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The Lovely Hallows (II.I)

2. Slytherin

MASTERLIST

Chapter Summary:

Pairings: Draco Malfoy x Fem!Reader (platonic), Aemond Targaryen x Fem!Reader (future)

Warnings: Cursing, magical objects, Mugglephobia, magic!, might miss some warnings

Wordcount: 3.4 k

Notes: Alright, here we go! The description of the Slytherin common room was given after I watched a very lengthy youtube video of a player walking through it in hogwarts legacy the game. Sorry if Aemond doesn't appear much, they are children and they are drawing their own paths, but soon, this is some sort of enemies to lovers trope haha

“Remember love, once you are in your dorms, you have to…”, you tuned out the sound of your godmother’s voice, too excited to hear, for the tenth time, all the things you had to remember. She, as your parents, all had been sorted to Slytherin, so all the tricks and passageways had been taught to you since you were born.

You ran towards Draco as you saw him in the platform 9 ¾ as soon as you ran by the portal, your godmother would have chided you, but when she saw Lucius she kept her mouth quiet

Your poor owl rattled in her cage, anxious to get out as you ran with her in the cart.

“There you are!”, he said, “I thought you were going to be late”

“Never, have you met my godmother?”, you mocked

You said goodbye to your parents, amongst hugs and kisses, and you entered the train after giving your luggage, you wasted no time and walked to the back of the train, where the most spacious wagons were.

You could tell who were the seniors, and who were the first years, you really looked like tourists, looking at everything wide eyed, and in marvel, you found a cart just for the two of you, but then you were joined by Goyle and Crabb.

You did not like to hang out with them, but Draco did, and besides they were like a package deal, and with Draco too. The train started its journey, and after you waved your godmother goodbye from the platform, you sat with an excited sigh, as you looked outside the window, leaving central London, you could see muggles from here, and you always found them fascinating

“I heard that Harry Potter is on this train!”, said Draco

“What of it?”, you asked, diverting your eyes front he outside towards your friend

“It will be annoying, that’s all”, he said, “The boy who lived and all that, like a celebrity of some sorts”, he frowned, squinting his gray eyes

“Can you imagine if he is sorted into Slytherin?”, you asked with a smile, he chuckled

“We should befriend him”, he said, with well known mischief in his eyes, “if he is as good as they say, of course he will be”

“What if I’m not sorted into Slytherin?”, you asked, doubt in your voice. Goyle and Crabb looked at you, but didn’t say anything

“Of course you will”, Draco said, frowning, you were a second of believing he was going to call you a name for even thinking such a thing but he didn’t, “they have to”, he said, and this time, he seemed more scared than something else

“They will”, you said surely, regaining your confidence, a Slytherin wouldn’t doubt it, and that seems to cheer him back up again

The journey continued without a hitch, you entertained yourself by looking outside the window to the beautiful scenery, and then eating fudge brownies Narcissa had sent you in Draco’s special box filled with treats. Draco loathed them but she knew they were your favorites.

The four of you looked at the door, where a boy came in the cart, gasping, he had clearly been running, he had dark hair but clear eyes

“Have you seen my toad?”, he asked, “I’m neville by the way”, you were going to answer him with a smile and present yourself

“How dare you speak to us?”, asked Draco with a disgusted face, the boy curled his lips and looked down, and then he closed the door

“That was Neville Longbottom”, mocked Draco

“I don’t know who he is”

“a Half blood”, and the issue was settled. Soon you had to change into your robes

When you got out of the train, to a platform in the middle of a wood, you were met by a huge man, he was a giant!

“My name is Rubeus Hagrid”, he presented, he seemed nice, “first years follow me!”, you followed gingerly, grabbing Draco’s arm leading him too. Hagrid took you to a small dock, where boats were ready for you all. You climbed on one with Draco, Grabb, Goyle and another girl, and the small boats rowed themselves

The sun was hiding on the horizon, giving a beautiful sunset over the lake, it must been the Black Lake, your godmother beseech you to be careful when you are near it, because it said to have creatures on the bottom, like, mythical creature such as monsters and mermaids

But that was kind of silly wasn’t it?

Soon the night had fallen over the lake, and you looked all around the dark woods, and then...

You all gasped in surprise when you saw the view of the lake and the castle over a dark hill, at night, with all it’s lights lighted up, it was breathtaking, you had never seen anything like it. IT WAS HUGE! bigger than the Malfoy Manor, bigger than your family home, maybe ten times as both houses put together

It was so beautiful

All the boats made port on a small dock, where you were received by another teacher in the Boathouse, without a word she led you up the stairs, and you all followed closely. There were a lot of stairs, and when you got to the top, you were all visibly gasping, but there was no time for that, you kept waking until you reached the huge gates of the main part of Hogwarts.

You entered a huge hall, big stairs, you went up those stairs to find your luggage arranged on one side, but you kept going, until another professor stopped you.

“Welcome to Hogwarts!”, she greeted, she seemed severe, “Now in a few moments you will got rough this doors and join your classmates”, she said, pointing behind her, “but before you can take your seats you will be sorted into your houses, they are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin”, she said the last name with severity, looking right at malfoy, “now while you are here, your house will be like your daily”, you shared smiles with Draco, your triumphs will earn you points, any rule breaking you will lose points, at the end of the year, the house with the most points will win the house cup”

“TREVOR!”, the boy who was looking for his toad on the train jumped in front of the professor to grab his animal, and she didn’t appreciate the interruption, but she continued nonetheless

“The sorting ceremony will begin momentarily”, she said and she left you. You wasted no time in turn to Draco and began giggling and whispering about how excited you are

But his eyes went to a boy with dark hair and glasses

“That is Potter”, he whispered and you looked at the boy in wonder, that was the boy that “lived”? Draco wasted no time in approaching Harry Potter

“So it's true then, what they said in the train, Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts”, all eyes where on him now, and everyone began whispering in amazement

“These are Basilik”, he introduced, you nodded, “Crabbe and Goyle, and I’m Malfoy, Draco Malfoy”, will harry become your friend? he seemed kind of nice

But then the Weasley boy snickered

You knew who the Weasleys were, everyone did, they weren’t hard to spot, you had met your father when he visited the manor a couple of times searching for dark items in the name of the ministry in which he worked for. Uncle Lucius loathed him, because he had taken things from the manor, but he always smiled at you and gave you sweets from his hat.

But Draco didn’t take lightly when you make fun of his name

“Do you think my name is funny don’t you?”, he asked, and you panicked, Harry Potter was not going to be your friend you gathered, “I don’t need to ask for yours, red hair, and a hand me down robe? you must be a Weasley”, he said, “Soon you will find that some wizarding families are better than other”, he said to Potter, “you don’t want to make friends with the wrong sort, I can help you there”, and he offered his hand

“I think I can sort the wrong sort, thanks”, he said dismissively, and you gasped, he had rejected your friend.

For better of worse, Mcgonagall came back, slapping Draco on the shoulders with a parchment, and your friend returned to your side looking defeated

“Such a tosser”, he whispered, and you only nodded

“We are ready for you now”, said McGonaggall

He seemed mad, but he looked at you softly

“Remember Basilik, only Slytherin is acceptable, is where the Wizarding royalty is anyways”, he said simply, but loudly, even Harry turned around to look at you, you nodded, feeling an irrational fear of disappointing your friend even though you had no say in the matter

“He is right you know?”, said the girl whose name was Perkins, she was one of the pure-blooded families of the Wizarding world, one of the 30

“I’ll do my best”, you mocked, and she scrunched her nose at you. You will only take shit from Malfoy, but no one else.

You all stopped in front of the sorting hat, it looked old and strange, but nervousness started to take a grip on you. You looked around at the great hall, it was breathtaking, the ceiling looked like a night sky, candles floating illuminating the dining room, it was amazing

“When I call your name, you shall come forth, I will place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses”, she said, and as she raised the parchments with your names on it, you felt incredibly nervous

“Hermione Granger”, she called first, and a girl went up those stairs and sat on the stoll, whispering to herself to be calm.

As the hat was placed in her head, it came alive, a face being drawn on the old looking leather

She was sorted in Gryffindor

Then it was the time for your friend Draco

“Of course Malfoy was placed in Slytherin”, you heard boys speak behind you, you only smiled excitedly when Mcgonaggal didn’t even need to place the hat on Draco’s head to shout… “Slytherin!”

Many new students followed, many you didn’t even recognize and the opportunity you had vanished when they were placed in other houses, and then, Minerva called your name. Everything seemed to quiet down and stand still as you started walking wobbly the three steps, the professor smiled at you, and you smiled back, and then you took a sit on the stool, you finally got to see all the students seating in the great hall, all eyes on you, and you felt nervous, but a need to prove yourself seated deep inside you. The hat was strangely light when she put it in your head

“Mmmmm strange”, he purred, “I see bravery, yes, it will serve you right at Gryffindor, but also… a need to prove yourself, yes, I see that is more to you…”, the only thing you knew for sure is that you didn’t want to be at Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, you weren’t that nice or that smart anyways, “And I also see this resourcefulness, yes…. I know what to do with you!”, you closed your eyes in expectation and, “SLYTHERIN!”, when you opened your eyes again you were smiling, and your new house was cheering for you. Your smile was wide as you jumped to stand on your two, now secure, feet. You almost ran towards Draco, and took a seat by his side, as they kept cheering on! you were so happy, relieved, but also, deep down you always knew where you belonged.

“I knew it, all pure bloods are in Slytherin”, he said, more happy

“Aemond Targaryen!”, all the dining hall went quiet in expectation, and you looked back as the white haired boy went up those three short steps and sat down. Mcgonagall had this weird look on her face when she placed the sorting hat on Aemond’s head.

