SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND ENLIGHTENMENT THE LOST NEPHILIM

CHAPTER FIVE

LISA'S POV

Watching the closeness of the two girls in front of me made me feel nostalgic and reminded me of my brothers. I miss them very much and can't wait to see them again. Nicarra reminds me of Warren, hard exterior with a soft side only few get to experience. She's equally as protective as he is. Nyssa on the other hand seems reserved but clearly loves Nicarra. She seems nice and down to earth despite her beauty, which I am grateful for; the last thing I need is a drama queen as a thorn in my flesh.

Its comforting that despite their beauties, they are not vain like so many girls I have met here. Nicarra has the thickest hair I have ever seen, even braided to the back, you could tell from the thickness of the braid and its length, that her hair has lots of volume and her eyes are a deep coloured purple with tiny flecks of green, at certain angles the flecks sparkle like stars. She of average height and curvy with a tiny waist. Even when simply dressed in a black turtle neck top paired with sky blue high waist jeans on ankle boots, she looks very beautiful.I was a little worried about sharing a room but seeing the both of them, I can't help but want to be a part of their crew.

When Nicarra finally left, Nyssa sat on her bed looking rather sad.

'Hey' I said wanting to catch her attention.

She looked up at me with her sea blue eyes.

"Hey' she responded

'So want to play twenty questions?' I asked.

'What is that?'

'Its a game that we both take turns asking questions.Haven't you ever played it?'

She indicated she'd never played

'OK then you go first?' I said

'Are you hungry?' she asked

'That's your first question?' I asked surprised.

'Seita, my familiar tells me you need to eat.' she replies standing up to open one of her bags. It was filled with all kinds of junk food.

'Your bird talks to ... you brought food!'

'Please don't call him that, he doesn't like it and yes I did. Didn't you?' she responded handing me a packet of chips and walks back to her bed opening a can of soda.

'Its a he?'

'Yes, is that a problem?'

'Yeah, because I like to sleep naked.'

'Its alright he's a gentle man and an old soul, so don't worry.'

'So my turn, Is Nicarra your girlfriend?'

She spits out her drink trying to laugh through a fit of coughs.

I rush to her patting her back, until the cough subsides.

She looks at me and asks why I would think that.

'Well, you both are really close like family and there's no physical resemblance.'

'We are family. Nicarra is my sister and my best friend.'

'How come you both look different?'

'That's two questions from you.' she replied smiling.

'Sorry, you turn' I responded

We played the game for quite some time, learning about each other when a huge shadow passed over our balcony and a series of others followed.

'What is that?' Nyssa asked.

I smiled excitedly knowing that my brothers had arrived. I pulled Nyssa outside to the balcony and together we saw a magical view of hundreds of dragons of various sizes and colours in the sky. Nyssa went back into the room and came back with a camera taking pictures from different angles on our L- shaped balcony. She handed me her phone and asked, 'Lisa could you please record this, I seriously need to use the bath room.'

'Sure' I responded taking the phone from her as she dashed off. As I started recording, I felt someone trying to open my mind link.

'Hey puppy' said Lucas

'Lucas! OMG this in incredible. Where are you guys?' I asked excited

'Told you I'd make a grand entrance. Where are you?' he responded

I'm in a tall white building, east of the main gates. Top floor, blue balcony.'

'I see you'

I saw them both flying towards me on the horizon with Lucas sitting atop of Menace-Warrens dragon. Everyone watched in awe as Menace landed in front of us with three other dragons. A green coloured one landed very close to him and I knew instinctively that it was the Cecil I'd heard about but I was surprised when Menace his raised spear like tail at her hissing aggressively. She bows submissively and slowly moves back.

Menace turns and raises his head to look at me, I see in his eyes a glimpse of tiredness and sadness, something seems off about him. Lucas climbs off him and hugs me.

'Lucas is Warren okay?' I ask through the mind link'.

'You sense it too' he replies

'Menace is acting really strange, he's looking tired. Menace is never tired.'

'Its that girl!'

'Cecil?'

:Yes, she's done something to him, but I can't prove it yet. Did you bring what I asked from grand ma?'

'Yes'

'Bring it to me in the evening and try to act natural around him.'

I'll try'

We separate from the hug and Lucas goes back to being Lucas.

'So have you seen your room mate yet? Is she pretty? Where is she ?' he says peeping into the room.

'Shes out of the room' I reply hoping Nyssa doesn't come out soon. Lucas may be my brother but he is famous for being a man w***e.

'Great, so let me do some surveillance before I officially meet her, for safety measures.' he says walking in

'I'm sure'

I leave Lucas to run towards Menace and hug his face as much as I can, telling him how much I have missed him and he snorts in response making me laugh. Lucas suddenly rushes out of the room like he's seen a ghost, kisses me quickly and climbs back on Menace who licks me and lifts off followed by his entourage except the green dragon, who growls at me before joining the rest, and I think to myself that she is going to be a problem.

