Avalon under attack

[Talisen Phoenix]

Talisen nodded off at his desk. His head rested on his palm, his elbow remained fastened on his desk, papers littered the desk as usual, but this time it was files of every children at Avalon. There was a spy at Avalon, a child who was perhaps not really a child, or at least a child whose intelligence rivalled Talisen's, the very idea that someone could slip past all the arcane protection the school had, slip past himself and Moridanu… it was frightening to imagine, the second question was why? To keep an eye on Talisen, Moridanu and The Other Demon Keeper? Another gifted child even? Plan some soft of attack that would take them all out at once? Talisen knew the reality of the situation; it was dangerous for them to all be at the same place at the one time.

The Stress had been too much, Talisen finally allowed himself to slip into a restless dream; he hadn't slept in 4 days.

It was the first day of school, the first day school 'officially' begun where every child who was supposed to be at school was. There was a handful of children that never showed up though, with the war brewing many parents decided to keep their children close to them, while the rest decided Avalon was the safest place for them. There was drills in place, if anything did happen the children would all be sent to the cellar, but even there after the snake attack Talisen had his doubts, the drill would only be used if all else failed. The Children were all in bed, hopefully, it was the middle of the night, usually they would be allowed to wander at night in the castle walls, but with the war going on and an unknown spy in the school, and everyone was confined to their quarters. Most of the kids shared, but some requested they have a room of their own. All the teachers that chose to live at Avalon had their own private rooms and studies.

Talisen wore dark blue robes, his tunic was a darker royal blue colour and the hood that covered his face was the same navy/dark blue of his robes. His gloves were thick and heavy, but they stopped at each knuckle revealing his pale flesh. There was an unusual charge in the air, as if someone was being surrounded by their own energies, powerful magic was being drawn from somewhere. Then there was a huge Bang, like the sound of cannon being shot, it was all localised, it echoed through the school and shook the castle to its core, everything shook. Talisen's head lifted in alarm, he stood up, his papers flying all over the place. But everything was silent again. Talisen moved towards his window, looking out the window passed the huge clock face that ticked constantly in front of it. Everything was seemingly peaceful. The energies that seemed to gather before the noise were now gone.

Talisen moved towards a black curtain that hung in his office, he pulled the curtain away from the wall revealing a portrait or a young looking battle mage surrounded by other Mages, the royal battalion that Talisen lead, his face was handsome and broad, no scared. Talisen felt behind the portrait and with a click pulled the huge painting away from the wall with hinged. Behind it hummed and clicked huge metallic instruments. Talisen's head turned in question, the castles defence was still up. The mechanical arcane instruments were functioning as normal. Moridanu would be on her way to his office no doubt… If it wasn't all in Talisen head Talisen reached for his hood and with a small burst of rage pulled the hood off. His thick black hair hung around his face, His eyes were big and black, no light seemed to penetrate them, there was no white, no colour, just black. Faded black tattoos trailed from each eye in a single line towards Talisen cheek bones. Talisen rubbed his temples in frustration; he closed the portrait and spun back around.

Once again however Talisen felt a surge of the Arcane around him; energies were being gathered from somewhere and with a single fierce explosion the castle shook. It sounded like air was rushing towards something, like a mountain had just fallen somewhere. Talisen knew this time, the attack was very real.

[Moridanu]

*With ODK in tow, Moridanu made her way quickly to Talisens office. She was worried about the possibility of a student who had the ability to summon and control demons. It wasn’t the type of lesson the students at the Academy were supposed to write home to their parents about, and Moridanu shuddered as she thought of the schools reputation if this ever got out. Keeping her thoughts to herself however, she smiled briefly at ODK as she pointed to Talisens office at the end of the hall.

~Here it be..~ suddenly it seemed as if all of the air around her had been sucked in by a powerful vacuum. Moridanu glanced at ODK in confusion as she felt her energy suddenly draining. Then, a loud explosion rocked the school, causing everything to shake around them. There was nothing afterwards, yet Moridanu knew it was not over.

~Hurry!~ she urged, as she pushed open Talisens door and ran into his office.

~Talisen! Forgive the intrusion but I assume ye heard..~ as she spoke another blast rocked the school. Although she wanted to know who or what was attacking, her first priority was the safety of her students. Once the noise had subsided she looked to him in fear. ~ The children! We must get 'em t' the basement!~ *

[Rayn]

Rayn closed his magic study textbook with care not to wake any of the other student's in the room. Rolling over in his four-poster bed, he looked out of the stained-glass window with deep blue eyes, gazing at the stars with a passion that nobody else could have. Rayn loved the stars. They always seemed to shine just for him, just to light up his darkened night. They also affected the water on earth, from what he was told from his mother who passed him the ability to control water. This ability was what actually had gotten him an invite to Avalon Academy.

