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My dreams stopped only nights after the one were Maria killed me. Maybe my mind is trying to tell me something, or its just being an ass who likes to screw with me.

I had been walking for days now. Its like this forest never ends! I walk all day, then rest at the break of sundown. When I sit down and try to get some sleep, the creatures of the night haunt my thoughts and I cant help but think about her beautiful face. Those beautiful eyes and big smile that could light the day.

‘Maria, I’m sorry for not being faster.’ I walked towards a small pond, cupping my hands and reaching into the water to wash off the dirt on my face.

I have been fighting the flue for 5 days now, it seems to get worse and worse as my arm starts to become infected from the gash that re-opened on my way to the academy. If I don’t get some help soon then I will surly die within 2 days time.

I got up from the water and made my way back to the camp that I had set up. I went over to the fire and sat down placing my hands just inches away from its beautiful flames. The crack of a twig brought my senses behind me. I made no sudden moves but watched from the corner of my eye as a man no taller then I walk out of the tree line and into my small camp sight. I grabbed my blade from my shoe and twirled around ready to throw it when the man before me put his hands up in a sudden motion.

“Please don’t throw it!” his voice was brittle and crackly. His face was pale and he looked to be sick. I felt like I knew this man. I must have seen him before because his face was so vivid in my mind.

“Who are you and what do you want from me?” I didn’t mean for myself to sound so harsh, but today just wasn’t one of my ‘good’ days.

“My name is Dan.” That’s when it hit me, Dan was the man that had stolen Maria.

‘I cant believe I didn’t sense him sooner. His aura is strong from such a short distance.’ My hands were balled up so tightly that my knuckles started to turn snow white.

“Where the hell is she!” I was in no mood for games and one wrong word from this guy would set me off and I would kill him without thinking twice.

“She is at the academy. She is safe.” I let out a breath of air that I hadn’t even known Id been holding.

‘She’s safe, that’s all that matters for now.’ I let my hands fall loose at my sides.

“ why is the man that took her from me in the first place coming to me and telling me where she is and how to find her?” my eyes narrowed as I checked my surroundings trying to figure out if he had brought more men with him.

“I came alone. I have also come here to tell you were she is because I need you to come with me. She wont leave her room and refuses to eat anything until she sees that you are alright.” Dan’s eyes became dark as he spoke those words.

Hearing that Maria hadn’t given up on me gave me a burst of strength. I felt like I could take on the world. “I will come with you.” I had said the words before speaking and didn’t realize that I would have wished to take them back in the near future.

“Right this way please.” Dan brought his arm out to point in the same direction that I had been heading.

I quickly grabbed my few items and started to walk in front of Dan, slowing down just a little bit so that I could keep a close eye on all his actions. For the most part he seemed to be out of it because he looked off into the woods with a distant look in his eyes. I watched him shake his head as if trying to forget something, he slowly turned his head to look at me and I darted my gaze away, crossing my fingers that he hadn’t seen me staring at him.

I knew I had to start talking because the silence was eating me away. “How has she been?” it was the only thing I knew he would tell me as well as something that I wanted to know.

“She’s doing well. She was having bad dreams the first couple days that she was with us… she would toss and turn in her bed mumbling your name. But that has all stopped and now she has been enrolled in some classes of ours, to keep her busy for most of the day. Out head principal is going to meat her in a couple days as well. He wants to see if she’s everything people have said she is.” I couldn’t read the expression on his face, but I knew that he was keeping something from me.

That’s when it hit me! I was stupid for not seeing it as soon as he spoke those words. ‘He told me that she wouldn’t leave the room until she had seen me, yet she’s being enrolled in classes and has been attending them. Crap I’m walking right into his trap!’ my eyes darted all around me and I noticed that I had stopped walking causing Dan to turn around and give me a questioning look.

A smile spread across his face as he snapped his fingers and 2 large men walked out on either side of me. They walked towards me slowly and I knew I had no chance of fighting them off.

“Please, don’t fight them. If you do then they will have to hurt you more then you what is necessary. You will be in much more pain as soon as we get to the academy.” Dan let out a laugh that made my skin crawl with fear.