The sorting hat didn’t take as long as deciding as he did with you, he made his decision fairly quickly

“Slytherin!”, and the table lit up again. Most pure blooded families were placed in Slytherin, except of course, for the Weasleys, who were always placed in Gryffindor. And strangely, the Targaryens, Aemond had two sibling and they both were put on Hufflepuff

As you looked at the table and saw your new family a warm feeling was placed in your chest, especially when Draco hugged you against his side. You knew how much he wanted this, and you knew how much he wanted you to be in Slytherin too, just like his family. You have succeeded. Aemond Targaryen sat in front of you, he had a smug look on his face. You exchanged looks shortly, and you felt relieved again.

The headmaster greeted you all, presenting the professors and the new ones for this year, and then, a huge feast appeared in front of you, amazingly, it had all your favorites! how did they know?

Crabbe and Goyle also joined you, even Pansy, and others you didn’t quite know.

You enjoyed the feast, as you talked with Draco, Goyle, and others seated with you, the other older students barely even looked at you, but you paid them no mind. You didn’t know if it was because you were so excited and happy, but the feast ended as soon as it began, everything happened so quickly.

Soon an older boy stood up from the table, and stopped right beside you were the first years were seated

“I’m Felix Brunt, I’m the Slytherin prefect”, he introduced himself rather quickly, and he seemed truly bored, “follow me, I will take you to our dormitories”

The entire first year group followed the prefect religiously, he kept coming down stairs from the main hall in the main building, until you reached something you will guess it was the basements and the dungeons, but it was greater than the rest of the construction, the style in the floor looked like golden scales, it you made so many turns and twists, you didn’t see anybody there but you.

You stopped in front of a empty wall, a blank space in the stones between two beautiful carved pillars

“Pure Blood”, Felix said loud and clear. a scaly line on the floor came to life, a metal snake slithered over the wall, and on its wake, a door appeared

You all gasped, looking into what was the coolest of magicks

The door opened to you, and it revealed a small hall, beautifully decorated, and a set of spiral stairs coming down. He was almost running down, and you followed, the stairs were stone on the right side, but on the left side, it had pillars that let you see a beautiful waterfall falling down, it took you three floors to reach the end.

The small waterfall fell into a small pond, and your eyes feasted with lilies, and other water plants, carved in the stone there was a figure like a dragon, and as you looked on you saw all kinds of wonders, statues, paintings, decorations.

You walked beyond the hall, and it led to even a greater one. It led into a huge hall, to the right, there was a huge living room with huge windows, through them, you saw what it looked like to be water, but it couldn’t be, could it? Where are you underground?

“What you can see over there are the depths of the Black lake!”, said Felix, “no matter what the mermaids say, just, don’t listen to them”, you could see all kinds of creatures swimming through the beautiful glass panels

The living room had a huge vault like ceiling, with a glass dome that lighten up the entire room

it was breathtaking

The room was very comfortable, with tables, chairs and sofas to relax or study in, a globe was placed in one corner, and a couple of chess games, there were also many statues and skeletons of diverse animals, and bookcases filled with books

“This is the Slytherin common room!”, showed Felix, the prefect, “here you can chat, study, hang around, you are going to live here for the next seven years, this is your new home”, he showed, and while you all looked around in wonder, he seemed rather bored.

You almost trotted back to the main hall, which also had many armchairs, and more study material

He led you to the other part of the hall, where you saw huge stairs, with a statue of who you guessed was Salazar Slytherin right in the middle, the stairs separated into, one set to the left, and the other one to the right.

“Up there are the rooms of the last years!”, he said, “you are forbidden to go up there, unless invited!”, he said, bored, “but here”, he pointed to two door on each side, “left for the boys, and right for the girls”, he said quickly, “your things must be already inside, good luck”

You shared looks with Draco as you separated, and you led the group of the girls through the huge door. It opened to reveal a huge tunnel-like construction, with a metal railing leading to what you guessed were the different rooms, all in a same circular hallway connected to all of them. The pillars amongst the huge corridor were beautifully carved, and as you looked up you saw domes of colorful glass. One door was open, you took it as a sign and you walked inside, you saw Umbra in her cage in a corner, so here was where you were going to sleep.

It had five beds, placed in a circular manner. And you were five girls, so you all were going to be sleeping here.

The entire room was a circle, it had a huge fireplace on the other side facing the door.

“I’m here as well”, said Daphne Greengrass

“Me too”, you weren’t that excited about having to share with Pansy, but it could be worse, you believed. you all three looked at the girl who introduced herself as MIllicent Bulltrode, and another girl followed, Tracy Davies

“Don’t touch my things”, you said bluntly, “If you want something, ask for it and i will share”, you laid up for them, you all shared looks, as you crossed your arms, as Pansy did

“Agreed”, she said, you all looked at each other, and nodded, like coming to an silent agreement

“Us witches must remain united, as Slytherins, and as girls”, said Daphne, she was pretty, blonde hair, light blue, piercing eyes and a small nose.

“Agree”, you said with a smile, Pansy smiled too, as did MIllicent and Tracy

“Just, keep everything tidy and clean”, said Tracy, looking around, you looked around as well

You went straight for your bed, it was a big bed, with a green canopy and carved wood. Each bed was placed under a beautifully decorated arch, each with a night stand on each side, and behind it on the wall, a beautiful painting. At the foot of the bed, was your trunk, with your cape and other parts of your uniform placed on top of it.

You will never see the other common rooms, but you believed this was definitely the coolest and greatest of them all. You looked up to find a round skylight, through which you also could see the beautiful shapes of water drawn on the floor and all over the room.

All the girls were putting her things in place, on their night stands, Pansy was even placing a mirror on the wall

You were going to be happy here, you decided.

Umbra hooted in her cage, looking at you with those fiery eyes, and you knew you were right.

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Well, well, well, dear Travelers it appears you have survived “Professor” Vanrouge’s prerequisite course of Dad 101 and are back for Dad 102… oh dear- well, I suppose since Dad 101 was so well received by you all I see no harm in letting Lilia come back and give you this course. Be warned, it may be a bit hectic…

𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨, 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖…

Lilia Vanrouge- Dad 102

A Letter From “Professor” Vanrouge:

Greetings mortals! Kufufufu! How lovely it is to see you all back for more, was my prerequisite course to your liking so much you just had to come back for more? Oh I’m touched dears! Way to make an old man such as myself cry tears of genuine happiness~! Now, as I am sure you are aware I provide the finest lessons of how to be the best dad in the entirety of Twisted Wonderland- just look how Silver turned out! Ah but enough of my rambling, without further ado I give you Dad 102! Kufufufu~!

Lesson 1: Blame The Kids!

Lilia was known as the “Phantom Commander” of the Briar Valley, though how he got such a name was rather unpleasant to say the least- many believe it was because of his sneak attacks but in reality it was because he ate a lizard and a toad that truly were not meant for consumption. Even so, such a name got carried down after practically inventing chemical warfare all because a rather “unique” meal. Many of his own men had suffered the near fatal consequences of his culinary war crimes, and those of the enemies suffered just as bad if not worse.

Lilia was indeed the embodiment of silent but deadly in more ways than one.

Years later the name does follow and with it the phantom menace that only appears when a culinary crime is committed and Lilia decides to eat it happily. Unfortunately for Diasomnia and all of Night Raven College is victim to the “Ol’ Who Done It” when the very reason for the hole in the ozone layer is released. It was all thanks to the glorious invention of the microwaveable burritos that his title came back to haunt anyone and everyone within his vicinity after he ate one topped with questionable toads and lizards along with mushrooms he picked up from Jade.

It was in the middle of class during an important midterm exam when he decided it was time to liven (or unaliven) his classmates with a surprise that would knock out any skunk.

3. 2. 1. Commencing chemical warfare attack! Targets in sight, RELEASE!

And with that, the grand tuba of doom sounded in the silent classroom, the room echoed and Lilia smiled proudly at his rather smelly symphony that sent poor Lucius bolting out of the room in terror. His classmates stared at Lilia as he smirked, letting out one last popper satisfied with his perfectly timed disruption. Now to pull off phase two- blame one of the whippersnappers within his vicinity.

Target sighted…

“Oh really, Vil, why would you ever do that~? So unlike you, kufufufufu~”

The Pomefiore Housewarden was speechless, did this miniature menace just blame his bum trumpet on him?! Oh this was not going to end well.

“Vanrouge, I suggest you take that back right this moment as you know I have much more elegance than you, such revolting behaviour is beyond me and I will not have you soiling my reputation with one blame.” Vil growled, shooting Lilia daggers in his stare.

“Well it certainly was not little old me, I mean really, could one so small and cute produce such?! Oh woe is me~”

Vil rolled his eyes and sighed. “Vanrouge, I have unfortunately known you for three years now, yes? You have done this before and nearly killed students in the process- it’s clear your questionable diet is to blame. Pathetic.”

The classmates all looked at Lilia completely unamused, completely aware of what he was doing. Yet again, someone was victim to his bum trumpet blaming. He had blamed first years for one of his attempts at mass extinctions before but to openly blame a Housewarden… this was certainly new territory.

“Nah, we all know it was Lilia… he’s done this before and nearly sent us packing out of the locker room after PE!” One groaned.

“Yeah, he’s blamed me once before when it clearly was him…” came another.

Lilia smirked and then winked innocently, chuckling at his own little disruption. “Oh~? Perhaps it was me~? But there is certainly no proof- oh- oh goodness me~ kufufufufu~”

Yet again, a silent yet deadly one released, a student who was unfortunately sitting behind him fell backwards and passed out- clearly there was no way he could blame someone for this, right?

Wrong…

“Definitely was Vil~ kufufufu~!”

“WHY YOU LITTLE-”

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Lesson 2: Halloween Horrors

Halloween was always a fun time of year for Lilia, even more so that he had a child of his own to celebrate it with. This was the time of year where he liked to let loose and give a good fright whenever it was needed- even if it was something as sweet and simple as sneaking up behind his son to surprise hug him or simply tickle his sensitive sides.

