Pure Blood

  Chapter Two

  A boy, no older than thirteen, stood up and walked toward one of the doors. He looked out of place among the kids. His hair was silver, like the color of a full moon and his eyes lighter than the others. He approached the door, which was old and rotting. There was a sign hanging at the top of it. He looked at the sign on the door.

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  where your strengths will be tested and your patience will be tried…where your mind will be opened and your heart will be warmed…where your fears will be faced and your dreams will be made real…where your world will be forever changed and your home will be here…where few will walk and few will succeed…where you will be reborn from the ashes of your body…where you will have to become much more than anything you have become…where challenges and trials await you…you who walk through this door…

  He placed his hand on the handle of the door, which looked like a giant ring. He was about to push the door open, but then a girl screamed at him and he let go of the handle.

  “What are you doing? You could get killed! Or lost! Or…who knows what?” The girl had gray eyes, like most of them in that room, and dirty blonde hair that had frizzed up from their walk in the rain.

  “What else am I supposed to do? Just sit here? Hope that someone will come to get us and explain what the hell is going on?”

  “Someone will come. They’re just testing our patience.” The boy rolled his eyes and stared at all of the kids sitting on the floor, just sitting. The girl sat back down.

  “Well, I’m not going to wait around for someone. I’m going to find out some things, and the first thing I’m going to find out is what’s behind that door!” His voice echoed slightly and he reached for the handle again. The girl started crying and begging him to join them. He refused to sit around and do nothing in a place that was already creeping into his subconscious. He pushed on the hard oak door and disappeared into the darkness of another room. All of the kids just stared as the door shut tightly behind him. The girl stopped crying and the circular room fell silent once more.