The Academy

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Fayte smiled back at her as he touched his neck softly.

"It's ok to touch it, it only hurts a small bit. It feels as if I was kicked in the throat though. Being choked does that to a guy, I guess."

He smiled at her once more. He reached his arm out to touch her arm.

"Are you ok though?"

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Alice nodded, fighting off the urge to start coughing agian. "I'm all good, I think." She said, putting her hand on top of his. "He buried me in a glass coffin. I had to break my way out of it and dig up to get to you."

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Fayte continued to stare at her as she put her hand on top of his. He softly said to her,

"You broke out of a glass coffin to get to me? How did you do it?"

He smiled at the thought of her fighting to get to him, the exact same thing he did for her.

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Alice held her free hand up. "Had to smash my way through it. Weird dream though. He dragged me underwater, then I woke up in the coffin." She coughed a few times. "He told me he'd be back for me, so I figured he was going after you."

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Fayte kept a look of worry on his face after she had her coughing fit, but he kept himself from asking any questions. He just smiled as he said,

"Well, you simply saved my life. I would've been choked to death if you hadn't of interfered."

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Alice half smiled at him. "Just doing my job." She said, leaning her head on his shoulder. "That telekinetic attack really took it out of me." She muttered, sighing. "He better not come back. It'll kill me if I use that attack again." She said half jokingly.

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Fayte softly smiled at her as she said the last part of her statement. He said,

"Well, looks like I'm going to have to keep you safe and away from him for now on. I think later on, I could search for a few books in the library, if the school has one, about ghosts, and how to fight them."

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Alice nodded. "The library is really nice, I'm sure there's a book or 2 there we can use. Maybe we can find some history about Mr. Ghost." She said, playing with a few strands of her hair. "I'm sure he's angry for a reason."

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Fayte nodded his head as well.

"Hopefully we can find a way to destroy him as well, or at least, get him to stop attacking both of us."

He smiled at her and hugged her once again as he fell over, unconscious. As Fayte's spirit rose above his body, he laughed at how awkward he must seem.

[Nothing&NoOne 695]

Alice hugged him back, then caught his body as it slumped against her. "Fayte?" She let his head rest on her shoulder and she hugged him. It comforted her as well; he was like a big teddy bear. She had one arm looped under his and had her hand tanged in his hair, holding his head, waiting for him to wake up.

 

Adam walked through the door, Amiel following a few seconds after. 'Hey, I- Oh my god, what happened?' He looked at Fayte's body and the different bruises and cuts on both of them.

 

'Violence..' Amiel said, looking around the room. 'Lucian was here.'

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Fayte's spirit hung above his body as he saw Amiel and Adam walked through the door. He could hear Amiel say "Lucian", which confused him greatly. Who exactly was Lucien? Fayte was ready to hear any answers he could in his state.

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Alice blinked. "Lucian?"

 

Amiel nodded and went up to her, his hands feeling the air until he found her face. He felt her neck, then her wrist. "Lucian. He's very violent, as you can probably tell..." He put his hand on Fayte's body as well. "Did he do this as well?"

 

Alice shook her head. "No, it's his powers. Where is Lucian?"

 

"Waiting."

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Fayte stared down at the ghosts as the spoke to Alice.

"So the ghost is violent... but we don't know the reason why. Also... why exactly are they telling us now instead of earlier? You would think we would of been safer..."

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Alice frowned. "Waiting?"

 

"For you. You did something to him. It's in your blood." Amiel said, touching one of the cuts on her face. "He wants his revenge."

 

Adam slapped his hand away from her. "Leave her alone."

 

Alice looked at him. "Where the hell were you 2 anyway?"

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Fayte raised his eyebrow as best as he could as an apparation. They were waiting for her... because something was in her blood? What sense did this make? But then Alice brought up the question that was on his mind as well.

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Adam twiddled his fingers. "Well..Amiel sensed Lucian's presence. He knew who he was. I just sensed the violence, so we did some light research."

 

Alice bristled. "How light?"

 

"Turns out you ancestor killed him. Lucian was kinda...crazy and violent. He attacked your ancestor, who was actually his brother.."

 

Alice gaped at him. "I'm related to this maniac?!"

 

"Probably one of the reasons why he's going after you..he hasn't attacked anyone else here, apart from Fayte."

 

Alice looked down. "I don't.."

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Fayte stared down at the ghosts, and at Alice. How exactly... was she related to that mad man.. ghost.. thingy. It didn't make any sense! The thing was her uncle! Fayte attempted to go back down to his body, but to no avail.

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Alice looked back up at Adam. "What is he to me?"

 

"He's your uncle. And he's probably still lurking around, so I'd be careful."

 

Alice blinked a few times, beside herself. "I feel kinda weird right now.."

 

"If my crazy uncle tried to kill me I'd feel weird too." Amiel muttered.

 

Alice looked at Amiel, her eyes watering.

 

Adam smacked him. "Not helping.."

 

"Sorry.."

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Fayte felt his body rush back to life as he started coughing feircely. He remembered the conversation he heard from his spirit double, but felt the need to cough out the pain in his chest. He almost doubled over in his pain.

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Alice jumped when he started moving again. She let go of him so he could move freely, and started into space, thinking about Lucian. My uncle.. She thought.

 

Adam knelt infront of the 2 of them. He looked at Fayte, then waved his hand infront of Alice. "Alice?"

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Fayte shook his head as he pulled himself together slowly. He moved his hair out of the way as he looked at the two ghosts in the room, and then to Alice. He softly said,

"So... what do you know about your family Alice?"

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"..Apart from my crazy uncle, nothing really, I-" Alice stopped before her voice broke. "I didn't even know my I had an uncle.." She started coughing.

 

Adam sat beside her and handed her a kleenex. She coughed into it, blood staining the white tissue. She kept it by her mouth so no one saw it, and incase she started coughing again. "As to why he killed my uncle, I don't know either."

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Fayte sighed again as she started coughing. He wanted to bring it up, but knew better than to ask about it. He simply said,

"Well, as we have both agreed on, I'm going to help you stop your mad uncle."

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Alice half smiled at him, then started coughing again. She pushed Adam away from her and went into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her, where she continued to cough into the tissue she was holding. She put one hand on the sink to hold her up.

 

Amiel lifted his head slightly, inhaling. "Is that-"

 

"No. It's not." Adam cut him off, glancing at Fayte. "So..what does Lucian look like?" He asked, looking at Fayte.

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Fayte stared at Alice as she ran away to the bathroom. He could hear her coughing more inside, but he left her to her business for now. Fayte turned back to the ghosts and said,

"Well... all I can really say is that he is bulky and hideous. Heavy too."