I knew that Dan was right, so I dropped down onto one knee then let the other one fall down as well. Raising my hands up in the air and crossing them over each other in a submitting matter.

The men walked up behind me and ruffle grabbed my arms, pushing them behind my back and grabbing my wrists so that they could lead me threw the forest. My hear rate was quickening by the second as I could start to feel the adrenalin rush threw my body. I knew that if these men didn’t let go of me soon then I would fight back, but they had Maria… if I don’t do what they say then I could get her hurt. I cant take that chance.

I was jerked out of my thoughts as one of the men threw me into an opened area probably in the middle of the forest. I slowly stood up and turned to find a man about the same age as me standing just steps away from were I was. He was dressed in a black suit with a blood red tie, his eyes were a jet black and his mouth was twisted up into an evil grin that would make anyone cringe.

“Hades I presume.” My voice came out a little shaky, but the way he looked at me made me believe that he hadn’t noticed it.

“How’d you know? Did the black eyes give it away?” the sound that came out of his throat made me want to go and hide in a dark hole.

“Na, it was the suit.” I waved my hand at him, wile shaking my head back and forth. His humor was starting to piss me off. “So tell me Hades. Are you going to take me back to the school so that you can torture me then kill me or are you just going to stand here trying to make dissatisfying jokes about your attire?” he scoffed at me like I had hurt his feelings, he then raised his hand up to his heart in a hurt motion and gave me a subtle frown.

“Darien, why do you want to hurt me so much?” Hades got closer to me then bent down to look me in the eyes. I could see the darkness in his eyes and truthfully it scared the shit out of me.

His face got close to mine. “Did you hear? Your little bitch is going to be seeing me in a couple days. She must be very attractive if all the boys are rapped around her little finger.” Anger grew in the pit of my stomach, before I could stop myself I had spit in his face causing Hades to take his hand off of his leg and wipe my spit from his mouth. “Why thank you Darien. Once I’m finished with you ill make sure that she gets the same treatment.” He smiled at me and before I could do anything else his little minions ran up and grabbed my wrists again pushing me face first into the ground. I felt a crack run up my nose as it twisted into an unnatural pose.

A whistle sounded threw the forest and a small carriage pulled up in front of us. I was pulled up off the ground, blood poring down my face as I walked into the carriage. I sat down between the two men as Hades took the seat across from me, looking out the window with a far away gaze on his face.

‘Maria, I will never let this little jerk lay one hand on you.’ I knew that it wasn’t something I could promise if I was stuck in the middle of these two men any longer. As soon as we got to the school, I knew I would be tortured and most likely killed.

The room was dark. There was a light shining from the bathroom. I walked towards the light switch and turned it on to find Maria laying on a bed, her face turned to the side so that she was looking at the wall.

I walked over to her, trying to make no noise. Before I had made it to the bed the door behind me opened and Dan walked into the room. His left hand behind his back holding something. The other calmly at his side.

Maria sat up from her bed to see who had entered her room. When she saw Dan her face softened into a light smile. I felt my heart break at the way she looked at him.

“hi.” Her voice was barely audible.

He replied back with a small hi, walking towards her. Once he had passed me I saw the bouquet of red roses in his hand. He handed them to her a blush crossing over his face as she took them from him with a small gasp.

I walked towards the two so that I could get a better view of her beautiful face. Once I was close enough to her I could finally see the tear streaks that ran down her face and off of her chin.

‘She had been crying, why?’

“Thank you Dan.” She whispered, getting up off of the bed and walking into the bathroom. The sound of water running filled the room and only moments later she walked out of the bathroom with the roses in a vas. She placed them on herbed side table and sat back on the bed, patting the spot that she left open beside her bed. I could see that he didn’t think twice before he sat down beside her. A blush covered her face as he moved his hand to rest on her thigh.

‘He better take his hand off of her before I kill him. Screw it, I’m just going to kill him for the hell of killing him.’ When I tried to move closer to him I was only pushed back against the wall beside the door. ‘What the hell?’ I tried to move forward again but an invisible force pushed me back down. Something must be trying to show me something. I stayed there watching there actions with the eyes of a hawk.

