Lily

She sighed. "I think I saw Himura, but I avoided him. I'm not... really supposed to be here, I guess. As for anyone else, no. I haven't. Not besides Matt here." She told him, motioning towards Matt who was standing very near by. "I think we've really dwindled down. I don't know where the other's are. Maybe they no longer have a use for this place. I, for one, still do and I think I always will." She told him, trying her best to be as honest as she could.

And she was. She felt that she would always need the place to keep her afloat. It was the place where she knew she could get help and strive for something. She chuckled. Even after she graduated, she still wanted to work here. It was a nice place for people like them. People that couldn't really get help elsewhere. She could feel his nervousness grow, probably because of her own tension. But, she was over it now. She felt relaxed and at peace. As she should be. No more thoughts of anything depressing. She'd just... relax. Walk around a bit, talk to people. Do her own thing. Maybe later she'd find a shooting range upstairs and practice a bit.

Toby smiled at her answer. At least Lilly was still good, still nice. She menioned that she saw Himura, and that kinda scared him. Last he remebered Himura was bonkers over Kate and he would see Toby as his gateway to seeing Kate again. But Toby had bigger fish to fry, namely himself. He looked at Matt and scrunched up his eyes. He had no memories of Matt, and had really forgotten he existed.

Toby just stood and looked around for a while before replying to Lilly. "I kinda miss the others...well the others that didn't try to kill me, unlike you. I'm planning for this to be my last year before I go back to my 'rightful' realm. I'm gonna miss this place y'know?" He said feeling a bit teary up inside. "Mind if I han with you for a while, I just need t unwind."

Lily

She'd tried to kill him? When? Her eyes grew large. When had she tried to kill him? She couldn't remember. "I'm... I'm sorry but... I tried to kill you? When did I do that?" She asked, completely and utterly at a lose. And he was planning on leaving? She blinked, looking at him. "You can hang out with us. But seriously. I don't remember ever trying to kill you. If it ever... seemed that way, I apologize. I don't kill friends. I don't try to hurt them either." She told him, looking back at Matt.

That statement had really hurt her heart. She didn't think she'd... Could she? Would she have? She couldn't remember. She'd never liked hurting others, especially friends. Even now, that had not changed. She would still give up her life to save those she cared about even if they no longer cared about her. She supposed that was just the curse of a kindhearted angel. But she didn't mind. Right? She didn't mind sacrificing everything she had for people that only barely liked her. She closed her eyes. No. She didn't need to think about this. She needed to... relax.

Toby

His eyes suddenly widened as he realised what he had said, again. He had made someone paranoid and annoyed at themselves, like him. He quickly held up his hands and shook them to try and calm the angel down. "No! No, no, no. You didn't try to kill me! Well technically, but you tried to kill me when Dylan was in control...and Dylan's basically my demon side...my split personality. And because of him, the Underworld has noticed me and by the time I graduate I've gotta go back. So it's not your fault because technically I'm like the prince of Hell."

He hoped he had calmed her down. He was terrified she had flipped out forever. "Lilly, your a good friend, dont worry." He said calmingly. He tried to always forget that he eventually had to go back to hell. He didn't want to...but he had to. He shook his head and shot an apologetic smile. "So what are you up to then?"

Lily

She sighed. Well, if he was fine, she supposed it was okay. Prince of hell or not, she didn't want to hurt anyone she'd already damaged Shira enough as it was. Split personality though? It must be rough, dealing with someone else inside of your body. You'd think for the Prince of Hell they'd want to fix that little... issue. Then again, it seemed like a lot of people in the academy had an evil side to them. She laughed. We all have our demons.

She turned to face him when he asked what she was up to. "Well, I was trying to find my friend Farrow, but I can't find him. I don't think he's in the kitchen anymore. He was making soup for Matt because he passed out at the sight of me." She explained, chuckling. "But, since he's not here, I'm free to go anywhere really." She told him, looking around the cafeteria. She wanted to go find the shooting range but that was something she wanted to do by herself.

