Cid: Dark times Chapter 18

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Chapter 18

Dark Amber’s P.O.V……

Stupid punishment…… Stupid Reala…… If he thinks tha’ll stop me then-

My trail of thought is interrupted but the door opening and I immediately know who it is. Reala, thinking I’ve calmed down.

“Hey Amber, have you calmed down yet?” asks Reala as I hear uncertainty and hope in his voice.

I’ll give him an answer alright. I turn around quickly and throw parts of the assault course at him. Reala quickly dodges as I grab a flame thrower.

“I take that as a no. You know-“ starts Reala but he stops as I throw it at him and he just about ducks in time.

“Hey! You could of seriously hurt someone!” yells Reala.

‘Well duh… that was the idea,’ I thought venomously.

I feel fire surround me so I use it at my advantage and throw fire at him. However he uses something that I threw at him before to hide behind it but I continue. The coward. Doesn’t matter. I continue to throw fireballs at him using my ability. The fire keeps reflecting off it but I continue. He told me to fire my anger at the enemy well he’s my enemy at the moment.

“Amber! Quit that!” orders Reala but I ignore him.

“Amber I know you’re angry but you’re acting immature,” he exclaims, trying to get through to me.

I think he’s forgotten. I am a kid. Well…. teen. He flies up towards me still holding onto whatever he’s using as a shield.

“Dark Amber! Calm down!” he tries. I carry on despite his protests however he’s a lot closer than I remember.

I throw fire harder until he’s right in front of me. Then I fire my fist up and punch him but he dodges, dropping the object. I continue to hit and kick though and soon the fire goes out. He grabs both of my arms but I still struggle against him trying to pull my arms free.

“Dark Amber, calm down,” orders Reala, he tries again and again but I ignore him.

He harshly shakes me, making me jerk and says, “Amber, stop.”

He doesn’t shout it but he says it firmly which finally makes me stop. All of my anger washes away. I finally look up at Reala and we stare at each other for a moment before I jerk my arms out his grip turning away. The anger returning but not nearly as strongly.

“What do you want?” I ask glaring at a random spot on the floor.

“To talk,” he answers simply.

“Bye,” I reply flying past him.

I really don’t want to talk about this. He grabs my arm, making me stop, but I don’t face him.

“Amber, you’re not getting out of this one,” states Reala determined.

“It’s late for me,” I reply emotionless but he doesn’t let go.

“Amber, we need to talk. You need to understand that I’m putting your best interest first,” tries Reala again.

I scoff. Heh… Now where have I heard that before?

“You’re really bothered by this, aren’t you?” questions Reala, looking at me with curiosity.

“No, I just attacked you for no reason,” I remark sarcastically.

“No. I mean, you really like him, don’t you?” asks Reala.

Woah! Where did that come from?! My eyes widen slightly in Reala’s accusation.

“Seth’s the only person I can talk to from my past,” I answer softly, looking straight ahead and not at him, feeling a little vulnerable.

“Oh…” says Reala surprised, letting go of my arm.

I can feel his eyes on the back of my head but I still don’t look at him.

“But I thought you wanted nothing to do with your past,” adds Reala.

I sigh before finally turning around slowly, meeting his eyes.

“Me too,” I reply.

“Who is he?” questions Reala folding his arms.

“Someone from school,” I answer honestly.

“Friend?” asks Reala with interest, making me give a small laugh.

“Hardly. I use to get into fights-“ I start.

“Not much change there then,” inputs Reala smirking.

“Ha!” I give a humourless laugh before explaining, “Anyway, he’s the head of the most violent gang at school, and most likely the neighbourhood. I’ve never seen him with daggers though. When his gang picked on kids, I stepped in and stopped them. Seth never really picked on kids, he’s strangely above that but sometimes he’ll fight against me on rare occasion, we would always draw or I would win very rarely. But I did lose one time but no one knows about that, not even my friends.”

“So you were enemies,” states Reala figuring it out making me nod simply.

“But there was one time when I was going to……… I don’t know what I was going to do but I was getting pulled back by Kyle and a few others but that didn’t stop me. I didn’t know it back then but if he didn’t calm me down, the flames would of came out and my powers would of awakened,” I say realising and remembering.

Reala nods but I don’t notice, to wrapped up in the memory.

“Crystal! Calm down!”

“Grr!”

“Just stop!”

“She’s going to rip her head off!”

“Crystal….”

“Seth…”

My thoughts are suddenly interrupted by Reala.

“Dark Amber!” exclaims Reala shaking me out of it.

“W-What?!” I shout in surprise.

“Are you okay?” questions Reala.

Wait a sec, did I just see concern in his eyes?

“I-I’m fine,” I stutter.

“Are you sure?” asks Reala again.

“Yes, I was just in deep thought,” I answer more confident, making Reala nod in understanding.

“You have to understand though, if anyone else found out, you’ll be in big trouble and I won’t be able to drag you out of it,” explains Reala.

I give another sigh, tired and fed up with all of this. I know that, but that’s not going to stop me. I land on the floor and start walking.

“Then stop trying help me, I can deal with things myself. I’m not a pathetic weakling Reala,” I state firmly.

“I never said that,” replies Reala in his own defence.