The festivities in the Briar Valley capital drew to an end for the Silver and Sebek seeing as Malleus had to lead the two children away from witness Lilia’s horrific dancing any further, getting the two young children to bed would be quite difficult.

“Alright, boys! Bedtime! All tucked in and ready for some sweet dreams~” Lilia cooed softly as he tucked Silver and Sebek into bed, patting their heads and booping their little noses. The two were clearly frightened, trembling beneath the blankets with wide eyes and goosebumps littering their skin. The old fae knew this but shrugged it off believing this would be a fun little lesson in Halloween horrors- after all he still had some little pranks in mind for later to truly test the boy’s fear levels.

“Father… um… could we please keep the candle lit tonight…?” Silver asked with a slight whimper, pulling the younger boy closer to his frame.

“Y-yeah, Sir Lilia…! J-just in case a mean monster comes in! W-we gotta see the target!” Sebek nodded as he clutched his teddy bear tighter.

Lilia only laughed and nodded as he left the room and closing the door behind him. “Goodnight boys! Happy Halloween~!”

Lilia paused just outside the door, smirking as he turned around and quickly opened it back up to hear the frightened screams of the children, “BOO! Kufufufu~!! You jumped like a bunch of frightened kittens~! Anyway, sweet dreams~!”

Silver and Sebek sat still for a solid five minutes completely petrified, tears threatening to pour out of both of their eyes as they stared at the door and then at each other before laying down hugging one another in absolute fear. Both refused to close their eyes, vowing to stay awake all night if they had too no matter what it took. The two eventually vowed to not dare leave the safety of the bedroom, nodding in agreement to their perfectly crafted plan , they laid in bed staring at the ceiling and then out the window to check for any sign of monsters.

“Anything, Silver? No monsters?” Asked Sebek, rubbing his eyes and patting his face to keep awake.

“Nope, nothing yet… *yawn* I think we are safe.” Silver responded sleepily, trying his absolute hardest to stay awake. “If it wasn’t so scary out right now I’d go to the kitchen and get us some water but… um… that would be a bad idea…”

Sebek groaned, knowing full well where the elder was going and how both of them still had a fear of the dark especially on Halloween as well as one other matter that surely was not a wise decision on a night like this.

“Y-yeah… even though Sir Lilia says we should always have water during survival challenges um… not now… uuggghhh…” Sebek blushed a little, remembering how just the week before there was a bit of an accident thanks to downing too much warm milk before bed one night. Silver nodded as well, turning away to hide his own embarrassed blush as he too knew full well how that would go as a similar situation happened once to himself.

“It’s almost two in the morning now, but… *yawn* I’m… not sure how long…*yawn* I’m gonna hold out for…” Silver yawned as he looked at his clock shifting uncomfortably in bed. “……Sebek, I’m- I’m… Zzzzzzzzzz…”

“S-SILVER?! W-WAKE UP!” It was no use, Silver was already in a deep sleep. “S-SILVER! I-I’m scared… Silver… *sniffle*…”

Sebek hated feeling weak, crying and whining just made him feel even worse. Even though he was six years old, the mere idea of crying as if he were an infant was enough to just make his whole being hurt.

“……N-now I want my mama…*sniffle*” he cried a little into his teddy bear’s soft fur and looked around the room for something to wake Silver up, there, in the toy box was a wooden sword- perfect! He just needed to stab Silver’s side with it or whack him and problem solved- well, not entirely. Sebek shifted himself to stand up but immediately regretted it, he knew he should not have had all that delicious apple and butterscotch beverage at the festival… “Uh oh.. uh- SILVER!! WAKE UP!! I need you to be my guard for the potty!!! SILVER!!”

It was no use, snores only emitted from Silver’s lips as he snoozed the night away. Sebek groaned, forcing himself to hold it all in no matter what, no matter how terribly it hurt. He refused to have an accident yet again for a foolish mistake. Clutching the spot between his legs he groaned miserably as he curled up in bed, whimpering in agony and in absolute fear.

Two more hours had passed and Sebek was already withering in sheer agony, unfortunately for Silver that accident had already happened nearly thirty minutes earlier. Sebek was determined to hold until sunrise but that seemed to not be possible as eventually his little body could no longer stand the immense pressure and pain and decided to relieve him of such agony.

Mission failed… once more the bladder won the battle…

Soon enough, sunlight began to peer into the window and Silver eventually awoken to the light and then to the sounds of sniffling and soft cries coming from a certain green haired six year old glaring at him with a tear stained and snotty face.

“TRAITOR!! Y-YOU FELL ASLEEP! YOU PROMISED TO STAY AWAKE!! WHAAAAAAAA!!!”

“Sebek, I’m sorry- uh oh… did we…?” Silver gasped, tears pouring out of his eyes now as Sebek nodded in reply, hugging onto him and bawling loudly. Silver joined in and bawled loudly.

The bedroom door burst open and Lilia entered, worry etched across his face but that soon faded the second he realized what happened, the dark patches on both of the boy’s trousers was enough to send him falling to the floor laughing.

“AHAHAHAHAHA! OH GOODNESS! OH THIS IS- AHAHAHAHA! Silver, Sebek, here I thought you both outgrew the training pants! AHAHAHAHA!”

“F-Father?! We were scared!! We thought there was a monster out there! We didn’t want to leave the room and get eaten by the child eating monster!!”

Lilia only wheezed louder, clutching his sides as he laughed even harder.

“You boys couldn’t take a wee bit of Halloween fun, eh?! O-oh goodness this is absolutely priceless! Silver, I thought I taught you better! AHAHAHAHA! Oh dear- ooohhh! Laundry day it is!”

Sebek groaned, looking at his trousers, face redder than a tomato, utterly embarrassed to have Lilia see him in such a pathetic state. Looking over to his side, he noticed that Silver was just as red faced and embarrassed at what had happened and yet all Lilia could do was laugh at their accident.

“Oh goodness me, this certainly was quite the start to the day, eh? Well, all laughs aside, a bath is needed for you babies and then a nap while I take care of the laundry. Perhaps I should quickly pick up some training pants for you both~?” Lilia smirked as both boys groaned at his remark. “I’m only joking, dears! Big boys like you both don’t need those anymore, but even big boys still need their naps and a post-accident bath~ kufufufufu~”

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Lesson 3: So Um… I Think I Misplaced My Child…

Doing laundry when you have a sleepy toddler can be quite the eventful experience, sometimes too eventful especially when said toddler has a tendency to fall asleep at random and in the most bizarre of places from kitchen cupboards, coat closets, the pantry, or even the laundry basket itself- it truly does make an old man like Lilia lose a bit of his lifespan when his little one is nowhere to be found. It gets even more concerning when that very toddler is an animal magnet that could, sevens forbid, potentially attracting a hungry grizzly bear at one point and who knows how that might go. But alas, what was Lilia to do? It is not like it was something he could control.

It was a sunny summer afternoon in the Briar Valley woods, birds chirped happily and a gentle breeze rustled through the trees carrying the scents of earth, wildflowers, and fresh mountain air. Peace was all there was in the woods that afternoon, even more so inside the beautifully decorated nursery Lilia sat in rocking his beautiful little boy to sleep for his afternoon nap. Even though Silver could nap anytime and anywhere, Lilia firmly believed in keeping his son on a nap schedule so there he was, lovingly rocking his child and watching him doze off. The afternoon sun illuminated the room in a soft, warm glow and made the sleeping child’s face appear more angelic than before as a golden glow rested upon his silver hair as if it were a halo.

It would be accurate though, Lilia smiled at the thought of his son being an angel from above- well even with knowing the boy’s origins the child was as angelic as could be. Sins of the past were not his to bear. When the old fae thought about it, Silver really was an angel- he needed Silver as much as Silver needed him.

Lilia stood up once he knew the little one was fully asleep and gently laid him down in his wooden cradle before placing a gentle kiss atop his sweet head and leaving the room. The door was cracked open for emergency purposes and the window left open so if Silver woke up crying, Lilia would hear it from outside as he hung the laundry on the line. The old fae grabbed the laundry basket of wet clothes and the basket for the already dry clothes on the line and made his way out to the yard to tend to the lines.

Some woodland animals approached the cottage, clearly looking for Silver and seeing this Lilia could not help but crack a smile. “Silver is not outside right now, he is taking a nap in the nursery, when he wakes up I’m sure he will love to play with you all.”

The deer and the rabbits all nodded in understanding, knowing that the child was indeed still young and required plenty of rest. The group of animals scurried off from the yard and back into the forest for the time being- many of the animals already knew that Silver would likely sleep the afternoon through and still would be sleepy for bedtime. However, now that was not the case…

In the nursery, one of the bluebird friends flew in and sat himself atop the edge of the cradle, gently nudging Silver’s pudgy face in an attempt to wake him up. Soon enough the three year old opened his eyes and looked to the bird friend of his and smiled softly and sleepily.

“Hello there, you wanna play? That why you woke me up…? Gotta be quiet though, papa might hear!”

The bird nodded, flying to help the small boy pull back the blanket and hop out of the bed and onto the floor. Silver, despite still being sleepy quietly made his way down the stairs and outside, easily avoiding Lilia’s gaze and potential ear range. Even at the age of three, Silver understood that his father liked to sometimes put these headphones on which attached to a portable radio he clipped to his belt when he did laundry or even wanted to nap in the shade with. Thankfully those were on his head and his ears were covered, Lilia happily danced a bit as he hung up the wet clothes on the line.

Silver looked to the bird friend of his and immediately had an idea- hide and seek! Simple!

“Want to play hide and seek? You just gotta count to ten and I hide? Alright let’s go!”

His bird friend chirped in agreement and flew to the nearby garden to count in the bushes while the child hid somewhere. Silver had a brilliant hiding spot in mind, the laundry basket of clean clothes that was behind Lilia. He slipped quietly into the basket, covering up the best he could with all the warm clothing and settled in all cozy. Soon enough, sleep claimed him and he fell asleep in the basket, completely unknown to his father and the bird friend who was having a pickle trying to find Silver.

