NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE GROUNDS
Up the black top drive, you see a huge stone castle looking school on a hill. There are rolling green acres on either side. In the distance you see a pool, stables, tennis courts and some woods and a lake as well.
Kiley entered the grounds a string backpack on her back, and dragging a huge heavy turquoise duffel bag. She entered
Never Ending 1st Hall.
A little while after Kiley, both
Daniel and
Blanche walking into the grounds. Daniel gave Blanche a brief look, noting her odd dress sense, however the woman just ignored him and walked into
Never Ending 1st Hall. Daniel soon followed.
A large wolf ran from the gates, churning up dirt as he did so. He had nearly caught up with the other students, reaching the doors as they disappeared.
Matt shifted as he reached the door, untying his pants and shirt from his ankles as he donned them again before going into
Never Ending 1st Hall.
Tazi reached the path jut in time to see a thin, naked guy she instantly recognized. So it was going to be one of these years again? She pulled open the door to
Never Ending 1st Hall.
Milo entered the grounds with a disappointed huff. He wasn't happy to be back. He entered
Never Ending 1st Hall carrying a black duffel bag,
A clattering chaos stalked onto the grounds.
Melinda looked like a mess, leafs in her hair scratches on her arms and a large one on her cheek. She was always bad at landing her broom, that she was now dragging along with her trunk full of stuff. She was half way to the school when her cat, Plato, tripped her onto the driveway.
Carrying only a rucksack, a tall Greek girl entered the grounds, smoking her cigarette as she approached the castle. What the fuck was
this place, some secret hideaway for freaks?
Akantha smirked and rolled her eyes, sucking in deeply so that the ember turned brilliant orange and the ashes fell away. Sighing out the plume of smoke, the girl with her long black mohawk shrugged her rucksack a bit further up her back and continued to the castle. She noticed the girl as she struggled with her luggage, and kept a somewhat curious eye on her as she approached from behind. As the orange cat skittered in front of the girl's feet and caused her to topple, Akantha let out a snorting laugh and walked around her. As she walked by, she lifted a hand in passing greeting and said, "Watch your step, pipsqueak!" There was no malice in her voice, only amusement as she flicked her cigarette butt to the side and climbed the steps to
Never Ending 1st Hall.
Melinda gaped openly at the older student. She was mad for an instant, until she figured out it was just teasing. She had been about to ring Plato's neck when Akantha passed by. She waved back mutely, wishing she knew a levitation spell of some sort. She then got to her feet, stuck her broom under her arm, grabbed her truck and scampered into
Never Ending 1st Hall
From the castle steps, the door opened from the inside and out was flung a suitcase. It hit the ground and sprung open, spewing it's contents as it tumbled to a stop.
Amun's patent leather shoes made crunching noises on the gravel as he trekked up the drive, a bag on his back and two more dragging behind him. His tall, lean frame handled the weight easily, almost as if the suitcases were empty. Tossing his bangs from his eyes, the suave teenager eyed the spilled suitcase with amusement as he passed, wondering just what kind of girl wore
those kind of panties. That was a girl he simply had to sink his teeth into... He bent to pick up a pair of lacy black panties and examine them hungrily. With his brown eyes sparkling with demonic light, the incubus climbed the steps and entered
Never Ending 1st Hall.
Ashley walked up the drive, his shifting the gravel beneath his feet. He was trying to take in the whole scenery of the castle and the grounds. He thought it was rather impressive, for America anyway. His parents had told him about the grand castles that existed in the country of his birth. He had seen plenty of pictures as well, and they did in fact look a bit better in his opinion. Or at least they would have back when they were first built and they weren't crumbling ruins. As he was admiring the view, his foot hit a suitcase and he nearly fell face first into the drive. Stumbling, he caught himself and looked at what he tripped over. "So, that is how some of these students behave," he mumbled to himself as he walked up the steps and entered
Never Ending 1st Hall.
Matt exited the main building and headed off to the east. When he reached the side of the building, he kicked off his shoes, tying them around his arm. He also slid off his pants, wrapping them around his other wrist. With those items taken care of, he shifted into his were form, taking off across the grounds and leaping the fence in one easy motion.
It was time to take flight. Coming from the mansion with purpose in her dark brown eyes,
Akantha began to run towards the main gates, gathering up considerable speed as her boots flew over the ground. Gravel crunched and flung behind her until she took to the grass and then she leapt high into the air, leading with her chest with her arms stretched out behind her. As she cleared the air, her feet tucked in beneath her and the shapeshifter began to transform. It happened quickly and in midair with her body shrinking, skin turning to brown feathers, arms becoming wings, legs becoming scaled and tipped with talons until she took a few great flaps and was soaring into the air as a bald eagle. With her impressive 8-foot wingspan she easily cleared the tops of trees and started to soar about the area, keeping her sharp yellow eyes peeled for any signs of Matt.
The large wolf headed back on all fours was hard to miss. Especially as he was carrying several bags of stuff, some of which looked distinctly like boxes of pizza. The bags were slung across his back as his feet hit rhythmically on the ground.