Right on cue, Nyssa steps out of the bathroom smelling like the ocean. Her hair let down, shines like corn silk and reaches her waist and the towel shows off glimpses of her beautiful skin. She smiles at me and says sorry.

What? Why are you sorry?' I responded

'For leaving you for so long, the bathtub was very tempting and I couldn't resist taking a bath.'

'It s okay!' I respond

She sniffs the air and looks at me strangely.Coming closer she sniffs my clothes.

'Whats the name of your perfume? It smells really nice.' she says walking away.

'Really! Thanks, its called obsession. Nyssa if you have nothing better to do, would you and Nicarra like to explore the school grounds with me before we head off to the main hall?

'Sure, why not, just let me check with Nicarra' she says looking at the pictures on the camera.

'Your brothers were here?' she asks

'Yes, didnt you hear me talking with Lucas?

'No'

She picks up her phone and I hear the shrieking of dragons with flapping of wings followed by hissing and then my playful banter with Lucas playing on it. She looks and me and says 'Your brother Lucas is very protective of you, I can tell.'

'Not as protective as Warren, but please don't tell him i said that.'

She smiles and turns the phone around asking if its okay for her to keep the footage. I smile at her thoughtfulness and nod affirmatively before heading in the direction of the bathroom. Once I'm done, she tells me Nicarra will be joining us at the hall in the evening and we both dress up for our adventure.

We walk out of our room and Nyssa stops abruptly, hurrying back inside. She comes back with her camera and two sweaters and hands me one. I point to the sunny skies outside and she whispers, 'Trust me.'

I take the sweater from her hand and tie it around my waist, while she drapes hers across her arm.

'How many sweaters did you bring?' I ask jokingly.

'This belongs to Nicarra, the one with you is mine.' she responds smiling as we walk out of the building with Seita flying above us.

We walk around the school campus taking pictures of buildings and several people allow us to take pictures of them. The faculty of the Night looks like an ancient castle on the outside but we were politely turned back and asked to come back in the morning for a tour. The faculty of Nature is built with a balance of nature and the modern architecture with different flowers and grasses growing on almost every floor. The faculty of shifters is built like a stadium with a very large arena in its center and several hurdles, gyms and Olympic sized swimming pools. We checked out the class rooms which were huge with tables and chairs of various forms and sizes with a projector and several screens across the entire room. Almost every classroom was like this with a few exceptions.

As we stepped out of a building see that it has begun to snow. I look at Nyssa surprised but she just laughs and we put on our sweaters. As we move ahead, we see a tall teenage raven haired girl with a young man about her height with brown shaggy hair and a slight build screaming at each other with a crowd gathering around them.

'What's going on?' asks Nyssa

'I have no idea'

'That's Patricia and her mate Martin.'

'You know them?'

'They are part of my grand mothers coven.'

I mind link with a lycan girl I see is close to the scene and get the full story.

'She says he's cheating on her with her friend and he's denying it.'

'Martin? Martin would never do such a thing.'

'Apparently she was told by Nicarra.'

'Then he is guilty, Nicarra never lies.'

Patricia pulls out a female underwear from her bag and Martin becomes speechless. She punches him in the eye and storms away.

Everyone laughs and hoots as Martin holds unto his eye howling in pain. I look at my watch and see its almost seven. I show Nyssa the time and she nods in understanding and we both head in the direction of the main hall

'I have a question' I remark.

'Okay' replies Nyssa

'If Martin and Patricia are mates, how come she didn't know he was cheating.'

'My mother told me witches mate in two phases, the first is the bonding, which is the point they both meet and accept each other. The second is the sealing stage at this point they become inseparable till death. Once the bond is sealed however, the mates cannot have other partners. The pain would be excruciating for the cheating parties. So in answer to your question, I guess Warren has bonded with Patricia but refuses to seal the bond to be with another woman.'

'Can witches do that?'

'Yes but it s generally frowned upon when discovered by the coven.'

'So if a bond is not completed can it be broken?'

'Yes but it is excruciatingly painful, and if the bond is broken unjustly, the mate breaking the bond will lose part of themselves to the his or her ex-mate. In some cases magic in others life deduction, I guess its the fates way of compensation in some way.'

'Nice! So how do you seal the bond?'

'I don't know, my mother never told me.'

'We aren't really different from each other.'

'How do you mean?' asks Nyssa

'Lycans also mate in two phases, the first is the marking, when the mates bite each other on the neck.'

What?' says Nyssa with her eyes almost popping out.

I laugh at her reaction, but still continue.

'Its not as bad as it sounds, I am told its quite pleasurable actually and it keeps suitors off the marked mate, like a sign that the person is taken. And the second stage is the actual mating process, its important because the couple forms a bond with themselves and the pack.'

