"Samara is not here. She's with Superior Orion and you're busy exchanging glances with Raven? I can't believe you" Ruthie shook her head beside Peony.
"We both know Sam will be fine so far she has her necklace" Peony replied.
"It's Superior Orion we're talking about. He's full of tricks and I'm scared" Ruthie said restlessly.
"Can you calm your nerves?" Peony replied.
"It's useless talking to you" Ruthie muttered, stylishly staring at Krishna.
"I see what you're doing too" Peony said.
"I'm just taking a glance" Ruthie replied, and her eyes met with Krishna's.
"Hey" she smiled, and he returned the smile widely.
Ceres suddenly blocked Krishna from her, and she rolled eyes.
"Lissa what the fuck!" Ceres gasped when she saw her among the disciples.
"Lissa?" Krishna walked to her.
"What are you doing here I told you not to come out" he said.
"Master is here!" A disciple announced.
"Greetings master! Greetings chiefs!" They all chorused as Duran settled with his chiefs.
"And who's that kid?" Feathers asked.
"She's...my sister. She came to spend some days with me" Krishna lied.
"Human sister?" Water asked.
"Just like Astrid was human" Ceres said senselessly, and everywhere went silent.
"Making examples with Astrid is so stupid of you" Sheila said from her spot.
"You're stupid too" Ceres replied, and Sheila was already speeding to her when Feathers blocked her.
"Let it go" she said.
"Is that a command?" Sheila scoffed.
"Let it go!" Feathers replied, and Sheila attacked her on the throat.
Feathers staggered, and before she could retaliate, Sheila was already with Ceres.
Chief Water made to stand, but Master Duran held him back.
Sheila locked eyes with Ceres before compelling her.
"You'll bend down right now and start eating sand" she muttered.
Without argument, Ceres sat on the ground and began eating sand in handfuls, shocking everyone.
"Good riddance though" Chief Water said, and Master Duran stood.
"End the compel" he said.
"Not until she eats for five more minutes, father" Sheila replied stubbornly.
ANCIENT TOMB
Orion came back after leaving for an hour, and he met Samara awake already, sitting up on the stone.
The blood on her clothes wiped magically already, even the ones on her skin.
Her inner wounds is currently healing, and her eyes are closed as it happened.
Orion waited far from her with his hands behind him like he's hiding something.
He stood that way till the healing process got completed, and Samara opened her eyes
"Onion?" She said, coming down from the rock.
"Where are we? Did you bring me here?" She asked and started walking to him, but he suddenly revealed his hand.
He's holding a poisonous arrow, and her eyes widened immediately she saw it. She stopped on her tracks.
"You really won't stop anytime soon, right?" She muttered.
"Consider this a test. I wanna see what happens when I hurt you again like Bathsheba said" he replied, setting the arrow
Bravely, Samara didn't leave her spot. She kept standing without even closing her eyes.
Orion raised the arrow and released it.
It sped into her tummy, and she gasped painfully, but then it happened.
Orion gasped too, and the arrow fell from him.
He got wounded too and began bleeding on the stomach from the same spot he arrowed Samara on.
Samara's eyes widened when she saw it, and their blood began dropping on the ground at the same time.
It has been confirmed right now, that when he hurts her, he'd get hurt too on the same place.
"Bathsheba... Fuck!" Orion groaned, leaning on the rocky wall weakly.
The poison is darn strong, so it's expected to take it's toll.
Samara removed the arrow from her tummy and dropped it. It made a woody sound as it landed on the rock, and she bled more from the tummy.
"You're a bastard, Onion" she muttered and she immediately teleported from the cave, leaving just him.
Orion walked to the rock bed, his hand still on his tummy till he arrived and sat.
The wound began healing, and in the next second, the wound disappeared completely.
"What just happened?" He muttered, standing from the rock.
His eyes widened, and he smirked.
"No. It better not be. It shouldn't be what I'm thinking" he muttered and rushed out of the tomb.
He journeyed all the way to town and went straight to Bathsheba's house.
