Records Of Rebirth Chapter 7
Advertisement
And when the Prince did react, it seemed the earlier drama had restarted again.
The prince strode forward and grabbed the victim's arm, intending to pull her to his side. But she held onto her new boyfriend's arm, struggling to get away from the angry prince. Her tears of joy from a moment ago have turned into actual tears.
Was this the famous "If I can't have you, no one else will?"
Why not accept your rejection and move on? You may be the class prince but it's not necessary for every girl to fall for you. What shameless behaviour.
That's when something more shocking happened.
*Thwack*
The prince is momentarily stunned as he gets punched by his best friend. He releases the victim and staggers back a few steps in shock. He touches the corner of his mouth that is bleeding, dark eyes brimming with rage.
The prince's best friend threw a strong punch at the agitated prince which made him release his grip on the victims hand. He staggered back a few steps and looked at his friend in shock as he touched the corner of his mouth that was bleeding.
The prince's dark eyes were filled with rage as he glared belligerently at the couple, like the impossible had just happened. His lips twisted into a snarl as he roared.
"You dare to hit me?!"
Our teacher quickly got in between the three to try to calm everyone down. He was initially happy that things have come to a tidy conclusion, but the mood between this former group of friends and the rest of the students had just gone from bad to worse.
The prince was still stunned, his eyes surveying everyone in the classroom. He had agreed to detention just to ascertain his status in front of everyone but now, he'd turned out to be the joke instead.
He felt as if all the students present were secretly laughing at him, especially the teacher who had caused him to make a fool of himself.
To make matters worse, someone dared to laugh at this absurd situation. And that acted as a trigger and pushed the prince off the edge, and he snapped.
Wiping the blood on his lips, he turned around and walked back. He reached the door to the room and paused for a second, before proceeding to lock the doors.
Advertisement
It was the type of lock with a keypad that needed a code to open. His father being one of the major shareholders of the school had recently renovated the entire north wing, including the building this classroom was in.
Naturally, he received a copy of the building plans, including all the default codes, which the school had never bothered to change. Beside himself and the teacher, there was no one else in the room who knew the code.
I only realised something was amiss when the prince returned to the centre of the room, rather leaving the room altogether. I'm sure even the teacher would've excused him if he chose to leave, after the fiasco that happened.
Someone who had just been painfully rejected would try to hide their face. Not to mention this person being the infamously arrogant prince, who was not seen as a normal person by students.
Revered almost as a walking deity by every female student, his confidence had swelled to such a degree, that any stain on his person was like a besmirching of honour.
There was no way any of his female fans would let the victim off after she rejected him so coldly. She had just dug her own grave.
I sighed, knowing there would be so much work for me to deal with tomorrow. I expected more fights and quarrels to break out because of her.
My peaceful days as class president were so over...
I glanced at the Prince and saw him retrieve something from his pocket. When I got a clear look at what he had in his hand, my eyes went wide in shock.
It was an automatic switchblade with a sharp serrated edge, the type you would see used in the military.
He stalked his way towards our teacher who was busy preaching to the couple and did not notice him approaching. As our teacher was still talking, the prince turned him around by his shoulder and slashed his throat without any hesitation.
It was done quickly and cleanly, like the practised movement of an experienced hunter. The prince had a blank look on his face like he was killing livestock, with no emotion or regard for a human life.
Advertisement
Clutching his bleeding throat, our teacher stared back at the prince in disbelief. As he gurgled blood, he grabbed on to the prince's pristine white blazer that I was now splattered with his red. He grabbed the prince's arm with all his strength, refusing to let go, as if he knew what he was about to do next.
The prince was easily able to shake him off and he stabbed him one more, this time in the stomach.
I saw our teacher fall but somehow I couldn't bring myself to move.
The shock of what I was seeing was too much, it froze me to my core. I sat there watching it happen like it was some absurd play.
A loud shriek from someone raised the curtain to the massacre that was about to follow.
It was one of the villainess's followers, her terrified scream woke me up from my trance and drew the attention of the rest.
At once everyone rose from their seats, the three girls were screaming in panic as they ran for the exit.
The prince ignored everyone and moved towards his ex-best friend and ex-lover. The couple stood there stunned watching our teacher bleeding all over the floor, as fear and panic filled their faces.
The best friend put on a brave front as he pushed the victim behind him, using his body to shield her. They were both trembling with fear as the prince laughed and walked towards them, before he was stopped by something.