Toby

He looked at her nervously as he waited for her response. Even though he knew she was a furies, she was the first person he had told. He was scared that she would kill him since she was an angel and all and was probably told by the angels to kill all demons.

"Well I'm thinking about go searching for anyone else from the 'good ol days' and I'm pretty bored so at least I have you to talk to." He sighed before smiling weakly. "Promise me you won't tell anyone? I'm pretty much being firmed to do it and Dylan is the one they really want"

Lily

She smiled at him, a small chuckle escaping her lips as she noticed his nervousness. Was he scared of her or something? Then it clicked. He was a demon and he thinks she's still an angel. With that, the chuckle grew. When she finally gathered herself, she looked at him in the eye. "Toby, you don't have to be scared of me. One, I don't really care. I was friends with everyone and I still am. Two, I'm not even an Angel anymore. That's... actually why I'm here. To try and... get that back." She explained, a smile forming on her lips. She was glad he'd given her a reason to explain in with such a smile on her face. It kind of amazed herself. Normally, it would depress her, but for once being human was actually helping her.

"And I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to." She told him, her eyes soft and gentle as she looked at him. She could slowly feel herself coming back. She was much kinder like before and she could feel it. Thought, she didn't think the depression would ever go away. But... at least she wasn't angry. She chuckled. She'd still never ask for help though. She'd welcome it, but not ask for it. She needed to face her own problems her own way anyway. "So, where would you like to go? I don't really feel like the garden. It's become more of a hang out spot than the cafeteria. Which is... kind of odd." She told him, shrugging. "How about we explore? I think they've added more rooms. Maybe they have a pool hidden somewhere up there." She said, a bright smile on her face.

Toby

He looked confused as he watched a chuckle break from Lilly. Why was she laughing? He was pretty confused but he understood when she started to tell him to not be scared of her. "Yeah, I guess I can trust you to not kill me, I've got bigger problems with Himura"

He laughed when she mentioned exploring. Yeah...that would be nice. He always felt every year there was a giant socialising room. "Yeah it'd be nice to find a pool, it gets hiring sometimes just going to the sane place over and over again."

Himura's Location: Garden

The situation by the beautiful garden was thickening with wild and careless emotions.The minotaur was enraged and it wanted with fury to hurt Ashley with his bare hands. Its eyes was glowing with the colours of hate. Half man half bull, the agility of a human and the strength of an unstoppable bull was a fearsome force to be reckoned with. Ashley's mistaken to have made this guy angry-- Things were getting ugly the moment he transformed. Himura looked aside to his friends, Ashley seemingly not worrying at all. She should know that not all beings who are big and great are the most gentle in nature. Jake on the other hand...

"Bulls don't calm easy... When they see red, prepare for charge." Himura's thought quietened. It seemed impossible for this minotaur to not go down without a fight. This beast was wild, but with a little flick-- All things could be made to fear, to submit and be tame. Himura made a quick glance towards Ashley. She is persistent, but something else reside within her that had already sprouted since the beginning of time.

The raging bull was losing its patience. Jake was correct-- He picked up his pace and charged towards the direction of Ashley. Himura needed to act fast. "Ash, look at me." Himura hoped that she would oblige. The bull was getting close and as soon as Himura was able to look into Ashley's eyes, he apologised. "This might hurt a little ..." A bright blue light illuminated over Ashley's chest. An aura began to flourish as Himura lifted his right hand. "... Forgive me." He thrusts his hand towards the direction of the blue light, diving into Ashley's heart as Himura reached for it and his hand began to be encrusted by dark-blue crystals. His hand finally released itself from her chest as the crystals shattered into pieces-- revealing a chain whip wielded by Himura and holding Ashley close before she could fall. "Jake, watch out!" The bull was charging and Jake was in the way.

