Scares Given by Destiny
Episode - 1
The halls of Vanguard Academy hummed with energy. Boots on polished floors, metal doors sliding open, the echo of sparring classes. To the most students, it felt like a battlefield disguised as a school.
To Claire Davis, it felt like a trap she had willingly stepped into.
Claire Davis / FL
*walking*
She kept her hood up, bag tight against her shoulder, hoping no one would notice her. New faces always drew attention. Attention was the one thing she couldn’t afford.
Blend in. Stay quiet. Trust no one.
That was the rule the old caretaker had drilled into her since childhood.
The same caretaker who taught her the precise way to hold a blade.
The same one who warned her that marked people were hunted.
A faint symbol — a sharp, curved line like a crescent claw — rested on her wrist. It pulsed sometimes, like a heartbeat under her skin. She kept it wrapped in bandages.
She didn’t know what it meant.
Claire Davis / FL
People had died because of it.
A sound cracked across the hall — metal clashing, a startled shout, then a body slamming into the wall right beside her.
A boy — tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in combat gear — stumbled into her path, gripping his side. His hair fell across his eyes, dark and messy, and blood trickled from his lip. Three masked attackers cornered him
Before Claire could blink.
Unknown
*gaze snapped to her*
Claire Davis / FL
*💭 Why is he looking at me like that ?*
And she didn’t have time to ask.
One of the masked men lunged at him. Another raised a blade.
Attackers
*attack on the unknown*
Without thinking — without even breathing — Claire moved.
Her body reacted faster than her mind:
Claire Davis / FL
*grab attackers wrist and twist it hard*
Claire Davis / FL
*slammed her elbow to his throat*
Claire Davis / FL
*leave the attacker*
Attackers
*fall on the floor coughing*
She wasn’t supposed to fight.
Claire Davis / FL
*blinking while looking at her own hands*
But the danger wasn’t over.
Attackers
*the other two attackers recovered quickly and charged again*
Unknown
*stand infront of Claire* Stay behind me!
Claire Davis / FL
*didn't listen to him and stepped ahead instead*
Claire Davis / FL
*kick the attacker on his ribs*
Their blades sliced at the air where her body had just moved.
And then she hit the ground in a roll, tripped one, and disarmed the another one.
Attackers
*fall unconscious*
When the last attacker fell unconscious, a heavy silence filled the hallway.
It all took less than ten seconds.
Claire Davis / FL
*stood while breathing hard and heart racing*
Unknown
*stand straight and watching her like she had become the most dangerous thing in the building*
Unknown
*low voice* Where did you learn to fight like that?
Claire Davis / FL
*swallow her slaiva and pulling her hood lower, covering her face*
Claire Davis / FL
*lied* I didn't.
Unknown
Who are you?! *cold voice❄*
Claire Davis / FL
*turn away* Nobody!
But as she walked off, she felt his gaze burning into her back.
Asher Miller / ML
*staring at her*
She didn’t know his name yet. But she would soon.
He would become the one person she couldn’t run from.
A storm she couldn’t escape.
A fire she didn’t know she needed.
And the first person to see the truth behind her bandaged wrist.
Episode - 2
Asher Miller had been stabbed twice, shot once, and nearly blown apart in training simulations.
But nothing — nothing — rattled him like the girl who had just wiped the floor with three assassins in under ten seconds.
Asher Miller / ML
*watching her intensely*
He watched Claire walk away, her hood low, her steps quick and quiet.
Like someone used to escaping before anyone could ask questions.
Asher’s heartbeat hadn’t slowed.
She moved like a shadow.
Hit like a trained soldier.
Reacted like someone who’d seen real combat
And that mark on her wrist — barely visible beneath the bandages — he recognized it.
Asher Miller / ML
*eyes darkened*
He’d seen it burned into the wall of his destroyed home.
The night his family was murdered.
A warning he can't ignore.
Asher Miller / ML
*knelt and grab one of the unconscious attackers by the collar*
The man's mask was cheap.
A black serpent twisting around a crescent claw.
Asher Miller / ML
*clench his jaw*
They were here. On campus. And they attacked only when she appeared.
