Toko's The Unwanted (for reference only)

Here is pages 36-40.





Georgie

Tobi did not hesitate or pull away for a moment as she cried
into Dorjee's wrapped-chest. She cried for a while - a few
minutes - before she nodded, her cheek grazing against his
robes. "I feel... I feel so unsafe here... And I feel like
people are unsafe around me, no matter what I am a-and
when... I don't u-understand..." Tobi blubbered, her eyes shut
as the tears squeezed out. She could feel the diary between
them, still locked within her fingers.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee rubbed her back soothingly, smiling softly at her.
"People are perfectly fine around you. In fact, they're better
off for being around. You brighten anyone's
day..."Especially mine He added in his head, trying to
comfort her as best he could. "I'll make sure you always stay
safe, Tobi. I promise you that."



manysidestome

By now, Fuegar felt much better, and he sat up. "I thank you
for your assitance Alice, and I'm sorry you assume I'm a...
less than desireable being, but it's common in my species, I
can live with it. I can't stay here, without hurting anyone
else, and this school has too many problems without me," he
said. He stood up, and walked slowly toward the door. "I
appreciate the time I had as an Unwanted, but I can't continue
at it, I'm too unpredictable." He left the basement and
slowly, but surely, walked toward an exit.



Fire Lord

Jason listened to Thomas' sobs from his bed. A small smile
creeped onto his lips.

"Perfect."

The nurse walked over, pulling the curtain away.

"Okay Jason, you can go, but make sure to take it easy. No
exercise for at least a week."

Jason nodded.

"Thank you Maam," he said, wincing and getting to his feet. He
turned to look over at Thomas, a sad expression on his face.

"Thomas...I...I just..."

He sighed, turning away and heading towards the door.

"I hope you feel better."

When he exited the nurse's office, the small smile returned.

"One down. Now, off to the cafeteria for my next performance.
The Haters should have gotten the boy up by now."



manysidestome

Fuegar saw Jason leaving the Nurse's office and stared at him
for a minute. Hmm... I suppose Thomas could prove his guilt
without me... after all, I didn't do much good tailing him,
what else could I do, he thought. He just felt bad that he was
leaving all the work for Thomas... or he would have if he
didn't block emotions.



Georgie

Tobi smiled as she opened her eyes and pulled away, sniffing
softly as she tucked some sodden tangles behind her ear.
"Thanks Dorjee... But... Not tomorrow..." Tobi inwardly kicked
herself. Stupid! Now he may ask why?! Tobi smiled quickly and
turned - "Can you wait a moment? I just want to change..."
Tobi spoke, not looking at Dorjee as she wiped her cheeks.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee noodded, stepping away from the door so she could close
it and have her privacy. "Sure, Tobi." He said, glad she
wasn't crying anymore. He silently wonder what she had meant
by tommorrow. What was so special about tommorrow? Did it have
to do with the full moon?



Georgie

Tobi moved into her room, shut the door - but not before
flashing a quick smile at Dorjee - but then, proceeded to
press her forehead against the door. "Stupid!" She muttered to
herself, inwardly kicking several times before she sighed and
peeled away from the door. She hurried to her cupboard, pulled
out her uniform and clean underwear and dressed.

She moved to the mirror above her desk and fixed her face,
wiping the snail-trail's that her tears had left and fixed her
hair with her fingertips again. She then, looked around her
room - as if checking for anyone else before she opened her
cupboard and stowed her diary within her sock drawer, burying
it beneath the layers of clothing. She would pick another
hiding place when she returned that afternoon, she thought.

She chewed her lip as she moved back towards the door, trying
to think of a credible lie if Dorjee questioned her idiotic
'not tomorrow' comment as she pulled the door open, smiled and
walked out, shutting it again.

"Ready?"



Plaguewalker

Dorjee nodded, still wondering about why tommorrow he couldn't
protect her. The only sure why he could know was if he asked.
He gave a look down the hall, before looking back at Tobi.
"Tobi, what is so special about tommorrow?" He asked, hoping
she didn't mind him asking.



Casey Jewels

Thomas continued to stare off into space, ignoring Jason and
his words. Maybe... if he ignored everybody, everyone would
ignore him. He knew deep down inside that this would never
work. Once the Unwanted found out what he had done... Another
tear slipped down his cheek. Tobi would be absolutely furious
at him. She would never forgive him for something like this.
And Alice... Well, he wasn't exactly sure how Alice would
respond to the whole thing. Fuegar... he would...

"Fuegar!" Thomas cried out as he bolted upright. He had
completely forgotten about the demon. Much to the nurse's
dismay, he slid out of the bed and headed for the door that
Jason had just gone through. While all of his wounds had now
been treated, he was still no where recovered enough to be
moving around, but he refused to give in to the pain until he
was sure that his companion was all right.

"Thomas!" the nurse snapped at him and hurriedly moved in
front of the door. "You get back in bed this instant! You
shouldn't be moving about in this condition."

"But..." The Unwanted attempted to move past her, but his legs
decided to give out right then and he collapsed onto the
floor.

The nurse shook her head in disgust and dragged Thomas back
over to the bed, who whimpered in complaint of the treatment.
"Stay there. You're friend, if he's hurt, will be brought here
shortly."

"But..."

She glared down at Thomas. "I don't choose sides in this silly
little war of yours. I only heal those that are hurt because
of it." And with that she disappeared from view, on her way to
check on some of her other patients.

(I've been meaning to say this for awhile now, but I've always
spaced it when I'm posting, so... Fire Lord, you play amazing
villains.)



TokoToTheEnd

(hey! What's been happening? I had a concert yesterday so I
wasn't able to get on.)



Casey Jewels

(Summary... Summary... Gah! I can't really remember what
happened yesterday..., but I'll try my best. Thomas and Jason
had another little talk while in the nurse's office and now
Thomas isn't so sure that Jason's a Hater. Jason just left,
happy that he's taken care of Thomas for now. Fuegar is
thinking about leaving the school, because he's tired of all
the hiding and putting others in danger and yada yada. Tobi
and Dorjee talked... and Dorjee said that he'd protect her.
And I think that's about it)

TokoToTheEnd

(Good. it is now morning. I can't wait for the ending.....you
have no idea what I've planned. The things to come.....they
are PERFECT!!! *insert Laharl's laugh*)

Alice sat at a table, eating her eyes always watching. It was
a little nerve wracking to see Haters all around. Alice knew
of course that since there was also humans, innocent people,
the Haters would do nothing to her, but it still didn't make
Alice feel much better about the current situation.

Faith woke up, rubbing her eyes. Peace smiled at her twin.

"You're such a sleeper. You went to bed at eight!!" Faith
nodded, still tired. Thinking about last night, Faith did
realize that she couldn't remember anything after eight.
Everything else was just a blurred dream.

Peace pulled her sister out of the room after she dressed and
they went to breakfast.



Fire Lord

(Hey thanks!)

A loud yell came from the cafeteria. Crowded around the wall
on the far side was a large group of students. Jason was on
his knees in dismay, all of them looking up at the wall.

Pinned to it by rags tied around his limbs was the boy the
Haters had passed judgement on last night. His shirt was torn
to reveal the tatooed Unwanted symbol. There were countless
marks and bruises over his body.

On the wall that the boy was pinned on was a large painted
symbol of the Haters. All over the boy's body was the word
"Unwanted", painted in black and red ink.

Over the symbol of the Unwanted was a large gash in his skin
that formed the word "Scarecrow".

Jason shook his head.

"Michael," he muttered, identifying it as the boy he had
protected from the bullies yesterday. Tears appeared in his
eyes and he rushed foward, pulling the boy from the wall.

"Michael...Michael!" he yelled, shaking the unconcious boy.

Michael's eyes cracked open, but he didn't look up at anyone.
He mumbled inconsistently under his breath, staring blankly at
one point on the floor.

"Absolutely perfect."



TokoToTheEnd

Alice watched in disgust at the scene. She didn't know who
this Scarecrow guy thinks he is, but since the Haters have
seem to waged war on the Unwanted, Alice knew she wouldn't
find out eventually.

Faith walked in and saw the scene too. She retched and puked
on the floor. Peace moved away from her suster and grinned in
satisfaction at what she saw. 'Things are going very well.
Soon the whole school will be against them.'

Peace kneeled by Faith and smiled at her. "You'll be ok."



manysidestome

Marcus walked into the cafeteria and looked first at Faith and
Peace, and then at the boy on the wall. "Absolutely barbaric,"
he commented. Well soon, the whole school will be so scared of
being accused of being an Unwanted, they'll all turn on them
just to save themselves. Genius, Scarecrow, he thought.



Casey Jewels

(You're welcome!)

Thomas waited about thirty seconds before he slid back out of
bed and started towards the door once more. I have to check on
Fuegar... I have to make sure that he's all right... And I
need someone to talk to. He came to a halt as he stepped out
of the nurse's office. "Fuegar," he called out softly and
stumbled towards the demon. "What are you doing here?"



manysidestome

"I was about to leave," Fuegar said. "I still plan on doing
it. I just paused to ponder whether or not you'll be ok with
Jason still out and about. You're higher on his list now than
anyone else, and I'm the only other one who doesn't believe
him."



TokoToTheEnd

(Technically Alice doesn't either, but that's because they
never met)

Alice walked over to Faith and Peace. Faith was still looking
at the floor. She didn't notice the glares that Peace and
Alice were giving eachother.

"Sad thing, isn't it," questioned Peace. Alice nodded.

"Yeah, stupid too. Those Haters don't know when to quit."

"Neither do those foolish Unwanted."

Faith looked up at the two serious girls. She had no idea what
was going on.



Casey Jewels

"Oh..." He threw an arm around the demon, partly to help him
stay upright, and partly to get his point across. "I need you,
Fuegar. Now more than ever." He wiped at his red eyes, which
were starting to water again. "Please don't leave me to sort
out all of this by myself, because I can't..." I need to talk
with you... about Jason. I just don't know if you'll listen...
or if you'll just be disappionted in me...


manysidestome

"I don't know... I don't know why I'm here. I don't know why I
cared enough in the first place to help. I don't know why I
joined the Unwanted, instead of the haters, or staying out of
it. And I don't know why I even tried living with others,"
Fuegar said. "It makes no sense, yet I did it... and I'm not
going to start being logical now I guess. I'll stay here
then."


Casey Jewels

Thomas let out a sigh of relief. "Good, because I have
something to talk to you about. Just..." He glanced back at
the nurse's office and then down each end of the hall. "Not
here. Somewhere safer." Even though it really doesn't matter
anymore... The Haters know... With that thought he let his
wings out a little more, but not enough that they would be the
first thing that a person noticed when looking at the two of
them. He still had to be somewhat careful, for anyone... No,
he had to be even more careful then before. The Haters would
be suspicious of everyone that he hung out with now that they
knew.



iamkatara

Rachel walked into the cafateria, wanting to go get the boy,
but she was a servant to the Haters now, even if she didn't
want to be. SHe whispered to Marcus, "Was this the boy they
got last night?" It had to be. She saw them take him away into
the darkness, but she wasn't going to tell anyone that.
Especially a Hater.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith shook her head in confusing, running out. She wanted
nothing to do with Haters or Unwanted. She was just a young
girl trying to pass school. Faith felt sick, but she knew that
somehow she was suck in the middle.
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Alice and Peace contiuned to glare, neither talking. Peace saw
Faith run, but she decided it was best to leave her alone.



manysidestome

"I suppose so, this is what happens when you try to threaten
innocent people," Marcus replied to her in a very low whisper.
There were few people who knew he was a hater, he didn't like
to advertise it. He really didn't care that much for innocent
people anyway, he didn't know why he did anything like this
anyway, and why he was a part of the haters. Maybe just
boredom.

"Just point the way, and I can get us there," Fuegar said.
"Just a question, did Jason get to you in there? He's cunning
that one, and I'm not sure anyone that used emotions
constantly could keep back doubts or their belief in him."



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. "No use standing around. We might as well just
get food." She went over to the food counter and grabbed some
ramen and an apple and sat at a distant table where no one
would hear her. If she needed to talk to Marcus, she wanted to
speak in private. No one needed to know he was a Hater, but
why did she care so much?



Casey Jewels

"I..." Thomas hung his head in shame. He pointed down the hall
and to the right. "There's an empty classroom there. It's not
used anymore, except for a storage room. We should be safe
there." I know that he's cunning... Or, at least, I think I
know. I'm just so confused...

manysidestome

Fuegar headed there, and quickly entered it. He set Thomas
down and closed the door, and turned on a light. "Ok, let's
hear it, we can't be gone from sight long or someone is bound
to get suspicious."



TokoToTheEnd

Faith headed to the lake. Classes will still closed and the
school system was going crazy. It didn't really bother Faith.
She just hoped nothing happened to her or her sister. Faith
really cared about Peace.



Casey Jewels

Thomas let out the breath that he had been holding and then
shrugged his shoulders while staring down at the ground. "I
don't know what to believe anymore," he whispered softly. "I
thought that... that getting rid of Jason would end all of our
problems, but now... I'm not so sure. Jason... he... his
wounds..." He bit his lip and fell silent, waiting for Fuegar
to yell at him or something.



Georgie

Tobi felt as if he had punched her in the stomach as she
scrambled across lies, thinking, weighing up the chances of
telling him the truth. She looked up at him and smiled sadly.
"Dorjee... I... I want to tell you, but..." Tobi looked away,
fiddling with the ends of her hair nervously, "...But I'm
afraid you'll hate me..."



iamkatara

Once Rachel finished her food, she threw it away and went over
to Marcus. She whispered in his ear. "I'm going outside. Where
do I need to be tonight?"



Plaguewalker

Dorjee gave her a shocked look from behind his coverings.
"Hate you? Why on earth would I hate you? If anything you
should hate me after what it said..." The Unwanted said. How
could she even think that? He thought, placing a reassuring
hand on her shoulder. "Tobi, i will never hate you, no matter
what."



manysidestome

"Jason got to you, made you doubt yourself, and now you're not
sure whether he is bad or not," Fuegar said. "You knew Jason
was cunning, and he could have tricks up his sleeves, but you
still fell for what you thought looked real. In essence, he is
a magician, illusions are his specialty, and keeping his true
workings a secret." If Thomas was out, then Jason would have
free reign, no one would be left to doubt him.

"Outside the cafeteria, I will come and get you, and lead you
to where we need to be," Marcus whispered. He left and got
some food, and sat down alone to eat, keeping his appearance
up as a loner.



iamkatara

Rachel nodded and went outside. She didn't feel like going to
any classes so she went near the lake and sat down. She had
hours before sundown.



Casey Jewels

Thomas thumped his head against the desk he was sitting at and
then let out a low moan. "I'm not sure if it's just some more
of his trickery... or if he's really sincere about helping us
out... He said... He said that, because of what I said, he
wasn't going to help out the Unwanted anymore, since he didn't
feel appreciated. If he really was after info about us, then
he wouldn't leave us alone, would he?" He looked up at Fuegar,
the tears coming back to his eyes.



TokoToTheEnd

ALice finished her breakfast and went to check on Thomas and
Fuegar only to see them not there. She wonder where they went.



manysidestome

"If he really wanted to help us, he would, whether he was
appreciated or not. If the only reason he helps us is because
he wants to, he wouldn't quit because of one person voicing
doubts. He would only say he'd stop because he has an alterior
motive, and he wants you to want him to help, and stay with
them to gather information," Fuegar said. Logical thinking was
easy when feelings and emotions didn't cloud the mind.



Casey Jewels

Thomas slowly nodded. "Yeah... That makes sense..." He flashed
Fuegar a small grin, but then the grin faded away as quickly
as it had come. He makes things so much easier to understand,
but still... "But is he really so devoted to this as to risk
his life for a single Unwanted, when no one else is
around...?"



manysidestome

"I can't go into his mind, so I don't know what he thinks, but
I can safely say, that if he goes out of his way to seem an
ally to the Unwanted and be a hater in secret, nothing is too
crazy to say about him," Fuegar said. "He will get rid of
anyone he thinks is a threat. I can garuntee that you will
soon be a target."



Casey Jewels

Thomas nodded once more. "Thanks, Fuegar. I needed that. I
needed that a lot." He glanced towards the door and then down
at the desk. But now what am I going to do? He's right,
they're going to try to take me out soon, especially... He bit
his lip and glanced at his wings. "I have to stay away from
everyone," he said softly. "Otherwise..., I'll just be
endangering them... and you."



manysidestome

"We should stick together. Because no matter what, I'm always
endangering people. At least we're endangering each other if
we stick together," Fuegar said. "Besides, I don't think that
any hater can stand up to me without walking away with a lot
of injuries."



Casey Jewels

"If you're sure..." Thomas slowly pushed himself up onto his
feet and started towards the door. "C'mon. Let's go eat. We
have classes today and I don't want to be late." He reached
into his pocket for his sash, but then remembered that he had
left it on the bed. Great. I'm just leaving my stuff
everywhere this days, aren't I?



TokoToTheEnd

Alice walked around confused and sighed. She had to get her
things for class. A Hater passed her by and they exchange a
look. Alice sigh, knowing it was going to be a long day.
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Peace sat in the cafertia, not caring about classes. She would
get there on time, but for now she had to think about where
she was doing the right thing being a Hater.
-------------
Faith opened a drawer and took her school books and other
items out.

manysidestome

"Sure, let's go then," Fuegar said. "I think I might just skip
classes today, it's not like I would be any use there when I'm
sleeping." He chuckled and opened the door.



Casey Jewels

Thomas offered him a smile as he walked out of the room.
"Yeah... Last night was pretty exhausting, but..." He pulled
his wings in close to his body out of habit, though it
wouldn't do much to hide them in the long run. "I don't want
them to think that I'm afraid of them. A person can call me
many things, but coward is not one of them." He started back
towards the nurse's office.



manysidestome

"Well do what you want, but being at 100% seems like it would
be more of a priority than proving yourself to haters," Fuegar
said, heading for the cafeteria. First food, the rest, then
that night, probably some work, or more rest.



Casey Jewels

Thomas stepped inside of the nurse's office, grabbed his sash,
and then walked back out. He quickly headed after Fuegar,
wincing with each step he took. But even with his wounds, it
didn't take him too long to catch up. "Classes are easy. They
don't take much out of me." He tied the sash back around his
eye. "So I can recover, while still getting my work done." And
while keeping an eye on Jason. Though that might do nothing
more than just confuse me even more...



manysidestome

"Ok, I understand," Fuegar said. "I'm still going to sleep
though, so you'll know where I'll be if you require my
assistance."



Casey Jewels

Thomas nodded. "Alright." He stifled back a yawn and stared
down at his bandaged arms. "So are we going to try again
tonight? This time I'll take the last watch."



manysidestome

"I don't know, we need to keep an eye on him before dark if we
do," Fuegar said. "Or... set a trap. If we could turn the
tables on them, hunt them for a change, it might give us an
edge. But, unfortunately, I don't know how to do so."



Casey Jewels

"Let's think over it. After the last class ends, I'll come and
find you. Then we can discuss this in more detail." And
hopefully I won't be so confused by then... Thomas stumbled,
but caught himself before he could fall. "You gonna eat
first?" he asked. "Or do we part ways now?"



manysidestome

"I am going to eat now, I need some nourishment. Last night
almost killed me, and took up most of my energy. It is getting
very tedious for me to even walk at this point," Fuegar said.



Casey Jewels

The night seems to be taking more and more out of us these
days... Thomas placed an arm around Fuegar. "Shall we help
each other then?" he asked.



manysidestome

"If we don't, no one else will," Fuegar replied. The demon
fought his lack of energy, and continued to walk, even though
he was soon going to run out again. He should have spent more
time in the basement.



TokoToTheEnd

Peace walked out of the cafertia and started towards the
school. She was a minute late, but she could deal with being
yelled at.
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Faith was already in her seat, doddling. She wasn't in the
mood to concentrate. Her mind was wandering everywhere.



Casey Jewels

"You've got that right." Maybe I should have stayed in the
nurse's office... But then he caught the scent of some bacon,
which was coming from the direction of the cafeteria. His
mouth watered and some drool spilled out of his mouth. He
hurridely sucked it back in and then quickened his pace.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled and got up. Mabye she would go to classes. Her
teacher wouldn't care if she was late. She was one of the best
students. She went into the classroom and saw Faith. The only
seat that was open was next to her. Great...



TokoToTheEnd

Faith looked over and smiled, shyly at Rachel. She saw her
with Alice and her other weird friends, but she didn't really
know the girl.

Alice walked in and sighed. The teacher frowned at her.

"You're late."

"Tell me something I don't know."

"How about you have a detention. Now take a seat." Alice
looked around the room and shook her head. "Where?"

The teacher ignored her and Alice decided to leave. She turned
and left without another word.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled back, then at the teacher. She looked at Faith.
She made a half smile. She knew Faith was neuteral, but she
needed to know. "What did you do last night since that noise?
There was a lot of rucus by how it sounded. I hope no one got
hurt from it."



