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Danni glanced at Night, her black mood lifting slightly. The guy could always put her in a better mood with his blunt statements. "No, no, don't kill the poor b*****d. It's his job after all...his sadistic, annoying job." She muttered in a low voice. Yes, she thought. She could've destroyed his white magic barrier in a heart beat, had been sorely tempted to when she'd felt it pressing in on her. But to have destroyed the high level shield would've meant revealing more power than she was willing to let out in an enclosed area. When Night commented about some of the students soiling themseves, she chuckled despite herself, lookign around at the faces of the students around her. "Seriously? Cool. Wonder what they'd do if I brought my good buddies the demon clan in here. Probably make them drop dead...Ha." She whispered under her breath, catching the eye of the teacher, and raising a brow in challenge.

Professor Jackson had heard Danni seemingly talking to herself, and had looked over to see her focus on something he couldn't see. But he'd felt the slight lift in dark magic, so obviously somethign or someone had appeared. But he could do nothing but sense its presense in the room, so he decided to let it go...for now.

"So, kids, right now I'm passing out thees special calendars, and a sheet of stickers. Starting tomorrow, I want you to put a yellow sticker on the calendar for every day you don't lose control of your powers at all. However, I want you to put a red sticker on for every day you lose control, even for the slightest bit. Since this class is every other day, I want you to bring these with you to class, so we can all monitor each other's progress. If we help each other, kids, we can accomplish so much more than if we were alone."

When Danni got her calendar, she looked at the stupid little stickers, and the monthly calendars he was passing out. She would need, Danni thought grimly, a whole lot more red stickers. "Ok, class, we're done for today. Remember, keep close track of your progress with these calendars, and I'll see you in two days." Almost before he was done speaking, Danni was up and out the door. He'd wanted to talk to her after class, but it didn't look like that was going to happen.


Meanwhile, three figures came out of the forest, dressed alike. They wore black jeans, tee shirts, boots, and leather jackets, and satanic symbols hung from chains around their necks. Each one had pitch black hair, and eyes that seemed to change from red to black. Tall and thin, they had satchels handing from their shoulders, each with a suitcase in one hand. Each wore a single small hoop earring in their left ear, and identical smirks. When the one in the middle smiled, it revealed fangs, barely visible but there all the same.

"Look here, boys, this is our new school. This is where our little Shadow Runner lives and learns. The headmaster should be expecting us, so let's find him, shall we?" He asked, his voice dark and deep, much like the voices of the other two when they said, "Yes, Arzol. Let's go." Then they headed towards the front doors, prepared to begin their first day at Mystic Fountain High School.

On the other side of the building, Danni suddenly tensed, the hairs on the back of her neck raised and goosebumps appearing on her arms. She breathed in through her nose, and her eyes narrowed and flashed as she turned on her heel. "There's bad magic in the air today," She muttered, and kept on her guard all the way to her next class. Something wasn't right, she thought as she strode briskly down the hall. Something was definitely not right. She just didn't know what.

Lin relaxed slightly when she felt Dymetri's hand in hers, their fingers intertwined. That shouldn't have relaxed her. It should have just made her even angrier, but it calmed her.

She sighed and shook her head to Dymetri's question. "I do not care if that child was saying the most obscene things to me about my ears. I would simply leave. All of my people would do that. We do not hurt innocent children, no matter what. We only fight adults, and we only fight if it is necessary and we are defending ourselves."

((I'll fix this up then! Woohoo!))

"Tch. I am appalled, actually," Ialo scoffed. "Imagine a virtuous Catholic man like me sleeping with a naughty little girl like you. My grandfather would be rolling in his grave! Why, what would the people say?" He had released her hand, and went back to his depressing coffee, a sobering expression back on his face. "Moving on."



Ialo had been taking a sip of coffee, and immediately turned blue as he began coughing, purging his lungs of coffee. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!" What the hell was up with this guy's timing?!

Lin's breath grew shallow as Dymetri's lips kissed her fingers. That odd, yet amazing, feeling was returning again. The feeling she had experienced when she and Dymetri were on that secluded ledge. She didn't want it to end the same way, though.

She gently shook her head. "There is no point in wishing for things that cannot be. You need to find happiness in what IS. Yes, you can and should work to make your life better, to make yourself happier. You won't be happy wishing for something that cannot be."

She would have sat down beside him to continue talking with him, but she would NOT sit on a man's bed, let alone a professor's bed!

She remained standing and spoke softly. "If you were happy with yourself, why would you say that you wish you were more like me? If you were happy, why would you have turned into that... creature back there?"

Arzol and his two fellow minions, Gambit and Dunstall ((I have no imagination when it comes to names, so forgive me...)), entered the school, intimidating with their looks alone. "Now, to find our dear headmaster. You, girl," A first year stopped dead in her tracks and automatically stepped forward when Arzol crooked his finger.

"Y-Yes?" She squeaked, almost quaking in her boots. "Where is the headmaster?" He demanded, and she flinched at his tone. "Uh...in his o-office." She said, and he scowled. "Where is his office?" He demanded, and her eyes darted from one demon to the next, fear evident in her eyes. "I-I d-don't know. I've never-" She cut off with a screech when Arzol lifted her off her feet without touching her, and she began clutching at her shirt collar. "Now," He said, "Tell me where the Headmaster's office is." He commanded. "I have no time for useless females." He said, and the two men behind him chuckled darkly, enjoying watching their leader. And he was the leader of their three man group, after all.

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