"You made your silly deals again?" Peony said, and she nodded.
Ceres arrived with Raven next.
"We're left with three" Agatha said, and almost immediately, Samara and Ruthie came in with Merlin who's still bleeding.
"Merlin!" Echo rushed to them wide terrifically wide eyes.
"Merlin! Why is he bleeding!"
"What happened?" Aragon asked.
"Agatha hurt her" Ruthie replied, and before Aragon could make a move, Echo already sped to Agatha, and her nails grew long, longer than Agatha's.
Before she could be stopped, she shoved them into Agatha's belly, and Agatha spit blood from the mouth as her belly bled too.
"Argg!" Agatha groaned, and the nails on Echo's second hand grew long too.
She was about to wound Agatha with that too when Aragon grabbed her hand, stopping her.
"You're going against the rules, Echo. Taking bloody revenge into your hands is forbidden and you know that" he said.
"I don't mind!!! Merlin is bleeding and she caused it! I'd face the consequences so allow me to wound her one more time! Please Superior" she begged in tears.
Agatha already fainted, so she was taken to the ice cave together with Merlin, then Master Duran entered the assembly with the chiefs.
"Good job, everyone" Chief Water smiled.
"We should have chicken soup for dinner tonight! Chief!" Peony shouted.
Yes chief!
We want chicken soup!
Chicken soup!
"Sure, chicken soup" Chief Water replied.
Yay!!!
"Agatha will receive the right punishment after healing tommorow, and you Echo..." Master Duran spoke, and they all went silent.
"I understand Merlin is your friend, but taking bloody revenge into your hands is forbidden here" he continued.
"Yes, master" Echo replied with a bow.
"Your Superior will give you the right punishment. And tommorow will be the start of your practices in full" Duran said again.
"Yes Master!" They chorused.
"And for passing the tests excellently everyone, there'd be a welcoming party tommorow night" Chief Water announced.
Yes!!!!
"I don't think this is the right time to organize a party" Chief Feathers said sternly.
"A little fun won't hurt" Chief Water replied with a big smile, and Feathers rolled eyes.
Master Duran stood without another word, walking out of the assembly.
"Do you have any dress for the party?" Ruthie asked Samara.
"Mum packed some nice gowns in my bag" Samara replied.
"Me too, I can't wait for tommorow!" Ruthie winked.
"Are we allowed to do dates? Superior Aragon" Peony suddenly asked.
"It's your party, do what you like" he replied freely, and Samara went to him immediately.
"Superior! Thanks for saving me, you'd forever remain my favorite here" she said, and he gave her light smile.
"Huh! You smiled!" She gasped.
"You got your sword, you might be powerful than I'm expecting" he said, looking at the sword on her right hand.
"It's a pity, it doesn't listen to me. I can't control it yet, but it took me up the cliff earlier though" she said sadly.
"Meaning you have the potential. Talk to your Superior about it" he replied.
"But he's...
"He's an hardtack? Crack him then" he replied and left.
"Wanted to ask him to be my date" she muttered.
"Krishna! Wanna be my date to the party?" Ruthie asked him suddenly.
"Krishna! Do you wanna go to the party with me?" Ceres asked at the same time, and he looked at the two before sighing.
"I'm uninterested" he said and walked away.
Ceres came closer to Ruthie immediately, and Ruthie stood her groud boldly.
"I know what you're about to say. You're gonna tell me to stay away from Krishna, but nah, he's not interested in anyone of us at the moment so I'm not leaving till he shows interest in one of us, peace out!" Ruthie said and left with Samara.
"I hate her guts" Ceres glared at Ruthie's legs, and they collided into each other.
Ruthie fell, hurting her knees.
"Ouch!" She gasped.
"Ruthie are you ok?" Samara quickly helped her up.
"You're bleeding, come let's get it treated" she took her away, and Ceres smiled satisfactorily before walking away.
"Peony!" Raven suddenly called, and she turned back immediately.
"Huh? Raven" she smiled.
"Ummm.... Are you gonna attend the party?" He asked awkwardly.
"Why not? Chief Water organized it for us" she replied.
"Then... Do you have a date already?" He asked, and she smiled.
"Yes"
"Oh... Guess I'm unlucky, goodnight" he said and started leaving.
"So...what if I said I don't have a date?" She asked, and he turned back.
"I'd ask you to go with me" he said.
"I don't have a date, was just kidding" she said, and he smiled.
ORION'S ROOM
Orion's stars shone in the dark as usual, and he raised his right hand, spreading his palm.
There's a large burn wound on it, and he got it from when he grabbed Samara's sword earlier in the woods.
He didn't realize he had the wound till he left her, and it kept getting bigger and bigger every hour.
His brows squeezed, and he looked at the burning palm again. It hurts, and he hates pain like crazy.
Just how powerful is her sword to even hurt him? He has no idea.
He's a healer too, so the wound should have healed by now, but instead of that, it kept getting wider, and it'd soon spread to every part of his palm.
He vanished from his room immediately.
SAMARA'S ROOM
Samara finished treating Ruthie's wound with herbal leaves not long ago, and Ruthie went to her room to clean up already.
They're to come for dinner at the cafeteria soon.
She started stripping herself for her bath, and when she took of the last thing (her pants), she got her towel to wrap on herself, and that was when Orion appeared in the room.
"What the hell!!!!" She screamed, getting the towel as fast as possible.
She quickly wrapped it on herself and walked briskly to him.
He wasn't moving, looking like a ghost as usual till she got to him and slapped him angrily on the right cheek.
"Just because you're my Superior doesn't mean you get to act like a bastard!! You're an animal!!!" She shouted, and he sent her to the wall with his eyes.
Her back slammed violently on it, and she got greatly wounded.
He sped to her and trapped her there, gripping her towel tightly.
"Heal me" he muttered hoarsely, raising his wounded palm.
Samara gave the burn a short look before settling her eyes on his own. He's still holding on to her towel, and her back still hurts a lot as a result of the crash earlier.
"And why would I heal you? Douchebag" she scoffed.
"Your shitty sword did this to my palm when I grabbed it earlier in the woods to save your fucking ass!" He spat, and she laughed out loud immediately, but it was short.
"I thought you were the almighty Orion who's king over the pack. So you feel pains too? That's new, you don't look like someone who has ever experienced pains and that's why you enjoy inflicting it on others" she said seriously, and he let go of her towel Immediately, but before she could blink, he grabbed her neck, having her on a tight chokehold which made her bleed from the nose.
"Talking about me that way will surely bring disaster to you, it's another way to tell you to watch how you talk about me, witch" he gritted, choking her more.
"Are...you..sure you really... wanna get... healed?" Samara managed to ask. Her neck is still in his palm.
Orion let go of her roughly, and she fell on the ground, holding her red neck as she began coughing.
"Forget about it. Having you heal me might ruin my plans. Your training classes classes starts tommorow morning, 6am at the assembly" he said and walked out.
Samara managed to stand, still coughing as she held her red neck.
She leaned on the wall for support as she spit out blood, and she wiped the blood on her nose with her second hand.
She felt something wet on her face, and when she touched it, it's tears.
Did he actually force tears out of her eyes? She can't remember the last time she cried, she didn't even cry during her father's burial.
She wiped the tears and went for a cup of water on the table. She rinsed her mouth with it and looked at her sword which is lying on top of the table too.
"I have to quickly tame you, I believe we still have a lot to tackle together" she muttered and hugged the sword to her chest.
"Thanks for hurting that douchedag"