They sat there for a couple minutes saying nothing, not even moving. I saw that Dan was about to make a move and when he did my breath hitched in my throat. He moved his hand to grab her chin and slowly turned it so that she was looking at him. I watched the fear grow in her eyes as he leaned in and placed a kiss her lush lips. She stayed motion less. He pushed her onto the bed and slowly crawled on top of her, his hands moving down to roam her body. I watched as her body became as still as a stone. Her eyes looking up at the wall. She looked like she was dead, the way that she just laid there letting him touch her.

‘Maria, why don’t you stop him?’ I felt a hot tear roll down my face. I tried again to move and rip Dan’s body of her but it was still no use. I don’t know why the gods wanted to make me watch the woman I love be touch by another man. They must have a sick sense of humor.

Just like an answer to my prayers, Maria pushed Dan off of her and sat up, her face filled with anger and sadness.

“Dan I cant do this.” Her voice was low and I could tell she was having a hard time not yelling at him.

“Maria, he’s dead! You don’t need to feel bad about it anymore!” Dan's voice had started hushed as well but was beginning to grow angry and loud.

“You made me kill him. I loved him! You bastard, you used your gifts from Hades to trick me into killing the only man Iv ever loved!” she was now screaming and I couldn’t help but feel a little bit scared of her. The way she scrunched her eyes up to glare at Dan, the way her mouth was shaped into a snarl and the way her words dripped with venom. She looked beautiful but deadly.

“Did you even think twice before you killed him? Or was it one of those ‘it seemed right at the moment’ things?” Dan was smiling at her, his voice filled with humor.

Maria didn’t even answer back, instead she flew towards him and pushed down so that she was straddling him. She had his arms under her legs so that they couldn’t move. She quickly pulled a short knife out from under her dress, put it to his throat and moved in close to whisper something in his ear. I could just make out her words as she spoke to him.

“They say that the only way to break free of a life line is for one of the people to kill there partner. Lets test this theory.” She snarled at him before running the blade across his neck, just hard enough to cut threw the thin skin that covered it. Blood started to poor from the wound and down her hands as she ran the blade of his neck and into thin air. She reached her hand down and pulled out a set of keys. Walking towards the door she used the first key she picked to unlock the door and walk out of the room. Leaving Dan to bleed out over the bed sheets.

Taking his last breath Dan turned his head looking right at me and reached out like he was trying to grab me or get my attention. Instead of going towards him I turned around and walked out the door going towards Maria.

I awoke from being pushed out onto the cold ground. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and slowly looked up to find myself in front of a huge school, at least 50 stairs leading up to the massive double doors. I got up from the ground only to have my arms put back behind me again and pushed towards the door. I walked up the stairs at a slow pace, my legs feeling like rocks. When we reached the doors, I was engulfed by the smell of lavender. I looked around the large front room. Two stares connected at the top but were placed on either side of the room. They looked to lead up to the second floor. The floors were covered by a gypsy red carpet that led up the middle of the hard wood stares. The walls were painted a calming auburn. Three doors were placed on both walls. I was taken to the second one on the right. When the door opened I had to walk down eight flights of stairs to reach our destination which was what looked to be a dungeon of some sorts. I was thrown into the first cell and left there in the dark.

‘Know that i'm in the school I can finally rescue Maria and escape with her back to Zeus.’ I sat down on the dirty cot and let sleep take over my mind. ‘I need as much rest as I can get if i’m ever going to try and get her out of here. Maria just a little longer, this I promise. Please wait for me.’

Everything around me changed into a beautiful scene in a meadow. Flowers lined the ground and the trees were like a wall of protection. Something caught my eye, as I turned around I was taken aback at the beautiful girl sitting on the ground just a little ways off.

‘Maria.’ Maria was sitting just under the shade of a tree. A beautiful white silk dress covered her chest and covered the ground around her. Her shoulders, arms and neck were left bare except for the necklace that dangled in the crock of her neck. Flowers were twisted into her beautiful blond locks as she looked down at the ground her hair fell in front of her, masking her beautiful blue eyes, and plump peach lips.