Lilia then looked down at his watch, realizing that now was a good time to wake up Silver up, he put away his headphones and mini radio and walked upstairs- realizing immediately that something was wrong… the nursery door was wide open and there was no sleeping child in the cradle, Silver must have got out at some point when he was outside…

“S-Silver?! SILVER?! ANSWER ME! SILVER?! Oh sevens… I lost him again! SILVER COME ON OUT!” Lilia began to panic as he frantically looked all over the house for the child.

Silver was a toddler, and toddlers seem to get into absolutely everything and anything- yet Silver knew better than to wander off into the woods and away from the cottage so that certainly would narrow down the search area. Lilia also knew that Silver was excellent at following directions, if he was told to keep close and in the perimeter of the cottage, he would obey. He quickly searched the cottage, opening the closets, cabinets, and even some drawers that he knew Silver could likely fit in to no success. Silver was not in any of the usual nap spots in the house so that meant he was probably outside somewhere… alright now there was a challenge.

Lilia exited the cottage, trying his absolute hardest not to start going crazy in panic over his missing child. He just needed to keep this a secret from the Zigvolts to avoid yet another parenting lecture from Baul’s daughter and even from her human husband. There was no way he was going to sit down for yet another three hour or more lecture of why letting Silver wander off is a terrible idea. Suddenly a flash of blue flew past his face, frantic tweets coming from the small bluebird as it appeared to be looking all over for something or rather someone…

Lilia knew where this was going, Silver probably woke up and decided to play with the pesky bluebird.

“Excuse me, little one, are you looking for Silver? I cannot for the life of me find him and I too am growing worried… he is still technically a baby so I do worry for his safety.” Lilia sighed, extending a finger for the bird to perch himself on. “Oh? So you woke him up to play hide and seek, hmm? Well did you at least get a peek of where he may have went..? No? Hmm…”

The bird left Lilia’s finger and began to fly about calling for the tiny boy while Lilia began to search around himself. Then he heard it- a small shuffle. Surely he could not be hiding in plain sight, could he and in the most obvious of places? He quietly walked towards the laundry basket and paused, listening carefully for any strange sounds and then he heard it again. Small, sleepy exhales and some movement of tiny limbs. Lilia quietly lifted up the towel and there he was fast asleep and curled up in a fetal position sucking his thumb adorably. The old fae awed as h bent down and carefully lifted Silver into his arms to just hug him close, the child smelled of sunshine and fresh clean laundry with a hint of lavender- a fitting scent considering his nap spot.

“You little escape artist, what am I to do with you? Oh yes~ keep you and love you even if you nearly give me a heart attack kufufufufu~”

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Closing Letter From Professor Vanrouge:

Alright whippersnappers, class has concluded but who knows~ perhaps little old me may decide to make a Dad 103 course for you all explaining the importance of not touching the thermostat and the art of embarrassing your children wearing socks with sandals~! Kufufufufufu~ until next time kiddies!

Oh! Before I leave I must end with a joke~! No dad lecture is complete without a dad joke!

Ahem!

How do you make a water bed bouncier? Use spring water! *WHEEZING UNCONTROLLABLY*

- Professor Lilia Vanrouge

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wellpresseddaisy · 1 year

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9 January, 1978

Lucius stood courteously at the head of the dining room table as the ladies filed out with Cissa. When the door shut behind the last rustling skirt, the gentlemen sat, relaxed now they were alone. The candles burned low in the candelabra down the great length of the table, the flame occasionally picking out the tawny gleam of decanted port.

Velvet curtains of the deepest silver were closed against the chill of the winter night. Snow lay thick across the park, though the waxing moon and cloudless sky they'd been promised meant travel wouldn't prove too treacherous later.

"Excellent dinner, Lucius, as always." Yaxley smiled thinly. "If you'll excuse me, though, I should find my wife. Had something I wanted to ask her."

"I'll pass on the compliment to Narcissa." Lucius nodded at the man as he left the room, ignoring the wafer thin excuse.

"Now, Lucius, there's something more important than dinner to discuss." Avery slapped the table. "An' I'm going to be indelicate, but it's Snape. High time you found someone for him. He's eighteen! Not gettin' any younger."

Lucius stared at the man. Avery and Mulciber had taken Severus under their dubious protection when he left Hogwarts. He really hadn't known what Severus saw in either of them, but the boy took to the pair like a puppy. They must have seemed glamorous, somehow, two years older than him.

"Wanted Mulciber and the Mudblood." Rowle, deep in his cups and thankfully at the far end of the table, chortled. "At's 'is problem. 'E wanned both."

Everyone stared as he thumped forward onto the table.

"Thankfully, I had warned the footmen." Lucius drawled.

A guilty snicker ran around the table.

"No one ever knew what he wanted, was the problem. Except potions and he's doin' a Mastery already. Could sponsor him to Oxford, I suppose. S'what you do with brainboxes, isn't it?" Mulciber sighed. "Always had too much brain, Severus did. Brain and nerves."

"Why, if we're being indelicate, is it my responsibility to find our problem child a match?" Lucius asked lightly.

"You and Narcissa know everyone, Lucius. Simply everyone. Surely you know someone who'd…well…take him in hand. As it were." Avery insisted. "He needs a nice…er…husband, maybe?"

"I have suggested no less than seventeen suitable matches, to date. He doesn't want a husband." Lucius sighed.

"Not want a husband?" Avery repeated. He tended to do that, as if he could only understand a concept from his own mouth. "Why the devil not? He doesn't want a wife, does he? Never been that wrong about a chap before."

"He does not." Lucius assured him. "Your reputation is safe, Waltham. Druella Heathcote was interested until he spent an entire dinner explaining the best way to gut rats."

"Rats?" Mulciber's voice had a strained quality. "The poor gel. Cathcart's given him a look or two. Good chap, Cathcart."

"He'd rather purposefully spring a were trap on his leg and then chew himself free. He's willing to leave the leg."

"Gibson?" Avery tried.

"I believe he felt drowning in flobberworm mucus preferable."

"Witherwaite? He isn't gettin' any younger, but he's always wanted a sharp one."

"Boiled in his own cauldron."

"Hallowfield? He's a bit like old Withers but a bit more biddable. As they go."

"Trampled to death by toads."

"The trouble is, we've spoilt him." Mulciber growled. "What about one of those Russians you know? They seem the imperious type. He likes that, y'know."

"He threatened to move to…where was it? Ah, yes, Outer Mongolia. Or possibly Newfoundland."

"What about you and Narcissa? She seems to like him well enough? You'd keep him out of trouble." Avery grasped at straws.

"The Malfoy contracts are strictly bi-partite. The only one coming to my marriage bed is Narcissa. Regrettably for both of us." Lucius winked at the pair.

Was he a bit foxed? He hoped not, but the port was particularly nice. How did one measure one's level of foxedness?

"Damn!" Avery muttered. "There's got to be someone he'll take."

"He told me that husbands stopped you doing anything really interesting and he likes what he's doing now." Mulciber admitted it mournfully. "He especially said anyone with, well, our ideals, wouldn't let him do anything remotely fun."

"Of course they wouldn't!" Avery slapped the table again. "He'd be…he'd be taken care of. Properly. His blood line's good enough if you ignore the father and his manners are…there…if you ignore his habit of hissing at people he doesn't like. But he shouldn't be running about loose like he is."

"He's too bloody independent. And spoiled." Mulciber declared. "We should have been…well I don't know. He bit you if you tried to tell him what to do. Not you, though, Lucius. Or Narcissa."

"He knew much better than to bite Narcissa." Lucius agreed.

"I just want to see him…cared for." Avery spoke quietly. "And…and out of this damned mess. If he had a husband like you he wouldn't be in it." He gestured at Lucius.

"I've suggested everyone like me I could with a clear conscience. Unfortunately, I'm not head of his family. I can't really make him do anything." And he'd certainly looked for any connection at all.

The Princes had a habit of marrying outside England. The sods. The one time he wished for a family connection and the magical community's marriage habits let him down completely.

"We looked, as well. They marry out. Always have. Suppose that's why his mother…well, the less said the better." Mulciber traced patterns in the damask tablecloth.

"Surely he'd take Hadley? Absolute sport, Hadley." Avery tried one last time.

"He would rather snuggle a hippogryph."

#Severus Snape #Lucius Malfoy #Severus Snape the death eaters problem child #he's having fun getting his mastery and spying #he'll be having less fun in about two years but right now it's exciting #hp society/the ton #hp the season/the ton au #hp the season au

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momo-t-daye · 7 months

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29 for the snape asks? :-) – @superfallingstars

Thank you for the ask!

29.) How do you headcanon Snape's bedroom would look like?

I think his childhood bedroom was the sort of bedroom that gave very little away about the occupant. I imagine the bed frame was a rusty second-hand thing that might’ve been hauled out of the river rather than purchased and the mattress was more lumps than anything else. Baby!Sev didn’t bother putting anything much up on the wall on the basis that anything he cared to display could easily be destroyed for the purpose of reminding him of who the house actually belonged to (all of his most important treasures he had discovered around Cokeworth had to be hidden under one of the loose floorboards, the treacherous squeaking might announce his location and movement but they’d still conceal anything he couldn’t stand to lose). I think, as an adult, he sleeps on the downstairs couch at Spinner’s End rather than using his childhood room or, worse, his parent’s room. Hosting Pettigrew caused far more upheaval in his sleeping arrangements than he'd ever admit.

As a student, I imagine his corner of the shared Slytherin dorm was the tidiest by virtue of not having quite so much that could be unpacked all over the room and a habit of keeping close track of what little he did own. His decor consisted of scavenged parchment that could still be scraped and reused for another essay, feathers that could be trimmed and used as quills, other supplies that his wealthier housemates discarded, and jars full of neat (and sometimes nightmarish) things he found around Hogwarts. Mulciber was secretly terrified of a half-squashed bioluminescent toad Sev kept in a jar as a sort of dim nightlight. It stared and Mulciber always had to blink first.

