She inhaled, the stares, judging looks, criticizing eyes. She thought it was a survival of the fittest. How come her own defence was vilified. She silently moved towards the back seat. A tall woman walking in. Her face his scowls and terror. Miss cat noirre looked excellent in a black vest, her flight leather seemed glued to her body. Her hair was sweaty with scents of dew. She had been flying, practicing steep dives with her dragon ready to torture a poor soul, Elara in this case.
'' a shocking surprise, you survived. '' cat smiled, giving her most gripping smirk, the best Elara had seen so far. Elara gulped hoping for a judging criticism from her new mentor. Only delight resounded through her. '' you are alive yet. Your first lesson. '' she smirked. Elara inhaled slowly watching every one eye her. Cat started, '' you are not here to be pampered. You are here to be killed. To be sacrificed, to see the bad things Audrigald hid from the world. '' cat said. Elara inhaled, they were vilifying Audrigald. Her nation. It was wrong. They were taught to be patriotic, she inhaled. A dragon flew past their class room. A terrified gasp escaped every one lips. Elara glanced at the emerald scales.
She turned to meet cat noirre grin. It was alright. Just a little fright from a wicked teacher. She didn't see the beauty in any of this monstrous dragons. Unlike them all, who were rotten to core, she was still alive, still sane enough to know black when she sees one, she knew what was evil what was good. '' evil is not when people question you, it is when you question yourself. We all think we are good till we can't control how easily our dark side surface. '' cat noirre said walking around the class. She smiled. Turning periodically at Elara.
'' Here we don't groom leaders. We groom tyrants. This will be your first lesson of the year. The shadows Audrigald hid. '' cat noirre said. She momentarily glanced at Elara. '' captain Michael Ashwood the tenth. The heroic leader of Audrigald, a famous leader, eliminated an entire Agyre population in the year 365. '' cat noirre said. All eyes turned to her, she had just lied against Audrigald history. Slander. '' yes, he saved them, after he made them swear allegiance with only Audrigald finest family, the Ashwoods. '' cat noirre said. Elara was petrified, this was a lie. Her ancestor saved Audrigald butt. Cat noirre smiled and moved on.
'' senior commander José Ashwood. Commander of the sixth empyrean army, murdered all the dark dragon hatchling in the year 392 in a fit of rage, after colonel vashira refused to be his wife. '' Cat said, sarcasm etching into her tone. Elara let out a shrill outcry. She inhaled. Turned to her desk in anger, squeezing her fist. She turned to cat noirre flaring madly. She turned to her surrounding every one were now glaring angrily at her. This was a visible act of cat trying to cause every single soul in the academy to hate her. She silently shrunk herself for a while till the next blasphemy got her really mad.
'' queen Althea Ashwood. Future seeing, fore saw the dark zone taking over Audrigald. Banished all of us out of Audrigald, now her daughter is here too. '' Cat noirre said flashing a smile at her. She could not hear it any more. The lies against her family. " But it is true. This is a threat to Audrigald peaceful world. " She said, all eyes turned to her now. Spiteful. " Will you shut up! Your family in a bid to exorcise a demon, murdered my mom in cold blood. I had to watch them hack her head off. " A girl retorted angrily. Elara was annoyed. " She was a threat to the district. Her powers were born from evil. " Elara cursed. " And so her you. That is why you are here. Your own family never even cares. " The girl said. She fought it, the tears. " They cared. They are waiting for me..." She cried. " Or your death. " A boy scowled. She inhaled. Every forbidden knew they will die. But she was not a forbidden. She was Audrigald protector.
She sat back. Relma fenington glancing back at her in sadness. She should know better than to help. She was also a victim of her family's humane behavior. The class continued. Elara had no strength left to argue. She sat straight waiting for another derogative outburst from the crowd against her. She sat through the class, each sentence piercing her more deeper than any sword could ever go. She stopped listening. But she had to. She needed to pass to leave the academy. The Class ended and she survived. She walked silently hoping to escape the eyes of every one. It was a lie she would prove to them.
As she walked down the stairs to her next class, a familiar face appeared before her. She inhaled. Happiness etching into being. " Jason!" She cried, moving to hug him. The entire being in her was hoping to be with him. Jason lorke. Brown hair, emerald eyes. Freckled cheeks and talk physique. He was a family friend. He was sent here because he had an evil magic. Plus she was happy he survived, that he lived through two years here. She could see the black spiralling tattoo in his arm. He was bonded. She acknowledged that. She moved towards the last floor, he finger still in his. He was warm, All she could ever dream of.
" So they pushed you here too. " He said sadly. She lowered her face afraid to ever admit it. He touched her chin. He could see her see them. " You know they are wrong. They don't see you for...you." he said he released her chin, rubbed his lips lightly on her knuckles. " I will always be here." He said. He inhaled. He wanted to hold her slowly, to tell her it will be alright. She turned to meet his eyes. She wanted assurance. " Lorke." A voice boomed. They turned to the top of the stairs. He stood there. Waiting to kill her. She could feel her own shadow choke her. Anytime he was around, she couldn't control her self. She wanted to hide. She squeezed Jason's hand.
He saw it, saw the animosity between them. He hated her guts. He walked down slowly to meet them. His tattoo glistening under the lime light. She inhaled waiting for him to put a dagger through her. She wanted refuge that no one could give her. Jason was here now. " You know her." He said. " Yes. A family friend. " Jason said. He raised his hands and her heart beated... Death was here