Hands gripped my arms and I looked up to see Logan's gold eyes.
He placed his hand on my cheeks.
"Breathe."
I took a shaky breath.
"Logan. What...what if...I...can't?" I began, my voice shaking from my anxiety as thoughts of Zane falling over the edge hit me in a rush.
It was as if I'd witnessed it with my own eyes and now that I stood at the site that I’d found a way to avoid all semester, I couldn't seem to do anything.
"No. Don't think like that. We aren't going to lose Zane. We're going to get him and slap some sense into that thick skull of his and head home to have burgers for lunch, alright?"
"Alright. I- I...wanna help. I can't stay here alone," I confessed, knowing Logan would go off to help the others.
He stared into my eyes and nodded, slipping his hand into mine.
"Okay. Let's do this together."
We both rushed to the entrance, Logan pressing his hand to the door and summoning a magic circle to unlock it.
Then he opened it up for the both of us to squeeze through.
We began sprinting up the stairs, one flight after the next, panting more with each floor.
When we finally reached the top floor and opened the door, we both gasped and dropped to the ground to avoid the fireballs that flew at us, crashing into the wall behind us.
"Don't interfere!" a voice snarled and I glanced up to see Eric who had his wand pointed our way.
My eyes scanned the hall, noticing Braxton and Maximus beating the shit out of two older students while Kage was flinging ice shards and water balls at two students who looked to be freshmen like us.
Nixon had Andrew pinned to the wall but what caught my attention was the brawl happening on the balcony.
Nick and Zane looked to be fighting against Zane's two friends that we would see him with in the halls, using their fists to attack one another.
I didn't understand what was going on or why Nick was helping Zane while his other two friends seemed to be on the opposite team but what made my heart drop was the sight of a ginger-haired individual, the same one that I remembered seeing when I was heading to the cafeteria with Braxton.
He walked from the side entrance only inches away from the balcony and I immediately jolted forward into a sprint, realizing if I didn't get there on time, one of the guys would get hurt.
"Shit, Jewe—“ Logan began but was cut off when another row of fireballs shot out at us from Eric's wand.
I raised my hand.
"WATER!"I commanded.
Water balls equal in number to the fireballs formed and shot out to clash against the approaching fireballs. I slid to the floor, moving past Eric before he could grab me. Then I cartwheeled and was up and running.
Brax, Maximus, Nixon, and Kage noticed my presence but were too busy holding down their targets to stop me. I didn't need to be stopped; I had to take down Lark before he finished the deed.
I noticed him raise his hand holding a gold wand, and my eyes widened.
My feet pushed off the ground as I leaped —my body tackled Lark and we both crashed to the ground, his wand falling out of his grasp.
"Fucking hell. Who the fuck?" the voice snarled as he began to try and throw me off him.
We struggled, our bodies rolling on the ground and he ended up pinning me beneath him. I glared up at him and his blazing orange eyes met mine, looking similar to the Lark I knew but I realized it wasn't the same person.
He looked like him, but was younger. His eyes locked onto mine and narrowed.