TokoToTheEnd

(Faith isn't a Hater. Her sister is. Actually Faith is the
only nuetral person which is going to work wonders for my
plans later. *grins evilly* Oh the things to come. I can't
wait!!)

Faith stared at Rachel confused(she had her memory wiped by
Peace).

"What are you talking about? I went to bed at eight last
night. I don't remember any noise or anything relating to
that."



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. So she wasn't a hater, which might help the
unwanted later. "Wow, you slept through a lot then." She moved
closer. "I heard the Haters attacked last night. Seemed like
they did some really horrible stuff. I wouldn't want to get
mixed up with them." The teacher cleared his throat and she
went back to taking notes.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith heard the teacher and looked at her own notes-which were
all doodles of random things. Faith moved her pencil quick and
passed Rachel a note.

What is with this whole thing between the Unwanted and the
Hater?



manysidestome

OOC: Raqueal is neutral Toko.



Casey Jewels

"Here we are," Thomas said as they came to the cafeteria,
which was mostly empty now that classes were starting. He
breathed in all of the different scents and let a small smile
come to his face. The food smelled more delicious than usual,
but that might have been for the simple fact that he had used
up a lot of energy since he had last eaten.



iamkatara

Rachel took the note and looked at it. She scribbled back,

What are you talking about? Who?

She though to herself, Please don't let it be about me. I have
enough on my plate already.



manysidestome

"Heh, guess classes started already. Better for us, we can eat
in peace, then you can sneak in class and I can sneak to bed,"
Fuegar said. "Unless you'd rather us go screaming and yelling
down the halls."



Casey Jewels

Thomas chuckled at this and released his grip on Fuegar.
"Yeah... like either of us is up for something like that." He
nervously pulled his wings in closer as the students there
started to whisper and point at him. His entire body tensed up
and his breathing quickened. "Let's just hurry and eat," he
whispered and grabbed a tray.



manysidestome

"I don't see why you hide it, the whole school will know soon
anyway," Fuegar said. "But a part dragon like you shouldn't
worry what mortals think, or about what mortals will try to
do." He grabbed a tray and loaded on some undercooked meat,
which thankfully there was alot of. The less cooked it was,
the more he liked it.



Casey Jewels

"But... I can't help it. I've been hiding what I am for my
entire life. It just doesn't feel right... to be exposed like
this." He quickly filled up the tray with several items of
food, must of which were meat. And the Haters... What are they
going to do to me, now that I no longer can hide... He started
towards an empty table and glanced back to make sure that
Fuegar was following.

TokoToTheEnd

(Oh, well my plans are still going to panned
out......yes.......)

The Unwanted and the Haters. You know those two secret groups.
All I hear or see is about how they hate eachother or them
doing something to thwart the other. Why do they hate
eachother?



manysidestome

"Well, you don't have that luxury, you're exposed, and the
more you try to hide it, the more people will go for you. They
see you as a weak and scared freak. Only by staying strong and
confident will they question your weakness," Fuegar said. "But
you're talking to a guy without emotions. I couldn't feel
anything for anyone if I tried."



Casey Jewels

"Which is why I talk to you," He said to the demon and sat
down at the table. "While I can get confused or frightened by
my emotions, you can't." He stared down at his food, tempted
to just rip it to shreds. "And that makes a lot of sense,
only..." He picked up the juicy steak, shivering as some of
the juice ran down his hand. "I don't like to be noticed. I
much rather just stay in the background. It's in my very
nature to hide."



manysidestome

"If you haven't noticed, that's not working out too well,"
Fuegar said. "But whatever, sooner or later, we're going to
have to come out and face the haters. It's only a matter of
time. And the more we stall the more time they have to
prepare. We're as ready as we'll ever be, but they can still
recruit people."



Casey Jewels

Thomas took a bite of the steak and nodded his head as he
chewed. "I know, but still..." He fell silent, wanting to just
forget about the whole thing and eat. At least his first
class, Advanced Biology, was fairly small, so there wouldn't
be too many people there to watch him...


manysidestome

"Both sides are about secrecy, and while we're in the dark, we
pick each other off. One of us has to have the guts to come
out into the open and defy the other. The sooner we do it, the
sooner the haters will have to respond, or risk being seen as
the weaker side. They have pride in themselves, and will
probably come out to face us, whether they're told to or not,"
Fuegar said. He thought it very likely this course of action
would happen, but he was prepared in case they were wrong.



Casey Jewels

Thomas swallowed the last bit of the steak and started on the
sausage. "Maybe... It would certainly make it a lot easier to
fight them off if we knew who they really were..." He glanced
around at the students, fighting back a wave of terror as he
did so. For all he knew, they were all Haters. But why did it
have to be me?



manysidestome

"If I introduce the idea to any other Unwanted, will you back
me up on it? I fear that no one else will be strong enough to
openly defy the haters if only one person is willing, but if
two are, more people might come until the sheer numbers invoke
courage in the others," Fuegar said. "And before they catch
wind of the Jason fiasco."



Casey Jewels

"Yeah..." Thomas looked up at Fuegar. "I will. After all, we
are friends." He then returned to his meal, wanting to finish
it as quickly as possible, so that he could get out of here.
I'm only openly defying them because I have too, not because I
want to... I'm not sure if any of the Unwanted will do this.
It's just... deadly.



manysidestome

"We will have to enact it tonight whether the others agree or
not. They will join us because they are not heartless. They
won't let the two of us face down the haters alone, even if
they are frightened. It will be wise to counsel with them
first, for they will be more adept at helping if they know
what we're doing," Fuegar said, finishing his meal. The peices
were falling into place, they just needed to wait now.



Casey Jewels

Thomas finished up his own meal and climbed onto his shaky
feet. They were a little more stable now that he had some food
in him, but they were still weak. If I'm still here by then...
he thought grimly, but forced a smile on his face. "Sounds
like a plan. But I'm off to class now. Sleep well." He headed
towards the washrack with his empty tray.



manysidestome

"Don't tire yourself out more than you already have," Fuegar
said. "And come get me if the haters make a move." He put his
tray up and then headed to his room. He was not a good
student, he didn't put his efforts toward school at all. He
was bright and intelligent, and his favorite class was
history, but he didn't see the point in learning anything but
how to survive. He wasn't going to get a job, he was likely
going to live on his own in the wilderness, and become part of
the food chain at the top, hunting, not domesticating.



Casey Jewels

Thomas nodded at Fuegar and then watched as the demon made his
way out of the room. He then put his own tray up and stumbled
off in the direction of the classroom. Without Fuegar there to
support him as he walked, it was much harder to stay upright.
I so can't wait until this day is over...



iamkatara

She grabbed the note again.

I think it's because the Haters want to rid the school of the
unwanted. It seems that they hate them because they're
different. That's all I've learned though.

She passed the note back. Luckily the teacher didn't see. The
note was problems that would have some dangerous consequences.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith nodded at Rachel.

I think that's stupid. I mean we're all different.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled.

I know. It's no use fighting over something we can't change.


Oh... Follow my lead.

Rachel started sneezing and looked at the teacher. "May
*sneeze* I go to the *sneeze* nurses?" She looked at Faith to
do something else.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith got the idea. She bent over and started to dry heave.
She focused and she puked on the floor.



Georgie

Tobi tried a smile as she began to walk the hallway slowly.
"Thanks Dorjee... But the last time I told someone my secret,
I had to leave my life behind and start again... And people
got hurt... Including me..." Tobi's eyes fell again, her mind
flashing distressing memories through her head.

"But," She said after a moment, looking up at him sincerely,
"I think I can trust you... No, I know I can." Tobi said,
pushing her way through the doors and into the great outdoors.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee followed her, stepping outside as well. He gave her a
smile from beneath his coverings, glad she trusted him. The
unwanted stopped, looking out over the grass and trees at the
sky. It was peaceful, probably because everyone was in class,
but still. "So, what happens tommorrow?" He asked quietly.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled as she saw faith follow her idea. When she got
outside the classroom she went outside. She had no intention
of going to the nurses. She saw Tobi and Dorjee, smiling and
waving to them. She walked along the grass, seeing the birds
fly through the clouds.




Georgie

Tobi felt that sickly tingle in her skin - the very same
tingle that you get when you know you're next up for an
injection. That sense of sickening inevitably.

"Tomorrow night... I..." Tobi struggled for words, fighting
the urge to simply blurt it out, in case of eavesdroppers.
"... Well, tomorrow night, there's a full moon and, erm..."
Tobi was fiddling with her hair again, looking out across the
area, seeing Rachel and waving back before she looked to
Dorjee.

"And well... I... "



manysidestome

Raqueal was up in a tree again in the forest. He just didn't
want to go to class today, it was too nice outside to waste
indoors learning human knowledge. What did he care for it,
when nature gave him everything he needed for survival and
happiness? He only went as to keep the authorities off of him,
but he never really learned anything.




Plaguewalker

Dorjee watched her silently, awaiting her answer. This might
take awhile. He thought, not even bothering to wave back at
Rachel. He knew she was there, and she knew he was there, no
need for a stupid wave. "Tobi, I understand if you're
uncomfortable telling me. You don't have to tell me if you
don't want to. I don't want to force you."



Georgie

"I turn into a werewolf." Tobi blurted out suddenly - inwardly
her eyes widened, but Tobi tried to keep an expressionless
face as she stared at the ground.

She let silence steal the air around them for a while, before
she sighed heavily and sat on the grass, cross-legged and
picking at the green stalks. "And... I'm a dangerous one at
that... I-I don't really know friends from potential food
and... And I black-out alot..." Tobi said quietly, feeling
that dreaded shame sinking her heart like a lead weight.



iamkatara

Rachel walked through the field and into the forest. She took
out her book and sat down at a tree's base, not realizing that
Raquel was above her. She was reading Phantom of the Opera.
She loved that book so much.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee looked at her, his expression soft. The Unwanted sat
down beside her, and looked up at the sky. "You're worrying
about nothing. You've got nothing to be ashamed about. I'm
more of a threat than you." He said, his voice calm. It was
the simple truth. Dorjee was more a monster than Tobi.



manysidestome

Raqueal looked down at Rachel and smiled. "Hello there
stranger," he called to her. He felt something was off with
her though, so he stayed up in the tree, in case she didn't
feel like having company.



iamkatara

Rachel looked up and smiled. "Hey Raqueal." She put her book
back in her bag and climbed up the tree. She put herself next
to him. "What have you been doing out here? We have classes."
She smiled. "I have an excuse." She fake coughed. "I'm
sick..." She laughed. Rachel looked at Raqueal. "You're not
like anyone else you know."




manysidestome

"I don't see the point of learning when it's nothing I need.
Nature teaches me what I need to know, and as I don't intend
to live with humans, I don't need to know their education. I
suppose I wouldn't be like anyone I know, sense I don't know
any other elves, aside from you," Raqueal said. "Besides, I'm
a trouble student, they won't question why I'm out."

iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "You are not a trouble student. You don't get
into fights, you don't do things wrong, you barely talk to
anyone except me. You're a perfect guy." She shook her head.
"You don't see yourself like I do." She laid down on the
branch. "You're so different, it's liberating. I skipped class
so I could be free from it all." She paused. "Now I see why
you come out here so much."



manysidestome

"I meant since I'm at this school, I'm a trouble student. The
adults couldn't care less about us, this is pretty much
prison. I'm not perfect either, but I am different. I've
always been different, elves are another species after all.
Humans are... to put it simply, barbaric. They have a sick
idea of progress, while nature likes to keep constant, it
slowly grows, not as fast as humans. I base myself off
nature's example. And as far as I know, nature lives on, and
so do elves. We live very long lives, if not eternal, then at
least centuries. For example, it may be three decades before I
mature again, and reach an adult form." He switched into elven
halfway through his monolouge, without realizing it. "This is
the greatest spot in nature at this school, so I come here
alot."



iamkatara

Rachel smiled and spoke Elven as well, giggling at his sudden
language change. "I guess I can understand that. It's all so
new to me though and I guess it's just something I have to
realize." She laughed at his thoughts. "Beign a human for a
while was fun., but being an elf expands my learning and life
somehow. It's like I'm closer to everything." She paused to
take everything in, and to work up courage to ask the
question. "Do elves love?"



manysidestome

"Elves are calmer, they are more patient, and they have
greater understanding. We are more... openminded and accepting
of the universe, while humans stubbornly believe only what
they've been told to believe," Raqueal said. "As for love...
it's more complex, I suppose. I haven't really ever felt any
strong emotion for anything besides nature, which is always
constant. I also feel a desire to be nearer to you. Overall, I
am not sure, since I have never met another elf, I do not know
much beyond my instincts. I would venture a guess to say ours
is probably deeper and based more around the mind than the
body. I am sorry to say I don't know more." He felt far more
open with her than any other being he met.



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. "Thanks for the compliment." She moved nearer
to him and smiled. "I guess I kinda feel the same way. Being
so open with someone and being able to truly talk to them
makes everything so much easier. It's like, feeling something
that you never knew you could feel inside yourself. You're
whole outlook on love and life changes." She waited. "Now that
I realize I am an elf, I feel so in touch with everything, and
every disturbance or misjudgeing can be felt. Even every
change in happiness can be realized." She giggled. "Like how
my stomach flops over everytime you say hi to me." She clasped
her mouth, realizing what she said. "Sorry about that." She
moved back to her spot near the tree.



manysidestome

"It's ok, we're the first elves we've ever met," Raqueal said.
"It's quite understandable to feel unusual when we talk. I
right now feel quite aware that with every passing word, I
could offend you very much and you would hate me. I fear that
happening and wish to stop it, but I don't think I can stop
talking once I start." He sighed and looked at her. "There's
so much I don't understand about us, our race, and the world,
and I just can't help feeling someone knows it." He looked out
over the lake before saying, "and I have some... ideas about
who you are. Even compared to me, you are unique as an elf.
Your eyes glow and your skin is golden. I think, you might
stem from nobility, possibly royalty, among our kind."



iamkatara

Rachel raised her eyebrows. "Are you serious? I could never
think of myself as royalty. No one ever liked me, and i've
always been so weird compared to others." She looked up and
whispered to herself. "Nobility?" She looked back at him. "We
shouldn't talk about that though. It's too weird." She smiled.
"Thank you for being so kind to me. For... accepting me. No
one has ever accepted me before, and when I thought they didn,
I realized that they hated me behind my back." She looked into
his eyes, "So thank you... very much."



manysidestome

"You're welcome. Humans have a tendency to be very cruel to
anything that threatens their perception of the ordinary, yet
they always want to progress to newer things. It's whatever
their majority want I suppose, and anything else is shunned,"
Raqueal said. "And I suppose that's one of my faults, I'm over
critical of them. I spot so many flaws in them and I point
them out, without looking at the good they do."



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "Flaws make us what we are." She silently
laughed. "Being human for a while made me realize how good
they can be," she thought of the Haters, "and how horrible
they can be to others." She shrugged. "I guess it's just how
you look at it." She took out her book again. "Have you ever
read Phantom of the Opera? His story is so never-ending. A
disfigured man that was shunned from birth, and Mme. Giry hid
him away in the opera house so as to be safe." SHE was getting
into the story. "He then finds Christine DaÃe. SHe sings
magnificintly and he falls in love with her. Suddenly her
childhood sweetheart comes back and she falls in love with
him. The whole story is about Christine's choice between the
two. It's amazing."



manysidestome

"It sounds too dramatic. I don't really like it when it's
dramatic, it's like their lives are a continuous pool of
misery and woe, which they don't really try to make better or
they are plagued by unrealistic problems their whole life.
Their problems are usually a result of their society anyway,
which is way too harsh for it's own good," Raqueal said.
"Honestly, if humans would just accept each other and nature,
their lives would become much easier."



Georgie

"I've killed fathers, mothers, daughters, sons... I... I
killed my best friend Dorjee, when I was six... Six years old,
and I had already killed more people then you can think... I
wasn't me, of course, but the guilt and the shame stays with
me... And I hate it." Tobi said, her voice stronger now - as
confusion and fury pulsed. Her emotions would scramble now,
like an egg in a frypan. The days were decreasing as her
monthly problem grew closer.



Plaguewalker

"I've tore a man in half, then killed his wife with the
insides." Dorjee said plainly, his eyes focusing on Tobi. "I
almost crushed my father's skull in with my foot. I'm in the
exact same boat as you, Tobi." The Unwanted flicked his eyes
up to the sky. "You shouldn't let something like this bother
you. It'll tear you apart if you worry so much."



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "I guess you're right." She jumped down. "Wanna
get down and take a walk with me? I swear I don't bite, and
it's daylight so it's not like anything will happen to us."
She laughed. "Please?"



manysidestome

"Sure," Raqueal said. "You don't have to fight so hard
either." He jumped down and landed next to her. "By the way, I
just want you to know, I don't hate humans, I just kind of
hold them in disdain. I just try to keep away from them, since
I highly doubt that even if I was accepted in a human society,
I would be able to live in one while maintaining my own
customs, not to mention maintaining my own lifestyle."



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. "That's fine by me. It's not like they like our
kind. We're" she changed to elven and spoke it from hereon
in," different. I'm happy that we have a place to go away from
besides being at this school. I always felt tied to the
forest, and now that I know I'm an elf, I realize why." She
trudged along the bath, watching the leaves sway in the slight
breeze. It was pure tranquility in the forest.



manysidestome

"Oh," was all Raqueal said. "I didn't realize you had been
able to cope so well with the though of being an elf and
leaving behind the ideas of being human. I didn't want to risk
offending you by insulting all that you once knew, but I guess
that isn't a problem."



TokoToTheEnd

(Hey, wha has been happening?!)



manysidestome

OOC: I think mainly that Raqueal&Rachel/Dorjee&Tobi are
getting closer. Fuegar is just sleeping in his room, and I
think everyone else is in class.

iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "I was fine being a human, but being an elf
jsut makes sense. Being so different, being happy and in tune
with nature... It's just right." She giggled and turned to
Raqueal. "It's no problem inf you make fun of humans.
Sometimes, they deserve it."



manysidestome

"I just kept it inside so long, it's kind of nice to just let
out my frustruation with them. What I've studied shows that
elves never have really like humans all that much, they view
them as kind of lower being than themselves, and they might
be. Still, they have their good spots, like the unwanted, they
look out for each other, even if one did burn down part of the
forest," Raqueal said. "So, has any of your magic developed
yet?"



iamkatara

Rachel shook her head. "Nope. But mabye you could help me.
It's not like I'm the fastest person around, but I could
surely catch on quickly." She smiled and held her hands up.
"How to elves actually perform magic?"



TokoToTheEnd

Faith stared off into space as her teacher went on and on. Her
mind found it's way to thinking about the talent show, which
was tonight(just to add more drama to the mix) and of course
Fuegar. She wonder if he would ever like her. Faith sighed. Of
course he wouldn't. She was a loser. Just some smart, inverted
girl which a hopeless crush. Faith didn't stand a chance.
----------------
Alice, after deciding that classes aren't important, was
sitting on the school's roof. The wind was warm and Alice
closed her eyes. She wonder what would happen tonight. With
the talent show, everyone is going to be pumped, which could
either be a major disadvantage or a major advantage for either
side. But it couldn't be one for both. Things were going to
get bad tonight, Alice could feel it.


manysidestome

"I don't really know how to explain it. It's apart of us, and
it just makes itself known. It's caused by emotions I guess
when it's developed enough, but you can learn to control it.
It's not something you can learn until it happens. Something
really weird or strange will happen, and you'll have no clue
how you did it. Then it's a matter of practice," Raqueal said.
"I was really mad at these construction workers that were
clearing part of a forest, and I just released a big ball of
fire at their machine. I didn't know I was an elf then though,
so I thoroughly scared me, and I ran off. I kept doing it
though when I got mad, so I eventually started trying to do
it. I managed to make small flames, but nothing like when I
was mad, but I practiced. It's still the only thing I can do
though. Sorry, didn't mean to ramble." He hadn't noticed but
he had been staring at the lake's center for awhile now.



iamkatara

Rachel laughed. "It's fine." She sat down by the lakes edge
and swayed her hand through the tranquil water. Then she
remembered something. "Oh my god! The talent show's tonight!"
She got up. "I need to practice!" She looked at Raqueal.
"Would you like to come and listen?"



manysidestome

"Talent show," Raqueal asked. He was about to ask about it,
but he thought better of it. "Ok, I'll listen," he said,
smiling. He felt silly rambling like that, he had just never
been able to talk to anyone before.

Here is pages 41-45.


iamkatara

Rachel relaxed and sat down, clearing her throat to sing.
After a few seconds she thought about the sing she was going
to pick and she decided on "The Melody Within" from the movie
Rigoletto. She started the lyrics, easing her way into the
song. As the movement increased, she started to sing stronger,
gaining confidence. After she was finished, she looked at
Raqueal for critique. "What do you think?"