Matt took a running leap and cleared the fence, landing hard on the other side. He slid himself backwards, out of the circle of bags and shifted back, tugging his pants back on as quickly as he could.
Spying the wolf immediately as he came into view,
Akantha dove towards the ground with a sudden plunge. Wind raced by her face but her eyes, her keen eagle eyes kept open despite her human urge to water. Those instincts were replaced by better ones, ones that told her wings to tip slightly forward in order to use her steering feathers as the ground zoomed towards her. Showing no fear, Akantha suddenly pulled up with her wings, the large eagle starting to circle widely about ten feet from the ground, gliding around Matt as he pulled his britches back on. Ignoring whatever naked sights she might have seen, Akantha then extended her feet. As an eagle, the talons outstretched until toes were seen, and then boots, and then shin and knees and thighs and hips all the way up to her signature mohawk. Dropping to the ground with unexpected grace and in all of her clothes, the punk girl approached the werewolf. "C'mon, let's get this shit inside," she said, holding out her arms and taking a few of the bags and then turning to walk back the grounds.
"Damn shapeshifters,
" Matt said with a smile. "Us weres can't ever seem to keep our clothes on." He grabbed the remaining bags, forgetting his shirt for the moment, and followed Akantha towards the doors. He heard the bottles of liquor clanging together in one of the bags and smiled to himself. This was going to be an interesting night.
"I got the hang of it a few years back," Akantha bragged shamelessly, looking over her shoulder to throw a deviously proud grin at the shirtless werewolf. Climbing the steps easily, she pushed open the doors to Never Ending 1st Hall and entered.
Matt only rolled his eyes as he followed her through the doors.
Awhile later...
A flash of lightning sounded and a large explosion tore apart several yards of the lawn. A tall man bathed in a blue aura stood there, his face covered by a scarf that hung to his knees, his body covered by blue armor. No sooner had he appeared but a horde of nearly twenty demons, their skin ranging from leathery black to blue to red, appeared around him, claws and wings extended. They were obviously about to attack, and the man stood between them and the school, his sword in hand. "Come at me!" he yelled in ancient Egyptian. "You will not take me back!" Several demons attacked at once, and his sword moved to block and thrust with skill that far surpassed anyone's. He was good, but the demons were by far too many.
Practically sprinting out onto the grounds, Melinda froze when she saw what was going on. "Holy...Oh my.." She said wide eyed watching the boy fight. "Oh!" She exclaimed after a moment as if realizing something. "I'll help!" She held out her hand to freeze a demon going toward the boys unwatched back.
Soaring into the night from her window, Akantha let loose a piercing cry as she circled, watching the man in blue fight with his mighty sword. What the fuck is this? she wondered as the scene came further into focus. Deciding that she was far too noticeable, Akantha hastily landed in a nearby tree on the outskirt of where everything was going down, grasping the boughs with her fiercely sharp talons. Shifting quickly, like liquid melting down into smaller parts, she stretched and slid and finally slithered down the tree as a death adder, racing over the grass on her belly. Deftly, she snaked around the ankles of demons, moving like a shadow on the grass until she got right in the middle of a smaller group of demons. With numbers against them, she didn't want to overestimate her power, or that of anyone else in the mansion. Slithering into the middle of their small huddle, Akantha rapidly shot up, as if a rain drop had fallen on a bear-seed and up propped an enormous grizzly, growing from seemingly nowhere. Roaring and standing easily a head taller than the others, Akantha reared onto her back feet and took a mighty, clawed swing at the nearest demon.
Flying also, Amun looked to the man and the demon hoard he'd apparently come with. He wanted to know why he was so important as to warrant being chased so far and then saw his armor, wondering if that was the reason for their interest. Flapping his large, leathery wings, the horned, bald, scaled, and deeply crimson incubus started to swoop down at the demons, shredding into their bodies with his merciless claws.
The demons continued to come in groups. Despite several of their number being on the ground, they continued targeting the man in the armor.
Seth saw the other students, sensed their powers. He saw the other demon join the fight, but there would be time to handle him later. His sword sliced through the air, beheading two demons at once. Seth would fight until there wasn't strength left in his body. The demons were dispensable to his master, but he wasn't. <"Come to me, monsters! She will not win me back!">
Matt hit the ground on all fours, history claws tearing inti the lawn as he raced towards the battle. Taking quick stock, he figured the demons for the enemy. Leaping full into combat, he met them head on, claws and teeth flaying demon flesh.
Melinda, who at least hoped she was fighting the right thing, used more power, managing to freeze three demons the time. She wondered what the hell did this boy do to provoke this retched things. She took the stake that had been strapped to her thigh, under her skirt, plunged it into a close demons chest.
With precise swings of her massive, grizzly arms, Akantha's bear form worked well against the demons who came at her. She slashed with her claws, roaring in the face of a demon who lunged forward only to meet a shredded doom at the end of her plate-sized paws. Working in a circle to make sure that they didn't surround her and surprise her with an ambush from behind, Akantha kept shuffling, making sure not to present her vulnerable backside to the unexpected demons. Howling with rage as she felt the savage, demonic claws in her back, Akantha hurled her furry shoulder forward and swatted at the scaly body as it was flung over, sending him into the ground where she stepped on his head, crunching his skull after a mighty stomp.
