Spearwood Academy Volume Two (The Spearwood Academy Book 2) by A.S. Oren Page A

that still remain. Hopefully she
can keep her hold over this new version until we get off the mountain and
through the Void. Once we’re in New York we will have to figure out another way
to keep her from running. I don’t know if I will have enough power at that
point to continually use the voice on her.”
    ‘I
won’t let you down, Dante.’
    My
heart hammers in my chest. There’s no mistaking my own voice. Is this the part
of me that they say is the real me? She wants to go against Dad’s wishes. “You
won’t get away with this,” I say to them all, including myself.

Taking
Back Control
    D ante
kneels down in front of me and takes my hands in his. His amber eyes look into
mine. “I know there is the old Avalon in there somewhere, I want her to come
out now and take control of her mind once more.”
    A heat rush takes over my body and
my head pounds with the rhythm of my own heartbeat. I close my eyes and my body
falls back into the couch.
    “Avalon, are you okay?” Someone
calls, as my consciousness begins to wake up.
    “I think you broke her, Dante,”
says Horace.
    “She’s fine, she’s just gaining her
control back. It will take her a second to rise to the surface,” says Dante.
    I open my eyes and grab at my head.
I’ve had too many headaches today for my liking. The guys stand over me.
“What’s your full name?” asks Amr.
    “Avalon Clementine. Thank you, I’m
not gone. Roseman has just suppressed me and my memories. I can still see and
hear what is going on, but I didn’t have control over my body. The thing he
replaced me with did. It was horrible. You should hear her thoughts. All she
cares about is her appearance and the fucking love triangle Roseman has her
believing. How much time do I have?”
    “I don’t know how long my Voice
ability will last on you, could be ten minutes, or could be half an hour,
depending on how strong the new embedded personality is.
    My skin starts to burn. The moon
still has a pull on me. “We should get outside. I don’t know what he did to
change my dragon form and stop the transformation while she’s in control, but
with me it doesn’t feel like it is working.”
    Mirren picks me up, cradling me in
his arms.  I put an arm around his neck, while he carries me down the
spiral stairs and out the door.  I jump out of his arms and onto the
ground. The wings have already pushed through the skin on my back and rip the
dress in two. It falls off me and my talons tear at my skin, trying to get as
much of it out of the way as possible. Not having this happen for the past day
was nothing less than a miracle, but I guess miracles can’t last for
long. 
    My body triples in size as my
golden scales move to cover my three spiked tail and hind legs. I hold in the
roar like scream that wants to erupt from me, I know that things could be
listening and I don’t want my pain to give away our location so soon.  The
transformation comes to an end. “You’re scales are back to normal,” says
Horace.
    ‘ Well, at least you will always
be able to tell who is in charge of my body.’ I broadcast to them as I take
a moment to sit and regain composure of myself.
    “You transforming changes my plans
a tad,” says Dante. He moves to stand near me and places a hand on my shoulder.
“With you in this form, we could ride on your back and you could fly us down
the mountain. We will still have the Guardians to contend with, but now we have
more of an advantage over them. How many of you can do a full transformation?”
    Both Maverick and Paden raise their
arms. “So can I, that makes four dragons total then. The rest of you, transform
what you can, and use all the strong magic maneuvers that you know.”
    I lie down as flat as I can get, so
that they can climb up on my back. With all eight of them on my back, they are
heavier than I thought they would be, but nothing that I can’t handle. ‘Ready?’
    “Yes,” says Dante.
    ‘Hold on tight then. I don’t
know how much