《Present for the Future》


 Royals and a peasant

    A bell rang, the loud screeching of its hollow shell rang throughout the school, indicating it was time for the clump of young adults that hung around the door like bees around a flower. young men and women stood, momentarily forgetting they had been released from school. Some glancing at the back of the emptying room, some looks of pity cast it''s way.


    As the class funneled outside presumably towards their respective buses or cars and if they weren''t being picked up and dropped off by either then they''d walk or bike home.


    There were five kids near the back of the classroom, four of the five kids circled the final kid who knelt on the ground, his book bag a few feet away from its owner, a meek, pale-looking boy. The pale kid sported an all-black school uniform just like all his classmates but his uniform was tattered in some places and fully ripped in others, a shadowy bird perched atop an modern recreation of a 17th century castle that formed the insignia woven into its right shoulder and on its left breast pocket were the only things left undamaged in any way. The boy''s body shook with pain and fear as one kid stepped forward, kneeling, and grabbed the collar of the uniform.


    The black-haired boy was lifted from his seated position by another member of the circle; using some of his strength to stand upright as one of the girls that made up the circle spoke ¡°Listen, if you try standing up to us, ANY of us then we will beat you more than this- a hell of a lot more than this, remember that you fucking rat.¡± the girl who had spoke was fairly tall in stature, around the height of the few venishi? in height, this girl wearing the same all-black uniform the fearful boy wore on his body; her blonde hair moved ever so slightly as she walked, gray eyes watching, scanning his cowering body while she raised her leg back, an odd, deathly cold sensation filled the room as the other young adults all took a step back. As she dropped him back to the ground.


    Frosty mist circulated around the room as ice slowly crept up her shoes exterior.


    But before she could kick the little shit that decided to intervene in her ¡®fun¡¯ one of the people behind her tapped her shoulder, the girl whose leg was almost about to deliver the kick stopped moving; the guy continued


    ¡°Mar- I mean princess should we leave you here, with him? Not that we don''t think you''re strong or that you couldn''t take on the one guy in the whole university that''s part of those unpowered freaks.. it''s just that last time we did this a few of us almost got suspended¡± his voice low and a bit jumpy while he spoke.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    The Second princess of Astrava, Marlyne Astora, looked back at those who followed her orders, a flash of irritation shimmering into her face; the look vanishing just as quickly as it appeared as she began to talk ¡°If you''re all so worried about getting caught then I suggest you lot go back to the castle while I deal with this ''hero'' .. Alone¡± Marlyne''s voice was cold, disgust lacing her words as the abandoned broken toy and the beloved princess watched while the children of nobility exited the classroom. Turning back to the bloodsucker, marlyne''s leg that had put itself back in a neutral position lifted in the air a second time.


    The leg that hung in the air snapped forward at his chest as the kick connected a swift snapping sound as screams echoed throughout the room.


    Bell''s face scrunched up while he fell on his side, tears filling his vision and wails of pain filling the almost empty classroom. Bell closed his eyes for a moment before snapping them open again, seeing her run off, leaving him alone with his pained whimpering to fill the silence.


    Closing his pain filled eyes for a few seconds, the last thing he saw was someone running over to him, presumably calling out his name. Still, the boy couldn''t tell his eyes seemed to be focusing on something else entirely as his body went on autopilot for what looked to be minutes just crying his eyes out while clutching his chest and side, as seconds later bell felt the abrupt sensation of weightlessness before he was being cradled in the arms of his rescuer, he couldn''t tell who they were or what their race was because of the tears filling his eyes but he made a promise right there and then to thank them as drifted off into unconsciousness.This mysterious savior ran as if their life depended on it, arriving at the school nurse''s door before they banged the tip of their black shoe against the door enough to put a small hole in it. ''Whomever did this to MY bell~ Oh when I find the person or people who dared to lay a finger on his beautifully pale skin I''ll kill them''. The figure that held Bell''s lanky unconscious form thought a crazed look being etched into her face as she continued similar lines of thinking all the while kicking another hole into the wooden door before multiple voices erupted in an array of emotions, one more vulgar than the others ¡°Hey! fuckwit, stop messing up my goddamn door and don''t use your¨C¡± a loud female voice yelled out as two more holes appeared in the door.


    ¡°Huh? Who''s kicking holes in the door¡± one of the kids wondered out loud as she and the others inside the room watched the older woman angrily approach the rapidly breaking door, wood chips breaking under her boots while she stood near the door. Gripping the handle and swinging it open.


    Murderous forest green eyes of their fair-skinned nurse laid upon the unconscious vampiric man and the female Zint¡¯aarin that stood in the doorway; eyes lingering on the vampire a bit longer before they snapped back to the overall situation before her.


