Damn you Bianca, just when I was able to actually get her to listen you had to show up. You'll pay for that, Alondel thought. "It's true, Sophia's drenched because of her," Alondel provided.

"Follow me you two," the principal had enough. Alondel sighed as the two girls were haled off and removed his backpack from his shoulders and reached in side. His hand came back with a pouch of ashes. He drew a circle with a star into the palm of his hand and held it out in front of him. "Horned God of Vengence, guide the lord of the Winds of the North and deliver my vendetta," he invoked, blowing the ashed from his hand in Bianca's direction as the group walked away. Almost as if on cue, a kid stooped to take a drink from the water fountain. The water shot further than he thought and squirted the prep in the face as she walked by. Alondel chuckled and turned to return to class.

The rest of the day went by fairly uneventful and as the day came to a close he decided he'd stop by the library anyways and pick up some books. Alondel entered the school library a few minutes after the last bell rang and looked around for gothic section of information books. The school library was fairly large. Once again the school's supply of money was evident. The library was lined with bookcase after bookcase and seemed to have any book he could ever search for. The only problem was actually finding the right book in the sea of informational literature. Alondel turned from one aisle and into another and found Sophia organizing books.

"So this was the principal's detention arrangement today. Harsh," Alondel said.

"Oh hey, thanks for sticking up for me a while ago. So I'm getting the first day of detention. Tomorrow would be for Bi-yang-ka. Unfortunately we have to help the librarian to actually return the books where they belong. Ryan is somewhere on the other side," She used her lips to point to where she left her friend earlier.
"So what was it that you wanted to say to me earlier?" Soffia remembered that he was about to ask her something earlier.
She looked at Alondel when he was about to open his mouth when Ryan suddenly jumped out of nowhere, "BOO!"
Her hands were both in the air as her over sized shirt shook.
"Ssshhhhhh!" Mr. Nordston, the librarian, warned them.
"Sorry..." She and Ryan said at the same time and tried to supress their giggles.

"Well, I know this is going to sound crazy, but....I wanted to talk to you about the spirit that's been following you around. I don't know if you've noticed it, but its been following you around for a while," Alondel explained. Man, this even sounds crazy to me. "And also about your visitor this morning. The familiar with the note at your window. I noticed it when I was trying to talk to you this morning." He wondered how Sophia's friend would think about this too. She probably thought he was out of his mind just as much as Sophia did.

"What do you mean? Sophie you didn't tell me about a note," Ryan answered for Sophia.
"Well, I meant to but with everything that happened at lunch it totally escaped my mind," She looked at Ryan apolegitically.
"We're hearing you witch boy," Ryan glared at Alondel.
"Hey don't be mean," Sophia demanded then continued. "Anyway, yeah it's this letter." She pulled something from her purse and gently laid it on a piece of paper.
All of them tried to decipher the ripped letter.
"Wait, what do you mean someone's following me around?" She suddenly remembered the first part of his sentence.
"He said it's a spirit so basically it's considered a something not someone," Ryan adjusted her eyeglasses as she corrected the brunette.
"Whatever," Sophie said with an annoyed tone then faced Alondel. "A spirit? You see them?"
"My machine detects them," Ryan said out too loudly.
"Shhhhhh... second warning you three," The librarian called their attention. Good thing there are no students around just yet.

Sophia pulled Ryan and Alondel further back to the partly hidden side of the huge library for more privacy.
"We saw one last night," Sophia admitted when they were settled.
Then she noticed that Ryan was staring at something absent mindedly. "Hey, are you even with us?" Sophia waved her hand in front of Ryan's vision to see if her friend understood.
"I think I know who we saw last night," Almost whispering but Ryan never looked at them.
"Who?"
Ryan then pointed at something. They followed to where she pointed and saw a huge painting of a man with a cat. He looked exactly like the spirit they saw.
"Dalton..." Ryan trailed.
"Bay." Sophie finished for her.
Both of the girl's then looked at Alondel to see his reaction.

