1.2 Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn

Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn

Part 2

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RECAP

Landon locked eyes with Hope. "That wasn't me, I swear. I barely got out alive." You didn't trust a word Landon because when he lies he looks away, but he is your brother so you had to trust him, right?

"Hope, come on." Rafael pleaded.

"Last chance. Who the hell was it?" She angrily asked at Landon, walking forward which caused you to step in front of the both of them and in front of Hope which stopped her.

Landon breathed heavily. "There was this girl..."

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Landon was now sitting on the ground, legs against his chest. He was next to Rafael, You stood next to Hope so you all could be looked at each other. "I don't believe anything you say." Hope said.

Landon yelled back. "You have every right to be mad at me, but I am telling you the truth." He pointed a finger down to provide a point. He looked at Rafael. "Come on man, help me." He then looked at me, his eyes pleading for me to help as well.

Rafael spoke up, a shaky voice due to Hope's state of mind at the moment. "I believe him." You stayed quiet, you didn't want to say anything.

"You believe that a fire-breathing women burned the bus alive?' She challenged Rafael.

Rafael nodded. "Yeah!"

Hope rolled her eyes. You decided to speak up. "And Landon happened to be spared?" You asked. You knew that was wrong but it had to be said. Rafael and Landon gave you a betrayed look, you mouthed a 'i'm sorry' with a guilty face.

Rafael got closer to you. "He told you that he ran, Kate." Hope glared at Rafael, you wondered why she was protective but ignored it.

Hope rolled her eyes. "And conveniently lost the knife on the way."

Rafael nodded. "Yes!" You mentally groaned, but you made your way over to the wall and just sat down, listening to their conversation.

"She kept coming at me like she was gonna take it from me. She was burning everything in her path." Landon rambled on.

"You want to explain to me what you were doing stealing the knife in the first place?" Hope inquired, looking at Landon.

"I don't remember stealing it." Landon spoke truthfully. He looked Hope dead in the eyes when he said that.

Hope scoffed. "Of course not. How about pretending to be compelled?" Hope questioned.

"That was to avoid being thrown back in the werewolf dungeon." Landon walked a bit closer to Hope.

"Transitional cellar." Hope reminded the curly haired boy.

"Small spaces!" Landon yelled. "Hope, you have to understand, Dr.Saltzman had already told me the school wasn't gonna let me stay. If he thought I'd talk, he'd lock me back up." He paused. "There wasn't a good ending for me... I didn't want to steal from you and I don't want a fire-breather chasing me. I'm sorry for all of it." He walked away from Hope, just looking back at the wall. Hope just let him talk, obviously she wanted to hear what he had to say but she still believed he did it intentionally.

"He's not lying. I know him, unlike Kate." Rafael glared at me, you glared back as that was not needed. He moved into Landons position, which was in front of Hope. "Now, if he says that there's a fire-breathing woman running through the woods, then there is a..."

Rafael was cut short as a loud noise came from the bunker door. "There's a fire-breathing women running through the wood." The headmaster came running in. Hope looked at Landon and so did you, he looked relieve he had an alibi. We all looked at him as he looked at us all before landing on Hope. "Did I or did I not say 'don't engage'?" He asked.

"He's only dangerous if crappy apologies can kill." Hope fired back. You got up and stood next to her.

Alaric scoffed. "And looks can be deceiving. Now our... buss refugee, turns out she's a pyromancer." Alaric explained. 'What the hell is a pyromancer?' You thought to yourself.

"Wait, wh-what's a pyromancer?" Landon moved forward a little.

Hope breathed out. "A fire-breathing witch." Landon was right. Rafael chuckles as he knows Hope believes Landon. "Ric, she wants the knife."

Alaric moved his hands out. "Okay, well... where is it?" He asked, looking between all of us. We all turned to Landon in silence, waiting for him to speak.

"I-I lost in in the woods. I was running around in circles all night trying to find a place to hide." Landon spoke fast.

Ric looked down before looking back up. "Okay, okay. Well, let's, uh, find it before she does, huh?" He stated, walking towards the door and up the stairs off the bunker. Rafael looks at Landon before following behind the 3 of us.

We all stop when we hear a low growl. We all look at the so called 'survivor' approaching us. "We don't want any trouble." Ric stated, not loosing eye contact with the pyromancer. She holds out her hand, as if she wanted something. She then looked at Landon, you mentally groaned at looked at Landon.

"What does she want?' Rafael questions as everyone else but you looks at the Pyromancer.

"I don't know." Landon lied through his teeth. He never usually lies so why now?

The girl moves her hand forward again. Rafael looks at Landon as he saw you looking at him. "Lan?" He asked, getting suspicious.

You rolled your eyes. "Maybe she wants the knife you said you don't have." Hope said in a monotone voice as she looked over at Landon.

"Back in the cellar! Go!. Go, go, go, go." Ric frantically said. We all turned around, you were the last one at the back of the group. The girl breathed fire and it caught onto you, burning through your flannel and onto your skin.

"Ow!" You groaned in pain as you through off the Flannel and looked down at your skin heal extremely fast. The door was now closed but fire was seeping through the cracks. Hope looked over at you worried but calmed as your vampire blood helped heal your faster. 'This isn't normal-'

Hope still being worried, looked over at you, silently checking if you were alright without you realising before yelling at Landon. "Where the hell is it?" She asked, extremely mad.

Landon still in shocked from you healing fast and the fire-breathing witch outside spoke in a panicked voice. "I'm sorry. I panicked." He took the knife out of his Jacket and passed it over to Hope who took it abruptly.

