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Aiden just gives up at this point and waits there, hanging from the bouncer.

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"I'm not done yet!" Sobble unleashes a big slash, Also known as Sacred Sword. "Wow, what was that?" Sobble opens up his book and flips the pages in it.

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Shadow stares from outside the dorm. He just watched the weirdest thing known to man. He coughed and stared at the 4. “I’m... gonna go... ahhhh.... good luck.” Shadow walks slowly back to his dorm and closes the door. “I am never opening the door ever again...”

"Huh, Sacred Sword. Interesting."

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Lucy walks over to a chair and checks her watch and says "There should only be 30 minutes left of this, surprised no incidents have happened yet." And watches Aiden and Ayran sit there in the bouncers. "You both seem bored so here lemme show how you use those..." She gets up and bounces both of them for a few seconds and watches them both bounce. They clearly hate this but it's funny seeing this, Lucy sits back down and watches them still bouncing.

Lucinda sighed, after the laughing it was getting a little boring, she turned to the mini cupcake launcher she made for pranking purposes. “Hey puppy and kittie, catch!” She said and started launching cupcakes into their mouth, the cupcakes won’t mess up a room, it will only go into a mouth no matter what.

Ayran frowned, slashed the cupcake in half, and let it fall to the ground, dead. He did NOT like sweets very very much. They were often way too sweet for his liking or too unhealthy, much more for a cupcake.

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Cath had left the dorm not long after Scarlett had revealed herself. She needed to investigate the shadowy form that she had sensed earlier. Melvin.

Stalking through the the halls, she made her way into the depths of the potions building. She could hear voices echoing off the stone walls. There were no windows in the vicinity. Perfect for a shadow to manifest itself.

"And I don't care if I don't need to know what the deal is; TELL ME. I already know you exist and I know the general idea of your plans. I'm a liability if kept unchecked. I know too much. So tell me or this will spiral out of controll and you will be stopped."

A ball of light flared to life in front of Cath. The shadows reflected strangely off the walls. She could see a human shadow, and a translucent one. She crept closer. "Plus I'm the only one who can free Scarlett from her curse."

Interesting. Cath wondered what other secrets Rin was keeping from the world. She stepped around the corner, keeping her face tactically neutral.

"Miss Rin, Melvin. What an interesting coincidence. The two people most likely to give me a headache in one place."

They paused. Two sets of eyes were on her. She had the floor.

"I find it quite amusing that we all have the same goals... to see the world burn. Outside the walls of this school are nothing but idiotic people, corrupted by darkness, light, and each other. The ley lines and powerful enchantments from the school cornerstone protect us here, even though the blood moon ascends."

She turned to Rin first. "Unfortunately, I have no choice but to trust you, even if I don't think you have earned that trust yet. Melvin has been denied the Fyrvern throne for years. I know enough to say with confidence that there is some legitimacy to his claim, but he has been frustratingly reluctant to share the full details. This leaves us with two options with the most obvious being to allow Scarlett to ascend, and convince her of our agenda. The second option though... Melvin can declare an heir who has the same rights as him to contest for the throne. Me."

Cath turned to Melvin. "She will not... spill secrets lightly. And she is extremely powerful. She would be an asset to our... cause." Cath inclined her head slightly. Melvin would agree.

She pressed her lips together in a thin line. "Because, it seems we have our work cut out for us."

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Melvin's brow scrunched. "I was supposed to marry Queen Kitsuma 1,000 years ago. I was the high dark mage, haven't you learned your history? But she fell in love with a guard, foolish woman."

He studies the two girls. "You may have part of what is needed, but you do not have all to break the curse. I made it so. As for you Cath," He flicks his wrist. "Your curse is gone."

He narrows his eyes. "The Draken must die. He will be of no help. He got in the way last time, and now that he's been allowed to make a stronger connection to the current Princess, he will definitely do all he can to protect her. There is no argument. Queen Lily must die before we can do any with the Princess, otherwise all will be in vain. Earn her trust, if you can."

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Scarlett laughs, shaking her head. "They look ridiculous."

Ayran raised a eyebrow at Scarlett who has also swapped genders, before winking at him. She's not going to suffer alone, so she waved at Scarlett, "C'Mon Why don't you join us as well?"