Asher Miller / ML
*slowly stand up*
Asher Miller / ML
*💭 who is that girl?
And why is the Black Veil after her?*
And then the Commander arrives.
Heavy boots echoed down the hall.
Students gathered.
Whispers swelled.
The academy director and Commander, approached with instructors behind him.
Director
*his eyes swept across the unconscious attackers and then look at Asher*
Commander
Asher Miller! Report! *said sharply*
Asher never bowed, never softened, never showed weakness.
But right now his gaze drifted toward the direction that girl had disappeared.
Asher Miller / ML
A student intervened. She beat them.❄
Director
*frowns* A student? Who?
Asher hesitated.
He wasn’t used to hesitating.
Asher Miller / ML
I don’t know her name. Not yet.❄
Commander
But you intend to find out. *said slowly*
Asher didn’t reply.
He didn’t need to.
Director
*place a hand on his shoulder*
Be careful. If the Black Veil is involved, this is not a ordinary target.
Asher Miller / ML
*expression hardened*
Asher Miller / ML
She is not a target.❄
And he didn’t know why he said it.
Except… he felt it.
The moment she moved, the moment she fought for him — something stirred inside him that had been silent for years.
She was something far more dangerous.
Episode - 3
Hours later, Asher walked through the training yard, ignoring greetings and stares. He scanned crowds, shadows, doorways.
His friends noticed.
Especially Elijah William, his closest teammate.
Elizah William /ML Friend
Who are you looking for?!
Asher didn’t bother hiding it.
Asher Miller / ML
A girl !
Elizah William /ML Friend
*choke* A… girl? Since when do you—
Asher Miller / ML
*cut in between* She saved my life !
Elizah William /ML Friend
*blink* Okay! That's something new!
Asher Miller / ML
*muttered* It won't happen again.
Asher Miller / ML
*eyes scanning the area*
Elizah William /ML Friend
*raised a eyebrow* You mean you won’t let her save you again?
Or… you won’t let her leave again?
Asher didn’t answer.
He couldn’t.
Because suddenly — there she was.
Trying to blend in with a group and failing miserably at hiding from him.
Claire Davis / FL
*eyes widened — startled, scared, maybe angry*
Asher Miller / ML
*eyes narrowed — focused, intense, unwilling to let her slip away again*
He caught up to her in three long strides.
Asher Miller / ML
*standing in front of her blocking her way*
Claire Davis / FL
*stopped*
Claire Davis / FL
*lift her head*
Asher Miller / ML
*saw her eyes clearly*
Dark.
Guarded.
But burning with something he couldn’t name.
Asher Miller / ML
You ! Why did you run ?!
Claire Davis / FL
*annoyed* I didn't run !
Asher Miller / ML
You did !
Claire Davis / FL
I walked !
Asher Miller / ML
You disappeared !
Claire Davis / FL
*exhale sharply* You were busy with the director.
Asher Miller / ML
*take a step closer*
Claire Davis / FL
*stood still but shoulder stiffened*
Asher Miller / ML
Yoy should not have involved in the fight.
Claire Davis / FL
*frowns* You were about to get stabbed.
Asher Miller / ML
I had it under control.
Claire Davis / FL
Really? Because you looked like you were bleeding—
Asher Miller / ML
*whispher in dangerous voice* I said !
Claire Davis / FL
*breath hitched*
Asher Miller / ML
You should not have involved!
Claire Davis / FL
*eyes flashed with irritation*
He liked that more than he should have.
Claire Davis / FL
*glare at him* And I am not appologizing for it. So move !!
Asher Miller / ML
*standing still*
Asher Miller / ML
Asher Miller! *said while tapping his chest lightly*
Remember the name. You might need it.
Claire Davis / FL
*jaw tightened*
Claire Davis / FL
I don't want anything from you!
Asher Miller / ML
*lips curved—not a smile but more like a challenge*
Asher Miller / ML
You say that for now!
Claire Davis / FL
*pushed him aside*
Claire Davis / FL
*walk away without looking back*
But she could feel it —
his gaze burning into her like fire following a shadow.
As she disappeared into the crowd,
Asher Miller / ML
*mumble* You can't hide from me!
And the unsettling truth?
He didn’t want her to.
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