Octavia
Sky gapes at us in shock. Mouth opening and closing in comical fashion as his gaze darts between our outfits before settling on me.
"I-wow." He states with raised brows
Pathetic. That was the best compliment he could come up with?
"You both look stunning." He grins. Regaining his footing.
See. I comment amusedly as Stella and I leave the dorm. He just needed a minute to process
We pause to lock my dorm and I grin at the shadows grumbling in the back of my mind. I glance at my right shoulder, seeing Little Shadow and Asmodeus swirl gently against my neck. A cool feeling along my arms has me glancing down to see the other's looping and twirling in one long stretch of shadowy ribbon along my arms.
I smile appreciatively at them. They could always tell when I'm stressed, this was their way of comforting me.
"Hide them away." Stella snaps, eyes wide and face cold. I glance up in shock.
"Stel-" Sky says, stepping towards us. He looks surprised and upset and he's staring at my sister in slight horror.
"Now, Octavia. They have no place at a royal event."
Bitch. Asmodeus hisses, but she's right
I stare my sister down, refusing to let a single emotion show on my face as I read the carefully hidden terror in her eyes.
Hide. I command with such force that the shadows dart and disperse from my body in search of a place to hide. Sky stumbles back a step as the shadow brush past his feet and arms in their search for dark corners and shadowed figures.
Stella and I are still staring at each other. My twin breaks the battle as she nods in appreciation and looks away. With my focus gone from Stella I can feel that detached nothingness creepy in the absence of my companions. I shiver slightly, my skin prickling as if someone is watching me.
Just us, mistress. A horrifically distant voice reaches. We'll follow you and stay in the surrounding shadows.
My stomach clenches, I don't know which shadow that was. Normally I can hear and feel them and instinctively recognise which one they are but now. Now it's as if a blanket has covered my senses.
I look up to see Sky watching me as Stella talks away nervously to him about the upcoming event. He seems to be asking me a question with his gaze. I don't know what though. I stride down the hallway, hearing the other two follow quickly. Maybe he wants to know why the sudden event that takes months to plan, why I listened to Stella, why I'm so cold? So many questions, I don't think I have any answers for him.
Sky strides on my left, damn him and his long legs for easily catching up to me. I sigh and slow down to a more comfortable pace, allowing Stella to catch up properly to walk on Sky's other side. We make our way silently through the halls, each of us lost in thought.
A warning buzz of power flits through me. The shadows.
We reach the entrance of Alfea and Sky drifts back a few paces to walk behind us.
"Good luck." He murmurs
We'll need it. Stella links my arm with hers-
Stella and I link arms as we walk behind Beatrix and Ricki. The couple looked adorable in the summer light as we walked along the beach.
"I want...." Ricki starts with a grin as she glances back at us. "Caramel ice cream."
"I want strawberry ice cream." Beatrix bemoans.
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✔ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕤 Fate: The Winx Saga
FanfictionShe was the perfect child, second inline for the throne, until she wasn't. The burned ones aren't the only threat Alfea faces, irreversible damage caused and secrets kept. As a child you learn that light is good and shadows are bad, but what happen...
