Academy of the unchosen

"Kris!!!! wake up! you're gonna be late for school!" her mom yelled from the door.

"ughhh" she groaned as she tossed herself grumpily on her bed. "not like they'd know am late anyway" she thought before heading for her bathroom sluggishly.

Moments later, she came out with a red towel wrapped around her chest and a towel wrapped around her hair. She turned to her walk in closet where she met her mother going through her stuffs.

"seriously ma, why are you going through my stuffs?" she asked her mother as she dried her hair with another smaller towel.

ignoring the scrutinising gaze of her daughter, she spoke up "can't I go through my daughter's stuff to see if she needs anything?" she asked jokingly earning a chuckle from Kristal.

"what ever ma, I need my privacy now." Kristal said while trying to hide her irritation.

"baby don't me mad at me okay....fine I'm leaving." her mother said as she exited the walk in closet. On getting to the door, she stopped before reminding her to hurry up for breakfast.

"yeah yeah...I want to dress up!" Kristal replied her mom before closing the door and locking it.

'that was close' she thought as she freed her hair from the towel before teleporting to her walk in closet. She dried her dye hair with the hand dryer before going through the cloths in her wardrobe. She settled with a blue baggy top, white joggers, a pair of white sneaker and a red headband.

Taking one last look at the full body mirror, she smiled and walked out of the room.

Downstairs.

Her father was sitting at the dining table while going through his tablet while her mother was serving breakfast.

"Maurice, let's get Kristal a private teacher" he suggested as soon she came out of the kitchen with pancakes.

"why? she's been doing pretty well at school " Maurice replied her husband who sighed.

"yeah, she's doing fine but I can't risk having her using her powers in public"

"oh Lucas, Kris is a big girl. she knows when to use her powers" Maurice said as she sat down.

"yeah of course she is...I only wanted your opinion Lucas replied before drop the tablet.

"morning pops" Kristal greeted her father with a peck on his cheeks before sitting down for breakfast. Without saying anything, she started eating. After taking to bites off a pancake she bided her parents farewell before teleporting.

Maurice face palmed "we really need to find a private tutor for her " Lucas chuckled before saying "you didn't want to get her a private tutor, so why bother?"

"just shut up" Maurice yelled at her husband before storming off to the kitchen.

At school...

Kristal appeared in the girls restroom looking like she had been there earlier. Nonchalantly, she walked out and headed straight to her class. Few minutes later, class started with mathematics. The lecturer walked in with his Harry porter glasses and stacks of A4 paper. He dropped them on the podium before clearing his throat. lecturer ordered them to switch seats. At the end of the arrangement, Kristal sat next to the school's female bully named Beatrice.

"you have an hour to finish your test. Malpractice is not allowed. Start"

immediately, everyone got busy with their sheets. Half way into the test, Beatrice started poking Kristal with her pen.

"hey weirdo! Pass me your booklet!" she demanded

"and why would I do that?" Kristal questioned with an annoyed tone.

"well duh, you don't deserve to pass this test" She snorted.

Kristal snorted and then ignored her. Seeing that she is being ignored, Beatrice tossed a sheet of paper towards her and then called the attention of the lecturer.

"Sir Wills! I caught Kristal cheating during the test!!" she reported making the class gasp. Kristal raised a brow at her.

"Kristal is that true?" he asked her straightaway to which she replied "no."

"yeah brat, how do you explain the sheet of paper that is lying next to your feet huh?" Beatrice pressed harder as she thought evilly 'if I don't pass this test, you don't have to pass it either!'

The lecturer glanced at both Kristal and Beatrice as he slowly bent to pick the paper. Without finding out the details, he told Kristal to submit her test paper and follow him to the principals office after the test officially ends.

Kristal replied cool with a "hmm"

Some of her classmates whispered among themselves.

"she doesn't look like someone that can cheat no?"

"yeah...even though she looks like a freaking vampire" the class burst out laughing much to the annoyance of Sir Wills.