I slowly got up and started to walk towards her, the tall grass and flowers swishing past my legs. Once I had reached her I sat myself down in front of her and took her hand. Her delicate fingers entwined with mine, the sun catching the diamond ring that was placed on her left finger.

“I love you.” I didn’t know why I had said it but I was happy that I did.

She looked up at me her eyes bright and filled with joy. She squeezed my hand playfully and gave me a brilliant smile.

“I love you to, my dear husband.” I was shocked but for some reason it felt right the way she called me her husband. The way the ring sat on her finger. As if it was always meant to be there.

“Forever and always.” She added to the end of her sentence. Looking into my eyes as she leaned in and placed a sweet kiss on my lips.

Chapter 9- I waited-

4 weeks. I’ve been waiting 4 weeks for him to come and rescue me from this jail! But he hasn’t come yet. He won’t come for me. Dan even said that Darien would never come, because he had so many other things to do then save me from this hell house!

I got off of my bed just as Dan knocked on the door. “Ya, come in.” I yelled out reaching down under my bed to grab my black pumps. I turned around to find Dan in a black suit. His hair was slicked back and his neck was fashioned with a grey tie, adorned with little red spots. He had a sweet smile placed on his face as he looked me over.

I turned away from him to go look in my full length mirror. My blond locks had been curled, a red rose placed onto the left side of my head, holding back my bangs. My make-up was subtle but was just enough to make a difference. I was dressed in a beautiful floor length gown colored a dark red to match the rose. The sash around my waist was black accentuating the necklace I had been given on my birthday. The neck line of my dress was cut into a low V-line making the necklace rest in the crook of my neck.

Movement behind me caused me to turn around and find Dan standing just in front of me his hands out like he was about to grab my waist. “Dan, why do I have to look so good for the principal he’s not that important, is he?” I cocked my head to the side like I always did when asking a question.

“He’s more important then you think. Just wait until you meet him. Then you’ll understand why it’s so important to look your best.” He smiled at me and lightly hugged me kissing me on the cheek before turning around and walking to the door. He looked behind himself and reached his hand out waiting for me to take a hold of it.

He walked threw the empty hallways, listening as the teachers explained what the children would be doing that day. Each classroom gave of a different smell and a different sound. I let a small smile cross over my lips as I looked down the hall to were a door as black as the night sky sat. Covering what lay behind it like a blanket. I felt the twinge of fear hide itself in the pit of my stomach.

Only moments later we had reached the door and Dan had knocked, only opening it when he herd a male voice speak. Dan slowly opened the door and walked in first looking at me with a smile for reassurance. I walked in behind him, touching his back with my hand as I waited for someone to speak.

“Is this the woman everyone has been talking about Dan?” Dan made a subtle nod.

“This is she.” Dan spoke out.

“Please, do not be afraid.” I leaned around Dan to see who the owner of the voice looked like. As soon as my eyes found the mans I gasped. He was gorgeous! He looked just like a god.

His eyes swam over my body a disgusted expression lying delicately over his face. He got up from the desk he had been sitting on top of and walked over to get right in my face. He reached his hand out to touch my cheek but paused to look up at Dan.

“Thank you for bringing her here. You can leave now.” I watched Dan hesitate before bowing towards the man and leaving. Worry emanating off of his face as he walked out of the room, looking down at the ground with worry.

As soon as the door closed the man reached his hand back out and touched my cheek slowly running it all the way down to my neck then over my shoulder to the arch of my back. A shiver ran threw my body as the man touched me. I quickly came to my senses and pulled away from him backing up to the door.

“I did not give you permission to leave my sight yet.” He spoke to me with a husky tone.

“Don’t patronize me. I have free with and that means you do not have the right to treat me like such a... child.” I knew that my eyes had gone dark with anger and my face turned a light red.

“I will talk to you as I wish!” he yelled back at me.

I turned around and opened the door but the man behind me quickly grabbed my wrist and pulled me back into the room locking the door behind us.

I pulled my wrist from his grasp. “Don’t ever lay a hand on me again. You got that?” I knew I was starting to take this too far as I watched his eyes turn a scary shade of red.