"What the hell, Lan?" Rafael looked at Landon, disappointed.

Alaric groaned. "Hope. Doors." He said through the groan. You sat down beside your flannel, upset it's burned and now you're gonna have to buy a new one.

"Got it." Hope replied in a monotone voice and swiftly turned around. "Adiuuatur." Hope did a spell the made the fire go away. "Okay, it's a quick fix. It won't last long." Hope explained how the spell worked but in a very brief way. Hope made her way to stand next to you, seeing how you were just sitting next to your burnt up flannel, a little upset.

"All right, great, I need a cell phone." Alaric stated, looking around. You felt eyes on you and looked up and Hope, sending you a sad smile ever so slightly.

The realisation that your life will never be regular again caused you to look down and away from Hope's line of sight.

"Take your pick." Landon pointed to a barrel full of phones and other things.

Alaric looked over. "What is all this?" He questioned.

"It's from the people on the bus." Hope stated.

Landon started to ramble again. "I didn't bring it here. I-"

He got cut off by Hope. "If he says 'I swear' one more time, I'm gonna melt him." Hope stated clearly, making Landon become quiet.

You got up so now you were standing beside Hope as Alaric searched for a phone to get into without using a password. "Hey," You softly said to Hope. "I was wondering if you could teach me.. magic?" God that sounds crazy to say.

Hope looked over at you and smiled. "Yeah, of course." She kept the smile while she talked before you both looked over at Alaric as he started talking.

"Please tell me you have something." He pleaded through the phone.

"Connection sucks. W-Where are you?" A guy on the other side of the phone asks.

Hope spoke up.  "Root cellar, full of contraband that our pickpocket Landon Kirby claims he didn't steal."

Rafael pitched in. "There's a fire-breather outside. Can you prioritise your rage?" He questioned to Hope. You rolled your eyes but luckily no one saw.

"Dragon." The guy said.

"What?" Alaric exclaimed.

"Dragon!" He stated again. "She steals treasure, breathes fire, hides the loot in her lair. She's-She's not a pyromancer, she's a-" He got cut off.

"Dragon's don't exist, or look like normal people." Alaric stated.

"There was a time we would have said that about vampires." The guy stated.

Alaric was at a loss of words, so he scoffed. "Okay, fine. She's a, a human dragon." he looked at all of us to see that we agree. "Now what?" He asked.

"In anything I've ever read-" He started.

"In fiction." Alaric said, causing you to look down in annoyance.

"The way to take down a dragon, you need a buttload of courage and a sword." The guy stated, ignoring Ric's comment.

Hope held up the knife. "How about a knife?" She asked. Alaric hung up the phone after saying thanks to the guy on the other side of the phone. "I'm gonna need you. And you." She looked at you and Rafael, you nodded hesitantly where on the other hand, Rafael nodded confidently.

You and Hope walked out the cellar after Hope had done a spell to force the doors open and she had done a spell as you two walked out to fly the girl backwards. Both of you hearing growling. "Didn't anyone ever tell you smoking's bad for you?" Hope questioned. Causing you to smile slightly which looked like a smirk.

She looked to the side, starring at you both before getting up, as she moved forward, her eyes glowed red. "We know. Quilting's hard." You said afterwards. The dragon breathed fire towards you two.

Hope was quick to react, holding up the knife and chanting a spell. "Scutum." Hope said. You both looked around as the fire couldn't reach you as there was a barrier type thing.

You realised Hope was getting weak but luckily Rafael appeared and hit a rock against the dragons head. "Took you long enough." You said to Rafael.

He looked at you. "Sorry, I couldn't find a rock." He stated.

Hope butted in, looking over at Rafael. "There's literally a lair full of heavy objects."

Rafael ignored her comment and instead looked at the knife and looked towards the downed human-dragon thing. "Hope, alley-oop." Rafael ran forward, jumping onto what seemed a crate, Hope finally getting the memo moved forward a little and threw the knife towards Rafael. he caught it mid air and before the human-dragon could do anything he staked her right in the heart, pulling her towards the ground.

He lifted himself up, looking at the body before looking at Hope, you just couldn't pull your eyes off of the body. Rafael decided to move and take the knife out of the body, Hope now standing closer. "Promise kept." Rafael said before holding the knife out towards Hope. She grabbed a hold of it but just them, Ric and Landon came running over.

"You three alright?"He asked, earning a nod from all of us. "Let's give her a proper burial. See if you can find a shovel." Rafael started walking towards the cellar, then Hope, then you followed after, but you stopped when Alaric's 'phone' rang. "Dorian?" He asked. "A knife to the heart did the trick." He paused. "What are you reading? Game of Thrones?" He joked. You watched as Landon walked into the cellar with the others, not thinking much as you stayed outside for fresh air. "Look, this just doesn't make any sense. I-It has got to be something else." The headmaster said but that was cut short about it being something else as you and Landon starred wide eyed as you heard growling and squishing and see a pair of wings appear. He turned around looking at it. "Nope. It's a dragon, all right. I've got to call you back." He said, hanging up the phone.

"Dr. Saltzman?" hope asked, carrying a shovel before starring at the dragon. You watched as Rafael put and arm in front of you and Landon to try and protect you both. "Oh, my god." She said as the dragon kept getting taller. It then roared and started flapping it's wings, roaring again, then breathing fire on us.

We were for sure dead, or were we?

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A.N: I'm sorry this took so long to update but i swear, to try and get the next chapter out as fast as a I can. By the looks of how I've been uploading each chapter, it seems its Tuesday, Thursday and either Saturday or Sunday but mainly Tuesday and Thursday. Again, sorry :)