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was right because I
could see them, illuminated by the fire bracket above.
“Hello?” I said quietly. “I know there’s
someone behind that armour.”
“Go away,” said the voice.
I looked at Robin who wanted to take it’s
advice, but I was curious.
“It’s alright, we’re not Magisteers or
anything.”
I heard the person sigh then step out. The
gas lamp above illuminated the golden skinned, sparkling eyes and
brilliant white teeth of, “Tina?”
“Avis?” she looked like she had been prepared
to give me a mouthful of verbal abuse, but she completely softened
when she saw me. “What are you doing here?”
“I could ask you the same,” I said.
“Who’s lanky?”
“That’s Robin,” I said, as Robin waved
awkwardly.
“We just went to the toilets,” said Robin.
“Not together, well together but…” he stopped.
“Right,” said Tina eyeing him
suspiciously.
“So what are you doing out here, creeping
around?” I said.
“None of your business,” she said curtly,
then sighed again. “Oh fine, look, you both better promise not to
say a word !”
I swore, sealing my mouth. Tina looked all
flustered, her brilliant white teeth glowing in the darkness, her
eyes perpetually scanning the hallways all around us. “I was trying
to get into this door. I have a skeleton key but it doesn’t seem to
be working.”
“A what key?” said Robin.
“A skeleton key,” she said impatiently,
holding it out. Robin was fascinated, he said he’d never seen a key
made out of bone before. “It’s supposed to open any lock, but it
won’t,” she said.
The door looked pretty plain to me. “What’s
in there?”
She flicked her hair back, she was wearing
her pyjamas too. “Well… that’s kind of a secret I’m not willing to
divulge.”
“What if someone catches you?” I said.
“I’ll just pretend I’m sleepwalking,” she
said matter of factly. “I’m in my jim-jams already… I shouldn’t be
telling you this… Let’s just say, someone close to me, whom isn’t
with us anymore left me a quest, a big quest…” She turned away and
fiddled with the key. “He was my older brother, he went to this
school a few years ago. But he died and no one knew why… and then I
found this note in his room with my name on. I’ve been trying to
figure it out from then on,” she didn’t say anything else and after
a few goes of the door each, we gave up. We walked back to our
dorm, at the entrance to our corridor she gave me a rib cracking
hug.
“Promise you won’t say anything?”
“I promise,” she waved goodbye to Robin and
went, back into the darkness towards her dorm.
In bed, I continued to not sleep, but now for
different reasons. After an hour Robin sat up and whispered through
the darkness.
“Avis? You awake?”
I sat up slowly, “Yeah.”
“What do you think was behind that door?” he
sounded like he had been thinking the same as me.
“No idea. It’s a complete mystery…” I was
thinking more about the hug that Tina gave me than what was behind
the door, but still.
“It is… I wish she’d tell us. Wow, imagine
being left a quest.”
I nodded in the darkness, then realised he
couldn't see me. “Yeah, I know.” I lay back and wondered what she
was up to, did she even know? She certainly had guts to be creeping
round the castle on her own at night, all alone on a quest left by
her dead brother. How did he die?
Then I thought about seeing Malakai earlier,
I know I saw him. But what would he come to Hailing Hall for?
Perhaps he was after the same thing that Tina was. I laughed and
finally slipped into sleep.
CHAPTER FIVE
An Evil Humiliation
The next few weeks were ok. I coasted along
quite nicely. Me and Robin became good friends again, the incident
with Tina seemed to bond us together. Anyway, Graham and Simon
seemed to strike up a pretty good friendship. We sat together in
all our lessons, which at the moment were just with Partington and
Straker. The lessons
could see them, illuminated by the fire bracket above.
“Hello?” I said quietly. “I know there’s
someone behind that armour.”
“Go away,” said the voice.
I looked at Robin who wanted to take it’s
advice, but I was curious.
“It’s alright, we’re not Magisteers or
anything.”
I heard the person sigh then step out. The
gas lamp above illuminated the golden skinned, sparkling eyes and
brilliant white teeth of, “Tina?”
“Avis?” she looked like she had been prepared
to give me a mouthful of verbal abuse, but she completely softened
when she saw me. “What are you doing here?”
“I could ask you the same,” I said.
“Who’s lanky?”
“That’s Robin,” I said, as Robin waved
awkwardly.
“We just went to the toilets,” said Robin.
“Not together, well together but…” he stopped.
“Right,” said Tina eyeing him
suspiciously.
“So what are you doing out here, creeping
around?” I said.
“None of your business,” she said curtly,
then sighed again. “Oh fine, look, you both better promise not to
say a word !”
I swore, sealing my mouth. Tina looked all
flustered, her brilliant white teeth glowing in the darkness, her
eyes perpetually scanning the hallways all around us. “I was trying
to get into this door. I have a skeleton key but it doesn’t seem to
be working.”
“A what key?” said Robin.
“A skeleton key,” she said impatiently,
holding it out. Robin was fascinated, he said he’d never seen a key
made out of bone before. “It’s supposed to open any lock, but it
won’t,” she said.
The door looked pretty plain to me. “What’s
in there?”
She flicked her hair back, she was wearing
her pyjamas too. “Well… that’s kind of a secret I’m not willing to
divulge.”
“What if someone catches you?” I said.
“I’ll just pretend I’m sleepwalking,” she
said matter of factly. “I’m in my jim-jams already… I shouldn’t be
telling you this… Let’s just say, someone close to me, whom isn’t
with us anymore left me a quest, a big quest…” She turned away and
fiddled with the key. “He was my older brother, he went to this
school a few years ago. But he died and no one knew why… and then I
found this note in his room with my name on. I’ve been trying to
figure it out from then on,” she didn’t say anything else and after
a few goes of the door each, we gave up. We walked back to our
dorm, at the entrance to our corridor she gave me a rib cracking
hug.
“Promise you won’t say anything?”
“I promise,” she waved goodbye to Robin and
went, back into the darkness towards her dorm.
In bed, I continued to not sleep, but now for
different reasons. After an hour Robin sat up and whispered through
the darkness.
“Avis? You awake?”
I sat up slowly, “Yeah.”
“What do you think was behind that door?” he
sounded like he had been thinking the same as me.
“No idea. It’s a complete mystery…” I was
thinking more about the hug that Tina gave me than what was behind
the door, but still.
“It is… I wish she’d tell us. Wow, imagine
being left a quest.”
I nodded in the darkness, then realised he
couldn't see me. “Yeah, I know.” I lay back and wondered what she
was up to, did she even know? She certainly had guts to be creeping
round the castle on her own at night, all alone on a quest left by
her dead brother. How did he die?
Then I thought about seeing Malakai earlier,
I know I saw him. But what would he come to Hailing Hall for?
Perhaps he was after the same thing that Tina was. I laughed and
finally slipped into sleep.
CHAPTER FIVE
An Evil Humiliation
The next few weeks were ok. I coasted along
quite nicely. Me and Robin became good friends again, the incident
with Tina seemed to bond us together. Anyway, Graham and Simon
seemed to strike up a pretty good friendship. We sat together in
all our lessons, which at the moment were just with Partington and
Straker. The lessons
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