Sighing, he ran his fingers through his long brown and blue hair, just like his mother did to drift him off to sleep because...well....he couldn't get to sleep. He was very much anticipating tomorrow, where he would have his first actual lessons. Today had just been introductions to the class, the teachers, what we would be learning and the such. He had been looking forward to this school for multiple reasons, but mainly to understand his true power one day. He knew he had it in him, he just didn't know how to use it.

Tearing his gaze from the beautiful lights above, he reached over to his table and turned off his bed lamp that he had been using to study his book and drifted off into a shallow sleep.....

He was standing in the middle of a large crowd, everyone had their eyes on him. He was amazing people with his water show, creating pillars of water that came crashing back down without one person being splashed. He made articulate designs in the air, causing ooo's and ahh's from the crowd. The crowd loved the performance and were throwing money and roses at his feet. He took his bow.....

He was in the middle of a war. With a great windmill motion, he created a tidal wave to knock out 20 enemies at once. He used to defend himself at crucial points during the battle, knocking arrow shafts out of the sky using a well placed motion to cause them to slip on a small puddle....

A huge bang woke him up immediately, along with everyone else in his room. Looking around at each other, a few cursing, everyone was in a state of confusion. Something caught his attention and he was grateful he had been studying his magic book before he decided to go to sleep. He heard a noise like a vacuum, the noise that was heard at the beginning of a powerful, advanced magic blast.

"You guys, I think something is definitely wrong here!" he yelled above the commotion being made by his roommates.

"What is going on?" he muttered to himself as the second blast hit and shook the castle even more. Was this a test or were they really under attack?

[Catrux]

Sehkem was roaming the halls on his self-appointed guard duty. He was quite pleased with himself and how his first class had gone, though he would have wished he didn't have to assert his dominance in the manner he was forced to. Sehkem's mind slowly drifted back to his class, though this time he was invisioning the next lesson. This time he was teaching a select few swords, those few included; the girl that seemed to not want him to know her real name, the student Volchec that he had to put in his place. Both students were gifted and stood apart from the rest, but he knew there must still be some more talent in his class.

Sehkem had secured two swords for himself to practice with for his class, and had arranged for more to be in his room by the time class started. It didn't take long before Sehkem was re-familiarized with swords, looking back, Sehkem couldn't remember ever using a sword before. Quickly, the odd feeling wore off since he was used to not being able to remember many things about his past. Sehkem was drawn back to reality by the soft cawing of his ravens, who had been flying up ahead of him. Slowly, almost cautiously, the two flew back to him and re-claimed their perch upon his shoulders. He couldn't help but notice their unnease.

Before Sehkem could even look at his ravens quizically, his question was answered and a loud bang rocked the castle. Instinctively he reached for one of his weapons, but decided against it. Since magick was obviously causing the disturbance than magick would best solve it. As Sehkem ran down the halls toward Talisen's office, he did two things; his hands started pulsing with holy and evil magick, and he began barking orders at the students. "Stay in groups! Upper-classmen, look after the under classmen and await more orders!"

Sehkem had no clue were the students were to go in case of an attack, it was only his first day. So he did the first thing he could think of, find out what the hell to do. As another bang rocked the school Sehkem tried to lock onto the sorce, or at least the aura of the sorce. Sehkem had no luck, be it the sorce was too distant, or that the magical properties of the school prevented him. In the darkened portions of the hallways Sehkem's left hand shone a briliant white and his right seemed more devoid of light than the darkness itself.

It wasn't long before Sehkem burst into Talisen's office. Before he could even look into the room he heard the voice of Moridanu answer the question he was about to ask. "Shall I start ushuring them into the basement?"

[Moridanu]

(( RPING session between Moridanu, Rayn and Miss Jacki))

*Moridanu moved quickly down the hallway, gathering children as she walked, ushering them down the hall to the stairwell to the basement. She assumed that Talisen, ODK and Sekhem were handling the other three wings, and it was now up to her to get the East block students to safety*


