On the second day of school, I was excited; too ecstatic. Elle dressed me up again. My hair was packed up into puffy bunches with cute flowery pink and black hair bands, a pink cold shoulder crop top, black high-waisted stock jeans and Nike sneakers, pink and black to be precise. My handbag was black with pink zippers and a fluffy fur ball dangling at its front side. Elle made my makeup all pink and black; pink blush and eye-shadow, black lipsticks and my eyelashes brushed up with thick mascara. That's the best I can describe. To say the least, I looked like a pretty flamingo. "…I thought I should buy him something nice for our third anniversary but I just don't know what to buy." Elle lamented. She had been lamenting all morning about her third anniversary with Dermot. She had yet to do something nice for him. "What did you get for the past two years?" "First year, a hopeless wristwatch," she sighed sadly, rubbing her arm. "Why do you think it's useless?" "He's the crown prince,
AN HOUR LATER I walked along the empty hallway, I was hurrying to class after getting my chemistry book. I stopped when I felt like someone was watching me. I looked around but saw nothing. I felt uncomfortable and fear was starting to kick in. I could hear footsteps heading towards my direction. I squeaked and ran, I didn't know where I was running to but I knew I had to be around people. "Oomph!" I grunted after colliding with someone. I fell on the floor, an intense sting jolting from my ass. I looked at the person I bumped into and my mouth fell open. Not just because he was scintillating, but because he was covered with yellow thorns and a large wood protruding out of his shoulder. "Ace?" "Oh, hi, Marinette. What is ya doing running so fast?" He asked with a grin. I twinkled my lashes and burst into laughter. He frowned. "Thanks for your concern," he said sarcastically. "I guess the bull meant business," I said between my laughs. "Yeah, but we came to an agreement," he said w
I stirred the soup in my bowl absent-mindedly, I still couldn't get the hallucinating thing out of my head. It felt so real, in fact, it was real. How did I walk outside? Everything was complicated and I was too afraid to tell anyone. Elle was sitting opposite me at the breakfast table, typing away on her phone with a giddy smile. I needed to tell her, I had to tell her. Who else would explain what is going on? "Elle," I called shakily. "Yap?" "Can I ask a question?" "Shoot," "Is hallucination common in Twilight Castle?" "Not at all," she said, chewing the food in her mouth. She paused her fingers and raised her head, raising her brows at me. "Why? Did you hallucinate?" "Yes, a very crazy one and it is scaring me," I said shakily, looking down at my soup. I felt her gaze burning into my head, a very suspicious intense look. "Stop looking at me like that, you are making me uncomfortable," "What did you see?" She asked calmly as she kept her phone aside. I itched my left arm nerv
Where am I? I heard heavy flapping of wings, and thunderous flapping coming from behind me. I turned around, quickly enough to see a large four-winged golden dragon flying towards me and blowing out a breath of fire. But, I was too slow to dodge the flame it blew on me. I screamed as the fire headed to me, blocking my face with my hands, hoping it would protect me. It completely consumed me. The pain was unbearable. I screamed and cried in pain, calling for Elle but no one came. After what seemed like hours, the flame whirled around me, forming a thin fire vine. The vines snaked around my hands and slashed down to my back. I raised my wet face to the dragon who had been watching me. He spread his wings, showing me his large wingspans and flapped them. The wind pushed me, sending me flying out of the realm in a whirling fire portal. I gasped as I woke up, tight in Ace's arms. Elle was crying as she sprayed water on my face. "Rinette, please be okay. Ace, what have you done to my sist
I sat at the school's pool, reading my history textbook. I didn't understand it but I was trying. Not a single soul was at the pool to my delight. I love reading in quiet places. It was just me, my book, and the shimmering dancing water. I was reading about the foundation of Twilight Castle; it was originally the first vampire royal castle before the great vampire queen, Queen Rida Red, who willed it to be a school for every paranormal after her death. The present king, Dermot's father, built a much bigger and better castle to live in, while this one became a school. I should have followed the book, believed what was written but something was missing in the history. Something didn't quite click with me but I couldn't place my finger on it. I dropped the book and sighed, wondering what was missing. Again, the incessant ringing in my ears increased, making my head pound. I massaged my temples, trying to soothe the headache, but nothing was happening. In frustration, I pushed the book in
He came to a stop in my room, the abrupt stop snapping me out of it. "Here we are!" He exclaimed cheerfully. He dropped me carefully and grinned at me. My hands remained wrapped around his neck, I was still staring but this time, he was looking back at me the exact way I was. His eyes averted to my lips then back at my eyes and back to my lips again. I averted my eyes to his neck and furrowed a brow. The veins of his neck had popped out in lava colour, almost like his neck was intubated. "Ignore it," I still kept looking. "Can you walk?" "Uhm," I let go of him and staggered back. He reached out to me. "I'm fine," "I'll make you soup," "You can cook?" "I live alone in a van, duh!" He said with a girlish sway of his hips. His hips' movement made me look down and I noticed a swell in his tight skinnies. I bent forward a bit and pointed at it. "What's that?" "Huh?" I looked up at him from underneath my eyelashes and raised a brow. Ace's eyes widened when he looked down at me. I heard
I bit my lip meticulously. Ace and I were playing a game, PS5 that is. It was a ninja game, and his avatar was kissing my foot. Fortunately, years of being alone turned me into a game master, but Ace was good. "Shit!" He exclaimed as his avatar fell dead. Winner! Ready for round 3 in one minute! "After this, you owe me a day of emptying your credit card!" "I'm going easy on you, princess, don't be too glad," "I'm great with games, admit to your defeat, kid!" I shrieked. "I am not arguing, I'm simply stating the obvious," "What obvious?" I snorted with arms akimbo. "That I am better than you, duh," "I won the first two rounds. How are you better than me?" "None of those matters. What matters is the final round—" "Your credit card is mine! Muahahaha!" I laughed evilly. He threw two jelly beans into my mouth, I almost died as I choked on the beans. "Are you insane!" I yelled with red eyes and a croaked voice. "Final round in ten, nine, eight…" "May the best player win," he sm
"What do you do for a living?" "I deliver goods for people and I am also a DJ, both on the human side and here, especially here," "So, what's your cool name? Food devil?" I asked derisively. "That was the first name I thought about but Elle hit my head with a frying pan thrice and called me an idiot." "Aren't you?" He placed his hand on his chest with a dramatic wince. "Ouch, I am a genius, a hot genius," I rolled my eyes with a smile. He stretched his hand forward to play with the neckline of my top, a habit he developed over the weeks. It was nice, but not nice when he always ends up pulling down the neckline unconsciously and revealing my cleavage. If he looked at it, I wouldn't have minded. But he never glanced at my cleavage or my breasts. I swat his hand away. "Stage name," "DJ Blaze," a gasp left my mouth as I grabbed his shoulders in shock. Back in school, all the girls were always talking about the young DJ who they could barely get their hands on, the mysterious fire-b