Chapter 22: Chapter 22
New Me
CATALAYA'S POV
"Finally" Merlin says when he saw Dre and i coming down the stairs
"Sorry for the wait guys" i apologize
"Don't mind Merlin he's just grumpy because he had to wake up early besides we expected you guys to be up there far a while i mean Andreas would be crazy to not wanna ogle you when you're looking like that" Aqua says
"I needed my beauty sleep and it was stolen plus i was hang over so excuse me if i don't want to have to wait until you and Andreas are done getting it on before we can do to school" Merlin complains
"So how many rounds did you guys go?" Lucy asks
"What? We didn't do anything" i all but yelled
"Come on Cat don't be shy you can tell us" harley urges
"Oh gosh not you too" i groaned
"Leave the poor child alone she's turning red" an unexpected voice says pointing out my flushed state
"Lilith?" I say surprised
"Hey honey" she says hugging me
"What are you doing here, i didn't even know you were here"
"I got here this morning with Lucifer i came to see you off" she tells me
"Awww you guys are gonna make me cry" i say getting emotional
"Well since we missed out on so much of your life we all wanted to be here now, its nothing big but we still wanted it to be special for you" Dad says walking up behind lilith with Nic sam and Adonis in tow
"Well I'm glad you guys are here i wouldn't have it any other way. I love you guys" i say with unshed tears
"Group hug" Sam yells. We all gather in for a big hug embracing each other with warmth and love
"Ok you guys need to go now or you'll be late" dad says
"Where's Anthony isn't he driving us to school" i ask remembering the driver Adonis had sent for us at the hospital after i woke up
"There's no need for that everybody's got their own ride" Sam says
"Huh"
"Come on lemme show you"
We walk outside to see a seven Ferrari F60s lined up in the drive way
"No fu- freaking way" Merlin yells correcting himself when lana looked his way
"These are for us" freya asks with the same awestruck expression as Merlin
"Yup, these will be your rides to school and anywhere else you yungin's decide to go" dad answers
"Just how much money do you guys have" Aquarius asks, dad just laughs
"Thank you mr Morningstar" all my friends say
"Its no big deal, its like i said the first day i met you guys anyone important to Cat is important to me. Now go on get to school" dad says with a smile
"Cat, a moment please" dad says in his serious tone
"I'll wait for you in the Car" Dre tells me
"Yes dad" i ask
"I want you to have a good day at school today ok, Andreas is there to protect you so you don't have to worry and Sam had a little talk with the sylvia and she assured him that the teachers know there place and remember what we talked about ok"
"I know dad, keep my mental barrier strong so legacy can't get out, stay away from all my former pack members if anyone suspicious and not affiliated with the school shows up i call Sam and most importantly don't kill anyone" i recite everything he told me before we left hell
"Good girl now come give your old man some love, i wont be seeing you for another year or so"
"Dad stop being so dramatic the weekend is only four days away"
"More like for years, but I'll live" he says wiping away imaginary tears
"I'll miss you too dad" i say giving him a hug
"Me too babygirl. Have a good day and remember i love you"
"Love you too dad" i say as we pull away
Afterwards i hugged Lilith, Sam and Adonis
"Have a great day at school today sis" Nic says giving me a hug
"Thanks big bro"
I over the the Car at the back of the line where Dre is. I open the passenger door and threw my bad in the backseat before getting in
"You ready for this" he says looking at me
"I was born ready"
"You heard the lady everyone lets go" he says and immediately the car at the front drove out and we were off to school.
We drove through the giant gates and made our way through the town of salt springs. Soon enough we reached the outskirts of the town and continued on the road towards the neutral lands where the school is. As the breeze blows through my hair because of the high speed we're going i leaned my head back on the headrest and let out a contented sigh
"You ok?" Dre asks his eyes still on the road
"Yeah, i just cant believe I'm doing this" i say
"Don't worry you'll be fine" he tells me taking my hand in his
"I know" i say locking our hands together
"Ok guys we're almost at the school, Cat this is your last chance to back out" Eric says through our link
"Not a chance" i reply
"You ready for this hun" Aqua asks
"Definitely"
"Good, because we're here. Lets show them the new you"
Since they were in front Aquarius and Eric drove into the school yard first followed by Harley and Liam, Freya and Jace, Lana and lucy, Merlin and Brooke and finally Dre and I. Arthur and Nic weren't here since Nic is already an adult and though he wanted Arthur to still accompany us to protect me i told Arthur to stay. If i left it up to them I'd probably have Hell's entire army bringing me to school. The place didn't look all that much different from the last time i was here in fact nothing had changed the layout was the same. The parking lot was filled with students, some heading into the school while others stood by their cars talking with friends. The only difference about this morning is that the moment we drove in everything got quiet and all eyes were on us.
