Catching Eyes

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Hehe....I should have seen that....

[Korona Knight]

Haha, I'll try and get the third and fourth chapters up by today!

[Korona Knight]

Chapter 3

"And this is the Dining Hall," I explained, showing Alex our second to last stop. We'd visited the actual School Building, the Office Building, the Stables, the Shopping Center, the Essentails Building, and now the Dining Hall.

The School Building contained all the classrooms. The Gym was on the top floor with a retractable roof for easy access to flying and open space to shoot spells and such into. Then there were the more mortal academic classrooms. Because we weren't mortal, our brains worked differently than theirs, and we actually learned at a much faster pace, so those academic classes weren't very long, as we grasped everything easily. Learning about our species and how to work our powers and what powers we got were what took the longest.

The Office Building contained the School Office, where you'd go if you were called up. Otherwise you'd go to one of the other offices in the building. The people that worked there were mostly mortals that wore infinity stones.

"What are infinity stones?" Alex had asked when I'd mentioned them.

"They're a stone with special abilities. The person wearing one gains immortality, as long as they wear it. As soon as it is removed, they lose mortality and return to the age they should have been, had they not been wearing the infinity stone. That's why many die if they are removed from their infinity stone. The reason our mortal teachers wear them is because it is so hard to find teachers who are willing to accept that their students are not actually humans, so we keep our mortals alive in exchange for complete secrecy and loyalty."

The Stables were where all the pets were kept. Many students did not bring pets, but because in some species, it is almost always required to have a pet, they often get them from the pet shop in the Shopping Center. I had my own pet, a beautiful Kitsune Wolf by the name of Kiri. She was a darling little thing, no bigger than perhaps a real wolf, but when she got angry, she had the ability to turn into a Kitsune Demonwolf, a giant wolf with fangs that basically comes from the underworld.

The Shopping Center held everything you might need, seeing as most of us couldn't venture off of the school grounds. Not only was the forcefield in the way, but our scent would attract evil and we'd be dead within seconds of leaving the grounds. So the Shopping Center provided us with clothing stores, pet shops, even a few magic shops to buy supplies for spells and such. Because there really was no way to earn money here at the school, our grades gave us points, and we used the points to buy what we needed.

The Essentials Building had everything from a dentist's office to a movie theater. Again, the things you had to pay for, you used points you got from your grades, except with a few things, such as dentist and doctor visits.

"The last stop is the dorms," I informed him as we walked out of the Dining Hall.

Alex had kept up with me, which I was surprised. Normally I have to slow to everyone else's pace. Not that anyone was slow around here. We were all much faster than an average mortal. I just happened to be extremely fast.

That's when Tracy showed up. The nerve.

"Ah, hello....Sophie? Is that who you are now?" Tracy had been relentless when it came to my multiple personalities. Ohh, she could make my blood curdle.

"Correct."

"And who's this fella you got here?" she purred, eyeing Alex like a cat might eye a mouse.

Tracy was flanked by her two best friends, the twins Tori and Tera. The two were Mutts, but more of the purer kind of mutt, a mix between a Sorcerer and a Witch. Tracy was a half demon, her mother being mortal and her father being, well, none other than Mr. Dyke.

"I'm Alex," Alex murmured, looking Tracy up and down. His confidence had spiked since he'd seen all the girls falling all over him here. I'm guessing he wasn't used to it, though I don't know why.

"I'm Tracy. This is Tori, and that's Tera," Tracy purred.

Alex immediately shut up. Boy, did that kid listen or what?

Tracy flipped her glossy black hair, her iridescent yellow eyes flicking between us. Unfortunately, she was not as ugly as her father. In fact, she was quite the opposite. Her skin was not bright red, and instead was more a china white. Only her canines were sharper than normal, and her gums looked normal as well. The only way you could tell she had demon in her was the fact that she had two small little black horns poking out of her hair on the side of her head, and she was sporting a pair of nicely sized black dragon wings. Her father had wings, but they barely made a two foot wing span, while Tracy's were larger.

Tori and Tera looked almost exactly like Tracy, minus the wings, and both their eyes were icy blue. The only difference between the two was Tori had long, curly black hair and Tera had bobbed straight black hair.

"Why don't you leave now? I still have to show Alex the dorms," I suggested. Unlike some of my more hotheaded forms, this one was more rational and kind.

"What's the hurry?" Tracy cackled.

"The hurry is that if you don't leave soon, Kianna might come out, and no one wants that." Kianna was probably my most powerful form. I could access all my powers in her form, and plus, she had a wicked tongue that she gladly inflicted on Tracy. The two were mortal enemies.

Sure enough, Tracy paled noticably. "Let's go girls, before the freak comes out," she muttered, and the trio waltzed off, leaving men dazed in their path. As I said before, pathetic.

We walked along in silence, before Alex finally decided to ask the question I knew was boiling inside him. "Who's Kianna?"