Flying with a demon clutched in his evil claws, Amun continued to circle higher up in the air until he dropped the flightless demon onto a group of his comrades. The impact killed the one, and knocked the majority of the rest of them over. Despite his being a demon, Amun saw nothing wrong with killing these intruders. He was amoral when it came to killing his kindred damned - feeding off of them was useless and unsatisfying, so there was no need to mourn the loss of more of his cousins and kin falling to his claws. Swooping low, he extended his claws and landed with a huge flap of his mighty wings. Turning to the hoard of demons nearest him, he smirked, revealing two rows of razor-sharp teeth, and lunged forward, slicing demons to ribbons.
Seth was overwhelmed. Ten demons surrounded him despite his killing a number of them. Matt found himself in the middle of a group of five, hellbent on tearing his hide apart.
Two more came at Melinda. One manifested a sword from nowhere and smiled evolution at her.
Akantha felt as two demons landed on her back. One bite at her neck, but was unable to get through her fur. Several winged demons took off at top speed at Amun.
Seth grasped his sword in both hands and pulled. It split into two, giving him a sword in both hands. One of the demons growled at him. <"She will have her plaything back."> Seth bared his teeth at the demon. <"Even evil goddesses must learn to keep their hands to themselves,"> he said as he thrust his swords into the creature.
Matt growled and roared as he felt claws pierce his skin. He turned, biting deeply into demon flesh and throwing it high. His claws beheaded another, and he quickly became covered in their blood.
Turning, Melinda's eyes went wide at the sword the one demon had. She quickly went to freeze it as the threw her stake at the other with a expertise you wouldn't expect from such a girl. She hoped she hit her mark, with both.
Ashley reached out with his mind and attempted to contact Akantha. "Akantha? Can you hear me? Or are you too much of a beast at this point? I would like to try something that may help keep you from being snuck up on from behind. I have a decent enough view from up here, don't know if I can share it or not but it's worth a shot.
With two demons clinging to her back, digging their ferocious claws and teeth into her fur and almost puncturing her flesh, Akantha threw her shoulder to fling one into the hoard, but was unsuccessful in dislodging the other. With the demon's fangs in her fur, trying desperately to get to the soft flesh underneath, she made a snap decision and quickly started to shift. Bear was a bad choice - sure, she could run faster than a human, but her dexterity was seriously hampered. However, she rapidly changed her mind, her body following suit until the demon was clinging instead to a tiger where he had once been attacking a bear. Turning her head, she growled a rich, deep warning that revealed her massive canines, and promptly bit through the demon's face, shredding it with her fangs. In the fray, she got no messaged from Ashley. If he wanted to speak to her, he'd have to try harder.
Amun slashed through the two demons that came at him, struggling for a moment with the second one as he grabbed his wrist and held it tight, digging his claws into Amun's demonic, scaly flesh. "It's more fun like this, isn't it mate? Demon against demon?" he taunted, flashing his demonic tongue from between his large fangs that stuck out over his lips. The two of them tangled for a moment, slashing and hacking at each other while blood flew about in garish lines until, at long last, Amun let out a feral cry and finally sunk his hands into the demon's neck. With a sickening RIIIIIIIIIIIP, the young incubus pulled the demon's head clean off his shoulders, leaving nothing but a spurting wet stump.
It seemed that Akantha hadn't heard Ashley's message, with her not responding and all. Nothing was faster than thought, so if she heard she could have responded without losing a beat in the fight. He realized he would have to focus a bit harder. That may prove difficult considering his level of intoxication. He took a deep breath, stared at Akantha, who was now in tiger form, and mentally screamed at her. "AKANTHA!!!
The demons finally stopped spilling onto the grounds. There were still fifteen alive and fighting.
Before Seth could pull his sword out again, two demons tackled him, attempting to pin him to the ground. Another joined, holding down his legs. One leapt on Matt, chewing on the werewolf's ear.
Melinda managed to freeze the demon, but her throw missed. Instead the demon she was aiming at took a running leap at her.
The demon on top of Akantha hung on, grabbing at her fur and flesh with longs claws. Another pulled out a sword and stabbed at her. Amun found himself alone in the sky as the demons went for Seth or the open window, attempting to get into the school.
Seth roared as he was brought down. His arms shot out and one of the demons was sent flying. His mind set, he pushed the demons from his body with sheer force of will, attempting to reach his sword, which was still embedded in one of the demons.
With a whimper, Matt rolled, his teeth snapping at the demon on his back. The stench was overpowering, and the taste of demon blood was unappealing. As he came back to his feet, his jaws wrapped around the demon's wrist and Matt pulled, yanking it from his body.
A scream ripped free from Melinda's throat as the demon launched at her. She frantically tried to use her powers to get him before he got to her.
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