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He slithered away from the torched swathe of forest, and arrived at the school, glaring in “the reasons of my new power. How pathetic”

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Later, at lunch, Melody pulled out her banana. Disappointing. She peeled it and started eating anyway.

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He crawled up the building, and glared around, coiling up and glaring, before smiling “my flames will ravage these lands”

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He exhaled, before breathing in deep through his nose “first attack” he grinned, before whipping his head around, and sending a lash of blue flames out, letting it crash into a section of the school, and letting it crumble. He grinned, the bricks crumbling reflected in his eyes “my reign begins” he grinned

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His ears twitched again, this time alerted by an explosion and a crash. Shifting back to his daemon form, Darreon leapt up to a building a looked around. Smoke was riding from the school. Grimacing as only a large reptile can, Darreon started leaping towards the school.

There was a loud announcement over the loudspeaker. "Attention Students, there has been a plumbing accident on Floor Seven. All classes have been canceled and the school is being evacuated." Melody looked up from her work as the teacher sighed and waved her hand. "Everyone out!"

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Darreon flew through the air, then landed on the roof of the school. The source of the explosion was... Not a plumbing issue, unless there was a snake in the pipes. Darreon roared and flipped his guitar around, shifting it into an axe.

Yagyu was startled by the explosion, “Is another monster attacking? During the day?” She asked herself while she exited her den. Wings sprouted out of her back and she took flight into the air. Heading towards the sound of the explosion.

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Kieran obediently exited the building. Knowing this town, the reason of evacuation couldn't just be a simple plumbing accident... but he wasn't keen on finding the monster that had caused it either.

He roared Doug to the school “I AM NIGHMARE, SON OF JÖRMUNGANDR! YOU WILL OBEY UNDER MY WORD!” He boomed, sending more flames and obliterating the bathrooms

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Melody exited the building, pushing her way through the crowd of students. She had her own thoughts about the "accident." She had several classes on that floor, and the plumbing had been just fine! Melody glanced at her phone. 12:40. Her parents would be in the thick of work, and obviously, Hadrian would be off with some friends. Park, then? She pushed open the old gate and headed into the thick, dry grassy area. There weren't many kids who would use it, so there wasn't anyone else around. She saw an old fashioned bench and took a seat, pulling out a book that her teacher had assigned. After a good 10, 20 minutes, a deep voice behind her spoke. "Great Expectations? I never liked that book either." Melody jumped and whipped around. Behind her was one of the teachers, Mr. Stone. Mr. Stone was the friendliest of the teachers, always making jokes and talking to the students as if they were good friends. Though, he was a bit odd. Melody once saw him sitting in the vegetable garden that everyone said had been abandoned by the short-lived Gardening Club, hard at work. He never once stopped to eat, and when Melody came into his Science class after lunch, he wasn't even a bit tired! And he had this weird jerking walk that kind of ostracized him from the faculty. Melody laughed nervously. "M-Mr. Stone! W-what a surprise to see you here!" Mr. Stone shrugged. "I felt like getting some fresh air instead of going home." He smiled. "You seem nervous. Was it the accident? Don't worry, no one was hurt." "That's good!" "Y'know, you still seem nervous. The plumbers.." he looked her straight in the eye. "Can put your mind at ease." Melody could tell he was trying to tell her something, but he was seriously creeping her out. "Yeah, of course, uh-huh, right away!" She immediately got up and started hurrying away. Melody knew that was kind of rude, but she couldn't help it. That guy gave her the creeps! But there was something more to him...

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By chance, Kieran also happened to be wandering near the park. He sat down for a minute, grumpily eating a pear. The school hadn't even bothered to give him payment for the morning... What he'd give to be rich! But he could make do. Suddenly eyeing a figure from across the park, he noticed Melody having a conversation with a man who Kieran deemed as 'rather sus'. Hmm... Just to be careful, Kieran flicked up his canid ears, listening to the conversation from far away.

Melody quickly hurried away, and Mr. Stone sighed and muttered to himself, "I just hope she understands what's going on, and the part that she plays in this." He leaned his arm against one of the benches armrests, and only the keenest of ears could hear the sound of stone against metal, though it was only Mr. Stone's arm...or was it?

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Okay.... that was rather sus indeed. Mr. Stone couldn't be an ordinary human, could he? Kieran nonchalantly strolled back to his home, where, with nothing better to do, he decided to take a nap.

Yagyu glided through the air, she could see Nightmare’s rampage going on down below. She frowned, ‘That seems a bit foolish to do. Especially over some kids’ she thought while flying. She started to fly away from the school, the park cams into her view but she didn’t think much of it.

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He roared, and grinned “FEEL THE SNAKE KINGS WRATH!” he boomed, before erupting out of his mouth came the blue and white tornado of flame, with bands of purple acid coiling inside, before he slammed it down, at the crowd below

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Melody was pacing up and down the streets, thinking. What had Mr. Stone said? Go talk to the..plumbers? Why would she want to talk to the plumbers? Well, it's not like she had anything else going on. She walked back to the school, ducking underneath the security tape and finding two burly men hoisting a pipe. "Excuse me? What's going on here?" Melody asked. "Huh? Hey, kid, you're not supposed to be here." "I just wanna-" Melody heard someone behind her. "They're right, you're not. She turned around to see a blonde, spiky-haired security guard. "Now go home." "But I just want to know what happened!" "Girl, just go home. It's too dangerous to be here." Melody sighed. "Alright." She was escorted away from the wreckage, but she couldn't help but notice, coming from the wreckage was an awful lot of steam-and for a second, just a second, Melody swore that she saw a door.


One of the plumbers jumped back. "Machine's going faulty!" He called. "I think it just tore up some ground!"

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He laughed “this stupid blind bats! Hidden in plain sight becusse they’re idiot mortals!” He roared, whipping his head forward, and sending a huge lash off fire down, carving a gigantic crevasse into the earth

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"This one's seriously going nuts! We're going to have to close down the street while we get it under control."

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He roared, and flared out more flames, which obliterated the parking lot, exploding the parked cars and busses

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Of course. It had to be the snake. Kieran glanced at the chaos, then back at the confused crowd, before noping out of there. He began to walk home, a little bored.