“Well you treat me like one and I want it to stop. I’m not NiGHTS,” I say firmly stopping.

“NiGHTS? What do you mean?” asks Reala confused.

“When I pulled a prank or I got in trouble, when you looked at me…… You don’t see me, you see NiGHTS. I can see it in your eyes. I’m not NiGHTS. I’m nothing like that traitor, so stop treating me like I’m her,” I say with venom in my voice before leaving to my quarters.

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My thoughts are all wrapped up as I get ready for bed. I slip on some PJ’s, not my night dress. I learnt my lesson. I shiver as I remember. I brush my wet hair and I can still feel mu muscles relax from the bath I had beforehand. I slip in bed and try and relax, however my mind is running a million miles an hour. Seth……. Why did he stop me that day?

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Flashback…

“Take that back!” I growled barely keeping myself under control.

Anger burned rapidly inside me as my fists are clenched and shaking.

“No, what I said was true,” said a snobby brown haired girl.

She had green eyes and chocolate coloured hair, wearing designer clothing. A short skirt and a white top, wearing lots of jewellery. Her eyes looking down on everyone and her face looking like someone slapped her with a crayola box because of her heavy makeup.

I snapped. She screamed suddenly as I dove at her, knocking her down. I raised my fist to punch her. It was like a new kind of emotion unleashed inside of me. It was pure rage. I couldn’t control myself. Some boys grabbed me and pulled me off her but I fought back. One of the boys shouted as he fell to the floor.

“Crystal! Calm down!” yells Kyle trying to reach me.

“Grr!” I swung, kicking one of the guys.

A few boys, some older some the same age, tried to stop me but I fought angrily.

“Just stop! Please Crystal!” pleads Angel but I can hardly hear her as she watched in the sidelines, a big crowd surrounding us.

I couldn’t hear anyone as I tried again to reach Courtney.

“She’s going to rip her head off!” exclaims one of the kids.

I growl and hiss, knocking over whoever dared got in my way.

Kyle and a bunch of boys hold me back however I tried to shove through but to no avail. They held me back as I lean forward as much as I can, bending forward.

“Crystal! Stop!” shouts Kyle panicked.

“Please Crystal!” begs Angel worried.

But I didn’t listen, I couldn’t hear her. All I could focus on was my target and my anger. Seth so far had just been watching from the sidelines but he comes over between the big gap between me and Courtney. I glared intensely at the girl, never moving my eyes off her as she squeals. Seth walks in front of me and bends down to be eye level with me. I growl ignoring him, looking passed him at my target.

“Crystal…” he says it firmly but quietly.

I hiss and growl, feeling flames burning up inside me.

“Look at me…..” he says it gently but I didn’t.

I tried to look around him. He grabbed the sides of my face with both hands gently. I tried to move my head but he’s grip turns firm.

“Look at me,” demands Seth firmly but in a low tone.

And I did. I finally tear my eyes away from Courtney and I looked at his golden eyes and I saw different things, swirling around inside. I saw anger and pain, but I saw sadness for me. I wondered why. I growled but then stopped.

“Look around you,” he said quietly.

I did. I saw people who I hurt. I saw Kyle’s worried face, while he holds me back. I saw Courtney’s scared face. I saw Angel with despair in her eyes. And fear…. Fear all around me. A heavy tense silence surrounding us. My eyes widen and I stopped struggling. I realised what I did as the burning went down inside me. It broke me inside. I didn’t want this. I just wanted her to take it back. I’m not this kind of person. I didn’t mean to….. They let me go but I remain in the same position, returning my stare to his eyes. I couldn’t believe it, still can’t.

“Crystal?” asks Angel cautiously, stepping forward.

I could’t hear her though. I couldn’t hear anyone else too. It was like I was deaf. Seth just continued to look at me, I felt like he could read my every emotion in me. I saw past his anger, and saw despair and I saw understanding.

“Crystal?” asks Kyle gently, like he was afraid I’ll break.

For the first time in my life, I was scared. I was terrified. Of me. So I did the only thing I could think of. I ran. I ran faster and faster. I didn’t care if I was bunking off school. I just ran, as tears began to fall from my eyes.

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Flashback over…….

But how can you run away from yourself? I was shaken for weeks. There was something inside of me. It felt like I was an animal. A wild untamed beast. There’s something I still don’t understand. Why did he stop me? I would of thought he would enjoy me beating her up but he stopped me. Why did he help me? Why did he care? I sigh in frustration. Why?He just looks out for himself and no one else. Why did he stop me? It doesn’t make any sense. I turn on my other side frustrated. It’s the mystery that I’ve never been able to solve. He helped me twice. I try to forget it but my last thought is Why?

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Reala P.O.V

What did she mean? I don’t see her as NiGHTS do I? I…… I don’t know. Of course I don’t, she nothing like that traitor! But….. before she found out about her past, she was cold to start off with but warmed up to us. She was fitting into our family. Sure, it was a little annoying with her and Jackle’s pranks but….. at least she was happy. But this is all her fault! If it wasn’t for her, Dark Amber wouldn’t be like this! That’s why I need to keep Dark Amber away from her until she’s ready. She’ll defeat her easily. I can’t wait to see the pain and defeat on her face. There’s no better revenge then this. This will be a battle no one will forget……