Ravencale Academy IC

[13th Doctor]

The explosion, while it didn't make Quinn jump with surprise, didn't cause her to look twice. The teleporter just kept her pace towards the Academy. As she passed people, and heard murmurs about people in the trees surrounding the permeter, Quinn did pause for a moment, though she quickly shook her head and continued on. She was the master of avoiding things that didn't directly invove her. In her expirence, jumping into situations that randomly occured never ended well for her.

Before humanity evolved to be insanely random, which is how she descibed all the different powers, people had two instincs to danger: Fight or flight. To attack the danger head on, or run like hell. When Quinn was bored, which usually happened between the times she was enjoying lunch in Rome and participating in the Boston Tea Party, she had decided that a person's power reflected that instinct. Telekinetics and elemental manipulators fell under fight, while teleportion and flight fell under, well, flight. She still wasn't sure where time control fell, but then again, Quinn didn't do the science thing for very long.

As Quinn passed by a blond boy a couple years younger than herself, just as he was cracking his neck. "Unless you're one of those people gifted with cellular regeneration, I wouldn't recomend doing that. For health reasons, of course," she added, looking at Aden.

[Synthorian]

''Compared to you I'm as blind as a bat...'' said Ethan with a somewhat humored tone. Cassandra could see everyone just by their brainwaves, but Ethan could only use his eyes. ''I wasn't expecting to be that many this close to the Academy, let alone have a camp near by. I'm surprised no one has noticed it yet.'' he said, a little concerned. ''Oh and... um... if sound like a bit of an A-hole, just ignore it. I'm not in the best of moods, and I'm just a bit more cautious since what happened last time, remember?'' he said as he rubbed the area of his stomach where his scar was. He got impaled by a metal re-bar which was sticking out of a broken reinforced concrete wall about 2 months ago. He was in hospital for a month before they signed him out. The stomach area was still sore and a bit stiff. ''Having your entire life flash before your eyes isn't really the best feeling, you know.'' He couldn't help but wonder if Cassandra felt even a little bit worried about his condition when she saw him stuck to a wall, with a metal bar through his body. He quickly shook the thought away, he didn't want to think about that moment. ''And you forbid me now? Since when did you become my mom? He said in a joking tone and a goofy smile on his face.

[DaStormz]

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Arabella listened to everyone silently.
She smiled at Jesse and Charlotte, though her thoughts were elsewhere. She kept thinking of Jason, and then the stunning sunlight. How had it been so bright so early? They weren't in Florida. She sighed and twisted a lock of hair around her finger and then let it go. When Jesse was handed the schedule, Arabella looked over his shoulder.
Jesse looked at her and she gave him a weak smile. "You okay, little Ara?" It was an old nickname she had gotten when she was in fourth grade. Arabella really did have a lot of nicknames. She smirked and nodded. She had a habit of smirking for some reason. He handed Aden his schedule back with a quiet thank you and looked back down at Charlie. Arabella came to stand on his other side and smoothed down her dress.
She decided to speak up since she was feeling a little left out. "You can do anything, really," Bella said quietly, wanting to be apart of the conversation. "Sometimes I nap, or do homework or just hangout. It's your choice, to be honest. Just follow the rules or don't and try not to get caught." She winked at Aden and then smiled goofy and looked away.
Arabella found she liked this kid. He was new just like they all had been and was kind. He seemed like a good friend, she decided, though they weren't even talking. She could see he was good. Something Arabella was good at was seeing the good in others when nobody else could.
That's when another person joined their group. Arabella's gaze shifted to the girl and she smiled warmly at her. Jesse spoke before she could. "Hey, I'm the one that makes the health jokes," he teased, "I am the healer after all." Arabella stiffed her laughter.

