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elfboyeros · 7 months ago

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Keen Eye

“Skurwiel, I hate this forest,” Percy muttered, “Why can’t we just cut it all down?”

“Imagine the effect in the environmental effects, Percy,” Calvin remarked, walking through one of the deepest and densest parts of the mystical forest with Georgia, Maverick, and Nemo, “a forest this big house more than just the curse creatures Duke constantly let free, but magical properties as well. Many witches, alchemists, and mages, live in it. Plus, there are tons of minerals and useful materials—”

“I get it, I get it,” Percy scoffed, “Doesn’t make it any less creepy.”

“Mr. Corals, are we going to be able to get out?” Georgia asked, fear lacing her voice as she clung to Nemo’s arm.

Calvin looked back at the group of teens flashing her his signature smile, “Of course, Georgia.”

“What about Rowan and Elias?” Maverick asked.

“Indigo and Sloan are looking for them,” Percy answered, “Knowing Indigo and her feline, once they are located, we’ll be able to find one another.”

“Don’t call Hecate a feline, like it’s an insult,” Calvin commented, “She’s a sweet little baby.”

“She is a nuisance,” Percy mumbled, before looking further ahead of them and seeing another pack of wild cursed creatures, “Goddess, will this ever stop.”

“When we get out of here,” Nemo scoffed.

Then a big burst of light hit the pack of animals, causing them to scatter, and Indigo poked her head out from behind a tree.

“Indigo?!” Percy gasped.

Calvin stared at her in shock, watching her every moment as she came out from behind the tree, “ Where is Sloan?” he asked.

“We got separated, so I came and found you,” she answered.

There came a sense of ease once she enjoyed their little group with an uncharacteristic bounce to her stride, and a smile on her face as her hands latch behind her back. No one knew it, but Calvin could no longer hold his normal gaze, or look on his face. He was staring off gently or dreaming looking at his wife, no he looked at her slightly confused as a pit formed in the depth of his stomach.

“Hecate!” Georgia exclaimed running towards the cat after she jumped out of a brush, the seer girl picked up the black cat off the forest floor giving her some nice head scratches, “You sweet baby, you found us!”

“Sloan must be nearby,” Percy remarked.

Hecate jumped out of Georgia’s arms, staring intently at Indigo before her back arched and the fur on her back stood up, growling and hissing at the woman in front of her, “Hecate, babe, what’s wrong that’s your momma!”

Calvin’s hand immediately went to his sword, “Calvin?” Percy asked, apprehensively, before watching Calvin draw his sword and hold it to Indigo’s neck.

“We met in the school’s west garden in early December, what flowers were blooming?” he asked harshly.

Indigo laughed, “Are you serious?”

“Answer the question!” Her replied with narrow eyes.

“Calvin?!”

“Dude, what are doing!?”

“Mr. Corals…”

“Moonflowers and Wisteria, and of course all the other winter flowers,” Indigo answered.

“What was the color of your wedding dress?”

“… It was pink, Calvin come on this is ridiculous.”

“When did we get married?”

“Calvin come on! This is preposterous,” Percy scoffed, “It’s her!”

“Whoever this is, is not my wife,” Calvin spat out through gritted teeth, “When did we get married?!”

“Calvin that was forever ago, how I am supposed to remember a date like that,” Indigo replied tilting her head to the side and smiling, “We love each other that all that matters right?”

There is then silence, “Would you like to ask me questions, Percy? So, I have to prove that I am me?”

Percy stepped back shielding Nemo, Georgia, and Maverick, “Professor?” Georgia asked.

“If I say run, you run, got it?” she stated.

The three students looked at the science teacher confused, “What’s our daughter’s name?” Calvin asked.

“Calvin, we don’t have a daughter,” Indigo mocked.

“What’s her name?”

“How can a give the name of someone who doesn’t even exist?!” Indigo exclaimed with a sense of fear lacing her voice. “If we don’t have a daughter, how would I know her nam-eh gah…”

“We have a daughter—”

“Oh, I like this already~”

“Darling~”

“Alright, we have a daughter, and?”

“What is her name?”

“Fayette has always been at the top of my list, Marguerite too, it’s hard to choose.”

“What about Aurora?”

“Like the Northern Light?”

“I was thinking more along the lines of the dawn, but that is also fitting.”

“Sweet Aurora Bookstone-Corals, mhm, I like the sound of that!”

“You have a very keen eye,” ‘Indigo’ coughed.

“I knew you weren’t here the moment we met!” Calvin commented twisting the sword further into this creature's stomach, “I know my wife, and you may masquerade as her, but you are not her, nor will you ever be her!”

