"From now on you wear them at all times, I'm not messing around. You already know who you're all going to go for if they attack and they probably will soon because of what happened," Dion informed them all as they gathered around the dining room table, the male handing them all their set of magical prevention clothing as he spoke, his words fast and to the point.
It's been an hour since Hoseok cut off half of Jiwoo's arm and they got her essence, and Dion was now going 100 miles an hour preparing them for a fight he knew was going to come. Most likely the biggest fight any of them would ever face.
He knew Jiwoo was going to attack them after what they did, and he also knew she wasn't going to stall.
Thankfully, he'd finished the clothes for all of them and they could now properly wear them.
No one was trying to stop him nor opposing what he was doing, since they all knew how important this way.
In less than 48 hours they were probably going to be fighting the most powerful coven in Caroban history.
And that alone scared the shit out of every single one of them.
The last thing they needed to do was get the wood of the Atatakai blood tree, once they had it they'd be able to create the weapon to kill Jiwoo.
Which they needed and fast.
"Can't Jiwoo heal from the Phoenix flame doing that?" Donghan inquired as Dion handed everything out.
Hoseok shook his head, "Not likely-"
"Yoongi healed from the burn he got from the Phoenix flame," Jungkook pointed out as he sat between his two boyfriends.
Dion suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned towards them, "You had a burn?" apparently he hadn't noticed it.
Yoongi nodded, pointing at where it used to be, "It was from here-" he pointed at his left wrist, "and went up to here." he made a gesture towards the Juncture between his shoulder and neck, "But I think when I turned to the Onee, or when it was awakened, I guess it healed."
Dion hummed, now thinking, "How did you get it?"
"When Jiwoo attacked the Academy we found a spell in our Chancellors old library, the spell helped us combine our abilities and hit Jiwoo. It weakened her and after we did it she left," Hoseok explained, that day imprinted in his mind.
Dion nodded, a small smile on his face, "Do you remember the spell?"
Hoseok and Yoongi both made a so-so gesture before scoffing and nodding, "Of course we do, after how many times we repeated it, yeah, plus it wasn't that complicated."
"Good, cause we're gonna need it."
Once Dion handed out everything, he went back to the head of the table and got out a large book. He looked through all the pages before he finally landed on the one he was looking for, he set the book out on the table as he began talking again.
"The last thing we need to do is find the wood of this-" he gestured toward the page, "-tree, now, Taehyun-"
"Jimin, look at the tree," NamJoon suddenly called out, interrupting Dion's talking and pulling the wind elemental closer to him so he could look at the tree.
Until now, the elementals hadn't seen what the tree looked like.
Jimin gasped, he covered his mouth with one hand and with the other held NamJoon's larger hand.
Dion furrowed his eyebrows at their reactions, "What is it?"
"This-this tree, is at Initia, in a spot me and Jimin called our own. I clearly remember this tree because it was always warm, we always blamed it on the sun beaming down on it but now..." NamJoon trailed off, his mind floating towards the memories he and Jimin had in that spot, the memories all of them had.
Dion blinked a couple times before nodding, "Okay, that's great, we know where the tree is, perfect, now we need to go and get it's wood. Now." Dion urged, beginning to grab his jacket, "NamJoon, you're definitely coming with me, anyone else who does, let's go."
Jimin and Tae were about too, until Dion stopped them, "except you two-"
"YOU SAID ANYONE ELSE!"
"I know what I said, Taehyung," Dion sighed, running a hand through his black hair before explaining why they couldn't come along, "you two need to stay with Lolie and figure out how to connect with Toph and Zephyr. We're going to need that extra power and you two know it."
Taehyung and Jimin shared a glance before nodding, understanding Dion's point.
Taehyung had his full strength back now and was able to wield his elemental with little trouble, he'd get tired here and there, but now for him that was normal. So him connecting with the Earth Goddess Toph would help him harness his earth and give it an extra boost in a fight, just like Zephyr would do for Jimin despite the wind elemental already being powerful as it is.
With Dion seeing their understanding, he opened a portal with Academy Initia in mind.
His hand interlocked with NamJoon's, and through the elemental he saw the spot NamJoon was referring too, all the ones who decided to come along being teleported with him.
Hayoon's eyes were full of awe as she stepped foot near the same pond Songhee saw her mother's memories in, the place she also found a safe haven in.
Though being so close to the Academy after so long, made their hearts ache with the thought of Fera.
Someone they missed more than words could ever describe.
Malchin had been acting as Chancellor to the Academy until he finds a replacement, though that has proven difficult since no one would take care or lead the Academy as well as Fera did.
Namjoon, Hayoon, Songhee, Yoongi, Hoseok, Jungkook, SeokJin, and Dion were the ones who went to get the wood, Dion the only non-elemental.
Well, and Hayoon.
