Aradia looked around from the top of the roof, everything was covered in a few varying shades of grey, the dome covering the whole place stretched out far into the distance. Stopping right before the forbidden place up North, right behind the illusion mansion itself
It was as if the mansion wanted to be a part of one of the three forbidden places but chose to shy away at the last moment
Everything outside the dome was a black blurry mess, hardy recognisable. The red head wondered if anyone outside could see her but pushed the thought away remembering no one resides this close to the magic forest
She instead chose to drag her attention back to the roof window a few steps away, the glass was clear unlike all the other stained glass windows of the mansion
Aradia walked closer, careful not to trip over her own feet. Looking inside, she could easily tell this was a room no one knew of, or rather, did not have access to
The attic.
The red head knew she couldn't open the window no matter how hard she tried so the only other way was to break it, glass is bound to break sooner or later, it is inevitable
To her dismay, Aradia did not have a rock on hand but she did have the slight heel of her boots
Standing on top of the glass was both terrifying and exhilarating. The red head stomped lightly first before jumping on the glass, as expected, it didn't budge
Aradia's face displayed a frown, trying to get the glass to break. Her heel wasn't nearly sharp enough to cause damage.. or was it?
The red head took out her dagger again, the blade shining brightly as light reflected onto the clean and polished metal
It took a few tries to get the dagger to stay in place before she straightened up again, her heel resting on top of the dagger, ready to apply force
Aradia stomped down onto it with all her weight, there was a slight cracking sound. The red head didn't know whether or not it was the glass or her dagger
She picked up her foot just above the glass before jumping on it with great force. And there it was, the loud crack of glass shattering
It took a second for the red head to realise what just happened, but she didn't have time to be happy at the succession as her stomach knotted with the feeling of nausea with her falling for the third time
The landing was surprisingly better than she had thought albeit the glass poking at her from behind. She had somehow fallen backwards
A rather loud bang made Aradia look to her left, the lonely and plain looking door was wide open as familiar faces pooled into the room
A quick glance at their shocked reaction and gaze going past her told the red head to look back. Upon doing so, the red head was met with an awe-inspiring sight
A large painting hung on the back wall, the frame designed and made of gold, two decapitated dolls lay with a broken tea cup on the carpet covered floor
The scene was just as it was explained in the story Yeon Haa had read, only deference, instead of the violet witch looking off to the side with a calm and stone expression, she looked straight at them, eyes wide with flurry and brows frowned in annoyance
The violet witch hadn't obtained the title for nothing, both words had been carefully chosen to describe her
Her eyes were a true shade of violet, even her jewelry, accessories and gown were violet. It was well known the witch thrived for the colour violet
It was also known she was the strongest witch to have existed at a point in time, there was a time where the word witch would remind people only of one violet loving woman living dangerously close to the magic forest
Now, years later, she was here, her body long since gone, only her wrath and anger remained with the broken pieces of her tarnished soul, trapped between reality and paint
As much as Aradia would love to continue to lay down, the glass poking her back was not the most comfortable thing thus she got to her feet picking up her dagger on the way and storing it away neatly for next time
The red head stood there for a second, then another and then five more; nothing was happening and Aradia wasn't happy about that
Everyone was shocked, from the looks of it, the scene that transpired in her absence was as follows: the moment the red head managed to break the roof window, a door appeared at the end of the hallway
Aradia bets they didn't even notice the door and ended up accidentally knocking into it while dealing with the shadow entities
The red head was thinking if she should say something or anything at all for that matter but shut herself up when she finally heard Lir's voice in her mind after so long
She had grown comfortable of Lir's presence which includes his random intrusions into her thoughts but after not being with him for.. how long? Aradia couldn't say for sure, she had lost track of time long ago
It felt like a weight was of her shoulders and Aradia could relax again, truly being with that annoying pixy every second of the day was rubbing off
«Where did you go?»
Although his voice was low as to not scream inside her mind, the red head could tell he was ticked off
«got lost»
Aradia replied cooly, she would explain everything later. The red head had no clue as to where Lir was at the given moment but she knew just how hard he was probably glaring at her
The thought made her feel both comforted and smug, two things she never thought she'd feel, at least not after the crash
The red head snapped out of her wandering thoughts as she heard a voice in the quiet room. It wasn't a familiar voice and yet the tone made her feel uncomfortably at "home".....
Bonus:
Drunk Yeon Haa:
Yeon Haa: life keeps fucking me and I can't remember the safe word
*Lir who just wanted some snacks*: what the f-
To be continued...
What's up people, it's Yan
How are you all? Hope well cause I'm not
Exams are in a month, I have two very long assignments pending as well as two more for two different subjects, a lot of studying to do and life has been a beech
Everything together, I hate it <3 anyway I most probably, like actually no false alarm this time, won't be able to post for a while, presumably a month? Possibly till December
If I can or do update, guess you all are lucky as hell but yeah don't expect another update because I genuinely can't keep doing this, I have absolutely zero motivation and trying the juggle studying, assignments, exam perp and my own life has been exhausting and it's not getting any better as the days go by
Anyway have a good day, afternoon, evening or night
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much I liked writing it
Once again please forgive this lowly author for any grammatical errors
And hopefully I'll see you all in the next chapter and let's pray I'll be in a better head space
Take care people
Bye.
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