lls no student ever dared to wander, was a

SIDIAN

om the outside. It also look

ntings and there was a shelf with b

room, five stu

udents. In fact, they may

at the school cal

looked far too elegant for students. But then again, it is

e, were seated.They didn't look the way they

ssed over the armrest, and his once-perfect tie was now hanging loose around his neck. He had dark rings under his eyes and his shirt was unbu

red lipstick gave her a colder look than usual. She wasn't wearing her school uniform jacket either. Just a tight top and combat boots. Her po

loved hand through her perfec

she said. "Any guesses on how m

of them look weak and soft. " She said, sti

. "You could smell it on them. At least

rian, the tall boy with spiky hair and two piercings on his lips. He smiled like

Think the Headmistress is hiding another

aid, "There's one. A girl. Small, quiet. Didn't flinch when Selene gave her wa

d, her voice low. "She's hidi

ne?" Tyla asked wit

The question hung in

arkly. "You mean

eone claims to be her. And every time,

rl hasn't claimed anything yet, b

ophecy is centuries old. No one

atter or rise with her." Selene said the li

e. I don't want to be shattered beca

he is the one, we crush her now,

on sitting down at the far end of the c

se gatherings, yet he was the most feared. He always wore black, and that co

cien and resumed

me every five years." Tyla said, cracking h

erent," Selene said. "Sh

st," Caspian whispered, a gr

r name?" Do

ie Whi

, the painting was of a girl standing in fire, five shadows behind her. The flames didn't burn her. They just surroun

said. "The one born

I saw her today. She carries the ma

ix Star" T

ophecy calls her," t

loser. "Are you

d. "But .... She

is always someone that bears the mark of

t an old scroll from a locked box. The

ead a

d born under t

gh gates of

adows wi

uths wil

Phoenix

shatter or r

d fate sha

all wear a cr

hat if the five choose to

ed her sharp eyes to the

eard a knock on her door, she glanced at the wall clock in

th was knocki