Speaking of Hayoon, she'd been fairing well with the loss of her ability, treating the weapon Dion gave her as an extension of herself and using it as if it was second nature to her. She was more than ready to get revenge on the son of a witch that took her ability in the first place.
And Songhee would be helping her do it.
Now that Songhee's abilities as the whisp sage were awakened, her frost abilities were much more powerful than before. She could wield ice as if she was born meant to do it, and her water abilities were much stronger.
The couple held hands as they looked around, nostalgia washing over them.
Hayoon looked at Songhee's awe-struck features and smiled, kissing the elementals cheek lovingly, "I love you."
Songhee smiled, looking over at Hayoon and kissing her lips softly, "I love you too." she responded, a dazzling smile over taking her features after the words were said.
NamJoon was staring around the area, looking at it as if he was reliving all the memories he had in this place. It's where he and Jimin got together, where he realized he was in love with Jimin in the first place, where the two said their I love you's for the first time, and where they just grew as a couple in general.
From two young lovers to soulmates without the official title, that was he and Jimin.
And he couldn't imagine his life without the wind elemental somewhere in it.
Jungkook and SeokJin held each other as they watched Dion cut chunks of wood from the tree, the warlock explaining to them that blood of past witches and warlocks flows through the roots and wood of this tree and that it is one of the oldest trees in all witch history. It got it's name, Atatakai blood tree, from the fact the tree is warm no matter what because of the blood flowing around in it and helping it grow.
SeokJin stared at the Academy with a distant look in his eyes, his thoughts on Fera. He thought of Sterling, thought of her parents, and thought of all the lives she's changed by just being there. How she changed their lives with helping them through their dangerous conquests with Chancellor Yang.
He couldn't wait to help Dion rip the heads off of the bitches that caused her death.
"Hey," Jungkook called softly, turning SeokJin's face so the elder was looking at him, "are you okay?"
SeokJin nodded, smiling at Jungkook, "Yes, bun, just thinking."
Jungkook hummed, pressing his lips against Jin's, "I love you."
Jin's smile widened as they pulled away, "I love you too, bun." he responded, kissing the frost elementals forehead before holding him close.
The Academy was also the place SeokJin and Jungkook grew from enemies to lovers with Taehyung who couldn't imagine life without them all together in a happy, romantic, relationship.
For a lot of them, it was more than just a school.
It was where they grew.
Where they fell in love.
And that was accurate for Hoseok and Yoongi, who stared at the Academy with wonderment as they held each other.
They went from just normal wielding elementals, to elementals who wielded the most powerful form of their element.
Something none of them were expecting.
Dion snapped, getting the attention of all the nostalgic elementals around him, "Let's go." he commanded, opening the portal back up.
All of them gave Initia one last glance before walking through the portal, leaving their memories where they were meant to be.
In the past.
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Soyeon stared at herself in the mirror of her bathroom, the steam from her shower dissipating and showing her the reflection she couldn't find herself loving.
Words of others rang through her head, words that made tears well up in her eyes as she stared at herself.
"That white streak looks lovely on you, love."
She could see Jiwoo in her, could see the way their eyes resembled each other.
"You really are your fathers daughter..."
Was she though? After all she's a Jeon, one of the most corrupted families in the entirety of Caroban.
The most hated family.
"That family has tainted witch kind and destroyed two entire species-"
"I bet he saw me in your eyes as you took it from him-"
Soyeon held the railing of the sink, her eyes boring into herself.
Behind her she could see her mother, she could see Adora, she could see Somin, she could see Rendon, all Jeon's, all people that she knew she resembled whether she liked it or not.
She was a Jeon.
No matter how much she didn't want to admit it.
Soyeon looked just like her mother, from her lips to her eyes, to the evil white streak in her hair. She was Jiwoo, she was turning into her the more she led the coven, she was falling in her footsteps-
"you are nothing like your mother."
Siyeon's words rang in her head.
"you'll never be her."
She heard her father.
"I love you, my flower."
Soyeon stared down at the sink, remembering the feeling of her mother trying to rip the power out of her. She never wanted to be like Jiwoo, she didn't want to rely on fear to control people, nor lead them. Soyeon, from the moment she ran away from home to help the elementals, presented herself the burden of fixing the mistakes her family made.
And she was going to fix them.
"I'm not her," she told herself, watching the images of her blood line dissipate, "i'll never be her," she watched more of them go, Jiwoo the only one left staring at her and breathing down her neck.
Soyeon glared at the image, she took her fist and raised it in the air, "never," before breaking the mirror, hearing the sound of the glass shattering and falling to the ground.
She was going to fix the mess her family created.
And that started with the death of Jeon Jiwoo.
a/n
I actually didn't expect anyone to get it, so congrats LMAOSJDJ, I was impressed
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