"it seems you don't value your score" pointing to brad-the guy that referred to her as a vampire- he said "ten Mar have been deducted from your score"

as soon as he said that, the class remained quiet.

Thirty minutes later....

Kristal was escorted to the principal's office by Sir Wills. On getting there, the principal looked at her worriedly

"Miss Gael, could you please explain why you'd be cheating during test? Although I trust you are not that type of person but I still need explanations. "

Kristal didn't respond, rather she asked "we have cctv camera's installed in the classroom right?"

The lecturer immediately replied "yes we do! I'll have the clip retrieved" he said and left the principal's office not without glancing at Kristal with irritation.

Moments later, he walked in looking a downcast.

"Principal, the footage has been sent to you"

Without saying anything, he opened the file that was sent to him, there he witnessed how Beatrice disturbed Kristal. Facing the maths teacher he asked.

"you didn't look into the matter did you?"

"no....sir. Besides based on her looks, she's capable of....." He trailed off on seeing the death stare that was thrown at him by the principal.

"you are dismissed" The principal shunned him. Just as Sir Wills left the office, he faced Kristal apologetically.

"I apologise for his behaviour"

Kristal simply smiled before leaving the office. On her way out she bumped into Beatrice who scowled at her.

"Just because you got away this time doesn't mean am done with you" she whispered.

Kristal rolled her eyes at her and walked away leaving her fuming in anger.

"you didn't just walk out on me, did you?" she asked as she grabbed Kristal's hand while digging her manicured nails in her flesh.

"apart from the fact that you're dumber than a mutated monkey, you're also blindly senseless...you saw me walking out on you, yet you still need to ask me again. I must say, your parents are wise but it turn out that they had laid a terrible egg " Kristal spat at her before snatching her hand from Beatrice's grip.

"why....you..b*tch!!! I'll kill you!" Beatrice yelled as she tried to pull Kristal's hair. Kristal maneuvered through her attacks skilfully before pushing her face first into the locker.

"weakling" Kristal muttered before walking back to the class.

As soon as she entered the class, everywhere became silent. She sluggishly walked back to her seat after throwing a death stare to the math teacher.

"witch! you seem to have lost your respect huh?" he yelled at her.

Kristal simply ignored him and placed her head on her desk. The rest of the day passed in a blur. Soon class ended for the day. Everyone hurriedly left the class, leaving Kristal behind.

Slowly she stoop up from her seat and went to the restroom. After doing her business, she stepped out only to meet Beatrice and her minions waiting for her at the entrance.

Ignoring their presence, she tried to leave but was grabbed by her hair from behind.

"now I've got you, what are you going to do? huh? look at me like some psycho?" Beatrice mocked and her minions laughed.

"well even if she did look at you like that, I wouldn't be surprised..." one of her minions spoke up earning a chuckle from Beatrice.

Despite their taunts, Kristal didn't say a word, instead she glared at the girl that pulled her hair. As if possessed by something, she let go of Kristal's hair and walked to Beatrice then pulled her hair harder than how she pulled Kristal's hair. The other minions slowly walked out of the restroom leaving Kristal alone with Beatrice and the minion.

"how should I deal with you?" Kristal asked Beatrice without any emotions on her face making her panic.

"you!! you witch!!! let go of me!!" she kept yelling.

Kristal smiled coldly "you are really blind...I'm not the one holding you...and just before you start yelling for help, you're all alone with me...no one would answer you"

"monster!!! you're a monster!!!" Beatrice spat at her before turning to face her minion "you c*nt! let go!!"

An inaudible chuckle escaped Kristal lips. Facing the minion, she said "you can go" the girl let go of Beatrice hair. Just as she did, few extensions fell off causing Beatrice to be embarrassed.

"so much for fake hair" Kristal stood on her feet and left the restroom.

"I know where you got your weirdness from...from your slutty mother and from your bastard father " Beatrice said with a smirk as she held her aching head. Kristal stopped walking. Just as she did, Beatrice hair started emitting smoke. Soon after, her hair was on fire. As she was yelling and trying to quench the fire, Kristal walked off smugly to the stairs before teleporting to her room.