When we all parked beside each other whispers could be heard from all around
"Whoa i think were having some new kids this year"
"And they look loaded too"
"Those cars are totally rad"
"Lets invite them to our table at lunch"
Dre chuckled at them when he heard what they were saying
"Is this really how highschool kids are" he asks
"They're not that bad" i defend
We all open our car doors and step out grabbing our stuff while ignoring the stares and even more whispers. Luckily i haven't seen jasmine or Noah yet and i hope it stays that way
"Who are those guys they're so hot" some girl says
"Oh my gosh i want one" her friend chipped in
"I'll have one by the end of the day just watch"
"Damn look at those girls they're so hot" some of the boys said to their friends
"I need on of those chicks in my bed tonight bro"
"I wonder if one of em would go out with me
I could hear Freya, harley, Brooke and Aqua growl when they heard what the girl said about getting one of the guys by the end of the day
"Calm down girls they're just talking" i say through our link
"I don't care if one of them so much as look at Eric longer than necessary I'll strangle them with one strand of my hair" Aqua replies
"Eric go get your mate" i say with a chuckle walking over to where they stood since we were the furthest from them
"Come on lets get inside before the bell rings we still gotta go collect our schedule" i tell them
As we're about to walk away someone loudly says
"Wait isn't that Noah lockwood's sister" pointing at lana
"Well it took them long enough" lana says and started walking
The boy's out burst only stirred up more whispers, mostly them figuring out who Merlin Freya, Aqua and Harley are since they recognized Lana. However since i look way different from i did the last time they saw me they still had didn't know who i was, i could see the kids from the pack look over at us some with scared looks on their faces and others with unreadable expressions. We continued to ignored everyone and made our way into the school, the moment i stepped into those halls flashbacks of my previous times here hit me like a freight train causing me to grab on to Dre's hand.
"You good?" He asks worriedly
Taking a deep breath i say "yeah just had a flashback for a second"
"If this is too much you let me know and I'll have you out of here in an instant ok"
"Am good" i assure him
"Ok" he says holding my hand as we continue walking
We make our way to the office and walked up to the secretaries desk
"Good morning we're here for our schedules" i say to the woman behind the desk
"Names please" she says still going through the file she had in hand
"Alana Lockwood, Aquarius waters, Merlin Mathers, Harlequin Mathews, Freya Jamieson, Eric Demonica, Lucy Demonica, Jace Demonica Liam Demonica Brooke Demonica, Andreas Wrath and Catalaya Morningstar" i say
I was insistent on the others not using their real surnames it was just way too weird i couldn't have said them with a straight face. They got the option to choose the name they wanted since they didn't want to go by Morningstar and Demonica was what they came up with. And as you can guess the ever grumpy Dre decided he wasn't changing his name and no matter how hard i tried he just wouldn't budge.
"Ok give me a minute" the elderly woman says turning to the file cabinet behind her
When she finally got our schedules she handed them to us with a smile and welcomed us probably thinking we're new students. Thanking her we all walked to back towards the hallway to find our lockers while examining our schedules.
"Do we all have lunch at the same time?" Brooke asks
"Yeah" Merlin tells her
"Cat you and i have art before lunch along with Liam" Aquarius says
"Yeah i know all six of them and i have at least one class together as per dad's request" i say
"What class do you and i have together Dre asks"
"Literature, after break" i reply
"That far away!?"
"Its not that far just two classes and then we'll see each other at break, then after break we have class together" i say
"That sounds long to me" he pouts
"Stop pouting you big baby"
Suddenly the bell rings alerting us its time to get to class
"Ok guys please remember the rules I'll see y'all at break, lets get to class" i say to them
"Cat you, Brooke and i have english first so lets go" Freya tells me
"I have french with Alana and Merlin so amma go with them" Dre tells me
"Ok I'll see you later" i say giving him a hug
As I'm about to walk off he pulls me back towards him and plants his lips on mine. We kissed for a couple seconds before he pulls away and says
"Laters baby" making me blush since he kissed me in front of everyone
We all said good bye to each other then headed to our respective classes. Freya brooke and i walk down the hall towards our english class, when we got there the class was empty so we got the opportunity to choose the seats we wanted. The teacher walked in a couple minutes later followed by noisy students chatting with their friends. They all piled into seats of their choosing as the teacher organized the stuff on her desk. I remember her, she taught lana's english class last year.
