INSTITUTE
The atmosphere is still grievous, and disciples are still walking around in black.
Samara is currently on her way back to her room, looking weak despite the slow steps she's taking.
She suddenly staggered and fell on the ground, and Peony rushed to her.
"Sam what's wrong? You've been acting powerless, it is the spell you cast last night?" She asked, helping her up.
"No. I and Orion have been apart from each other since last night, it's only normal that I get weak . I'm sure he'd be feeling the same" Samara replied.
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Ruthie came out of her room and was about to go in search of her friends when someone crossed her, and her eyes widened.
"Krishna? Where have you been?"
"That's not important right now, Ruthie. I need your help" he said and made to enter the wind with her, but she resisted
"You forgot I'm a witch, you can't take me with my permission so tell me what's the problem first" she said.
"It's Lissa. I need you to reverse the spell she's on. She's actually not human, she's...
"A mermaid?" She cut him off.
"How did you know?"
"I once saw a vision of a fish tail about her, but I didn't take it serious" she replied.
"Your psychic powers are still working" he said, and she nodded, but her eyes suddenly widened.
"Wait! That means Astrid is really alive!" She said.
"What are you talking about?" Krishna asked.
"I once saw a vision of Rhea resurrecting Astrid with the help of Lilith the old witch" she replied.
"What!" He gasped, and then students started rushing out of the villa like they're in a hurry to see something.
"What's happening?" Ruthie muttered and joined them. Krishna joined the rush to till they got to the entrance of the Institute where the shock is standing.
Astrid!
He's there, and hundreds of students are gathering in front of him, looking at him shockingly.
"You were right" Krishna muttered, pale with shock.
"Astrid is alive" Ruthie whispered.
The rest of the disciples joined the crowd, and Samara's eyes mouth widened when she saw him.
"Astrid" she mumbled, and his eyes twitched immediately.
"You" he muttered, pointing at her.
"You killed me!! You're the killer!!" He shouted, and everyone turned to Samara.
"I saw your face clearly, you're the one!!" He shouted, and the next thing he got was a gun from his pocket.
He aimed for Samara's tummy, and she tried to speed away from the spot, but her powers didn't respond as expected, so she bullet came straight for her.
It rammed into her tummy, and she went on her knees immediately, holding the bloody stomach as the disciples gasped .
"Sam!!!" Ruthie ran to her with Peony, and she was quickly held before she'd fall on the ground.
"Why didn't you dodge it why!!!" Ruthie shouted as she kept bleeding.
"I...I couldn't" Samara muttered painfully, sweating already.
"What!" Ruthie gasped.
"Apparently, she'd keep getting weak if Orion doesn't come close to her" Peony said, and they looked up to see Astrid pointing his gun again , ready to shoot for the second time.
Raven sped to him and hit the gun away from his hand, then he gave him a slight touch on the neck.
Electric shock gripped Astrid immediately, and he fell on his knees as he shivered, the currents passing through him in folds.
"Argghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed, spitting blood.
"Ok Raven's powers got crazier" Zara smiled.
"Shouldn't you be worried? Heard vampires hates currents" Ceres said.
"You heard wrong. What vampires hate is water, we hate swimming" Zara replied.
Astrid was still shivering with insane electric shock on the ground when Master Duran arrived with the chiefs and Aragon.
Aragon's eyes nearly fell on the ground when he saw him. It's obvious he couldn't believe his eyes.
Master Duran looked like he saw a ghost, and the chiefs have the same expression.
Peony and Ruthie took Samara away from the place, and the shock cleared off Astrid's body immediately.
He stood and made to take the gun again, but Ceres directed the gun to herself with her eyes, and immediately she caught it, she smiled at Astrid who's breathing heavily.
His eyes met with Aragon's, and he blinked once before looking away.
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GARDEN OF FLOWERS
Orion is still there, but this time he's lying weakly on the ground, his groans filling the whole garden as blood gushed out of his wounded stomach.
The gunshot affected him as it should, and as usual, he's feeling the greater part of the pain.
His blood formed a stream already, flowing down the garden, and every single flower his blood touches withers.
He's not even ready to move, it's like he's enjoying the pains no matter how mad it is.
He has no plans to go back to the Institute anytime soon no matter the weakness it'd cause him.
