CHAPTER 6

RAVEN'S POV

WHEN we entered the room, whispers filled the room. Tsk.

"Gold digger"

"Ugly nerd"

"What right does she have to stick to royalties? What if later on the royalties get infected with her ugliness?"

"What a famewhore!"

"She's not ashamed anymore. She has no right to make friends with the royalties! She's just an ugly nerd!"

I just bowed. Not because I was hurt or whatever. This is just part of my acting. Maybe I was a great actress in my previous life. I naturally good at acting and faking my emotions ever since I was a kid.

"Shut up! You have no right to dictate who we should be friends with! The next time I hear someone say something bad to Raven we will be your opponents! Do we understand each other?!" Liana shouted furiously

I saw my classmates pale with fear. That serves you right huh!

"Yes, Princess Liana," they all said in unison then bowed

"Good," Liana said then she turned to me and clung to my arm then pulled me to our chair.

See? This woman is very bipolar. Earlier she was so furious but look at her right now she looks like an angel who is smart and cheerful.

As we sat in our chair Sir Rios suddenly came.

"Okay, class. Do you know who was the first goddess to rebuke the sacred rule?" Sir Rios asked

Almost everyone shook. So? They also do not know whom the first goddess and demon violated the sacred rule? How come? Didn't they see the book entitled Untold Secrets?

"I already expected this. Well the first goddess and demon that disobeyed the sacred rule was"

Serena and Kaizer

"Astrid Adelard and Aizen Ventress," Sir Rios said that made me shocked.

What the hell? If the name of the very first goddess and a demon who violated the sacred rule is Astrid and Aizen then who the hell is Serena and Kaizer? Does what written in the book was a lie?

Argh! I'm confused! Why is this world keeping so many secrets? Such a pain in the ass!

TROY'S POV

WE ARE HERE today in the hall walking to the room. We even went to Raven's room. Liana doesn't even want to go in without Raven.

Looks like she loves Raven. We stopped when we felt strange. I quickly looked carefully at the road.

I thought so. Invisible thread. You can't just see it if you don't have strong senses. I was surprised to see raven still walking.

Shit! What is she doing? Doesn't she feel that there is an invisible thread on the way?

We would have approached her but it was too late. She has stumbled. We were about to catch her but Zach quickly got to where she was and caught her. He held Raven in her stomach while Raven bent down and was supported by Zach's hand on her stomach so that she would not fall completely.

Raven stood up but Zach's hands remained on her waist.

"Stupid."

I heard Zach say to Raven. Zach rarely speaks but when he already did you would just wish that he didn't because he always speaks harshly.

"Jerk" Raven retorted

I heard Raven talk back to Zach so my eyes widened. This is the first time that there's someone brave enough to talk back in Zach. But so much bravery can be sometimes dangerous.

What I expected Zach to do was make it rain on Raven but a few minutes passed but what I expected did not happen. Instead, they just stare at each other. I don't know but suddenly my hair rose as I looked at them now.

Brent quickly approached Raven and quickly pulled him away from Zach causing them to stop staring. Zach smirked.

"Are you okay raven? Aren't you hurt? Why didn't you stop? Didn't you feel an invisible thread on the way?" brent asked one after another and still agitated.

I frowned at Brent's behavior. This is the first time I have seen him worry like that to others. Even with us, he is not like that. Yes, he worries about us but not how he worries about Raven as if her life depends on it.

"Don't worry I'm fine. The truth is that my senses are weak. I'm sorry."

Liana quickly approached Raven and pulled him out and hugged him.

"You don't have to apologize. We understand you grew up in the mortal world so it's natural that you don't know how to strengthen your senses" Liana comforting Raven.

But the latter did not answer and just nodded. Zach walked first. So we immediately followed him.

LIANA'S POV

WHEN we entered the room, Chloe glared at us.

"You! You have the guts to come with royalties after what you did to Zach!"

She was about to start with Raven but I blocked her so she halted. Chloe glared even more at Raven. While Raven just bowed and then Chloe's glares turned to me.

"You two should take it together. A plastic and a trash can"

After she said that, she returned to her seat but she keep on giving Raven a death glare.

Raven and I just sat in our chairs.

"I apologize on Chloe's behalf. Please be patient with Chloe," I said

"Why are you apologizing in her stead? Are you related to her?" Raven asked

I stared at her. Shall I tell her or not? But she is my friend. She needs to know the truth. I sighed first to gain courage.