The bedroom he uses as Professor Snape at Hogwarts would be more a place to store books that don’t fit in his office or books that he can’t risk having in the more student-accessible space of his office. All of the furniture was provided by Hogwarts Castle when he started as a professor and, as it was perfectly serviceable and he didn’t intend or expect to have any visitors over, he hasn’t bothered trying to replace or upgrade anything aside from occasionally getting another bookshelf.

There is one more bedroom that, in my head, is designated as “Severus’ Bedroom” and, unlike the other few rooms in Spinner’s End and Hogwarts Castle that can claim to be “Severus’ Bedroom”, this room has been meticulously decorated for Severus. Severus did not have any say in decorating this room, it was decorated for him rather than by him. Lucius Malfoy- who is not a man to do things by halves or tolerate furniture for being merely serviceable- oversaw the decor and fully intended to show that he was supportive of Severus’ aesthetic and, as a result, the Malfoys have a guest room that they can’t put any guests but Severus into. The walls are black, the linens are dyed black, the bed hangings are black, the floor is black, the rug is black, the curtains are black, and the custom-made candles in the black candleholder are black and even burn with a purple flame that hardly illuminates the room but, oddly, makes scorpions (and certain stains) astonishingly visible. The room, on the northwest corner behind the large oak tree, gets very little daylight and Draco grew up with the blissfully unexamined assumption that Severus Snape was capable of echolocation.

The first time Severus woke up in the Malfoy Manor sensory-deprivation-bedroom, he was mildly alarmed and certain there was some sort of curse he’d missed during his earlier inspection. Somehow, nearly eight hours had passed without him noticing and his normal low-grade headache was absent and he didn’t feel tired. It was one of the weirdest mornings in his life.

#Ask game answers #Severus Snape

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lowkeyclueless5137 · 8 months

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Winx au(S5)

here is season 1 with the original notes for everything :3

And here comes season 5!

Starting from where we left, the group is discovering also the fact that Deuce was a nymph. Not like the ones that kept training to gain their nymph status, which made it all the more weirder.

But they liked to poke at him, which yeah... That was a win!

Thankfully, his seal wasn't completely broken, so Deuce could still tap into that bit left to turn back to a normal human look. Even though his hair remained longer. Deuce really didn't know how to tie it up, so Jack offered to do for him a braid.

Riddle and Idia were also told of what happened. And both of them were losing their minds over it. They never had to deal with Mangor, but they knew that a scandal will blow up if Mangor gets back to the public.

So far, the group was trying to investigate and find any clue of that sucker before it was too late. All of their holiday was spent like this, which got them to enter their second year of NRC tired and with literally 0 will to even go to an exam. For a hot second they forgot they speedran to enchantix when the teachers told them that charmix was this year's objective. It was a fun 12 seconds of staring like dumbasses at Mr Vanrogue.

Nonetheless, with Mangor on the loose, the group could at least relax into the library. Trein was back with Lucius too. And while he was proud of how they handled the situation and saved the library, the spirit was still troubled about Mangor's escape. That was the count of nothingness's doing after all. It meant that whoever it was, knew of their presence and their mingling into his plans. Now they even had mythix, which only makes them more of a threat.

Thankfully, one of Sebek's mythix spells was able to conceal their appearances in fairy form. So they didn't need anymore potion, which is a big relief. None of them wanted to stay around a Cauldron for hours mixing and making sure the whole thing doesn't blown in their faces or turns anyone into a toad.

So for now, they were mostly dealing with the earlier tests and everyone readjusting to the school life after holidays.

Except that this year, seeing how much chaos was caused lately and with Magix apparently dealing with some magic criminal problems too, the headmaster had to announce that they will have a far more riguros training, this time along RSA's specialists and NBC witches. Starting with 2nd years, the training will be early, while the newbies get to be introduced to co-school combat later in the year. This was mandatory for everyone, so no one got to say a pass.

Of course, our group now we're 2nd years, meaning that they would be attending early on with this combat training. It was the least of their worries, but it was still important enough that they put a sticky note on their pinboard in their dorm.

As for the aincent library? They still had to clean up the fallen books and the mess that it was made. Trein was weaker than usual due to the library still being in recovery. Nonetheless, now that they had Mythix, they knew how sub-transformations work. Enchantix was their main, but they could change to mythix when the situation calls for it.

Deuce also tells them about the key he received from the story world Neressa. They had to give it a shot. But now they were at school, with no way of getting out so suddenly. Maybe their punishment of not officially leaving the school grounds was forgotten, but still! First weeks of school and already they were running away? Give them at least a bit more time to settle in.

But really the more they stood and did nothing, the more distance Mangor puts in between them. Who knows what new orders he got from the count?

So even if it wasn't even a week since they started school, the group had to sneak out at night. Really, nothing out of the ordinary here. They used the miniaturising form of enchantix along Ortho's invibility spell in order to make sure they won't be caught Sneaking in the library.

And BOI that thing was huge! Deuce did summon the key, which immediately took some sort of life of it's own and flew out of his hands. Epel thought fast and caught the key with some magic ropes, but it only dragged him over, the others trying to hold onto Epel and getting pulled along.

Just a bunch of guys getting dragged by a key in the middle of the night. :'3

But, the key does stop and the group is met with a shelf with various books under locks. The book in question was quite simple, with a lock in Which the key fit perfectly. Opening it, the group was meet with a pseudo-book, inside it being a hand mirror in a silver frame with beautiful ornaments. Taking it out, the group out the now empty hidden box back and left via the zodiac blade before someone would come around and spot them.

Back at the aincent library, the group was all around the hand mirror, clearly not knowing what to do with it. So far it wasn't reacting to anyone, not like they even knew what to do with it. But at least it was a pretty hand mirror. They tried to use the gemini spell, but again, the mirror was still just a simple mirror.

That's when Ortho came up with an idea. He did know of soul traces. Very pelicular patterns of magic that are left over from intricate spells. Maybe the mirror was under such a spell from the former nymph of the night sky.

But ortho also was quite unsure about his power in thar departament. It was a bit volatile and tapping more onto his witch side. It was a spell that was able to tip significantly the balance in between Ortho's light and dark magic. So he asks that if by chance, his body shows signs of altering... Just slap the shit out of him.

So Ortho starts the said spell. He said that he will lay down for this one and disconnect from his material body, hence he asks for the others to please keep an eye on that. When Ortho does raise up, he is a spirit, clearly unable to be seen by the others. Except that Trein and Lucius both see and hear him. It was extremely wierd at first, but right now, Ortho had to check on that mirror. And he does find something, or more like someone. For a hot second he was ready to charge in, before realising that it was the original Neressa, which most likely had no memory of what her story world counterpart did.

And Trein seems to not be able to see Neressa, nor Lucius. The spirit herself was looming over the mirror. She couldn't speak, but she did smile warmly at Ortho and motioned in between Deuce and herself, before at the mirror. Ortho wanted to ask more, but something else caught his attention.

Some kind of spirit, a quite restless one, was hurrying above them, most likely on the halls of NRC. The spirits of the living all manifested in the form of small colorful flames. Depending on their magic, the flame colors may vary from bright to dark and ortho could see them through walls if they were close enough. Yet that one seemed to try and gain a shape of it's own. It was a bright blue flame. It meant that whoever was that spirit, they were most likely close to dying. Ortho wanted to go after it, but as he got closer, he saw 2 other spirits of the living. One was an extremely bright green, so bright that Ortho could bearly make out who it belonged to. The other was a very dull purple, a bit agitated. Ortho would say that it was in a sense similar to his own flame. But he felt how he was passing out and harshly dragged back into his body. Waking up properly with a bang, it was clear that Ortho stood way too much for his welcome in the spirit world. The others said that his fingertips were turning a darker color and his body was suddenly ice cold. Ortho thanks them for waking him up and tells them that the mirror is indeed special.

That was Neressa's soul inside of the mirror. And in true nymph fashion, she wanted for her descended to use it. The problem was how?

Deuce tried his best to concentrate, but nothing came out of it. He was growing tired. He kept hanging on to that seal bit to keep his usual form, the one he was so used to. Sebek realises that maybe, Neressa doesn't recognise him as her descendant because Deuce looks like a normal human.

Once switched to the nymph form, the mirror also seems to react. And in the reflection, the real Neressa is seen, smiling and waving at the group. She was very happy that one of her descendants found her soul, soul which was put in this mirror so that nymphs in training could still use her knowledge, yet she didn't answer to any of them up until now.

The group tell her that they needed to find prince Mangor and stop the count of nothingness. Neressa tells them that if they want to find their enemy, they must aim for the prince's goal. What would Mangor look for immediately after he is freed?

Their answer was simple: a source of power. Something to be on par with their enchantix and mythix. But enchantix was gained through a noble sacrifice to save someone and mythix clearly was out of Mangor's knowledge, let alone reach.

Neressa reassures that she will be always in here, in their reach, before dissappearing in the mirror. Now the group were looking through transformations one could aquire power through taking it from a source. They came across a few interesting ones, but so far it was only a list.

That's when Ace gets a call. It was from Riddle, who tells them that something bad happened to Idia and that Ortho should come. The group of course took one look at the very dizzy Ortho and knew well enough that he is most likely going to slam his way through any wall just to get and see his older brother. So Jack decided to carry him through the halls until Ortho felt enough better to stand on his own.

And at Idia's dorm room, it was a bit of panic. Idia himself was laying on the bed, Vil next to him along a blonde guy named Rook, the latter handing to Vil a warm towel to put on Idia's forehead. There were also Cater and Trey, who were looking through books of curses and cures. Additionally, there was Azul there, whom Malleus seemed to try and comfort him about something. Riddle was helping Cater and Trey with looking through the books when the group arrived. And immediately Ortho went to his brother's side, asking Idia what was wrong. Of course, the older Shroud had a hard time recognizing Ortho or what was going on, but when he did figure out that his brother was there, Idia holded tighter Ortho's hand, coming to hold with both of his.

