The Dark Warlock: The Nox Haven Series

Chapter 3: Two Hundred

"I don't have to do it," I hissed, "Someone else can play superhero. I'm sure I'm not the only witch with good morals."

"Relax," Aleksander whispered.

My shoulders immediately sagged and the hostility was drained from my stare- but I was hardly finished. I didn't want to be calm. I wanted to be free from my spell of bad luck.

"Guys?" Alix asked.

I ignored her.

"I can't relax Aleksander and I don't want to. It's not fair that I have to go save everyone's ass and they don't even thank me. A simple, 'thanks for saving the world', would suffice."

"Uh, guys?" Alix tried again.

"Most of them don't even care that Dmitri and Cam are rotting in their graves. Two years ago they were all classmates, some were even friends with them, and now it's like they never existed. That's not fair!"

"Guys!"

I snapped my head to the side and groweld, "What Alix?"

Her eyes were haunted, terrified of the scene in front of her. I looked around her frizzy shroud of red hair and swallowed nervously at the building that loomed in the background. It was Nox Haven, but the completely rebuilt version.

"Something's wrong," Alix said, "Where's all the people?"

I agreed wholeheartedly. Seconds before the swirling black mist wrapped around our bodies, a horde of people had been standing beside Nox Haven's rubble. That was gone now and so were the people. I couldn't see a single person in sight. To make matters stranger, it wasn't raining. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping- it was like nothing bad had ever happened to the place.

"There's a girl," Jaxon pointed.

Sitting on the front steps of the school, with an apple in her hand and book balanced on her knees was pint-sized young woman. Her large skirt  was sprawled across the steps. Even though the heat was stagnant, similar to the summers in Virginia, she wore a long sleeved turtle-neck and boots. She looked like a woman from a Jane Eyre novel.

"I'm not sure I want to speak with her," Alix said ominously.

"Why not?" Aleksander asked. "We need to know what happened?"

Alix nodded hesitantly but said, "I'm afraid this will lead to more questions."

"Did you see something?"

"No," She responded quickly, "That's why I don't want to speak to her. I have no idea how the conversation will go."

That unsettled me. Alix's power wasn't an exact science but it was still extremely helpful. Even the slightest insight would have eased my fears. I stood up and Aleksander grabbed my arm before I could run away. Alix and I shared an uneasy look as the boys walked confidently to the girl.

"Excuse me, Miss?" Aleksander began.

The girl looked up from her book, her face flushed as she stared admiringly at Aleksander. I bit my lip in annoyance. Women would always be attracted to him. Old and young, beautiful and ugly, dumb and smart. There were probably even a few nuns who had the hots for him.

"Y-yes?" She stuttered and shyly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

Aleksander smirked, causing my fingers to twitch. My boyfriend, who I cared for deeply, was a cocky asshole. The amount of arrogance he felt was unhealthy for a person.

"Would you be kind enough to tell me and my friends what the date is today?" He practically purred.

The girl snapped out of her lustful haze when the word friends touched her ears. Glancing our way, she took the time to scrutinize every one of us- paying special attention to the clothes that we wore. Her emotions turned weary when she looked back at Aleksander.

"It is the third of September," she said," 1816."

I blinked.

The year was 1816. As in two- hundred years ago!

**This is late and unedited. I'm sooo sorry. Right now I have been of busy, the start of the new school year is right around the corner (unfortunately) and I have a lot to still do. Isn't summer work so much fun? Help me please. Anyway, I  hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for the love and support!! I want to make the update wait shorter but with school coming up it is definitely not guaranteed. Hope you guys are having a great summer!
XOXO,
Ro.**