird. We watch Aluca and Altair, clearly Altair is losing. Aluca sends Altair somewhere and I walk over to him.
"Are you alright?"
"I am fine, I am sorry about him. That was the last straw, he will no longer be bothering anyone anymore," he says, sincerity in his voice.
I just nod and close my eyes to heal his wounds and injuries.
"Thank you, Chara, we will see each other soon,
I hope."
"We will, goodbye Aluca."
"Goodbye Chara," with that he disappears to head back to the underworld.
I turn to walk back over to Nix, but now there is a crowd of students and teachers looking at me shocks and a little scared. I stop dead in my tracks.