We arrive in front of the main hall, it is a large tall structure, built in renaissance style architecture. with large windows and two large double doors in front. We see activities going on inside and open the door. We enter and the hall goes quiet with several eyes on us.

'Lisa' I hear and turn to see Warren standing up to his full height of six feet seven inches, with his light brown hair packed in an bun and held in place by a royal crest hair, looking bigger than I remember him. He was coming into the hall from the northern entrance, surrounded by members of his dragon clan. He moves to come towards me but is held back on his shoulder by a female hand. I follow the hand and it leads to a tall beautiful woman over dressed in designer red catsuit with matching red heels, she looks at me with an ice cold stare and I stare back, my Lycan growling in reaction to my growing anger. Nyssa touches my arm seeing the tension and asks me to meet with her cousins mate who was seated further ahead of us.

I look away and see several long tables served with various delicacies and drinks with several ornate cushioned chairs situated on four sides of the hall divided by beautiful red carpets that start from the entrance doors and converge at the center of the hall with several chandeliers lighting up the room at different points. A lot of the chairs have already being occupied by different clans some I recognise by their physical features, others I had never seen before. As we walk past Warren, he sniffs the air and grabs Nyssa by the throat lifting her up and slamming her into a wall, looking at her with murderous intent. Seita shrieks and flys down to attack Warren, trying to save Nyssa but Warren simply grabs him and slams him to the floor, knocking him cold. I run towards him to stop him but he growls at me, which leaves me astonished because he has never growled at me before. Several sirens and witches rush towards us and dragons form a defensive line to prevent them from hurting Warren. I try to move towards Warren again but I am blocked by the lady I believe to be Cecil. I growl at her and she flinches but steps aside. She may be a dragon, but I am a royal. I grab Warrens hand to try and loosen his grip on Nyssa who has begun to turn purple. I mind-link Lucas of the situation and he tells me he's almost at our location.

'LET HER GO WARREN!' I shout at him

'NOT UNTIL I GET A NAME!' he shouts back at me and turns back to her, 'TELL ME YOUR NAME HYBRID!'

'ITS NYSSA WARREN, LET HER GO!' I tell him.

He unceremoniously drops her and steps away from her as she gasps for breath. I run to her and sit her down trying to apologise as a several people surround us, checking on her. He turns around pointing to her.

'I WARREN EDGAR DRAGONHEART REJECT YOU NYSSA AS MY MATE!'

The whole room gasps and everything goes quiet for a moment with everyone looking at him like he grew another head. Cecil comes and stands by his side and all hell breaks loose. I try to reach him, however the dragons have form a shield around him and Cecil trying to get them out of the hall, but the sirens and witches surround them refusing to let that happen.

I look around shouting Nyssa's name and find her sobbing with her head down in a corner with a shaking hand holding her phone to her ear. 'Nicarra' I hear her call and I am saddened by the fact that l failed to protect my friend.

As I crouch and try to get near her so I can lead her out of the room before things escalate further, I am grabbed and carried over a broad shoulder. I struggle to get down until I notice a familiar tattoo on the back of my abductor.

'LUCAS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PUT ME DOWN?'

He drops me outside one of the open doors and I see many students are scrambling to get out He looks at me from head to do.

'Why are you dressed like this? WHY ARE YOU ALONE AND WHERE THE HELL IS MY MATE?'

' Please calm down Lucas. First Warren now you, you both are scaring me. And what do you mean by my mate?' I say surprised by his outburst.

He takes deep breaths as he pinches he nose bridge trying to relax.

'Lisa, where is your room mate?' he asks as lycans begin to arrive surrounding us.

'Inside, I was about to reach her when you grabbed me.'

He grabs his short wavy hair with his hands cursing as he goes back inside. I try to follow him but he turns around tells me to stay where I am and orders two of the lycans to guard me.

'I need to get Nyssa out of there, Warren rejected her. I need to know she's okay.'

'That's not possible' he says

'I saw it Lucas, we all saw it. That is what started the whole incident.' I tell him teary eyed.

'Listen to me very carefully, I need you to stay out of this until I understand what is going on.'

'But Nyssa ...'

'will be kept safe, but you need to stay out here. If I find you put yourself in any form of danger. I am sending back home. Am I clear?'

I nod knowing better than to question him when he is in Alpha mode and do as I am told, while he enters the hall with several lycans behind him. We wait outside, listening to the ruckus going on inside for some time and one of my guards says to the other, 'Wow, check out that bomb shell.'

I look in the direction of his vision and see a very angry looking Nicarra dressed in a lacy female black singlet on jeans trousers running towards us. Her hair let loose comes down in dark waves that strangely glittered beneath the night sky.

I call to her and she looks at me, asking for Nyssa. I tell her Nyssa is inside and my brother is looking for her.