He grabbed me by my shoulder and threw me into the wall making me wince in pain as I felt a small pop in my shoulder, meaning that I must have dislocated it. He walked over to were I was crouching holding onto my left shoulder. His hand reached out and I saw as it turned red and started to bubble making a disgusting popping sound. I felt myself go stiff and knew that if I didn’t do something soon I would be close to death or dead all together. I felt a cold swish of air run around my body like a shield. Before I could ponder anymore about what was going on with me the man in front of me slapped his hand forward like throwing something and a huge flame washed out of his hand hitting me square in the chest. I waited for the burn and the scorching pain of the fire burning my skin but it never came. I looked down at my body to see the fire just a finger with away from my chest.

‘What the?’

The man in front of me stopped what he was doing and backed up away from my body. He was shacking his head back and forth like he couldn’t believe what I had done. I couldn’t believe it myself as I looked down at my body finally noticing the blue light that washed over it, sending a feel of relief and sanctuary over my body.

“What?” it was all I managed to say before I blacked out.

I could feel a scorching pain running threw my left side. My hands automatically reached down to grab it. I could feel the thick liquid on my hands as it ran down my body. I just now noticed that my eyes were closed: when I opened them I found Dan and the man I had seen around the school standing in front of me. Dan’s hand was reaching out like he was stabbing me. I looked down at his hand to find a small knife just reaching past my body.

“damn.” I said under my breath.

“Now, i’m only going to ask you one more time. Get back inside your room.” My heart skipped a beat hearing Dan speak to me with such a crude and hateful tone of voice.

I couldn’t help but smile. “ But baby, what are you going to do. Kill me?” a laugh left my mouth and I quickly covered it with my right hand.

His eyes looked like a scarlet red. The hand that wasn’t holding the knife was held in a fist. I knew I had to do something or else Dan would be hurting me much worse then what I was already.

‘I can get past him if I get close enough.’ I quickly brought back the memories of me killing Darien and started to let the tears that built up in my eyes fall delicately down my face. I felt my body shake with sobs and I mentally patted myself on the back for the good acting skills.

“Dan, I just want to go home! I want to be with my grandmother! I want to be with my friends!” I yelled out putting my hand over my chest and looking at him threw my bangs. I slowly walked towards him waiting for hesitation to form on his face but instead all I found was sadness and decided to take that as my opportunity. I ran into his arms making sure to put one leg just slightly behind his.

I felt his arms go around my waist and hold me to his chest. He made small soothing sounds as I waited for the right moment.

“Maria, please ill talk to Hades. Please just go back to your room so that we can talk about this. You also need medical help or you might get very sick.” He lifted his hand to slowly brush down my hair.

“Dan, I just want to see my friends and my grandmother. You have to understand that she is the only family I have left!” I sniffled.

He shifted his weight to the foot that I had mine behind. ‘Now!’ I pushed him back with all my might. His body tumbled back over my foot, just before his body hit the ground I caught him by the shoulder and threw him around so that he was facing the ground. When his body finally made contact with the floor I moved my hand to find the pressure point in his neck and squeezed. His body went limp and I quickly got off of him to find the boy Dan had been with, staring at me. His eyes were wide with fear.

“run.” I told him. He didn’t have to think twice and turned to run out of the hallway that we were in.

‘Now its time for me to run.’ I turned around in the hallway and took my first step towards the exit when my body shook with pain and I clasped on the ground holding my sides wile I was just able to muffle a scream of pain.

‘Shit!’ I pulled off a long strand from the dress that I was wearing and tide it around my waist, the knot just in front of the wound so that it would at least slow down the bleeding.

I took a deep breath and got up again, limping towards the huge door. It took me at least 5 minutes and I was baffled that no one had found out that I escaped. ,y hand reached for the door and threw it open. The suns raise blinding me for mere seconds before I was face to face with at least 50 demons and warlocks. All armed with heavy weaponry.

“SHIT” I yelled out as I threw my hands in the air.

“Wake up god damnit!” someone screamed at me as they jostled my shoulders back and forth.

I let out a loud grumbling noise and turned around so that my face was in the pillow. The person huffed and went at it again.

