House of Night *Started*

Athena

I decided not to get changed and insted joined the others in watching Kelly and Calypso fight it out. The entire crowd gasped as Pharaoh was hit by Kelly's fireball square in the face and fell like a stone to the floor, I saw Neferet sweep through the crowd and whisk him away to the infermary. Kelly was rising from her knees where she had fallen beside Pharaoh when I saw Zoey moving through the crowd with Ethan tailing close behind her and I swear I saw an aura around them both. She had a dark purple, tinged by other elemental colours while Ethan had a bright earthy green with darker flecks mixed in. Then, as suddenely as I could see them I couldn't any longer. Their auras were gone to me. It dawned on me that they were moving to the very edge of the crowd, so close to the conflict that they would almost be part of it, I rushed forward to join them running through the fight itself meeting them in the middle.
"Nice to see you again, Zoey. Umm... what are we doing?" I whispered,
"Putting an end to this fight," she replied with determination thick in her voice, "And discovering any affinity" She murmered so quietly I scarce heard her. Silently, I sent a prayer to Nyx that we wouldn't get creamed. All eyes were on us as Calypso and Kelly gave us death stares for interupting their rematch. Gathering spirit to me, I took a deep breath preparing for the worst...

Ps: Zoey doesn't always speak what she's thinking, so when she said she was going to find her affinity, she was keeping it to herself rather than saying it. Just for future references. She keeps her fair share of secrets. (It's part of a plan I got going.)

Zoey

I knew Athena had called spirit to her because, the minute she did, it's joy filled me as well. I wasn't sure if it was supposed to affect me like it did, but I felt my soul lift and didn't really mind. I didn't mind that everyone was looking at us either. I had told Athena I was going to put an end to things, but I still wasn't quite sure how to do that.

Use your gifts, daughter. Had I not been so used to hearing her in my mind, I would have jumped and, possibly, screamed. I had been thinking so hard and focusing on the joy spirit brought me that I hadn't expected Nyx to answer.

Then it hit me. With the realization came a new sort of joy, different from what was radiating off of Athena, though she didn't look too happy. I suddenly knew why I was feeling spirit so strongly. It was my affinity.

One of them. Approval flooded me, but it wasn't mine. It came purely from Nyx. So I had more than one affinity huh? And spirit was just a start. Maybe I could control more than one of the elements. I knew I was right the minute the thought came to mind, but I wasn't sure how many elements I controlled.

So maybe I didn't know yet, but I was going to figure it out, and I was going to use Athena and Ethan to help me. From what I knew of Ethan, he controlled earth. Maybe 'controlled' was the wrong word. It was more like he was one with it. It was his gift, but it wasn't his to own.

I turned to them, glad some of the attention had been diverted from us and to the now arguing Calypso and Kelly. I felt sorry for their roommates. Shaking the thought away, I touched both of their arms and whispered to them.

"We have to get out of here, I need to talk to yall." Their faces were confused, but they didn't fight. They simply fallowed me out of the arena. I led them away from the crowd and into the chilly night, straight to the shadows. Ever since I was Marked I had been drawn to the dark, and I don't mean that in an evil kind of way. It felt like home, like it was right.

"What's up, Zoey? You looked kind of excited." Athena was observant, I had to keep that in mind.

"I have an affinity for more than one of the elements and I need to know how many. I know spirit for sure. I think." My words were just a whisper, if that, but I saw their eyes widen a little in surprise.

Katomi

I looked around when I got out of my room. There seemed to have been a fight.
"Excuse me." I asked the closest girl, "What happened here?"
"There was a fight! I can't believe you missed it! Then again you are just a fledgling." She laughed at her last comment.
I had better find Arinna since she is the only Vampyre that I know here. I thought, heading towards the infirmary. I thought that since she seemed very kind I might check there incase anyone was hurt.
"Arinna?" I said as I walked through the door.

Calypso

With a start, I realized that Kelly was going to pounce again, intending fully to fry me to bits with her lightning. Truth is, I was done fighting. I came in ready and armed, forceful in my blows and intentions; but now I felt empty. I never wanted to hurt someone- really and truly, it was only an intention my war-hazed brain had brought up. I never wanted to be hated; and it was the look it kelly's eyes that nearly brought me to my knees. You have to be cruel to be a winner, just like Daddy.