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Jesse laughed and looked at Aden.
"Nice. You get a free period halfway through the day. Mine isn't until tenth," he sighed. Then he snuggled Charlotte closer and laughed. "What you want means everything to me," he mused and ruffled her hair up lightly. At her statement, he burst out laughing, "There's going to be no need for that one, Princess Charlotte."
Jesse gazed at the schedule and felt a puff of breath on his neck indicating Arabella was behind him. He looked at her and she gave him a weak smile. "You okay, little Ara?"n She smirked and nodded. He handed Aden his schedule back with a quiet thank you and looked back down at Charlie. Arabella came to stand on his other side.
He looked up at the new girl with a grin. Making health jokes was his job, he thought teasingly, and voiced such a teasing thought out loud. He saw Arabella stiffing laughter. Jesse looked a the girl and inquired, "Hi there. I'm Jesse, this is Charlotte, that's Arabella, and that's Aden. What's your name?" He hoped she wouldn't be intimidated by the fact he was a Salvatore.

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Persephone sighed at Felix's comment.
She became silent and fiddled with a leaf on the tee branch idly. She didn't want to kill anyone. In fact, she didn't want to be here at all. Seph bit her lip and looked at the sky impassively.
"Who, her?" Angelica smirked. "That's the girl I was exploding things around earlier. I had so much fun," she smiled broadly. "Her name is Raven. Damien wants her as a Superior so dearly but I don't understand why. She's a weak, fragile, dumb and ugly teenager."
Way to describe yourself, thought Persephone with a hidden smile. Liam choked on laughter and pretended to be laughing at a student. They flashed one another smirks, and Seph gave a reassuring smile at Landon. She could feel how worried he was, despite not being an empathetic. Persephone was worried about Jason and Jesse, so she knew how she felt about the sibling-thing.
Dakota sighed and relaxed, taking Dru's hand and squeezing it gently. "Stupid hunters," he said with malice, "I wish they'd just drop over and die."
"Agreed," Sapphire murmured.
I'm going to shove you out of this tree if you make one comment like that, thought Persephone. Liam glanced at her with a small smile and looked away.

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Cassandra shook her head a second before Jason Salvatore entered.
She looked up at Jason and sighed. She folded her arms and stared at him until he left. Cassandra let her gaze flicker to Ethan before becoming locked back onto the forest. "You'd be surprised as to how many camps are right nearby the academies. There's loads of them. Sometimes they're dead spot next to them but they have barriers protecting them from being noticed. There was one like that in Germany," she added, "I had fun in Germany." Cassandra became quiet as he spoke and then continued.
"I remember very, very well," she responded and there was pain in her voice. "I'm still sorry about that." Cassandra stiffened and tensed and turned to look at him. "You don't know what it's like having to watch that consistently and knowing you can't do anything about it but watch another individual's life flash before their eyes. I've seen it over a thousand times. I know exactly what you mean," Cassie sighed. "This power is a gift and curse."
She became silent as she remembered her reaction to seeing Ethan pressed up against a wall impaled by a metal re-bar. She shuddered at the memory and shook it off. She was still horrified over that, and didn't want to recall the memory. The thing about Superior Hinters was that they did dangerous things and that had been one of the most dangerous events yet, and she had faced some very, very dangerous things in her life.
Then she started laughing. "The moment you became a Superior Hunter with me," she teased. "I treat all my Superior Hunters the same as if you were my children. Don't worry, I don't consider you my child, so don't worry." Then her head snapped so fast towards the woods you could hear the crack.
"They know we're here, so let's do the unpredictable and not show up," she added with a smirk.

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[brokendragon]

Widow continued through the empty halls of the school, her boots echoing off the walls. A soft smile slid across her lips with the memory of creating a haunted hows to chase people away from the mansion she had claimed as her home when homeless. Fun times. Oh the looks on peoples faces when they realize it really isn't just the wind. She really hoped there would be a chance to improve that particular trade. Necromancy? Maybe, But that is usually reserved for magic used on the dead. This was magic used by the dead...but now being used by someone alive. Maybe still necromancey. She looked up from her thoughts to find herself outside the powers training room. Well... This is where she was going to end up in 6th period anyway. Widow pauses at the door, looking at it for a thoughtful moment before turning the nob and walking in. She was very early, but could never pass the chance for extra practice.

[DaPenguin]

Charlotte cracked another smile, "What do I do in my free time?"She repeated. How random. "I enslave my boyfriend and make him do my homework. How about you?"She joked. She was making up for the scary comment towards poor Jesse by putting a hand to his his cheek and gently carressing it with her thumb.