*She had been sitting on her bed in the corner, keeping quiet so as not to wake the student who she was sharing a room with. She would have much liked a room to herself, but it appeared all the single rooms had been filled before her arrival. Unable to sleep, she sat on a dark purple quilt that lay on the bed. Crossing her legs and resting her gloved hands on her knees, her eyes began to wander around the room, taking in every little detail. She had lowered her hood, and she was able to see the articulate carvings in the wood on the walls and ceilings. Beginning to doubt her coming to this school, she got up from the bed to go to the window, hoping the night's stars would give her a sense of peace and hopefully bring sleep. Before she reached the window, however, a huge booming sound shook the castle, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the floor. Jumping to her feet instantly, so as to not to remain vulnerable, she stood still and listened while her roomate awoke, looking scared and half asleep at the same time. Having not taken off any of her clothes or hidden blades for bed, she ran for the door. Turning the handle and stepping into the hallway, she saw the other dorm rooms open, the other students filing out in their confusion. As another blast was heard, the walls shook and she swayed on her feet, keeping herself upright. Looking down the hallway for a teacher to give instructions, she spotted a women she hadnt seen before, although she radiated an air of high rank in the school's staff.*


Rayn: *.......in the state of confusion, he wrapped his blue robes around him, gathering his few items that he had. His water pouch that was filled with the purest water that he used for protection when he needed it, his money pouch, and a few of his crucial spell componets that he had learned that night while studying his book he would need for a few good offensive and defensive spells. He took one last glance at the stars and saw the blinding light from the next magic blast. Grabbing onto his four poster bed to maintain his balance, he waited for the shaking to stop before he proceeded to the door He could now hear the screams from the students in other rooms, and he hurried to the door, grabbing his magic staff and proceeded to follow the teacher that was gathering the students. One student caught his eye though, hooded dark and mysteriously graceful movements. He had a class with her earlier that day, so he decided it was best he should be around someone he actually kinda knew He fought through the crowd of students and started walking side by side with her, knowing that the two of them could be helpful to each other*

Moridanu: *Moridanu's emerald orbs flickered anxiously around the hallway as she ushered the students together in a large group. A hooded girl and a boy in blue robes were both huddled together, and Moridanu ushered them over to her. ~This way children..~ she called as she pushed open the door to the stairwell. Checking to make sure the hallway was empty, Moridanu ushered the students down a dark staircase into the basement. Some of the other wings had arrived, and nervous and scared faces peered up at her as she descended the final step. ~Tis okay children.. all will be well!~ turning back to the boy in blue, and the hooded girl Moridanu smiled as she ushered them and the other children over to the far side of the basement. There were a few cot beds set up, but there was nowhere near enough for all the students. A large pile of blankets had be gathered hastily in one corner and Moridanu set about giving everyone a blanket and directing them to sit against the wall. She handed a woolen blanket to the boy in blue and a red woven blanket to the hooded girl. ~Here, ye will need these later as it gets cold in here sometimes..~ she smiled gently, trying to reassure them both.*

The_Jackiness: *A boy in dark blue robes approached her, holding in his hands a staff with a magnificently beautiful crystal glowing at the top. Turning to face him completely, she recognized his face, though this did nothing to ease her defenses. The look on his face told her he was just as confused about the scene as she was. Before she had a chance to speak, the woman in the hallway came to them instructing that they fallow her past a door down a stairwell. Giving one last glance to the boy, she shrugged and fallowed directions. Going down the dark staircase to the basement, her eyes needed to time to adjust to the lack of light, for many of her years were spent in darkness. Landing at the bottom of the steps in what appeared to be a basement, students walked about her to quickly fill in the enclosed space. Somewhat noticing there were more students in here then there were in the hallway, she concluded that the dorms on the other side of the school must have been evacuated also. Looking about at random faces full of fear and uncertainty, she heard the woman's assurance that everything would be well. This seeming to have eased them, she turned back to spot several cots by the wall, a bundle of blankets beside them. Going to sit on the floor in a corner in an attempt to avoid the other students, her hopes of avoidance vanished as there were just too many students in such a small place. Looking up from her position on the floor, the woman handed her a red blanket, suggesting to the chill of the basement. Her smile was both warm and reassuring, something that she had not been witness to in a long time.*


rayn: *Glancing at the hooded girl, he opened his mouth to say something, but the teacher had ushered them that they didn't have time to say anything. Holding his staff close, he descended the steps into what must have been the basement, gradually getting darker as he went farther down. into the basement. Feeling his pupils enlarging to adjust to the change of light, he decided he had to shed some light unto the darkness. "Light!" he whispered to his staff, and the blue crystal emitted a light that caused other student's confused faces to appear. Smiling ever so slightly, he headed toward the wall that the teacher had directed them to go to, still following the girl that he had been walking side by side with. Reaching the cots, he sat down next to one before someone else could because the space was filling up fast. Placing the staff in between his crossed legs, he tried to take in the view around him, to get a sense of his surroundings. Noticing the girl was forced to stand, he stood up hastily and said to the girl "You are welcome to have this spot." Looking at her face, he noticed that she had a scar that ran down her left cheek. He was about to ask how she had obtained the marking when the teacher had handed him a woolen blanket, reaching around the staff to grasp it in his free hand. He moved over to let the girl sit where he had been, and leaned against the cot while putting the staff between his knees and wrapping the blanket around him.*

[Talisen Phoenix]

Talisen nodded to Mori and he quickly fastened his hood back over his eyes until once again all that could be seen was the lower half of his face, just under his nose.