Someone gently touched my arm, and I practically jumped in my shoes. "We have to get out of here, I need to talk to y'all." A voice, gentle and persuading whispered in my ear.

The new blood. Zoey Redbird, in all of her special glory. I want to turn away from her, but I can't. Her draw seems to lead me away from the arena, away from the fury that had erupted in us there. She led us into the woods, and their comforting darkness, and left. WTF?

The calm, as soon as it had come over me, was gone. Not completely, as some of it lingered enough for me not to slap Kelly. What kinda affinity was that? I think to myself, quiete fear and wonder racking my body. Another thing to haunt my mind?

Kelly bites her lip, and it begans to swell with blood. "I-I should go..." She says, obviously as confused as I.

"You girls aren't going anywhere." Dragon's voice came from the shadow's, his eyes glowing in the dark. "I let you continue in hopes that you would fight out your differences, but it has now come to a different point. You injured another fledgling, and you both will need to be punished." His words hug in the air like spider webs. Nobody ever gets punished at the House of Night. "Neferet will decide your punishment. Follow me, fledglings."

~Neferet~

Dragon came into Nefert's office, two fledglings following behind him, heads hung low. They were the two from the fight earlier. She smiled at Dragon as he motioned for them to stand in front of her. To be completely honest, Neferet didn't care one bit what had happened to that other fledgling. If Kelly had the kind of power to hurt someone, she was an asset to her. As for Calypso, Neferet was sure she had something to do with all of this, though she couldn't get into her mind to figure out what part she had played. Since she had gotten here she hadn't been able to get into the girls mind. The same was to be said about the new fledgling, Zoey Redbird. The two of them were unbreakable. Which was why Neferet needed them to hate each other. Who knew what would happen if they were allied against her?

"High Priestess, Calypso Delos and Kelly Myers were allowed to fence in a match, which turned out to hurt another fledgling by the use of their affinities. What will you have me do with them?" Dragon asked Neferet formerly, breaking her revere--which annoyed her a bit.

"Leave them to me, I will take care of things." She motioned for him to leave, giving him a smile that said they were going to be major hurt. Truth be told, she didn't have time to worry about this tiny mess that was so easily cleaned up. She had bigger things to worry about. Things that made these fledglings look like the children they were.

Be patient, my love. I will be free soon enough. The voice was beautiful and chilling at the same time, deep and masculine, seductive. She repressed a shiver and made herself focus. He was right, He would be free soon enough, and this Zoey Redbird, "Chosen One" of Nyx, would not stand in her way.

After Dragon was gone and safely out of hearing range, she lowered her voice to make herself sound menacing.

"The next time I find out the two of you are involved with an accident involving damage to another fledgling, I will have you personally removed." She let the unspoken forever linger there in the air between them. "If you have a problem with this you can leave this House of Night right this instant and never return." Neferet didn't have to point out that, with doing so, they would die from being away from a full grown vampyre, she knew they would understand. "Do the two of you understand?"

Neferet noticed the look on Calypso's face--the I've-got-a-smart-ass-remark-ready-just-for-you look--and gave her a grave look, which made her keep her mouth shut, but a smile form on her lips. Kelly just nodded, looking as guilty as ever.

"Now, you will not be returning to class tomorrow, you will be helping Professor Lenobia clean stalls in the field house. You'll only be able to stop for lunch and then you must get right back to work. She will dismiss you when you're done. Understood?"

The cocky smile on Calypso's face was replaced by one of disgust, but with a sigh, she nodded along with Kelly who was thinking it could have been worse. Neferet smiled as she caught a glimpse into the girl's mind.

"Then I expect you to report to the field house right after breakfast. I'll inform your professors where you'll be and why, now go to your dorms." She waved a dismissing hand at the two, but then remembered something and called to Calypso's back, "Oh, Calypso, Zoey Redbird is your roommate. Would you find her and make sure she gets to her room safely?"