"Ok everyone settle down" she says taking her seat
"My name is Ms Willoughby and I'll be your english teacher this year"
"Welcome to a new school term and your senior year in highschool. This year will be your busiest as you'll have lots of work and assignments to do. I'll say this now, failure to do or complete assignments on time will result in an immediate zero there will be no make up tests or extra credit, you all had enough of that last year. I'd advise you all to get serious from now because each of your grades will determine the amount of points you earn and these points will decide whether or not you get to graduate highschool"
"Does anyone have any questions?" She asks
When no one put up their hand she went on to say "ok since there are no inquiries I'll go ahead and call the register. It has come to my attention that there are some new students in my class so as i call your name please stand and introduce yourselves"
"Avery Adley" Ms Willoughby began
"Here"
"Clarissa Auckman"
"Here
"Mason barnes"
"Here"
"Shaun blakely
"Here
"Scott Clarke"
"Here"
"Brooke De- is this for real"
"Ahem, Brooke Demonica"
"Here" brooke answers
"Ok brooke since your new tell us about yourself"
"My name is Brooke Demonica I'm from the underworld and I'm a member of the sev- ouch, what was that for" brooke asks freya who cut her off by kicking her foot under the desk
"I'm so sorry Ms Willoughby she has a weird sense of humor" freya says as i tried to hold in my laugh at the shocked faces of the teacher and students
"Oh, i see" Ms Willoughby says recovering from her frazzled state
"Well miss Demonica, is that really her name or is that a joke as well" she asks just to make sure
"That's her name" freya says
"Miss Demonica please take this serious your wasting class time"
Brooke looked at us as if we were all crazy, like she didn't understand what we were saying or asking her to do.
"Just tell her your 17 your from salts springs and you like watching movies and hanging out with friends" i tell her via mindlink
"My apologies hu- i mean teacher. My name is Brooke Demonica I'm 17 years old i live in salt springs and i like watching movies and hanging out with friends" brooke recites
"Thank you Brooke you may take a seat" Ms Willoughby says before placing her attention back on the register
As she called the students names marking the register i took out my phone to see a text from sam
Sam: "Hey, hows it going so far"
Me: good I'm in english my first class talk to you later" i reply then put my phone back in my bag
"Freya Jamieson"
"Here"
"Boyd Jackson"
"Here
"Nick kross"
"Here"
"Joshua Lahey"
"Here"
As soon as she called that name i turned to look at the person to see if it was really him. One of my main tormentors and Noah's number one goon as i call him.
"Catalaya Morningstar"
"H-here" i answer
"Introduce yourself to the class catalaya"
"Uh miss I'm not a new student" i say
"Well miss Morningstar i know almost all the students here and your name does not ring a bell"
"That because she use to be known as Catalya freeman" joshua says making the teacher and i both look at him
"Yes now that's a name i remember" she says
Of course you would your conscience must be bothering you for all the times i was bullied and you pretended like you saw nothing
"So why the change of name miss Freeman" she asks me
"That's not my name I'm not a Freeman i never was they just had me in their home" i tell her
"Not to mention they kicked you on your birthday too...freak" joshua says drawing laughter from the whole class and growls from Freya and Brooke
"Settle down" Ms Willoughby shouts silencing the class
"Catalaya your family drama is none of my business just tell me if i should have your name as freeman or Morningstar in my register"
"Morningstar" i answer proudly staring at joshua who was trying to stare me down
"Ok thank you" she says then moves on with the names
When she finished she told us about the topics we'd be doing this year and we talked about some of the assignments we'd be getting and a class trip. By the time we finished discussing everything our class time was up. I packed up my stuff along with everyone else and walked out the class with brooke and Freya.
