She looked at me. I shook my head no. Mrs. Darkson smiled. Tears rolled down her cheeks. "Thank you, Amanda," she told me. She hugged me. I tried as hard as I could to hard her back. Suddenly, we could hear shouts. Someone was attacking. "I have to go Amanda. Don't die while I'm gone," she told me. I smiled.

She left. Nyx came in and stood by the window. "The Light army is here, and they're here to kill," Nyx told me. I tried to move. I managed to move a little bit. Suddenly, something shattered the window and hit Nyx's head. She fell unconscious. I gasped. I used all my might and fell on the floor. I groaned. I had Mrs. Darkson's cape on my shoulders. I crawled over to Nyx. A bomb was near her head. It was going to go off in three minutes. I grabbed Nyx hand. She was out cold. I slowly stood up. I grabbed Nyx's arms and dragged her across the floor. I had a black nightgown on and black socks. I slowly got to the door.

I opened it and pulled Nyx's through. I pulled and pulled and pulled. Then, I heard the bomb go off. I fell forward and Nyx woke up. I pulled myself up on a torch, but ended up pulling it down. A secret door opened. I turned towards Nyx. We walked in together.

We walked in and found stairs. We followed the creaky steps into a room lit with more torches. There was three chairs, and an old man sat in one. He was looking at us with blank eyes. He was blind. "I've been expecting you," he told us in a creaky voice that sounded as if it were going to shatter. "Let me tell you the rest of the Spirit Legend," he declared. The lights dimmed mysteriously.

"The spirit who killed the king and queen became the King of Light. He was powerful, and soon had a son, although the son was adopted. The witch told him if he could get a woman from earth to become the dark queen and get her soul, he would be the King of Dark also. With the help of his son, he summoned Elise Darkson. After trying to get her soul at a ball and failing, he hit one of her students, hoping that could take her focus off protecting herself. He soon attacked her castle. That's where we are now," he told us.

I glanced at Nyx, whose eyes were wide in shock. I looked at the man. "Am I really going to die?" I asked. He looked thoughtfully at me, as if he was staring right into my thoughts and heart.

"If you can save the teacher you love, you will be saved. Allow me to give you strength," he told us. Smoke from the torches surrounded me, and I could feel power running through my veins. I turned to Nyx.

"Let's do this," I declared with determination.