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꧁"𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻."꧂
The four girls had instantly left their suite to go and look for the red head. However, the girls made sure to inform Miss Dowling, who was going to meet them there, before leaving.
The only person who didn't come, was Stella, although Violet had seen the girl leave their suite and head somewhere else.
The four girls were now hiking through the forest, as fast as they could, since they had already gone past the barrier and were hoping to keep moving, so that they could get to Bloom quick enough.
Eventually, the girls had made it to the old cemetery and were outside the gateway. The four of them were however surprised when Miss Dowling came up from behind them, since they weren't expecting her to come out of nowhere.
"Wait here, I'll go and get Bloom." Miss Dowling sternly said to the four of them, before making her way through the gateway.
Violet watched as Bloom ran out and breathed heavily as the red head peered in and saw Miss Dowling attacking the burned one.
When Violet got a glimpse of the creature, she was horrified. The thing was huge and monstrous.
The snarls that the creature made shook the girls core and Violet had never been so terrified even though she was nowhere near the thing.
Violet couldn't take her eyes off of the creature that she could have sworn she's seen before, until the gateway door closed and her view was blocked.
"Are you okay?" Aisha questioned the fire fairy with wide eyes.
Violet rushed towards the red head, who was panting for breath, and crushed her into a hug. Bloom didn't hesitate to hug her back, although Violet could not only feel her body shaking physically, but she could sense the fear radiating off of the red head.
Violet squeezed her eyes shut, as she didn't let go of the girl, trying to block out the fear. She was already scared enough as it is and she didn't need any more fear added onto it.
"Yeah, yeah, I think so..." Bloom was still panting, but didn't let go of her adoptive sister. "What the hell was that thing?" Bloom questioned the four incredulously.
"I'm pretty sure it's called a burned one." Terra informed them.
"Huh?" Bloom was still confused.
Not only was the red head confused, but so was Violet. She didn't realise there was creatures like that in the fairy world. The name of the creatures, caused familiarity to wash over her though, but she had not the slightest clue why.
Bloom looked around, after realising a certain blonde wasn't with the other girls. "Wait, wh-where's Stella?" She asked them panicked.
"She's at school, why?" Aisha asked.
"That thing just took her ring." Violet could sense the panic and guilt coming off of the girl, and pulled her closer in comfort.
After a few seconds of tense silence, where the girls all shared looks, Violet sighed heavily, before turning to the girl in her embrace. "Let's go back to the suite and sleep this off, yeah?" She suggested softly, not wanting to trigger the red head in her arms.
The other girls nodded and made their way back to the barrier, as Miss Dowling took care of the burned one.
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The five of them had made their way back to the barrier and walked through it, all while looking around them to make sure nothing would attack them. They were all on edge.
When the headmistress came back to school, the five girls got an earful about how dangerous it was and that they shouldn't have been out there. Bloom and Violet however, weren't really listening, their minds were somewhere else.
The whole way, the adoptive sisters were constantly thinking about their parents, and couldn't help but worry in case the burned one would be left on earth and could possibly hurt their parents.
The other girls could tell that the two were worrying about the situation and Musa could feel it, and gave them a small comforting smile.
"The headmistress will take care of the burned one girls." Aisha spoke up after seeing their worried postures as the five girls walked into the suite.
Bloom was not only worried about her parents, but couldn't get the image of the burned one out of her head and it caused her to still be terrified.
When Bloom just looked at the girl blankly, Violet gave her a thankful smile for attempting to calm the two.
"She won't leave it in the first world." Aisha told her, as she noticed her blank look. "Don't worry, your parents are safe." Aisha finished, while looking between the adoptive sisters.
Bloom just thanked them, before heading to her room to sleep the night off like Violet had suggested. As Bloom walked away, the four remaining girls shared worrisome looks.
"Come on, let's all get some rest." Violet looked between them all. "It's always best to leave Bloom to calm down for a bit." Violet continued.
Violet knew that Bloom would be shaken up, but the red head was stubborn and fiery, and didn't like asking for help, so knew that the girl liked to be alone as she put her mind to rest.
Back in California, Violet would help calm her down, and then instruct the girl to get some rest, since it usually worked after sleeping her problems off.
The other three nodded their heads, but still took small glances at each other with worry in their eyes.
