Fantasy The Tales of Three: The Lost, The Forgotten, and The Privileged

[Moonsetter]

"You don't know anything about corruption! Now leave this place already."

He said as he tightened his grip. His beam growing brighter. His second hand raising looking to aim for the male. However, some unfamiliar voices made him close his palms causing the light go to away.

"Why the hell are all of you here? Get out!"

He commanded while huffing.

Lucky paused as they began to approach an open door. Her eyes began to look around. A odd feeling coming over her. Her naive nature an easy target for the books.

"Huh.... What's going on?"

She pouts seeing Tyrus. She folded her arms a bit disappointed.

"Tyrus what are you doing? You shouldn't be fighting; especially in doors thats dangerous."
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[Evilpokerchip]

"You're the one shooting up the place and you have the audacity to tell us to get out!?" Emily yelled at him.

"If anyone should be getting out, it should be you!" She jabbed his chest again and her Eldermaster ring began to spark. She eyed it as it had never done that before and she looked up to the guy, losing her anger in confusion for a moment before she regained it, "Who are you to tell us what to do anyways!? Do you think you're better than us? That you can boss us around? Well who died and made you king?" Emily growled.

"You are right in the fact that we all need to leave, but your emotions are causing more problems than you can see!" She

Samael was sure to find them here if they didnt leave soon, and although she could talk herself out of trouble, she couldn't do the same for Tyrus. She turned her anger on him as she approached him.

"You need to leave as well, Tyrus." She ordered, "Both of you are causing these books to wake up. Samael will have our heads if anything happens to a single one of them." Her eyes turned pleading as she looked to Tyrus, since she had a previous encounter with him before and felt like he would be more reasonable.

Tyrus tsked as Emily spat her words to both him and the Elite and Tyrus glanced to the books. She was right, the books were getting excited, their whispering was growing louder, their influence was getting stronger.

Things were getting dangerous.

As much as he hated to admit it, Emily was right. Even if he only wanted some privacy, his anger was bubbling up and the Elite was angry too. Tyrus knew very well that emotions were sometimes considered portals to demons and the like.

Tyrus tsked once more, "Whatever. Its not worth it anyways." Tyrus shoved his hands into his pockets and turned away, "I was only trying to find somewhere I wouldnt be bothered." He shot a glare to the Elite.

 

[Moonsetter]

Carter glared in an uncaring manner as the girl went on and on. This was simply ridiculous and extremely predictable. This always happened to him. He stood his ground approaching the girl fearlessly.

"Don't sit there and accuse me of shit. And yes, I am the boss of you. I'm stronger than you, smarter, and am far more experienced than you would ever hope to be. And just because you saw me attack one person doesn't mean I'm damaging anything around here. I'm not some sort of unskilled brute, woman."

It was true. Carter was extremely skilled. His special training ensured his precision was practically flawless.

"Now all of you get the hell out. I work too damn hard to ensure you lessers stay out of trouble and I refuse to get a scolding by the headmasters or my father because you three felt the need to question authority."

His voice was focused. The boy was in fact a natural leader.

"Now move."

Lucky had completely lost herself among the books. They whispered sweetly to her and she just couldn't figure out why. She could hear the bickering among the others but the sounds of the whispers overrides them.

"Ohh~."

She said innocently as she took a hold of one of the smaller books. This one nearly covered with fine leader with a strange language. She looked around nervously before placing the book into her back. Once the book was out of sight, she blinked and turned nervously hearing the Elite yelling. She quickly went and took Emily's arm.

"C-Come on. Maybe we should leave....." She said while pulling her away.
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[Evilpokerchip]

Emily turned her glare back to the blond guy who had suddenly begun to act much more high and mighty than he had previously. Her eyes turned cold and she pursed her lips together as she glared at him, wanting to just rip his face off. Stronger? maybe. Smarter? Definitely not.

"You are so right." Emily began slowly, "You are much more experienced in being a complete asshole than I could ever hope to be." She batted her eyelashes.

His comment of calling her a lesser made her the most angry. He had no idea who he was talking to. If her father knew about him, he would destroy this boy before her. He may be more powerful with his powers, but she was more powerful in her connections.

But her modesty held her tongue, refusing to let her speak of her father or her connections. Instead, she simply left it and walked out of the room with Lucky, still fuming with anger, but somehow still feeling the presence of evil.

