“This is your room, Vinyaya. You may decorate it as you please. You are only allowed two people at a time to visit you,” said her prefect. “Classes will resume on Monday as usual.”

“Thanks,”Vinyaya said, grinning at the prefect. “I’ll be fine.”

The prefect smiled at her and shut the door. Vinyaya watched him go, then turned to face her room.

The walls were completely bare, and a pale white. There lay one naked bed, no sheets or pillows. There wasn’t even a matress. Vinyaya looked incredulously at the bare bedsprings. She was sure she had seen a matress in that horrible sprite’s room. So why wasn’t there one in hers?

Vinyaya decided that she would have to sleep on the floor for now until she could send for a matress from Bibi.The walls needed some serious colour, not to mention decorations. She couldn’t stand this pale white.

She set her bags down on the floor with a thunk, and knelt down beside it to unpack. With steady fingers she unzipped it and took the first thing out. It was her favourite poster of the fairy band The Fleas( you may not notice, but this is a spoof on the beatles-haha), all rolled up carefully by Bibi. She smiled. Good old Bibi. She did everything for her only daughter.

Vinyaya was about to unpack her schoolbooks when her door slammed open, sending a two-month old cloud of dust into the air. “What the F-” she coughed.

There stood the sprite and a half- elf goblin mix , along with a pixie. None of them were smiling. ‘Welcome back, newbie,” The sprite said, kicking her bag across the floor. It skittered straight into the wall. Vinyaya heard something crack.

The pixie and elf/goblin were snickering as Vinyaya stood up, her fists clenched in rage. Her long nails tore her skin, and blood trickled down her palm. “What have I done to you?I just came here. I don’t know you.”

The sprite chuckled annoyingly. “You were rude to me. You must pay.”

Vinyaya was on the very brink of her temper.

“Now, we shall have to teach you some respect,” The hybrid said maliciously.

Vinyaya forgot Bibi’s promise when she saw what the sprite was holding in his hands. It was Bibi’s locket, and it was hanging around his neck. He let it go, and it fell onto his chest, giving a little bounce as it hit.

Vinyaya flew at him. It was not pretty.

She slapped his cheek, leaving a bloody mark where she had hit. Her hand slid off. The hybrid came barreling after her just as the sprite was recovering. She gripped both of his outstretched hands and brought her knee up sharply.

He instantly let go with a howl of pain. Vinyaya turned around to face the sprite again when she felt a sharp and sudden yank at the back of her head. The pixie had gotten hold of her hair.

He brought Vinyaya to her knees as the sprite turned to face her. She scrabbled at his imprisoning hand with her nails, trying to find somewhere to pinch or scratch.

He looped his arms under her armpits and linked his fingers together at the back of her neck. She was powerless to stop him. Both her arms were trapped and he kept backing up so that she couldn’t give him a  good hard kick in the shins.

The sprite wiped her blood off his cheek and wiped it on his jeans. “Time to teach you some manners,” he whispered, and punched her.

Vinyaya’s cry of pain was stifled, as the door was soundproof.

The pixie let her go, and both of them left the room.

Vinyaya was angry and hurt. She became even more angry when the door banged open again.

‘What the hell do I have to do to keep you out of my-” she began.

It was Julius, and his face was redder than usual. “What happened in here?” He said gruffly.

“Nothing,”   she said, keeping her head down. She had a briuse on her neck where the pixie had grabbed her, and she certainly did not want anybody’s pity.

Besides, blue sparks were healing it. No cause for alarm.

‘I heard something…”

“Well, you should have minded your own business! I didn’t know that students were’nt authorized to their own privacy!” she snapped, glaring at him.

Her cheeks were flushed red with embarrassment, but Julius thought it was anger, and took great offense.

“Well,” he said, puffing up his chest, ” I didn’t know I wasn’t allowed to be concerned for a friend–”

“Out. Now.”

Root strode out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

Vinyaya was halfway unpacking when she realized that the sprite still had Bibi’s locket.

Some other stories by captainshort101:

• Shadow of the day
• Artemis Fowl and the quest with king lief( the REAL part II)
• Artemis Fowl and the quest with King Lief, Part II
• Artemis Fowl and the quest with King Lief
• I'm baaaaaaaack!

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