After bidding each other goodnight, they all headed to their rooms and tried to sleep that terrifying night off.
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When Violet had made her way into the room she shared with Stella, she could see that Stella wasn't there, which caused the light brown haired girl to become confused. She was also quite worried, since she didn't know where the blonde was.
Although the blonde wasn't Violet's favourite person, since the blonde could be a bit much, Violet couldn't help but worry about her. Violet had sensed sadness a few times from the blonde, and was curious about why the girl was so down sometimes.
Since Violet was so caught up in her worry about that evenings events, she just forgot about the issue and got changed before relaxing on her bed.
She may have been tired, but she knew she wasn't getting to sleep anytime soon, so took out her songwriting book from her nightstand drawer, and continued to write songs, until fatigue took over her form and her eyes closed meaning she had fallen asleep.
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Meanwhile, in Miss Dowling's office, Saul Silva, the headmaster of the specialists and the headmistress, were talking about the burned one from that evening.
"I chained it up in a barn outside the barrier." Miss Dowling informed the man, as she looked out the window.
"You should've killed it." Silva reprimanded the headmistress.
"I left it in the human world." Miss Dowling quietly told him, not bothering to reply to his reprimand.
"You should've brought it back here and then killed it." Saul chided. "Did it break your skin?" He asked the woman, as he looked down, hoping the answer would be no.
"No, I'm not infected." She assured him. "I've got Ben to make up some more oil from the zanbagh flowers in the greenhouse. I've dosed it, it won't be conscious for hours." She informed him.
Saul closed his eyes and tried to interrupt. "Farah—"
"—I need to get in it's head, we need to know if this is an isolated insistent or something more." Miss Dowling interrupted him, before he could scold her again.
"Something more? Like what?" Saul asked her, as he leaned in as if someone was listening in to their conversation.
"I found a changeling as well as an immensely powerful mind fairy in the fist world." Farah admitted to the man.
"A changeling? I've not heard of one of those in centuries." Saul admitted to her, surprised.
"Yeah, there she was. Left sixteen years ago—" Miss Dowling started. "—right around the time the last burned one was spotted." Miss Dowling hinted.
"You think it's all connected." Saul realised.
"I'm struggling Saul." Miss Dowling admitted defeated. "Rosalind kept so much from us. I'm worried about the students." She told him, while sighing quietly to herself. "The Alfea they know is very different from the one we attended." She told the man in front of her. "They have so much life to experience." Miss Dowling continued.
She just wanted all of the students to be able to use their powers and their fighting abilities freely and openly, rather than using them to protect themselves against threats that they shouldn't have to feel worried about.
"Even if this world were safe, what they're going through can feel impossible." Miss Dowling was still talking quietly. "But this world isn't safe, and I don't know how long we'll be able to protect them from it." Miss Dowling was defeated.
Saul looked towards the headmistress closely, as she truly liked defeated and exhausted.
"I know you feel it—" Miss Dowling urged the man. "—the...shift." She paused on what to say. "They've had order for so long, they don't know what chaos feels like." Miss Dowling finished.
"They might soon." Silva sighed heavily through his nose. He then turned to the woman and asked the question he was waiting to ask. "What about the mind fairy?" He queried.
"She's stronger than a normal fairy, she—" Miss Dowling hesitated, trying to think of a way to tell him simply. "I could feel it... when I first met her, the power radiating off of her." Miss Dowling informed the specialist. "—and I know she can do even more than what she already can." Miss Dowling said.
Miss Dowling had a feeling that the mind fairy had only just scratched the surface when discovering all that she can do.
"I've never felt that kind of...power from any fairy in my life—" Miss Dowling continued with disbelief in her tone. "—not once." She finished, as she looked up at the man, who was hanging onto every word.
A few tense seconds past, before Silva nodded determinedly. "Then we'll keep an eye on her." He decided.
He then turned to the woman seriously. "If she is as powerful as you claim she is—" He then moved his gaze to the window that Miss Dowling had been looking at. "—then we may need her if things end badly." Saul admitted, with worry and hesitance written on his face.
He couldn't believe that he was saying it himself, but it was the truth. If things were to go wrongly, they would need all of the power they could get, in order to save everyone. No matter how bad Farah or Saul wished that it didn't have to be that way, they knew it could potentially be the only way if things go south.
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