#wip #bridgehid #bridgehidien forest #indigo #calvin #coralstone #indigo x calvin #work in progress

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elfboyeros · 6 months ago

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Bridgehidien Forest

Summer June

I didn't expect this to be out anytime soon, but here we are. Please enjoy this chapter of Bridgehidien Forest. If you liked this chapter or Bridgehid content in general, please don't hesitate to leave me feedback or some comments.

Read/Reread Bridgehid Secrets or just read about my nerds

"Wait, cabins?" Rowan asked.

Georgia nodded, as the band of misfits sitting in the library studying up for their finals for the summer classes, “It’s tradition for students to pick out one of the cabins close to the forest,” the seer mage replied, “you get to hang out with a bunch of your friends together and just have fun.”

“So, we are going to a cabin after finals… how will we pay for it?” Rowan asked.

“We’re not,” Nemo mentioned, “My friend Soter has a large family cabin, and his parents are allowing him to use it.”

“And he’s invited all of us!” Georgia exclaimed before being shushed by the red-head librarian, “Do you wanna go?!”

It seems like fun, spending time with friends during summer vacation, “It will just be the five of us, Soter, his girlfriend, Bernadetta, and their friend Estelle,” Elias informed seeing the slightest bit of apprehension on their face.

“Hey Elle is my friend too,” Georgia remarked, “Rowan, if you don’t wanna go that's fine—"

“If all of you are going, I’m obviously going!” Rowan laughed, “What am I going to do with the summer without you guys.”

The students' library conversation led up to today, the early morning of a Saturday, where Rowan packed the last of their things for a week and a half of relaxing in a cabin.

I’m outside, whenever you’re ready, blossom

Walking through Indigo and Calvin’s quiet house and making it through the front door felt like they were sneaking out. Regardless, Rowan exited the lavish cottage covered in greenery and flowers and greeted Elias in the front yard taking pictures of all the plants and flowers.

“Indigo’s going to look in your portfolio one day, see all the pictures you’ve taken of her house, and kick your ass!” Rowan remarked descending the step of the porch.

Elias chuckled, “It would be worth it. I imagine it would give Georgia a show.”

Rowan let out a laugh before following him off of the Bookstone-Corals property, “Where are we meeting everyone, again? My phone finally stopped working last night, I couldn’t check the chat.”

“Outside of town, Soter said there is a road, mostly used for hiking, that leads to a bunch of the cabins in that area.” Elias answered, “He and Georgia agreed that it would be fun to walk up there together last minute.”

“Also…”

“Mhm…” Rowan hummed, looking over at him, seeing the blush on his pearl-white cheeks.

“I know you probably want to room with Georgia, and I get that it’s cool, but Maverick and Nemo are obviously going to room together—”

“Obviously,” They chuckled.

“—And I don’t know Estelle that well, plus Soter and Bernadetta are going to room together, so…”

“You want us to room together.” Rowan finished his sentence.

“It would be nice.” Elias sighed with a smile.

Rowan thought for a moment about, all the possibilities that could happen flashed through their brain making their face hot, “I don’t see why not…” they replied.

Elias exhaled placing his hand over his chest, “Do you have any idea how many days I’ve been psyching myself out?!”

Rowan giggled, “I can only imagine.”

The linking of their fingers as they both walked toward town felt like a seal, unspoken proof that they would be sharing a room during this week-long trip as if this was another step in their relationship that they had gotten to climb. Even though they had talked on numerous occasions about the slow speed at which they were going to take things.

“It’s not too fast, is it?” Elias asked in a muttered tone, “I know I started calling you blossom, and we haven’t really talked about it all. I don’t want to make you overwhelmed—”

Rowans squeezed his hand, “Everything this good.” It felt like that had become their mantra as of late, “I would tell you if it wasn’t, I promise.”

“Can you promise me one more thing?” He asked.

“Depends on what I am promising.” Rowan chuckled before Elias made them stop walking before they entered town, “What?”

Elias held up the pinkie finger of his unoccupied hand between himself and Rowan, “Can you promise me not to get horribly hurt?”

“What if I can’t help it?”

He looked at them with narrow eyes, “Rowan you know what I mean, at least try not to!”

Rowan locked their pinkie finger with his, “I promise,” they replied with a nod.

Elias smiled before they continued to walk again, traveling through the mostly empty streets and paved sidewalks throughout the Maqurisian city center, hand, and hand to reach the meeting place to greet their friends.

“ROWAN!” Georgia squealed before running up and enveloping them in a hug, “I’m so excited!”

“I can tell,” they chuckled.

“This is Bernadetta,” She gestured to the young girl with pale skin, long navy hair with periwinkle hair, and dark charcoal eyes, “The deer man beside her is Soter our lovely host,” she added, pointing to the deer man standing next to Bernadetta with black and blonde hair, olive eyes, and medium ton skin, “and the one hiding behind them with her headphones on is Estelle!”

