"What?"
"You're actually... Handsome" she said, and he raised his brows.
"Seriously? Don't tell me you have a crush on me little girl" he said.
"How old are you?" She asked.
"I'm 20" he replied, walking to her.
"Twenty minus 7, so you're 13 years older. Not bad" she muttered, and he giggled as he sat beside her.
"Seriously? Not bad? You're too matured for a kid" he said, stroking her hair.
She bathed already, and she's wearing a new dress provided by Ceres, so her hair is shinny.
They locked eyes, and Krishna frowned a bit.
There's just something about her.
NIGHTTIME, SAMARA'S ROOM
Neither Peony nor Ruthie spent their nights in her room tonight, so Samara is all alone on the bed.
She's deeply asleep, looking so peaceful, but Lissa suddenly appeared in the room, and she walked slowly to her bed.
"She's pretty, too bad you're dying soon" she muttered, but then she snapped out of it and closed her eyes, disappearing into her dream.
Immediately she landed inside, she grew up to her original body. Mali, and she smiled before looking around.
She's in the middle of a forest, dark and dead silent, just the crying of crickets and the light from the moon are the only witnesses to her arrival.
She moved forward, looking around for any sign of Samara, but even after searching for an hour, she couldn't find her
"I'm sure I entered her dream, why is she nowhere to be found?" She muttered, coming to a stop under a tree.
"You're not very smart, are you?" Orion's voice said, and she turned around for any sign of him, but he's not in sight.
"Show yourself! Show me your face!" She shouted.
"Wrong choice of words. Your ears don't recognize my voice? Too bad, that's dangerous to your existence" Orion replied.
"The cursed child?" She said, and he finally appeared in front of her in his vampire form, making her shift back.
"And what the hell are you doing in her dream? Why are you here without getting invited?" He said, trying hard to keep his calm.
"You hate her too. The legend says you'd hate her till death cos of her hair!" Mali snapped
"I do, and that's why I have to protect her with everything possible. No one hurts her except me and no one kills her but me" he barked.
"We need her for the sacrifice and you know it! A demon is part of your personalities so you're partly one of us in the coven" Mali said.
"Too bad, my wizard part overshadows the others" he replied, and a stake appeared in her right hand.
She was about to drive the stake through his heart when he grabbed the hand tightly, shaking the stake away from her hand.
"Nice trick" he smiled and was about to sink his fangs into her neck when someone drove a stake into his heart from behind.
Orion withered and fell on the ground, dead.
Mali vanished, and the face of the person came to view. Aragon!
Samara woke up from the dream immediately, sweating so much.
She held the cross necklace on her chest and swallowed, getting down from the bed.
"Superior Aragon and Onion in my dream?" She muttered, rushing out of the room.
Immediately she left, Mali came out too, transformed back to Lissa.
She walked all the way back to Krishna's room.
ARAGON'S ROOM
Aragon was writing spells in the middle of the room when Samara rushed in, breathing hard
"Sam?" He stood, and she walked fast to him.
"I saw a scary girl in my dream earlier, she was hunting for me when Onion arrived to get her away, but while he was doing that, you appeared and ... Killed him" she explained breathlessly, and almost immediately, Orion barged in and sped to Aragon, grabbing him by the throat.
"What were you doing in her dream? Why were you inside and why did you stake me! You killed my vampire form! Mali escaped!" He shouted.
"I never entered her dream. Why would I? You were probably imagining it cos of the hatred you have for me" Aragon replied, pushing Orion off of himself.
"Onion you should stop this" Samara said.
"Shut up!!!!!!!!!!" Orion yelled furiously, and and thunder followed the yell as his eyes turned red.
An heavy rain started outside, and a part of the wall cracked.
Samara shifted back fearfully.
"Don't lie to me, If you're deceiving her with your saint side, you can't deceive me too!" Orion growled.
Slowly, he began transforming into his demon form. His anger is fuelling the transformation real bad.
"No" Samara's eyes widened.
"I never entered her dream" Aragon said again, and that statement scattered all of Orion's head completely.
