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╰┈➤ ❝ 𝖶𝖾'𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, ❞
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▍𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞 - 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 ▍
⥤ 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌 ⥢
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Burned One...Silva...Sky. Sky...Bloom...Bloom, Burned One. Why didn't it kill Violet? Burned One...Indigo. Indigo. Black, screams, light...black...light. Death...Miss Dowling...Burned One...dead. Why didn't it kill Violet?
Violet's mind is racing as she sits next to her younger sister on the stone stairs in the cafeteria of Alfea.
Her knees are tightly held together, her head is ducked down to face the ground, and her palms are flat on the stone as she slightly leans back. The cold feeling of the stone on her hands is the only thing making Violet aware of where she is. She's so caught up in her thoughts that she's having to put pressure on her hand so she is able to feel something from the real world.
Why didn't it kill her?
Yes, Violet had been holding a sword towards it threateningly, but surely that wouldn't have scared the blasted thing. It's a Burned One. If it were really scared of a sword, then the war years ago would have been over quicker than it had been.
Why didn't it kill her? Why did she hear those screams again? And why did she keep hearing Indigo's name? Why did that voice probe her mind again? Why was the Burned One out there at all? Just...why?
Why?
Miss Dowling's heels clash against the floor of the cafeteria as the Headmistress makes her way towards the Winx suite girls. Sky wasn't there with them; Violet didn't blame him, the blonde boy had immediately left in search of Silva when they returned being the concerned and caring person he is. He had gone out there to save his father figure after all, of course Silva would be his first priority.
When the Winx Suite girls hear Miss Dowling approaching them, they look up immediately, and sit up a little straighter. Miss Dowling had that sort of influence, especially when mad.
Bloom nudges her sister who is still looking down at the ground, showing that Violet wasn't at all paying any attention. Violet doesn't change positions, but she does make the effort to look up at Miss Dowling as she prowls towards them; a woman on a mission. What that mission is, the Winx Suite girls can guess; punish them for the late night activities and make the rest of their school year or even years hell.
When Miss Dowling starts to get closer, Musa, Terra, Aisha, Bloom, Stella and Violet all quickly stand up from the stairs, waiting for the Headmistress's verdict. They're troops waiting for their commander to give orders.
Violet puffs her cheeks, getting herself ready for the scolding. It wouldn't be anything new; herself and Bloom have been scolded plenty of times by Mike and Vanessa Peters for doing stupid things. Although, this may count on one of the most stupid things the sisters have done. Violet will think about that one; she doesn't know if she can testify that statement.
"That the lot of you and Headmaster Silva are still alive does not change how thoughtless you were," scolds Miss Dowling.
Violet clears her throat quietly and awkwardly, not wanting to draw any attention to herself. However, she just couldn't hold the small cough in, her throat was dry from not drinking anything for a while. Luckily, Miss Dowling doesn't notice, or if she did, she doesn't say anything about it; she only talks about their thoughtless actions.
Miss Dowling glares down at the girls, making them feel smaller than they actually were. But something isn't right. Her glare doesn't match what the Headmistress is actually feeling.
Violet can still detect the anger and disbelief reeking from Miss Dowling, a clear sign that she indeed is mad at them and shocked that the girls and Sky would actually try to take on a Burned One alone. However, there is a slight—and she puts emphasis on slight for a reason—hint of pride hidden in her bones. Violet certainly wasn't expecting that before, but it makes sense to her now.
Her students did do pretty well when attacking a Burned One for the first time, especially considering the fact that they hadn't even ever seen one in their lives.
But, their actions were indeed reckless, so the anger is understandable too.
"We'll discuss consequences in the morning," decides Miss Dowling, giving them one last angry glare before spinning around and stalking off in the opposite direction of the stairs.
Waiting until morning is only going to make Violet stress more.
"Is she, like, detention pissed off or expulsion pissed off?" Aisha is the one to ask quietly to the two mins fairies; Musa and Violet.
Musa clicks her tongue, having a good idea of how Miss Dowling is feeling due to her empath abilities, but also not knowing for sure. Miss Dowling can be tricky to read.
"I'm...going to go with the first one?" Musa questioningly says, but she is nodding her head assuredly to herself, desperately trying to prove herself right. "But only because of the tiny bit of pride I also felt in there," adds the brunette, looking down at Aisha.
"Glad to know I'm getting my energy back then," Violet mumbles, making the other girls turn to look at her, confused. "I felt the same as you did Musa, so it's nice to know I'm not fully drained after all that," Violet explains.
The girls are quiet for a few seconds before falling into quiet conversation with each other.
"Want to talk tonight?" Bloom quietly asks her sister after knowing the other girls weren't paying attention.
Violet turns to look at the red head, recognising the concerned look on her sisters' face, and knowing that she's not going to get out of this one. Bloom is clearly going to want to talk about what happened earlier that night in the Stone Circle.
"Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah...sure, let's talk," Violet agrees, nodding her head a couple of times.
Violet might actually tell her about what's been going on with her ever since they arrived at Alfea. She'll have to if she wants Bloom to fully understand as much as she does about what happened earlier. It's not like Violet can explain much though because she doesn't even fully understand the whole thing herself, but maybe talking to someone other than herself will help out things into place, and maybe, just maybe...she'll be able to understand at least one thing about what is happening to her.
When Bloom is about to say something more, they hear the sound of footsteps approaching; Sky is back from meeting with Silva.
Violet smiles softly when she sees him, but she wants to cheer when she gets the feeling of happiness and relief washing over the blonde boy. Silva was clearly okay now that the Burned One was dead and the mind fairy couldn't be happier for him. He may have felt happy and relieved, but he certainly didn't look it though; but that is understandable because he is probably drained from the night's events. And now that he knows his father figure is alright, he can go rest.
"We should get upstairs," Bloom suggests. "Violet and I have a talk waiting to happen anyway, and it's late, so..." Bloom explains why they should go upstairs, not that she needs to because an obvious reason would be that they're all tired and deserve some sleep.
The girls voice their agreements before the turn around to head upstairs.
Violet puffs out her cheeks again before she lifts her head up to look at Sky, only to see him already looking at her. She gives him a soft smile, showing that she knows Silva is alright and she's happy for him. She would stay for longer to talk to him and check on how he's doing, but she can feel Stella's presence next to her and decides to leave them be.
Sky returns her smile before watching her spin around and tiredly follow her sister and her roommates upstairs. Once she's out of his eye sight, he looks towards Stella, just waiting for this awkward talk to happen.
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𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝗈, 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽; 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖢𝖮𝖵𝖨𝖣, 𝗌𝗈 𝖨'𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗄. 𝖨 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝗐𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍. <𝟥
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𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞-𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐅𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑
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