"She was our former best friend but she suddenly changed without telling us her reasons. She just suddenly walked away from us." I confessed

"Former? Why? Don't tell me you don't consider her a friend anymore because I'll have a hard time believing that, you even apologize to me on her behalf." raven asked making me laugh

"Not anymore. It's just that we're on the same group that's why." I explained

"I can sense hesitation in your voice. You're not sure aren't you?" Raven said as if she was very sure of what she had said

But she's right, I'm not sure. I do not know if I still consider her a friend. Even I am confused as to how I feel because of what she asked earlier.

This is the first time that someone asked me about Chloe and me so I didn't prepare Raven's question. Since Chloe and I are no longer together, no one has tried to ask about our friendship.

I was about to speak when our professor suddenly came so I could not continue what I was supposed to say.

The whole class had no other running in my mind but the answer to Raven's question. Raven keeps on confusing us.

RAVEN'S POV

I am here in the room now. We are not doing anything right now because the professors are having a meeting today about Power leveling.

What they say here seems to be based on which group we belong to. It seems that here at the Academy there are 4 levels of groups.

Inferior is the lower group. Mitte is the middle group. Superior is one of the highest groups. The Royalties is the highest among the groups. They're also the most powerful among the students.

We talked to Liana of course except for Ash. I hope I can do that too. To keep quiet and lose the pack around me but it is not possible. I have to pretend to be cheerful and I miss my old self. It's really hard to pretend. I still have to endure being with them. I feel so exhausted.

They should be thankful I'm enjoying playing with them because if not I will never endure talking to them. I'm too lazy to speak. Then I also have to pretend to be a cheerful and talkative ugly nerd which is not me.

I felt someone staring at me especially me. So I simply looked in the direction where that stare was coming from. I think my suspicion is correct Chloe is staring at us.

I can see in her eyes the envy, pain, jealousy, and longing. After what I heard from Liana I already know why she's acting like that. And add that I gathered information about what happened to them before. So I know now what is going on.

My eyes caught Chloe standing up. So I quickly got up and followed Chloe. I even heard them shouting my name. I made sure Chloe could not feel my presence as I followed her.

I followed Chloe until we got to the comfort room. When she entered, I waited a few minutes before entering.

When I entered, I found her washing. She was stunned when she saw me. The shock on his face was replaced by anger and jealousy.

I ignored that and headed straight for a cubicle. I did not stay there long and I also left immediately. I approached the sink and washed my hands. I saw Chloe looking at me in the mirror as she put make-up on her face.

"Jealous eh?"

I said but I kept not looking at her but I can feel that her one eyebrow raised.

"On what?"

Bitch.

"You are jealous of my closeness to royalties. You miss them right? You badly want to go back to your former friends am I right?"

I saw the shock on her face but it was also replaced by a blank expression.

"So liana already told you? You know what? You're wrong. I don't fucking care about what you have now in the royalties. Most of all I'm not jealous of you? Who do you think you are?! You're just an ugly nerd who tries to force herself into the royalties. Are you blind? Can't you see that you'll never fit to be with the royalties?"

Sharp tongue eh? If I can cut his tongue so he can no longer speak?

"You can lie to everyone but not on me. You can't hide your true personality for the rest of your life. The bitchy side of yours was not true. It's just a mask to hide your true self. A facade in short. You're such a fragile girl who has a soft heart and that's the truth."

"You feel betrayed, when someone tells you that Liana and troy have a relationship you are hurt. Your best friend and the person you love. You let your jealousy and envy eat you. Jealousy because troy is closer to liana than you and envy the closeness they have. And that is one of the biggest mistakes you have made. You listen to what others had said more instead of trusting and believing in her. She was always there for you. Your best friend who almost grew up with you. She never left you like what you did. Your best friend always trusts and believes in you unlike you and that's all just because you let your jealousy get the best of you. Don't you regret it? Don't you have regrets that you just throw away your long time of friendship just because you can't seem to trust her enough? You believe other people more than your best friend. The friendship you have is not that strong because it just takes one mistake to ruin the friendship you have. And do you know what is that mistake? Misunderstanding, you misunderstand the closeness they have and let your jealousy consume you. You didn't even let her know what is the real problem yet you already close your heart and mind to her explanations. Do you know why? Because you're afraid to know that you made the wrong choice of believing in someone else than your best friend. You're afraid to accept that it's your fault that your friendship was slowly tearing apart. You're afraid to know that it's your fault that you're losing her-them. You're afraid that you might regret everything when you already hear her explanations. It's not too late to hear her explanations. You can be able to correct all your mistakes. You can already start right now. Right Liana, Troy?" I called Liana and Troy who have been following me since I left the classroom.

I even heard them sigh and I saw how Chloe's eyes widened. I saw Liana and Troy come out of their hiding place.