Talisen nodded as Moridanu entered the room and began to talk loudly

"Yes my Queen, get all the children into the basement, I'll try and work out what's attacking us"

He calmly strode to the other side of the room and reached up to a mantle on the wall, in the mantle was a beautiful twisted wand; he grabbed the wand and placed it in his robes. Sehkem burst into the room.

"I don’t think this is a physical attack as such, there is something else going on here…"

He said almost calmly, his hood lifted ever so slightly, anyone who knew him would know one of his eyebrows was being raised.

"Sehkem, you need to get the rest of the Students into the basement, as soon as your finished I want you to flu out of the grounds and take a quick look around, I don’t feel ay foreign entities in or around the school, that’s what's worrying me the most. If there was a wizard standing out there attacking us physically we would be able to stop them, but as of yet I can't sense anything unusual."

The School began to fill with the same dark energy before another invisible explosion rocked the school and once again the energy was sucked out of the campus. With a chilling thought Talisen had a sudden sick feeling in his stomach, this had happened before, only once though, it was a warning of sorts before Lucien's demons attacked Avalon when it was a military base. Maybe the attack really wasn't physical; maybe it was Talisen himself who was causing this.

Talisen began to move towards the Infirmary, earlier in the week Talisen and Sehkem received a message, from elsewhere, where exactly Talisen couldn't tell, he had to use dark energies and black magic to bring this creature to his own realm. Talisen could tell his soul was pure or he wouldn't have gone through with it, Talisen rolled up his sleeve and gazed down at the scar that ran along his flesh, cutting through the serpent's tattoos. What if the wound wasn't enough payback, what if the gods wanted more in return for his black magic… what if he was being punished, the world could have been giving out its own retribution. Talisen entered the infirmary, it was empty, the healer was hurrying around gathered herbs and bandages

"Go to the basement, the children need your help"

She nodded serenely and headed out of the room. Talisen pulled back a curtain in the corner of the room revealing a sleeping Lizardman Kaza. Talisen sighed and moved his hands over the Creature; there was nothing, no dark energies, no otherworldly powers. It was if the Lizardman bad been born and raised in Morthika. Talisen shook his head. It was something else then… it really was an attack.

In the basement, the fear and tension were growing even with the children's queen reassuring them

"Once everything is settled meet me outside the main entrance"

Talisen said to each of his teachers using mind magic. It may have happened so slowly and discreetly that nobody would notice. But out of the wall behind Rayn and the shrouded girl, strong hand wrapped around the pair and simply pulled them through the wall into blackness.

They would reappear together in a circular cell like room, with groans and screams of pain being heard in the distance. There was another girl with them; she threw back her long dark curly hair revealing a dirty face, with smudges of tears running down her cheeks

"Oh thank the gods, I thought I would be all alone, what's going on? Where are we?"

Izzienbelle said frightfully.

((Heaps of typos sorry!))

[Catrux]

Sehkem watched and listened as Talisen instructed him on what actions to take. As soon as Talisen's instructions finished, Sehkem nodded causing a rattling of the chains in his hair, then ran down the hallways gathering the remaining students. Still, Sehkem had not bothered to release the energy around his hands, by this time his right and left hands seemed to be encased in black and white silent flames respectively. He wasn't being wreckless by maintaining the magick, he was actually being very cautious since he had no idea where the threat was coming from.

With a rather large group of students in tow, and one student on his back, Sehkem arrived at the basement. He only stayed long enough to see the last one in before running out side. On his way he put a quick enchantment on his swords, it wouldn't last long, but it should help. Later, he would forge some with permanent magick. Once outside, he took flight, scanning for anything out of interest. His hands, still burning with energy, gripped his scythes as he flew.

(OOC: Feel free to auto what, if anything, Sehkem sees.)