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Cath nodded once. There was precedent for this. "So, to make sure I understand, the queen promised you her hand in marriage and the throne, and then broke the engagement. I am assuming there was a written agreement that officially promised you official entittlement to the kingship?" She glanced at Melvin.

"And while Miss Rin, you have the blend of dark and light magic to break the enchantment, you would need to cast in conjunction with something. The resolute luminae is an orb of unrivaled light. My research has led me to realize that only then can we break the curse."

It took her a few minutes to realize what Melvin had said. "The curse is... broken? I- I don't understand. How? Why?"

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"For a shadow, You're surprisingly stupid." Rin chuckles. "We keep Ayran alive. He's blinded by love, so much so it's stupid. We get Scarlett on the throne with Ayran as her protecter; he can stop people sabatoging our plans. we do not inform him of our secrect manipulation of Scarlett. You do not make yourself known to ANYONE. You were already dumb enough to reveal yourself to me. You're lucky you benifited." She then paused, and then thaought back to her first impression of Cath.

"I remember thinking that Cath had lost something. Maybe her emotions. But no, you took them away. Give some back. Don't change her entirely, just let her feel something." she stated. "These are my terms."

Then she sighed and massaged her temples. "God, I'm going to need to befriend that idiot princess. Lucy me." she groaned. "That frail Fyvern will only agree to the throne if she has solid support from her friends and her future people. I can make the illusion of the people, but the friends need to be genuine. We need to get to work."

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Calico used one scratch that seemed stronger than the rest. "That doesn't look like your usual scratch, let's see here." Sobble flips through the pages. "That looked like... Slash. Pretty nice."

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Atticus was making his rounds in the rose garden as usual when he heard voices. Cath and Rin seemed to be talking to someone else but, he couldn't see anything. He stepped into their sight."Ladies, forgive me but, I need to grab a rose." He slipped one into his hand and walked out. When he walked out, he finally got a chance to look at the one he plucked. It was a wilting light pink. Terrible choice. He hadn't really payed attention, because the amount of power he felt in there was enough to cause him tremors of pain. He walked just out of sight, but still in earshot. If he got caught, then at least he'd see Reina again.

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Lucinda got super bored, so she brought some books to the training area and created a sword, it was long and light, she never liked swords more that bows, but she thought it would be a good time to practise. She started reading and practicing on dummies

Melvin glared at Rin. "I didn't take her emotions. And Cath, I caused the curse, so I undid it. Child, the last thing I want is to have to use my own curse as an insurance policy.

"I'm not stupid. I hate that Draken for several reasons. But if you insist, keep him around, I suppose. But he will die when I take my thrown."

He ignored Cath's question about a document.

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Scarlett glares at her. "I'll pass. Besides, it should wear off any minute now."

Cath laughed darkly. "That's not the curse, Miss Rin. Melvin can't give me back what I never had in the first place. It's... it was nothing."

She looked at Atticus warily, confused at his sudden entry into the potion's building. Why was there a rose bush in here anyway? She waited for him to round the corner.

"Melvin," she continued in a quiet hiss. "I need to do further research on this. Is there any documentation for me to utilize?" She was annoyed that he had ignored her. If he did it again, she was going to be... annoyed. And suspicious.

And he had caused her curse? That meant Melvin was more linked to the blood moon than she had originally thought. Instead of getting angry, Cath found her interest piqued. She could work with this.

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Melvin? The name sounded somewhat familiar, though Atticus couldn't place his finger on it. Research and curses, Atticus was beginning to get a very bad feeling. If they weren't talking to someone, the two were potentially unstable and could hurt him. If he moved now, they might hear him. He quietly slid to the floor and using some color magic blended in.

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Ayran frowned, and stood up, and opened her spacial bag, and looked at Scarlett, "How long is the potion suppose to last again?"

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"CATH!" She whisper yelled. "YOU FREAKING KNOW ATTICUS IS LISTENING! SHUT UP!" she continued. She created an innvisibility illusion and rounded the corner. She saw no one. "Atticus, I can't see you but I know you're there. go away." She walked back to Melvin and made herself visible. "I don't know what you can do but get rid of him without killing him or taking away his powers."

She didn't really care what happened to Atticus. There was one and only one person in the school who she cared about. And that person was an intelligentent emotionless girl named Cath.

CARIN SHIP

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