Georgia pointed to the brown-skinned brown-haired girl behind Soter and Bernadetta, crisp baby blue headphones covering her ears and VSCO style of dress making very clear that her favorite color was blue. She glanced at Rowan with her heterochromatic eyes, the right a pale green the left a baby pale, a scar was very noticeable under her right eye. She only glanced at Rowan before looking away not saying a word to them.

She feels oddly familiar.

“Where are Maverick and Nemo?” Soter asked, “They are coming right?”

“They said that they were coming, I texted Ricky this morning but…” Georgia answered pulling out her phone, “He still hasn’t answered.”

“Knowing Nemo,” Elias mentioned, “he was probably out training too late and is now curled up with Maverick and won’t let—ouch!”

“Idiot,” Nemo muttered, after smacking his brother in the back of the head.

“Sorry, we’re late,” Maverick remarked with a yawn.

Georgia jumped with joy as all her friends were together, “Eeek! I’m so excited,” she squealed.

“Let’s get a move on before she explodes,” Nemo remarked, beginning to walk up the path before everyone began to follow him.

They were hiking up the path to the cabin everyone chatting as they strolled along taking pictures of the beautiful landscapes the path became more covered in trees and beautiful foliage hiding all sorts of magical elements, kind creatures, and natural water features behind them.

“So… Rowan….” Georgia remarked falling behind Nemo and Maverick, whom she had been chatting with, to talk to Rowan elongating the words, “Are you and Elias going to share a room?”

Rowan’s face instantly became hot, “…Yeah…”

Georgia squealed again, making Rowan blush harder, “You guys are growing up so fast!” she exclaimed.

“Elias is literally older than you,” Rowan replied.

“But you’re not!” She retorted. “Oh, I’m so glad you guys are happy together! I love it when the people around me are all happy! I’m gonna tell Elle we are rooming together!”

Rowan watched her skip her way to Elle, who was walking on her own. While talking with Georgia, Elle glanced back at Rowan giving them an icy stare, like she was staring into their soul and attempting to crush it with her bare hands.

“What’s that about?” Nemo scoffed as Rowan caught up to him and Maverick. “She looked at you like you had killed her entire family.”

“I don’t know,” Rowan muttered. “She seems oddly familiar, even though the two of us have never met before.”

“Did you kill her entire family?” Nemo joked.

“No,” Rowan answered, “at least I don’t think I did.”

Nemo chuckled, “You say that like you still don’t have your memories.”

“The inner workings of the part of my brain that holds memory is working as it should normally, so not being able to recall center things and events is normal.” they recited, “At least that’s what one of the healers said. She very well could be from the past, but I have either suppressed the memories or I just don’t remember.”

“If it makes you feel any better, Rowan, I only know Elle from seeing and talking to her around school, so Goddess for bid, she was a part of Duke experiments I also don’t remember her.”

“She’s a part of the band,” Nemo remarked, “She plays the double bass, she and I run into each other a lot in the media room, but she always scowls. So, maybe it’s her natural resting face.”

“Like you?” Maverick chuckled.

Rowan giggled as Nemo’s cheeks turned a bright pink, “and yet I love you all the same.” the gray-haired teen added.

“Guys it’s just up head,” Soter called.

The group came upon a large three story cabin although it was obviously old one could tell that it had been maintained, given the different ages of the sun-faded parts of the exterior clearly showing that the lodge had been taken care of.

The inside was cozy wilderness and wildlife very homey and soft, with tons of bear and deer motifs. It’s odd to have a family full of deer creatures to have antlers perched on shelves next to family pictures and portraits, maybe it’s a remembrance thing although it feels inappropriate to ask.

“Okay,” Soter remarked, “There are 2 bedrooms upstairs and two bedrooms down here, I’m assuming Mave—”

“Elle and I are going to share a room!” Georgia exclaimed loudly grabbing the brunette by the arm are pulling her close.

“Okay,” Soter chuckled, “So Georgia and Elle, Maverick and Nemo, Bernie and I, and Elias and Rowan! Perfect, You all can fight over which rooms you want, I’m going to the station and get some stuff we’ll need.”

“Soter, do you want me to—”

“No, Bernie, I’ll be fine,” Soter replied, with a smile before leaving the cabin.

“Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who sleeps upstairs?” Elle mumbled.

Everyone agreed, with four of the now seven teens against each other leaving Nemo and Bernadetta the winners able to room upstairs, leaving Elias, Rowan, Georgia, and Elle to room downstairs. With rooms decided they left each other to their own devices, allowing one another to unpack, chit-chat, or Maverick and Nemo’s case nap.

“Hey Elias?” Rowan muttered, while unpacking their bag.

