Knight of the Black Rose (46 page)

Troy and Alex looked over their shoulder at the others, it wasn't actually everyone who was staring, Eddie and Methos didn't seem at all bothered, and neither were Holly, Helena and Selena who were working on some sort of project.

"Question...would it be so bad to show us?" Troy asked.

Lucy looked at him, she trusted him, but it still didn't feel right to show him her true form. "I'm sorry...but...err..."

"It's fine...you're one of them...dad told me, that he's worked with some for years and still has completely seen them in their true forms," Troy told her. "It does explain a lot about you; like why you're so strong for a girl,"

There was a knock at the door making everyone look up, as no one knocked before coming in, even Hunter hadn't knocked the few times that he had visited their common room. The door creaked open and Nathan stepped in nervously clutching a newspaper to his chest as he quickly scanned the room, then rushed over to Lucy dropping in the empty seat beside of her.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked concerned as he had never come to their dorm common room before.

"Have you seen this?" Nathan asked as he handed her the newspaper.

Lucy took the paper off of him, a little nervous at what she might find, as she knew that whatever it was had to be serious and there were only so many thing's going on at the school at the moment.

Magic School Attacked

At one of the most elite magical schools in their world, a cover has started, as a student has been attacked by an unknown person/being/creature. They have even yet to identify what has attacked this student. The student in question has said to be a boy but has somehow turned into a girl with long flowing hair. His name has yet to be revealed, because the teachers at the school have enchanted the students so that they can't leak information, or even inform their parents what has been going on. It makes you really wonder just how safe our children are with these people.

The boy in question, or perhaps girl now, as officials won't comment on his status; we are told by others that he has actually faired a lot better than several others that were actually attacked and killed over Christmas by this same unknown being. At the moment, he is in a coma.

The boy/girl was said to have been saved by another student, a none-human student. Again with the spells and enchantments that have been placed on the student body we were unable to get a name of this student, but we do know that it was a girl and class mate of the boy/girl. She is said to appear to be human, but that doesn't matter as they can change their appearance to look like us, when in truth they could be anything at all. The other students believe she is some sort of banshee, as she shrieked to scare off the unknown being; but in doing so she in fact wounded several others who was close by and shattered windows through-out the area.

We are still trying to get an official comment from the Magical Government and from this school itself, and again we have been unable to get the name of the school because of the spells and enchantments that they have placed not only on our children but on the invitations that were sent out to them. Many parents have tried to come forward, but as soon as they do, the invitations would disappear, turn to ash and even the ink would fade on some.

After this latest incident, our Government is pushing through the sensor of all supernatural beings, of every age. There is even cause if they are safe to live and work along side us. Companies may even be given the right, to refuse to employ them.

Lucy couldn't read anymore, she couldn't believe that someone would do something like this; it was going to cause a mass panic among the humans and her own kind. She felt awful because now some of it was her fault, but even if she could somehow go back and change what had happened, she would probably still do the same thing because she couldn't have let Will die like that.

"What is it?" Troy asked taking the paper off of her.

"The teachers are questioning everyone about this," Nathan told them. "Stuart's still here, with more officers."

"Why do they think Will's been turned into a girl?" Troy asked scowling over the top of the paper.

They all looked at him just as confused, and unable to answer his question.

A white swirling light suddenly engulfed everyone in the room, and they were transported out of there and into the main hall, with the rest of their year group. The tables and most of the benches had been pushed to the sides of the room and stacked on top of each other, leaving just a handful of benches for them to sit on facing the teachers that were stood before them; Hunter, Domnus, Validus and Loring.

Hunter stepped forward to speak. "You should all sit down, as you're going to be here a while," The students shuffled over to the benches quickly and in silence, before he carried on talking. "As you all know, someone or several people have been leaking information out about our school over the year. This has happened again, but this time is more serious, as they have put several students lives in danger. Not counting the whole of the population on Earth in danger.

“You have all been informed that we have lived in secret all of these years among many worlds, it was for our own safety and for theirs. There are hunters who will gladly hunt you down and kill you for being different, yes we have seen in happen many times before. Some will capture you and run tests on you, so that you will never see the light of day again. This is why we have been keeping all of this a secret for so long, and until last year, when we had to come out in the open all those who attended this school and others like it, agreed to keep it secret. But it appears this year, one or more have decided not to..."

"Its has to be one of those from a human non-magical family!" Reagan shouted out, but dozens agreed with him from all of the estates.

"Everyone will be questioned about this, no matter what sort of family they have come from," Hunter told them as they carried on whispering. "Everyone is being questioned, as you may know something that can help us without realising that you do. But know this, the person or persons who had sold our secret, has lost their place at the school and to live amongst us. Your powers will be suspended so that you can't do any damage to yourself or to others, and you and your family will have no memory of any of this ever happening,"

"Damn he's scary," Nathan whispered.

"You know there are worse thing's that they could have done, but with it being a student, they're limited," Lucy told him.

"You will be called out in the order that you were placed into your estates, a teacher will sit with you as an officer questions you," Hunter carried on. "If you refuse to answer the questions willingly, then of course you will be under suspicion that you have something to hide,"

"Jasper Agust'hil of Cadell." Domnus called over the chatter.

