Genesis
Forrester across the floor with such ease.
One by one, the creature pointed to each student, its gaze lingering, ruling them out as the one it was looking for, its serpentine voice hissing with disappointment. It got to Echo, its finger hovering, and was about to rule him out too, but it stopped, its movements pausing. It took another deep breath, its head tilting as if examining him, its invisible gaze piercing. It raised its hand, turning it palm up, and then made a fist. Echo's body went rigid, his eyes wide with pain, and he began to slide across the ground, as if on ice, propelled towards the shrouded figure. When he got close enough, the creature took another whiff at Echo, a long, dra