TokoToTheEnd

(I have the perfect song for Faith. oh I can't wait!!! And I
decided to make Alice dance. Oh I know that song!!)

Alice looked around and saw Rachel and Raqueal. For a moment
she was going to talk to them, but she wanted to be alone.

'As leader of the Unwanted, Alice, it's your job to take care
of the others. I trust you with this. Are you sure you're up
to it? Can you really make life and death choices? Make
sacrifices that no one else could make? Is this really what
you want?

Alice remember that. The old Unwanted leader, Ty Lu, a
mermaid, who was not only brave, but smart and beautiful.
Alice looked up to her. When they learned that she was being
transferred, Alice asked if she could take her place. When Ty
Lu said this to her, she could only nodded her head in joy.
Now Alice wasn't so sure it was the right choice.



manysidestome

"You sing beautifully," Raqueal said. It might have had
something to do with being an elf, but he knew he couldn't
sing half as well, so figured she was just naturally talented.
"I'm sure you'll win with a voice like yours."



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "Thank you." She got an idea. "You should sing
too! Or do something for the talent show. You're so talented
you have to be good at something." She held out her hand.
"Come on. We have to get ready."



manysidestome

"I don't wish to stand out," Raqueal said. "What are we
getting ready for," he asked when she held out her hand.
Regardless of the answer, he took it, not sure where she was
headed with this.



iamkatara

She smiled. "Either, you come and watch the show, or you come
and perform the show. And either way you'll have to come back
into the school. I don't need you catching a cold." She joked.
Rachel went inside and raced to her room, pulling Raqueal
along the way. Once she got into her room, she went into the
bathroom adn changed into a knee length dress that was made
out of green silk and crioline. She looked at Raqueal.
"Ready?"


TokoToTheEnd

Peace stood in a hallway. Another Hater talking to her. He
looked frighten and shook his head at Peace. the girl groaned.

"Listen all I want you to do is tell our leader that tonight
is the perfect night to make our final strike. Nothing more.
Don't be such a wimp," she hissed at him.

"But, are you sure we should do it tonight?"

"Of course. With the talent show, the Unwanted and everyone
else are easy prey. It's the perfect time. We can't miss it."

The boy Hater just slumped and nodded. Going off to tell their
leader.



manysidestome

"That's good, tonight is perfect," Marcus said, appearing out
of the shadows across the hall from Peace, his eyes turned to
their powered state. "I have a feeling that if we don't press
the attack, the Unwanted will."

"Yes," Raqueal said. "You look beautiful, Rachel," he added.
"I don't have any talents that I could feel comfortable
showing, but I will watch you."



TokoToTheEnd

Peace turned to Marcus. She smirked and nodded, her eyes
flashing.

"And we also know who some of the Unwanted are. Using all
this, everything could turn out fine, only..." Peace trailed
off. Thoughts of her sister ran through her mind. She was
close to them. Peace couldn't affrod to lose her sister,
but....Peace shook her head confused.

manysidestome

"Yes, and as an added bonus, I've managed to convince the
ex-unwanted Rachel from turning her back on us like she
planned. She has promised to help us, in return for not
killing her," Marcus said. "Though, you know how persuasive I
can be."



TokoToTheEnd

Peace laughed, but her mind was still preoccupied with Faith.

"What about my twin? I fear she is too close to the Unwanted.
I wouldn't want her to get hurt in the cross fire."



manysidestome

"She should know better than to get tangled with those scum,"
Marcus said. "But if you're that worried about her, keep her
out of harms way then. Lock her up somewhere before it all
starts. She couldn't possibly get hurt if she's nowhere near
the battle."



TokoToTheEnd

Peace looked at Marcus and shook her head.

"I can't. She's my sister. My blood kin. I'll feel bad about
locking her up, even for her own safety." Peace looked away.
"But when it begins I'll take her away. Kind of sad though.
Tonight could very well be the last night I see her."



manysidestome

"Whatever you wish," Marcus said. "I just hope you can face
the consequences of your actions, whatever they might be." He
walked away into the shadows, his eyes returning to normal.



TokoToTheEnd

Peace also turned away and began to walk to her class, not
really paying attention to her teacher yelling at her.

'Please Faith be ok.'



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "Thank you Raqueal. It means a lot that your
coming." She walked into the auditiorium which had been
transformed into a talent show arena. "Wow. Look at this
place." She smiled. "Who knew the faculty really cared about
us."



manysidestome

"At least they might care for something," Raqueal said. "So
why are we here so early? By the looks of it, it's not going
to be happening for awhile now."



Georgie

Tobi's eyes remained on the grass she was pulling, now more
violently then before. "It's different Dorjee, we're
different. Though I am not fully concious of my actions when I
have transformed, I've been told that people can tell it's me
within the claws and fur. And the thoughts of killing people,
and then their families' grief over what I've done... Torn
families apart literally..." Tobi stopped her upset rambling
and rubbed her eyes, before looking to the sky as well and
keeping the silence between them for a moment.

"... Sometimes I think it'd be better for everyone if I
just... Disappeared." Tobi whispered, not really minding if
Dorjee heard or not. It was a thought that occurred in her
mind many times in her life.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee gave her a sad look. "Tobi...Don't say things like
that. It's better for everyone that you are here." He placed a
hand on her shoulder, trying his best to console her. He'd
have never thought that she was a were-wolf. She was a
monster, just like him. Both hated by mankind, and yet they
were still world's apart. She could live, talk, hold, kiss, do
everything normal that Dorjee wished he could do in life. To
feel another being's hand in his own, without the layer of
dammed cloth between them. He was more a monster than she
would ever be. "I'm the one who should disappear..." He
muttered, rising from where he sat and began walking away.



manysidestome

Fuegar had enough sleep by now and got outside to wake up
some. He was thinking about tonight, what horrors would it
have for everyone. Personally, he just thought about going
demon on the haters and ripping them to shreds, and hoping no
one else got caught in the crossfire. He wasn't sure what
Thomas would do, but figured that he would want a plan.

Suddenly, his eyes widened and he sensed powerful anger again.
"No, stay in control! You're the master of your emotions, not
a slave to them," he told himself, keeping his anger within
himself, trying to blot it out. "Only a demon can cause this
kind of anger in another demon," he muttered, looking around.
He saw Dorjee in the distance and understood. "You're in
control Fuegar. You're not the typical demon, you don't have
to fall into their customs and instincts. You can stay in
control around other demons, it's mind over matter!" He pushed
his anger back into his mind, and resumed his normal features.
"I am not your typical demon. I am above them all," he told
the air.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice sighed and sat on the edge. If she fell, Alice would
think of something. It didn't really matter though if she used
her wings. Sooner or later, Alice knew she'll have to reveal
herself.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "I just wanted to get a feel for the place
first. It's not like anyone will think of coming here before
the contest, so I thought it would be a nice place to be
alone. I've come here before." She climbed up on the stage and
onto the ladder. "Don't you dare stand under me," she joked.
She climbed up onto the traveler and sat with her feet hanging
off, looking down at the stage. "If I could be here all day,
I'd be happy."



manysidestome

Raqueal smiled and looked around. All this place had been for
him was just a kind of prison. He felt no affinity for
anything but the forest and lake outside here. Well, them and
Rachel, but she could leave with him, not like the poor
forest. "How's the view up there," he asked.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "Fine. Hows the view from down there." SHe
thought for a second. "Wait! I want to try something." She
focused her power and finally trusting herself, she jumped
down to the stage. "Wow. I didn't think I could actually do
that." She jumped down back into the pit. "I have a feeling
you'd like to go outside. I'd like to come if that'd be fine
with you."



manysidestome

"Uh... sure, that's fine," Raqueal said. How'd she know my
preference? I didn't leave anything on my face to suggest I
was displeased in here. Is her power to read minds, or did she
just guess?, he thought worriedly. He did not like being able
to be read like that, he liked an air of mystery and
excitement.



iamkatara

She smiled as she walked beside him. When they got outside,
she turned to him. "You're really nice once you talk to
people. Most would think of you as cold and introverted, but
you're really nice and caring." She paused. "Thank you for
being my friend." She walked to the lake and put ehr hand in,
gliding it through the still water, listening to the faint
brush of the wind.



manysidestome

"I put that on," Raqueal said. "I really don't want to
associate with humans. I've done it all my life, and I've just
been waiting to meet an elf I could be myself with. Now that
I've met you, I've been able to do that. I just... wanted
someone that I could relate with." He smiled kind of sadly.



iamkatara

She looked at him. "Raqueal... Not all humans are that bad.
Trust me, I was one. People can be true, but you have to make
friends with the right ones. It was by chance that you met me,
and it was by chance that I was an elf. Nothing more." She got
closer. "Although, I'm happy it did." She smiled at him,
hoping to change the subject, although unsure if he would want
to. "It's nice out today, although I feel something different
in the air."



manysidestome

"It doesn't matter to me what they're like. I could live with
humans and make friends with them, but I would still desire an
elf's company. I've had human friends, but they've all left my
life, I don't desire the rapid change a human life has. It
wasn't chance that we met, I believe we were always meant to
meet, and it was no chance you were an elf. There is alot
about our kind I don't know, but I do know the magic in our
bodies guides us more than we realize," Raqueal said. "I don't
expect you to realize this though, even if you were so closely
intuned with our kind, it's only because I've had more time to
explore myself in solitude that I can feel this with
certainty. And, you have been content among who you thought
were your own kind, always being surrounded by others. If you
don't know that kind of isolation, you wouldn't understand
where I'm coming from." He felt his eyes start to water, and
turned and looked at the ground. He brought back some very
painful memories of his earlier years, and did not want to
relive them.



iamkatara

Rachel ran over to him. "Raqueal please... I'm so sorry. I
didn't know. I was so oblivious to everything else around me.
If I'd have realized sooner that I was an elf, I wouldn't ahve
said the things I did. Please. Don't turn away." She hugged
him and turned him around, wiping the tears from his eyes. "I
swear on my life... I wil never, EVER, leave you." She kissed
him on the cheek. "I promise." She smiled at him softly.



manysidestome

"I'm sorry, it wasn't you. There's just some parts of my life
that I'd rather not relive," Raqueal said. "I'm glad you say
that, but it may be fated that we part someday. I don't want
that at all, but I won't hold you to a promise you couldn't
possibly keep." He smiled back, not sure if he was making
things better. "Sorry, my mind's just kind of scrambled right
now."



iamkatara

Rachel shook her head. "It's fine. It's better that you let
this out, especially to someone who understands you and you
can trust it with." She smiled, trying to make the situation
better. "Get up." She laughed. "I was wondering, can you
dance?" She had to make things better. She had to. He was so
nice. He didn't deserve to be so unhappy.

manysidestome

"Well... I don't know any dances," Raqueal said. "I would need
some kind of training to be able to really dance." He didn't
consider the way humans danced now actual dancing.



iamkatara

She smiled. "Come on." She picked him up, not letting go.
"I'll help you." She put her hand on his shoulder, moving
along to the breeze hitting the trees, almost as a natural
metranome. They wouldn't dance fast, jsut a slow and natural
dance, like she'd seen in the movies, considering no boy had
really danced with her. "Listen to the breeze, the waves, and
the animals. They can almost produce a beat that you can dance
to." She smiled, looking into his eyes. "It's not as hard as
you thought, huh?"



manysidestome

Raqueal smiled, looking into her eyes. "No, not at all," he
replied, moving along with her. He couldn't fight the snaking
suspicion she was more than just an elf. There was something
special about her, even more than her physical appearance. She
didn't wish to think about it though, so he remained quiet
about it.



iamkatara

After a long silence, and just dancing, Rachel spoke again. "I
was wondering about what you said before. About my blood. It's
kind of a soft subject, but I just wanted to hear your
thoughts. After that, we can just forget about it." She waited
silently for his response.



manysidestome

"I know you don't like the subject, so I won't say anything on
it," Raqueal said. "Besides, I've never met another elf
before, you might be typical among our race, or just a little
unique. There's no garuntee that my previous statements have
any credibility."



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. "That's fine with me." She finally let go,
wondering if he wanted to stop dancing or not, considering
they had been dancing for a while now. "I'm sorry, if you
didn't want to stop, i'll keep going. I just didn't know if
you liked to dance or not. So I stopped. But if you want to
keep going just ask. I'd be happy to considering how much I
like you. And-" She blushed. "Sorry. I talk to much when I'm
nervous."



manysidestome

"I'm fine with whatever you want to do," Raqueal said. "And
it's ok, I like you alot too." He sighed, and said, "when I
leave this school, I really would like to find a society of
elves. I bet it would be beautiful, and it would be very
different from and human city."



iamkatara

Rachel thought about it. "It probably would be beautiful.
Something you would imagine only in your dreams, but when you
see it, it's for real." She smiled at the thought. "If you do
find one, find me. I have nowhere else to go after this
school. I'd like to see the society if there is one." She
stepped back. "Would you like to stay outside, or go inside?
I'm fine with anything." She smiled, looking into his eyes.



Georgie

Tobi watched him walk for a moment before she jumped up and
ran across to him. "Dorjee... If you left, I'd have no-one to
talk to, no-one that understands how it is to be hated by all,
to be hunted and... And how hard it is to live two lives, to
live a lie..." Tobi took his hand in hers and squeezed it
gently, hoping he'd feel the affection through the layers of
cloth. She looked at him - her emerald eyes glossy with tears
- and she smiled.

"You better stay with me here Dorjee, or when I transform,
you're the first one I am coming after!" She giggled jokingly,
still holding his hand. And then, the image of Jason's
gorgeous face flashed across her mind and she felt her grip
loosen around Dorjee's hand. Oh why do I love that guy so
damned much?



manysidestome

The anger in Fuegar's mind grew, but he suppressed it well. He
was above lowering himself to a common demon's instincts. He
stood a few feet from Tobi and Dorjee, and took a breath.
"Tobi, I... apologize for what happened last night. I really
meant to return the... item... to you, but I lowered myself to
my baser instincts and lost control. I hope I did not cause
you alot of distress," he said and without waiting for a
reply, started walking away toward the cafeteria, his head
getting better with each step away from Dorjee. He could never
be near that guy without suffering tremendous pain, even if it
was supressed.



Georgie

Tobi had frozen as Fuegar had appeared before her and
apologised before he turned and walked off quickly. Tobi soon
regained her composure and found a scowl to be lurking upon
her lips. She was furious at Fuegar, what had come over him?
He could have spared all of the fighting and disturbance which
had gotten them noticed by the Haters if he had just given her
the diary. No, he was not getting off that easily.

"Um, Dorjee... I just realised, I left something in my room.
I'll catch up with you later." Tobi said, flashing another
smile as she walked calmly the same path as Fuegar was taking,
before she burst into sprint, her eyes fixed upon his back.



manysidestome

Fuegar got far enough that the anger dissapaited and sighed,
and was fully aware Tobi was following him. He didn't
understand what she wanted, maybe an explanation, he didn't
think anything good. No one wanted a demon for anything
good... at least a real fullfledged one. Dorjee was lucky, he
wasn't always a demon, but Fuegar always was one, and come
lose himself at any time.



Georgie

Tobi reached him, swallowing the pant that lingered on her
tongue and she grabbed his shoulder and whirled him around,
staring at his face with steely eyes.

"Why... Why did you just not give me the diary F-Fuegar? What
was your problem?!" Tobi said hotly, her voice a little
breathless as she stood close to the demon-boy, her face
inches from his as her raw emotions pulsed through her viens.

"Why did you then fight with Dorjee which then led to the
Haters finding us, putting us all at risk?!" Tobi's voice rose
a few notches as she stared at him.



manysidestome

Fuegar smiled, ignorance wasn't bliss after all. "Simply, I
couldn't. If you aren't aware yet, I'm a demon, and Dorjee has
a demon within him. Demons cause anger within each other, and
they start to fight based purely on instinct. He might not
have been totally affected because he's not all demon, but I
was. I couldn't suppress my anger and I fell into my
instincts. I tried to give you back your diary before he came.
I thought maybe you would have seen my pain or heeded my
warnings before I lost control, but it looks like you were
oblivious to it." He looked passively at her and said,
"believe me, I didn't want to cause trouble, just prevent it.
That's why I took the diary from Faith, and hid it until I
could find you. I regret the trouble I caused, but I didn't
think you'd ignore everything but it."



Plaguewalker

Dorjee watched her go, his eyes following her till she
vanished from sight. He glanced down at his hand, which was
quite warm from they're brief contact. He sighed, his mind a
little shakey for some reason. It was fine before Fuegar
showed up. Dismissing, Dorjee set off towards the cafeteria.



Georgie

Tobi hissed angrily - "Don't brush it off as if it was
nothing! Fuegar, I know what you and Dorjee are and until last
night and just now, I had no idea that demons' reacted to one
another like that! Stop making out as if I am the one in the
wrong here... A-as if I am stupid!" Tobi growled - her pride
slightly bruised.

"And... that diary has everything about who and what I am
within... And for you to suddenly explode and disappear with
it made me suspicious... These are dangerous times Fuegar.
There are Haters and Hunters and God only knows what else
after people like us! That is why the diary is important to
me!" Tobi felt like slapping him as he smiled at her. And that
diary contains the few shreds of family and love you have
left...

"And you smile as if this is funny! Fuegar, I know you have no
emotions and I also know you wouldn't care even if you could.
But as a fellow Unwanted, I'd have thought you'd have
understood me better... Understood why I acted the way I
did... " Tobi said, her voice softening again as she stepped
back and looked to the ground.



manysidestome

"I have emotions, in that your mistaken," Fuegar said.
"They're way too reactive for a demon to control." He rolled
his eyes at her. "You should have realized though that a
fellow unwanted trying to return a diary to you would do so
unless something was keeping them from it. I realize there are
haters and bad people out there, and I intend to do something
about them before I leave. Tonight is the night the haters
disperse for good, and tommorrow is the last time you'll see
me. You can rejoice in that if you wish, I know that after
what's happened, you'll probably never feel anything but anger
toward me. That's why I'm leaving, I'll spare you all the risk
of living with a total demon, and my parting gift will be
getting rid of the haters." He looked toward the sky, and
added, "I apologized once before, but I'll do so once more. I
apologize for causing you distress like that, it was never my
intention."



TokoToTheEnd

Faith stared out the window. Class was insanely boring. She
didn't know why though. She always loved school, but now it
was boring. Faith sighed. She was turning into her sister.



iamkatara

Rachel looked around. "I think we should get inside. It's
getting later and we don't need to get in trouble now." She
smiled.



Fire Lord

Jason made his way down the hall. He had just gotten back from
the infirmary where had dropped Michael off. His performance
was spectacular, there was no one that saw it that wasn't
convinced of his loyalties.

He chuckled to himself.

He was Scarecrow, the leader of the Haters. And yet, everyone
knew him as Jason, the kind, devoted helper of the Unwanted.
Even Thomas believed him now too! He could do as he pleased
and never be put under suspicion. Only Feugar remained, and
everyone trusted him less than they did himself.

Afterall, he attacked Dorjee and the others, stole Tobi's
diary, and put the Unwanted at risk. No, Jason had won the
small battle between himself, Thomas and Feugar. They had
nothing, and he held everything.

Casey Jewels

For once in his life, Thomas had trouble with his biology. Try
as he might, he just couldn't seem to grasp the concepts of
today's lesson. Neither could he, once the time for bisecting
came, focus on finding the organs and such that he was
supposed to be locating. But, for once, neither did he find
himself tempted to go hunting. No, his mind was too busy
focusing on other things, such as Jason.

Was this guy on their side? Or was he a Hater? Was he to be
trusted? Or was he a liar and a pretender? Was he a defender
of the weak? Or was he cruel enough to injure and kill others?
Who was Jason?

Thomas stared down at the creature before him without really
seeing it. Instead he saw both Jason and Fuegar. The two were
so different from each other, as were the things that they had
said. But they both had swayed him with their words, and he
wasn't one that was swayed easily. But Jason... He had been so
sincere... And Fuegar... His words had made Jason's actions so
clear at the time... Who was to be believed? Who was right?



Georgie

Tobi had frozen again. He was... Leaving? She suddenly felt
that sickening twist in her stomach - guilt.