Elias hummed, looked through his camera, the room they were in simple to a hotel room, two large beds basically beside one another, a dresser, and one shared bedside table with two lamps, “What is it, blossom?”

“Do I seem unapproachable?”

He looked up from his camera and looked over at them, his head tilted to the side while holding the most confused expression, with his eyebrows furrowed and his mouth contorted in such a way as if to say, “Are you serious,” without vocalizing it.

“Don’t look at me think that!” Rowan remarked, putting their hands up, “Have you seen how Elle looks at me? It makes me think I’ve done something to her without realizing it!”

“I can't imagine you ever wronging someone, well maybe Duke—” His comment about the old dean of their college made Rowan laugh, “Maybe you two just need to talk to each other.”

Rowan sighed, looking into the darkness of their duffle bag, “do you think Duke… did stuff to her?”

Elias frowned, “...It’s possible…” Rowan huffed out a sigh. “But I don’t see why she would be angry at you, you got Duke put away.”

“But I didn’t do anything to do with it, it was all Indigo,” Rowan muttered, “I broke a window and gave him a few scratches plus killing those catacomb creatures.”

“My question still stands regardless,” Elias stated.

“I guess I’ll just have to talk to her,” Rowan mumbled floating on to their left to staring at the ceiling, watching the ceiling fan slowly turn, “But if she was tortured by him, how do I bring it up to her? “Hey did you also get abused and experimented on by Duke?” “No way me too! Is that why you are upset with me? I gonna be honest until recently I didn’t even remember that he did any of that stuff because he had mages steal away my memories, and even then I’m still processing what was done to me with my therapist my foster parents said I had to go to help me with my trauma because I couldn’t stop waking up in the middle of the night and screaming because of my nightmares, I’m sorry I don’t remember you I guess I’ve blocked you out!” I like that makes me sound insane, and what if she isn’t, like what if she just isn’t comfortable around me? Or she isn’t even mad at me at all and that’s just her rest face, and I am just reading too much into a person that doesn’t even know me just looking at me! Like not everyone is Georgia and naturally friendly, and everyone I meet is going to look at me like my boyfriend does! Nemo looks at me the same why when we first met, and I didn’t feel this weird about! GRAH!”

Rowan rubbed their hands down their face before opening their eyes and looking back at the ceiling, yet Elias moved from his bed to stand next to Rowan’s looking down at them, “You called me your boyfriend,” he commented with a smile and pink cheeks.

“I did?” Rowan paused thinking about what they said during their rant before blushing a bright red, “Holy shit, I did…”

Elias began to laugh, “I’m sorry,” they whined covering their face.

“No no, it's fine!” he retorted still laughing as Rowan looked at him with a comical level of fear, ��Really Rowan it’s fine. If you want to call me your boyfriend, I’m your boyfriend.”

Rowan smiled; cheeks still red hot, before Elias added, “Georgia said she brought some cards games if you want—”

“I still need to beat you at Uno!” They declared, interrupting him.

“You're on!”

Before they left their room, a young girl in blue VSCO clothes scurried back to her room across the hall.

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elfboyeros · 7 months ago

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🪼Rowan🪼⚰️Esma⚰️💊Jacob💊🎭Duke🎭🔮Indigo🔮⚔️Calvin⚔️🧪Sloan🧪🌿Casper🌿🐙Percy🐙🎨Georgia🎨⚕️Maverick⚕️🩹Nemo🩹📷Elias📷🎻Elle🎻🪵Constellate🪵🃏Neon🃏🕸️Simulcra🕸️🧺Amethea🧺 🌹Finnian🌹 📚Antoinette📚 🍒Aurora🍒🪁Alexandria🪁🍈Finnegan🍈🎀Florian🎀🪿Simon🪿🏸Mallory 🏸🥄Bonnie🥄 🍋‍🟩Bridget 🍋‍🟩⛪Priscilla⛪

Bridgehid Masterlist

I wanna talk them so much, your honor I wanna yap

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elfboyeros · 8 months ago

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Old Characters, New Sheets

🪼Rowan🪼⚰️Esma⚰️💊Jacob💊🔮Indigo🔮⚔️Calvin⚔️🧪Sloan🧪🌿Casper🌿🐙Percy🐙🎨Georgia🎨⚕️Maverick⚕️🩹Neon🩹📷Elias📷🎻Elle🎻🎭Duke🎭🃏Neon🃏🪵Constellate🪵🕸️Simulcra🕸️

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elfboyeros · 1 year ago

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I am going to write a oneshot based on this image stay tuned

@karaboutmyart , it's your man

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#Bridgehid #neon #indigo #Bridgehid Secrets #Bridgehidien forest #ocs #oc #oc art #art #reference #original Character #original Characters

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elfboyeros · 5 months ago

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Elfboyeros Masterlist

Every Original Work I have ever written is housed here, please enjoy!