Ps: Everyone is supposed to perceive Neferet as the ''good guy''. It makes it more of a shock for the fledglings later when they find out she's not all she says she is. Only Calypso really sees that she's not normal, but only because of her visions (hint hint, Sunny!) So when she gets angry and stuff, just ignore it! haha

Kelly Myers

As we walked out of the office me and Calypso walked side by side, like we were old friends, truth was we were. Me and Calypso had not always been at each others necks, at one point we had been the best of friends. We hung out with each other a lot talked about boys and make up and other things, in all honesty, I missed those days but. But new thoughts began to creep into my mind, chilling visions of nefert. I wondered did Calypso see them to?

"Tell me, do you see the visions to?" I asked.

(My appologies Forsaken, I didn't realise)

Athena

"I have an affinity for more than one of the elements and I need to know how many. I know spirit for sure. I think." Her words were just a whisper, if that. Ethan and I glanced at each other then back to Zoey, our eyes widdening slightly in surprise. She looked nervously down at her feet. "Would you help me? I don't know anything about this..." Her voice tailed off as she made an awkward hand gesture towards herself. I looked over at Ethan to se what he was thinking.
"I suppose we could help... Buuuut..." He too tailed off looking at me shyly, "Athena knows more about this type of thing than me. I say yes though, to helping that is," He smiled sweetly at her and she smiled back. I nodded, interupting the two.
"Yeah, I'll help. The best place to do this though, would be Nyx's Temple and possibly with a circle... but... I suppose we could do it with the three of us..." I tried recalling all the spells and rituals class I'd had so far, trying to remember any rituals that could aid in this situation. "Come on. Le's get there before it's dinner time, and if we can't work anything out then we can try again tommorow," I smiled slightly as I started to lead the way to Nyx's Temple. This may be a long night...

(Is there a DT? Oh, and Sunshine: Did you read Serena's profile? She's like your second-in-command, and she has no idea what's going on. All she knows is that she has to protect Zoey. Okay?)

Ignorance- The DT is one of the more used ones in the DT forum. You should have no trouble spotting it. I did read your characters profile, and I rather like her- although she's a bit nice for what I have in my plans for Miss Calypso.

Calypso Delos

"Oh, Calypso?" Neferet said to my turned back, "Zoey Redbird is your roommate. Would you find her and make sure she gets to her room safely?"

Hot Damn. Was Neferet secretly trying to ruin my life? Zoey 'look at me, I haunt your dreams' Redbird was my roommate? I mean, I'd escaped the past two years without claiming one, and suddenly- BLAM. I get that girl. Well, on the upside, maybe I can undo the damage done by Kelly at Lunch and get her on my side. Unless she saw my wicked biotch fight. Great.

"Tell me," Kelly interrupted my thoughts, "do you see the visions too?"

I realized with a start that we were a good nine meters from Nefert's office, and Kelly was whispering me in the urgent tone that I recognized from our friendship hey-day. She was a pretty good friend, my equal, unlike the perfect and gorgeous Serena or the air-headed Adrianne. Kelly, why did you have to ruin it and make me go all kung-ho?

"I..." I commanded my brain to go back to the subject and hand. I hadn't thought that Kelly would remember the few incidents that I had where I thought I might have gotten visions as well as Super Speed. They only happened twice, and they were a lot worse than Kelly's. "I haven't had a vision in awhile, Kelly. I don't know what you could be talking about."

She hardened at the cool tone of my voice. Did she really expect me to fall back into step that quickly? I mean, she practically hit me with a lightning bolt! "Nevermind. I'm going to go see Pharaoh."

She began to stalk off in the direction of the infirmery, but I caught her arm. "Neferet or Zoey?" I ask her in a nicer tone, needing to know if maybe... just maybe...

She looked at me for a few seconds. I thought she wasn't going to answer, and dropped my arm from her wrist. We look at each other for what seems like a long moment before I sigh. I guess it really is over, isn't it? I turn around, not fully knowing where I was going- pressumbably to find that dang room mate of mine, when I hear a faint whisper.

"Cali?" She said, using a name I thought I'd never hear fall from her lips again, "Just forget about it, okay?"

Then she left.