"Fuegar... I... I'm sorry." Tobi said after a few moments of
silence, rubbing her forearm awkwardly, not looking at him
anymore. "I overacted to you, and I should have trusted you.
So, I am sorry. But... But I don't think you should leave."
Tobi said, her voice soft as she looked at him again.



manysidestome

"No one sees it," Fuegar said. "I don't know why you're all so
attatched to me. You, Alice, and Thomas, you all want me to
stay. I don't know why, I cause more trouble than I do
anything else. Last night was a perfect example, I almost got
us all killed, and I myself nearly died. I don't understand my
own actions, but I know I can't risk causing that kind of
trouble again. So like I said, even if I'm alone, I'll drive
the haters out, and then I'll leave behind them." He turned
and looked away from her, and added, "besides, I do know deep
down, that this place would be a lot happier without me here."
He hesistated before adding, "I also know how much you admire
Jason. You probably won't believe anything anyone says against
him, especially me. I don't trust him though, my eyes aren't
veiled by emotions he invokes in everyone else. Right now, I'd
guess he feels pretty safe, with Thomas questioning himself
and me the most uncredible source against him. I don't think
he'll suspect a lone threat, but he's also blinded by
emotion." He turned and looked at her and added, "I don't know
why I'm telling you all this. I guess I wanted someone to
know, but I know you won't like it."



Georgie

Tobi smiled at Fuegar.

"this place would be a lot happier without me here... You have
no idea how many times I have thought that in my life, had it
said to me. Fuegar, we care about you because we can
understand what you are going through. I can relate to you
especially as we are both something that people fear and
hate... But if you left, and the Haters returned, which they
may and probably will try, I'd feel as if I had lost a brother
or something. I know we don't know each other well but-"
Tobi's smiled suddenly dropped from her face as he spoke of
Jason.

"Why does everyone suspect him? He has done nothing to us
directly, has he? Except help and give us information about
the Haters!" She felt another stab of annoyance splinter
through her, but she ignored it. She would not give into
over-emotional thoughts and leave rational thoughts behind.

But this was the third time she had heard words against Jason.
Was there truly something up with him? Was she blind? Or were
they simply paranoid?



manysidestome

"No one else does though," Fuegar said. "Why is he so intent
on helping the Unwanted when he has nothing to gain from it?
Why wouldn't he be a secret member, like most of us? It
wouldn't be hard for him. I don't believe he helps us, I
believe he feeds us little information or false information
and then betrays our information to his organization." He
looked back at her and said, "I can't expect you to understand
though. You're bonded to him by your appreciation and
admiration, you don't want to see fault in someone you've
thought was good. I am not so blinded, I can see every angle,
and I know the odds. It's not likely he is bad, but I'm
convinced he has an alterior motive."



Fire Lord

"Perhaps I'm just kind at heart," said Jason, walking up
behind Feugar and Tobi.

He was glaring at Feugar, his fists clenched.

"I've never led you astray with my information, and I have
other people to protect Feugar, not just the Unwanted! I don't
have time to join your organization! It doesn't matter now.
I've decided to end my relations with you Unwanted, I'm not
helping you anymore. You can relay that to Alice. Do you know
why, Feugar?"

Jason's teeth grinded together, barely keeping his anger in
check.

"Michael was like a little brother to me! And he got mixed up
with your group! Now he's in the infirmary! I'm not going to
continue to help a group that cares so little about its
members that it can't bother to keep them safe. I've given you
information, taken wounds, put myself in danger and for what?!
So someone I care about in the Unwanted can be tossed to the
Haters simply because you can't be bothered to keep tabs on
him?! There are others like Michael that rely on me for
protection, Feugar, becuase they're unable to protect
themselves. I hold their safety above helping the Unwanted.
And if that makes me untrustworthy to you..."

He turned his back on the two.

"I'm done. I quit. I have other people to protect. And Feugar,
if the Unwanted or the Haters put those people at risk, I'll
do whatever is neccessary to keep them safe."

He left the two, never once looking back at them.



manysidestome

"That's another reason, Jason, why I don't trust you," Fuegar
said. "You're apparently the angel here, a good student,
protects kids, and you're nice to everyone. This school is for
the bad kids in society, and you just don't fit the bill,
everyone else does." He never once batted an eye or felt
regret, he stared after Jason. "And why would such a kind soul
be so angry at one person's mistrust if the rest believe him?
Especially after confusing Thomas so badly, why would he stop
helping the unwanted just because I don't trust him? I suppose
he really wants that recognition."

Fire Lord

"You're right Fuegar," said Jason, stopping briefly in his
tracks.

"I was mad when I spoke to Thomas. I said some things I did
regret. I was going to apologize and keep helping the Unwanted
untill I saw what happened to Michael."

He turned his head slightly to look back at Fuegar.

"I never said I was an angel Fuegar. I did the wrong things
for the right reasons, that's why I'm in here. For instance,
if you, the other Unwanted, or the Haters lay another hand on
one of the people I protect."

Jason's eyes grew wide.

"I will kill you."

He turned and pushing open a door that led down a hallway, and
dissapeared.



manysidestome

"He forgets that it wasn't the Unwanted who hurt the kid,"
Fuegar said. "It's rather unfortunate he showed up now, I
believe I might have at least made you pause and think Tobi.
After his false words though I suppose it just reimposed your
faith in him and reasserted your hatred of me. It's really a
shame, I only wanted to keep you all from getting hurt, but if
he manages to keep you under his spell, he'll be able to help
pick you off one by one." He sighed, though it was fake, he
really felt nothing. "I hope you stay out of trouble Tobi,
you've seen enough of it." He walked right into the hall Jason
had walked into. He was going to confront him without a
witness, and finally get him to spill his information out.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice slid into biology, hoping not to be noticed, but just
her luck, the teacher caught her.

"You'll have to sit next to Thomas, Alice. But I advise you
next time not to be late."

Alice muttered something under her breath as she took her
seat. She gave Thomas a quick look, to see if he cared, but
couldn't just but stare at him. Alice knew that Thomas was a
vaulable player in the Unwanted/Hater war. Alice knew it'll be
the perfect time to tell someone of her plans.
-------------------
Peace walked around. She had skipped class, as she was too
busy thinking about what might happen tonight. She spotted a
guy a little away and frowned. Then Peace smiled and kept
walking. She wonder if he would spot her.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee walked silently, his eyes drifting about his
sourooundings in boredom. His eyes spotted someone walking in
the distance, but he wasn't sure who it was. Oh well. Dorjee
wasn't in a talking mood right now. Tobi and his talk had
given him some things to think about.



TokoToTheEnd

Peace got closer and then came to realize something. This boy
seemed to be one of the Unwanted she had heard being vaugely
describe and he did seem fimilar from before. Peace wasn't
sure though, but it would be worth it to find out. Maybe Peace
could take out one before tonight, but then Peace shook her
head no. 'I don't have powers. I know tonight I will have a
weapon, but for right now I can't fight.'



Casey Jewels

Thomas glanced up at Alice, but then looked right back down at
the creature he was disecting. "You shouldn't be seen around
me," he said softly and wiggled his wings to prove it.
"Everybody now know what I am. And if you keep hanging out
with me..." He fell silent, figuring that Alice was smart
enough to figure out what he meant. He was now the next Hater
victim, he was sure of it. And if Alice continued to hang
around him, she might become a victim as well.



TokoToTheEnd

"Well I would if this wasn't the only seat left," Alice said
dryly, looking away. She could understand Thomas's grief, she
still didn't need to be protected. "Besides I have something
planned and I need to tell someone."



Casey Jewels

He let out a sigh and looked back up at her. "Sorry, I just...
am a little stressed right now." His eyes flickered over the
creature and he started pretending to work on that once more.
"So..., what have you come up with?"



TokoToTheEnd

"Well you see tonight is the talent show. And because of that
most people will be stressed out or hyped up. Don't you think
it would be the perfect time to strike, when there are a group
of people around? So they could see the "good guys" destroying
the "bad guys"?" Alice looked at the table. "What I'm saying
is that I can feel something is going to happen. So I need you
and the others to come to the talent show. You don't have to
perform, but I need you there, ready to fight."



Casey Jewels

Thomas let out the breath that he had been holding. "Wow...
You really think that now's the time for something like this?
It's awfully..." Jason flashed before his eyes and he let out
a groan. If Jason finds out about this... That is, if he truly
is against us... "I would love to help," he said after almost
a minute of silence. "But I have a prior engagment. I'm
sorry."



TokoToTheEnd

Alice raised her eyebrows at Thomas.

"Really? And what, may I ask, is more important than what
could be the fight of our lives?"



Casey Jewels

"Uh..." He nervously fiddled with his hands. "It... kind of
has to do with the fight..." He continued to stare down at the
dead creature. "I think I know someone higher up in the
Haters. I plan on finding out for sure tonight." He slowly
lifted his gaze. "I think that the answer to this question
will play a very important role in tonight's fight."



TokoToTheEnd

Alice felt a little ashamed she got mad and turned her head
away.

"Oh, I'm sorry Thomas. I didn't know."



Georgie

Tobi glared at Fuegar as she felt that sickening
breathlessness overpower her throat, like a pair of metal
hands clasped around her windpipe. What had Jason just said?
What did their words just mean? "Fuegar! Jason was trying to
help, he was helping! I know you are too, but..." Tobi
couldn't finish her sentence as he was already walking quickly
away from her.

Tobi sighed, rolled her eyes and contemplated leaving them
both. But something in her forced her into the door, seeing
the two boys and slipping behind the lockers that lined the
walls, trying to listen carefully.

Was Fuegar right? Had he made her doubt Jason's kindness?

Fire Lord

Jason stopped, not bothering to turn his head to look at
Fuegar.

"Fuegar, I thought I just told you to leave me alone."

He turned his head just enough to see him out of the corner of
his eye.

"Or are you hard of earing? What do you want? Come to
apologize? That seems unlikely."



manysidestome

"No, I've come to level with you. If you want to keep up that
innocent act, it's fine with me. We both know that you're not
who you seem. It's no use trying to decieve me, because I'm
not like the others. I am going to say two things to you now.
One, the haters will die soon, and they will not return. Two,
if you or any of your friends hurt another of my comrades,"
Fuegar said, his voice never changing and the same face all
throughout his words, "I will kill you."



Fire Lord

"My, my," taunted Jason, turning to fully face Feugar.

"That is an original statement, Feugar. You know, I could have
sworn I've heard it before," he said, mocking Feugar's
similiar threat.

"And are you sure that you know? If anyone but you looks at
this situation, you're simply a paranoid individual who finds
enjoyment placing blame and harrasing innocent students."

Jason lifted an eyebrow.

"You'll kill me if the Haters hurt your friends? And if the
Haters continue to hurt them after I'm gone, what will you do
then?"

Jason folded his hands behind his back and walked up to Feugar
to talk to him directly.

"Let's face it, Feugar. Your whole attack towards the Haters
is focused on me. If you kill me, nothing will change. Your
friends will still be attacked by the Haters, and you'll have
no one to obsess over."



manysidestome

"Yes, that is true, if you're gone I don't know who to focus
on. Unless of course, I draw their attention to me. Could any
hater resist attacking an unwanted who exposed himself and
insulted them? Even under orders not to, some weaker ones
surely will, and I will then have some new leads. Making you
gone only means I've cut off one head, but one that was
especially sneaky. No matter what, your death is a benefit to
me," Fuegar said, grinning as he said it. It normally put
humans off to fake out emotions, it might make Jason feel more
aprehensive about the situation.



Fire Lord

"You talk like you're important, Fuegar," said Jason,
returning the grin.

"What's stopping the Haters from doing the exact same thing?
If you openly mock them and lure them into a trap. What's
stopping them from mutilating an Unwanted in plain view of
normal students. Or better yet, they could start attacking
normal students in response. If you provoke a beast, Feugar,
it will bite back."

Jason tilted his head.

"You would put not only your friends in danger, but everyone
else. Could you live with yourself if one of them got hurt."

Jason shrugged.

"Either way, you can do what you want, as long as it doesn't
involve me or the students that depend on me. If I'm gone,
Feugar, there will be no one to protect them. Killing me may
satisfy you, but it will bring devestation to many others."



Georgie

Tobi bit her lip, fighting the urge to step out into the
hallway and confront the both of them. Her heart was pounding
in her throat it seemed, and her mind was thinking a thousand
thoughts. Why did she like Jason so much? What was there about
him that enticed her? He had never shown any affection other
then kindness towards her and yet, she felt her heart flutter
dangerously each time he passed?

And what of Fuegar? Was he telling the truth? Was he jealous?
Paranoid? Or was he simply giving into the 'emotions' his
Demon-self supplied?

"Killing me may satisfy you, but it will bring devestation to
many others..." Tobi felt her heart thump painfully against
her chest as this thought rang true within her.



iamkatara

Rachel walked around, finally seeing Tobi. She seemed
distressed. Rachel ran up to her and tapped her on the
shoulder. "Tobi, are you all right?"



Casey Jewels

"It's fine," Thomas said softly. A wave of pity washed over
him as he looked up at Alice. It wasn't her fault that she
didn't know his plans. After all, she wasn't a mind reader.
"And I'm sorry. You couldn't have known." He gently placed a
finger under her chin and turned her head back around so that
they were eye-to-eye. "If you see me at all tonight, please
don't talk to me or bring any attention to me. Just pretend as
if I'm not there." He let his hand drop back to his suddenly,
uncomfortably aware of how soft her skin was to the touch. He
cleared his throat and started working on the assignment once
more. "We need to get to work," he mumbled.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice blushed, slightly. She found her mind reeling.

"I'll try, but I can't make promises. Things could get
confusing. But I won't do it on purpose. I care too much about
you to risk it."

Alice frowned at the words she had just said.

"I mean...um..."

She felt her cheeks getting hot.



Casey Jewels

"It's fine," Thomas said. But it wasn't. She cared about him.
She cared about him too much. The bell rang right then
and Thomas automatically began to put his things away.
"Just... don't do anything stupid, okay?" he told Alice as he
climbed to his feet, ready to leave. "Because I might be
getting myself into a dangerous position. But I can take care
of myself." And I don't want you getting hurt because of me...



manysidestome

Fuegar smiled. "See, that's where you're false ways come in.
If you were just a protector of kids, you wouldn't even be
here talking to me. You'd have gotten fed up with me awhile
ago, and gone on without talking to me at all. You wouldn't go
to all the trouble of trying to doubt myself and my plans. Oh
don't worry though, because the Unwanted are a family, and we
band together, because we are the ones who know how cruel
society can be. We don't turn our backs on each other, like
the rest of you have. If any of us come into public danger,
the rest of us will be right there to assist them. That's why
you don't attack us in the daytime, and why it's private. See,
I'm just messing with a beast in a cage, and the most you can
do about it is bite off someone who gets too close, or escape
the cage. The Unwanted will rise when that happens though," he
replied. "And you insist on that fake alias of a protector.
With you gone they may get picked on more, but they will also
rid themselves of a looming shadow, one that will get them
killed if they're part of us. It's the lesser of two evils. I
may not have emotions, I may not be fit to inhabit the same
society humans do, but I am the only one at this point who
still believes you are not as you appear, and it's in my power
to stop you. The time for secrecy is over, Jason. It ends
tonight."



Fire Lord

"You mean the talent show," asked Jason.

"Sorry, I don't intend to go. And if you are a family, why did
you attack your friends? Dorjee was an Unwanted, so are you.
And yet you fought, exposed eachother and created turmoil."

Jason shrugged his shoulders.

"You say one thing, and then do another."



manysidestome

"That goes way deeper than you could imagine Jason, and it's
nothing your entitled to know. You don't know alot about me,
and that's my cloak of secrecy, like yours is your helpful
nature to the kids," Fuegar said. "As for the talent show,
that will just be something that keeps the regular kids away
from the fray. I'm surprised you aren't going, since I imagine
alot of the kids you care so much about will undoubtedly be
there. Well anyway, that's settled then, if you ever want to
talk again, you can find me around. At least for the rest of
the day. Come night it won't matter much will it?" He turned
around and walked away but stopped. "By the way, after this, I
expect either I will be attacked, or another will be attacked.
It will be before the talent show most likely, and it will be
revenge on my actions now. If no such thing happens, it either
means that you choose not to act and give yourself away, or
that you are innocent and for some reason see some benefit in
arguing with me."

Fire Lord

Jason smiled, chuckling slightly.

"Watching you try to think is so adorable, Fuegar. Did you
come up with this logic all on your own, or did you take a few
days and get some help with it?"

Jason laughed, turning his back to Feugar as well.

"A monster should just stick to his strength and less to his
brain. You might hurt yourself if you don't."



manysidestome

"Hey, I'm an oddball. Any other of my kind would just run you
through right now, end of story," Fuegar said. "You couldn't
stand up to one. However, I'm not like them, and I use both
brains and brawn in my life. I'm not the monster between the
two of us Jason, you are."



Plaguewalker

Dorjee stopped moving, turning his gaze to the girl in the
distance. She seemed to be looking at him, which was unusual.
Dorjee wasn't one who was picked out of a crowd most of the
time, and when he was, it was because of his coverings. Yet he
knew she wasn't wondering about the covers, she seemed to be
inspecting him. The Unwanted looked towards her, before
calling out. "What do you want?"



Fire Lord

Jason smiled.

"What a charming statement. Your kind is such a pest. You're
able to see beyond what others do not, see past illusion and
what lies beneath. This true most in other people. You can see
what lies within inside us. The question I ask you, Fuegar, is
that will you be comforted by what you find."

Jason turned from Fuegar, his eyes never leaving his gaze
until he was completely turned around.

"Tobi," he said aloud, not turning to face the hiding
Unwanted.

"Be careful with who you associate with. Fuegar, and people
who suffer from his same paranoia, can not be trusted."

He stepped out of the hallway and away from the Unwanted.



manysidestome

"Ah, that is why he would not lower his veil," Fuegar said. He
thought for a moment and then decided, "I can't let this go
unannounced. I must tell Alice what has transpired. Tobi, be
on guard. No matter what, whether he's innocent or not,
something will happen tonight." He left and thought about what
class she had now. Maybe it was Thomas's, or he might know
where she was. He would go there and wait until the class was
over to talk to him.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice sat in the classroom for a little while longer, her mind
racing with too many thoughts.

"I'll try. But as Leader, I can't say I could keep that
promise too."



Casey Jewels

"Then don't think of me as an Unwanted." Thomas had started
towards the door, but then had paused as Alice had spoken. Now
he turned back around to face her, a grim expression on his
face. "If I'm not an Unwanted, then you have no reason to try
and protect me, now do you?" Not unless you care too much.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice stood, collecting her books.

"Well that's a hard question. I mean if I see an innocent
person in danger I would protect them, even if they're a
stranger, but if I know the person and I know they can take
care of themselves, I won't." Alice walked out the door, but
stopped for a second and looked at Thomas, smiling. "So you
don't have to worry about me. Just take care of yourself."
With that said Alice, returning to her grim state, walked off.



Casey Jewels

Thomas stared after her for several seconds, and then shook
his head. But I can't help but worry about her. I can't help
but worry about everybody here. He stepped out of the
classroom and started towards his next class. He stared at the
ground as he walked, unable to ignore the stares and
whispering of the others passing him.



manysidestome

Fuegar walked casually along the halls, looking as the classes
emptied, and soon caught sight of Alice. The leader, the head
honcho, and the one person who needed to know most what had
happened. He walked toward her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I need a word," he announced, quietly, but with no sense of
anything in his voice. "Privately as well."



TokoToTheEnd

Alice nodded and turned into an empty classroom. Of course she
was going to miss math, but she never really cared for the
subject.

"What is it?"



manysidestome

Fuegar closed the door and looked straight at her. "The time
has come for us to leave the shadows, the Unwanted must rise
and challenge the haters. They can't ignore a call like that,
and we can no longer hide. They'll keep picking us off, like
the kid this morning. We have to call them out, and we can
settle everything there," he said. "I also will add that I
myself will do this regardless if anyone assists me or not. I
confronted Jason about my suspicions about him, and, while he
never admitted anything, he is a danger to our operation. If
he is as virtuous as he appears, he will stand up for any
young kids that get in the crossfire, and will kill everyone
involved if he can. If I'm right, he will relate everything to
the haters, and have a strategy for them, making everything
more difficult." He waited for a response from Alice. She was
very good at keeping her emotions hidden, but unlike him, he
was positive she had them, and would probably feel anger at
this, like Tobi had.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice thought about what Fuegar said and looked in his eyes.

"You know I was thinking the same thing. I sick of hidding.
Tonight. Tonight we will reveal ourselves. But be warned and
tell the others if you cam, this may cause a fight. A fight
that maybe one of us or more may not come out of alive."

Alice knew she would be the first to reveal herself. She was
in the talent show, but that's what made it perfect. Tons of
people will be there. Alice actually felt axnious.

"So you going to help?"



manysidestome

"Of course," Fuegar said. He hesistated before adding, "I've
revealed myself to Jason allready, and I am likely a major
target for the haters, whether or not they actually attack me
or not before the fight starts. You probably are convinced of
his innocence like everyone else, even Thomas doubts now, but
I am resolved in my opinion." He wanted her to believe him,
though it was just for the benefit of everyone else. He was
the only one who helped the Unwanted, why did no one see that
as fishy?