And Idia told Ortho that 'he' will come for them all. When Ortho asks who is 'he', Idia dismisses him and continues, weakly, saying that 'he' found something to use against all of them. Something so powerful that it could affect the whole magical universe. That was before Idia passes out again and Vil groans that the only time he wakes up and it's just to warn everyone of something they already knew.

Jack tries to reason, saying that it's the first time they hear about it. And Ortho is Idia's younger brother. By how shaken up he looks, it's clear he's in a state of panic. The others bearly convince Ortho to let go of his brother's hand, even so, Azul had something to talk to him, mainly concerning the situation at hand. So the others decide to help out with anything they could while Ortho talks with Azul in private.

Azul starts first by saying that his group and Idias were dispatched into a mission around the Sage Island beach, since it was a lot of ground to cover and they split up. They encountered a strange person. Idia seemed to recognise the guy, which somehow triggered the person to attack them, by dragging them into the sea, where their wings became an additional weight. It was only him with Idia and Azul really had to pull through by the limit to just get them out of there. Ortho did know where this was going. He asked if by chance, the guy gave out a name. Azul denied it, but that's where his own question comes into play: the guy that attacked them was looking for Ortho's group. The guy placed a curse on Idia, so that it will eat away all of his fairy magic, until he is left with nothing. By all means, no one expected Idia to be on the verge of death.

And to Azul's surprise, Ortho was boiling with rage, to the point his firehair was bright orange. He promises that they could handle it, to which Azul heavily doubts it. He reminded ortho that they were, by all means, baisc fairies, this year striving to get charmix. If even an enchantix fairy had difficulty fighting underwater, what chances would have a basic fairy.

And Ortho replies that he will find a way. For the Shrouds, their magic is tied in with their very own lives. A Shroud can only lose their magic if they die and vice versa. And if that curse eats away fairy magic, the best candidate to take care of Idia was a witch or a magicless person.

Azul admits that before switching to Vil, he took care of Idia. He took a break after Riddle called Ortho's group over, mainly to figure out how he could break the news to Ortho. The curse was one from the aincent mermaids spells. So the only way to break is by tapping into more powerful sea magic than the one who casted had.

And Ortho has a wild thought. After deeming Idia stable enough, Ortho dragged his group back towards their dorm, telling them about what he and Azul exchanged. A quick internet search and indeed, a few days ago the mermaid kingdom from the coral sea reported that a few manuscripts containing spells were stolen. Mangor had to be the one who stole them, although for getting a potion to breath underwater, one must have some high connections.

Sebek theorised that most likely Mangor returned to his kingdom to aquire the said potion, but that would also mean that the news would be blaring about the missing prince returning, which didn't happen. Epel theorises that maybe Mangor and his parents are all involved in aiding the Count of nothingness, on which Ace calls bullshit. It would be an immense scandal if that were to happen.

Ortho tells them that he read somewhere about a fairy form that would allow them to move freely underwater along with their spells gaining immunity underwater too. Jack resonates that it would be a bit too early to go after yet another transformation. They bearly started their 2nd year, which was more busier with the added combat training schedules. Besides, they already had mythix. But Ace gives the point to Ortho. Their fairy form can't carry them through water. Enchantix may be their most powerful form, but it won't carry them underwater without complicated spells or potions. And even then, those might fade and they will never know just how much Mangor might hold them underwater. That sucker was clearly searching to gain something similar to Sirenix, but for what purpose?

Unknowingly to them, someone else heard their conversation about weather or not they should pursue sirenix.

Later in the library, the group is faced with going through the various books that had info on sirenix. Very little was known about it. It was a transformation that allowed the fairies and witches to move incredibly fast underwater and also breath in there. Their magic won't be hindered by the said environment too and also they could resonate more with the ocean's magic, to the point they could access the infinite ocean, a paralel world, which acts as a sort of command room for all the oceans in the magical world.

Jack does resonate that Sirenix is quite the powerful transformation. If Mangor aims for that, he will gain access to the infinite ocean. Not only will it be the ultimate retreat technique, but also he could reek so much havoc from there without anyone able to even figure out it was him.

Epel tho, has the briliant idea of searching for past sirenix fairies and witches. There had to be some. And since oh so little is known about sirenix, it means that there had to be some deceased sirenix fairies or at least nymphs of the oceans they could contact.

So first, Trein advises them to ask Neressa. She was the closest nymph they could ask, so she might have an idea.

Fortunately, Neressa admits that even as a captive soul, she feels her fellow nymphs. Weather they were natural nymphs or raised to that level of power. She knows that currently, there is one nymph they could contact: Daphne, the nymph of sirenix, the specter that can be found in lake Roccaluce. Although she doesn't know why Daphne was the only nymph she could feel on enough to be able to be reached out by others, Neressa advised to be cautious.

So the group decide to prepare for a small visit to lake Roccaluce. Really they were tired of all that traveling, but alas, it had to be done sooner or later.

At the said lake, the group make a convergence spell, trying to reach out to Daphne. And she presents to them as a specter and asks what are they seeking from her.

When the group asks about sirenix, Daphne seems to grow enraged. She tells them that sirenix is cursed. It was the reason she was a specter and because of that curse, she was unable to put a proper last stand against the ancestral witches, leaving her planet to be destroyed.

But despite that, the group insists. There was someone else who was pursuing sirenix. And that person wanted to use it to reek chaos in the magical dimension.

Ortho also insists that his brother was cursed and sirenix is his only way to save him. He would do anything for Idia, even if he gets cursed or dies. Daphne seemed warmed up by this declaration and indulges in the group pursuing this power. She tells them that they have to speak to Mrs Faragonda about getting access to the archive. Epel suggest that, giving their record, they should just straight up steal it. Daphne didn't really find it that funny, but because of them being very insistent of keeping things secret, she gives them a little ring on a string. She tells them to present it to Faragonda and tell her that on behalf of Daphne, they should be allowed to borrow the book of sirenix in secret.

And rightfully the group immediately hurries to Alfea. Except that they are faced with one of the most terrifying tasks: finding the headmistress of an all girl fairy school, when a full blown start of the year party went on. Add to that that it is 100% guaranteed to be some royalty around here. News in Magix travel fast, not to mention that twisted wonderland might get them later, but still, they will get them anyway and bust their secret.

But, seeing how the specialists also came to pay a visit, the group decides to use that to their advantage. Since the specialists also were in casual clothes, the group decided to just go like that. Jack does note that he did see a few times the red fountain specialists in their uniform and he must admit that those are very tacky. Ace was thankful that he won't have to wear some tacky ass cape and wierd boots.

Nonetheless, their infiltration proves successful. Some students did ask them if they were newbies, since they looked a bit too unfit. No, ladies, Ace and Ortho were wheezing because they are certified couch potatoes and Deuce refused to teleport them to the gate of Alfea. They had to run there. :'3

Nonetheless, they listened in to Faragonda's speech and watched as the top of the specialists raced towards here. Apparently they were the boyfriends of the girls who saved the school or something, but our Requix squad was absolutely done and over with this. They needed to get the headmistress alone and ask her to give them that damn sirenix book.

In truth, they are absolutely tired with getting dragged from parties and fun, only to have to deal with their missions and get the least fun.

But they meet Najima. And Najima guides them to the food tables so everyone collectively deems Najima as a cool fairy. It was her first year in Alfea too! Epel tells her that if magic doesn't work, always get physical and don't be shy on biting. Ah, yes... Advice from your seniors is the best. :3

Thankfully, Faragonda notices them before anyone figures these 6 are completely out of the loop with the other specialists, who were having either show-off or chats with the other students. The group does admit that they are here for an important matter and so, they quietly are invited into her office.

The group do explain to Faragonda their problem. They also present Neressa's mirror, Daphne's ring and their library marks as proof. They only mentioned that they had enchantix and right now they were looking for sirenix in order to stop prince Mangor from getting into the infinite ocean or steal anymore aincent mermaid spells. They doubt Magix would ever be spared, so Faragonda sees where they are coming from.

Even so, they are just fresh 2nd year fairies. She is quite skeptical on leaving an important artefact such as the book of sirenix in their hands. In the end, she caves in and gets the group to the Alfea archive. They meet Concorda and go on a long search for the sirenix book. Faragonda trusted in the pixie to look over these 6, which quickly ends up being the best call. Concorda took her job very seriously when it came to guarding the codex piece, but also the archive's wellbeing. She did say she was taken aback when the archive shook for a bit during this summer, but she figured it must've been the tower rebuilding.

The boys really didn't want to tell the pixie what actually happened to affect the archive(S4's objective). They just hurried over with their search.

FINALLY, after a long search, they found the goddamn book. Really Sebek wanted to wack each and every one in the group, including himself, since the book was literally on the lower shelves, in front of them, but nooo... They had to start from the higher levels. They give their farewells to Concorda and tell her to say to Faragonda that they will return the book as fast as possible. They used the zodiac blade yet again to go to their dorms back in NRC.

Except that in there, the group is greeted by Azul and the twins. First of all, Azul congratulates them on finding the sirenix book so fast. Second, he demands to know what they are up to, otherwise he will rat their little late night randevous outside to the headmaster.

So with the given choices, everyone deemed Jack as the group speaker and also as the one who could explain coherently enough the mess that is their plan: get sirenix, find Mangor, capture the fucker, figure out how to break Idia's curse via getting back the stolen scrolls or if the scrolls are compromised, use sirenix's wish to break it.

And Floyd with Jade do find it entertaining enough to tell on how Azul was worried sick over Idia and wanted any and all leads to the cure for that curse.