[† The Jaxness †]

Even as the boy's offer seemed genuine and lacked any hints of an alterior motive, she stayed where she was. The chill in the basement was most comforting, she had spent many years in the snow and other frozen regions and had grown quite accustomed to it. Folding up the blanket the woman gave her, she leaned forward and placed it behind her, in an effort to cushion the uncomfortable concrete of the wall against her back. Adjusting her cloak so it hid her ankles and feet, she brought her knees up to her chest and layed her arms across them. The buzz of the other student's seemed to die down abit as they walked amongst themselves, finding friends to keep themselves company as the situation around them became only a second thought.

As she watched them chat and laugh, carrying on friendly conversations, it was as if it came as a 2nd nature to them. That to be nice and have friends was a common thing. This puzzled her more then the attack on the school, because as she grew up, she was frequently exposed to threats and violence. It was in her nature to always be on guard, always be prepared to brace yourself for the worst, expect everything to be your enemy and was planning to attack you at any given moment. It often caused her to seem anti-social and keep her from making friends, but she saw the silver lining to the cloud, convinced that the lack of friends kept her safe and alive, and that was worth alot more then any 'friendly' conversation or inside joke.

Almost as if bad karma was coming back to her, she felt a pressure grab her from behind and pull her through the wall, almost as if a giant hand had appeared and tugged her through. As the colid concrete passed around her form, she fell back onto yet another concrete floor. Landing on her back, her feet came up and over her head, rolling her to land on all fours and facing the wall in which she came through.

Not missing a beat, she jumped to her feet, bending her legs slightly, ready to jump into action to her defense. Each hand reached into the opposite sleeve of tge cloak, unsheathing her short blades and holding them in their positions. Looking around her, she took in every detail. The room was quite dark, but her eyes had no problems in adjusting as she spotted a girl nearby, and the boy had obviously come through the wall with her. It appeared to be a cell-like room, circular in shape, with a slight echo to every noise. Bringing most of her attention to the girl in the cell with them, she didnt recognize her, therefore, she pegged her as the enemy, taking one step back and preparing herself for whatever may come.

The frightened girl explained she was just as confused as they were, not knowing where they were or what was happening. But past her voice, she heard distant screams and yells beyond their position, and they werent the least bit pleasant. Even through the other girls confusion, she had no time to worry about being nice or comforting anyone, she had to figure out where the hell she was and what they were doing there.

Motioning for the girl to hush, she perked her ears, focusing in on the screams of pain in the distance. Eyes staying open and alert, she stayed perfectly still, keeping her comments and worries to herself so she wouldnt send either of the 2 into panic. Last thing she needed was a couple of hysterical kids on her hands while she was lost and unaware of the new situation.

[Domar]

Kaza was somewhere new. The last place he was before he succumed to the terrible wounds was in the middle of the marshy forest where his people where being hunted. He had been trying to contact someone who could help him, but now Kaza lie in a bed in a place that was shaking like a leaf in the wind. Kaza tried to remember how he got here, but all that he remembered was the feirce battle with the daemons that were attacking his village. Daemons were animalistic creatures that were bred in the underworld and were sent out to kill the innocent as a form of entertainment for the Greater Demons. There were so many daemons that when Kaza attacked it was like wading into an ocean of poisoned claws and desease ridden fangs. There was no way he could have defeated them all and the Greater Demons, so he drew them away from the village and into a narrow valley where they could only come at him from the front. He then slew the daemons with ease, but the poisons had already taken their toll. Kaza returned to the forest and contected the winged man in a school of magic, but all that came for him was a man in a robe with a hood covering most of his face.

Just as Kaza remembered the man snapped open his eyes and there stood the robed man. Kaza no longer felt the pain of the wounds on his body, if they were even there anymore, when he sat up. He got out of his bed, summoned his weapon and armor, got down on one knee, and said, "Greetings great and nobel sire. I art Kaza, Fury of the Heavens. I doth owe my life to you. Command me as thou doth wish and I shall follow thine orders."

[Rayn]

The mysterious girl disregarded his offer to take his seat, which slightly annoyed him because someone had already taken the spot on the ground that he had offered. He was trying to be nice to a new face, but if the whole school acted like she did he would have to step up his attitude a little bit. He shrugged his shoulders, sending a wave down his robes, and rested his lighted staff in between them.

He didn't know why, but he felt strangely attached to this girl. Not in any physical, sexual, or emotional attraction, but he seemed linked to her in a fate-like way. He couldn't explain why or how he felt this way, he just did. She seemed anti-social, caused by some sort of ignoring presence in her life. As far as he could tell, she had never had a true friend or someone she could rely on, which would explain the coldness and silence that emitted from her. He pondered a bit more about her and his mind wandered into a new area of logical thinking.