"Carry me off to the school building. I want to see who else occupants my dorm. You may chuck me into the girl's dormitory lounge and then you may procceed off to your room where evil Charlottes don't roam yet as of now."She then concernly looked at him, "I'm not hurting you am I? I might of put on a pound or two in the summer.

She hoped to make this a interesting year to tell the boys back home about.
There were so many incidents this summer she wanted to tell everyone here about. The ship one stuck out the most to her.

Charlotte's friend at home, Caleb, invited them all on to his dad's boat. His dad really had no clue that his 16 year old son was using it and inviting his teenage friends on it. Her mom would of grounded her if she found out but things managed to stay secret. It was the dead of night, and fog was surrounding the boat. Music blasted from the stereo.

Charlotte sat on a wooden box, observing everything with a smirk. Harold was leaning over the boat, looking at a bunch of fish, saying geeky things about them. He was the stereotypical nerd, but she thought he was cool. He had glasses, a odd little sweatervest and pants that looked rather dorky but somehow suited him. His hair was short, and combed down.

Ben was the quiet kid that seemed to like dark clothing. He didn't go all goth with the creepy piercings and make up and stuff, but he just liked his dark clothing. He was staring out at the fog, thinking someone was there.

Charlie was reluctant look out at the fog. It creeped her out and she was afraid they were going to get lost. She leaned forward a bit, elbow rested on her leg and chin in palm. "I'm hungry did you guys bring any snacks?"

"Hell yeah."Caleb walked out, looking buff and muscular as he always did with shaggy brown hair. He threw her a bag of chips as he threw snacks to the others.

"Thanks, Caleb. Life saver."Charlotte grinned.

"No problem-"
"Do you guys hear that!?"Harold nervously interrupted.
The ship creaked a little and they looked around. "I don't hear shit."Caleb sighed.

Suddenly a shadow of a running person ran across the deck. Everyone stood up.
"What was that!?"exclaimed Harold, looking like a nervous wreck already.
Caleb looked annoyed. He was probably thinking along the lines that some idiot got on his boat.
Ben didn't quite care.

Charlotte, on the other hand, had stood up and walked inside. "Hello?"She called.

"Charlie, it could be a murderer or something!"Caleb caught up with her as did the other two boys. The lights flickered off and the electricity running the boat suddenly went out.

Harold screamed. Ben stayed impassive and Caleb actually got a little scared there. He went to draw Charlotte closer and stopped, realizing her availability and what she would say.

Charlotte shuddered. It was like the horror movies. A ghost ship was going to pass by in the fog wasn't it?" She saw the shadow again against the moonlight and ran outside. A piece of paper floated down on to the deck. She picked it up as the boys huddled around to read it.

Serenity, I would of had you with a much different crowd of friends. More suitable for you. I look forward to meeting you. However, I rather it be alone rather than with the other three children or your ridiculous Salvatore boyfriend. it said. She crumpled it before the boys could read and stared.

"Who's Serenity?"asked Harold, looking rather confused.

"It's her middle name,"said Ben. By his face, she could tell he managed to read the whole thing. He was staring at her with a face she couldn't really determine what emotions were lurking in.

Caleb looked angry, "Is someone bothering you? I'll beat the crap out of them."

Charlotte shrugged, "I have no idea who this is. No one has been bothering me." She really didn't have the slightest clue. "Maybe it's just a prank."

"Could be. Might not be."Ben said.

The motor eventually was running again and they drove the boat back to the docks as fast as possible.

Oh that story would just knock the socks off of Jesse, wouldn't it?

[Apoalo]

"Unless you're one of those people gifted with cellular regeneration, I wouldn't recomend doing that. For health reasons, of course." Aden looked over at the new girl and shrugged cracking the other side of his head.

"Well... I've done it for a long time so stopping now probally wouldn't really help me all that much." He laughed brightly flashing his smile again that had always made him a favorite in the clubs and bars he gambled at, or rather made him a favorite of the ladies. He turned to Jesse and smirked nodding his agreement that he was indeed lucky to have a free period in the middle of the day.