Himura entered a concentrated state within moments. The sun's ray of light was quickly absorbed by his body and Himura moved faster than anyone could imagine, directly behind the bull and launched the chain whip towards it. It caught up and coiled itself around the minotaur's waist and Himura pulled with the strength mightier than an enraged minotaur as it quickly stopped it from its tracks. The minotaur's momentum was caught. It yelped as his stomach was pulled and crashed onto the ground and landing on its bottom. "Submit and quell your anger!" The chain whip glowed-- And the minotaur seemed to be affected by this magical glow. "Listen to Ashley." Himura perked his head up, particularly towards Ashley. "Okay... Ash, try to be a little bit more sincere? I don't even think this would work if you wouldn't..."

Jake: Garden

The charge from the bull was expected, that was why I stood in between him and my two new friends. If Himura hadnt told me to move, I would have changed right then and there. Minotaurs were easy to deal with as long as you knew how to move, but apparently Himura had other plans of taking care of the creature.

I saw as Himura wielded the strange whip-like thing and move faster than he thought the guy could move... I guess as a sun god, that was pretty easy. He wrangled the bull down with relative ease and told it to calm itself, after a glow from the whip it seemed to oblige, not out of obedience, but of fear. That was a risky move... threatened creatures can sometimes lash out harder than angry ones. However it seemed to keep it cool, and I sat back to wait for what would happen after Ashley spoke.

Irritating sounds were coming from outside Djhango's window. He rolled over out bed and groaned as he slowly woke up. He rubbed his eyes before looking down at himself, still in his clothes from the night before as well his real form. Like a tired, grumpy old man, he slowly walked to the window, raising the hood over his head and leapt out on the ledge once more; his eyes still groggy from his interrupted slumber. Again he dug his talons into the ledge, and perched as he looked down to see what on earth woke him up. Something was going on in the garden, a group of students by a fountain. This was what the yelling was about? Just them, and they woke him up? His right eye twitched as he stared down at the scene motionless, but half-asleep.

Then things became quite the show. A minotaur began to charge at a few of the students, then a student seemingly stabbed another, and then Djhango decided this was all too bloody early for him to be happening right now. He wondered if the girl was alright when the other student had performed that technique and said student who took down the Minotaur was one Djhango wanted to stay away from, but he continued to watch on until the show was over for sure. Pay attention to who's around you and keep an eye on them if need be. But once this finished, he was going to roll back into his room and get something to eat because he certainly was beginning to hunger...

Matt

Matt sat against the wall for a while, letting Lily and the other boy talk about various things. It wasn't Matt's place to keep a friendly reunion from them. Besides, he didn't really have anywhere to go, except to bed. He hadn't slept in a while, and was beginning to yawn. How long had it been since he had slept? It was just before had had come to Kalmasyia, which had been two days ago. He hadn't slept in 24 hours. Not too bad, Matt could have stayed up longer if he wanted, but why not sleep?
"See you later, Lily. I'm going to bed." Matt said, then walked towards his dorm.

Ashley

For Ashley, what happened next was a blur. "Ashley, I need you to look at me" She heard Himura say and he looked at him with a wide grin, not worried at all by the oncoming Minotaur. Suddenly she didn't know what was going on. A blue light appeared before her, presumably an aura....her aura. Her eyes widened as she looked into Himura's eyes before she saw his hand go straight into her heart.

Her eyes stayed widened as she felt him find and grab her heart. A little blue flame flickered in her hand as she tried to stop whatever he was doing but it suddenly went out. What the hell was he doing? She thought he was her friend. She let out a gasp of breath as terror filled her brain. He was just another monster, wanting to take her soul...just like her mother. Her body felt limp and she wobbled on her feet.

She just saw Himura finish off the Minotaur with this giant nwhip thing. Maybe he wasn't trying to hurt her....was he using her soul as an energy source. She looked confused but then realisation hit her as the bull was captured. It was all just part of the plan. She looked at him understandingly. "Ok I'm sorry for enraging you...I just wantred to see my friend is all."