Tyrus was temped to sit right back down in the shadows when the Elite told them to move, but he only rolled his eyes, not wanting to excite the evil books any more. He walked ever so slowly out of the room and leaned against the chain fence, plopping down a few feet away from the door.

He was no longer inside, nor breaking any rules by sitting there, and he closed his eyes and leaned his head back.

The entire school was just out to get him. He opened his eyes again and watched Lucky and Emily walk away.

At least they had somewhere to go back to together.

He thought of Mikael and Lamian waiting for him, and maybe even Mixie too.

His head drooped into his hands and he sighed. If he never had to speak to another asshole, it would be too soon.

 

[Moonsetter]

Carter watched as people began to leave. He took a sigh of relief before closing the doors and restoring the lock anyway he could. It was so annoying to have to go through such things in a library of all places. He rubbed his temples placing down the book he intended to read. He didn't exactly have the urge anymore.

"I'm going back to the room...."

He grumbled under his breath.

Lucky looked back some as everyone began to part ways. She looked to Emily as if startled by what she saw.

"Did you see those guys fighting?! There were like PACHOOO and WHAM!"

She said covering her mouth remembering they were still in a library. She looked around and pouts some looking to Emily. Her friend seemed a bit troubled and a bit quiet.

"Emily? Everything ok?"

She said while hooking her arm to the girls.

"Hey don't like that guys words get to you. How about we go to the kitchen and get a snack?"​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

Emily shot Lucky a smile at her attempt to comfort her, and actually, a snack didn't sound too bad. She agreed and they miraculously made it back to their dorm without getting lost.

The fridge was surprisingly stocked and she pulled out a bag of grapes that happened to be in the back. She knew that growing surface food was difficult but they somehow made it work, and even though she couldn't quite remember what the surface food tasted like, she thought these grapes were much better. She poured them into two bowls and handed one bowl to Lucky before plopping down on her bed in her room. She pushed her jacket aside and opened the book she got from Samael, content on losing herself to its pages as she tried to channel her magic.

She couldn't stop thinking about the Priv boy and every time she felt her anger rising back up, she pushed all thoughts of him away, until eventually she realized that she had been reading the same paragraph over and over because she wasn't focused on it. With a huff she sat up and pushed the book away, tired from the events that happened in the library.

"Interesting first day, right?" Emily rolled her eyes as she spoke, glancing over to see what Lucky was doing.

The hope of Tyrus getting any privacy was, as always, an impossible wish. He had left the library some time ago and went in search of another quiet place. He saw the Elite brute stomping back to his dorm and Tyrus scoffed as he continued past. That guy was sure something.

He sat down in the community lobby and laid his head back. It was getting dark at this point, and everyone should have been in their Dorms, but of course, Lamian and Mikael sensed him like some kind of blood hounds and sat on either side of him, sandwiching him between them.

"Tyrus~" Lamian sang.

"What do you two possibly want?" Tyrus groaned.

"We heard you went after Tristans plaything." Mikael snickered.

"Tsk tsk, Tyrus. You should know better than that." Lamian waved his finger in Tyrus' face.

"Its none of your business what I do." Tyrus growled, getting to his feet in an attempt to leave the clowns behind.

"Oh, but we heard something interesting." Mikael continued.

"We heard that our own plaything is her roomate, so I'm sure you've met her, right?" Lamian cooed. Tyrus glanced back at the two and shrugged.

"I know of her." He replied simply, leaving the two hyenas to watch him walk away. This entire school was way more trouble than it was worth, and as large as it was, there wasnt a single place to get any privacy.

 

[Moonsetter]

Once he returned to his room, he felt a bit uneasy. He hated having to live up to this superior lifestyle. Unfortunately, that position was predetermined. He hated being the bad guy in every situation. Having to be the responsible one or seen as uncool because he did the right thing. He hated it. But, it was his life and he had to deal with it. Once back in his room, he began to place on a relaxing record.

"I'm exhausted...."

He mumbled as he began to prepare himself to turn in for the night.

As the girls went and got their snacks, Lucky happily began to munch on a few grapes. She kept quiet to allow her roommate to read. She decided now would be a good time to start putting her scrap book together. It looked beautiful. However, she couldn't keep what happened in the library out of her mind.

"Hey Emily. What's your power?"

She asked curiously looking over to her bed.

"Man. I bet your super strong. I know there's all kinds of people around here who can kick some serious butt."​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

Emily sent Lucky a sideways glance.