So Epel calls the 3 out on it: they all want the same thing. Why not band together? Azul seems very hesitant. After all, he wouldn't really want to associate that much with the infamous taboo students of NRC. Well... At least it was an upgrade from simply calling them troublemakers. :'3

So to make things more airtight, Ace makes a deal with Azul, both of them being tied up by magic bindings. If any of them dares to spill the beans over their real mission, the bindings will break and everyone will suffer from backlash.

With that, the twins and Azul bestow upon the group their knowledge of sirenix. That transformation was cursed in such way that if you do not manage to aquire it in time, you will loose all of your magical powers.

And the group collectively looked at Ortho. The Shrouds, as he put it previously, are linked to their magic so well that their life is also taken away alongside their magic.

But Ortho was absolutely set on it and even opens the book himself using his mythix wand and the rest channeling a convergence spell with the wand as the focus point.

The book does open and gives them the instructions: they had up until the lunar cycle ends to gain fully sirenix. For that, they will need to gather 3 gems scattered across the magical waters of the universe. Those gems will be put on their sirenix boxes, where their personal guardian of sirenix resides inside. With that, they are granted Harmonix. Harmonix was only halfway to Sirenix, which means that they would be able to breath underwater, but they won't be able to move as swift and fast as in sirenix, neither will their spells be as strong.

And in true quest fashion, their first riddle is given. Of course they couldn't ask the guardians for the answer. That would've been way too easy. So Azul suggests to use the school library to inform themselves over the riddle answers.

For a hot second, the first years were shook about NRC having a library. Being so used to the aincent library, they forgot that NRC actually did have a proper library. And thankfully, Octavinelle had a private section for themselves.

A few days everyone was looking for an answer to the riddle in question. They were guided to the Zenith oceans, searching for the binary flowers. That was also them testing the waters with Harmonix.

Cue everyone making fun of everyone for having lil puffy uniforms. Clearly this half a transformation had very few distinct features to each of the boys, mostly because it was here only temporary, akin to a trial period. But Sebek got again a tiara so Ace had to get back the 'very pretty prince' joke. The twins also took that joke in order to make fun of Azul too. The joke unfortunately doesn't work on Ortho, the twins or Jack, because they just roll with it. :'3

Although, Ortho noticed that what set him apart from the rest's otherwise very pastelly outfits was the inclusion of a few splotches of bright and dark color here and there, clearly meant to represent his witch heritage. What was more interesting was that Azul also had a few quite darker colors in his outfit. He brushed it down as him liking darker colors, but Ortho tells him that so does Epel, Jack and Deuce.

Azul just dismisses Ortho, saying it's just unimportant details he looks too much into it. They should focus on the mission at hand.

And indeed, the octatrio are quite the allies. Things seemed insanely easier now with them helping out. Maybe it was Azul's way of managing things, but really it felt as if now they had time for both pursuing sirenix and trying to foil Mangor's plans. They also meet the selkies, getting to bond with them, just like with the pixies. The selkies helped out by looking out for Mangor and closing off any gate to the oceans of twisted wonderland. They betted that Mangor was using those gates to get lost more easily. They did run into him several times and indeed, Mangor was completely nuts.

Maybe imprisonment in a tiny box for months can mess up with your head a bit. :/

Mangor was absolutely having it out for Sebek. And with the mermaid scrolls he kept stealing, it was very obvious that Mangor was turning into a merman, one who was stealing the scrolls to gain more power and eventually force his way in the infinite ocean.

The sirenix quest meanwhile, guided the group everywhere. Their second to last quest got them to even visit STIX, at the river of souls, which housed the corals of dead magic. Magic that once belonged to beings that passed away. In order to depart forever, their souls left their magic into the river, creating this array of beautiful corals.

Of course, the group was absolutely livid to see that Ortho not only had ties with STIX, but he was actually having the position of executive director, much like Idia had too. Their parents ran STIX after all.

And of course, Mrs Shroud asks about Idia. Azul was the one who kept the closest tabs on Idia and he didn't want to lie to the woman: Idia was getting worse per day. And currently they were doing their best to pursue for answers and a way to save him.

But, the river of souls proves to them as a tricky place. They had to find a dream fish, little beings that sprout into existence from the soul's unfulfilled dreams. Those little fishes are scared of literally anything, so catching one proved to be a task, especially when the corals themselves attacked the group.

And Ortho saw how in the heat of the moment, Azul used a witch spell. The others didn't see it, assuming it was ortho who did it. And the fire head kept his mouth shut regarding that. They got what they needed, so they had to go back to school.

A few days later, while waiting for a new riddle or searching for Mangor, Ortho goes to visit Idia when he happens to overhear a conversation in between Azul and Malleus.

Malleus seemed to be worried over a letter Azul received. The latter told him that he was unsure of what to say. On one hand he wanted to stay here with him, Idia and the twins, but on the other hand, the letter was a lifetime opportunity. He never wanted in NRC to begin with, but he couldn't just have abandoned the twins. They wouldn't have been here if Azul didn't insist to accept the NRC acceptance letters. And he couldn't simply pass that one up. Malleus advised to take action as he sees fit, yet Azul tells him that it's not as simple as it is for full fairies or witches to switch in between. He can't just give out what he worked so hard for. Malleus finally tells him to think of what Idia would say about it, to which Azul replies that for now, this doesn't concern Idia and he would rather also not focus on things that don't concern him. Malleus did tell him in the end that he tries healing spells daily, but they only seem to relieve the pain. The others did leave taking care of Idia to him after all.

So Ortho waits a bit before acting like he just got here, wanting to visit Idia. Azul and Malleus seemed to both have some things to settle still, so Ortho had some privacy with his brother.

So as a precaution, Ortho uses a spell to lock the door so that he could use his special spell of traveling through the soul world.

And there he is meet with Idia's soul, having a human form, but it was still attached to his body, unable to leave far from it. Idia did expect for Ortho to come like this. After all, it was a disenchantix spell that Ortho recently got the hang of it. And Ortho fills Idia in with their adventure. Idia seemed skeptical of Azul and the twins joining in, but they were a great help, so he wasn't going to comment on it. By the end, Ortho wanted to tell Idia about the letter conversation he heard before coming here. Idia mutters more to himself that Azul must've gotten a letter from Cloud Tower. Ortho does ask what was that about. Idia tells him that he is in no position to reveal that about Azul, as it was his own privacy. But what he does tell Ortho is that Idia happened to have a relationship with both Azul and Malleus. It was very complicated and messy, hence Idia didn't really brought up his love problems, but he knew Azul is passionate about what he loves, so he tells Ortho to follow that example. Fight for your passions and what you love.

And ortho, before finally going back to his body, tells Idia that he is fighting for what he loves already. He loves his family and his friends, so Mangor, the count of nothingness and whoever wakes up one day and decides to be evil, will have to go through him first if they ever wanted to hurt his most dear people.

Idia just tells Ortho that he had something in his nightstand drawer. To take it and show it to Azul when he feels the time is right. That was the last thing before Ortho woke up back in his body. Following what Idia told him, Ortho found in there a small seashell pendant, which he hid in his pocket and with that, he left.

Although curiousity still poked him and so, after Malleus was out of the room to go and redo his healing spells, Ortho asked Azul about the letter. And about the witch spells he used back in their missions.

And Azul admits that, unfortunately, he is just like Ortho. A half fairy, half witch. His mother was a quite respectable sea-witch from Andros, very close friends with headmistress Griffin from Cloud Tower. His biological father was a fairy from twisted wonderland, but following the divorce, his current stepfather was a simple divorce lawyer from the coral sea. He got that letter because, despite being in NRC, Azul had to control his witch side as well. So when he told his mother about getting enchantix, he knew word got to Griffin as well. Issuing a small transfer to cloud tower would be harder considering he was now in his 3rd year, but Azul didn't want to go to Noble Bell College and his mother couldn't take him as her apprentice. She had a restaurant to run.

So Ortho happily declares that they could start a coven together. They are both halflings who need to watch over their internal balance. They could do it together. And witches have this coven thing going on, so why not they just start one too?

And Azul accepts, mostly to have Ortho not pester him about it. Of course, the news were shared with the twins and Requix club, who didn't hesitate to poke fun at Azul for trying to hide his 'Witchy thingies'.

And because of that, Ortho finally got comfortable enough to wear his witch hat, hat which was his favorite, a heirloom from his grandma on mother's side.

Unfortunately for them, their last riddle regarding the gems has them venturing into the coral sea for the gem of courage. That would be a big chance of getting compromised if someone recognises them, but even so, they had to go through with it.

And even worse! Mangor seemed to have got his way around here as well. So a fight escalated both in and out of the water. Ortho, Ace and Epel did stop in time a few tsunami spells. Jack was working with Jade and Azul on defence for the group, while Deuce, Sebek and Floyd went nuts on attacks.

Thankfully, they find their wanted gem and Mangor dipped on them. Azul did inform them that today it was an optional course on the beach, so maybe they should attend it.

They weren't late, although the more earlier students seemed to cheer in between them. When asked about it, the teacher, Lilia, told them about the big tsunamis that came in here. Thankfully Silver and Kalim kept everyone safe while the rest of their group made a convergence spell to prevent the tsunamis from harming innocents further.

And Sebek seemed puffy. Of course Silver got credit for this. Malleus does ask why Sebek won't be happy for Silver too. Maybe because he was absent in here? Or perhaps Sebek was upset about not being here to protect people as well?

The others really wanted to subtly tell Malleus to get the fucking social cue, but it was too late, as Sebek was snapping right then and there.

He was sick and tired of working his ass non-stop, only for Silver to get the credit for some dumb little spell he did at that moment. He was absolutely done and over with trying to keep his ties going with Lilia, Malleus and Silver, only for them to brush him aside. He went through a lot and these 3 never once asked if maybe he was alright or how he was doing. At one point he left them aside, only for it to bite him later when he was confronted about what did he do to have his ties so severed. He is sick of trying and from now on, he will cut off their ties completely. That was accompanied by grave silence as Sebek stomped his way back to NRC. He didn't want to participate into the optional course anymore and honestly, it was a bit reasonable.

