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꧁"𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿."꧂
By the time Violet had caught up to Bloom, the two had came across Stella. Bloom noticed her first, and walked over to the blonde girl, who was dressed in a slightly fancy outfit.
The blonde noticed the two approaching her. "Bloom and Violet?" She questioned to make sure they were who she thought they were.
"Yeah, you must be Stella." Bloom realised. "Hi." The red head then greeted.
Violet just gave her a small smile since she was quite tense. She was in a big space, with lots of people, and she kept getting different feelings that she was trying her best to shut out.
"I was—we were waiting." Bloom began to try and make an excuse, but was failing. "We just...we got impatient." Bloom told the blonde guiltily with an awkward chuckle.
Violet raised her eyebrows at the red head. Bloom got impatient and ran off, while Violet was forced to catch up to her more like.
"How very American of you. Shall we?" Stella questioned rhetorically to the two, before walking off, expecting them to follow.
Bloom immediately did so without hesitation, while Violet scoffed under her breath. "Stereotypical much." Violet then followed the two inside as Stella started to give them a tour.
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The three had been walking for not that long, before Stella spoke up. "Miss Dowling tells me this is your first time in the other world." The blonde conversed with them. "I hope your trip was painless." She looked back at the two over her shoulder as the three girls walked through the halls of the school.
Violet had found the whole teleportation gateway thing weird, but she just reminded herself that this whole situation was bizarre, and that she would eventually get used to it.
"Miss Dowling gave us a time and location where there'd be a gateway—" Bloom started before being cut off by Violet.
"It ended up being in the middle of nowhere so it wasn't exactly convenient." The mind fairy admitted. "However, I'm not surprised since humans don't actually know about this world and you can't take any chances I guess." Violet pursed her lips, as she finally finished speaking up.
The girl was getting used to the feelings around her the longer she was there, and had managed to finally shut most of them out.
"The headmistress likes to do things like the book, and keeping your world a secret from ours is chapter one, no matter how inconvenient it may be." Stella informed the two girls, while nodding at Violet slightly from her logic. Stella then turned around so that she was facing the two. "But, if you ever want to go back..." Stella trailed off, as she lifted up her right hand to show a gold ring on her finger.
"That's a whole lot of ring." Bloom spoke up after inspecting the jewellery.
Violet nodded in agreement to the red heads words."It sure looks beautiful." The ring had a glow to it that caught Violet in a trance.
"Family heirloom. Gateway ring. The only thing that keeps you sane in this place is the ability to leave it." Stella stated.
Stella's words threw Violet off a little, she was hoping her year wouldn't be awful spending it here, but after hearing what Stella had said, her nerves had came back.
"Your world may not always be thrilling, but it beats this one." Stella said, as she started to walk into the space where other students were hanging around. "There are seven realms in the other world, each a different kind of boring." The blonde drawled.
Stella kept on walking, but Bloom slowed down and looked around. Violet could see that Stella was getting farther away so gently grabbed onto Blooms' arm. "We can look around properly later." Violet promised the red head, before dragging her slightly towards Stella.
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The two new girls were now in the head mistresses office, as Miss Dowling gave them a little bit more information to make them feel more comfortable.
While Bloom had been studying the globe of the other world, Violet had taken to letting her eyes wonder across the many books on the bookcases.
Her scanning was interrupted as Miss Dowling started speaking. "Think of Alfea as your new home." The headmistress then looked towards the two girls. "I'm sure it must be overwhelming, an entirely new world." Miss Dowling said to the two knowingly.
"It sure is." Violet hummed.
"And yet I saw no less than three people updating their insta stories." Bloom chuckled to herself. "I was half-expecting a school full of Tinkerbells zipping around." Bloom then carried on.
Violet nodded at the girls words. "I was expecting Tinkerbell to be a teacher." The seventeen year old smirked and looked at Miss Dowling.
Miss Dowling smirked at the two. "Disappointed?"
"I'm just kind of bummed I didn't see a single pair of wings." Bloom admitted.
Violet pointed over at the girl, before adding to her statement. "Or any fairies with wands."
"Well, we had wings in the past—" The headmistress informed as she was looking through a book. "—as we've evolved, transformation magic has been lost." Miss Dowling continued.