"Mmm, I didn't see that coming. Why would the school's founder be stalking you? It doesn't make sense. The spirit I saw was malevolent meaning when the person was alive he or she was an evil person or died under terrible circumstances leading the spirit to become enraged," Alondel said. "Oh, to answer your question, Sophia. I can see spirits. Well, in sense. Most of them appear distorted and only some sort of shadow. Usually the spirit's true form can only be seen by someone they decided to reveal themselves to. In this case it would be you. With the note I wonder if someone was trying to tell you something about him."

Alondel turned to Ryan,"Just so you know, I'm not a Witch. Witches are female. The proper term for me is Sorcerer," he informed. "You seem pretty knowledgeable in the realm of spirits. You said your machine detects them? Do you have an EMF detector?"

Justin walked into the library where detention was. He quietly moved over to his seat. He carefully watching Alonde, Sophia and Ryan. He didn't know why, but his interest grew to what they were saying. All he was able to make out was the paranormal detector. Justin was shocked that they were into the paranormal as well, he had been interested in it since he learned of his abilities. Justin didn't want to bring unwanted attention to him, so he remained quiet, just sat there listening.

"Err... I don't know what I'll call them. I just made them over freetime," Ryan shrugged when Alondel asked her.
"That's beside the point. I don't think he's a violent kind. He could have attacked me several times when I was alone. I just can't-" Sophia tried to defend Dalton Bay's spirit.
"Sophie, what are you trying to do? We can't be too sure. Mister Wizard here might be right? Oops, Sorcerer I mean" She smiled playfully at Alondel after interrupting Sophia's words.
"I know I'm right. I would have felt a disturbing aura and energy if he was. I've got to tell you guys something as well." Sophia bowed and looked at her feet as if ashamed to tell her abilities.
"Huh?" Ryan leaned closer and paid more attention. Just then Sophia touched her hand and closed her eyes. For a minute she looked like she's in pain and quickly let go of her hand.
"You... sleep with your mother's pillow. And you accidentally set your doll house on fire when you were 7," Sophia spilled after opening her eyes and giggled.
"Hey! How... You... No way!" Ryan exclaimed.
"Yup," Without even letting her friend finish, Sophia agreed with what Ryan want to say.
"But-" Ryan was about to say something when she raised her hand to silence her. She grabbed Alondel's hand this time and closed her eyes.
After another minute, Sophia was hesitant whether she would spill Alondel's secret. She decided to pull him on a side and whispered to his ear, "Well, I'm sorry you've been bullied and locked up in a closet for a couple of days without your parents knowing that you were gone for two days. They were busy when that happened. I..." Sophia wanted to continue but controlled herself.

Alondel winced at the intrusion into his past. He remembered that day. The closet had been to small to cast any kind of spell that would have opened the door. Gone for two days and his parents hadn't so much as thought about him. They were busy. That excuse wasn't good enough. It was never good enough. He sighed and placed a hand over his eyes to keep his emotions in check. "Clairvoyance," he stated flatly. It seemed he wasn't the only one at school with paranormal abilities. It was a little surprising though Alondel knew there would be other people in the world that had abilities that most people didn't he never expected to find one in this school. So she didn't feel that the spirit was malevolent. Then why was his shadow so dark? It could have something to do the circumstances of his death, but he'd never seen a benevolent spirit with a dark aura. Perhaps Cathy was right. Dark isn't always bad.

"Glad I'm not the only freak around here," Alondel laughed jokingly. "I can do some cool stuff too. I'm not just some two bit magician. My magic is real. Remember when you were walking to the principal's office and Bianca had a run of bad luck with the water fountain? That was kinda me."

They walked back to where Ryan was when Alondel spilled his secret as well, "Glad I'm not the only freak around here," Alondel laughed jokingly. "I can do some cool stuff too. I'm not just some two bit magician. My magic is real. Remember when you were walking to the principal's office and Bianca had a run of bad luck with the water fountain? That was kinda me."
Ryan raised her hand waiting for Alondel to give her a high five.
"Now that's more like it." She giggled.
"Wait. What if the black shadow was another spirit?" Sophia suddenly suggested.
"What do you mean?" Ryan asked.
"That time I was to get my dress from the mail room. I felt something different," She realized.

