"E-Excuse me?" Harry's eyes popped out.
Just a few seconds ago he was being lashed out at for just existing, and out of nowhere a random girl just....claimed him?
"Yes! You're gonna tell me everything about your dad!"
Harry just stared at her.
Sara let go of Harry's slightly red cheeks and put her hands on her chest.
"Oh my God, I thought I would never be able to complete my research on him!"
While being a girl with decent manners and good academic history, Sara was also an absolute nerd in criminal psychology.
From the age of eight, she used to watch only crime investigation and mystery movies and T.V shows. Later, she started reading mystery books which further turned into researching on real life criminals.
"This is it!" Sara exclaimed, "Now that I've got you, I can finish it!"
Harry continued staring because he figured that, that's all he can do in this situation.
"Your room is 305, right!", She pointed straight at the door.
Harry opened his mouth to say something but nodded instead.
"Now hold on a second!" a rough voice barked from behind.
It was one of the guys from the crowd that was cornering Harry.
"Do you even know what you're doing?" the guy's fists were clenched.
"Are you actually insane?", a girl from the back said "He's literally James Cooper's son!"
"You're seriously letting him live here just because of some stupid research of yours?" said another guy "What if he turns out like his father!"
Sara lifted a finger up in the air and said, "First, don't you dare call my research stupid"
The rough voiced guy stepped up "What did y–"
"And second," Sara interrupted him "If you treat him like this, he surely WILL turn out like his father!"
Sara looked back at Harry and continued, "Remember, he is James Cooper's son but not James Cooper himself."
Harry was speechless, for the first time in his life he was accepted as a person. He remembered, every shadow that avoided him, every side eye and whisper no matter where he went, every mother who grabbed her child whenever they saw him. It was always like he was never supposed to be, meant to be or wanted to be, alive.
But then suddenly, "You are mine!"
Harry snapped back to reality which made his breath hitch loud enough to grab everyone's attention.
Sara looked at him with genuine concern, "You okay there?"
"Uh, yes!" Harry said almost instantly.
"Listen here you brat!" said the rough voiced guy "I don't care about anything you say"
He pointed a finger at Harry, "That SCUM is not living here!"
"Yes!" said the rest of the crowd in sync.
The commotion had turned into a protest, but Sara didn't look like she was scared at all.
"Don't worry", she says while looking at Harry, "You ARE gonna live here. No matter what."
"What in the world is going on here!"
The hallway froze.
It was a firm and strong voice which came
from the other end of the hallway.
It was a boy. Standing still with his hands at the back, looking straight a the crowd.
"I-It's Sir Regus!", said the rough voiced guy.
"And M-Madam Maria!", said a girl from the crowd.
Beside Regus was a girl, slightly shorter than him with a mischievous smirk on her face.
Sara looked at the rough voiced guy and whispered, "You really called the authorities?"
"You'd wish they were authorities", he whispered back, his posture had gotten rigid.
Sara's eyebrows furrowed.
Regus slowly walked up to the guy.
"I-I apologize for m–"
He tightly grabbed his face, "What were you thinking while being this loud?"
"Man, these half-bloods", said Maria while rolling her eyes, "I'm really sick of looking after these guys!"
"You filthy humans", said Regus while tightening his grip on the guy's face, "Don't even know the meaning of this power.", his voice was calm, his steady were eyes looking right at him.
Sweat trickling down from Sara's temples, 'Who are these guys?'
"I-I apowogishe!" the guy said with his mouth grabbed by Regus.
Regus continued, "If you dare ruin the reputation of our class."
'"Our class"?' Sara's eyes widened.
"Wait!", she spoke, "You guys are students too?"
Sara had just realized two things. First, what she was witnessing right now was called bullying. And second, she shouldn't have spoken just now.
"That's some new faces!", Maria said with her smile widening.
She walked up to her and started examining her from top to bottom.
"*Giggles* Cute", she said while looking at Sara's face.
Her eyes then moved to Harry. He was standing behind Sara, nervously looking at them.
"Why the long face?", Maria said while tilting her head.
"Hwe's.....hwe's", the rough voiced guy suddenly spoke, "Jwamsh Coowew's shon!"
"Regus, please let him go", Maria said without even looking at him, "His muffled voice is even more annoying."
Regus let go off his face.
The rough voiced guy stumbled back a few steps, "*Wheeze* Th–That guy is James Cooper's son!"
Maria turned her head towards Regus, "James Cooper? Who's that?"
"I somewhat know about him", Regus said, "He was a serial killer in the human world. Killed about fifty humans in the span of four years."
His expression tightened when he looked at Harry, "To think that they even gave his son inhuman powers.", his teeth gritted, "How pathetic."
"And that girl was letting him live here!", the rough voiced guy said while pointing at Sara.
"Is that true?", Maria instantly turned towards Sara.
"I mean...if you treat him like th–"
"Agh!"
She caught Sara's right ear, "I didn't ask for an explanation yet!"
Her smile widened, "You only speak whe–uhgh!"
Maria's grip on Sara's ear suddenly loosened.
A huge golden-furred arm was throttling her.
"You...." Harry growled, tightening his grip on Maria's neck, his eyes were intensely wide, "Let. Her. Go. Now."
The crowd gasped and started whispering nervously.
"This!....This is exactly what I meant!", the rough voiced guy shouted.
Sara freed her ear from Maria's hands.
She instantly grabbed Harry's arm, "What are you doing?"
THWACK
Harry went flying back, crashing into a wall.
"*Cough* You....Son of a bitch!", Maria was panting with her left leg in the air. But what was more noteworthy was that her legs had turned into a glossy green texture.
"How ignorant", Regus casually walked up to her, "These fools don't even know their worth."
"Harry!", Sara screamed and started running towards him.
He was bleeding from the back of his head.
Sara grabbed his shoulder, "Harry! Are you okay?"
He looked at her with his barely open eyes, "I'm fine....Are you okay?" his voice was weak, very weak.
"Regus, I'm gonna kill him!", Maria snarled while cracking her knuckles.
"Do as you wish.", said Regus, he was as calm as ever.
Maria aggressively exhaled which simultaneously made her grow a foot taller, her arms got muscular and turned into the same glossy green texture as her legs. They, then twisted into something like a large hook.
RIP
Four transparent wings emerged out from her back, ripping her shirt from that area.
Sara stood up facing Maria and Regus, "Now you've done it!"
The pupils of her green eyes got vertical and elongated, and in a few seconds Sara had transformed as well.
Tall figure, slightly broad shoulders, black fur on her muscular arms, triangular cat ears on her head and a long black tail wagging from her back.
Regus squinted his eyes.
"What the hell?", Maria said while looking at Sara.
"This again", Sara looked up at the ceiling of the hallway.
The lights were flickering.