She runs up the stair case at that same moment, the dragons successfully get Warren out of the hall which was still loud and chaotic inside with threatening growls and hisses being heard. Nicarra sees them and stops, slowly walking towards them with a look that could kill.

'What did you do to my sister?' she asks.

One of the dragons walks towards her to stop her from reaching Warren but suddenly disappears. Everyone shifts back surprised and Nicarra moves closer towards them.

'What did you do to her?' Nicarra asks again walking closer.

Warren sniffs the air and holds his head screaming. Cecil looks at him panicking and tells the dragons to stop Nicarra from hurting Warren. She tries to hold Warren but he growls at her and pushes her roughly into the snow, scattering the contents of her bag, before kneeling down holding his head while each and every dragon that gets close to Nicarra disappears till there is none left but Cecil, who is trying to find her lost items in the snow.

Nicarra races towards Warren and I jump down to save her from his wrath instructing the lycans with me to inform Lucas of what is going on outside because his mind-link has been blocked. Nicarra reaches him before I do and smacks him really hard in the face asking him why he hurt Nyssa and Warren falls to the ground without fighting back. Cecil's screams and lounges at Nicarra landing on top of her and punching her in face. Nicarra disappears and lands on top of Cecil throwing a series of punches.

I reach Warren but he holds his head saying, 'Must... help... mate, only...mate... can...save...us.'

'Warren' I call to him trying to help him stand.He looks at me and smiles touching my face.

'Lisa' he responds and suddenly his demeanour changes to a cold one and he pushes me away really hard. Slowly he gets up, struggling to walk towards the two fighting girls and pulls Nicarra off Cecil, holding her firmly by the waist as she struggles against him. Cecil in blind fury throws spikes from her finger nails towards Nicarra but Warren turns around spreading out his wings to shield both Nicarra and myself.Nicarra and Warren fall as the spikes hit Warren from behind, some puncturing his wings. I scream as they both land and Cecil scrambles from the ground, screaming as she crawls to reach Warren.

'What have you done?' I ask as my Lycan tries to force herself out to attack Cecil for hurting Warren. I run towards Warren and lift his left wing trying to check on him and find him unconscious but holding on tight to Nicarra who is crying beneath him.

'Somebody, please help us' I scream

'Warren, my love!' says Cecil as she stretches her hand to touch him but she is blocked by a very huge black coloured lycan, the size of an elephant,which growls at her with his back hairs standing up, huffing to appear bigger with its head low and its shoulders hunched back. It is Lucas and many lycans follow behind, mirroring him as do a few dragons who have joined us outside, with some standing behind Cecil. Lucas growls lowering his head further to the ground, with this stance, Cecil is given only two choices- Leave or Die.

Cecil stares at him with her cold eyes and we have a stand off as several high ranking school authorities, school security and ambulances arrive at our location. Security orders for both sides to stand down but neither side budges. Medical personnel come to me and carefully lift Warren off Nicarra, taking out the spikes in his back and transfer him to a waiting ambulance.

'I will go with Warren, don't let her get through. Watch yourself Nyssa and be strong' Lucas tells me through the mind-link, moving back slowly to get near the ambulance and follows it with a few lycans and dragons as it takes Warren away. Cecil sees the ambulance move but before she can react, is attacked again by Nicarra with greater viciousness. The security consisting of bears and dragons try to pry Nicarra off Cecil but are flung away while Cecil screams.

.Vines grow from the ground holding Nicarra by her wrists, neck and legs, pulling her off Cecil who scrambles from beneath, and hides behind one of the elders who calls a medical team to tends to her wounds. Nicarra screams in fury st the sight and fire burns the vines around her breaking them. She stands up looking at Cecil and rushes at her again but is again pulled back by thicker, stronger vines.

'Calm down young miss, easy now' says a young looking man as he walks slowly towards Nicarra who is breathing heavily, her eyes focused on Cecil. She looks at the elder and begins to speak in a language I have never heard before.The man looks shocked and several of elders surround Nicarra. Nicarra smiles and speaks again with a booming voice. The wind around us begins to build as a vortex slowly opens above us. Lightening suddenly strikes Nicarra and she falls losing consciousness and the vortex closes.

Everyone makes way for a beautiful petite woman with porcelain skin, and deep green eyes, dressed in a beautiful free falling purple embellished kaftan with a matching turban. Despite her size, she exudes a high level of authority and power. The elders take turns talking to her in hushed tones and she simply nods . She walks past the elders giving instructions to the security and other school authorities. She looks at Cecil sternly and walks over to check on Nicarra. She instructs that Cecil and Nicarra be taken to the school infirmary.

She instructs the school security to direct students back to their dormitories and authorizes that dinner be served to the students in their rooms. I watch as Nicarra and Cecil are placed in separate ambulances and are driven away into the night.

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