home so you can have Finnick join in on the shenanigans and gang up on me," he reasoned.
"Well...ya," I admitted and we both began to laugh.
"AHHHHHH!" a heart-clenching scream tore through the night, making both of us flinch before our heads darted to the left. A group of girls was racing in different directions, all of them wearing the Witchling uniform. I recognized most of them to be in the same semester as us, but my eyes widened in fear as their sprinting legs began to slow and they gripped their necks and gasped for air.
"W-What's wrong with them?" Kaito tried to run forward, but I immediately stopped and pulled him back.
"No. Go ring the emergency bell! T-This isn't ordinary!"
"But what about-"
"I'll stand here and record. Something is wrong but it's not magic related. They may have summoned or eaten something! Just sound the alarm. Whoever is on duty will get here faster than the police!"
"Got it!" His hand slipped out of mine as he went right into a sprint for the red emergency button on the side of the main building. With how fast he was running, it would only take a minute, giving me more than enough time to take a video while calling Starlight.
My camera was on record and I quickly dialed Starlight's number. She picked up on the second ring.
"Brianne, what's wro-"
"Emergency at school! There's a group of students struggling to breathe and their eyes are all black and...oh fuck," I cursed as I watched what was happening to the students - the seven individuals seemingly taking their last breaths as their bodies began to turn black entirely.
All the bits of life seemed to be sucked out of them, their corpses left to lay upon the land they fell on.
Their death beds.
"Brianne?! "
"T-They're dead, Starlight," I said with immense sadness. "How? How did they just die?"
"HELP!"
I looked over only to be shocked to see one more student remained. I immediately focused on the sight, my body struggling to move as our eyes locked onto one another.
"Brianne? Who is that?" Starlight demanded and I took a few breaths as I muttered, "Elisha."
"Is she the culprit?!"
I forced myself to observe her dilemma, only to realize her wheelchair was stuck in a ditch full of thick mud. I wasn't going to aid her. The idea of just walking away would have been the perfect revenge after what she'd done to me in the past, but the idea only grated on my nerves.
We're better. Do better.
Being reminded by Marianna only confirmed that I couldn't ignore this, and soon I was racing over to her until I was in front of her and trying to get her wheelchair out of the locked position.
"Why won't it unlock?!" I snapped at her as she fought her sobs.
"I-I don't know! I think it malfunctioned. I'm not sure. We have to run. We have to go! Please don't leave me!"
She clung to my sleeve like I was her only hope, and I looked into her fearful eyes as they pooled with tears.
"I know you hate me. I know we're not friends in any way...but I...I don't want to die. Please don't let me die."
"Why would you die?" I snapped. "What happened here? Why did they die like that?"
"T-The drug!" Her words got my attention as she quickly rambled, "A few weeks ago a substitute doctor was here to do checkups and word was going around about these black capsules that enhanced your magic and reduced anxiety and shit. Everything was kept on the down-low because we didn't want word getting to you and the rest of the council. He gave us all a month's supply and said we should meet some time ago but didn't show up. Many of us got addicted to the effect and one of the girls was able to get his info. He told us to meet here late after school so that the council and professors wouldn't see so he could bring us another batch. W-We didn't think it would harm us!"
She shook her head and pulled on my arm. "B-But Elijah warned me! He warned me they were bad, and I didn’t listen. Dammit. Why didn't I listen? That goody two shoes ass!"
"Elijah's alive?!" I snapped at her and she looked at me like I was an idiot.
"Are you guys all blind?! Don't you see what's going on?"
"What am I supposed to see when you're all being shady as fuck and trying to kill me?"