Justin watched Sophia, Alonde and Ryan carefully. He grew more interested in what they were doing, someone showing off their abilities, and talking about the past, neither of which he would have done. He leaned back in his chair some, and pulled his camera out. justin begun taking photos of the three people that he had an interest for, something didn't seem right, but he couldn't help but take the photos. Justin begun to cough, trying to keep it quiet so that he didn't bring attention to himself, but it didn't work, his coughing was loud enough to bring attention to him, if they so chose to acknowledge him.

Alondel reciprocated Ryan's high five and just as Sophia was suggesting the presence of another spirit he heard a loud cough and turned his head to see another student holding a camera. "It looks like we have an audience," Alondel said coolly. "And he likes taking pictures. I think from where he's sitting its assured that he's heard what we've talked about. What do you want to do?" Alondel looked at the other two questioningly. I don't know if its a good idea to let this spread into rumors, but then he might thing we're just crazy. But then again, if he thought we were crazy he wouldn't be taking pictures, he thought to himself.l

Sophia shrugged when she noticed what Alondel was talking about. "No witchcraft darling." She slowly walked over to where the guy was. He seemed to be into photography though she doesn't know why he treated them as his subject.
"Excuse me. Don't you think that's a bit rude to take our pictures without our permission?" She slammed both of her arms on the table across the guy.
"Yeah," Ryan second the motion with her hands on her hips. The two had followed her lead on confronting the guy who obviously was eaves dropping on their conversation.

Justin looked at Sophia and Ryan, shrugged some "Who said anything about taking photos of you. For all you know i could have been taking photos of the library and everything." Justin replied back with the same rude tone. He was one that didn't like attitudes given towards him, but when he received an attitude, he didn't have a problem giving one back. Justin sat there staring at Sophia, as she stared back. His eyes were bright blue, showing no fear within them. Justin's hair was as blonde as blonde can be, which he knew that he had gotten from his grandmother.

"Cathy? What realm are you in?"
Cathy shook her head, waking herself up slightly. She was sat on a bench just outside of the building with her clique.
"This one, unfortunately." She said, looking over at Lucretia.
"Hmm." Her friend raised her eyebrow. "You've been drifting from reality ever since last night... I'm starting to wonder if that witch hexed you..."
"Oh will you give it a rest!" Cathy snapped. "What the hell is your problem?"
"You're the one with the problem Cathy." Tobias responded, staring at her. "You never joined us again after you and him wandered off at the ball and you've been distant with us all day. It's like you've become... one of the light dwellers."
"What?"
"We didn't mean it like that sister." Lucretia said quickly, glaring at Tobias. "It's just that you seem to have lost touch with the dark path but..."
"You know what, forget it." She said, standing up and beginning to walk away. "I'd rather be a light dweller than put up with this rubbish."
They didn't follow her as she started walking around the school grounds which was a good thing, she needed to be alone.
The teachers had made her and Alondel go back inside before they could talk anymore the night before and to be honest, things hadn't been the same with her clique. She found she'd been spacing out all day, both the teachers and her friends had been annoyed with her. The goths still didn't like Alondel and she was getting bored and irritated with them. Although she still didn't want to join the light dwellers, she prefered Alondel's company.
She sighed and started randomly taking pictures around the school, as always her camera was hanging around her neck. She'd took about five shots before she started looking at the pictures.
"Oh my god..."
In nearly every shot, she'd managed to capture the shape of a man in the background but when she looked around, no one was there. And the man was... blurred. Like the window on the first day.
Come to think of this, this had been happening alot over the holidays. She took pictures of gothic scenes anyway but lately there were a few shots where there seemed to be a blurred figure or animal in the background. Why hadn't she thought about it before? What could it mean?
There was only one person she could think of who could explain something like that.
Making her way back into school, she started walking around to try and find Alondel. It took longer than she expected but after asking around a bit she headed over to the library, a couple of people had seen him going there. She was surprised when she saw him with Sophia and the other girl she'd been with, even more so when she saw the guy talking to them, she couldn't remember his name.
"Hey." She said, walking over. "Excuse me for interrupting but Alondel, can I talk to you a moment?" She asked him directly, practically ignoring the others. Her expression was serious, she didn't know what the blurs meant but she felt sure they weren't natural.