"I swear am gonna rip joshua's throat out" freya growled
"Ignore him he's just being an ass like always" i tell her
"How you can be so calm about these situations Cat, i really don't know" she tells me
"I just focus on what's important and ignore everything else"
"Ok so we have 5 minutes to get to our next class you guys head on to your locker and change out your books then meet by the fountain like we planned" i say
"Am not so sure about that Cat your father said not to leave your side" Brooke says
"Its fine my locker is just right down there and instead of walking to all three lockers then to the fountain to meet up with whoever we have class with we can all go separately and then meet one place to save time. Besides i can take care of myself" i tell her
"Ok fine but if anything at all happens or anyone tries anything you call me got it"
"I will" i say walking away from them and towards my locker
I turn the corner and head down the hallway passing the other lockers until i see my own, and not just that, i see someone standing by it. The first thought that popped up in my head was that maybe its Andreas but the ashy blond hair that caught my eye told me otherwise. Walking up to it i see none other than Joshua standing there with his arms folded, i could already tell what was gonna happen and i am not in the mood for this. I thought about calling brooke since i didn't feel like dealing with joshua but then an image of her ripping his head off in front the entire student body came to my mind and i decided against it.
"Could you move away from my locker please i need to open it" i say stopping beside him
"Well hello there freak-a-zoid " he says smiling at me
With a bored look i say "freak-a-zoid? Really, that's the best you could come up with" i ask
"Oh you've got a mouth on you huh" he says clearly amused
"You know we all got a very serious threat this morning to stay away from you or there will be consequences" he tells me
"And yet here you are" i say
"Yeah i guess i was never one to obey the rules plus i really wanted to know what those consequences entails"
"Oh really"
"Yes. It seems since you've been hanging out with those things you gained some confidence and a lot of protection but i wonder what would happen if i were to break you all over again" he says coming closer towards me
I didn't flinch i just stood looking at him with an expressionless face
"So how about it reject, how i about i make you remember your place" he says grabbing me by the throat and starts squeezing
I still stood there just looking at him until his creepy smile began to falter and his face contorted into one of agony. His hand that held my throat began burning as i stared at him. He screamed letting go of me but the burn only intensified and the damage to his arm got worse
"You seem to have been misinformed joshua. That warning you got this morning wasn't a threat or a means to protect me it was to protect you from me" i tell him as my blue eyes flickered to blood red and an evil grin made its way to my face.
"You see joshy, can i call you joshy? Amma call you joshy. Out of everyone my demon hates in that pack she hates you noah and Jasmine the most" i tell him
"D-demon i thought you were human" he stutter still clinging to his burning arm
"It seems you missed the memo but yes i am a demon an elemental one" i say stretching my hand towards his as water appeared cooling his burns
"So the rumours were true" he whispers to himself in disbelief
"Any way like i was saying she hates you and your little clique most and despite my pleas she's hell bent on killing you all so here's what you'll do for me. I'm gonna stab you in both your legs and both your arms and your gonna scream like a little bitch joshua your gonna scream like you've never screamed before"
"And why would i do that" he asks defiantly
"Because if you don't I'm gonna rip your soul out" i tell him using my demonic voice so he got the idea
"You ready joshy?" I asked pulling out four cursed chinese ring daggers from my shoes
"I'll count till three to make this easier. One-"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!" Joshua screamed when i sunk two of the daggers in both his legs
"What the fuck happened to two and three" he yelled in pain
"Meh"
"I gonna kill you bitch" he roars
"Maybe you will, or maybe the daggers i just stuck in your legs are cursed and lased with venom from a three headed beast and it will eat away at your sanity then your life force before killing you. The torment can last for twenty-four hours or twenty-four years who knows, the stronger you are the longer the torture and you're very strong aren't you angel boy" i mocked
"Noah wont let that happen" he tells me
"Oh yes Noah, i think he'll have his own problems to deal with instead of trying to save you" i reply sinking the other two in his shoulders extremely close to his arteries
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!" He screamed again
"Help me somebody help me"
"Don't waste your breath sweetheart i put up an illusion barrier around us the moment i saw you at my locker to the outside world it looks like were just good ole friends having a chat"
"I'm disappointed in you for not realizing joshy especially since your such a powerful warrior angel. But i know where your fault lies, you were too dependent on me being scared of you, to think of a tactic you could use. You know what happened a few months back you heard the rumours but because i was the freak the reject the weak human you had under your foot for all those years you refused to believe it and that is what caused your downfall"
"And do you know what they call that josh? Pride. You're too proud to believe the weak girl could ever surpass you and you let it cloud your judgement. Its a cardinal sin you know"
"You really are the devil's daughter" he chokes up before falling to the ground unconscious
"I really am aren't i?" I say with a proud smile before letting down the sound barrier grabbing my books and head towards the water fountain with only one thought in mind
No more nice Cat, any one who messes with me or my family will pay the price dearly i don't care who they are. I'm the daughter of lucifer princess of destruction and commander of the seven deadly sins, its about time i start acting like it.