The Devil's Prey (The Demon Within) Read Free Page B

when I came bursting through the doors. I threw the blue light towards the window, and it smashed into a billion pieces. Kids were screaming. Frantic now, I threw another blue light towards where the devil was standing, right in front of the jocks’ table, but the light just passed straight through him. I ran out of the cafeteria, and I bumped into Amber in the doorway.
    ‘W atch where you’re going!’ She turned away, and I heard her gasp the moment she saw the cafeteria.
    I f elt power running off my fingertips. I looked down to see a blue light in my hand, and I closed it straight away. I tried to reach out to Amanda, but her mind was closed off. I sat down and leaned up against the wall, where I felt like I was going to cry. I put my hands on my head, which throbbed like I had been run over by a car.
    ‘A re you ok?’
    I looked up to see Mr. Timberwood standing over me . ‘Yeah. I am fine. Just a headache.’ I’ve never been a good liar when I’m upset, but I tried to sound as convincing as I could.
    ‘I think your friends are looking for you .’ At that moment, I saw Amanda and Ethan down the hall.
    ‘L ike I said before, if you ever need to talk to me, you can.’ There was something about Mr. Timberwood that seemed familiar, but I couldn’t figure out what it was. He put his hands in his pockets and walked into the cafeteria, which sounded like a jungle. I sat where I was, and Amanda and Ethan came running over.
    ‘S ummer, what is going on?’ Ethan’s gentle voice soothed my ears, but his eyes said something else.
    ‘I don’t know what is going on with me anymore .’ I felt tears well up in my eyes, but I refused to let anyone see. I heard the bell ring for the next class, which I knew I had with Ethan.
    The last lesson of the day seemed to drag. I did not say a word to Ethan during the whole lesson. I just drew all over my page. When the final bell rang, I was glad it was over for one day. I heard people whispering as we left, but I kept my head down and went to my locker.
    At my locker , someone had drawn all over it- saying I was crazy, that I’d tried to kill my mum and myself, and that I should be locked away rather than being allowed on school grounds. I knew who had done it. It wasn’t hard to guess. Amber. I ignored it, collected my books and left. I knew I had to wait for Amanda and Ethan, as they had to do a final check in at the office, so I waited by the car. People walked by me with disgust on their faces.
    ‘D idn’t your mother ever tell you not to take drugs?’ Amber said from behind the car.
    I looked down at my feet, avoiding looking at her face.
    She made her way around the car, stopping beside me. ‘But then again, that wouldn’t surprise me. You followed in your mum’s footsteps. Let’s just hope you don’t kill Ethan like your mum killed your father!’
    T hat was it. She did not know a thing about what my father gave up, what I’d been through, and she ought to have known better than to insult my mother. I clenched my fist into a ball and punched her right in the nose.
    ‘Y ou don’t know a thing about what I have gone through, or what my father gave up for me!’ I shouted. I could see her nose bleeding.
    ‘Y ou bitch! You broke my nose!’  she yelled back at me.
    Amanda a nd Ethan appeared then, with the principal right behind them. ‘What is going on here?’ she roared.
    ‘I was just walking by , and she attacked me. She broke my nose! I told everyone that she was crazy!’ Amber was playing the innocent card, and I was going to cop it from both Lauren and my mother.
    ‘Y ou come to my office now,’ the principal ordered. She walked back into the school, and I followed behind her. I walked past Ethan, who looked at me, ashamed.
    ‘ Amanda, she started it. She insulted my mother and father.’ I mentally reached out for my friend.
    ‘ I know.’ She sighed as I walked past her.
    When I was in the principal’s office, I sat down and waited while she