    A bit of her brown hair covered a small portion of her left eye, a gloved hand brushed it out of the way while she turned, quickly scanning the room for an empty bed finding one in the right corner of the room next to a mini fridge ¡°Go set the boy down over in the corner¡±

 Blood bags

    Making her way to the decently nice hospital bed while lugging the knocked out blood sucker; Lauran glanced around the room, taking in the light beige that painted the walls, the elegant way the rays of sunlight the porcelain tiles that lined both the floors and ceiling; that semi-softly clicked and clacked with each step Lauran took. As she stepped up to the bed, bending her body downward, boots squeaking somewhat while she laid the vampire down, bed frame creaking slightly as Bell''s admittedly thin frame hit the soft mattress. The Zint¡¯aarian stepped back from the bed, worry evidently etched onto her face as her eyes looked over his body, noticing something near his hand, other than the white gloves, unfortunately she could only make out bits and pieces of what it looked like; multiple small horizontal lines with random dates, times, and names of both places & people surrounding it in a circular motion, the longer she focused on the overall symbol, the more the lines seemed to spin and change. New names, dates, times all changed mear moments after she''d glimpsed the ones prior.


    All contained within the border of a pocket watch. That was etched near his wrist, mostly covered by a white glove.


    Moving her eyes towards other eye catching features, the clumps of dark wisps of shadow that adorn his miraculous undamaged head, bell¡¯s ebony hair seemingly entrapped the artificial and natural light that shined from both the open windows and those shitty school lights with their insidious buzzing near him. The faint smell of smoke and burning flesh wafting from his recovering body


    Hearing the soft tapping of Ms. Alren''s black and green tennis shoes, Lauran moved near the foot of the bed, still her eyes focused into Bell''s clothed chest, trying to see inside-through to investigate what she thought was ailing him.


    Ms. Alren stepped up to the bed while she rolled up her coat sleeves, slight worry that had joined the look she gave the pair on arrival as she took stock of the situation, hands grabbing the ruined school uniform and unbuttoned it before lifting up his white undershirt he dawned only to see the five bulges of various size under his skin, bring her hand over top the protrusion all the while her eyes along with her sigil glowed a light green right the same thing happened to her left hand just seconds later as her Aegis made contact with his skin it began to seep into the boys body slowly rearranging the broken ribs to their original positions before retracting more of her Aegis from his body back into hers.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ¡°??????????????, ?? ????????''?? ???????? ??????, ?????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???? ?????? ??????, ?? ???????? ?? ?????????? ?????????????? ???? ???? ?????????? ???????????? ???????? ???? ???????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ?????????????????????? ???????? ?????? ?????????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???? ???????????????????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ???????????? ???????????? ???? ???????? ????''?? ???????? ?????????????????? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???????????????? ????''?? ??????¡± Nurse Alren stepped back, slight contemptment crossing onto her tired body, bits of brunette hair being brushed away from her face with soft and minimal gusts of lightly green Aegis, as she spoke and walked halfway to the broken door, passing by other students that should''ve left long ago while she did, bending down menacingly tired but concentrative eyes flashed green along with the sigil on her neck as thousands of small green needles appeared in front of her arm, the wall of green moved at blistering speeds, seemingly teleporting to ever piece of wood, jamming themselves into each piece no matter how or big, they began to lift broken wood back to its previous, untainted state.


    All those needles shifted seamlessly from their pointy origins to tiny strings that attached to each other then began pulling the fragmented door back together in a few minutes, the door looked like it had moments before the smooth scaled women and the blood drinker entered.


    Turning back to the other occupants in the room, she with her eyes and sigil still glowing albeit slightly dimmer than the first time she dumped a small portion of aegis into her sigil. Sighing a bit ¡°?????? ?????? ????????..¡± she paused in her words for a mere moment just to look at everyone once again ¡°???????????????????? ???????? ??????????????, ?? ?????????????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ???????? ?????????????? ???? ?????????????????? ??????''?? ???????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ?????? ???????????????????????????? O??????????, ?????????????????? ?????????? ?????????? ???????? ???? ??????. ???????????? ????????, ?????????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ???? ?????? ?????????? ???????????? ???? ???? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ???????? ?????? ???? ???? ?????? ???????? ?????? ???? ?????? ??????¡± She demanded from them all, just as lauran had picked Bell up and walked over to the door, opening it and looking back at the nurse as she shifted Bell''s body to not fall out of her hands.


    Lauran looking up at their schools nurse, an apologetic look dawning her face and tone while she began to speak ¡°??''?? ?????????? ?????????? ????? ????????, ????. ??????????¨C ??''???? ?????? ?????? ?? ?????????????????????? ???????? ???? ???????? ???? ?? ??????¡± her voice was.. to say the least enchanting, most that heard it would say various things but they''d all tell others that it was like you were laying on the nicest, most comfortable bed in the kingdom, bell would agree with them if he was awake. The three students that had stood up at the mention of the administration''s office left and went home, brushing by lauran and bell while doing so. Soon after those students went home, wherever that may be for them, lauran took bell back to the classroom she found him in; grabbed his book bag well what was left of it, leaving the burnt red strap in the room''s trash can before exiting and finally leaving that school.