The Banshee Awakens

Casey had gone to bed unsuspecting of what the night was to hold. After only a couple hours of sleep, he jerked awake. Except, it wasn't the small boy people knew. His eyes snapped open and instead of a bright green shone a dark red. "Ţh̝̟̘̟͔͝e͘ͅ ̻̖͔̼̺̞͍B̖͍̲̺̘͟a͙̗̻̥n҉̳she͖̘̠̟͔̦͕͘eͅ ̺̲̰h̬̼͙̬a͙̭̩̯̩̪̖s̰̹̩̬̦̩̀ ̶̙a͏̱̰w̤͕̹̠ok̬̙͎̙̺͍͕e͖̞̯͕͞ṋ̻," a shrill voice whispered. The "Banshee" as it called itself, didn't bother to get dressed, but grabbed the sword that his other half wielded. The creature opened the window and jumped out, dashing off into the forest, hoping to find any students to "hunt."

Although sleep deprived from school work and getting some rest was probably the best idea, Hannah still decided to take a walk through the eerie forest. For the last few nights, she'd been staying up past midnight finishing homework and studying, and finishing her studies, for some reason wasn't able to fall asleep. So here she was, alone, and taking a midnight stroll through the forest in dark grey sweats, a red hooded sweater, her hair in its usual ponytail, without a soul around. Well, at least she was able to practice her gift without any criticism here.

Choosing someone random, she focused on her math teacher who she deeply hated (for he gave a crap ton of homework that was obliviously not needed) and shifted into the older male, cringing at the feeling of the extra weight down there. Letting out a giggle, she wondered why she hadn't caused more trouble for this teacher and was considering getting him fired. Maybe she could strip naked and have "him" run around the courtyard, that would be an interesting sight to see. But then again, she could do better than that and wanted to devise a different and more malicious plan.

Deep in thought about something that she most likely wouldn't ever do, the crunch of leaves snapped her out of her exhausted trance. Shifting back to her normal self, the girl stopped in her tracks and looked around. "Hello?" the Summer called softly, glancing around and wishing her gift was the ability to see in the dark. As far as Hannah could tell, nothing was there, but she could've sworn she heard something.

The Banshee froze. He should've known the leaves would make noise. He cursed silently, but went back to creeping around when he saw the shapeshifter go back to whatever she was doing. He silently stepped closer, taking care to keep out of the girl's line of sight. When he felt he was close enough, he took a deep breath. The Banshee let loose an ear piercing scream. It was weak, however. The Banshee cursed his other personality for not taking care of their body. They hadn't eaten all day. After a few seconds of screaming, the small Banshee stopped, taking loud breaths. Then, the screeching continued.

OOC: Depending on what you want, her ears could start bleeding in the next couple posts idk

Before she was able to catch sight of what ever was causing her sudden paranoia, the once silent world around her felt as if it had suddenly exploded. Unable to hear anything but some sort of ear piercing shriek, Hannah let out a shrill scream and sunk to her knees, cuffing her hands over her ears. What the... where was it coming from?

With her eyes now watering, the Summer felt as if her head was about to explode, brains and all. Clenching her head so tightly that her hands were probably white, she felt something wet on her hands and brought a palm to the front of her face. Blood. Blood dripped from her ears and by now, all the girl could hear was a high pitched ringing, a sound that she wondered if it was real or just in her head.

Growing light headed and breathing heavily, she continued to hold onto her head (like it was going to help anything), and craned her next to around, though she didn't catch sight of what or who had caused the sudden burst of noise.

The Banshee was exhausted after those two screams. He stood back, panting heavily. He put a wicked smile on his face for when the girl eventually did turn around. He didn't bother to speak, however, because he knew that she wouldn't be able to hear a thing for awhile. The Banshee's chest continued heaving. His energy was almost completely depleted and if he wasn't careful he would faint and turn back into the sniveling brat, Casey. Oh how the Banshee wished he could be rid of Casey forever. But alas the moron continued to subconsciously fight (and win) dominance over the Banshee. Casey had no idea that the Banshee existed. Hopefully the creature could keep it that way.