Silver wanted to go after him, but Jade advised him that right now it wasn't the best time. Sebek needed to be left to deal with all that emotion on his own. The rest of the Requix squad tho, followed after Sebek. Although it was quite obvious they supported the Greenhead over how they didn't comment on the matter at all and let Sebek run his pent up anger until he couldn't conjure anymore polite replies.

Malleus did ask Azul about it, but the response was that they messed up big time. And he doubts Sebek would even want to hear from them.

Meanwhile, Sebek was aggressively investigating. It was a clear sign that he didn't want to talk about it. The others tho, advised him to take a break. They had the last gem and now they were ready to find the source of sirenix and complete their transformation. The lunar cycle was over in less than a week, but so far, form the riddle and their separate investigations, they figured out that Lake Roccaluce was their final stop in this quest.

So Jack reassures Sebek that even if Malleus and Lilia didn't know, even if no one else gave them credit for it, for them at least, Sebek was a hero and a great fairy. Ace says that no one is just as loud and serious as Sebek, but it was good. Epel added that they did need someone to keep them on track for the school matters and Sebek was always taking care of that. Ortho insisted that Sebek shouldn't worry himself over with people that won't recognise him for what he was truly worth. And finally, Deuce tries to cheer up Sebek, by telling him that once they get Mangor, they will make sure to leave for Sebek the last punch. And that did creak a smile out of Sebek.

But they do report to Trein about their quest and their results so far. Trein nudges them to not spare any seconds now that they were so close. Time wasn't something to take lightly and so, he hopes the group understand that a cursed sirenix can have consequences.

So despite Floyd wanting a break, they had to go to lake Roccaluce and find the source of Sirenix. The earlier, the more of an advantage they had over Mangor.

Of course, once their group convergence is successful and Omnia greets them into the infinite ocean, the nymph tells them that unfortunately, a great threat is trying to get in. She fears that the emperor's throne will be activated.

And the group gets introduced to the said emperor throne. A structure holding all the magic of the infinite ocean, waiting for the first proper magic user to sit on it and claim it's power. Omnia guarded this throne with all of her power. There was once a rouge nymph, politea, who wanted the power of the throne, but Omnia managed to stop her before she could even get a chance to sit on it. Yet politea did manage to charge it up, hence the throne was very volatile.

So Azul suggests to make a barrier. Something that would block the throne from Mangor. Another very tiring convergence spell and Floyd declared that he will nap on the sea floor at this point.

Thankfully, now they had sirenix, so they could put Mangor to a stop if they got the chance.

Except that the sirenix curse did unfortunately reflect on their civilian lives. A sudden need of just throwing yourself in water, sometimes it was so desperate that breathing was hard too. Their enchantix and mythix forms were unable to be accessed, despite everyone feeling them there. Sometimes their hair color would change when wet too. It was hellish and keeping it a secret also came with it's own nasty can of worms. Not to mention combat training. Thankfully Azul knew how to brew quickly advanced potions of concealing, even so, holding back was harder, as the sirenix power arsenal was far more volatile outside of water. Training with RSA was especially hard since these specialists didn't have any magic to defend themselves, only tech and combat skills.

Add to that Mangor starting to reek havoc around, so everyone had to go and stop him. Yet he kept escaping. He was slippery and managed to land some serious hits from time to time on others.

One instance was when Sebek was hit. He was healed up quickly by Floyd, but still that rage and saltiness was translated on his combat training. That day he had against Silver and boy did Sebek not hesitate. He put down the guy so quick that the teacher bearly had time to process what happened. So much for the guy who had a saving streak.

Although some of the said curses were holding a bit over sometimes. But those were simple ones such as dizzy spells or clumsiness curses.

Of course, the group tried to use their sirenix powers to heal Idia, but again, healing spells didn't seem to work at all. Ortho wasn't losing hope yet. They came too far, so it wasn't any place to give up.

Azul tho, was more pessimistic and stressed out. The others figured it had to be from everything. The twins also were keeping hard with all this rush our group was used to since last year.

But oh were they so wrong.

Because one particular fight with Mangor had him actually flee to the infinite ocean. How tf did he even gain access?

Azul was the answer.

He wasn't pessimistic or anything like that, rather Azul was under a hypnosis spell. And using that spell, Mangor had Azul give him sirenix as well and now he was using him to break through their barrier over the throne. And Mangor used Azul as his dummy for the throne. Since it was so volatile from staying charged up for so long, it was clear that the sudden power increase could be deadly. So why not have a hypnotised fairy to transfer the power to him so he could use it to free his master, the count of nothingness.

Except that when Azul was seated on the throne, something seemed to have snapped. Azul turned into an octopus mer, the twins telling the group that it was his actual form, as they were all 3 mers from the coral sea. Except that even then, some corals gre out of his shoulders along with what it seemed like a spiky crown.

And Mangor sure as hell wanted to use Azul to get that power of the throne, only to be immediately caged by none other than Azul himself, who sounded absolutely different, much more demonic. He was offended that Mangor even wanted to order him, let alone ever give him, HIS power. Oh yes, Azul was absolutely nuts from that throne and Mangor paid the price by getting caged up and the scrolls being taken away.

When the others tried to stop this, Azul lashed out at them. One by one, each of them were hunted down by Azul and caged just like Mangor, although he didn't take their sirenix as he 'didn't have any use for it anymore'.

The last one left was Ortho, who got out of the water in order to get a bit more time to think of a plan. Something to snap Azul out of the madness induced by the throne.

Except that he has no time to think of a plan because a gigantic Azul emerges out and is ready to catch Ortho, the last of them. Ortho puts up a chase, trying to tell Azul to stop it, that it isn't him.

And that's when he remembers of Idia's gift for him. Summoning the pendant in question, Ortho uses his essence of sirenix, becoming a whole flame that immediately plunged into Azul's chest like an arrow.

Except that what it did is shrinked back Azul and Ortho hugging him tightly, begging Azul to remember why he wanted to get sirenix in the first place. How Azul cared about his family, about the twins and how he was nothing but kind to Ortho. How Idia wanted for both of them to follow their passions and why they formed a coven for shits and giggles. Because those were things that the real Azul holded dear. Ortho knew it. And deep down, the real Azul was still there, and he wanted the real Azul back. Everyone needed the real Azul back. And Azul seems to finally snap out of it. He holded the pendant, looking at it for a few seconds before slowly hugging back Ortho and reassuring that he was back now and apologising for what he did. Really he lost his mind when he got that much power. He may be greedy to some extent, but not that greedy, you get him?

And Ortho has his sirenix box appearing, his guardian of sirenix telling him that he managed to please the destinies so what would be his wish? Azul did encourage Ortho to think at how much he could do with a reality altering wish, but Ortho already knew what he wanted.

He wished for his brother and anyone affected by Mangor's spells to be cured. And the guardian happily fulfilled that wish.

The first ones who come over once Azul lifts up his cage spells are the twins. It was clear the 2 were worried sick for their friend, but they were also failing so hard at hiding it that it was hilarious.

But now they finally had prince Mangor locked up again. Except that when they try to wrangle him out of answers, he simply laughs and tells them that their master has one more loyal servant, one who surely will put them all in place.

Azul simply banishes the guy to oblivion. From there it was clear Mangor won't have any chance of escaping.

That leaves the group to deal with the new emperor of the oceans. Really it deserved a long round of teasing about 'his majesty', which ended up with Azul wishing he still holded this dumbasses hostages a bit more.

Nonetheless, Azul feared that because he is now the emperor, he won't be able to leave the water. So the twins came up with an idea: split Azul's power and create pillars from that power. That way the throne will remain unchanged and the pillars will hold the balance of the oceans instead of Azul. So via a set of convergence spells, Azul splits up his power in 4. Deuce and Sebek used one fraction to create the pillar of light, Epel and Jack created the pillar of control and Ortho with Ace created the pillar of balance. For the last fraction of the power, Azul kept it to himself to replace the lost sirenix when he was crowned emperor. The twins were the ones who used their power to maintain Azul when the pillars were created and powered and him losing a considerable chunk of power.

And of course, all of this remained a secret. More like Azul insisted to keep it like that. Really he didn't want to boast about how he gained so much power, only to have to be snapped to reality by the power of friendship and hugs. :'3

Still, the rest of the Requix group were losing their shit since Ortho gained first his wish and he used it to undo Mangor's mess. Like dude missed a bigass opportunity right there. He could've erased his witch or fairy part or he could've wished for the power to permantly keep in check his inner balance. Heck, with Azul as the emperor and the scrolls back, they could've probably done that healing themselves!

But Ortho was happy like that. Idia was alright and he had to give full thanks to the group for saving him. Even though the other students assumed that Malleus's healing spells worked in the end. (Sebek had to keep in another snap about the subject of crediting)

Even tho, Azul wanted to properly thank the group for helping him and the twins with this crazy quest. So using his new emperor powers, he lifts the sirenix curse off of them, allowing the group to access again their enchantix and mythix. Azul told them to consider it a formal thanks, as they probably won't be seeing each other after winter break.

When the group asks about it, Azul reveals that he did think about it and will accept to study at Cloud Tower. He feels like he's pretty good with his fairy spells and already he had enchantix, so maybe working on his witch spells won't do him any bad.

Azul does ask if Ortho would be interested in studying at cloud tower too. He could pull a few strings for that to happen, but Ortho reassured that he was alright as he was. He still has a mission to fulfill as part of Requix: to defeat the count of nothingness. But he would gladly try and visit Azul and maybe exchange some spells in between them.

Unknowingly to them, someone else was watching them, promising that they will get those pesky fairies and make sure that all of the magical dimension will be under the new regin of the count of nothingness.

And here is where season 5 ends! :3

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#twisted wonderland #twst #winx club au #sirenix was my favorite transformation concept #althrough I wanted them to expand a bit more on the curse part

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