The school was under attack, therefore the students were being ushered into hiding in the basement for "safety". What kind of forces did the school have to offer a protection? Surely some of the teachers would respond to an act of war immediately with battle, but with what? Their own strengths, advanced able-bodied students, some kind of summoned creature?

Rayn knew he was more than able to combat, but teachers were always worried about the "first year" students. His expertise in water-bending was not the only thing that landed him a spot in Avalon Academy, for he knew various forms of combat tactics and skills from reading books and studying under his master before he came to the school. He put on an act of "blankness", fooling others into thinking he was weak and undisciplined.

He glanced at the girl again and was sure that she had some kind of wisdom in some kind of art that brought her to this school. She had shown her experience with her daggers earlier that day, but there must be something more. Placing his staff in front of him, he reached back and drew up his hood, the staff maintaining a perfect balance on the ground as his face was now covered by the moon and star engraved cloth.

Immediately as his hands rested back on his glowing staff, he felt some kind of force pulling on the back of his robes. Trying to turn quickly to face what was pulling him, he went through the seemingly solid concrete wall sideways and lost his balance. His knees scraping against a stone floor, he landed on all fours, his staff still clutched in his hands.

Knowing better than to stay on the ground, he quickly jumped up to his feet in a defensive stance with his eyes clenched shut. Feeling the magic run through his blood, he thrust his staff in front of him yelling the first defensive spell that came to mind. "Evidanth Scordathe!" he yelled, which created a small bluish "shield" in front of him to protect him from some kind of unwanted attack, physical or magical.

His hood having fallen back, he opened his eyes and quickly took in his new surroundings. He was in some kind of dark, circular, dungeon-like room and his staff shed light on two other figures in the room.

The girl had "fallen through" with him and she was already on her feet, unsheathing two magnificent blades, in a defensive stance. She was motioning for silence at the other figure, a girl in chains that was yelling something about confusion. "Rast!" he thought quickly and the shield dissipated and the glowing crystal upon his staff went out, surrounding them in darkness.

He slowly crept toward the girl, with his staff in front of him, that had came with him, his eyes adjusting to the darkness, and nodded in agreement with the silence motion. He could now hear nothing but the rustling of his robes and her cloak, and the new screams and yells he heard off in the distance. The magic still rushing through his veins, he thought of a defensive and offensive spell that he would perform if they came across anyone or anything that threatened to harm him or the girls that was in the room with him.

Shutting out the thought that this was an accident instantaneously, he listened to his quickened heartbeat.

"What the hell is happening?" he thought calmly, his eyes still darting around trying to catch some hint of help or escape. Then a new thought entered his mind.

"This is exactly why she's always on her guard. She always expects the unexpected", referring to the girl that he had felt linked to.

[Cinlass]

Voulchec had tried to go to sleep after the long day.But memories and thoughts of his life and the Sehkem's class was running through his mind.So instead of sleeping ,after his room mate fell asleep,he went for a walk.

The hallways were deserted and there was basically nothing to do but think which is what Voulchec wanted to do.So that is what he did.He thought about the day his power went out of control and killed those people.The way his parents looked at him as though he was evil and as though they have never done anyhting like it.Which he knew was utter bullshit because his father was on the unseelie court of the Fae.He also thought about the day he got here and the beautiful and charming girl that he had met and also the teacher who offered to make him a great warrior.

Just then his thoughts were struck down by a loud thunderous boom.It seemed to shake the whole school."What the hell:?"Voulchec said to himself in a slight whisper.The slight vibration and sound faded away.He started walking back to his room.Then the world shook under his feet again.This time it was stronger and lounder of a boom.

Then he heard foot steps and talking.The teachers were leading the other students to safety.Well he was going to help fight this not just lie down a be like the others.He was goign to start being the great warrior that Sehkem wants him to be right now.

He hid in hte darkness of a room as he waited for the children to pass.Tons of students all worried.Then he saw HER.The one he for some reason seemed to like.She didn't seem scared but how could you tell with her damned hood on.Wether or not she was Voulchec still wanted to comfort her,but he couldn't so he waited fighting the urge to go after her.

When the hallways cleared Voulchec made a quick dart back to his room.He check to see if his running had disturbed the dagger from its position in his ankle carrier.After that was done he reached under his bad and pulled out a beautiful and heavy wooden box.

The box was made out of a rare combination of red pine,white oak,and black elm.It had a beautiful finish and golden trim.His grandfather had given it to him.There was no lock but there was also no way to open it.On the top of the box was an old writing that looked to be dated back to the 1400s but read like Italian.

