Dark Deformations

ii - Grievous consequences

Mina wasn't allowed dormitory privileges. The matrons would hiss at me how she's too volatile, too unpredictable.

I couldn't rick sneaking her into my small room as I share it with 37 others. So,

I pressed my back up to the cold rough wall, and slowly made my way towards her cell. I was terrified, if caught I would receive severe punishments. Nedorit's doesn't take kindly to those who defy them. We hear their anger in the screams of half-sirens, being dragged to the headmaster's office.

They always come pack deformed or disfigured in some way. Some have lost eyes, simply left with an empty socket, other's, toes, forced to crawl around for the remainder of their existence.

So, I was desperate not to get caught, as I felt shadows swirl around in the sharp corners and turns, I quickened my pace immediately.

I finally reached Mina's resting place, and gave the door a quick and quiet tap, readied to hide at the first show of movement. Thankfully the door opened after a split second and I slipped into the darkness.

A hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me right, until I felt Mina envelope me in a cold hug.

"Mina – you successfully stole the key away from Matron Byni?"

"No, I used my door opening abilities." She whispered; as I heard a smile become glued to her face.

"I get it sarpe (translate: snake), no need to be rude. Give me a second I'm going to get some light in here, okay."

With a flick of my wrist light was etched into the room, filling the once menacing corners.

That was before a more menacing presence yanked the door open.

"Ce cauți aici fetiță! Vrei să fii contaminat cu un maledictus ca prieten? Vii cu mine la biroul dracului de director. Doar aici de trei luni și „prietenul" tău găsește în sine să te permită să intri în camerele ei de dormit,Fetiță îngrozitoare!"

(Translate: What are you doing here little girl! Do you wish to be contaminated with a maledictus as a friend? You are coming with me to the fucking principal's office. Only here three months and your 'friend' finds it in her-self to allow you into her sleeping chambers, horrible little girl!)

I stood trembling in fear as Byni reamed at me, I could feel sweat trickling down my back. I could feel Mina glancing at me, which is the worst thing to do in this situation, I knew she would be punished greatly for it.

"Snake, do you not understand the language of this institution, do you wish to suffer the shame of being ignorant?" Matron stretched her neck towards Mina, her anger now focused towards her.

I grew increasingly worried, formed from my research of my friends curse, that if her emotions become too heightened, she would be forced to turn into that dreadful serpent. I was not scared for me, I was scared for her.

Risking a glance at Mina, I saw dark green scales has begun to appear on her arms. Matron Byni seemed to notice too, and at once halted her screeching.

Roughly grabbing dark wild hair, she closed and locked the door leaving her to deal with the transformation herself.

But I didn't have time to obsess over Mina, as a much worse fate awaited me.

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[A/N: Hey Guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter! In case you were wondering, the language Matron spoke in was Romanian, but please let me know if I have translate it properly, I am just going off what google translate tells me. There will also probably be another update tomorrow, Friday and Saturday as I probably won't be able to write another chapter for a few days after that.]