He barged into the house and met her burning incense in her open room.
"You tried it already, I guess. How's your wound faring?" She asked without facing him.
"You knew what was gonna happen" he replied.
"And I told you it's dangerous, but you never listen to anyone. You got what you deserved" she said, finally facing her.
He made to speed to her, but she glared at his head.
Surprisingly, migraine didn't hit him as expected.
He reached her and grabbed her shoulders, holding eyes with her.
"Your witchy tricks won't work on me easily anymore so turn off the Hocus pocus and tell me why it's like this!" He shouted.
"You know the answer, it's exactly what you're thinking" she replied, and he slowly let her go.
"She's...my weakness? To kill me, she'd have to be killed?" He said, and she sighed.
"Yes. Your weakness finally appeared after you clocked 25, so you should be careful. You can be killed now, there are many possibilities"
"Why her!!!! Why her of all people. I hate her like damn! I hate the sight of her!!" He shouted.
"That'd also change from now on. You'd lose control over it" she replied.
"What do you mean?" He faced her quickly.
"It is written in the legend. You're meant to fall for your weakness" she replied, and he frowned.
"Are you kidding me? Fall for her? She's not even pretty and I hate her slender stature, then to top it all, she's a whitehead? I'd rather murder myself Bathsheba. It's not happening" he said, and the old witch smiled.
"Like I said, you have no control over it. Watch what happens the next time you set eyes on her" she said and carried the burning incense, entering her inner room
Orion walked out of the house, slamming the door shut.
"I'll be the one to kill all the witches one day. Both the whiteheads and the whatever heads. I hate them all!!!" He shouted, kicking the door angrily.
The door broke down, and he vanished.
A minute later, Bathsheba came out, and she sighed when she saw the fallen door.
diûs matránté ovré
She whispered, and the door lifted by itself, gumming to the frame again.
"It's starting" she smiled.
MYSTIC INSTITUTE
The students are all still at the assembly, though Master Duran left with Sheila earlier, so it's just the chiefs with them.
"What happened earlier should have taught y'all about what you're here to face as disciples. You're here to learn power cultivation, and at the same time, to fight against dark forces. Two demons went down and thanks to Samara for the two, y'all should emulate her. She was the weakest when y'all just got here, but now she's cultivating just fine. I want that for all of you" Chief Water said.
"Practices and classes are to be taken serious. Minimize everything else. Romance is not forbidden but give it limits. Make friends instead of creating enemies, and hatred destroys like y'all were told in the welcoming speech. Disobedient attracts a great penalty immediately, beware" Chief Feathers added
The disciples remaining silent.
"Group practice resumes tommorow, you have all today to rest" Chief Water said.
"Thank you Chief!" They chorused before the two chiefs left them.
"We deserve the rest, today has been hectic" Peony stretched.
"I got a feeling that Sam is back, let's go check on her!" Ruthie pulled her away from the assembly.
Ceres is still sitting on the spot she ate sand from, hitting her own chest as she tried to vomit it.
Agatha walked to her with Kaitlyn, and they both began laughing.
"Maybe you should drink some cleansing water from Chief Water's hall, but I bet he won't give you cos you don't deserve it" Agatha mocked.
"It'd take hours before you'd be able to vomit it with your powers. Happy suffering till then" Kaitlyn said, and Agatha laughed again as they walked away together.
Ceres kept sitting, unable to say a word. The stones in the sand are choking her real bad.
"How pitiful" Krishna said from beside Raven.
"Don't waste your time pitying her, she's not worth it" Raven replied.
"I wish I could help" Lissa said
"After all the trouble you caused? Just follow me" Krishna replied, and she smiled as he ran after him. Raven followed.
SAMARA'S ROOM
True to Ruthie's instincts, Samara was already back in the room when she arrived with Peony.
She's busy changing into new clothes.
"Sam!' Ruthie rushed to give her a hug, and she grinned.
"I was only gone for some hours"
"Several hours! And you left with Superior Orion, he's dangerous so we were worried" Peony held her hands after Ruthie broke the hug.