"you wench!!!!" Beatrice yelled in horror after getting rid of the fire. She glanced at the mirror unconsciously only to see that she wasn't burnt, but all her hair was gone...not even a stubble was left.

she passed out with one thought in mind

"I'll make that b*tch pay!!!!"

Kristal remained in her room all day. Her father felt her presence as soon as she arrived but chose not to go to her at that moment. However, her mother didn't feel her arrival.

As soon as she appeared in her room, she undressed herself and walked to her bathroom to shower. She came out few minute later drying her black hair. Afterwards, she got dressed in her blue pyjamas and went down the stairs to the dining for dinner.

"oh, you're back?" Maurice asked

"Yeah" she muttered under her breath. Which annoyed her mother.

"I understand the fact that you don't talk much, but for heaven's sake you are at home!" Her mother face palmed.

"I came for dinner, not for chit chats right?" Kristal asked no one in particular.

Her father understood her and diverted the topic. After sometime, Kristal loosened up and joined the conversation. While talking, a phone call came in from her school. Her father looked at her. Kristal could already tell that it was the school, hence, she didn't say anything and continued with her meal silently.

Her father excused himself to answer the call. Thirty minutes later, he walked in with a frown on his face.

"am I expelled?" Kristal asked earning a questioning look from her parents.

"do you want to be expelled?" her mother asked with raised brow.

"No, but if I get fed up with the school, I'd love the idea." She said mockingly.

Maurice rolled her eyes inwardly before turning to face her husband "what was the call about?"

"she was bullied again....twice" her father stated coldly as he stared at his daughter who was drinking water.

"Oh....okay...was that why they called?" Maurice probed further.

"Not really, the principal actually asked to see us tomorrow" he answered his wife before mind linking his daughter.

*mind telling me what happened?*

*after dinner* she replied curtly.

"Thanks mom and dad..." she stood up as she took her plate and cup to the kitchen. She walked to the stairs but was stopped by her mother.

"what time did you come back from school honey?"

"well duh came quite early. Why?" Kristal asked

"Just wondering... well, I didn't see you walk through the door and....." Maurice got interrupted by her

"that was because you were busy thinking of how you'd get dad to make babies" Kristal stated bluntly and then walked up the stairs.

Maurice's face turned pink in embarrassment as she hurriedly walked to the kitchen.

Lucas frowned, before heading for his daughter's room.

Kristal's room

Knock knock

"Dad, you could enter my room without the door being there you know?" Kristal thought with a smile.

"Yeah I know, I wouldn't want to walk in on you when you're probably doing stuffs I shouldn't know of" Lucas answered as he walked in and sat on her bed.

"now, firefly what happened?"

Kristal narrated everything that happened to her father nervously, thinking that he'd get mad at her for using her powers in school. Fortunately, his reaction was not what she expected.

"Wow! That was awesome!"

Kristal: (@_@) "it is?"

Her father chuckled "of course! She deserves it! No one gets to say rubbish about my firefly and get away with it! She is lucky I wasn't present...if not, she'd know who the real monster is!" he snorted making Kristal laugh.

Lucas smiled seeing that his daughter was smiling now.

"I know you were not satisfied with your meal, so I brought you this..." He said as he brought out a black box.

"huh? Where'd you get that from?" Kristal asked

"I brought it with me....why?" Lucas defended

"no way! It wasn't with you when you came in!" she accused jokingly.

"Oh well you caught me....Instead of asking how I got it, eat your meal and finish up your assignments" Lucas chuckled before walking out of the room. "goodnight firefly" he sent her flying kisses before leaving the room.

"I'm not sleeping yet" Kristal chuckled before heading for her study table. Afterwards, she worked on her assignments before eating the candied donuts her father brought for her.

Moments later, she wrapped herself with her blanket before turning off her bed side lamp. Soon, she zoned into the dream land.

Meanwhile, Maurice sat in the kitchen which was shrouded in darkness as she murmured some incoherent words to herself. Lucas stood far behind as he recorded the scene with disbelief and one thought running through his mind.