TokoToTheEnd

"Good because we'll need you. And if what I hear, our first
target to take out tonight will be Jason. He's our biggest
threat." Alice sighed. "Things were so much easier when Ty Lu
was leader. I guess I failed her after all.



manysidestome

"No time to think about that Alice. You will eclipse her if
you can lead us to a world without the haters stalking our
presence," Fuegar said. He just had to ask though, "why are
you so... calm in the face of my accusations of Jason? No one
else aside from Thomas ever considered that he could be a
threat. I find it odd you don't exhibit any anger or
irritation at this."



TokoToTheEnd

"I never met him." It was something that bugged Alice too. I
mean she had heard all these things, and yet the fairie had
never actually met the boy face to face. "So all I can do is
trust you and I trust both you and Thomas. Besides if he
wasn't a threat, then we should of met. I don't know where
he's hiding or if he knows that it will just lead to unwanted
attention."



manysidestome

"... Yesterday, at lunch, Jason pulled me over to your table,
while he was still acting good, and tried to introduce me to
you, Rachel, Tobi, and Dorjee. He acted like he at least knew
who you were, and you should have seen his act in plain sight,
and I admit, have been convinced," Fuegar said. It wasn't that
he didn't want her to believe his word, but it just seemed
odd.


TokoToTheEnd

"Really? I guess I wasn't paying attention at that time. But I
do remember it." Alice stood ready to leave. "Listen Fuegar, I
know that people can easily put on masks. I wear one in fact.
I do it so I can protect myself. Hid all my emotions away. But
what is important is that we are going to be free from hiding.
We will defeat the Haters. They will fall. " Alice walked out
the door, still talking. "And we must take down who ever
stands in the way."



manysidestome

"Ty Lu chose an excellent leader," Fuegar said, smiling what
passed for a genuine one from Fuegar. "You have an excellent
attitude for the situation. I'll help spread the word, tonight
it ends."



TokoToTheEnd

Hearing that. made Alice happy. She had always felt like Ty Lu
had made a mistake with her. But if Fuegar thought that she
wasn't a failure, like Alice had always thought she was, then
it must be true. It was rare for the boy to say such things.

Not paying attention, Alice walked into someone. She looked
other and she became mad. Peace sat across from her.

"I'm sorry," Peace said, calmly. She had meant to knock Alice
over. Standing, she grinned. "Need help?"

"By someone like you, no."



manysidestome

Fuegar watched as she left and ran into Peace. That brought a
lightbulb to his head, and he remembered Faith. She was fond
of him, which was something he couldn't have. A demon couldn't
love, it wasn't one of the emotions they had. He couldn't
explain why he cared about these people here at all, it
confused him, but he couldn't have Faith liking him. It was
too dangerous for her, and possibly, for him. He would have to
set her straight.

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TokoToTheEnd

Faith walked out of her classroom sighing. The only two things
on her mind were the talent show and...Fuegar. She wonder if
she should talk to him. Faith shook her head. No, that was
impossible. 'He would never talk to me. I'm such an idiot!! No
one could ever like me!!'

Faith stopped and leaned against a locker, tears in her eyes.
"Idiot...."
------------------
Peace frowned. The girl was stubborn.

"Oh come now, I don't want to hurt you."

Alice stood and glared at the Hater. it was hard to believe
sweet, naive Faith was related to her.

"Really? Why do I find that hard to believe?"

"I just came to say if you get my sister hurt, I will kill
you. She means everything to me. So if she gets caught in the
conflict, don't think I won't hurt those who did it to her."

Alice glared and walked passed Peace bumping her to the
ground. "Hope your "friends" understand that too."



manysidestome

Fuegar walked the halls until he spotted Faith, and sighed,
knowing what he would have to do. He had to reveal himself to
her, or she would not understand. He approached her and said
in a casual voice, "hey, mind if we talk?"



TokoToTheEnd

Faith stopped sniffling and looked at Fueger surprised. She
had just thought he would never talk to her, but here he was.
Faith's first thought was that she was dreaming and was
tempted to slap herself, but Faith didn't. If it wasn't a
dream she would look stupid and if it was, well then Faith
could have a chance. If it was a dream.

"Sure," was all she managed to choke out.



manysidestome

"Someplace private though," Fuegar said. He hoped she would
think he wanted to get to know her or something, but he
couldn't let anyone else see what he was. She was the only one
because of her attatchment to him.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith nodded. 'If this is a dream, then I hope I never wake.'



manysidestome

"Follow me then," Fuegar said, leading her back toward the
empty classroom he and Alice had just been in. He would have
to bar it, he didn't need someone coming in and seeing him.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith followed him, not seeing that her own twin was not too
far off. Thankfully Peace had not seen Faith either, too busy
thinking about what Alice had told her.



manysidestome

Fuegar entered the classroom, and held the door open for
Faith. He would have to grab a chair to keep the door closed,
he'd seen it done before.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith enter and sat on a desk, her heart racing. What was
going to happen? What was he going to say?



manysidestome

Fuegar closed the door and took a chair, and stuck it under
the knob, so no one could turn it to get in. He turned around
and breathed in. "Alice informed me that you seem to be
attracted to me," he began. "There is something you have to
know about me though, you must know the truth."



TokoToTheEnd

Alice was taken a little aback. So he wasn't going to say he
liked her. Still he didn't say he hate her.

"What is it?" Faith still felt her heart racing. "And sorry."



manysidestome

"I... am a monster. A creature of nightmare," Fuegar said.
"I'm not exaggerating either, I literally am a demon." He
hoped she would just believe this, and that he wouldn't have
to change. He most of all, hoped she wouldn't panic.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith nodded slowly, taking it in. She couldn't yell. No, that
would be bad.

"I believe you. After all i heard about the Unwanted and The
Haters and everything, I just know you're not lying." Faith's
throat felt dry. "But that won't change my feelings for you."



manysidestome

"You have only heard, you haven't seen, and that's all it
could take. You could still be attracted to this form, but be
repulsed by one of my other sides," Fuegar said.



iamkatara

Rachel looked around and smiled. She was happy that nothing
was happening. It finally made her feel safe. She looked
around for Raqueal. "Hey. Do you want to do anything? I can't
really sit around for long unless i'm outside."



manysidestome

"Do you want to go for a swim," Raqueal asked. It felt a bit
empty since the fish all died, but it wasn't too bad. It was
alot easier to swim without being hit by a fish when there
were hardly any in there.



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. "Mmm hmm." She walked out with Raqueal and
then stripped down to a tank top and her shorts. She looked
at Raqueal to jump in. "Do you want to go in first or shall
I?" She smiled.



manysidestome

Raqueal stipped down to some shorts. "I'll dive in, jumping
disturbs the ecosystem... though I guess it doesn't matter
since the ecosystem was pretty much killed off yesterday," he
said. He dived in, causing little disturbance on the surface,
and reappeared above the water.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled and dived in as well, almost identical to
Raqueal's dive. She esurfaced, slinging back her hair, and
smiled at Raqueal. She dove back under, performing a mermaid
swim. It was so much easier than swimming regularly. She
resurfaced a few feet from Raqueal. "It's suprisingly warm in
here."



manysidestome

"Yes, it's probably because of the sun," Raqueal said. "It
keeps the lake warm as long as it's spring or summer and high
in the sky. Lucky, because with the fish gone, it could be
alot colder." He went down and resurfaced about three yards
from Rachel.



TokoToTheEnd

"I don't care," Faith said, not sure if he would listen to
her. Faith felt like she would be disgusted, but then again
she wasn't sure. She was sure that Fuegar didn't care about
her. "And you don't either. All you care about is yourself.
Only you. No one else matters."



manysidestome

"You put words in my mouth," Fuegar said. "But you're half
correct. I don't really feel any attachtment to anyone here,
and I could easily leave without causing myself any
heartbreak." He then sighed and said, "but their's part of me
that sticks around here to help. Everything I've done here was
for the benefit for someone else, and I have no idea why. I
don't know why I don't just shun everyone else be on my own,
why I feel inclined to do things for others, but I do. You are
blinded by what you think you see though, you see me as a
monster, mostly in my personality. It's because you don't
think I care about you."



TokoToTheEnd

"But you don't care?" Faith was getting nervous. She didn't
mean to sound so rude to him. She was just saying what she
thought was true. It was confusing her.



manysidestome

"Let me tell you what demons do in their own kind. They meet,
they either fight to the death or mate, then the male dies or
gets away before it's too late," Fuegar said. "Their is no
capacity for caring in our emotions. I'm sorry, if I could
care, I would. I would care about everyone at this school,
every innocent. But I can't, and as it is, I don't know why I
feel inclined to act like I care when in reality I can't."



TokoToTheEnd

Faith sat there, in thought. She now knew that there was no
chance with the boy-or demon. She understood it, but still her
heart was broken. Nothing she could say could fix that.

"Then I'm sorry."



manysidestome

Fuegar regarded her, and said, "If I could care, love, I would
share that with you." He turned to leave and paused, and
turned back around. "You should also know, that even if I
could care, it would become a drasticly inhuman emotion, like
every other I possess, that could drive me to becoming a
monster. If it was intense enough, I could go into my worst
form, pure flame, and I would possibly end up killing
everything around me. I regret that you feel an attatchment to
me, and I regret that I cannot make you happy."



TokoToTheEnd

Faith didn't say anything. She didn't move. The only signs
that Faith had heard him, was a small smile and tears.
-----------------
Alice paced in front of a classroom. She could enter and be
late or she could just go off and be yelled at later, well if
there was a later to be yelled at. Thinking that Alice turned
away and made her way to the lake. Something about it always
calmed the half-breed.



manysidestome

Fuegar left the classroom, relieved that a problem had been
taken care of. Assuming he survived tonight, nothing could
tether him there, it was clean cut. He fought tonight, and
with the haters gone, he could leave in peace, to be able to
keep other from being hurt by him.



Casey Jewels

Thomas slid into his seat in the back, feeling very, very
greatful to Miss Veliss, his English teacher, for allowing him
to sit there. He pulled out his English folder, even as
everyone turned and started whispering to each other about
him. Thomas simply glanced up at the board, opened up his
journal notebook, and started to write. It doesn't matter, he
told himself as he fought to stay sitting upright and not sink
down out of view. I can handle this. I have too.



iamkatara

Rachel nodded and shouted to him. "I guess you're right." She
smiled and swam to the edge, slowly pulling herself out. Her
shirt stretched and her front was covered, but her back was
now visible. She braided her hair and sat down on the edge,
looking up at the sky.



manysidestome

Raqueal swam over and looked at her. "Is something wrong? You
seem a little preoccupied," Raqueal said. He felt something in
the air, there was alot of pressure, a feeling of something
building up. Excitement maybe, or hatred, perhaps even joy, it
was hard for him to tell. He knew it would be let out soon, he
wasn't sure though what would be the catalyst, and what would
be a result.

iamkatara

Rachel looked down. "I guess it's just the talent show. I know
i'll do good, but I feel like something will happen there.
Whether it's me winning or something else... i'm not so sure."
She shook her head. "It's no use scaring myself now." She
smiled at Raqueal. "I'm having too much fun."



manysidestome

"I'm glad," Raqueal said, smiling. He looked at her and asked
quite randomly, "do you think I should cut my hair? I'm not
liking it being this long and it gets in my way sometimes."



iamkatara

Rachel raised her eyebrows. "You're right. It is random, but I
think it should stay somewhat long." She stroked his hair, not
realizing what she was doing. "It's nice long." She finally
realized what she was doing and tried to pull her hand away.



manysidestome

"Maybe just a trim then," Raqueal said. "I don't like it
short, but it's too long now." He smiled at her and said, "i'm
sorry for being so random and vain, I just wanted another
opinion."



iamkatara

Rachel giggled. "You are most definitely not vain. Some people
in this school are, but you are definitely not." She looked
into his eyes. "I'm happy to give you any opinion you want."
Rachel stared into his eyes for a minute, then blushed and
looked to the sky again.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith paced nervously backstage. She was up first.

"Sis, chill," her twin advised her, but Faith wasn't
listening. She was too nervous.

Alice also stood backstage. She would be last, which would
work. As leader and last act, she'll be the perfect
victim....and that's what she hoped for.



iamkatara

Rachel walked up to the side of the stage. If only Raqueal was
here. She shook her head. She shouldn't worry about that. She
silently went over her lyrics in her head. She always did that
before a performance. She took a deep breath. She was ready.



TokoToTheEnd

A man came up to the Ackley sisters.

"You ready?"

Faith looked at the man, then Peace, then the curtain, then
the exit, then back to the man and nodded.

"You're going to do great," Peace reassured her. "So go and
break a leg."

Faith heard her name be announced and felt sick. She walked
onto the stage and took the mircophone.

"The song I'm going to be singing is Dark Blue."



manysidestome

"Hello Rachel," Raqueal said, walking up next to her. He
noticed she looked kind of off, but that was to be expected,
it was always nervous performing in front of people.

Fuegar was in the crowd, in the back, watching from a distance
not only the acts, but everyone else. He would have to keep
his eyes open for anything unusual.

Marcus sat on an aisle seat in the middle, waiting for any
orders. He hoped that Peace would do well, he had no idea why,
but there was something about her he liked, but he had no idea
why. Maybe it was the time they had spent together as haters,
but he hadn't been really aware of it until recently. He shook
his head, he needed to stay focused, being caught off guard
was not the mark of a good hater.



iamkatara

Rachel looked to the side as Raqueal walked next to her.
"Raqueal!" She jumped up and hugged him, but realized she was
being extremly loud. She broke the hug and smiled at him.
"Thank you for coming. You have no idea what you being her
means to me." She smiled alkwardly at him.



Fire Lord

A boy came and sat down next to Marcus, watching the stage
with interest. However, when he spoke he talked in a ushed
whisper so only Marcus could here.

"Marcus, we wait for Alice. Scarecrow's orders."


A girl watched Faith walk on stage before making her way to
stand beside Peace.

"Scarecrow says we start when Alice performs. No sooner," she
said in a ushed whisper before clapping for Faith.



manysidestome

"I'm glad I could help," Raqueal said. He simled at her
warmly, and then asked, "do you feel any pent up energy in the
air? I don't want to distract you, but I can't help feeling
that something big is going to happen."

"So I have to sit here and watch all this crap," Marcus
whispered angrily. "Fine." He felt that if he were going to be
here, he might as well use his eyes to copy the physical acts,
you never knew what might come in handy.



iamkatara

Rachel looked around for any listeners and then whispered to
him. "I've been feeling it for a while. Somethings going to
happen. I know it." She paused. "I'm afraid Raqueal."



manysidestome

"We're not attatched to their concerns," Raqueal said. "If we
can stay out of the crossfire, we will be allright. It isn't
our business what they want to do, whether it's be friends or
kill each other. And you need to focus on singing your heart
out."



TokoToTheEnd

"I understand," Peace muttered back, her eyes glazing over the
half breed for a second. She would enjoy it too. Only things
Peace worried about was Faith, and she was sure she could get
her safe in time.
-----------------------------------------------
Faith took a deep breath and began.

I have (I have) you breathing down my neck (breathing down my
neck)
I don't (don't know) what you could possibly expect under this
condition so
I'll wait (I'll wait) for the ambulance to come (ambulance to
come)
Pick us up off the floor
What did you possibly expect under this condition so

Faith smiled to herself, becoming more confindient.

Slow down.. this night's a perfect shade of
Dark blue (dark blue)
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with
you
I said the world could be burning down
Dark blue (dark blue)
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room well I'm here with
you
I said the world could be burning 'til there's nothing but
dark blue..
Just dark blue

This flood (this flood) is slowly rising up swallowing the
ground
Beneath my feet, Tell me how anybody thinks under this
condition so
I'll swim (I'll swim) as the water rises up, the sun is
sinking down
And now all I can see are the planets in a row
Suggesting it's best that I slow down

Faith now was totally into the song. She forgot about the
crowd and her nerves.

This night's a perfect shade of
Dark blue (dark blue)
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with
you
I said the world could be burning (burning) down
Dark blue (dark blue)
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room well I'm here with
you
I said the world could be burning dark blue

We were boxing
We were boxing the stars
We were boxing (we were boxing)
You were swinging for Mars
And then the water reached the West Coast
And took the power lines (the power lines)
And it was me and you (this could last forever)
And the whole town under water
There was nothing we could do
It was dark blue

Faith smiled inwardly again. This song matched her well.

Dark blue (dark blue)
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room well I'm here with
you
I said the world could be burning (burning) down
Dark blue
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room well I'm here with
you
I said the room could be burning now there's nothing but dark
blue

If you've ever been alone in the dark blue
If you've ever been alone you'll know (you'll know)

The crowd roared with applauses and Faith blushed, taking a
deep bow.

"Next up is Rachel!!"

Faith went back to backstage, only to be hugged by Peace.
"Good job Faith!!" But before the hater let go, she whispered
into her twin's ear. "Be careful."



iamkatara

Rachel nodded, but pulled Raqueal aside. "Raqueal, I'm in the
crossfire. Marcus caught me in a corner and now I have to do
their bidding." She started to tear. "I don't no what to do."
She tried to wipe away her tears but it wouldn't work. "Is
there any way I can get out of this mess? I don't want to ask
for your help, you'll only get dragged into the crossfire with
me. I need you to do something for me." She told him her
plans. Her tears dried up and she looked at him.

Before he could answer she heard her name. She dried her tears
and went on stage.

She looked to the side, at Raqueal, and then to the sky. I
miss you grandma. She smiled and looked to the audience.

(((It's short but it's gorgeous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcKmj5ntbrQ )))
Music boxes have within,
melodies they carry with them,
once they open music fills the air.

Every person you have known,
has a song of their own,
once they open up you'll hear whats there.

It's not easy you must listen
with your heart for what lies hidden.

There was a melody, locked deep inside of me but now its free,
it found a place embraced by harmony, sweet harmony,

Love more than anything,
Teaches our hearts to sing,
Only love, could break the spell,
now I know, very well,
the love within myself.

(music)

There was a melody, locked deep inside of me but now its free,
it found a place embraced by harmony, sweet harmony,

Love more than anything,
Teaches our hearts to sing,
Only love, could break the spell,
now I know, very well,
the love within myself.

She smiled and went offstage. She looked around for Raqueal.



manysidestome

What... ok, either we leave the school tonight, or... I will
be with her on their side, against all my morals, Raqueal
thought. He listened to her song and smiled in spite of the
situation, her voice was beautiful.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith smiled at Rachel.

"You did great. So much more better than me."



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "Thanks." She looked around. "I don't think I
did better than you though. We were both really good." She was
talking to her but seemed preoccupied somehow.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith felt uncomfortable. She wonder if Rachel didn't want to
talk to her. She was a nobody after all.

"Thanks! I try my best."

Peace watched in disgust as her sister talked to some other
girl. If Faith got too far away, Peace might not be able to
save her in time and that was something Peace could never
forgive herself for.

Alice walked over to Faith and Rachel, looking at mainly
Rachel.

"Can I talk to my friend alone please?"

Faith nodded and walked off.

"You did good. Too bad tonight might be the last night you
sing."



iamkatara

Rachel looked at her weirdly. "Why? What do you know that I
don't know?"



TokoToTheEnd

"Most of us," Alice said, choosing her words carefully, "think
that tonight they will attack us. I just want to tell you to
be prepared. When I give the signal, be ready to fight."



iamkatara

Rachel looked at Alice. "Don't worry. I have my butt covered.
You don't have to worry about me. But thanks." She walked off.



Fire Lord

Jason smiled, clapping his hands with the rest of the cheering
crowd.

"They are quite good," he said aloud.

He sat amongst the crowd of students, waiting for the final
act of the talent show while enjoying the ones that came
before it. He was happy, very happy. Afterall, all of his
plans had worked just as he had thought and were continuing to
fall into place as he stood here now.

"I can wait to see Alice's performance."

He smiled.

"I bet it will be terrific."



Casey Jewels

Thomas, who once more had a jacket over his wings, stood a few
people back from Jason. Several people were still giving him
weird looks even though he looked like a normal human once
more, but most just ignored him. 'Alice's performance...' He
clapped along with everybody else, but he was just going
through the motions. He wasn't even sure of who had just
performed, so intent was he on keeping an eye on Jason. The
Hater... helper of the Unwanted... defender of the weak...
Scarecrow...? The... boy. Yes, the boy. The boy would not
escape from him this time.

He's planning something... something big. And it seems as if
it'll take place during Alice's performance. But what is he
going to do? What is he planning? Thomas glanced up at the
stage and then back down at Jason. And where's Fuegar when you
need him?



Fire Lord

Jason sat contempt. If he wasn't mistaken, which he wasn't,
Tobi's performance was up next. The performances were so
spectacular that he almost debated putting off the plan to
simply hear the winners. But of course, Scarecrow was dominate
at this moment, not Jason.

His eyes flickered across the crowd before returning to the
stage. He wouldn't have trouble slipping away, even with
Thomas' eyes on his back. Still, Thomas was not as certain of
his affiliation as Feugar was, and he could use that to his
advantage.