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They were in the temple. Didn't that Aphrodite- or was it Athena?- know that you shouldn't go in their unauthordized? Classes had ended, and so it was okay to go there to pray, but what they were doing...didn't look like praying. Serena would probably get them if she were here. I grasped the door handle with a sigh, swinging it open. Neferet had told me to find Zoey... Not like she was trustworthy, judging by my very vague and ominous dreams intertwined with the 'Zoey is amazing!' ones. Sighing, I shake my hair loose from it's messy braid, and smoothed out my flashy blue cardigan and designer capri's. Zoey may think I was a battle-obsessed bi-otch, but she couldn't accuse me of being a slut. Alright, Cali. Pose, confidence. You are the leader of the Dark Daughters, and you are beautiful.

I enter the room with a pretty little; "I'm Calypso, Zoey's new room mate. How y'all doing tonight?"

I hope the Kelly-vision thing turned out okay... I bolded Pharaoh in hopes I'd finally got it right. Also, Calypso uses a little more profanity than everyone else, I noticed, so if you have a promblem with it, tell me. I have no promblem toning it down, even if it's a good escape route for any pint up anger. Personally, I don't swear often.

Kelly Myers

I walked away, my mind wondering to what happened to Pharaoh. My mind raced at the thought Pharaoh maybe dead and then I felt my heart racing, pounding against my chest. I relized that I was at the infirmiery. I take a deep breath and walk in unprepared for the worst case senerio. I walked and saw Pharaoh sitting on the bed, with someone else standing beside him.

"Pharaoh!" I said running over to his side.

Pharaoh Draco

I sensed an overflowing amount of joy and heard a familiar voice call me by name. It was Kelly. She was very overjoyed that I was alive. I sent a calm feeling to her so her joy wouldn't cause me pain. Although my face was healing, it still pained me to laugh. Once she was at my side, I could tell she was remorseful of the damage I suffered. I told her calmly, "Don't worry about me, Kelly. I'll be fine. It's not your fault I got hit. Rather it was Calypso's fault I ended up in here instead of sketching class. Because of Calypso, I have a heap of sketching homework to be done." I clenched my fist. "I'll get back at her, one of these days. No one messes with me and gets away with it. By the Goddess, I will make sure Calypso learns to shut her trap during a fencing match."

Arianna SIdia
"Hey Kelly.'' I greeted after Pharoah made his speech. "HI Arianna.'' She replied. I looked at Pharaoh. "Aren't you one of Calypso's lackies?" I asked coolly. He glared at me well as much as he could without causing himself pain. "Doesn't mean she can get away with it." He replied. I rolled my eyes. "Well your not in any condition to fight." I said. ''Yet." he said cryptically. I hugged Katomi out of nowhere.- "It's good to see you."'

Kelly Myers

I could see it, the burns on Pharaoh's face. It's surprising somehow tho, I should be upset and depressed for what I've done, but I was reletivly calm and relaxed. I guessed Pharaoh was helping me with my emotion's. I would have to mkae note for another chance to go another round with Calypso.

"I was so close to beating Calypso, so close! Butshe had to use my powers against me, she cheated me knowing she was in danger of losing." I said folding my arms.

I looked into Pharaoh's eyes and gave him a sly grin which he would know I had a plan for his revenge. And it involved using zoey to gain access to her dorm room.

Pharaoh Draco

I may not have an affinity for mind-reading, but I could tell Kelly was just as vengeful as I was against Calypso. I sensed Kelly was planning on helping me exact my revenge. The feeling of cleverness and anger was clear as crystal to me. I lowered my voice to a low murmur. "You seem to have some kind of plan up your sleeve and I know it's revenge. Because of my affinity, I can sense emotions as well as alter them at my choosing. All I want to say about is...I want in, since I still want to get back at Calypso. Tell me your plan and I'll commit to do my part."

Kelly Myers

I fold my arms and nod slowly, I saw a grin creep across Pharaoh's face and I knew he was up for whatever I had in mind, and I wasn't about to let him down after all the support he had given me in the last few months.

"Oh yea, do I ever." I said.

Just as I finish speaking Neferer flew in, she eyed me carefully and then waved me away. I mouth the words to Pharaoh saying, "Come to my room later." and then left out the door and headed to my dorm.