"She's not my wife." As if alerted of the presence of someone else in the room, Maurice turned to check if someone was with her only to discover that she was alone.

However, Kristal walked battling with a dream.

.....

....

Opening her eyes, she found herself in a dungeon with skulls that held candles. The environment stunk of dried blood. Slowly, her feet dragged her to a room with several doors. Wondering how she got there, she looked behind only to discover that there was no door behind her. Scared to her bones, she touched the door knob of one of the doors and soon disappeared. She opened her eyes again to see that she was surrounded by dead bodies of women with white hair which was now stained with blood. A chill ram down her spine. Following the trail, she discovered they led to a cell which was well hidden with the use of magic. There she saw a woman who was bruised. Her clothes were stained with blood. She had white hair like hers. Being a curious cat, Kristal approached the woman in the cell. Just as she was about to touch the woman, the woman disappeared leaving a cloud of thick smoke behind. A figure appeared from with blood dripping from the hands.

"You are mine"

As soon as she heard the voice, she started running away for no reason but based on her instincts. Soon, she heard the sounds of heavy footsteps trailing her. Shaken with fear, she tripped and fell.

"I've got you now"

The voice said. Trying to look at the sound of the voice, she felt a sharp pain in her chest which made her scream in anguish.

"Kris."

"Kris!!!."

"...Kristal wake up!!!!" her father called her thereby waking her up from the dream.

She stared at him blankly without saying anything.

"firefly..? Its me! Your dad! Wake up!!" she stared at him for a while before she started sobbing.

"Da..dad..."

"shh shh it's okay...am here!" Lucas said as he hugged her like she's a fragile doll

"Dad....am scared" she whimpered as she shuddered in her father's embrace. Although, she's an introvert, for the first time in her life she was scared. Scared of the unknown. Scared of having dreams. Scared for herself.

The next day came in a hurry which was rather annoying for Kristal.

Her mother was in the kitchen preparing breakfast when Kristal and her father walked in.

"Bye mom"

"See ya"

The said in unison as they exited the house.

"Aren't you having your breakfast?" Maurice asked as she ran to the door.

"I'm not hungry" the father and daughter duo replied as they entered the car and drove off.

"Oh well, more food for me!" Maurice exclaimed as she went back to the kitchen.

On their way to school, Lucas tried to cheer up his daughter who was moody. "hey firefly, try this. When you throw a butter out of the window, what will you see?"

"Butterfly" She answered dryly while her gaze was locked outside the window making him sigh.

"How about you tell me about your dream?" he asked instead.

Kristal hummed before tearing her gaze from the window. Sighing, she narrated her dream to her father who listened with attention.

".....I felt the pain physically" she added as she concluded.

Her father sighed before making a left turn on the road.

"I'm not sure why you had that dream, all I'm sure of is am here for you. Okay?" he said as he placed his hand on his daughter's hand that was toying with her skirt.

"Okay. Thanks dad" Kristal smiled.

Lucas chuckled "you don't have to thank me, you're my firefly" he said as he pulled over in front of Kristal's school making her giggle.

The duo alighted from the car and made their way to the principal's office. Most of the students looked at her with disgusting look, while the minority of them minded their businesses.

They arrived at the principal's office shortly. Soon, Beatrice and her mother walked in. As usual, she had her nose in the air like an arrogant queen.

As soon as she set her eyes on Kristal, she became filled with rage. Just as she was about to dish curses to Kristal, her mother spoke up after sitting down comfortably.

"Principal Caldwell, can we get over with it? I have to be at the office"

*hmph! Arrogance runs in the blood* Kristal mind linked her father while maintaining a poker face.

*it sure does* her father replied with a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

Clearing his throat, the principal explained the whole incidence starting with how Beatrice framed Kristal for cheating and the restroom incident.

"Mrs. Powell, your daughter needs to be cautioned or she'll have herself expelled" the principal warmed sternly.

"you can't expel me! My dad is the largest shareholder!" Beatrice yelled

"that's enough young lady!" her mother spat at her.