Arabella came over and gave him some ideas on what to do with a free period and Aden could have kicked himself, god he must look stupid asking that question. He noticed her smiling somewhat goofy after her explanation and he gave her his smile and found somewhat surprisingly that he really liked this group, and particularly Arabella who seemed nice and at the same time quiet and shy. At least to him anyway.

He laughed as Jesse as he matter of factly told the newcomer that HE was the healer and that HE in fact would tell the health jokes. As Aden was introduced he would give a small wave and try and make her feel mroe welcome.

"Yea, i'm new here also, heh."

[Synthorian]

That poser entered the tower who was on that motorcycle earlier. The fool spoke smugly about how the academy was a school, and that Ethan and Cassandra were probably drug dealers. Ethan turned his hands into fists as he stared at his smug face. When the kid left, Ethan couldn't help but let the words in his head flow out of his mouth. "If that prick comes anywhere near me again, I'm going to rip his windpipe out, and shove it up his ass." Ethan hated pretenders like that guy, trying to be cool like Fonz. It irritated him so much that he usually breathed out ugly threats behind their backs. "Sorry about that." said Ethan as he calmed himself, "I just hate people like that."

"Anyway, don't traumatize yourself over what happened to me. Sure I lost a bit of blood, but it's all good." he said with a reassuring smile which Cassandra wouldn't be able to see because his face was covered up by a scarf, but she would know he was smiling. What happened 2 months ago didn't traumatize him at all, but it did make him much more careful that he used to be, which was for the best. When Carelessness comes back to bite you in the ass, you usually learn your lesson, and Ethan did. "Make sure you don't accidentally break your neck, you'll kill yourself." he said with a smirk as he heard her neck crack from the way she quickly turned her head. "Anyway, what's your big plan?"

[DaStormz]

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Arabella found a small blush crawling up the sides of her cheeks.
She looked away. Arabella looked at the tower, but was unable to see if anyone was inside of it. She saw nobody, and then looked back to the group as Aden said, ""Yea, I'm new here also, heh." While she watched Jesse head off to the school with Charlie, she asked softly,
"Here, want me to show you around? It isn't as big as it seems, believe me." She gave him a tiny smile, and then lapsed into silence.

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Jesse nodded.
"Sure, Charlotte's Web," he said with a smug smile. "Whatever you'd like, sweetheart." Then he burst out laughing. "No, of course not." He smiled broadly. "I put on some more muscle this summer, Charlie." With a wave to the others, he began towards the school and left Aden and Arabella alone.

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Cassandra burst out laughing.
"I'll try not to break my neck," she said with amusement, "besides I'd see if I was about to and stop. Haha," She then sighed and looked at him directly now. "My big plan is to watch the camp and see them progress. I'll keep you updated on them, okay?" She sighed, eyes now on Arabella and Aden. "We're in for a very interesting year, I'll promise you this." She didn't elaborate.

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[Apoalo]

Aden didn't really notice the blush but regardless flashed her another smile and then it hit him. He was actually smiling and enjoying himself for a change.. It was so unusual to him that he hadn't truly recognized it yet, and so when Arabella offered to show him around he answered with perhaps to much energy.

"Yea, i'd love you! I mean to!! I mean i'd love you to.." He blushed and kicked the ground as if kicking his own brain for stupidity. He raised his eyes back to Ara and gave a little heh of a laugh with blush still heavy on his face.

[Synthorian]

"Yeah, it should be..." Said Ethan with a small smirk. It would be pretty fun taking out Superiors while trying not to alert the entire Academy of their existence. Ethan tried to hide a sigh of his own, but failed. "I gotta tell ya. I wasn't expecting to stay here more than a day." he just wanted to go home after a day and half of driving non stop. But maybe a few hours sleep would get him going again and ready for the next day. "Look, I'll try and get us a couple of dorms to bunk in until the camp is burning. Don't expect a penthouse suite though, you might end up with a room-mate." As Ethan began to walk away, he playfully punched Cassandra on shoulder, "Call me when you need me."

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