Updated: November 24th, 2024

Content Key: Smut 💋 Angst🩸 Fluff🧸 Informational🗄️Mature Themes and LanuageⓂ️ Multiple Parts 📚 Slow Burn 🐌 Short (Less then 1,000 words) 🍰 Long post 🪜 Complete Series 🏁 Pictures 📷 Suggestive or Trigger Content (Warnings are also on the posts!)⚠️

Bridgehid

Bridgehid Secrets Ao3 and Wattpad | Bridgehidien Forest Ao3 and Wattpad | Brier's Three Ao3 and Wattpad

Bridgehid Secrets {Side A}🩸Ⓜ️📚🐌🏁

On their sixteenth birthday, orphan, Rowan King, is finally but in the care of their foster parents, Indigo, and Calvin Bookstone-Corals. While deciding to enroll at Bridgehid College for Magic and Alchemy Rowan, they discover that they there lost memories of childhood maybe connect to the hallowed institution.

Bridgehidien Forest {Side B} 🩸Ⓜ️📚🐌🧸

Now enjoying summer break with their friends, Rowan meets Estelle Venus a young girl their age that seems to be holding something against them. However, Rowan had no idea who Estelle is or what they done to her if they had done anything at all.

Summer June |

Brier's Three {Side C} 🩸Ⓜ️📚🐌🧸

On Marquis Island, there is something afoot causing many of Bridgehid College's healthiest students fall drained of any ability to perform magic or alchemy. The Bookstone-Corals children, Aurora, Alexandria, and Finnegan, take it upon themselves to figure out what is going on.

Raining Academics | Photogenic

Others: Office Talk 🍰🩸 | Pride 🩸| Ceirse, Miel, and Trickster Ⓜ️🧸 | Gloves 🩸🧸🍰 | Embrasser les mains 🧸🍰

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Grimhaven

In West Alexandria's capital city, there is the Grimhaven Agency! An outsourcing arm of the government that trains, hires, and sends out Grotesquerie Hunters to protect Willowcrest citizens from the monsters that hunt and harm them

Grimhaven🩸📚🐌💋* Ⓜ️🧸 *Eventual Smut

"Welcome to Grimhaven" |

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Hallows

Hallows Academy: Read on Wattpad and AO3

Hallow Academy Ⓜ️⚠️🩸📚🧸🐌

After a violent incident at a summer party, Amora Seawright is sent to Hallows Academy, a known school for troubled teens, by her mother. In a series of strange events, Amora acquires psychic abilities to commune with the deceased and unearth a rabbit hole incidents that she never wanted to become a part of.

| Before Senior Year⚠️🩸Ⓜ️|

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Purus Sanguis* 🩸Ⓜ️⚠️📚🧸

*Because Purus Sanguis has extremely explicit references and themes the series has its own separate Masterlist.

The Necromancer's Wife

Read Collection on AO3

A Collection of oneshots about an old necromancer and his rich painter Wife

Written Works

Neat Whisky 🧸Ⓜ️ | Party Games 🧸Ⓜ️ | Proposal 🧸Ⓜ️

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#the necromancer's wife #bridgehid #Hallow Academy #Hallows #Writing #masterlist #writer #stories #oneshot #oneshots #elfboyeros #writers on tumblr #purus sanguis

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elfboyeros · 5 months ago

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Brier's Three

Raining Academics

So I didn't expect this to come out at all, but I did it. Yes, I did give away the plot of Bridgehidien Forest, I'm sorry. This is a start to Brier's Three the little story about Indigo and Calvin's children and their Shenanigans, please and enjoy and of course, read about the nerds!

“Come on! Come on!”

“Simon, give it a break!”

“No! I need to see if I’m at the top of the dean's list!”

“It’s just a list.”

“It’s not just a list—”

“If you two are going to argue, can you please do it outside of the rotunda!”

Three students within the glided rotunda, one an academic, one a sportsman, one a child of worship. Simon, Mallory, and Bridget.

“AH! HA HA! FINALLY!” Simon exclaimed quickly clicking the email that had just arrived in his inbox, “Couri… Couri… Couri-DAMN IT!”

“I take it you didn’t make the dean’s list,” Mallory laughed.

“The Bookstone kid is at the top of the list!” Simon groaned.

“Which one? There are three of them.” Mallory remarked.

“Can you two not do this while, I’m praying,” Bridget muttered, kneed in front of the largest statue of the goddess Bridgehid in the cupola used to hide the entrance to the catacombs under the store as sort of an open secret, but also as a capital of worship for the more religious students on campus.

“How did Alexandria get to the top of the list! They barely pay attention in class!” Simon groaned.