Still crouching on the ground, Hannah caught sight of her "attacker" through her quickly blurring vision, but wasn't able to say much, and instead let out a soft whimper. Who was this kid and what in the world was he doing? Was he out of his mind?

Unfortunately, her thoughts felt like mush and the world was starting to grow dark around around her as she knelt on her knees, still holding her hands clasped over her ears. Unable to hear anything except a soft ringing, the Summer placed a hand on the ground, her eyes slowly closing. No, she... she... had to stay awake, who ever was out their... she couldn't let her guard down, not now. But no matter how hard she attempted to stay awake, Hannah slowly sank to the ground until she laid on her side, the world spinning and soon, everything was engulfed with darkness.

So here she was, lying on the forest floor, unconscious and unable to protect herself from the danger that lurked nearby.

The Banshee slowly stalked towards the girl who was nearing unconsciousness. It was time to feed. He walked closer and closer to the girl and pulled out Casey's sword. So the weapon was useful after all, the Banshee remarked. He brought the blade the side of her neck and sliced. It wasn't a deep cut, she would definitely live. He sheathed the sword and knelt down, bending his head down to the open wound. He drank the girl's blood with vigor, only stopping after filling his small body. The girl wouldn't die from the blood loss, but she would definitely be weak for a while. The creature sighed with content and stood, blood still dripping from his mouth. This school would be a goldmine for all the gifted blood he would ever need.

Walking through the forest, Jax let out a yawn. He had to admit, it was an odd time to be talking a stroll through the forest, but at this point, there was no going back. Randomly humming a tune from a Disney movie, the fading sound of what seemed like a scream made the silver haired student stop in his tracks. Looking around, nothing seemed to be out of ordinary and maybe he's just heard some of the night's odd sounds. Shrugging, he continued down a path that had been made from several years of student's walking on the same area of forest ground.

Unfortunetly, his peaceful walk didn't last very long. Hearing something shuffle around in the shrubbery that sounded larger than the averge Beata forest dwelling creature, Jax slowed his pace until he was practically tiptoeing through the trees. What ever was out here, he was intent on finding out, even if the creepy forest brought a shiver down his spine.

Sneaking forward for a few moments, he soon spotted a girl lying on the ground, and a boy leaning over her. A blooded sword was at the kid's side and having come up from behind the two, he wasn't able to see what exactly he was doing, but what ever it was, it wasn't... normal. The way that the kid leaned over the girl who seemed to be unconsious with his head to her neck, something was up and he wasn't going to stand aroun and do nothing.

Grabbing a thick tree branch that had no leaves and was convinently lying on the ground next to him, Jax gripped the makeshift "weapon" so much that his hands started to hurt. "Hey!" the Summer yelled, attempting to grab the boy's attention. Heart pounding, Jax widened his stance and crouched down ever so slightly so that he'd be able to hold his ground better and held the branch as if he was at the batter's plate as he tried to prepare himself for whatever was to come.

The Banshee, satisfied with the blood taken, was slightly startled by the boy that had managed to get close. Hiding his face the best his could, he sent a wail towards the boy and used the opportunity to escape as the boy would most likely be slightly dazed by the scream. After getting a safe distance away, he crouched next to a tree and wiped his sword clean of the blood that was on the blade. He ran back to Casey's dorm and crouched on his bed, making sure everything was as it was. However, he forgot to clean himself. There was still dried blood on his mouth and hands as he collapsed and passed out.

With his power kicking in, Jax jumped to the side and fell to his stomach before the blast was able to hit him. That was close.

Looking up, the boy had disappeared and it was only him and the unconscious girl left in the dark and silent forest. Scambling to his feet, the Summer ran to the girl that laid on the ground and turned her over to that she laid on her back. Damn, were those... bite marks? Glancing around to make sure the other student wasn't still lucking in the shadows, Jax picked up the girl and cradled her in his arms. She was still pretty out of it and only let out a soft moan in reply to the sudden movement. Better get her to the infirmary.

Walking towards the school at a quick pace, he made a mental note to remember to report what happened, and hopefully the school would send out a message to students, ordering them to keep an eye out for anyone suspicious, especially in the middle of the night.