Feugar, that one was an annoying hornet that wouldn't leave
him alone. His unique ability to see inside people's feelings
and emotions made him more difficult to persuade. However, he
was also branded as untrustworthy by his friends anyway.
Afterall, he attacked Dorjee and the others. This made his
accusations less than credible.

However, Thomas was a different story. Although easy to
persuade, his voice had much greater authority among the
Unwanted and therefore must be kept in confusion.

In the end though, both of them would be insignificant and
would fall into line when the Haters stood victorious.



Casey Jewels

What to do? What to do? I'm sure that he's going to make a
move before this show is over, but... Of course, that's if he
even makes a move... But if he does, when will that be? If his
words are to be believed, then it could possibly be during
Alice's. Thomas looked back down at Jason once more. "Make
your move," Thomas mouthed. "But whatever you do, I will be
watching." Then he looked back up at the stage like nothing
had happened at all.



Georgie

((Sweet merciful goodness! Can I get the quickest update on
where we are? I do have an act indeed! Just need to know
where I can fit it. ))



Casey Jewels

(Rachel and Faith have both done their act at the talent show.
It's Tobi's turn now to perform. There's been some character
interaction while we've waited for you to post, but nothing
really important has happened. Jason's waiting for Alice to
perform before he has the Haters attack. And Thomas is behind
him in the crowd, watching and waiting.)



Plaguewalker

Dorjee leaned againest the wall near the back of the
auditorium, watching silently. The other acts had come and
gone, and while still excellent, they were not the ones he was
here to see. Tobi was up next. She was the only reason he had
shown up to this damnable show. The lights were far to bright
for his eyes.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice sat down and sighed. She was getting impatient. Her
wings itched too, which just made things worse.

manysidestome

IC: Fuegar kept an eye on Jason and an eye everywhere else. He
couldn't rule out the possibility that Jason wouldn't move or
do anything aside giving orders. In fact, Fuegar half expected
it, that he would dissappear in the crossfire, or else acting
to protect the younger kids while in reality doing just enough
to keep himself from being found out. He also expected that
this time Jason would reveal himself, that he was confident
enough in his plan that it wouldn't matter if he was exposed
or not.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith looked out into the crowded as someone else performed.
Spotting Fuegar, her heart leaped then sank. She wasn't sure
how to feel about him being here. Faith was starting to get a
headache from the conflicting emotions. She wished she could
just fade away.

"Hey are you ok?"

Faith looked back at Alice and nodded.

"Yeah, I just have a headache."

"Then you should leave. It's better if you're not here." Faith
blinked, the other girl's words confusing her. Something about
them seemed odd. "I mean if you're getting sick, you don't
want to infect others."



Georgie

Tobi breathed out through her mouth, eyes closed tight as the
butterflies on her stomach danced wildly. She was felt sick
with anxiety and not just because she was about to sing in
front of a large crowd, but because she knew something was
going to happen tonight. And it was going to happen soon. And
within several hours, she would be transforming.

"Miss Devans, you're up." A voice said behind her and she felt
her eyes snap open. Tobi sighed, and moved across to the
side-stage, before turning to look at the others, smiling at
Alice and stepping out onto the stage.

Tobi walked out slowly, her legs bare from below the shorts
she wore and they suddenly felt numb as her eyes twinkled with
the lights that bared down on her. She swallowed hard, and
tried to peer into the crowd. She cleared her throat quietly,
stepping towards the front of the stage as the music began
softly around her and her voicebox opened, revealing as
surprisingly good tone.

You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in...

She smiled to herself, allowing her body to relax and feel the
music seeping into her skin, her smile surfacing gently.

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it
through...

Tobi looked into the crowd again and this time, she saw Jason
and suddenly, she felt as if she were flying - the butterflies
in her stomach fluttered violently as she cast her glance
towards him, before pulling her eyes away and continued her
song.

So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late, this could all disappear
Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend
Yeah, yeah

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it
through...

Tobi looked around again and saw Dorjee - a comforted smile
reached her lips as the song flowed from her tongue in a
smooth rhythm. But in her mind was the constant poisonous
twist of the fact she was transforming tonight. And something
else was wrong, she just knew it.

Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change, nothing's gonna change destiny
Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

La da da da
La da da da
La da da da da da da da da

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

Keep holding on
Keep holding on

Tobi thought about Alice, she thought about the Unwanted and
how much she needed them all. They were her family and as hard
as it was to let go of her real family, she realised that they
had been the ones that pulled her through. Alice meant so much
to her, and Tobi found her eyes drifting towards the sides,
hoping to see Alice, hoping to see her smiling. But first,
Tobi had a song to finish.

And she would give it her all.

There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it
through...

She finished strongly, her eyes watering beneath the lights as
she stopped her voice and smiled widely, taking a sweeping
back and looking at Jason once more before hurrying off into
the wings, her heart pounding with excitement and adrenilin.



Casey Jewels

Thomas let out a sigh of frustration as he clapped along with
the crowd. Tobi had kept glancing at Jason while she was
performing, which was not a good sign. If he breaks her
heart..., he thought and issued forth a low growl. But nobody
could hear his growl over all of the noise, for which he was
grateful. The less attention drawn to him right now, the
better.

Now who's next? he asked himself. I know we're getting close
to Alice... He inched in a little closer to Jason, but not
enough to draw any attention to himself. And we're getting
closer to trouble.



Fire Lord

"Marvelous," said Jason, clapping his hands with the rest of
the crowd. He smiled at Tobi as her eyes caught his.

"What a perfect liability," he thought to himself, continuing
his clapping.

"Unfortunate her usefulness is limited. I've reached the
closing point of this game with the Unwanted."

He smirked, his teeth grinning underneath.

"But I won't stop until I have everything."

His eyes widened slightly, everyone else merely taking it as
excitement for the show. In reality, Jason's excitement
stemmed from a darker source.

"Even if I do kill Alice, there is no evidence to reveal that
I am Scarecrow. No papers, no eye witnesses, not even my own
followers know who I am. I can simply keep killing them off
one by one."

Jason chuckled darkly, clapping for Tobi's performance.

"Everything is working perfectly as I planned. Thomas and
Feugar have done marvelous in their performances. I think I'll
let them stay."

Jason eyes darted towards the direction he knew Thomas sat.

"Scarecrow will show himself this night. No one will know I am
him."

He returned his eyes to the stage.

"And I will have everything!"



Plaguewalker

Dorjee smiled, clapping quietly. He hadn't know Tobi had a
talent for singing. She was quite good, she might even have a
future in it. The unwanted flicked his eyes through the crowd,
sighing when he reached Jason. He had seen Tobi look at him.
The feelings were very obvious. The posessed sighed again,
wishing the facts were different.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice clapped. She really did enjoy everyone's perfomance, but
the tension she was feeling was getting to her. She was having
a hard time thinking right to really enjoy anything.



Casey Jewels

I wish that this was all over. The suspense is killing me. I
need to know who is right and who is wrong. But no matter how
things turn out, somebody is going to be hurt. Thomas' mind
flashed back to Tobi, and how she had looked right at Jason.
And then there was Fuegar, who was so sure that he was right
about Jason. And there was also Alice, who was going to have
to deal with whatever Unwanted was hurt. And, if Fuegar was
indeed wrong about Jason, then he would leave. Though there
was a pretty big chance that he would just leave anyways.

And there was sure to be more physical pain done than
emotional. Some of the Unwanted, and the innocent, might very
well not be around to see the sunrise.

Thomas looked up at the stage, his eyes searching for Alice.
If anything happened to her..., there would be heck to pay.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice walked up to a teacher, who just smiled at her. Alice
walked off, searching for a bathroom. She had to get away, to
think. Somewhere where she could be alone, and clear her head.



Fire Lord

"Someone is nervous," muttered Jason, watching Alice walk away
from the stage.

"Nevous about what, is the question though. Nervous about
performing, or nervous that you'll be parting ways with
everyone else tonight. One does not truely appreciate life
until they are at the brink of death."



Casey Jewels

Thomas rocked back and forth, his eyes filled with worry as he
watched Alice leave. He wanted to just rush up to her and make
sure that everything was alright, but... he couldn't. Not
without giving away his position. So instead he forced himself
to just sit there, waiting and watching.

I wonder if she feels the way that I feel... Does she get the
feeling that something big is about to happen? Or is she just
nervous because of her performance? He let out a sigh and,
after checking on Jason, stared down at his hands.



manysidestome

Fuegar finally spotted Thomas, and quietly moved through the
rows until he was sitting next to him. "It's me, don't worry,"
he said quietly as he kept an eye on Jason and one near the
exit closest to him.



Casey Jewels

Thomas nodded. "Have you picked up anything useful while
you've been out and about today?" he whispered to the demon,
all the while keeping his eyes on Jason. "Because, frankly, I
have no idea what's going to happen. I just know that
something big is coming." His eyes flickered towards Fuegar,
and then back to Jason. "Maybe during Alice's performance."



manysidestome

"I feel like something is going to happen, anyone can sense
that if they're in tune enough," Fuegar said. "The only thing
today is that Jason knows fully that I am against him, and he
thinks my opinions has been discredited within our group. I
told Alice about it, and she believed me, and agreed that
tonight is when it ends. I'm guessing she has something
waiting after her performance, or if not, we spring on Jason
here. Whether he's innocent or not, he's a liability to us
now, and needs to be taken out. If he's innocent, he'll be
over us fighting everyone for the little kids safety, we need
him out if either way," he whispered.



Casey Jewels

So the cat's out of the bag. Jason now knows that we're both
against him. Well, kind of... "I agree. Either way, he's going
to hinder us. As much as I hate it, others are going to be
hurt during this fight. If Jason tries to save some of them,
then..." He let out a sigh. "He'll be fighting both us and the
Haters."



manysidestome

"Yes, and while he could be an asset, he's more of a liability
to us, since the haters are far more powerful than he is, if
he is innocent. Of course, we both know he's a hater, and we
know he's got more power than he shows. If I'm wrong about
this, I will never trust my judgement again, which is always
accurate," Fuegar whispered.



Casey Jewels

He nodded once more. "Yes, we both know..." He let out a soft
sigh and scooted forward a little, trying to ease the pressure
on his wings. "We'll just have to wait this out a little
longer. Then maybe we'll have our answers."



Georgie

Tobi felt as if her heart may explode. Had Jason smiled at
her? It seemed almost too good to be true and Tobi was nearly
shaking with delight. The adrenlin was surging as the mixed
emotions of her imminent transformation entangled themselves
within her bloodstream. She just couldn't bring herself to
believe Fuegar and Thomas's views on Jason. How could such a
kind, generous boy be evil?

Tobi couldn't believe it. She wouldn't. And she knew she was
being biased due to her feelings, but she felt as if her heart
were showing her the path. She cared for her fellow Unwanted
and there was little she wouldn't do for them, but for Jason,
it seemed, she'd go to the ends of the earth and back - even
just for a smile.

Tobi sighed happily, turning only to see Alice walking away
from the stage. Tobi frowned and chewed her lip, knowing she
probably wanted to be alone, but she couldn't allow her best
friend to simply wallow in her nerves. She quickly followed.
"Alice!" Tobi grinned, hurrying across to her, noting the
anxiety in her face.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice stopped and faced Tobi. She sighed, but didn't move
away. If things got bad tonight, Alice knew somewhere inside
her, that she would be the one to take the first fall. To
protect someone. So if she was to die tonight, Alice thought
that at least she can let others be at peace.

"What is it Tobi?"



manysidestome

"Tobi is also a liability. Try as we might, Jason has her
brainwashed, perhaps most of all out of the unwanted," Fuegar
whispered to Thomas. "She may try to prevent us from getting
at Jason. I don't want to hurt her, but if she helps our
oppisition at all, we may have to do something to ensure she
stops. Not kill her, but at least knock her out." He hated
this, but Tobi, by her sheer stubbornness and refusal of
accepting the possibillity of Jason being bad was going to
impede on their victory.



Casey Jewels

Thomas nodded slowly, hesitantly. He hadn't thought about that
before. Hurting other Unwanted... With a quick glanced at
Fuegar he changed the course of his thoughts. Purposely
hurting other Unwanted..., that was nearly unthinkable to him.
But yet... it was a very big possibility. "As much as I hate
to admit it, I think that you're right."



Georgie

Tobi slowed down, her grin fading as she stopped in front of
Alice and exhaled through her nose. "What's the matter? And
please don't say you are just nervous about the performance...
Because I am not stupid and I know there is something else
going on." Tobi said carefully, watching her friends' face
closely.

She knew something... Or she was worried. Just like Tobi was.



Fire Lord

"I believe it is time to find out just how much influence I
can have over Tobi," thought Jason.

"I'll have to speak with her immediatly."

He smiled, relaxing in his seat as his eyes wandered around
the area.



TokoToTheEnd

"I'm worried about what might happen," Alice confessed. She
didn't want to worry Tobi, sounding so unsure of herself, but
Tobi was her best friend. Alice was sure she would understand.
That, or slap her in the face and yell at her for being so
negative. The thought almost made Alice smile, but then what
could happened came back and the feeling left. "The Haters
have waited for so long, but we are a poweful force. Both of
us are. The only way to end this is to have a fight. A huge
fight. I really believe that's going to happen tonight."



iamkatara

Rachel looked around. She needed to get out of here. She knew
this talent show wouldn't end. Her gut feeling was bigger than
ever. She ran around, finally finding Raqueal. "Are you
ready?"


Georgie

Tobi nodded thoughtfully, chewing her lip as she looked at her
friend. "I know Al, I'm worried too. But everyone of us
Unwanted are strong - we've made sure of that, you and I. We
made sure they knew what was ahead of them, what was possible
if they joined us. Fighting was always on the cards, they know
that, we know that." Tobi said quietly before sighing.

"Al, I think you should go out and show that audience just how
amazing you are. I've seen it, the Unwanted has seen it, now
let them see it. I'll be watching and waiting in the wings -
and at the first sign of disruption, I'll signal you." Tobi
smiled, nudging her friend affectionately.

She wondered if she should tell her that she was due to
transform tonight, but that thought seemed to have disappeared
into thoughts of Jason and that... That smile he had flashed
her- Tobi stopped herself thinking of it, Alice needed her.

"Go on Al, knock 'em dead!" Tobi grinned.



Fire Lord

Jason's eyes darted to his left at the person sitting next to
him. He needed to speak with Tobi, and that meant loosing his
two stalkers. He let out a loud groan, grabbing his stomach
and wincing.

The boy next to him turned his head in concern.

"You alright man?"

Jason shook his head.

"I think my wound had reopened," he muttered, keeping his hand
over the knife wound he had received early.

The boy stood up and helped Jason to his feet.

"Come on, I'll take you to the infirmary."

Jason nodded his thanks and let the boy lead him out of the
spectators and away from Thomas and Feugar. Once Jason made
sure he and the boy were out of sight of everyone else, Jason
side stepped him and slammed his elbow into the back of the
boy's head and knocking him out.

"Now to find Tobi," he muttered, vanishing into the darkness
behind the curtain of the stage.



Casey Jewels

Thomas let Jason walk almost halfway down the row before
following after him as swiftly and quietly as possible. This
is it, he thought. The final stretch before the attack. And
the most crucial time to be watching him. He reached the end
of the row and glanced about for the two boys. Not seeing
either of them, he did the only thing he could; he took a deep
whiff of the air and took off towards in the infirmary.

Between his nose and his following the path to the infirmary,
it wasn't too long before he found the unconcious form of the
boy that had been leading Jason out. Oh crud. He quickly
looked about for any signs of a struggle or attack or
anything, but saw nothing.

Did Jason hit him? He looked the boy over, studying him. Or
did this boy try and attack Jason? Or...? He angrily shook his
head and looked about once more, this time looking for any
signs that would tell him which way Jason had gone.



manysidestome

Fuegar had kept closer tabs on him, he had managed, as tall as
he was, to tail the boy without being noticed, and as the two
left, he followed, dodging behind lockers. His demon senses
were more intuned to everything, so they were far out of
eyesight and earshot when he sensed the new direction and
followed it, only one person still going. Jason was
despicable, but Fuegar reflected that if he would have done
the same thing had he been in Jason's situation. The kid was
only a pawn, and Jason was the queen in this game of chess,
his identity the king. He felt it, Jason was doubling back to
the stage, so he walked toward it, knowing Jason would get
there first, probably not to do anything, except poison
Alice's... or Tobi's mind, or another Unwanted back there.

"Yes, I'm ready, let's leave now," Raqueal said. "I'm sorry,
but that isn't part of our game," a voice said from behind
Raqueal. Marcus stood there, his eyes glowing red. "Jianna,
I'm dissapointed, trying to get out of our arrangement, it's
so... disrespectful," he said, smiling.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice nodded, glad she had Tobi around.

"Thanks. But I'm sure, I'll be the one signaling people. I
have a plan. Watch and wait."

Alice walked back to backstage. She braced herself for what
she was going to do. Either it would work and things would go
from there, or it wouldn't and Alice could ruin everything.
She really hoped for the former. The latter sounded not so
fun.

"I just wish Ty Lu was here," she mumbled to herself. Alice
though about the girl. She knew why she had really left. Alice
was one of the few who knew. Ty Lu had gotton herself into
trouble with the Haters and her only good option was to leave.
It pained Alice to think she might have to do the same after
tonight.



iamkatara

Rachel looked back at Marcus. She couldn't believe he'd found
her out. "Marcus. I should have known." She realized what they
had agreed to and bowed her head. "Forgive me." She looked at
Raqueal, her eyes watering. "I'm your servant." Her words
spoke what he wanted to hear, but her eyes said differently.
She looked at Raqueal with pure sorrow. She hated turning her
back on Raqueal. She'd rather die.



manysidestome

Raqueal looked shocked from her to Marcus, and his eyes became
trapped in Marcus's eyes. "Hmm... you want to help us out
too," Marcus said. The suggestion echoed his Raqueal's mind.
He was more than able to fight it off, but the combined
thought along with sticking with Rachel overpowered him, and
he nodded. "I'll... i'll side with you as well," he said, a
hint of sadness in his voice. "I won't desert you Rachel, even
if it means I must pick a side in a war I don't believe in."
"That's all fine and dandy, now let's get into position,
you'll be sticking with me when this operation starts," Marcus
said, heading back toward the audience.



iamkatara

As she followed Marcus, she stared at Raqueal. "What are you
doing? You don't have to do this for me Raqueal. It was my
fault that I got into this, and I have to get myself out." She
stopped him for a second, only for a second. "You can run now
and you can't get hurt. I can't see you get hurt Raqueal.
Please." She followed behind Marcus. She didn't need him
getting upset at her. Tears started forming, but she wouldn't
let herself cry. Not in front of Raqueal.



Fire Lord

Jason's hand shot out of the darkness and wrapped around
Tobi's mouth, pulling her into the darkness. Jason pulled her
along a darkned route, and after he knew that no one had
followed them he removed his hand and turned her towards him.

"Tobi, listen to me," he breathed desperately.

"You're in grave danger, and so am I."



manysidestome

IC: Raqueal followed Rachel, feeling very sad that this was
how things were proceeding. "I can't leave you alone. I can't
become the last elf I know again, and I can't let you die for
more than that. You don't have to worry about me, I won't die
while you still live," he told her.

Marcus led them to the seats, and sat down in his former seat,
two seats to his right without occupants.



iamkatara

Rachel took the bait and sat down. She didn't want to anger
Marcus and have something bad happen. Enough people were going
to die tonight. She edged away from Marcus so she was closer
to Raqueal. "Raqueal, even though i'm not happy about it...
thank you for coming along." She paused. "And trust me, I'm
not going to be the only elf you meet. There has to be others
out there. You just don't see them yet." She smiled and pecked
him on the cheek. She didn't know how he would react, but she
needed to thank him for everything... and mabye a little more.



Casey Jewels

Thomas slowly walked this way and that, trying to pick out
Jason's scent. Then, he caught it--the scent of blood. The
Unwanted grinned as he silently congratulated himself and then
started on the trail once more. But he had to travel slowly,
for the smell wasn't a very strong one. I hope nothing bad
happens before I find him...



TokoToTheEnd

Peace sat down in the front row, a grimace on her face. She
was getting impatient, but she would have to wait. Still it
was getting boring.
------------
Faith sat backstage, her eyes closed. She was thinking about
her childhood. Mainly first grade. Back then things were so
simply. Almost everyone were friends. No one really fought and
if there was one, it was just over a childish things. Nothing
important. Faith wished now that she could go back to first
grade. Anything would be better than where she was now. Things
were so messed up. Faith was having a hard time understanding
it all.



Georgie

Tobi felt her herself being dragged and suddenly, she heard
that voice that nearly brought her to her knees - except, she
noticed the panic in his voice. "Jason, you're in danger..."
Tobi breathed, her eyes staring into his. She had never been
so close to him, never alone and yet, the situation was not a
postitive one. Tobi decided not to tell him she knew she was
in danger... She was always in danger from the time she woke
up, to when she went to sleep.