“I will never know peace,” Bridget sighed.

“They're probably at the top because of Mrs. Bookstone,” Simon huffed through gritted teeth.

“Oh, come on!” Mallory groaned, “They are not on the top of the dean list just because their mom is the dean!”

“Then how did they end up at the top, Mal? They do nothing in class, how are they an academic genius?” Simon vented.

Bridget huffed and finally got up dusting off her skirt before heading toward the exit and passing her friends on the way, “Are Aurora and Finnegan on the list?” she asked quietly.

Simon quickly skimmed the list, “Not that I can see.”

“Then there is no favoritism,” Bridget retorted as her friends followed her out of the dome and across the paved walk to the main campus under cloudy skys, “Alexandria, regardless of what you believe, must be a rather distinguished academic if they are at the top of the list.”

Simon groaned pulling at his hair, “I don’t understand!”

“Maybe it’s something you don’t need to understand,” Mallory chuckled, following him into the main building.

“GOOSE!”

While slinging into the main foyer, passing their fellow students before hearing that familiar voice piercing their ears, the small dean’s list with the goofiest smile ever waving at the person who seemed to be their academic rival.

“My name is Simon,” he grumbled, passing Alexandria and their siblings and leaving Bridget and Mallory behind to go to there respective classes.

“What the hell is his problem,” Finnegan asked mumbling.

“Simon’s always been standoffish,” Florian mentioned, an arm around Aurora’s shoulders, “Don’t take it personal, brother.”

“I wonder why he never wants to talk to me,” Alexandria muttered with a frown, “I just wanna be his friend.”

“Maybe you could ask Aunt Georgia, how to make friends,” Aurora mentioned.

“Good idea!” they yelped, before running down the mage hall, “Thanks Aurora!”

“This isn’t going to end well, is it?” Florian asked, looking to his girlfriend to which she shrugged.

“It’s a gift from the goddess,” Finnegan joked, before heading down the hallway to his class, “they’ll leave us alone for the day.

Alexandria checked Georgia’s office, unable to find her there she searched through the mage wing of the college to find their magic genealogy teacher.

“Auntie Georgia? You here?” Alexandria entered the great mage’s classroom seeing their mother’s former student and their adopted sibling’s partner socializing, “UNCLE ELIAS!”

“Hey Alex!” He exclaimed as Alexandria ran up to him and hugged him.

“Where’s Rowan?” Alexandria asked with stars in their eyes.

“In the infirmary, along with Nemo and Elle.” Elias sighed shaking his head.

“Did something happen?” Alexandria asked concerned.

“The normal hunting trio shenanigans,” Georgia giggled, “Do you need something, Alex?”

“How do I make friends,” Alexandria asked.

Elias and Georgia both laughed, “You’ve never had a problem with making friends before, Alex, what makes this any different?” Elias chuckled.

Alexandria let out a little groan, “It’s this guy named Simon—”

“Goose?” Georgia asked.

“Yes Goose,” Alexandria nodded, “I think I’ve done something that makes him not want to be my friend and I have no idea what to do.”

“I have found it easiest just to talk to other when trying to make friends,” Georgia mentioned, “If that isn’t working you may want to talk to Elle or Rowan.”

“Huh?”

“That does sound like Elle and Rowan,” Elias stated, with a little laugh.

“Aunt Elle and Rowan didn’t get along?” Alexandria asked, a confused tilt to their head.

Elias and Georgia nodded, “when they first met, yes.” Elias explained, “All over something that seems so trivial to them now. I bet if you asked them what to do, they would both say to just ask him what’s wrong.”

Alexandria nodded with a smile across their face, “Just talk to him, okay, I can do that I can talk!” they remarked before running toward the exit, “Thank you both!”

“See you later Alex,” Elias called.

“Describing Elle and Rowan as simply not getting along is an interesting choice,” Georgia remarked.

Elias shrugged, “How else would you describe it,” he chuckled.

“The terrifying summer when Elle was still processing her abuse with Duke caused her to pull Rowan into a dream state to conferment them about not remembering her when they were not experimented on as children and put us all in danger in the forest,” Georgia relayed.

“Yeah, they didn’t get along,” Elias joked, with a chuckle.

With the advice from Auntie Georgia and Uncle Elias, they marched to their Magical Chemistry Lab and immediately found Simon there, “Simon!” they exclaimed, approaching him at his little lab table.

“What do you want?” he scoffed.

Alexandria sat down next to him, “I’m sorry if I have done something, or offended you somehow,” they apologized, “But I would like us to be friends so if we could restart and become friends—”

Simon laughed, “You think we can just restart? Re-introduce ourselves and everything can be fine!”

“I was kinda hoping—”

“How do you expect me to be friends after everything?!”