Jasper nervously stood looking around wondering what he was supposed to do as Validus stepped forward to lead him towards the doors that they had come through that first evening.

"You will all go through one at a time, then be taken back to your dorm common room," Hunter told them.

Lucy wondered how long this was going to take considering that they were only going to take one in at a time, and she still had her work with her considering that it had been in her lap at the time that they had transported her away; she slowly raised her hand making those around her stare.

Hunter noticed Lucy and was a little surprised to see her hand up. "Yes, what's the matter?"

"Actually...err...can I speak with Loring...sorry...Professor Loring?" Lucy asked standing up gathering up her work.

Hunter looked back at Loring who shrugged, seemingly just as surprised as he was.

"It's about that project that we were talking about," Lucy told them.

"Oh yes, of course," Loring said brightly as he realised what she meant, and she hurried over to him. "We can sit back here,"

He directed them up to the teachers table so that no one could listen to them, but there were plenty who were probably wondering what was going on. They sat down and Lucy laid out all of her work and went in straight away explaining what she had been doing since, and asking questions of everything that she hadn't been able to figure out herself or fully explain herself.

They talked for well over an hour as students were called for and taken away for questioning, while Lucy had more of her own; Hunter came over to join them to find out what they were talking about, and he could still keep an eye on the others from there.

"She's very good," Loring said impressed as Hunter sat down with them.

"I didn't realise that you were still working on it?" Hunter asked.

Lucy blushed slightly. "Well, I might not understand it all, but I guess that's why I kept at it...and also with everything else that I found out. But the problem is..."

"She wants to speak to the people who we sent the work off to," Loring told him.

"Why?" Hunter asked confused.

Lucy had already explained it once to Loring without giving too much away, and him asking her questions, and she was kind of nervous that Hunter would probably be just as suspicion. "Well, it's what else I've found...I guess...err...I was wondering if any of this new stuff could help them..."

Hunter didn't look convinced. "Lucy you know that your work was a great help, but these are some of the greatest minds in the galaxy. I know that sounded harsh..."

"I think there's more to it, than sucking the life out of things," Lucy told them. "It has to be going somewhere...either into this being or whoever is controlling it. It has to be controlled by someone with something, and from what I've found; some of the ingredients are capable of controlling and summoning,"

"You know that there's restrictions in place?" Hunter had to except that she did have some good ideas, so decided to let her speak with the scientists. "You won't actually be able to talk to any of them, just perhaps send them a messages,"

"I guess that'll do," Lucy said a little surprised that they were giving in so easily, especially considering that she had hardly told them anything; it told her that these greatest minds weren't having much luck and things were getting really serious.

"Loring will take you...to the library," Hunter told her. "You can't tell them that you're a student...just use your middle name, Luna,"

"That's what we used when we sent them your work," Loring told her as he stood.

"Oh...okay..." Lucy said as she quickly gathered up her papers, then she stopped suddenly. "Won't it look odd that I'm leaving?"

"It might do, but you're still helping us with this," Hunter told her. "And in fact you have already given us a name,"

"Didn't you already question him?" Lucy asked.

Hunter looked over in the direction where Nathan's friend Harry was sat, he actually looked really nervous, more so than anyone else, as the others just seemed bored and annoyed.

"Stuart trusts you and your judgement...he didn't tell me why...just that he does," Hunter told her. "Is he the only one who's appeared to be acting overly suspicion about all of this?"

Lucy didn't like to point fingers like this, but none of her friends had asked anything strange of her, yes they wanted to know things, but they haven't been pushy about it or close minded about what they had heard.

"I guess yes...he was the only one..." Lucy said reluctantly. "But wouldn't Nathan be able to tell you better, they're friends and roommates..."

Hunter turned and walked back to the group with Lucy and Loring behind him, Lucy trying to avoid everyone staring at her, but they could tell that something was going on.

"Harry Miller of Clarus," Hunter called, but he didn't stand. "Mister Miller we need to talk with you,"

Whispers broke out as they moved away from, Domnus and Validus moved forward in case trouble broke out.

"Mister Miller, if you please," Hunter said again, but this time with more command behind it.

"No...I'm not going anywhere with you!" Harry shouted as he climbed backwards over the bench; he pointed at Lucy. "You're going to listen to that freak! She isn't even human...who knows what she looks like...and that isn't even her real voice!"

"It is her real voice, and I don't give a damn what she really looks like," Hunter told him angrily. "You'll come with us, while we ask you some questions,"

"No!" Harry shouted as he backed away. "I don't have to go anywhere with you people!"

"We'll have your parents brought in as well," Hunter continued.

"The rest of you may leave, but I'm afraid I'll have to ask Clarus to stay a little longer, we have a few more questions to ask," Validus told them. "We just want to make sure that he hasn't revealed anything about any of you and your families,"

The students got up and began walking off giving Harry a wide birth as though they didn't want to get too close to him in case he might do something to them, those who stayed moved closer together and away from where Harry stood.