“I swear by the all mighty gods if you make me get up then I will rip off your balls Darien and feed them to you for breakfast!” my body froze as I realized who I had just said. I lifted myself and sat up looking at the wall beside me before I turned my head to the side to see the man of my dreams ( literally) standing beside me.

His face was scratched, bloody and pail. He looked like he was fighting a cold and his nose looked like it had been moved over.
“Darien.” My voice was only a whisper and I could already feel the tears start to pool in my eyes. “But, how?”

He looked me up and down slowly. I saw his mouth open to say something but before he could even say the first word, I flung myself into his arms I started to cry. I knew it must feel weird for him because he might not have clued in the I as his life line but it felt like having a damn break open. I couldn’t hold my feeling in any longer.

I felt his arms go around my waist and felt his hot breath on my neck. “ Sssssh.” He whispered to me.

I pulled back just enough to see him, are noses just touching. “I thought you were dead.” My heart clenched and I felt like another wave of tears were going to come.

“I will never leave you to fight on your own.” His voice was strained like he had been running all day.

His warm eyes were looking into mine and I felt drawn into them. I leaned in and placed my lips to his. When I went to pull away his hand went up to the back of my neck and pushed me back to his lips, with more passion and love then I had ever felt before. His arms moved around to my waist and pushed me into his body. I could feel my knees buckle and was glad that his arms were around me or I would have fell.

To soon his mouth left mine and I made a small whimper. “You’re not the only one that wanted it to last longer.” He laughed and pulled me into another hug.

“I didn’t think you would come for me.” I felt his body stiffen at my words. His arms pulled me farther into his body. As I let my body go limp in his arms.

“ We need to get out of here. Dan will know that I have escaped any minute now.” I felt Darien pull back from me and start to walk over to the door.

“What do you mean escaped?” I put my hands on my hips.

“ He tricked me into coming here, he trapped me in a cell, and I escaped. I will explain in more detail once we are out of here and some were safe.” Darien walked back over to me and grabbed my hand pulling me over to the door and out of the room into the hallway from my very first dream.

“Darien.” I tried to grab his attention but he only kept pulling me towards the exit. “Darien.” I spoke a little louder this time and got his attention.

“I told you, we will talk later.” He gave my hand I slight tug but instead of following I pulled my hand out of his grasp and crossed them over my chest. Darien didn’t seem to notice and kept walking away.

“DARIEN!” I screamed out to him. The moment the words left my mouth he turned around and stomped over to me, a pissed expression on his face.

He got right up in my face causing my breath to hitch in my throat as his hot breath ran down my neck. He pushed me into the wall beside me, both hands on either side of me. “What the hell is so important that you need to scream at me and probably get us caught by someone.” His voice was dripping with hate.

“You’re hurt.” I said pointing down to his arm.

“What, but how?” his face softened and his expression changed to confusion as his eyebrow arched.

I pointed my finger up at my temple. “ I can feel your pain threw our connection.” My voice was soft and only came out as a small whisper wile Darien locked eyes with me and his expression went blank.

When he didn’t say anything but kept looking at me I decided to test something. I moved closer to him putting my hands up to his chest and moving my head so that it was in the crook of his neck. I slowly kissed my way up his neck and slowly bit his ear lobe. A smile crossed my face. “ I was right.” I whispered into his ear.

His voice came out shaky and rushed. “What are you talking about?”

I let out a seductive laugh running my hands up and down his chest. “ I can feel how turned on you are.” His hands left the wall and went to hold my lower waist.

“But the only way that can happen is if you know that I’m your life line.” He whispered, putting his forehead onto mine so that he could look me in the eyes.

I let a smile crawl back onto my face as I leaned in and kissed him. “ I’ve known for a while.” I playfully pushed him back and turned to walk towards the door. I didn’t have to turn around to know that Darien was following me.

“Maria?” I let out a silent laugh. “Maria, wait.” I made it to the door and turned around to find Darien’s face twisted into a lopsided grin. His beautiful eyes sparkling with excitement.

“Well talk about it when we get out of here.” I winked at him and turned around to grab the doors handle, only finding myself dropping to the ground as a black haze washed over my mind.