The teacher then looked up at the two and smirked slightly. "Also, Tink was an air fairy. You're a fire fairy—" Miss Dowling said while pointing at Bloom before turning to Violet. "—and you are an upgraded mind fairy."
Violet pursed her lips at that. She still wasn't over the fact that she was different from everyone else.
"Yeah, that much I know." Bloom muttered, as she walked towards one of the seats in front of Miss Dowling's desk.
Violet followed in pursuit and sat down on the seat next to hers.
"So, when do we...we start?" Bloom questioned the teacher.
"Classes begin tomorrow. You'll start with the basics." Miss Dowling started to inform them. "Learn to use your magic slowly but safely." She said, while looking pointedly between the two girls sitting in front of her desk.
Violet bit her lip. She understood that the two needed to learn slowly in order to keep safe, but she had almost mastered control, she only slipped up a few times.
Bloom seemed to think the same. "When you say...slowly..." The red head trailed off.
"I mean it." Miss Dowling stated with a firm tone. "Magic can be dangerous, as you well know." She then continued.
Violet narrowed her eyes slightly at the subtle dig. Bloom may have lost control, but it was her first time that she had ever experienced magic, and she had never even heard of the other world at the time.
Violet was quite protective of Bloom. The girl was older and took on the big sister role. Even though she was adopted, Bloom was her family and she wouldn't have it any other way. They could both annoy each other at times, but they loved each other no less.
If Bloom asked her to jump, Violet would jump, it was as simple as that. It may seem like she was a pushover, but she only was for her sister. If it was anyone else, she would tell them straight to shut up.
Violet could see Bloom's face drop slightly at the headmistresses words and moved her hand so it was holding the red heads gently, and squeezed it to show that she was there.
Bloom gave her a smile of gratitude in response, but the two's moment was interrupted by the teacher once again.
"Our curriculum is designed with that in mind. Trust the process." Miss Dowling told the two.
"The slow process." Bloom emphasised the word 'slow'
Violet was just hoping that the red head would stop questioning everything now, this was a school for people like them, they knew what they were doing. Although Violet may not like having to take it slow, she knows it will help her in the long run.
"Alfea's graduates have ruled realms and led armies." The headmistress said once she noticed Bloom was questioning her teaching.
Violet listened intently to the woman. Violet may not have wanted to lead a realm or an army, but the facts that the teacher was giving were interesting, and the girl was impressed that this school could teach people the skills for that.
"They've forged powerful relics—" Violet could see out of the corner of her eye that Bloom was invested in the information like her. "—and rediscovered long-lost magic." Miss Dowling continued. "They shape the other world." Miss Dowling said as she did a hand gesture, before laying back in her chair slightly. "If you both succeed here, you will too." Miss Dowling finished her small speech.
The headmistresses words rang over in Violet's head. Maybe Violet could learn to like it here. She knows it's going to be hard, but she's willing to do it, Violet's stubborn and she doesn't give up, even at this.
"Well, this place, the other world, uh...Alfea—" Bloom started to say. "It seems amazing but—" She trailed off at the end. "—this isn't my home." Bloom finished sadly.
Violet doesn't really know what her home is. She never knew her past life, so didn't know where she had used to live. She had been adopted, so the girl knew that wasn't really her home. And now Alfea, she hasn't spent much time there yet, so she's not sure if it's home yet or not.
"I don't need to rule a realm or lead an army." Bloom told the headmistress. "I'm here because you promised you'd teach me control." Bloom reminded the teacher, who was watching the two girls closely.
Violet nodded in agreement. She may not have needed as much help as Bloom did with control, but she still did need to. She didn't want to keep slipping up, she didn't want to take that risk.
She also knew that she had even more abilities, she's just never tried to discover them. She could however feel the power, but she always held back for fear of losing control. She was hoping that she'd learn to not be afraid and be able to control her abilities so that she would eventually be able to discover her abilities to the full potential.
Headmistress Dowling stood up from her chair with a deep sigh "No Bloom, you're here because you knew you had no other choice." She told the red head with a knowing tone.
Bloom looked saddened by her words, but knew the woman was right. Violet gave the red head a small smile of encouragement as the headmistress dismissed the two.
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