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“So, you came for me after all”
“Please”
“No! I won’t stop! I WILL FREE THEM!!!”
Suddenly there was a blinding light that made her cover her eyes.
“WAIT!!! I JUST WANT TO-”
Amity slowly opened her eyes accompanied with a groan. “Not again”
Still groaning she retrieved her scroll from her desk. It was just half past four in the morning. She got up from her bed, knowing that she wouldn’t be able to sleep again after that dream. The same dream that has been haunting her every night from the last three years. She has been lacking energy since the same dream repeated over and over. But today was a special day, so despite feeling drained as ever, she went to prepare herself for the upcoming day.
She took a long, hot bath just for calm her nerves. After all, she was going to see Luz today and she was always a mess whenever it come to her. After finishing her bath, she went to her dresser and opened it. She took her time to choose something for the occasion, after several minutes she decided to pick out a novelty T-shirt with abomination print accompanied by a black miniskirt and purple tights. Suddenly, her eyes met a piece of cloth folded neatly in a corner, is was the only cloth in that level, a white and indigo cat-eared hoodie. Amity delicately rubbed the hoody with one of her hands as if it will tear with the mere touch. Finally, she takes her combat boots and close the doors of the dresser.
When she finished dressing, she went to her vanity desk to take a look at her hair. It was just slightly below her shoulders. It has grown so much after all these years but she liked that length of it, so she kept it. It was the same shade of mint green that she used to have since childhood, but the brown roots were staring to show. Seeing this, a little sigh escaped her lips. “I need to dye it again” She doesn’t tie it nowadays. Letting it flow freely. She was staring at her own reflection blankly, as if her eyes were trying to find something in the distance as she brushed her hair automatically, when a memory came to her.
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Luz and Amity were sitting in their sleeping bags in Luz’s room at the Owl House. Luz had invited Amity to a sleepover and they were talking of random stuff when suddenly from nowhere:
“Hey Amity, can I untie your hair?”
“M-my hair!? W-why!?” Amity stammered.
“I have never seen you with your hair down. I think you would look really pretty”
Her face flushed a crimson red, while gazing with wide eyes. “Oh...” was the only thing Amity was able to say. “Oh Titan, she thinks I would look pretty with my hair down!”
Luz smiled sheepishly, eyes looking at the floor. “It's okay if you don’t want to, I was just-”
“YES!!! DO IT!!!” Amity said abruptly in a higher octave than intended. “I-I mean, you can do it, i-if you want, I don’t mind...” corrected Amity, avoiding Luz's gaze and visibly flustered by Luz’s request. She hears a sudden excited squeal and looks up. Her eyes went wide at the sighting.
Luz had a big smile on her face, her eyes shining with excitement, accentuated by the faint glow of the light orbs that Luz had previously casted from her glyphs when the room started to get dark, illuminating the room in a faint glow. Amity couldn’t take her gaze from Luz, she was bewitched. “I love you so much” she though. She wanted to confess her feelings to Luz, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words, she just froze in her place with wide eyes.
“Ok, just let me…” Luz said in almost a whisper while reaching for Amity’s hairband, removing it delicately. Amity felt her hair loosen but she couldn’t move or say something.
Luz stared at Amity with those enchanting eyes and her mouth open with a light blush in her cheeks, “You're so beautiful” said Luz in a soft voice, unable to stop staring at her.
Amity just stared at Luz, unable to say something.
“...Uh, Amity? Are you okay?”
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Amity keep brushing her hair while staring into infinity. Once she finished styling her hair and applying a little makeup, she rose from her vanity desk and took her scroll again. It was almost 7 o’clock now. She took her little purple bag that she always carries with her on outings. She left her room and shut the door behind her. She crossed the little ornate living room and unlocked the entrance door. She was ready to leave when a voice called out to her from the kitchen.
“Mittens”
Amity sighs at the call, “Yes, Em?” She wanted to avoid this. For a moment she thought she could leave the house unnoticed. Apparently not.