“Maria?” I watched as Darien ran towards me and picked me up in his arms before I passed out. The darkness soon pulling me back into another nightmare.

“you really believed that we wouldn’t notice you knocking out one of our best students?” hade’s voice was filled with humor yet his expression made me believe that he was ready to kill anyone that dared defy him.

“Damn and I thought I could trick you!” I threw my hands up to add to my mellow dramatic acting.

I could hear a small laugh from somewhere in the crowd and had to strain my neck just so that I could get a good look at the person. It was the boy that was with Dan. I just noticed now how familiar he looked.

“Josh?” his response was another laugh. “Dude, if I knew better I would have thought that you were an Ogre not a fricking Warlock!” I knew that the only reason I was getting so upset was because I knew Josh from school and he was one of my closest friends.

“People change Maria.” I watched as his eyes darted to someone beside him.

“Your kidding me! Tara!” I was now down right screaming. How could my friends all be evil?

“Sorry Maria, its nothing against you. It was just boss’s command that we get to know you. I watched as she moved her hands in the only way I knew better then English. Our secret language.

We had created this so that during classes we could talk to each other without getting in trouble. We basically took an English dictionary and made every hand single we could for every word there was. It took us a couple years to really master it but by know I knew it off by heart.

I made a small nod to show her that I understood the message then tore my eyes from her and over to the person next to her. The person was dressed in a heavy cloak, there face shielded from view. ‘Who could that be?’ I could feel how fast my heart was pounding and knew that even though the persons face wasn’t in view, that I knew the person very well.

“Did you hear me Maria!” Hades screamed at me.

“What? Oh, no sorry. I've been trying to ignore your overly annoying voice. Please do talk to me when you calm the hell down.” I yelled back at him. “Dude, just try to calm your hormones.” I said under my breath.

“I am Hades, not some impudent teenager who needs to as you say it “Calm my hormones” unlike you reached child.” He spat out

“Oh, use my diss against me, so original Hades!” I walked down the first couple of steps and awaited his next comment.

“Maria, how about you stop acting like such a child and return to your room.” The way that Hades was talking to me made my skin crawl.

‘Is this guy for true! Like id ever walk back into the hell hole without a fight!’ something moved out of the corner of my eye and I turned around to find the person with the cloak moving to the front of the crowd, just behind were Tara and Josh stood. The man slightly tapped her shoulder so that she would look at him. His cloak moved just above eye level and I could make out stunning brown eyes with the thick line of black that I knew oh to well.

“Da-“ I threw my hands up over my mouth so that I wouldn’t yell out his name.

‘But how? I killed him! I did it with my own hands, there is no way that it wasn’t him! I must have seen this man wrong because I know that I killed Darien!’ I could feel my pulse tattering at my temples like a drum beat.

“Why does this always happen when something important is about to happen?” I sighed as my knees buckle and I fell to the ground.

“ Maria!” I could hear Tara scream as my eyes fluttered closed and the darkness that I knew so well embraced me and lulled me to a deep blissful sleep.

I let my eyes stay closed as my hands started to feel around my body. I could feel something warm pressed against my back and didn’t know if I should go into self defense mode or stay calm and try to figure out who could possibly be laying beside me. As my hands moved around me, I could feel the soft grass as it rubbed against my finger tips.

A soft mummer came from the person laying beside me and I couldn’t help suspense the giggle as Darien turned around so that his chest was now against my back and his arm draped around my waist.

A little groan came from him. “ What’cha laughing at?” he whispered into my ear. He was soon laying butterfly kisses down my neck and onto my shoulder.

“Your cute when you sleep.” I said as I raised my hand up to my eyes and rubbed the last of the sleep away. I carefully turned my body around so that I was facing him and snuggled my face into his chest. Having his scent, surround me and fill me with protection.

“Darien?” he answered with a small yes. “ Can you tell me how you found me at the academy and what happened after I passed out?” I looked up into his eyes and knew that this story was not going to be a happy tail.

His eyes softened as he met my gaze. “I’m just telling you now, we should go get that fainting spell checked out. It is so not healthy for you.” I playfully stuck my tong out at him as he let out an exasperated sigh. “Lets see…”