He looked down to see our teacher holding onto his foot, desperately pulling him back despite bleeding profusely from his neck.
The prince grew angry and quickly shook off his hands before viciously kicking the teacher's head again and again to vent his anger.
With that brief distraction, the best friend tackled the prince to the ground while trying to rid the knife off his hands. But the prince proved to be stronger, and he unhesitatingly stabbed his best friend twice in the stomach.
The victim who stood back watching everything let out a shrill scream and collapsed on her knees, tears flowing freely all over her face as she watched the blood spread all over on the floor.
I was at the exit trying to break the door that refuses to open.
My mind raced as I began to punch in number combinations on the keypad trying to open the lock.
I tried the dates of many significant events since the school's founding, and I even tried the principal's birthday, but none of them seem to work. The door remained locked.
Soon the villainess and her followers reached me along with the messenger boy and saw me struggling with the door lock.
The sudden quiet behind made me risk a look back and what I saw sent a chill and froze me from inside.
The victim, the Prince's ex-lover was lying on the floor in a pool of her own blood, next to the body of the Prince's best friend.
She was dead. He had killed her. He had killed them all...
Suddenly, I was pulled backwards as one of the villainess followers took my place in front of the door lock, trying her luck on the keypad with no success.
Then, I felt a sharp piercing pain in my back and turned around to find the Prince standing behind me with a crazed expression on his face.
As the warm burning sensation spread across my back, I felt all my strength leaving my body. My legs buckled under me as I fell into a pool of blood forming around me.
Seeing as the door showed no signs of opening, the messenger boy grabbed a chair and threw it towards the window. I heard the sounds of glass shattering opening a hole in the window large enough for a single person to fit through.
Hearing that, the two followers scrambled towards it, as one even shoved the villainess out of the way as they hit each other in their desperation to flee.
When the messenger boy saw the prince sprinting towards them, he grabbed another chair and threw it at him.
The prince halted and took the attack with his hands crossed in front, before resuming the chase more fiercely like an angered beast.
Advertisement
Appless
Hi. I'm Eric Mohammed, an appless high-school drop-out. You're probably expecting me to write an elaborate description with a compelling hook here. You would be wrong because I don't give a fuck. You see, this is the story of me getting absolutely shafted in a multitude of ways by a multitude of interesting parties. I don't need to sell it. Have fun reading, or don't. — Eric P.S: Just in case one of you fuckers hacks my phone and gets this published somewhere on the internet and someone leaves a bad review, I'm gonna wreck their shit and yours. Just sayin'. I'll have you know my story is amazing, got that? The damaged file attached above was retrieved by unit \0x2D4FFFFFu on 42/89/0504T00:00:45.0410Z AE, during a salvage operation. Restoration in progress.
8 131Pawns of God
Five Lines PitchJoin Mark in his fight against a God and change the game's destiny! Delve into a slow-paced story focused on the progression of the main party and the development of the world. Mark himself will be narrating his life inside the game, and to a much lesser extend outside. Guild building, economy, and strategy are the central pieces of the novel. Mark is not overpowered, he will have to build his own power through action-packed battles, trials, traumas, love, and death. Accompany him, the healer and the strategist, an agent of chaos, in the adventure of his life. Without further preamble, I will let Mark take the mic. SynopsisHi! My name is Mark. This is my story, my life as I live it day after day. I’m in my thirties, and there’s nothing I love more than playing online games. I’ve just joined the action on the newest VRMMO game, Pawns of God. An immersive experience you can play while sleeping. Of course, as a game that takes pride in its long development and technological advances, everything inside seems and feels real. Beware, this is not a game-turns-real story. I love my own world and I would detest being summoned into another one. If that ever happens, I’ll just quickly take my life and be done with it. I play with my friends, in a party of 5. We have taken several roles, but lately, I've come to love being a healer. It's my secret ambition to someday be the shotcaller. I am not overpowered. If there is any bug or exploit in the game, they are yet to be discovered. Anyhow, for a game of this scale, the company is pouring all of its resources into test servers, QA, and beta tests. I don’t expect to find any, so I’ll be playing the game just like any other person. I must say, though, I am easily distracted, as you will immediately notice once you start. I'm working on it, I promise to improve! I am no hero. Being in my 30s, my heart is too old for this shit. I wouldn’t mind being one, of