Andromeda: In her room

I had the door open and my music could be heard outside but it was not to loud. I was cleaning my room and sang along with my radio. ''Your only missing home when you hate the road''. People that walked by smiled and waved at me. I smiled and waved back, I was happy. I didn't know why exactly, maybe it was the letter from my aunt saying that she found the source of my and Mila's powers. I always thought that I could only use fire, but I was wrong. With some good lessons, I could also use spells. I had to tell Mila this too, but I didn't even know if she wanted to know it. She loved her fire powers, but maybe she liked it to learn fire spells.

I kept on cleaning my room and started to move my wardrobe, desk and bed to make it all look a bit more like my room at home. I looked around and smiled happily when I got my bed in the middle of the room. That thing was heavy.. I decided to sit for a short moment and took my phone. Should I text Himura again? He had not replied on my last text yet... Maybe he had a new number... or just didn't pay attention to his phone. I knew he was probably helping someone, or else he would have came looking for me. I sighed and laid my phone on my pillow. Soon.. Soon I would see him again.

Mila: In the hallway

When the small group in the garden seemed to be taming a bull or something and to busy for a chat, I decided to walk back inside. What could I do? I could visit Andromeda, she had text'd me that she wanted to change her room to more like the room at home. Maybe I could help her? I didn't know.. I just walked some trough the hallways and looked around. I didn't know much people from the other school... Only my twin sister and Viren... But I had not seen him in ages. Was he still at school? I wondered about it but also kinda doubted it. Maybe during the vacation he got some special task from his family.. Or he married some cute looking elf girl. I shook my head, why would I care? He and I were friends, nothing more... I had told myself not to fall in love with the first guy I would met.. But I couldn't hold myself on the promise.. Did I fall in love? No! No! No! I just liked him.. He was nice and loved Lord of the Rings. I looked up but didn't know where I ended up. Oh god.. Now I was even lost in the school.

Himura's Location: Garden

The power of the whip enveloped around the Minotaur, as soon he reverted back into his human form after he had heard Ashley's apology. The boy sighed-- He seemed to have bought her reasoning. The chains released itself away from the boy and Himura simply allowed the handle of the whip away as it floated and glew brightly with a warming lightthat soon surged its way back to Ashley's chest. Himura gave a deep sigh of satisfaction. "That could've ended worse." He had a grin on his face, not realising of the particular expression Ashley had given to Himura previously. "Thanks for doing that. I was worried I might need to do more than just whipping him to submission."

As his grin fades into his normal neutral smile, that's when he could properly see Ashley and Jake. She looked... Paler. Her eyes seemed to be in resolution, but her body language tells him that she was in a deep shock and surprise. Himura's head dropped. "Maybe I shouldn't have been so abrupt about what I did. Sorry Ashley..."

Ashlye

She was breathing really heavily. Her arms hung limp as they tried to grab air and finally succeeded. She wasn't sure what happened, but boy had it felt bad. She looked at him confused for a second before looking around. Everything seemed fine, nothing bad had happened to her it seemed. Her heart was pounding loudly and she could feel the blood moving through her body clearly.

"What the hell happened!" She blurted out at Himura. "THat was so freaking cool!" She was eventually back to her normal excited self and her grin was returning to her face but she was still quite pale. "Oh it's alright Himura! That was a great experience for me. I was just scared because that was how my mother put curses on me. But I'm fine now. And thanks for helping with the minotaur!" She grinned widely at him and Jake as she fixed her black and green hair.

Jake: in garden

I watched as the minotaur shifted to his weaker human form, seeing that the strange weapon used by Himura thankfully didnt enrage him further. I felt my own subtle changes shifting back as my inner wolf calmed down, seeing that there was no fight to have now that things had slowed down. Looking back at Ashley, she seemed to be almost scared about the apparently magic whip that Himura got out of her, was that his own ability? To pull weapons out of people?