"Grrrrrrrrooooowwwwllll!!!!!" He thundered, ready to transform completely and put an end to Aragon's life when someone else sped into the room.
She grabbed him away from Aragon and slammed him on the wall. The wall cracked again as a result of his energy.
He was about to attack when he saw the person's face, and his hand went down.
"Sheila?" He said, and she smiled with a wink
"Long time no see, little brother" Sheila smiled, letting go of him.
Orion looked at Samara, then at Aragon before walking out of the room.
"You're obsessed with unexpected visits, Sheila" Aragon said.
"That's what makes me a real vampire. Nice to see you again" she replied and faced Samara.
"How come you're still alive with that white hair on your head? And with Orion in this same institute?" She said.
"What do you mean?" Samara asked.
"Oh c'mon sweetheart, you know what I mean. He vowed to eliminate every race of whitehead witches so I'm sure you've been facing difficult challenges with him. He's quite stubborn" she whispered the last part and winked again before walking out of the room.
"She's Sheila, Orion's senior sister" Aragon said.
"I get, she's the one Peony talked about earlier in the cafe" Samara replied.
"Are you ok?" Aragon asked.
"Of course, I should go now. Goodnight" she replied and started walking out, but she suddenly turned back.
"But...you were really in my dream" she said.
"Are you... doubting me?" He asked.
"No no! Just that... nevermind" she said and left the room.
Aragon smiled as he walked back to the bed.
••••••••
Sheila got back to Orion's room but instead of him, she found Chief Feathers waiting.
"You're back again" Feathers smiled, and Sheila smiled.
"Yeah. I figured out I needed to spend some time with my little brother. I've been gone for years"
"Welcome back, we'd be sure to throw you a welcoming party" Feathers said.
"I hate parties" Sheila replied, her expression becoming rigid as she began walking to her.
"Well I'll keep my party to myself then" Feathers said, and Sheila sped the remaining distance to her, grabbing her to slam on the wall.
"Now to the main course. What are you doing here in my brother's room by this time of the night?" She demanded.
"Thought you were never gonna ask" Feathers smiled.
"Are you still in love with Orion?" Sheila smirked, letting go of her.
"What if I said yes?" Feathers replied.
"You turned 520 this year. You're an immortal, Feathers and he's just 25!" Sheila snarled.
"Doesn't make a difference. I still look as young as most of the disciples" Feathers replied.
"Same old line, you haven't changed" Sheila scoffed, walking away from her.
"You didn't change too. Still the blunt vampire who protects his brother unnecessarily" Feathers replied.
"You should learn to stay away from Orion when I'm here. You won't like what I'd do to you if I get mad, and you know it" Sheila replied, grabbed one of the kegs of blood on the table before vanishing.
She smelt Orion on the rooftop, so she landed there, right beside him.
She sat beside him and drank from the keg of blood, but she spit it out immediately.
"Blood of a deer? I hate that animal!" She spat.
"There's cat blood on the table too, you were just too blind to see" he replied without looking at her, and she was with him in the next minute.
She grabbed his neck and slammed him down on the roof,.
"Talking rudely to me isn't allowed anymore else I'mma rip your heart out!" She gritted, but he retaliated and gripped her shoulders.
They landed outside the Institute, and he thudded her on a oak tree.
"Your vampire side is gone?" she frowned, and he let go of her.
"That's the only side of me you can defeat and it's only because you're older" he rolled eyes.
"Was that the issue at Aragon's room earlier?" She asked.
"That bastard staked me in the Whitehead's dream" he replied.
"What were you doing in her dream in the first place?"
"Protecting her from getting hurt. No one can do that except me" he replied.
"You're still just as dumb, and immature" Sheila chuckled.
"How was Aragon able to enter her dream without getting invited? You have the permission cos you're her Superior like father said" she said.
"And Mali has permission cos of Bakasura's staff, obviously" Orion replied.
"But Aragon without an invite? Did he form a bond with her already? Maybe he likes her" Sheila said.