"My power?" She repeated with a small hum at the end, "Samael calls it Phantom Form."

She held a hand up to her face, "When I was born, Samael says an Ethereal being made a trade with my soul. Im not sure what the deal was, but I know that I can use his powers. He is a being of the sky. He controls thunder, lightning, and anything electric. So I like to simply say that I can control electricity."

Emily clenched her fist together, trying to summon the electricity to her fist. She threw her hand open and tiny sparks shot out, but nothing else, "Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of control over it." She laughed a bit.

"Whats your power?"

Tyrus kept to the shadows as he searched for another place of silence, but everywhere he went, people were always nearby.

He glanced over his shoulder as he back tracked his way to the library.

Now that the Elite was gone, he could go back to his spot. He once again grabbed the lock in his hands and shattered it apart, letting the gate swing open.

He closed it behind him and hid the remnants of the lock, slinking into the darkness and taking a seat.

The books had calmed down, and he only heard a few whispers here and there, saying something about a friend on the other side. Tyrus glanced over the bookshelves, wondering what they were talking about, but saw nothing in the darkness.

 

[Moonsetter]

Once he had finished preparing himself for bed, he began to sit and listen to a bit more music. An odd headache in the back of his head ringing viciously. He wasn't sure what was going on but it was really annoying.

"Dammit... I need a smoke."

He mumbled knowing very well he was trying to quit. Sometimes it was just too difficult to deal with and his father didn't allow him to pack any packs here. He was completely out of luck. He slipped into bed hoping to keep the pain out of his mind.

"It'll go away eventually... It always does."

Lucky smiled as her eyes widened at her friends description of her power. It sounds so mysterious and cool!

"Wow your like one of those cool lady super heroes in comic books! Your gonna be the strongest I can just feel it."

She said while looking away a bit. Her powers weren't all that impressive. In fact, she would have to resort to being utility for her entire life. She lifted her hands slightly.

"I can heal. And I can make shields out of nothing. That's about it... Nothing super cool or.. useful for battling and stuff. I know it sucks right?"

She laughed a bit nervously.​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

Emily raised her eyebrows as Lucky laughed.

"Sucks? Those are awesome powers!" Emily smiled, "No team is complete without a healer."

She moved over to sit on Luckys bed and laid down with her arms behind her head, "And to create shields out of nothing, well that's just plain awesome, and extremely useful. I've heard that there were some pretty personal monsters on the surface - they just charge you on sight." Emily glanced around at the ceiling, wondering what that type of monster looked like, and suddenly she was itching to visit the surface.

"How long do you think it'll take us before we can go up to the surface? I mean, surely they must have some classes on it or something, right?" Emily turned to Lucky.

Tyrus couldnt help getting the feeling that something was wrong, like something was out of place. He stood in the darkness and walked along the bookshelves, running his hand along each shelf.

A few books were pulled out and Tyrus pushed them back in, wondering if they started coming out of their shelves from the excitement earlier. He continued running his hand along until his fingers slipped into a gap between the books and he paused.

A book was missing.

Maybe it jumped out?

He spun around on his heels and searched the floor for a book, maybe it had been kicked underneath something? He dropped to his hands and knees, searching for a book but panic began to set in as he found nothing.

Where could the book have gone?

 

[Moonsetter]

He tossed around in his bed a bit. This headache wasn't going away easy. In fact it was just getting worse. An odd chill went through his body. He didn't remember feeling this way except when he was in the library with those odd books. He sat up gripping his wrist a bit feeling it tingle.

"What the hell...."

He mumbled under his breath before slipping out of his bed. He needed some water.

She chuckled while hearing her voice. She never really thought her powers were good. Though, now that she thought about it, it was kind of ironic someone like her would have such abilities. She smiled.

"No way! Your powers are way cooler and stronger."

She said before shrugging. She was quite afraid of the above world. All the dangerous that have emerged in their world. There was so little information about it and it made her nervous.

"I don't know...It's really dangerous though. So, I guess not for awhile."​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

Emily smiled over at Lucky, "Danger is my middle name."

She laughed a bit before getting up and stretching. She knew that most people were probably asleep by now, but it was her first day and she just couldn't sleep yet. She strode across the room, intending to grab a glass of water from the kitchen but tripped over Lucky's bag before she got too far.

She stumbled painfully to the ground and looked back at Lucky's belongings thrown about, "Shit, I'm sorry."