I sighed and was about to ask Ashley if she was ok, but then she suddenly shifted to her smiley self, as if nothing had happened. What a strange girl, was she always this bubbly? She had the energy of a yearling pup, out on its first ever hunting trip. I brought back my usual smile as she began to ask Himura what it was that he had done, and frankly I was curious myself, so I decided to look over at Himura to see what his explanation would be.

Viren: Academy entrance

Ah so this was the elusive Kalmaysia Academy? thought Viren as he made his way into the floating schools grounds. It was nearly as beautiful as the last academy, but it was suspended in the sky high above the clouds, giving it a much more serene feeling to it. He looked around taking in all the views, wondering how a forest managed to survive at this altitude. Whatever the case may have been, he wasnt fully into finding out. There was one person he was wanting to see, his reason for cutting his adventures short.

Milla.

He had missed her since they all had left for the previous break, and he was wanting to see her again. Things had gone off so well the last time they spent time together and he really wanted to continue that. He always hated leaving behind friends, and she was definitely not an exception. He made it to the main area, the sun gleaming off his usual green silk cloak, one of the few items brought from his village. His bow and quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder as he went along, the enchanted oak of the bow seeming to have a sheen all its own on it. He quickly entered the building, his eager eyes scanning for the one he was looking for. Without hesitation, he called out "Mila!" in hopes that she was somewhere near and would hear him.

Lily: Cafeteria

"Yeah, it'd be nice. Though, I think the school had changed quite a bit." She said, looking at Toby. She turned when she heard Matt tell her he was going to go to sleep. She smiled sweetly and waved at him. "Have a good sleep, Matt. I'll see you around." She said, her voice soft. She turned to Toby and asked, "Shall we go?" before walking off in a direction, headed for an elevator. She walked in, hoping Toby was behind her and pressed a button, the 5th floor. Maybe... something would be up there? If it were a pool, at least they'd find something.

The key lite up blue and the elevator closed and began rocketing up to the 5th floor. When it opened, there was a small hallway leading down to a single door. She walked down, motioning for Toby to follow her. "I don't know what's up here, but let's find out, shall we?" She asked, a devilish grin on her face. It'd been awhile since she'd felt this much excitement. She eased the door open and looked inside. Standing up, she looked at Toby, sending him a face that said, "Really?" She chuckled. "Well, we found the pool." She told him, opening the door all the way so that he could see. There were two changing rooms, one male and one female, and two cabinets outside each with towels and bathing suits for each gender and size.

New Location: Pool, 5th Floor

Toby

Toby noodded in agreement with Lilly as she talked abiyt how the school had changed. Yeah it had changed quite a but. He looked to the guy who had piped up to say he was going back go his dorm. He gave the bit a smile and waved a bit before turning back.

When he had turned Lilly was gone and heading towards to lift. He cursed under his breath and ran after her knowing full well they 'd find something at least. He slipped into the lift just as it went up with a nervous smile stuck on his face.

When they got to the pool a devilish grin grew on his face too. He quickly went into a changing rooms, took off his clothes and out on a pair of swimming shorts. He came out with a sly grin on his face waiting for Lilly cos he could not wait for a swim.

Lily

She walked into the girl's changing room, taking her time. Maybe they should invite some of the others to join them... not that she had anyone's numbers. She couldn't exactly invite anyone. Maybe she could ask Toby to invite a few people. She just didn't feel comfortable it being just the two of them. She sighed and changed quickly into a simple blue one piece bathing suit and grabbed her towel. She walked outside, and set down her towel one of the white chairs. With a small smile on her face, she walked over to the steps leading down to the shallow end of the pool. "Toby, do you think you could invite anyone else? I don't have anyone's numbers and I think this would be more fun with more people, don't you think?" She asked, letting her toes dip into the water.

Satisfied with the temperature, she stepped down on the steps and waded into the pool. After a few moments, she swam out to the deep end and grabbed onto the edge. She sighed, treading water. What she wouldn't give to have her powers back. Still, it wasn't something she could rush. She needed to take her time and figure this out slowly. It seemed like her only option.