“You’re leaving already? You haven’t had breakfast yet” Emira said, walking to meet Amity by the door.
“I’m not hungry” Amity said indifferently.
“But you didn't eat that much during dinner either” There was a concern in Emira’s voice.
It was true. She hasn't been eating that much during dinner lately, not that her stomach could hold onto it if she did. “I said. I’m. Not. Hungry.” Amity said, shooting her older sister a glare. Emira looked at her sister with concerned eyes but didn’t push any further.
Amity caught the concern in her sister's expression and sighs, trying to relax herself. “I’m sorry”.
“...It’s okay” Emira said with a soft smile while pulling a string of hair out of her little sister face.
“By the way, could you help me dye my hair again later? My roots are showing” her sister interaction remembered of her hair.
“Of course, sis” despite Emira’s soft smile her eyes carried sadness “But I think you should stick with your natural color” she said while passing her fingers through her sister hair “Your brown hair is very beautiful”.
“You know I can’t do that” said Amity while looking at her sister blankly, that emotionless expression she had been carrying for a few years now. “I’m a Blight”
“Amity…” Emira whispers, with great sadness in her face.
“...Anyway, why are you awake so early? I thought you liked to sleep till late in your free days” Amity asked trying to change the subject.
“Oh that’s usually because I like to spend the mornings cuddling with my wife” Emira said before letting out a little giggle as she took one closed hand to her mouth.
Amity flinched at those word, something that didn't pass unnoticed by her sister. So Emira tried to take the conversation in other direction.
“Anyway, she was on night watch at the Healers. Also she called me last night and told me that Eda and Lilith wanted her to teach some advanced spells to the senior class, so she won't be back until late afternoon. I think I'm just a little worried that she's getting a little overloaded with work lately, but you know how she is, she really loves her work” A warm smile forming in Emira's face at that thought.
“Yeah, I doubt anyone is so passionate at healing as Viney, I think that's why Eda and Lilith made her head of the Healers Institute” Amity responded sincerely but still without emotions in her face.
“By the way sis, Eda and Lilith told me that there is still that place for you as the head of the Elite units. They said they could use your help. It seems nobody can handle that position for more than a week” Emira giggled, finding very funny that none of the aspirants could make a full report to Eda and Lilith before fainting.
“I told them already that I don’t want it” Amity snapped with annoyance.
“I really do think you should take the work, mittens. It might help-"
“I SAID I DON’T WANT THE FUCKING JOB!!!!” Amity shouted with so much anger that Emira flinched. Snapping out of her momentary anger, Amity looked up at her sister, there was sadness and concern on her face. Amity sighed. She didn’t want to hurt her sister, but she can’t stand this conversation any longer, a conversation she knew was coming. A conversation she tried to avoid, especially this day. Amity turned around and opened the door. “I’m leaving, I’ll be back latter”.
“Say hi to cutie for me, okay?”
“I will” With those last words, Amity closed the door behind her, leaving Emira alone to her thoughts.
Emira hugged herself after the door closed. With sadness over her face she stared at the door, as if she could see her little sister walking behind it, wondering if she will be able to fulfill her promise of snap her sister from that emotionless state to be that sweet girl again. She know better than anyone that when her sister was younger, her parents tried to mold her into "little miss perfect". They deprived her of so many things, so many experiences, even friends. But at some point, a light came in her life that snapped her out of what their parents done to her. She was starting to question things. She tried to amend all the bad things she had done because of them. She was enjoying life. She was happy…
But one day, Amity pushed away that light. In that moment, Emira couldn't fathom why, after all, that light meant everything to her sister. She was sure that their parents had something to do with it. It took years for Amity to tell her what happened. It is truth that the last seven years has been difficult for almost everyone in the Boiling Isles. A lot has happened during these years and so much has changed. But Emira is sure that it all started with that incident, when all started to go horribly wrong. And it was just the tip of the iceberg, but Emira didn't wanted to think on the other incidents right now. Seeing her little sister like this was painful enough.
“Mittens…”