Emily began picking up items and stuffing them back in the bag but her hand hesitated as her eyes caught on a book.

A book that had fallen open when she tripped, and it whispered dangerously, sending a chill down Emily's spine.

She picked it up and shut the book, holding it in her shaking hands as she looked up to Lucky, "Lucky." She began slowly, "Where did you get this book?"

Tyrus searched the library frantically for the book, but for the life of him he couldn't find it.

"Fuck." He mumbled under his breath, grabbing handfuls of his hair, "That asshole Elite did this." He growled, slamming a fist against a wall.

HE knew the Elite didn't take the book, but he came in here starting trouble and wanted to fight, and then Lucky and Emily came-

Tyrus froze, and as if the book knew it had been located, a horrible cry rang out through the library, forcing Tyrus to cover his ears. It was bone chilling and for a split second, he felt paralyzed.

But as soon as it was gone, he cursed to himself again.

What the fuck was happening?

The Privileged knew how to ignore the whispers of the books - but did the girls? Perhaps a book tricked one of them into taking it home.

He cursed again as he flitted out of the library, heading directly for their dorm - hoping that they knew better than to open the god forsaken book.

 

[Moonsetter]

Carter quickly jolted up hearing what sounded like an unholy shriek. He jumped out of bed and looked around. Something was off. That yell didn't seem human in anyway and yet it seemed so familiar.

"... The books!"

He grumbled as he quickly began to change clothes. He should have guessed something awful would happen. He regret letting that punk out of his sights and now he was probably off causing something terrible. He quickly began to dart out of his room and head towards where he heard the yell come from.

"Haha oh wow~ Danger lady. Remind me never to get on your bad side."

She let out a small giggle before she watched the girl trip over her bag. She smiled once the book was taken out. Her eyes slowly turning black.

"Isn't it beautiful? It's voice is so calming. We should read it together Emily~."

She said in an almost demonic voice. She soon began to shriek. The walls rumbling slightly from her voice.​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

"Lucky?" Emily took a few steps back, holding the book to her chest as her heels hit the door behind her.

Emily crouched to the floor as Lucky began shrieking and covered her ears, dropping the book in the process. Her shrieks gave Emily a splintering headache and she felt the walls rumbling behind her.

The book had possessed her.

Emily stood up and threw the door open behind her. She knew she could try to summon Trodaunt, the being whose powers she drew from, but that rarely ended well and she knew without it, her powers were nothing. So, she decided to run instead, making sure to take the book with her.

She ran out of the dorm and down the hall, looking for some way to help Lucky.

Tyrus bolted down the hall, darting around corners and jumping down multiple flights of stairs at a time to get there.

He ran and ran, until he collided with a body as he turned a corner. He kept his balance, but the other person fell backwards, sending an item flying out of their hand.

Tyrus caught it, turned it over in his hand, and upon realizing what it was, looked up to see Emily, her face as pale as a ghost.

"Emily, whats going on?" Tyrus asked hurridley as he helped her up.

She explained that the book had possessed Lucky and Tyrus pulled her behind him, standing his ground as he waited for whatever would emerge from their dorm room.

 

[Moonsetter]

Carter began to quickly dash his way through the corridor hoping he wasn't too late. He had been informed of what this sort of corruption would be capable of. He couldn't quite put a finger on who would have been dumb enough to fall for the books words. He soon began to turn a corner noticing the boy and girl from earlier. His immediate instinct was to assume the boy had stole it.

"You."

He said sternly before pausing. No, it wasn't him. And by the look of it it wasn't the girl either. That left only one person. As he began to hear foot steps approaching, he grit his teeth as he began to prepare himself.

Lucky continued to shriek until she notice Emily leaving the room quickly. She tilted her head and viciously began to grin.

"Where are you going Emily. We aren't finished playing it!"

She said in an oddly deeper voice. She quickly began to dash after her laughing in an evil manner. Her aura was darker than usual. Once she began to close in, she smirked noticing two other boys with her.

"Fresh meat!"

She laughed before quickly dashing to them intending to attack.​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

Emily took a step back as Lucky dashed towards them and threw out her hand, trying to will all the energy to ball up in her palm. As usual, it didnt work too well and all she got were sparks. She cursed herself silently and gave a sideways glance to the guy from the library earlier.

He still looked just as annoyed and she followed his eyes towards the angry girl charging them.