((OOC: Hey, sorry I've taken so long. I wasn't actually missing, as I told Vain I was seriously struggling to think of what to post so I've done my best to try and make up for all the time I've missed.))

Cathy's entrance was the sliver lining to his comparably cloudy day. The only upside was that he'd finally gotten to talk to Sophia about the spirit following her and gotten her cooperation. Thing were slightly more complicated than he planned though. The spirit had been Dalton Bay, the school's founder. Alondel nodded to Cathy and stepped back from the table. "Can you guys handle this? I'll only be a moment," Alondel told them before following Cathy to a table on the other side of the library.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" He asked, taking a seat at the table.

Cathy sat down next to him at the table.
Taking the photos out of her pocket and laying them out on the table before Alondel, she looked up at him.
"I figured you might be able to explain this better than I could." She said, pointing at the blurry figure in the background. "I've only really noticed the connection now but this has been happening ever since the start of the holidays. Certain people, animals and even objects have been coming up blurry on my photographs. At first I thought it was just a technical problem but it's never in the same place and the rest of the picture is always clear. Look at this," She said, showing the pictures she'd just taken outside the school. "This figure is moving along, he's walking across the front of the school as I'm taking pictures and the blur is following him. It may just be me overreacting but this doesn't seem natural to me. I was hoping you could shed some light on the situation."

"Who said anything about taking photos of you. For all you know i could have been taking photos of the library and everything." Justin replied back with the same rude tone.
"Excuse me?" Sophia faked an offended tone trying to mock the guy.
Just then the a goth looking girl approached them and asked if he could talk to Alondel in private. She smiled and nodded when he excused his self.. Looks like her new friend got some killer moves on the black loving girl.
"Mister who ever you are, eavesdropping isn't really nice. Besides the library is reserved for students on detention only" Sophia bluffed and pulled Ryan away and went to choose a farther seat from the rude guy.

Justin pulled out a detention slip "Oh so you mean for students with a little slip like this?" Justin spoke rudely. He was already getting tired of this girls screaming at him for something that he may or may not have done. "And who ever said i was eavesdropping, you don't know me nor who i am, so for all you know, i could be half deaf and not heard a damn thing what you and your little group was talking about." He said before he turned about. "I told you to leave me alone...No i will not look for him." Justin spoke to what seemed nothing but air.

"I told you to leave me alone...No i will not look for him." Justin spoke to what seemed nothing but air.
"Now that is weird," Ryan spoke too loudly when they heard the new guy spoke to someone invisible.
"Oh shoot! He may know something," Sophia quickly stood up and ran towards the new guy.
"Wait... wait... I'm really sorry about what I- I mean what we said earlier. I know its harsh and-" She sucked in a deep breath and decided to go straight to the point. "All I'm saying is do you know anything? Can you see and hear other things?"
She stared at him and hoped he would forgive them and say yes.

Justin looked back to Sophia. "Umm..." he looked around to everyone then back to her. Since he heard what they were able to do, he decided it was just as right.
"I can umm.......see and speak with Spirits, i guess it's what you call them." Justin spoke softly, looking down at the table. He wasn't sure how they would take it, whether they accepted him for the way he was, or think he was completely crazy and would send rumors around school about him. He also hated speaking of his abilities, since everyone always thought he was crazy and he'd get into fights at school over it. Those were some of the reasons why he was here at this school, he's been kicked out of 4 schools already.