The Beautiful Monsters - JA.Acero (good book club books .TXT) 📗

again when she grabbed my wrist. She was putting a lot more pressure than needed. I gasped and pried her fingers off. For a minute she just stared at me, smug. She quickly went back to her flawless look and nodded as if she were arguing with herself.
"I will come back later...If you need anything there will be someone to assist you," and with that she
disappeared from the room. I took a long breath and was about to pull the curtain when I remembered Tara said there where assistants. Shaking my head i screamed and started to pace. How did I end up here? I was starting a regular day of school and I was suddenly in a place where three girls are probably murderers, I looked beautiful with a weird tattoo, and I didn't know how to get home. I slumped down on the couch and turned on the TV. I went on demand and rented 300. I love this movie and especially at the end. Getting up I walked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. Baggies and baggies of blue liquid took up the whole fridge. What in the name of God is this stuff. I definitely was not drinking this, but I felt suddenly drawn to it. I wanted it, and I needed it. I went for a pouch/baggie and stopped myself. I slammed the fridge and went through the cabinets. This time I found little bottles of God-only-knows-what inside. "I assure you you will find nothing to eat here." I turned around to find a tall elegant women standing in the doorway looking amused. I stepped away from the cabinet and tried not to look shocked of this women. she was nothing compared to Tara, but she was gorgeous. How come I can't look like that? I pushed this self-absorbed thought away and payed attention to her.
"I'm Sara, uh, who are you?" I took out my and she shook it firmly. Then she did something really odd. She took her fist gently on my shoulder.
"Everyone knows who you are my dear, and I suppose our Goddess hasn't let you out yet...I'm Zech" Talking a step back away she observed me. Yeah I felt uncomfortable, but I didn't want to look like a lost girl trying not to squirm. (Which I was)
"And these are the clothes you came in?" she said surprised.
"Actually, no. I woke up like this, but you could join me in watching a movie." I gestured toward the living room. She smiled at me.
"Um..." I said smartly.
"oh, I won't be able to. I am a professor at the School of Natwye. The food is in the second kitchen downstairs, but I'm sure our Goddess wouldn't like you to leave so i will get them for you. Any requests?" My mind was a spinning tornado. Who was Natwye? Why do they call Tara a Goddess? How does everyone know about me? I think I heard Mike mention something like this before...
"Um, Sprite with some chips?" I took the first thing out of the mess that was my brain. She nodded and said
"Natwye is our immortal Goddess who had disappeared a long time ago." She said solemnly.
"Then why are you calling Tara your Goddess?" I said impatiently.
"She told the three wise ones that she is Natwye reincarnated. And they believed her..." she swept out of the room. I ran back to the couch and turned the TV off. I was in no mood to watch a movie now. All I could do was drift in and out of sleep restlessly.
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MIKE
I stared nervously at Stark who was practicing his sword fighting.
"So you want me to steal your love back to you..." he wiped his forehead of sweat and began again.
"Yeah because you have the strength that I don't... and she means a lot to me," Mike started. Stark stopped for a moment.
"Sorry...I c-can't go back there not after what I saw you-know-who do." Stark put the sword on a hang post and started to walk away when I put my hand on his shoulder and took out a picture of her. He turned around and looked at it. Stark seemed baffled by the beauty of her.
"That's one hot chick you got there..." Stark hung his head to hide his smirk. I sighed and looked up to see a girl staring at me from the Goddesses bedroom. I looked back to the picture and Stark and I gasped. Sara stared straight at them, but didn't seem to recognize us. Someone closed the drapes.
"You said she was in danger dude!" Stark yelled. He punched my arm like we use'd to.
"Tara probably is just enrolling her here because she turned her into a youngling Natwite..." Stark shook his head and still glanced at the window with wonder. Stark didn't get it because he can't remember what happened to the last 50 youngling that had enrolled. Nobody can, but I do. I had to get Sara out of there before the sacrifice of our lost Goddess Natwye before our current "Goddess" (Cough, fake liar Goddess cough Tara) kill's again. I had to think of a plan first. I sighed and went back to my class wondering what would happen next.