"Someone I hope you don't meet for a while. You remember Kora?"

"How can I forget?"

"Kianna is worse than her."

We walked on, letting the conversation drop.

It wasn't until we'd actually ended up in front of the dorms that I heard all the screaming. I looked up, and for all it was worth, I could have sworn the sky was raining down on us.

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Tracy got owned....stalking this topic is fun....

[Korona Knight]

Haha, thanks! Still don't like the endings of the chapters, but hopefully I'll improve on that x)

[Korona Knight]

Chapter 4

So, maybe that was an understatement when I said that the sky was raining down on us. It was more like crumbling into pieces and shattering at our feet.

I heard a few cries of 'the force field is falling!' but I wasn't sure why. Surely the force field was still working, right?

My answer came soon enough.

Hundreds of gargoyles came raining down on us. Each one wore a collar, and I recognised it as a moon stone. Like the infinity stone, it had special powers. It's power was the power of life. Meaning our little gargoyle friends were free to roam about in broad daylight. Which explained how they were suddenly attacking the students.

Many of the seniors were already battling them off with spells, swords, and pets. They'd need a very special someone, though, to sway the tide in our favor. Kianna. Not one of my other forms was as strong as her, not even Kora, no matter how hotheaded she was.

"Alex, prepare to meet Kianna," I muttered.

"What?!" he yelped, jumping back as I changed. Again.

My almost-white hair turned back into an onyx black color, curling into big barrel curls as it reached down to my mid back. Black wolf ears peaked out of my hair, and my wings lengthened until they were a good 16 feet across, turning a beautiful black in color that shimmered with other hidden colors in it. My eyes turned a vibrant purple, and my skin lightened by a few degrees. My nails sharpened into claws, and a wolf tail appeared at the base of my tail bone. My canines lengthened until you could see them poking out from my lips.

I stood up taller, looking around with my suddenly enhanced vision. It was go time.

I reached for my waist, and suddenly, two dual swords appeared on my belt. Elves had given my cloaked sheaths, meaning that when I wasn't thinking about my swords, they'd 'disappear'. Why the quotes around it? Well, they were still there, but they could not be seen nor heard.

Grabbing them, I lept into action, bashing in gargoyle heads as I went. I was a flurry of kicks, elbow shots, and stabs as I headed up towards the top of the force field. It was progressively deteriorating, to the point that within a few minutes, the creatures of the forest surrounding us would be able to get in. Not even the underworld would be able to hold back the fury of those things.

The students saw me, and for a moment, all went still. Even the gargoyles stopped to see what was suddenly so interesting. The fact was, I hadn't been out within a year or two. So everyone knew it must be bad if I was out.

"Aerial herding, go!" I shouted, and anyone who'd trained with me knew what to do.

Boarding anything that could fly, then circled around the air, herding the gargoyles away from the side and further into our territory, then practically forcing them to the ground, where others took them out swiftly, as gargoyles had a hard time fighting on the ground.

While they were distracted, I closed my eyes and concentrated all my psychic power into the force field. It swiftly came right back up, but since it was being powered by me, it was stronger, but wouldn't last as long as it would with the generator.

"Fix the problem!" I snarled, already feeling myself draining as such a large force field was a lot for even a Guardian to handle.

Technitions ran around, locating all the generators and finding the problem; they'd been tampered with. Hmm, I wonder who by. Perhaps Mr. Dyke? I had supposed this was only to bring me out, or at least to test my skills.

As soon as they were up and running, I landed, taking out the last of the gargoyles and swiping its moon stone. "Grab all the moon stones and take them to Dr. Heran," I ordered, then handed off my own moon stone and going over to Alex.

"Whoa," he murmured, looking at me, at the sky, then back at me, as if in a trance.

A cocky smile broke out on my face, and I flipped back my bangs. "Alex, right? You've met a lot of us. I'm Kianna. I see Sophie didn't want us to meet...heaven knows why," I chuckled, winking as I sheathed my swords and let them disappear.

"She says you're worse than Kora."

"Only on my bad days." Another laugh. "Well, I shouldn't stay out here long. See ya!"

With that, I changed back to Laori.

"I'm Laori. Don't believe we officially met. Anyway, you're Alex, right?"

"Don't know how many times I've been asked that today by the same person, er, people, but yes, I am," Alex laughed nervously.

I let out a sly smile. "Hmm, well, you've taken favor to us, kid. Welcome to the crazy family of Hawthorn."

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Ohhh...Kianna cool!

[Korona Knight]

Haha, thank you! The main character in this story is actually a bunch of my favorite winged characters all rolled up into one

[Korona Knight]

Chapter 5

We were now at the dorms, and I was sitting up on the roof with Alex. No one else was there, which was nice, because normally it'd be teeming with people. For some reason, we all just loved the roof. Now everyone was helping clean up the rubble left in the wake of the latest attack, and plus, seeing as I was still out, no one was going to come near us. Kianna, though very cool, was not a person you normally wanted to be around.