*You should go back now, your soulmate is suffering. You can't ignore that* the voice said, and for the first time in history, he ignored the voice and shut his eyes.
•••••••
INSTITUTE, PRESTIGE HALL
Astrid is currently on his knees in front of the master and chiefs, head bowed as they stared at him.
"This ain't a dream, right?" Chief Water said.
"I got resurrected by Lilith the witch, and I lost my memories. I've been in Berlin with mother since then, but I came back immediately I got my memories back" Astrid replied.
"You got resurrected?" Chief Feathers said with raised brows.
"I'm human, and there are species of witches who're capable of resurrecting humans, Lilith was one of them" Astrid replied.
"Astrid didn't die, then why was Orion cursed?" Feathers stood immediately.
"That's not important right now, he shot someone" Master Duran said.
"She's the one. The witch you killed me in the woods back then!" Astrid snapped.
"Because she's a whitehead? Orion said the same thing before" Chief Water said.
"I said I saw her face!!! I know what her face looks like!! She's the one!" Astrid shouted.
"Did your resurrection come with side effects like anger? The Astrid I knew was calm, but right now you're a raging tiger" Water said.
"Samara killed you?" Master Duran said.
"Her name is Samara? Yes she did. She killed me, and I definitely won't rest till I murder her too" Astrid replied and stood, walking out of the hall.
"Can there ever be a day of peace in this Institute? Gosh" Chief Water muttered.
"Samara should be investigated" Chief Feathers said.
"What do you mean? You believe Astrid?" Chief Water asked.
"He said he saw her face! Of course I do!" Feathers replied.
"He said he lost his memories, what if he didn't see the face well" Chief Water said.
"Stop trying to defend Samara. She's the same person who injected Orion with the orb of pains, and she didn't even get punished for it. It's hightime she leaves this Institute, or we leave her at the mercy of Astrid. Allow Astrid to kill her!" Feathers said.
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SAMARA'S ROOM
"I think the bullet is not ordinary. It's poisoned, and that's why the wound is not healing" Ruthie said, taking the third cloth to start stopping the bleeding with.
Samara's blood filled two clothes already, and she's almost unconscious right now. The pains are greater than she could imagine, and she's suffering.
"What should we do?" Peony said
"I'll go try getting some antidote" Echo replied.
"Be fast" Ruthie said, and she left the room with Merlin.
"You know about antidotes?" Merlin asked as they rushed down the hallway.
"We only need dodder, sunflower seeds, golden olive, iridaceae with snow lotus as the catalyst to detoxify the poison" Echo replied.
"You're awesome" Merlin said, and they walked faster, going to the herbs field not far from the Institute.
They started picking the needed herbs one by one, and just as Merlin was about to pick the snow lotus, someone sped past him, uprooting it.
It turned out to be Zara, and she's with Ceres.
"That's the only snow lotus here, give it back!" Echo said.
"Is that a command? You just ruined your chance" Zara said and swallowed the snow lotus.
"No!!" Merlin and Echo said at a time, and Ceres began laughing.
"Yaaaa!!!!!!!" Echo started running to Zara with the aim of attack, but she smiled knowingly and locked their eyes, compelling her.
"You'll bend down now and start eating grass like a grasshopper" she said, and Echo stopped right in front of her, then she went on all fours and started eating grass
"Oh my gawd you're the real deal Zara!" Ceres laughed.
"What do you think you're doing!" Merlin started walking to them, and Zara locked eyes with him too.
"Why don't you join her?" She smirked, and Merlin went on all fours too, eating grass just like Echo.
"Fuck! So entertaining!" Ceres jumped happily as she watched them eat grass like animals.
"I feel so happy today, so I'll grant your wish tonight" Zara said.
"You'll turn me?" Ceres replied surprisingly.
Zara was about to reply when Krishna came with the wind, knocking her down.
"What the hell!" She gasped as she landed on the ground.
"Krishna" Ceres muttered, shocked that he's back.
"Break the compel!" He ordered
"I hate commands! No one tells me what to do!" Zara spat as she spranged up, and Krishna made to attack her again, but his powers failed, and Zara sped to him.
She grabbed him and bared her fangs angrily.
She was about to sink it into him when Ceres intervened
"You can't hurt him! I love him!"