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Chapter Seven
I looked around to see if the other students looked as uncomfortable as I felt, but most of them were vampires. Since Professor Zervos was also a vampire, they looked as relaxed and happy as ever. Besides Keller and Lisabelle, Camilla, the nasty pixie from breakfast, and Lough, Sip’s friend whose power I wasn’t sure of yet, were also in the class.
Can anyone tell me what darkness is?” asked Professor Zervos, his face twisted with amusement.
Lisabelle’s hand shot up. Well, she should know. She’s a mage of darkness. Professor Zervos ignored her and kept looking around the room.
Camilla, who had given me a dirty look when I came in, raised her hand.
“Yes, Camilla?” Professor Zervos smiled. Apparently he liked Camilla. Could this class get any worse?
“Darkness is all black magics. Every mage or vampire has some darkness and is therefore considered a threat to join the demons,” she explained, her dainty green hands folded neatly in front of her and a smile so smug on her face I wished I could smack it off her.
“And who are the demons?” asked Professor Zervos. He ignored the sort of squawking noise Lisabelle was making next to me.
“Demons and hellhounds are the natural enemies of paranormals,” Camilla explained. “Hellhounds are loyal to demons. They are normally known as scouts who do a demon’s bidding, but they are dangerous. They are more powerful than any regular dog and are more a match for a werewolf,” she said. “They seek the powers of paranormals. If the paranormals are destroyed there will be no one to challenge demons’ dominance.”
“Exactly,” said Zervos. “Which is why we have been fighting them for centuries.”
“Wait,” said Lough. He was sitting next to Camilla. “Aren’t we losing our fight against the demons at the moment?”
Professor Zervos glared at him and Lough’s face got a shade redder. “We aren’t ‘losing’ exactly. We are just not as strong as we have been in the past. We….”
“Why?” Lough interrupted. I could have told him that Professor Zervos didn’t like questions, or students, but Lough either hadn’t noticed or didn’t care. Why Zervos was a professor was beyond me.
He growled. He was sick of Lough. With a flick of Zervos’s wrist Lough came flying out of his chair. With a cry he jerked back, and with a sickening smack he slammed against the back wall. “Because we do not have all five dorms at full strength. The loss of the elementals has fragmented the other paranormals,” he barked at Lough’s crumpled form.
Silence hung in the room like a heavy weight.
Lough slumped on the floor. Without looking at Zervos I got out of my chair and went to help my friend up. He was dazed, but conscious. “You’re pretty when you’re blurry,” Lough muttered to me. I wondered what he thought I looked like in focus.
I was afraid to look over my shoulder at Zervos. Luckily, he was distracted.
“Or really any strength at all,” Keller was saying. I glanced sideways at him. He sat back in his chair, looking relaxed.
“Because, Keller Erikson, the Astra, or elemental dorm, is dormant. It is more difficult to maintain magical blocks against the demons without them,” said Professor Zervos. “Which you know very well.”
“All five dorms have to work together?” Keller asked, sounding surprised. A flicker of a amusement moved across his face.
Zervos ground his jaw together. “The paranormal powers complement one another,” he explained. “Without one, particularly one as potent as the wielders of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, as the elementals are, it is more difficult to fight off the demons. But do not fear, we have been fighting them off for many years without the elementals.”
Lough started to ask what had happened to the elementals, which was exactly what I was wondering, but he didn’t get a chance to finish.
Zervos was tired of the topic and cut him off, saying, “This is not
Chapter Seven
I looked around to see if the other students looked as uncomfortable as I felt, but most of them were vampires. Since Professor Zervos was also a vampire, they looked as relaxed and happy as ever. Besides Keller and Lisabelle, Camilla, the nasty pixie from breakfast, and Lough, Sip’s friend whose power I wasn’t sure of yet, were also in the class.
Can anyone tell me what darkness is?” asked Professor Zervos, his face twisted with amusement.
Lisabelle’s hand shot up. Well, she should know. She’s a mage of darkness. Professor Zervos ignored her and kept looking around the room.
Camilla, who had given me a dirty look when I came in, raised her hand.
“Yes, Camilla?” Professor Zervos smiled. Apparently he liked Camilla. Could this class get any worse?
“Darkness is all black magics. Every mage or vampire has some darkness and is therefore considered a threat to join the demons,” she explained, her dainty green hands folded neatly in front of her and a smile so smug on her face I wished I could smack it off her.
“And who are the demons?” asked Professor Zervos. He ignored the sort of squawking noise Lisabelle was making next to me.
“Demons and hellhounds are the natural enemies of paranormals,” Camilla explained. “Hellhounds are loyal to demons. They are normally known as scouts who do a demon’s bidding, but they are dangerous. They are more powerful than any regular dog and are more a match for a werewolf,” she said. “They seek the powers of paranormals. If the paranormals are destroyed there will be no one to challenge demons’ dominance.”
“Exactly,” said Zervos. “Which is why we have been fighting them for centuries.”
“Wait,” said Lough. He was sitting next to Camilla. “Aren’t we losing our fight against the demons at the moment?”
Professor Zervos glared at him and Lough’s face got a shade redder. “We aren’t ‘losing’ exactly. We are just not as strong as we have been in the past. We….”
“Why?” Lough interrupted. I could have told him that Professor Zervos didn’t like questions, or students, but Lough either hadn’t noticed or didn’t care. Why Zervos was a professor was beyond me.
He growled. He was sick of Lough. With a flick of Zervos’s wrist Lough came flying out of his chair. With a cry he jerked back, and with a sickening smack he slammed against the back wall. “Because we do not have all five dorms at full strength. The loss of the elementals has fragmented the other paranormals,” he barked at Lough’s crumpled form.
Silence hung in the room like a heavy weight.
Lough slumped on the floor. Without looking at Zervos I got out of my chair and went to help my friend up. He was dazed, but conscious. “You’re pretty when you’re blurry,” Lough muttered to me. I wondered what he thought I looked like in focus.
I was afraid to look over my shoulder at Zervos. Luckily, he was distracted.
“Or really any strength at all,” Keller was saying. I glanced sideways at him. He sat back in his chair, looking relaxed.
“Because, Keller Erikson, the Astra, or elemental dorm, is dormant. It is more difficult to maintain magical blocks against the demons without them,” said Professor Zervos. “Which you know very well.”
“All five dorms have to work together?” Keller asked, sounding surprised. A flicker of a amusement moved across his face.
Zervos ground his jaw together. “The paranormal powers complement one another,” he explained. “Without one, particularly one as potent as the wielders of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, as the elementals are, it is more difficult to fight off the demons. But do not fear, we have been fighting them off for many years without the elementals.”
Lough started to ask what had happened to the elementals, which was exactly what I was wondering, but he didn’t get a chance to finish.
Zervos was tired of the topic and cut him off, saying, “This is not
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