"So...explain it to me again," Alex begged. He'd been trying to wrap his head around how I was so many people in one, though explaining it was just as hard as trying to understand it.

I took a deep breath. "Well...Okay, here's something. I'm not actually a bunch of people in one. I'm just one person. No multiple personalities, nothing like that. It's just, people have given me nicknames for each of my different forms, so I tend to go by those nicknames, as it's just easier. No one even knows my real name anymore. The only form that's really different from the rest is this one, Kianna. This is my most powerful one, and it takes energy to shift into her."

"So...you're like a shapeshifter?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I suppose that's a good way to put it. I have only two different forms. The other forms are variations of the first, while Kianna is the other one. It's like...having a mood ring for hair, eyes, skin...everything."

Alex took this in, and I saw the light of understanding in his eyes. "So when you get mad..."

"My eyes, hair, and wings go black, like of a raven, and my skin lightens to give me a scarier affect. Instinct; trying to make myself more intimidating. Kora."

"When you're frightened or sad..."

"My hair turns a more natural blue color, with a few highlights, my eyes turn blue, my skin is still light, and my wings take on the look of a bluejay. Bluebelle."

"Happy?"

"Blonde hair, amber eyes, tanned skin, and wings of a sand-colored nighthawk. Kimmi."

"Hot-headed?"

"My hair turns red with a few highlights, my eyes turn green, my skin has a light tan, and my wings are that of a red hawk. Laori."

"And when you're feeling nice?"

"My hair turns almost white, my eyes are silver, my skin has a nice tan, and I have the wings of a Swan. Sophie."

Alex nodded. "Any other forms?"

I tried to think, though I believe we had hit them all, so I shook my head no.

"So it's not your looks that dictate your personality; it's your personality that dictates your looks."

"Exactly!" I nearly jumped in the air. Someone got it! Everyone had always thought that it was a split personality thing, no matter how hard I had tried to explain it. Sure, if you saw how I looked that day, you might be able to guess how I'd react to situations, and I had receeded into the fact that perhaps it was the looks that dictated the personality, but Alex was right on the dot.

I turned back into Laori, who was out more than the others because, well, that was Laori.

"So who's been your favorite so far?" I asked, arching an eyebrow in question as I leaned agains the railing that surrounded the edge of the roof.

Alex thought a moment. "Actually, I think I like Laori the best. She's much better looking than the rest." A cute little wink made a bit of color rush to my cheeks, but I quickly recovered. "Plus, what your personality means for you to be Laori actually sounds like a fun-time girl. Lots of spunk, not afraid to speak your mind, confident, ready to take on any challenge, and most of all, always looking for a party."

"Right on the nose. Laori does happen to give me a boost in all those areas," I chuckled, stretching my wings out as I reached towards the sky in an all-body stretch.

Alex sat down on the ground, and I sat next to him. His mood had suddenly changed drastically, and I wasn't sure why. I'd always had the animal instinct to be able to tell how a person was feeling, generally anyway. And Alex went from being in a good mood right into a downright terrible mood.

"What's up?" I asked.

He shook his head. "You have a place here at school. You know where you belong, what you are, and what you were meant to do. I have no idea what I am, what my place is here, and what I was made to do. It's great for you, but...what am I supposed to do?" His lips fell into a sad frown, and his whole body slumped.

I had to feel sorry for the guy. I mean, you come all this way from who-knows-where, dropped into a school of freaks, told you're one of them, and that you're a freak among freaks because they can't even place you in a catagory. I knew how that felt, because I had been there.

"I didn't always know what my place was, you know," I whispered, waving my hand in the air. A flower formed on the palm of my hand, and I began playing with the colors, look of the petals, and so on, trying to keep my mind off of Alex, who's rapt attention was back on me. "When I first came here, I was an Unknown. I had no idea what I was. All I knew was that one day, on my 14th birthday, my looks changed. I was immediately shipped here. I couldn't control my powers, let alone know what they were. I...was alone. No one wanted to be around me. I was a complete loser."

"And look at you now."

"Yeah. Look at me now. I practically run the school," I muttered sarcastically. The truth was, I didn't have any friends still, I was still a freak among freaks...I just hid it better, because, like Alex had said, I knew my place. "One day, something just clicked. I wasn't sure why, but I went out to the Gym, and I started trying everything, and I excelled at everything, where as at first, I failed at even the most simplest of things. It'll happen for you too." I stood up then and offered my hand. After we were both standing, I smiled. "And don't worry. You've got good looks. You won't be alone for long."

"Wanna see something?" I asked him. When he didn't give me an answer right away, I took him in my arms. as if he were a child all over again. He gave a surprised yelp, then a not-so-manly scream as I flung myself over the edge of the very tall dorm building, heading for the ground.

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Oh my God.....I wonder when Kimmi or Bluebelle will show....