“Everything? What did I do?!” Alexandria questioned.

Simon scoffed out a laugh, “What didn’t you do!”

He left the lab table moving to one in the back of the room, before class started leaving Alexandria upset, confused, and unwilling to pay attention in class. With the summer semester giving them only one class for the day they sat dejected with their brother at a cafeteria table as he ate his lunch.

“I’ve been trying to think about what I have done, and I’m just lost!” Alexandria sighed, head resting against their arms, “I mean what could I have done!”

“Been annoying?” Finnegan questioned.

“Finn, you’re not helping!”

Finnegan swallowed the food in his mouth, “Look I doubt you did anything—”

“Then why is he mad at me!”

“Because you are you!” Finnegan retorted, “You are friendly and caring to a fault, you are tremendously talented, you are the child of Indigo and Calvin Bookstone-Corals, your brother is an asshole, and you are powerful. Simon probably hates you for many reasons and no reason at all.”

“You sound like mom,” Alexandria giggled.

Finnegan rolled his eyes, “she would probably say the same thing,” he remarked, “I don’t get why someone would hate you, but I’m not Simon and if he doesn’t want to be friendly with you then it’s a lost cause.”

Alexandria huffed chin still digging into her arms crossed in front of her, “and his loss,” Finnegan added.

Alexandria smiled, “You’re a good little brother, you know that.”

“Did you have to add the little part?”

“Yes, because you are my little brother!”

“We’re twins!”

The pair bickered back and forth before Mallory approached the small cafeteria table, “Hey, Alex, congratulations,” she remarked, sitting down with them.

“Congratulations for what?”

“The dean’s list,” Mallory answered.

“What about it, it’s just a list,” Alexandria remarked with a shrug.

“Alex you’re at the top of it.” Mallory added.

“Wait really?!”

Finnegan sat his phone in front of his sibling, humming in agreement. Alexandria looked at the PDF in front of them seeing their name at the top of the Dean’s list for the spring semester and Simon’s name right below it.

“Shit,” they muttered, “Mal, where is Simon?”

“He was going to the dorms, I think,” Mallory answered.

Alexandria jumped up and raced out of the cafeteria running through the grass as it started to drizzle, “SIMON!” they yelled as they reached the dorms, while he was descending the steps small porch connected to the entrance.

Panting with their hands on their knees, Simon looked at Alexandria in disgust, “What do you want?”

“You’re mad at me, I get that—”

“Clearly you don’t, you are still attempting to talk—"

“Will you shut up for five seconds and stop interrupting me!” Alexandria bit back still panting looking up at Simon, “I’m sorry that I made the dean’s list, I understand that school is important to you, and I never wished to upstage you in any way. I would like nothing more than to sit down and chat with you and get to know you better beyond just knowing that you are an intelligent person who deserves to be on the top of the dean’s list. We don’t have to be friends, but I hope we can get to that in the future.”

When Alexandria finally straightens up, they aren’t greeted with the empathic gaze from Simon rather he looks at them with angry eyes, a defined scowl, and narrow eyes clearly angrier than when they started talking.

“You’ll never understand,” Simon tsked as it began to rain, “This is more than just not being the best! I don’t hate you because you are the best, I hate you because you clearly don’t try—”

“I work hard—”

“NOT AS HARD AS I DO!” Simon shouted, “EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE, I HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BE THE BEST, LIKE MY PARENTS WANT, I’VE GOTTEN THE TOP GRADES, I HAVE SACRIFICED HOURS OF MY TIME AND LIFE TO BE THE CHILD MY PARENTS CAN SAY THEY ARE PROUD OF! I WAS THE BEST AND I AM THE BEST!”

“Simon—”

“But that changed! I came to college like my parents wanted, and I met you and thought at first things would be fine, you wouldn’t be a threat, and I was still the best at one of the best schools in the world. Yet, you are not only one of the children from this untouchable family, but you are one of the most intelligent people in this entire school!” Simon clarified angrily before running his fingers through his hair frustratedly, “I first thought that Mrs. Bookstone or even Mr. Corals was pushing you to be better than the rest of us because you were their kid! Yet they don’t care! You don’t care! The work is secondary to you, what your grade is doesn’t matter, you sit in class day daydreaming, but still answer the question right if you are called on! I hate it! I hate you, and I hate myself for hating you! I have no logical reason to hate you! You are always smiling, you care about the people you don’t know, you are a friend to the world and here I am thinking with my emotions and hating you just because you are better than me! I’m supposed to be the best, that's what I’m for! My parents made me to be the best!”

