Chapter one: Writing on the wall.
The alarm clock on the bedside table rang loudly. Esme rolled to the side of the bed, picked the alarm clock and flung it against the wall. She was about going back to bed when she remembered.
Today was the first day of last year in high school.
She jumped up from the bed. She had to be there early. She was a tall slender teenager with bright black and gold flecked eyes. She rarely smiled and had a crazy temperament. No one dared mess with her. Her knee length silver hair was in tangles making her look like a little homeless rat. She grabbed her mirror phone and texted her friend Ria.
Hey Ria are you ready for today?
Yeah I'm in the bathroom right now
Seems like you're pretty excited
Yes I am. Do you know why?
Let me guess. Because of that wolf guy you're crushing on.
He's not a wolf guy. He's an Alpha.
Whatever
Why are you so nonchalant
I'm not
Yes you are
So much for sending you a mirror message
Byeeeeee
She dropped the mirror phone on her table and hopped into the bathroom. She started running water into the giant bathtub designed like a dragon. She stood in front of the bathroom brushing her teeth. She saw something red on the wall reflecting in the mirror. She turned around and saw that the bathroom was filled with writings in Greek all written in blood.
Ho mythos dei zēn. Ho drákōn ézē'
The legend must live. The dragon lives.
She opened her mouth to scream but no sound came out. She turned back to the mirror and saw an old woman's face half hidden by a cloak. She said to her
" The temple must be rebuilt."
She picked up her perfume bottle and smashed the mirror. The broken pieces clattered on the floor.
" Honey what's going on in there?" Her mother asked from the kitchen.
She opened her mouth to answer but she saw the woman's face on one of the broken mirror piece on the floor. The woman put her index finger to her lips and said "shh"
Ezzy said " Nothing, mother"
" Okay come down for breakfast quickly"
Ezzy shivered a little bit. This wasn't the first time she was seeing things like this but today's own was a little intense.
Avoiding the broken mirror pieces on the floor, Ezzy finished brushing her teeth and took a quick bath. She walked out of the bathroom drying her body with a towel. She went to her wardrobe to pick out clothes to wear. She put on a black hoodie, black leather pants and biker boots.
She ran a brush through her mass of heavy silver hair. She never really liked her hair it always drew attention to her and made her feel out of place. Everyone at school had different colors of hair but hers always outshined them all. All the supernaturals at school made fun of her hair so she hated exposing it. She wrapped it up and stuffed it inside the hood of her sweater. She picked up her backpack from where it hung and ran downstairs.
" Good morning, mom"
" Good morning, honey"
Ezzy's mom, Griselda smiled at her daughter. Her source of joy. She was a beautiful woman with a smile that failed to reach her eyes. She was a little taller than Ezzy with grey eyes that turned silver when she was angry. She also had silver hair like her daughter.
Still smiling she watched her teenage daughter grab two apples from the fruit bowl on the table.
" Bye mom"
" Won't you have breakfast?"
" Nope don't feel like it"
" Okay take care baby"
Ezzy went out of the house. She had things on her mind. Her eighteenth birthday was fast approaching. She would finally be able to find out what supernatural ability she would have. For now she could only fly and cast some spells, nothing special.
She got into the car her uncle from the human world had given her. It was a pretty black car with tinted windows.
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The school's parking lot was packed up with cars. Ezzy hurriedly beat a second year student to get the last parking spot.
" Hey I saw it first" Trisha, the second year student said.
" Too bad" Ezzy said giving her a devilish grin.
She locked her car, taking the keys and her backpack along. She was about entering the main building when she heard someone call out her name.
" Ezzy!!" The person yelled.
She turned around and saw her friend Ria in her pretty, color blinding girlish clothes. She was wearing a light blue miniskirt, a flowery pink blouse, pink heels and her ever present crown glasses. Her shiny red hair was held up in a ponytail. She had a bright smile on her face to match.
No one expected the both of them to be friends. The were quite the opposite of each other. Ezzy being an unsmiling, temperamental kid, Ria on the other hand being a cheery, colorful and smiley kid.
" Hey" Ezzy said her face lacking expression.
" Don't tell you're still mad at me because I called you nonchalant." Ria said her high pitched voice ringing.
" No I had a weird morning" Ezzy said.
" Let's go in"
" Okay"
They both walked into the school going straight to their lockers. The east and west hallways were filled with supernatural students smiling and chatting with each other. It had been a long vacation and many had gone to their kingdoms. The boarders had returned the day before to get settled in.
Friends were hugging each other and laughing, lovers were kissing and grinning like lovesick fools.
Ezzy made a face of disgust. Silly dimwits, she thought to herself.
Umbravale high was a school for supernaturals of different kinds. It was a school where light and darkness mixed. There were vampires, fairies, banshees, werewolves, human sirens, water creatures of different sorts, witches, sorceresses, sorcerers, gifted humans, goblins, demons, kelpie, sprites, ( water, land, desert and mountain)
Just like every high school, there were the popular, proud kids who are from famous families, packs and kingdoms. There were five ranks in Umbravale.
Silver rank was the highest rank and it was meant for the hybrids and tribrids. They were more powerful and most of them were part vampire part wolf. The tribrids were very few. The grandson of the immortal dragon keeper, Drayce reigned supreme. He was every girl's crush. His second in command being Estevan, the demon lord's son.
Rank two was the Gold rank, belonging to the full blooded vampires. Here, the son from the Ultimate clan, Javan reigned supreme.
Rank three was the Bronze rank, belonging to the werewolves, lycans, gummiho and kitsune. Andre, the newest Alpha of the Sapphire moon crest clan, a special clan consisting of only half werewolves and kitsune, reigned supreme.
Rank two was the Red rank containing sea creatures, sirens, mermaids, water sprites. Here, Kairos, the water demon reigned supreme.
The last rank was the Green rank, consisting of sorcerers, sorceresses, gifted humans, goblins, banshees, fairies, sprites, witches and others. There was no supreme here. Only that the rank differed. A witch was more powerful than a sorceress and so on.
A supernatural with a higher rank could punish one with a lower rank if he or she offends. The supernaturals in the Silver rank took that to heart. They never hesitated to punish anyone who defied them so the lower ranked supernaturals kept away from them.
" Have you seen Ramona and Isoleta?" Ezzy asked.
" Nope,but I did speak with Mona this morning" Ria replied.
Ezzy wanted to say something but the summoning bell was rung and the students had to move to the auditorium.