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SARA

I was meadow with little tiny sprites of light and water mixed together to make it seem peaceful. I knew I was dreaming, but I could actually FEEL the grass. In my regular dreams I never feel. I just watch everything, but here I can actually see clearly. I twirled around happily and played with the little sprites. They swirled around me playfully. One landed on my hand and tickled me. I giggled and suddenly red sprites appeared and began to swirl around wildly. I guess they really like to party.
"They really like you my friend." I turned around to see the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Power and magick radiated from her like the sun, but I knew she represented the night and moon.
"Nyx? I've read about you in the House of Night series. Is all that true?" I said brilliantly. Her laughter was like a thousand doves in the night sky. She was amazing. She made Tara look like the "wicked witch of the west".
"Some of it is true, but then again to make a story interesting you must use pieces of fantasy or fiction. Well, that's besides the point I'm here to tell you some very useful information to help you." Nyx sat down gracefully on the grass beside me.
"Where am I?" I stared around. I have never seen this place ever before.
"You are in my meadows. I invited your soul over so that we could meet face-to-face, but I have met you before many times." a sprite landed on her hand and she tickled it. The little sprite made a small giggle noise and fluttered away.
"I have never met you before though..."
"I am going to tell you something that might shock you so take deep calm breathes." Nyx instructed. I did as she asked and I'm sure the sprites helped me calm down. I felt the coolness of the ocean from the blue sprites, soothing wind from the yellow, the embrace from the earth, and joy and everything good in the world from the purple sprites. I was in my happy place.
"I'm ready for what's to come. So tell me." I said,
"Oh, but I'm going to tell you through your soul and your heart will help me..." I suddenly felt something tug in my heart. Like some secret wanting to break free, but wouldn't come.
"Oh, I guess it's not time yet. Pity...anyway tell me about your life my child." she started to braid my hair.
"Well there's not much to tell anymore, but before all this," I gestured around me,"happend I had rich neglective parents that don't even love each other, demented teachers that make out with each other in the teachers lounge, and a maid for a friend, oh and I had a friend Mike who's here but in the real world....it's very confusing."
"At least you have a few friends in the world because I know of a few people that don't have any, but you know what I told them?" Nyx finished my braid and with a sudden shock the earth sprites went round and ound at the end of my braid to make a scrunchie.
"I told them that I was their friend, but my sister I sense something wrong..."
"Well I don't know if I can go home now because I'm kinda a freak!" I pointed to my forehead and frowned. I didn't mean to raise my voice, but I did. Suddenly the sprites swirled around wildly, sensing my anger and panic.
"oh my, they have sensed your anger, but you must tell them to calm down." Nyx ushered me.
"Uh, guys everything's all right..." the sprites stopped and and began to go around in waves around me again.
"Who or what would make you think you're a freak?" I shifted uncomfortably, but there was no feeling that I shouldn't tell her so I moved away my bangs.
"I knew you where my sister!" nyx gave me probably one of the sweetest hugs I've ever gotten. I knew what she saw was a filled in star in the middle of my forehead. Why does she keep calling me her sister? I shrugged just a little, but then Nyx gave me a kiss on my tattoo. After that everything went black.
Stark
I walked away from Mike slowly still glancing at her. She reminded me of what I had special with the goddess, something that could never be. I shook my head roughly and moved on. My Goddess.... OUR Goddess was gone. I took a step down to the commons and ran into Tara,
"Oh, I was just looking for you..." she looped her arm through mine and she practically dragged me into the shadow of a Willow.
"I have a new recruit coming to this school and I was wondering if you, personally, could guide her around?" Tara winked and dared me to say no. I shrugged and she smiled. I guess I just said yes...But there was something about the way she said those words that made me unsure. The back of my mind was tingling like I was trying to remember something. I looked back up to Tara, but she was gone. There was nothing even showing that she had been there. Nothing at all.
JULIA
I clicked my pen for the 100th time feeling like I was dying of bordom. Professor Zech's eyes flashed dangerously at me and I put my pen down. She walked towards me and whispered
"If you are too bored to be in my class I am going to have to ask you to leave."
"Uh,..that won't be necessary Proffesor Z." I stared at her face innocently. Proffessor Z crossed her arms.
"Sorry Proffessor ZECH" I said exasperatedly.
"Good..now pay attention or it'll be your head," she winked at me and walked away. A 7th grader stared at me oddly and I rolled my eyes. Yes, I did feel umcomfortable, but if I showed emotion they'd actually think I cared. When I finally looked up from