"How'd do you know? What's going on?" Tobi asked quietly.



Fire Lord

Jason franticaly looked around before turning his attention to
Tobi.

"I'm telling you this because you're the person I trust most,
and that I care about what happens to you. I was investigating
the Haters when I came across a dark secret. You have been
decieved Tobi! We all have! Alice is a Hater. Alice is
Scarecrow!"

He looked around once more, before turning back to Tobi. He
held her shoulders steady and pulled her closer to him, his
face full of nervousness and fear.

"You've got to believe me! Please, even now Feugar and Thomas
are trying to kill me to prevent me from telling you this!
Alice is planning to attack the entire school tonight! After
her act she'll give the order to strike. Please, Tobi,
please..."

He pulled her closer towards him, his eyes staring into her's.

"Please tell me you believe me..." he whispered.



Georgie

Tobi felt as if he had punched her hard in the stomach -the
air had been knocked from her lungs and her eyes were wide.
Alice... My best friend... Scarecrow? Tobi's eyes were filled
with the scared reflection of Jason and she felt her body
shake. I'm the one he trusts most... He cares about what
happens to me... If the situation hadn't been so dangerously
confusing, Tobi would have jumped for joy.

"Jason... A-are you sure? Alice is one of my b-best friends...
It can't be..." Tobi muttered in a hushed tone, her eyes
flickering across their feet now as her mind and emotions
whirled.



Fire Lord

Jason's head sank in sadness.

"I double checked...I tripled check in fact. I went over the
information again and again, I did numerous investigations and
I have no doubt. Alice is Scarecrow. I told Thomas of this,
and in response, he and Feugar are now trying to kill me."

He looked back into Tobi's eyes.

"I don't know how far this infection of the Hater's travels. I
took a chance coming to you about this because I trust you and
because I care about you. Please, I don't want any innocents
to needlessly be hurt because of the Haters."

Jason sank his head in sorrow once more.

"I trusted Alice. I always thought she was the most devoted of
the Unwanted. But she's been using everyone for her own
selfish desires. I overheard her plans, her schemes. She's
been drawing you in since the day you met."



Casey Jewels

Thomas's concern grew as the scent led him back towards the
stage. Was this just a trick, a decoy? Has the Haters already
made their move? Or... Tobi. Of course! And of course he
didn't want anyone to know that he was talking to her, because
that would just make them both more of a target than they
already are, unless... Unless he means to take her out now, of
course. Or...

He groaned and slowly shook his head. You're overthinking it,
he told himself. So knock it off.



Georgie

Tobi's could barely believe what she was hearing. Was she to
believe this? Was Jason telling her the truth? After all, so
many of them distrusted him and his presence amongst the
Unwanted and yet, Tobi could not see why. He had helped them,
given them valuable information about the Haters' movements.
Thomas and Fuegar did not trust Jason, Tobi knew this and the
fact they were trying to kill him for overhearing plans was
possible, especially in desperate times like these.

But... Alice, being the Scarecrow - Tobi's eyes widened as
Jason finished his sentence with... She's been drawing you in
since the day you met... Tobi felt like her heart had frozen.
"It... It c-can't be..." Tobi felt the hot tears surfacing in
her eyes as she looked into Jasons'. "Alice... Why would she
do this...?" Tobi felt a sob hop in her throat.



Fire Lord

Jason's gaze softened and he pulled the crying Tobi to him,
wrapping his arms around her.

"Because, she's just a Hater. She's destroying the Unwanted
from the inside out. It's hard to believe, I know, but she's
been using everyone since the beginning."

He tightened his embrace on her and whispered soothingly into
her ear.

"Shhh...it's alright. I'm still here, Tobi. I still care about
you, and I'm still loyal to you. I would never break your
heart or your trust. You'll always have me. Tonight, Alice is
going to hurt so many people, ruin so many lives. We have to
stop her before she does. We have to make sure the same thing
that's happened to you will never happen to anyone else ever
again. Please, will you help me Tobi?"



Plaguewalker

Dorjee stared quietly at the stage, awaiting the last
performance of the night. He glanced about, looking for any
other Unwanted. There weren't many around him, but he didn't
really care. He wasn't the most popular of the Unwanted, but
he was fine with that. He'd need to see Tobi after the show,
and talk to her about her transformation.



Georgie

Tobi felt Jason bring herself closer to him as the tears spilt
from her eyes. And she listened. Listened to that soothing
voice ooze into her ears softly, comforting her, drowning
every bad thought, every doubt about him in a wave of warmth.
He cared for her, he had said it.

Alice... How could she do this? Tobi had trusted her, given
her everything, risked her life to help Alices' causes... And
then, something within Tobi clicked and she nodded against his
shoulder, her eyes wide and glossy.

"I'll help you... Jason." Tobi whispered, trembling against
him.



Fire Lord

Jason allowed a smirk to grace his lips before it quickly
dissapeared. He kept Tobi's head burried in his shoulder,
rubbing her back soothingly and whispering into her ear.

"Alice still thinks she can use you, Tobi," he whispered
softly.

"We can use her own evil ways against her. She's performing
her act next. After it's done, she'll give the order for the
Haters to strike. We must stop her before she does. If the
Haters don't receive that order, they'll be lost and confused.
Alice still thinks she's using you like a puppet, so she won't
mind you staying near her. You must pretend as if everything
is fine, then as soon as she finishes her act you must strike
her down from behind. Do not give her a single chance to speak
or the Haters will attack."

He pulled Tobi from his shoulder to stare gently into her
eyes, resting his forehead on her's.

"Tobi...can you please do this? Can you stop Alice before so
many more get hurt?"



Georgie

Tobi's mind was screaming as the effects of her immiment
transformation began to increase - her eyes twitched a little
and she felt a flush wash across her skin, pricking at her
pores nastily. She listened to Jason, focusing all of her
energy on him and his voice.

"Strike her... Y-you mean... Kill her?" Tobi stammered,
feeling torn between her best friend and her long-time love
who was finally responding. But something felt off, something
was not right and Tobi could barely stand the contradicting
sense.

"Jason... How do I know... Y-you're not using me either?" Tobi
asked softly after a moment, pulling her eyes up to look into
his.



Fire Lord

Jason stared into her worried eyes. His own reflected his
overwhelming confidence and warmth that he now poured into
Tobi. They searched his, begging for her to believe him, and
giving a undeniable sence of trust and caring.

His hands tightened around her as he brought her even closer
to him. His breath was on her own as he closed the gap between
their lips, kissing her long and soft.

"Because I care about you, Tobi," he whispered as he broke the
kiss.

"And because I will never let anything happen to you. I'll
protect you. Your heart will never be broken by someone like
Alice ever again. I will keep it safe, I promise."



Georgie

Tobi's eyes widened in surprise as Jason kissed her and it was
as if she had fallen into a pool of bathwater. She felt warm,
safe and most of all, she felt sure. Everything Jason had said
seemed to make sense now - there was no doubt left in her mind
now. Alice had left her mind now, her transformation had gone
too - all she could think of was the man before her, the one
who had kissed her.

"Jason..." She breathed as they broke, and she looked at him -
noticing that glint of malice in her eyes, the very same she
had within the emerald orbs when she was a blood-lusting
monster, but they softened with his words of care and
protection. "Jason, I'll do this for you. I'll do anything for
you now." Tobi said softly and yet, her tone was firm and
resolute.

And despite the lack of the full milky moon above her, she
felt as if she had already transformed into something
stronger.



Fire Lord

"You have to go, before they find out that I've told
everything," he whispered, smiling warmly at Tobi.

"Go, and stay near Alice until the time is right. Together,
Tobi, we will bring an end to this conflict and save the
people of this school from the Haters once and for all."

He released her slowly, watching her eyes with a seemingly
never ending consideration and concern. However, now there was
hope and warmth deep within them.

"I will always keep your heart safe, Tobi. And...thank
you...for everything."

Here's pages 51-55.




Georgie

Tobi took a few steps back and nodded at Jason, her heart
pounding in her chest as her eyes danced across his shadowed
face. Her eyes widened again as he thanked her, and she felt
her pulse quicken. She could think of nothing to say, nothing
could express her current emotions. Instead, she took a quick
step toward him, reached up and kissed his lips quickly,
before turning away and hurrying from the darkened hall - her
cheeks burning.

She resisted the urge to revisit the memories just past and
instead, hurried backstage to wait for Alice as her mind
shrieked throughout the thoughts and new information she had
been passed. And suddenly, a surge of voilent emotions
exploded within her. She felt enraged Alice had used her, she
felt stupid for being so blind, she felt deeply hurt from the
lack of true friendship the Unwanted had shown... But most of
all, she felt resolute. She had a job to do, for the better.

And yet, her transformation was coming and she could feel the
evidence of that riddling her body. She let out a deep breath
and forced a smile.



manysidestome

Somewhere from the surrounding darkness, a slow clapping came
out, and Fuegar stepped out to where Jason was now alone.
"Bravo Jason," he said, smiling slightly. "You managed to turn
Tobi away from her best friend. I don't think anyone but you
could have done it. Yes, Tobi is one of the most bound to her
emotions, and you are a trigger for them. I'm not surprised in
the least about this. Again I say, bravo."



Casey Jewels

Thomas came up right alongside Fuegar, glancing curiously from
his face to Jason's. Having just spotted the two of them, he
wasn't sure how long the two of them had been talking.

"I..." Thomas stared at Jason's wound, but then forced himself
to look away. "Have either of you seen Alice?" he asked,
inventing a reason on the spot as to why he was here. "And I
thought that you were headed to the infirmary," he said to
Jason as an afterthought.



TokoToTheEnd

Faith began to cry. She didn't really understand why, but then
she knew it. She was crying for both the Haters and the
Unwanted. She felt in her heart she had to. They were enemies,
standing on opposite sides of the battle field, yet they were
friends too. Family and lovers. They were beings, living
breathing beings. It reminded Faith of the Civil War because
that's what it is. Faith began to sob now, she couldn't keep
her sorrow in.
--------------------
Alice watched Faith cry. She made no move to comfort her, only
watching. Comfort would not help. The end, the fight was
inevitable. Everyone was going to have to face that fact.
Whether now or later, what happened was meant to. The silent
war could go on no longer. It was the end. A single tear
trailed down Alice's face, shocking her.

'Why am I crying?'

Alice put her hand to her face, pulling back, looking at the
liquid. It was odd. Alice had never cried before.



Fire Lord

A wide malicious grin etched itself over Jason's lips. He
tilted his head back, alllowing a dark, eery chuckle escape
his throat.

"Thomas," he said, smiling widely at the Unwanted.

"Tell me. How much do you care about Alice? I've seen you
both, and I could be half as intelligent as I am and I would
still realize it. The way the emotionless Alice falls to
stammers and blushes when you speak to her. I think you two
could have a bright and promising future together."



manysidestome

"...When I'm with you... it almost feels like... I don't need
anyone else in my life anyway," Raqueal told her in a whipser.
"It feels like I don't need to meet any other elves. Though I
do want to find other elves like us, I wouldn't mind if we
never found them, as long as we're together." He didn't know
where this corny guy was coming from, but it didn't matter he
supposed.

Fuegar looked at Thomas and said, "she's probably back stage
preparing for her act. We should return to see it." He looked
back to Jason and said, "all of us, isn't that right, Jay?"



Fire Lord

"Of course, I'm looking forward to it," said Jason, smiling
his wide grin.

"Come on, we can all go together and give her our support.
She's going to have to be perfect to keep with everyone else
that's performed tonight."

He motioned his arm for them to follow before head through the
darkness back towards the talent show.



Georgie

Tobi's sensitive ears twitched, catching the sound of girl
crying... And, Tobi's nose wriggled in the air, catching the
familiar scent of her former best friend. Alice. Tobi's eyes
widened as a grin surfaced and she hurried over to her,
masking the grin behind a worried expression. She had to
pretend everything was alright, just as Jason had told her.
She came up slowly behind her, her eyes glued to the back of
the girl. "Alice? You okay?" Tobi asked quietly, ignoring the
sobbing girl beyond them.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice wiped away the single tear and nodded.

"Oh course I am. Just nervous. Things are going to change
tonight."

Alice looked at the woman organizing everything. Her turn was
almost here. Alice could feel her throat close and she
swallowed hard. She was insanely nervous. More nervous than
she had ever been.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled. "You've gone all corny all of a sudden." She
joked with him. "I've never seen this side of you Raqueal."
She giggled a little, only loud enough for them to hear. "I'll
be right back. He won't care as long as I get back in time for
whatever they're doing." She got up and went backstage to
check on her friends. She saw Tobi and Alice and went over to
them. "You guys all right? Have you felt like somethings going
to happen tonight? It scares me."



Georgie

Tobi felt the smirk beneath her faux worry twitch with
excitement as the thick cursed blood began to surge in her
viens. Her time was coming. "Yeah, you're right. Things will
change tonight. I think things have already began to change."
Tobi said softly, fighting the urge to attack Alice now and
demand why she used her. But held some control and stepped
toward her again... Hugging her with one arm, smiling at her.

"C'mon. You've got nothing to be nervous about. You'll be
great... We'll be fine." Tobi saw Rachel and smiled, wondering
if she too was being used or a user. "I'm fine, I think we're
fine." Tobi chose not to say anything about Rachel's
predictions of the night. She much rather let her watch
instead.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice hugged Tobi back. She was glad that she had such a good
friend like her. If Tobi wasn't around, Alice was sure, she'd
fall apart.

"Thanks October," Alice said, her voice raising slightly.
"You're the best. I'm glad I have you to count on. I really
know that I can trust you tonight."



manysidestome

"Yes, lets," Fuegar said, walking after Jason. For once, he
was truly frightened on the inside. Tobi was going to kill
Alice, but he couldn't do anything about that, it wasn't like
he could kill Tobi right in front of Alice, that would make
everything worse, but if he did nothing, Alice could be
killed. Was Tobi really that stupid, and blinded by emotion...
well of course she was, she was the worst in this school about
it. He inwardly hit himself, and then a new thought entered
his mind. Just get angry, and let everyone fight against you,
he thought. They will all ban together to fight a full fledged
flaming demon killing everyone. Lives may be lost, but maybe
not as much as when you did nothing. This was the best he
could come up with, when the time was right, he would give
into his pent up emotions, and unleash his true demon self. It
might just save everyone.



Georgie

Tobi felt her smirk falter as a sharp pain tore across her
stomach, across her mind and emotions. She smiled quickly at
Alice, nodding. "What are best friends for, right? Apart from
great gossip stations." Tobi said, chuckling weakly as her
emotions roared. Am I doing the right thing? Am I about to
kill my best friend for... Nothing? Is Jason lying... Tobi
took a deep breath and gave Alice one last squeeze before
stepping back.

"I'll wait for you in the wings. Good luck!" Tobi said,
smiling widely as she turned to moved into the wings - her
heart thudding painfully in her clammy chest. She was doubting
everything now. Alice was either a very good manipulator, or
Jason had gotten his facts wrong.



iamkatara

Rachel smiled as Alice went onstage. She stayed behind Tobi to
watch her. Something was off about her tonight, and she didn't
know if it was just her or if her hunch was right. She went up
behind her, "What do you know about tonight then?"



TokoToTheEnd

Alice stood on stage, readying herself. As the music begins to
play, Alice looks at an assortment of people. Peace, Tobi,
Jason, Fuegar, Faith, Rachel...and Thomas. As she danced she
felt strange. Everything seemed to be in a state or
surrealism. And as the music came to an end, Alice spun one
last time, her wings unfolding.

"It begins."



Georgie

Tobi spun around, glaring at Rachel. "Nothing! All I know
about tonight is something very personal." Tobi hissed,
referring to her transformation. Thankfully, she could use
this as a masking excuse to her confusion. Nobody except
Dorjee, Alice and a select few knew of her 'furry little
issue' and she was not about to tell Rachel.

Her conflicting emotions were driving her insane and Tobi
stared at Rachel. "Do you know anything?" Tobi asked, turning
away and watching as Alice danced. She looked... Stunning.

Another sickening rip of pain tore through Tobi and she had to
bite down on her lip to stop from doubling over, breathlessly.


And then, Tobi saw Alice's wings unfold and she knew that that
was signal. Tobi...can you please do this? Jason's worried
voice floated through her mind and something within her
snapped, wiping the strange tension away. She turned, grinning
at Rachel before striding out onto the stage, moving up behind
Alice.

"Hello best friend." She growled - her voice box deepening to
a husky purr as the beast within her began to grow and spread.



Casey Jewels

Thomas bit his lip at Jason's words, blushing a little as he
did so. He hadn't thought that it was that obvious that he
liked Alice and she liked him. In fact, it wasn't even
something he had realized himself until a little earlier. But
as he followed Jason and Fuegar back to the crowd, his
embarrassment gave way to fear.

He can use that to his advantage. If he threatens her..., then
I'll be powerless. I refuse to let her get hurt because of me.
But yet Jason sounds sincere about wishing us well for the
future... What if...? Gah! Back to the overthinking again! He
mentally slapped himself in the forehead.

That's when he noticed that they were back out among the
crowd..., and Alice was looking at him. He blushed a little at
this and opened his mouth to wish her good luck, but then the
music started and he held back. He didn't want to distract her
at all as she danced.

His eyes were glued to her, watching her every move. She
seemed as graceful as a butterfly as she danced about. And as
beautiful as one too. Then her dance ended, and the signal was
given. But Thomas was too drunk on her beauty to respond like
he was supposed too.

I've never seen something so magnificent...



TokoToTheEnd

Alice watched as more than half of the audience gasped and
gaped at her. Then a bunch of Haters stood. ALice only smirked
as Unwanted members stood too.

"Get out!! All you stupid humans leave!!" Alice didn't want to
be so mean, but she had to get the innocents out. Some did
leave too.

Alice then heard Tobi and turned to her, sensing something was
wrong.

"Hello to you too."
-------------------
Peace stood and wacked an Unwanted across the head.

"Stupid fleas. Don't you realize you'll just die tonight."

Peace looked to the stage, but not at Tobi and Alice, but to
her sister. She couldn't see Faith, but she knew she was back
there. Yet Peace could do nothing about it. It would be too
hard to get to the stage.
-------------------
Faith continued to cry backstage, not knowing what was going
on.



iamkatara

Jiana ran up behind Alice, but saw Marcus in the audience and
was torn two ways. She looked from Alice, back to Marcus, and
then got off the stage and sat next to Marcus. She started to
tear. "I'm sorry Alice."



Fire Lord

On the exits of the room appeared the familiar red and black
cloaks of the Haters. They all stood in front of the exits,
blocking both the Unwanted and the normal students from
leaving.

Jason smirked and brought both his elbows back. They connected
to both Thomas and Feugar, allowing him to laugh and run,
dissapearing into the darkness.



Casey Jewels

Thomas snapped out of his trance at the shout. Time to fight,
he thought as he glanced towards Jason, only to see an elbow
zooming towards his face. His eyes widened and he attempted to
duck down, but there wasn't time.

The Unwanted let out a yelp as he felt his nose snap and he
hit the ground. With teary eyes, he glanced up at Jason to see
him running off. That little... He snarled and pushed himself
back onto his feet, ignoring the blood pouring out of his
nose. He then hurriedly slipped off both layers of his shirt,
leaving him bare-chested. He didn't necessarily like showing
off his skin, but it would free up his wings a little bit. And
he needed to be able to maneuver well if he was to stay alive.
And if he was going to stop Jason.

His eyes narrowed in hatred as he searched for the boy.
Traitorous scum! And to think I believed him!



manysidestome

Fuegar smiled as the fist came and his him in the chest, and
he grunted. Clever little sneak he was, to do that, and he saw
Thomas go after him. Thomas can have him, right now, I need to
keep an eye on Tobi, and maybe more, he thought. He made his
way toward the stage, among the chaos, and decided that he
would not give into his emotions now. No, too much chaos,
there did not need to be more. Besides, he was most effective
when he had focus.

Marcus rose from his seat and watched as everything started
happening. He grabed his cloak and put it around himself,
making an impressive sight, so he liked to imagine, with a red
and black cloak and glowing red eyes, and of course, his
devilishly handsome and evil smile. He glanced over at Peace,
wondering if she would be all right, and then slapped himself
mentally for losing focus. "Don't attack anyone wearing a red
and black cloak, and stay close to me," he told Rachel and
Raqueal. Raqueal stood up and nodded, glaring with intense
dislike at Marcus.