Voulche put his hands on the otp of the box and started chanting something."Aprire nel nome del suo osservatore.lascia me agisco l'atto come il suo padrone. me Ha Lasciato l'usa a mio prevale. "The box started to glow a deepish purple and black light.The wood seemed to tremble as though it was cold in such a warm place.Then the box seemed to just push out a long silver sword etched with old celtic protection spells and fighting spells.

Voulchec grabbed the singing sword out of the air and held it tightly.He was now ready to help Sehkem and the rest fight what ever this thing was.He chanted."Chiudere a tutto il finché il suo padrone richiede i suoi servizi ancora."The box lost it glow.With a tight grip on his new found weapon Voulchec ran to find the fight.

O.O.C.Sorry not very long and sorry i was gone so long.Will you ever forgive me.

[Moridanu]

*Moridanu did her best to make the students comfortable, providing blankets and pillows when she could, and kind smiles when she couldn’t. There was a young girl who appeared to be no more than 6 or 7. She was terrified, and had large tears dripping down her cheeks. Wide, scared eyes looked up at Moridanu in fear, breaking the witch’s heart.

~O’me poor little darlin’.. please.. don ye be frettin’ pet..~ She bundled the little girl into her arms, who clung to Moridanu with a fevered passion. Lifting the girl up on her hip, Moridanu carried her over to a corner currently being unused. Concentrating as she carried the girl, Moridanu smiled as a thick soft quilt appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Sitting down on the floor, Moridanu grabbed the quilt and wrapped it around the young girl who still clung to her while she cried. It took a few moments, but soon the girl was quiet and still, sucking her thumb as her eyes began to droop. Smoothing down her dark hair, Moridanu kissed the girl on the forehead and whispered ~ Ye be waitin’ here little one.. Miss Mori will be right back!~

Smiling and nodding her encouragement as the girl began to snuggle down in the quilt, Moridanu rose from the floor, flexing her knees and stretching her aching limbs. She had heard Talisens request for the teachers to all meet up outside, and although her attention had been diverted by the young girl at the time of the disappearance of the students, she had not ignored his order. Telling her assistant to keep an eye on the young girl while watching the others, Moridanu climbed the stairs and was soon walking briskly through the main building of the school. It was eerily silent and Moridanu shivered as she took in the enormous emptiness that threatened to consume her on all sides. Quickening her pace until she was almost running, she crossed the remainder of the grounds quickly and was soon standing outside, waiting for Talisen. *

[Talisen Phoenix]

Talisen nodded at the Lizardman, feeling slightly unease, he was unsure of how to advance, it was a strange circumstance to be sure… but he had been through Stranger.

"Thankyou Kaza, while I will not refuse the offer of help, you are a free man to do as you choose, you have come at a desperate time, the school is under attack by an unseen magical force. If you are well enough you can come with me…"

Talisen turned around and began to leave the infirmary; he turned around at the last second though

"If you so choose…"

He said with a slight curl of his lip.

He made his way through the hallways, presumably followed by Kaza, it wasn't long before he pushed open the charmed door, the magical charms and locks were still in place, nobody had tried to force their way into the castle, but Talisen couldn't quell the deep throb in the pit of his stomach, as if a portal had been created and was slowly pulling him through, he shook his head and the tangle of dark hair behind him, it was anxiety, no more no less. Like a hungry wolf he could smell the combined fear of all the student and teachers.

"All able bodied teachers are to meet me out the front; several of you must stay behind and watch over the children"

He said to the darkness, his voice echoed through the Academy, any still portrait, painting or statue would suddenly turn to face whoever was close and mimic Talisen's words.

"My Queen, this is Kaza, he was rescued and brought to us from a distant realm, he is here to help"

He said indicating the lizardman behind him.

"Kaza, this is the Queen of these lands of Morthika, Moridanu Darkflame"

Talisen stood in a single horizontal file, with Moridanu and Kaza, He senses his surroundings, trying to pin point the energy, but it was useless, there was simply nothing there.

"My lady has Sehkem reported to you ye-"

Before Talisen could finish he felt a sudden surge of dark energy, like he had in the castle earlier, before he could finish there was an explosion, the same that had been rocking the castle. Outside though he felt the full force of the energy, when it struck he was pushed backwards. He hurtled through the air until he hit the castle wall painfully. He wasn't sure but he was almost certain the same would have happened to his colleges.

"There's someone out here… but it's a trap… no a diversion…"

He said fearfully, while looking at Moridanu.

