"What are you doing?" Boon Kee hissed, when he realised that
Zoya and Amelia was just behind him.
"Following you." Amelia hissed.
"Honestly, don't you have anything to do, get back!" Lawrence
hissed.
"Please, Zoya, this is urgent." Landy pleaded.
"Fine!" Amelia said, she was about to turn back to get into
the portrait hole when she realised that the Cheongsam woman was gone. Janice
guessed that she must have gone visiting her friends or something.
"Now what?" Zoya hissed, her face turning into the colour of Vanilla
ice cream.
"That's your business." Lawrence said, beckoning the rest to
get to the hall now. They had barely walked five steps when Zoya and Amelia
followed them.
"I'm following you guys." Zoya said.
"No you can't." Lawrence said simply.
"I don't care. I don't want to get caught by Professor Ting or Mr Chee,
that stupid caretaker. If we get caught, I'm going to tell them that you guys
are the ones sneaking out, not me." Zoya said, her eyes flashing with anger.
Lawrence looked as though he was about to throw something at Zoya's face but
decided not to.
They had finally reached the hall. It was already fifteen minutes past twelve,
but there was still no sight of Yang Yi and Ivan. They were about to leave when
they heard a voice that made their blood run cold.
"Where are you, I know that you are here somewhere. Show yourselves."
Mr Chee, their caretaker of the school, said. Janice had often heard of the
older students complain about Mr Chee's punishments, which was always very brutal
and horrible, like locking them up in a cupboard full of bugs or nails. Panicking,
they crept out of the hall as quietly as they could, and when they made sure
that they were a distance away from the hall, they spoke again.
"I'm going to beat the daylights out of those two boys tomorrow. They must
have tipped Mr Chee off or something." Lawrence cursed.
They were now about to reach the portrait hole, relieved, they were starting
to slow down their pace down when Boon Kee crashed into a suit of armour just
outside their portrait hole, causing a loud crash that was enough to wake the
whole school up.
"RUN!!!!" Lawrence yelled. Since the Cheongsam lady was not
back yet, and Mr Chee was hot on their heels, they bolted. They ran and ran
until they came to a place, which was deserted.
"What's this place?" Zoya whispered.
Lawrence, who was looking around, said very quietly. "We're not supposed
to be here at all."
"What do you mean?" Amelia said, ashen faced.
"This is the forbidden corridor. We've got to get away from here!"
Boon Kee hissed. They were about to leave when they heard Mr Chee's footsteps
nearby. Panicking, they quickly unlocked the door that was behind them and dashed
inside.
"Is he gone yet?" Janice whispered.
Lawrence pressed his head against the door to listen for Mr Chee's footsteps. He shook his head vigourously, meaning that Mr Chee was outside. Five minutes later, he signaled them that it was safe to leave. Relieved, they were about to leave when they heard a voice behind them.
"Don't go."
Turning around, they were surprised to see about ten women sitting in a circle.
There were a lot of candles around them and they were beckoning the gang to
join them.
"You're just in time to witness this important event. This event is a very
rare ceremony, which is just about to start now." one of the women in the
circle explained.
"The ceremony to welcome the new Slayer, Janice Chan Pey Shan." The
women replied in unison.
Janice could feel the ground below her gave way as she heard the news. Landy
had to grab her arm to prevent her from collapsing. "What do you mean?
I'm not a Slayer!" she whispered, still reeling from the news.
"Not a Slayer, huh, did you always excel in sports when you were in your
Muggle school?" the oldest women among the group reasoned, her eyes sparkling
oddly.
"Yes but-"
"There you go. Also, your wand chose you because your wand sees the strength
in you and knew what you would become. This wand of yours is a wand that's only
meant for Slayers. Mr de Souza gave you this wand because you've tried all the
'ordinary' wands in the shop and none of them suited you. He gave you your current
wand as a last resort and he was very surprised that you were very compatible
with it. He immediately informed me that you are the Chosen One. The message
we sent you was your dream you had a few days ago. We summoned you and put you
in the Sinister Forest with a vampire. You managed to kill the vampire, which
further confirms that you are the Chosen One." She explained.
There was a moment of silence among the gang. They stared at Janice, who was
still trying to absorb the news.
"Well, that explains it. We're going to start the ceremony now." one
of the women said. She immediately took out a cauldron and conjured some herbs
out of nowhere; she began to mix them in the cauldron while chanting something.
The mixture quickly turned from a clear solution into a dark blue and finally
brilliant purple. The potion was poured into a goblet and passed around the
other Slayers, who bit their fingers and put a drop of their own their own blood
inside.
"Now, drink the Potion. Once you drink the Potion, you will be a part
of us now. After you drink it, we'll appoint your friends titles." the
oldest woman said. The goblet was then thrust into Janice's hands. Slowly, she
drank from the goblet. The Potion, though it looked gross, tasted like herbal
tea and she was able to finish it.
"Now that you have drunk the Potion, we'll give your friends titles. Your
friends will help you in your Slaying. I'm Leena Ravindran, also nicknamed as
the Queen of Slayers." Leena said.
Zoya was appointed as the Sorceress. Landy was appointed as the Witch. Amelia
and Lawrence were appointed as the Loyals while Boon Kee and Chee Hao were appointed
as the Guards. They were supposed to aid the Slayer by suggesting ideas to her.
It turned out that their Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Orbanaz,
was their Watcher. Leena explained that he would be informed shortly. Janice,
of course, was appointed as the Slayer.
Leena took out a package wrapped in brown paper and handed it over to Janice,
saying that this would be her equipment for Slaying. There were two stakes,
a pickaxe, and an Invisibility cloak. The ceremony was then declared over.
After taking the equipment, they were told to get to bed now, as it was already two in the morning. With that, they quickly dashed up to their portrait hole, where the Cheongsam woman was back. They quickly got into their dormitories and got ready for bed, as they were exhausted. Janice, in particular, fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow and fell into a dreamless sleep.