course. Who hasn’t dreamt of it? Either way, I’m not doing any grand quest to save the world. Whatever the game throws to their users, I’ll be there to experience it. Most of my life, at least the interesting parts that I’ll be narrating, happen inside the game itself. Rarely, there will be some IRL (In Real Life) chapters. You’ll understand, however, that as a freelance software developer, there is not much I can entertain you with when outside the game. Did I say I love games? Well, I’m also a fan of LitRPG literature. You know, journeys of magic, relationships, personal development, items, skills, discovery… In the spirit of not overwhelming my public, I’ll condense each chapter into circa 1500 words. You might have noticed some tags over this story, let me elaborate. I like to swear. I’m not shy when it comes to cursing my enemies, friends, or even myself. When there’s blood, I tell it as I see it. And… it hurts to admit it, but I’m not a casanova. Of course, this doesn’t mean that I won’t ever find love. So, in case I do end up finding it, let’s keep my sexual options open. As for traumas, none yet, but the future is vast and unknown. Release Schedule The schedule is subject to change, particularly if enough readers end up loving it. All chapters are already written, thus there is enough freedom to modify them. Arc 1 * Chapters 1-14: Each released one day and an hour later than the previous. Starting with chapter 2 at 09:20 UTC+2 on day 1, and finishing at 21:20 UTC+2 on day 13. Elapsed: 2 weeks Total: 2 weeks * Chapters 15-30: Releases every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 11:30 UTC+2. Elapsed: 5½ weeks Total: 7 weeks (1 month, 3½ weeks) * Chapters 31-49: Releases every Wednesday and Saturday at 11:30 UTC+2 Elapsed: 9½ weeks Total: 17 weeks (4 months, 1 week) All subsequent arcs will follow the same release schedule, 2/week. No hiatus will be done between arcs 1 and 2.
8 181The Land of Many Kings
An assassin bearing the mark of a weredragon hunts down a prince. An orc deserts her army, chased by phantoms from her past. A princess has a covert affair and must navigate the marriage her father is arranging. A necromancer reaps souls and slowly grows his profane army. A king wishes to secure his legacy and prepares for war. A coven of witches must decide where they fit--or if they ever could--in a changing political landscape. These are but a few of the twisted threads that unravel in The Land of Many Kings, a high fantasy, sword-and-sorcery epic filled with romance and lyricism. Stories both sweeping and intimate develop side-by-side, some coming together, others running in parallel while a diverse cast provides a wide range of compelling perspectives. Literary in tone, it is punctuated with action, adventure, and spectacle. Updates twice weekly.
8 352Castaway
Chapters are going to come more randomly, not daily from now on. Thanks!My second fiction ever. Better than my first, worse than my third :)Basic litrpg, transported to a new world, but everything including the gods are part of a vast bureaucracyCover art is a section of a painting of St Peter from the 1500s by El Greco
8 163Dispatches from the Inter-galactic
Dispatches From The Inter-Galactic is a series of loosely related satirical stories which take place in a galaxy full of various interstellar civilizations and numerous space faring species generally described as consentients. This series is set in a galaxy which take place in a similar but not entirely unlike the galaxy in which my series Up in Space takes place While there are numerous themes related to interstellar life, several of the stories directly relate to specific themes such as; The pan-galactic ramifications to the use of supersymetrical energy sources (often drained from intera-located alternate and pocket realities.) the use of which by most interstellar civilizations is steadily increasing the overall amount of Dark Matter. This is increasing the mass of the galaxy and results in the occasional rips in inter-dimensional space as well as an overall increase in supernova activity. It is also speeding up the approach of the galaxy in Andromeda, which is of concern to several long lived civilizations; The Morphoids, a race of shape-changing consentients who are capable of using the space lanes created by the use of supersymetrical sourced energy to spread throughout the galaxy. They are currently viewed as threat number one by many space-faring species; and Xeno and exo-sexuality, as many species try to figure out what sort of enjoyment they can have with many of the species they encounter in space (only some of which are carbon-based, or more rarely, humanoid in appearance). This also relates to the altering of species to make reproduction somewhat easier for those with rather complicated lifestyles. A major force in this area of pursuit is the galactic visiteering industry, which promotes the ‘uplifting’ of more primitive planet-bound near-consentients.
8 172Safe Keeping (Klaroline)
After a new threat arrives at Mystic Falls and takes a liking to Caroline, Klaus devises a plan to keep her safe. But Caroline wont like it. Caroline and Klaus, forced to be together months on end.... Shout out to @MuggleCity for the cover!
8 105