Voulchec made his way through the castle trying to find his favourite teacher, a little girl spotted him, she would have been no older than eight, terrified her dirty face was covered in tear streaks, her long dress was tattered around her bare feet, she was huddled in the corner of the hallway, a large marble Statue of a centaur was her hiding place. The Charm Talisen had used, while effective was not specific enough as Talisen was forced to rush, the Statue turned to Voulchec

"All able bodied teachers are to meet me out the front; several of you must stay behind and watch over the children".

The Girl screamed in terror as the statue moved, she ran from the hiding spot and clutched onto Voulchec

"I don’t know what's happening; I just want to go home"

The girl said, fearfully as she clambered onto Voulchec.

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OOC

((Cinlass, when your writing a post or anything I guess, try to keep a few things in mind, you have your paragraphs down well, but when your writing a sentence, your using full stops where commas should be. For instance

Daniel was bit by a radioactive spider.he became a superhero who could stick to any surface.Had superstrength.agility and gross white stuff that sprung from his body when he was excited.he was also in love with his dream girl Mori J Parker.

What you should be doing, is leaving a space after a full stop, and using commas instead of full stops, what you should do is read the sentence out, Commas should separate ideas or elements within the sentence. So if you read the sentence out, anywhere you should be taking a break in speaking is where you should place a comma, does that make sense. You wouldn't read the above sentence out without pausing between 'spider, he became'. Make sense?

A full stop on the other hand is a complete end or abbreviation to the sentence, an end, not a separation between a single sentence. So the above sentence should look like this.

Daniel was bit by a radioactive spider. He became a superhero who could stick to any surface, had super strength, agility and gross white stuff that sprung from his body when he was excited. He was also in love with his dream girl Mori J Parker.

Cool? Make sense? Let me know if you're still having difficulty, you're improving a lot. Keep it up! Try to stick to what I've told you and you'll be writing year 12 essays in no time! ;D))

[Caelyn Darkmoon]

*Moridanus emerald eyes glowed slightly as she gazed at this lizardman that Talisen had introduced as Kaza. Although she was not normally so suspicious of creatures from other races, the sudden attack upon the school, combined with the impending war made her jumpy. She knew that Lucien would be sending his minions to do his bidding, and there was nothing stopping one of those minions from being a lizardman. Still, Tallisen seemed to be vouching for him, and also his willingness to help, so with a cool smile and a nod of greeting, she decided to bide her time and wait and see if this being was truly friend or foe.

Her jade eyes locked with Talisens’, and she moved towards him slightly as she spoke.

~Sehkem..?~ she asked, in answer to his own question. ~I have not been seein’ the lad.. should I ‘ve been’ ?~

Her words were lost in the sudden woosh of power that surged past her, seeming to come from the school itself before a blast hit the school. She was caught in the blast of cosmic energy and flung against the wall of the school like a rag doll. Picking herself up off the floor, she dusted off her skirt and top as she turned to see if Talisen was alright. She heard him say someone was out there, but she didn’t agree. Shaking her head slightly she looked back to the school behind them.

~What if our would b’attacker isnt outside t’school.. but in fact… inside… Somethin’ or someone is drawing on a great deal of energy.. I can feel it.. I know ye can to. That power surge seems to be centred on the school, yet coming from within somehow..~ she trailed off as she was now babbling. Sighing in frustration, she looked to the lizardman, then back to Talisen.

~I could always b’wrong though..~ she shrugged. ~I’ll go and check.. if ODK comes out, ask him to wait here with ye.. I shant be long..~
Turning on her heel, she began to run so that her long dark red hair was streaming behind her in the wind. As her curly locks caught aflame, they burned to a dark ash that clotted to form the silken ebon wings which now clung to the body of the large raven that she had become. Letting out a long low caw to Talisen, the raven took flight and began to fly around and over the castle. Her keen obsidian orbs searched carefully for any sign of an unwelcome intruder.*

[Nakodai]

Caer sighed and brushed a bit of crumbled stone from the hair of the small girl she had been doctoring. She had long since given up trying to comb the pearls of glass from her own hair – glass from the jars of nearly a century’s worth of perfectly cataloged and preserved herbs that had shattered when the first blows had rained down upon the school.

Suddenly hearing the Headmaster’s hurried words in her mind, she left the girl in the care of the capable-looking nurse and made her way quickly through the dark corridors. Just as she reached the entryway, a powerful blast shook the building to its very foundations, and she was thrown through the large oaken doors, tumbling down the steps and into the grass beyond.

After a long moment of deathly silence, she heard the sounds of muffled voices and gingerly pulled herself to her feet, dusting off her skirts. “Headmaster…” She trailed off as she looked first to the Lady Moridanu as she shifted forms into a large raven and took to the skies, then to Talisen and the lizardman at his side.

"Um... You called, sir...?"