TokoToTheEnd

Peace put on her cloak and tried to make her way to the stage,
but no it was useless. It would take too long to get to it.
And Peace would most likely be buised too. Peace bit her lip,
worrying for her sister.



iamkatara

Jiana nodded and followed Marcus. She didn't need him to see
she was attacking the Haters. SHe was a smooth elf was she
not? It was pandemonium, and a slice of the leg wouldn't seem
weird in all of the chaos. Jiana looked at Raqueal. She
mindspoke to him. "Follow my lead." She took out a small
dagger and hid it in her palm.

manysidestome

"I can see what you do, my eyes don't have to be together when
they glow, I can observe one thing while keeping an eye on my
opponent as well," Marcus said. "Just in case you want to take
advantage of the chaos, I'll have one eye on you two." He
wasn't sure if he could do it actually, but they didn't need
to know that.



Georgie

Tobi blinked at her, the grin still plastered on her face.
"Alice, Alice Alice..." She said in a hushed tone. "To think I
believed you for as long as I did..." Her eyes flashed and
Tobi suddenly felt her knees weaken. It was to begin soon, her
transformation and there was nothing she could do. Except
complete her task quickly.

"I can't believe I fell for it. For your stupid little act."
She spat, anger pulsing through her voice, dripping from each
syllable as she moved forward, closer to Alice's face.



Casey Jewels

Thomas took off into the air, his eyes searching frantically
for any sign of the Hater. He had to find Jason, before it was
too late. He glanced towards Alice, but saw that Tobi was with
her, so he turned his attention elsewhere. He figured that
Alice would be safe enough with Tobi there to help fight off
the enemy.

"Where are you?" he whispered slowly as he flew around in a
wide circle, desperately searching for Jason.



iamkatara

Rachel rolled her eyes as she sliced into someone's leg. She
didn't want to fight, but the more she helped the Unwanted,
the quicker this would get back to close to normal. He didn't
say anything, which helped her. She hoped Marcus didn't
notice.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee looked about quickly, momentarily shocked by what had
happened. Why wasn't I told? Dammit! He moved through the
panic-stricken crowd, looking for another Unwanted. Soon, he
found himself face to face with 5 haters. "He's one of them,
I'm sure of it!" One cried, as the others looked at him with
hate filled eyes. Perfect.



Fire Lord

"Do you see it, Thomas?" came Jason's voice.

It was not a yell, more like a whisper, but it reached the
flying Thomas' ears like a breeze. No one else in the room
heard it, as if it were meant solely for Thomas. Moving around
the top of the room was a walkway that was apart of the second
floor of the school. It allowed people on the second floor to
see down below where the stage was. The people on it could not
be seen by the people below, but since Thomas flew above, he
could.

Jason stood at one end of the walkway, his back towards the
fight below and his eyes looking up at a large window that
reflected the darkned night outside.

"Do you see it? The new society that is being made. The
justice that is being delievered."

He finally turned his head away from the window to look up at
the flying Thomas. His eyes were...determined, and sharp, and
there was almost a hint of dissaproval as if Thomas were his
son that had lied to him or performed an evil deed.



Casey Jewels

Thomas spun around to face Jason, anger and mistrust in his
eyes. "And to think that I almost trusted you," he growled at
the Hater. His voice was also low, but he knew that Jason
would be able to hear it. He flew a little closer to the boy
and then paused, unsure of what exactly to do. He wanted to
make this boy pay for everything that he had done, for all of
the lies that he had fed everyone, for all of the hurt that he
had caused, but yet...

The Unwanted couldn't strike, not yet. "Why?" he asked and
gestured at the scene below them, but his eyes never left
Jason's. "Why do you feel the need to hurt the innocent? Is
that what justice is to you? Hurting others just because
they're different from you?" He shook his head. "No, Jason, I
don't see."


Fire Lord

"Then you are blind," said Jason, fully turning to face
Thomas.

"Is that all you see here? The Hater's as delievers of pain? I
am sincere when I say that I protect those smaller and younger
than me. You, or any of the Unwanted, have never been in my
place. You do not hear their cries of sorrow when people poke
fun at them or beat them up for no reason!"

Jason shook his head.

"They're just kids, and yet they're made fun of, picked on
because of meaningless details. That is why the Haters were
created. To erase all indifference. To make everyone the same
as the other. Because if everyone is the same, then no one
will be the victim. The Unwanted are a disease. They seek to
create individualism, promote difference. The single thing
those that I protect tell me is that they simply want to be
just like everybody else. And you Unwanted seek to take that
away from them!"

Jason's eyes widened.

"I do not hurt the innocent! I despatch righteous judgement on
those that seek to make other's suffer! I am justice!"



Casey Jewels

"You're mad," Thomas whispered, his eyes wide. Then they
narrowed with determination and he flew up a little higher.
"No, not just mad. You're insane! And if this is the only way
to stop you..., so be it."

He didn't think, he simply acted. His body tilted slightly and
his wings moved in close to his body. Then he dived, heading
straight for Jason. The Hater would not survive the night. Of
that, he was certain.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice was taken aback. She didn't understand what Tobi was
talking about.

"I don't know what you mean."
-----------------------
Peace decided that she had to get to her sister. Making her
way to the stage, Peace was knocked over. Then she blacked out
as an Unwanted hit her over the head. He, called out to
another, both getting ready to kill Peace.

"You'll pay Haters!! This time we shed your blood."



manysidestome

Marcus's eyes caught Peace, and he watched her go toward the
stage. He then saw her get knocked out and he cried out, and
ran over to them, stopping in front of the two Unwanted, eyes
glowing red. "No, it's you who will die! In your own madness,"
he shouted, and his eyes shot out a spell, directly into their
own eyes. He had the ability to project horrible images to
others, when he wanted them to suffer, and he really wanted
these two to suffer. He still didn't understand it, but Peace
was something special, something he didn't want to die without
himself going first.



iamkatara

Rachel saw the Unwanted up on stage, standing over Peace. She
didn't know what to do. She needed to find Faith. She saw her
in the wings crying and didn't know what to do. She decided to
leave her and ran back to Raqueal. "We need to get out of
here."



TokoToTheEnd

Peace tried to regained conscious. Opening her eyes slowly she
saw Marcus and smiled at him, but then the smile faded as
another Unwanted came at him from behind.

"Watch out," she yelled hoping it wasn't too late.



manysidestome

"Wha-" Marcus said as the unwanted impaled him in his back,
and his eyes bugged out, and blood filled his mouth. He felt
the object in his back leave, and he fell backward, beside
Peace, blood pouring from his back and mouth. His eyes seemed
to be moving between glowing red and their normal color, and
his breath was labored. "P..Peace," he whispered. "...Peace...
cleanse... this school... for the haters... for your sister...
for..." but he blacked out before he could finish it. He would
never awaken again, and his eyes would forever remain blue.



TokoToTheEnd

Peace was in shock of what happened. She crawled over to
Marcus. The Unwanted member too in shock to do anything. Peace
put Marcus's limp head in her lap and ran her fingers through
his hair.

"I promise I will cleanse the school. For you."

She kissed the top of his head and stood, shaking. The
Unwanted member was focused again and came at her, but Peace
didn't let him get too far. She jabbed him in the stomach and
while he was leaning over, took his weapon and impaled him.



manysidestome

Raqueal watched the whole event, and looked back to Rachel
running to him. "I know we do," he said. "The problem is all
the exits blocked. One obstacle is gone though, the person
watching us has died." He felt a little bad about saying it
like it was casual, he did care for life, but there were other
pressing matters to think of.



iamkatara

Rachel looked around. "We need to think of a way to get out of
here." She then thought of something. "Can an elf control the
earth as well as be in touch with it?"



Fire Lord

Jason's eyes narrowed and held his arm towards flying Thomas.
A blast of fear toxin was shot into the air in the path of the
diving Unwanted.

"Insane? No! You just can't bear to accept that your ideals
hurt other people! People you never even considered! You
simply listened to Alice and assumed that the Unwanted were
for the better good. When in reality, it is the Unwanted that
hurt the innocent while the Hater's promote peace!"



Casey Jewels

Thomas attempted to halt his dive, suddenly unsure of
everything. But he couldn't stop fast enough and slammed into
the walkway, inches away from Jason. He let out a low groan
and quickly picked himself up, backing away as he did so.

"No," he whispered and shook his head, trying to fight past
all of the fear and the uncertainty that had rushed over him
at the Hater's words. "I haven't hurt anyone!" he said and
took another step back. He's wrong! "Alice would never!"

Alice... He pulled his wings in, keeping his eyes on Jason. He
couldn't look away now. Alice would only distract him. But...,
what if she was in trouble? What if she need him at this very
second? "N-no," he repeated, but this time he couldn't keep
the fear he felt hidden away.



Georgie

"Don't act stupid to me!" Tobi spat - her voicing crackling
with the husky growl that her wolf-self brought. "I know why
you pretended to like me, be my best friend when I needed
someone! You are EVIL, Scarecrow!" Tobi shouted, her voice
echoing through the hall.

Tobi could feel her former self slipping into the dark abyss
of her curse - her eyes flickered, her body trembled and her
teeth began to ache. It was happening.

"And... I... I am here to finish it." Tobi growled, her bones
creaking agonisingly as they began to expand. "You are
finished, Scarecrow." Tobi lunged at Alice, her eyes wild as
she could sense the full moon rising.



Fire Lord

Jason took a step forward, shaking his head.

"Yes you have! All you Unwanted have!"

He glared at Thomas with wide, anger filled eyes.

"You Unwanted claim to protect the innocent, to stand up for
everyone. If you spent one day in my shoes you were think just
as I do. The ones I protect tell me more than they do you. If
you could hear them! Jason, why do they pick on me? Jason, why
can't they just accept me for who I am?! Jason, why can't I
just be like everybody else!?"

He raised his arm and pointed it at Thomas.

"But you, Thomas, are blind and deaf. You listen only to
Alice, who's bound by the false beliefs of her predecesor; and
Feugar, who only cares about satisfying his own honor and
killing Haters without even considering what they are trying
to do!"



manysidestome

Fuegar reached the stage, looking up at the battle between
Tobi and Alice that was about to begin. He was confident in
Alice, more confident that she could subdue Tobi than Tobi
killing her. Still, he was there, should things go awry, but
he doubted Alice would need him. Thomas might need him, but
there wasn't much he could do about that now, considering he
couldn't find either of them among the chaos.

"I don't know, I've never tried it, the most I've discovered
is fire power," Raqueal said. "Try it though, you may have an
affinity for earth more than fire or anything else."



iamkatara

Rachel nodded. She focused her self near a outer wall. She
though about vines coming through the floor, trees crashing
through the wall. They wouldn't be thick. She opened her eyes
and they started glowing. "Raqueal, I think this is it." She
focused her new power on the wall, and suddenly vines came
crashing through, breaking the concrete itself. When the deed
was done, her eyes went back to normal, and she looked at
Raqueal. "I did it. I really did it." She smiled and then
climbed through the hole into the open air. She turned back.
"Everyone! This way!" She wanted to get all these innocents
out. They didn't have to get caught in this.



Casey Jewels

Thomas heard the shouts, but, in the state he was in, failed
to recognize them as Tobi's. All of his engery was focused on
Jason at this point, and the things he was saying.

"Blind and deaf, am I?" he growled, suddenly sick of it--sick
of Jason and his words. "They care for me! They would die for
me! As I would for them..." Then he saw it, out of the corner
of his eye--Tobi's lunge. Alice...

The Unwanted spread out his wings for flight and nearly turned
his back on Jason, but then paused. He glanced back and
forth--Alice to Jason to Alice to Jason. He could either go to
Alice's rescue and lose his chance at taking Jason down. Or he
could take Jason down and hope that Alice could handle herself
long enough.

He bit his lip, and then tucked his wings back in. "They are
my friends," he said simply and took a step towards the Hater.
"I don't recall you trying to help me at all, on my first day
here. It was Alice that did. She's the one who helped me out.
She's the one who, when I'm with her, makes me feel proud of
what I am. You may not realize it, Jason, but those silly,
little questions that you just recited off... those were
questions that I asked myself not very long ago. But now...,
now none of it matters. I have friends now. Real friends. And
that's all I'll ever need."

He took another step towards Jason, his entire body quivering
with anticipation for the fight that he knew was going to
come.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee panted, his eyes flicking back and forth from the
numerous Haters that sourounded him. There were simply too
many for him to handle, especially in this form. He couldn't
risk letting the demon out though, not with all the innocents
about. In the back of his mind, he could hear what Tobi was
saying, knew what she was doing, but he was unwilling to face
it.

Fire Lord

Jason's eyes widened and he let out a laugh, grinning from to
ear to ear.

"Friends?! That's your protection?!"

He kept his arm pointed at Thomas.

"You mean the fools that fall victim to their pride, lust,
sorrow and despair?! They are the spreaders of injustice. They
will send you to damnation! You are blind because you can not
see the logic right before your eyes! The Haters shall cleanse
all difference, unify all of existence, and turn society into
a bright and shining utopia! I will enact righteous judement
on those that stand in the way of true justice! Stand at my
side, Thomas, or fall broken at my feet!"



Casey Jewels

"Jason, I... I trusted you! You fed me lies and I believed
them! Luckily, I have a good friend who can see straight
through you. And you proved him right when you attacked me!"

He took another step closer to the Hater. Then, with a quick
glance around, realized that the Haters were winning. He
studied the battle for a few more seconds, and then looked
back at Jason.

"Alright," he said, his voice carrying with it an undertone of
defeat. "So if I switch sides..., what then?" His voice grew
stronger once more. "Not only will I be betraying my friends,
I'll be betraying myself. And one of the things I hate most in
this cruel, cold world is a traitor. My life isn't worth it."

His eyes narrowed, targeting onto Jason's heart, if he had
such a thing. "This ends now. You end now!"

The Unwanted rushed forward, his fingernails lengthening into
claws. And those claws were aimed straight for his enemies
chest.



Fire Lord

A blast of Jason's toxin errupted from outstretched sleeve and
directly in the path of the charging Thomas.

"True, I lied to you Thomas, but only as much as you lied to
me. And even then, there were certain...things that I didn't
lie about."



Casey Jewels

Thomas saw the toxin, but didn't have enough time to stop. So
he just bent down low and quickened his pace. "Shut up!" he
roared at the Hater. "Just shut up!"

I'm tired of it all. Your words. Your lies. The way you
manipulated me, and everyone else. I'm tired of it all. His
left eye watered as he came into contact with the toxin, but
still he kept running. If he went down, he was at least taking
Jason with him.



TokoToTheEnd

Alice didn't try to move out of the way. She soaked in Tobi's
words and knew now what was going on. Allowing Tobi to strike
her, Alice thought fast of a way to save her friend....to save
everyone.

"Tobi listen to me, I am no the Scarecrow. How would that even
be possible?"



manysidestome

IC: Raqueal watched as some of the students were escaping
through the hole in the wall. What would become of them past
it, he didn't know, but hoped they would be ok. This was what
he hated most about humans, they could always endanger the
innocent with their stupid wars. It sickened him, and more
than ever, he longed for the company of other elves.



Fire Lord

Jason spun on his feet siezing Thomas' wrists and halting his
attack.

"I lied to you about who I was, that much is true. But I
didn't lie when I said you were my friend."

A blast of toxin errupted from from Jason's sleeve and shot
through Thomas' face.

"You, Alice, Tobi, Dorjee, Feugar, Faith, Rachel, all the
Unwanted, are my friends. Thomas, what you have just inhaled
is what I call my "fear toxin". It stimulates your senses to a
point that is overwhelms your ability to distinguish them.
Your fears are magnified to a point that drives you into
insanity."

He shook his head slightly.

"You are my friend, Thomas. However, you are Unwanted; and as
you've probably guessed by now...I am Scarecrow."



Casey Jewels

Thomas attempted to pull back from Jason, but the boy's grip
was just too strong. "You're... You're..." His eyes widened in
absolute terror as the toxin took effect. His entire thought
process seemed to crash to a halt.

"Alice," he whispered and glanced her way. His struggles
against Jason increased at the sight of her, as he couldn't
help but imagine scene after scene of something bad happening
to her.

He turned back to face Jason and, once again, scene after
scene came to mind. And none of the scenarios were good ones.
The Unwanted finally collasped onto his knees, unable to stay
upright any longer. "Why?" he whispered, his entire body
shaking with the fear he felt. "I still don't..."


iamkatara

Rachel turned to Raqueal. "Are you ready to leave here?" She
looked at him with love. Whatever he wanted to do, she would
follow. He would never do anything that would endanger them
both. He was too truthful.



manysidestome

"...I don't think we can leave yet," Raqueal said. "There are
still too many innocents in here, ones that have fallen. We
need to get them out of here, we need to get them to safety.
Those who fight, I don't care for, but those who didn't want
this, had no part in it, we can't leave." He looked at her and
said, "I won't make you stay if you want to go, but I can't."



iamkatara

Jiana nodded. "It's ok. I'm an Unwanted, and I should be
helping saving these people. Let's help them." She went over
to a first year in the corner, a girl much like herslef when
she came to the "school" and picked her up. "Go out this way.
Run to the fence and find the door. It should be open in a
time like this." She smiled at her and led her out before
coming back in. "I have to fight Raqueal. It's the only sure
way of keeping these people safe." She looked him in the eye.
"Are you ok with me fighting?"



manysidestome

"No, I could never be ok with you fighting, but I have no
right to stop you. I'll do what I can as well, but I won't be
watching you, I couldn't concentrate if I saw you fighting,
I'd get too worried. If you need me, call, and I'll be there,"
Raqueal responded. He wished she wouldn't fight, that she
would go somewhere safe, but he couldn't ask her to do that if
she didn't want to.



iamkatara

Rachel nodded and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll be fine."
She turned and looked at the Haters. She wasn't going to kill
them, but wound them so they can't fight. She took out swords
she had stashed away, and started slashing at the Haters. She
hit their arms and legs, nothing fatal. After all, they were
still kids. She turned and twisted, in beat with her elfish
strength and stamina. When she was finished, at least 20
Haters were on the ground, writing in pain. Rachel turned to
Raqueal where he was. She hoped he didn't watch.



Fire Lord

"Why have I done this?" asked Jason, looking up at the celing
and away from the cowering Thomas.

"Why would do this if I considered you all my friends? The
answer is simple."

In a flash Jason pulled out a burlap mask and secured it over
his head. In less than a second he was bending down, the face
of Scarecrow staring wide eyed into Thomas.

"It's because unlike you, I was able to truely grasp who I
am!"

Under the effects of the toxin the mask came alive, spilling
maggots from its eye sockets and worms crawling from it's
mouth.

"You were unable to free youself from the side of you that is
Unwanted. You might be Jason's friend, but you are Scarecrow's
enemy. Therefore you face righteous judgment and suffer the
fate of true justice! I will weigh your group's actions and
decide what damnation shall befall you all!"

Scarecrow stood and quickly removed his mask. Jason stared
sadly down at Thomas.

"I'm sorry it had to be this way, Thomas. Good
bye...Unwanted."

Jason turned, leaving Thomas on his knees and dissapeared into
the darkness.



Casey Jewels

Thomas let out a soft cry at the sight of the mask--his first
cry of fear for himself in... forever. But then Scarecrow was
gone and Jason stood before him once more. Then Jason was
gone, but Thomas' fear was not.

The Unwanted's body shook with first one sob, and then
another. This fear he was feeling..., nothing could have ever
prepared him for it. Even as he tried to collect his thoughts
and come up with some kind of plan, the toxin worked against
him. Every plan he made just seemed to involve those he loved
dying, or himself getting injured badly.

"Nothing works," he muttered as he stared at the spot where he
had lost sight of Jason. He opened his mouth to shout
something at the Hater, but couldn't come up with the courage
needed to speak.

Bloody coward! a voice shouted at him from the back of his
mind. Get up and fight!

But he couldn't. He couldn't even force himself to look at
Alice once more, for fear that he would see something
horrible. Fear had paralyzed him, making him completely and
utterly useless.



manysidestome

Come on Alice, you've got to win Tobi back. Otherwise, you'll
have to subdue her. Jason is powerful with his persuasion, but
you've got a bond, deep in there with her, you just need to
make it surface, Fuegar thought. He was keeping Haters at bay
when they came to attack him, but he never did more than push
them away, keep them down for a few minutes before they got
back up and advanced again. His attention was one Alice and
Tobi.



Plaguewalker

Dorjee hissed in pain, staggering away from a hater. He had
brought a knife, and Dorjee had barely escaped the blade. It
had cut open the side of his covers on his face, exposing the
skin to the light of the room. Dammit. I can't let you loose,
not with so many innocent's around.



manysidestome

Raqueal ran around, jumping through the fights and picked up
the innocents in the room, running back to the hole and
letting them go through it. He had to be quick, at any moment
something could go very wrong, and he needed to get the
innocents out before it happened. He kept his eyes away from
Rachel, he didn't need the distraction and worry, but he was
worried all the same. Most of the little kids were crying, the
older ones just looked scared. He didn't have time to comfort
them, just grab and go, and they ran after getting out.