His tears mixed with the rainwater soaking his skin, leaving Alexandria more upset than they had been. They only stared at him, shocked at his explanation, shocked at his inference, shocked at his hatred. They open their mouth, yet nothing is vocalized, before saying, “I’m sorry.” Before leaving him. They went home, without telling their siblings, and locked themselves in their room for a while. Simon's words repeat in their brain while also trying to think of some kind of solution.

Calvin sighed, in the comfort of their bed with his head in her lap as she carted his fingers through his long ebony curls, fingernails grazing his scalp, “Is there something wrong with Alex?”

“Not that I am aware,” Indigo answered, “Georgia did say there was a kid that they were trying to be friends and get along with, I doubt they didn’t come to dinner because of that. Knowing Alex they are probably studying.”

Calvin sighed once more turning his in such a way that allowed him to wrap his arms around Indigo’s middle, “I don’t like it when they don’t eat,” he mumbled like a toddler.

“I don’t either.” Indigo cooed.

There is a knock on their bedroom door before they can continue any kind of conversation, “Mom, can I talk to you?” Alexandria asked opening the door a crack.

“Of course, Alexandria,” Indigo cooed before patting a place on the bed, “Come here.”

Alexandria climbed into their parent's bed, before at their father and mother with a crestfallen gaze. Indigo placed a hand on their arm rubbing their skin with her thumb, “Tricker, what’s wrong.”

“Can you take my name off the dean’s list,” they croaked.

“Alex,” Indigo mused, sadly, “You worked and studied so hard.”

“Sunflower, you deserve to be on that list just like anyone else,” Calvin added softly.

“I know,” Alexandria choked, “but there’s this guy—”

“Is he bullying you?!” Calvin retorted quickly becoming a protective father with his chest puffed out before Indigo rested a hand on his thigh.

“Who is he?” Indigo asked calmly.

“Simon Couri,” Alexandria sniffed, “His parents wants him to be “the best” and force him to get the top grades, and I know because I’m not top of the list he’ll get in trouble for not being the best.”

Indigo and Calvin side-eyed each other before Indigo said, “Tomorrow morning, I’ll put him at the top, so it looks—”

“No! I want to be off it!”

“Alexandria?” Calvin sighed as Indigo wiped their tears with her thumb. “I already know I work hard, and I know you are proud of me regardless of my grades, I have nothing to prove to anyone,” Alexandria explained between their crying, “Simon needs this, and I just wanna help him.”

Indigo and Calvin sighed, “I will take your name off the list first thing tomorrow,” Their mother replied, “Alright?”

“Thank you, Mommy,” Alexandria yearned, hugging her.

“We are incredibly proud of you Alexandria,” Calvin added rubbing their back.

“I know, Daddy.”

Revised Dean’s List

Apologize to all the original dean’s list for the past Spring Semester in the May 20th email shared with you. The revised dean’s list is enclosed with this email. For any other news or information about upcoming events is in the Bridgehid College newsletter sent out on May 19th on the Bridgehid College Website.

Regards,

Indigo Margot Bookstone-Corals

Dean of Bridgehid College for Magic and Alchemy.

“Look at that,” Mallory muttered in an extremely tired tone while sitting next to Simon on the porch of the dorms, “You are not the top now.”

Simon stared at his phone wide-eyed, his name was now on the top, as if that truly mattered in the grand scheme of things. Although Alexandria’s name is no longer on the list, however. He never expected them to go so far as to get his name moved up the list or even remove their own.

“Why did they do that?” he muttered.

“Why don’t you ask them,” Mallory mentioned pointing to them across the yard where Alexandria was talking to Professor Kowalski.

He got up from his place on the dorm steps and ran over to them as Percy dismissed herself off to do whatever she did when she wasn’t teaching, “Oh hi Simon,” they remarked as they turned around to face. Looking at him with a large, friendly, smile.

“Why did you—”

“To help you,” Alexandria interrupted, “And before you say: I don’t need your help.”

Simon looked at them with narrow eyes when they did an impression of him, “I have nothing to prove to anyone,” they added, “My mom and dad allow me and my siblings to pursue the things that we enjoy. They are proud of me yes, but if I were to get just average or even below average grades that’s not something they are concerned with.”

They describe the kind of parents he wishes he had, the parents that love their child and take an interest in their child’s happiness regardless of their accomplishments and achievements.

“It’s very obvious that your parents aren’t like mine.” Alexandria continued, “So I got the list changed. Not for you to be friends with me or for you to feel like you owe me, just because I know it would help you out.”

Simon let out a little laugh before letting out a genuine, “Thank you.”

Alexandria continued to smile at him before getting ready to leave him, “Hey,” he called making them turn around, “Do you maybe want to study together sometimes?”

“Sure.”

Simon was able to walk to the dorms with a smile, only to lose it once he was faced with Mallory lying unconscious at the bottom of the steps. “MALLORY!”

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