"mom, did you just yell at me?" Beatrice asked as she turned to face Kristal. "it's all because of this witch huh?"

"I....I'm not a witch" Kristal stuttered as she moved back a bit.

Slowly making her way to Kristal, she spoke like she was possessed.

"you aren't a witch!? Ha! You wish! Who else has a deathly pale skin and weirdly long hair!!!??? Huh?" she paused in her tracks before saying "speaking of which, ma! My hair!!" Beatrice went back to being a spoilt daughter hoping to earn her mother's pity.

"Louise, is this how you trained her?" Lucas asked Mrs Powell with disappointment written on her face.

"apparently its her father's fault!" Louise answered with scorn written on her face.

Kristal and Beatrice exchanged looks.

"her father spoils her much to my dissatisfaction"

"Mom, you know him?"

Just as Louise was about to reply her daughter snapped "well I don't care! Your friend's witchy daughter ruined my hair!!!! She has to pay for it!!"

"I didn't hold a lighter to her hair" Kristal said meekly when the principal looked at her.

"But you set my hair on fire you witch!! You're a monster!!!" Beatrice yelled.

"Beatrice that's enough! Maybe you used too much chemicals on your hair or something. After all, you die your hair twice a week so don't blame Kristal! Your father never listened to me when I said you shouldn't be changing your hair colour. Now that your hair is ruined you're blaming the young girl! You should be ashamed of yourself!" Louise spat at her daughter who was about to break down in tears.

"but...but mom...she's not human! I caught her freezing the fish pond!"

Kristal and her father exchanged weird looks before mind linking themselves.

*how would I freeze a fish pond??*

*you're allergic to fish! It's obvious someone is already After your head* her father said making Kristal wonder.

"I said enough!!! Not only are you sick, you're acting like someone that has lost her mind! That's it! You're coming home with me!!"

"Mrs. Powell, you can't just take her home without a plausible explanation " the principal objected after listening to their ramblings.

"I see, well suspend her for today! She's in big time trouble already!" she replied as she look up from her phone that has been vibrating non stop.

Having lost the ability to say no to her, he agreed and Write a letter of suspension for Beatrice. Afterwards, he told the girls to wait outside.

"you think you've won? Just know you haven't and you'll never win! I'll make your life in this school a living he'll!" Beatrice threatened.

"instead of worrying about me, worry about your hair......" Kristal paused with a snicker "sorry your head....or better still, think of loads of excuses you're going to tell your parents when you get home" Having said her piece, she turned to leave before saying "nice wig by the way" Making Beatrice shake in anger. Soon she strolled off to the garage while fighting the urge to teleport.

Beatrice stood still fuming in anger. Moments later, their parents walked out of the room. Louise walked up to Beatrice and dealt her a hard slap on her cheek.

"You have a lot of explanation to do!" with that said she pulled Beatrice's ear as she left the executive block of the school under the curious gaze of the students. Making Beatrice curse Kristal inwardly.

Lucas walked to the garage with a small smile on his face.

"so how'd it go?" Kristal asked.

"nothing special happened after you left. Aren't you going to ask how I knew Beatrice's mom?" Lucas asked.

"No, I'm not interested.....I have other things in mind" Kristal answered her father. "someone is after me" she sighed.

Feeling his daughter's fear, he hugged her. "don't think too much. We'll work it out. Okay?" Kristal hummed before letting go of him.

"I have to head to class."

"yeah right. Be good" Lucas patted her head before leaving her to go for her class.

As soon as she walked into her class, her classmates looked at her weirdly like she had grown horns. Slowly, she walked to her seat with her backpack hanging over her shoulders and sat down.

Soon after, class started and everything went back to normal.

After the days exercise, Kristal was about to leave the class when something caught her attention outside the window.

A figure was moving slowly in the field.

"Weird" she thought.

No one else could see the figure because it was invisible. She studied its movement for a while. Suddenly, the figure stopped moving. It seemed that the figure felt the stare that was being directed at it before it faded with the environment.

However, it left after dropping a message on a flower petal.