"I think shes possessed." Emily offered to the newcomer, helping in the only way she could currently think to.

Tyrus ran forward as he saw the Elite join their little group, figuring ol' glasses could stay behind to watch Emily. He clenched his fingers together and threw his hands open wide, summoning his powers.

Translucent blue rings appeared like scales all over his body and as he ripped three of them off of his skin, he snapped them together and threw them at Lucky.

If his aim was accurate, Lucky would be subdued, trapped in the three ring net.

He stared down Lucky, but he wasn't staring at her, instead he was looking through her to the creature controlling her like a puppet.

 

[Moonsetter]

Carter watched as the two seemed to tassel with the girl. However, once Emily confirmed she was possessed, he immediately glared to Tyrus. This wouldn't have been a problem if no one had entered that part of the library to begin with. He lifted his fist allowing the glow of his power to radiate within his hand.

"If we can get her off guard or knock her out her for a moment, I can force it out of her. Where is the book? Do you have it on you?"

He said before quickly avoiding the girls attack. He grumbled. Fighting someone like her wasn't exactly something favorable but they needed to do something.

Lucky smirked and cackled happily as she looked to the three. A long devious tongue trailing along her lips as she approached. Her eyes seemed to glow an odd color and her movements were swift. However, the sudden trap being sprung to her only made her quickly dash away.

"FOOLS! I CANNOT BE STOPPED!"

She smirked opening her hand producing a large light shield. She quickly threw it crashing it into the floor before them. She chuckle and began to quickly dash again.​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

"The book." Emily gasped, realizing it was no longer in her hands.

She looked up to the spot she had bumped into Tyrus earlier and saw the book pushed up against the wall. She glanced between the book and Lucky, which was halfway between Tyrus and Lucky.

Somehow, Lucky hadn't noticed it yet, or perhaps she had no interest in it - but seeing as it was the creatures original captor, she thought it might be an enticing item to have.

"I can get it." She breathed, making a split second decision before anyone could stop her.

"I dunno about knocking her out, but I can distract her at the least." Tyrus mumbled, pushing Emily back as Lucky threw sheets of light at them.

"The book?" Tyrus locked his eyes on it just as Emily did but before he could go for it, Emily rushed past him. He reached out instinctively to pull her back but she was pretty fast.

He glanced up at Lucky who was charging towards them again and he tore off more rings from his skin, enlarging them and throwing them at Lucky. Instead of hitting Lucky, they hit the floor and puffed into a smoke bomb.

"Emily, get back!" He ordered.

 

[Moonsetter]

Carter noticed as Emily began to speak of the book. He nodded.

"Yes. If you can get a hold of it, we can trap it back in. Just follow my instruction and-"

He paused seeing Tyrus running for the book as well. He lifted his arm instructing to stop him.

"Let her go. You, stay with me. We gotta keep her busy."

He said as he began to shift the light from his fist into his index finger. He quickly held it forward shooting a small light beam at her.

"Eyes on me girly!"

Lucky smirked as they just to happened to avoid her dash at a split second. Her head tilted slightly as she noticed them looking off into the distance. As she saw Emily begin to run, she smirked turning to face her.

"Where are you going? The fun isn't over yet!"

However, she stopped feeling the sudden beam of light hitting her in the back. Once the smoke screen went up, she grit her teeth and yelled.

"COWARDS!"​

 

[Evilpokerchip]

Emily clasped the book to her chest as she got her hands on it and retreated backwards as the cloud of smoke engulfed the hallway.

"You're going to set off the smoke alarm." Emily hissed at Tyrus. Emily skidded to a stop behind the blond boy as he drew Luckys attention.

"How are we supposed to trap this thing back in here?" She flipped through the pages of the book, skimming for an answer before handing it off to him.

"It would be so nice to be able to control my powers right about now." She mumbled mostly to herself as she watched the commotion before her.

Tyrus jumped back beside the Elite and growled, "You need to stop telling me what to do."

"But I'll listen to you this once..." He huffed. As much as he hated obeying someone as cocky as ol' glasses, he knew this wasnt the time or the place to get into it with him.

"The smoke wont hold out for too long, it was a weak one specifically so the alarms wouldn't go off." He replied to Emily, fully aware of the shit storm they would be in if Samael found out what had collectively happened.

"So what do we do now, glasses?" Tyrus looked to the Elite, whose name he really had to get. Especially if they were going to be bumping into each other more often.