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"Ugh, I don't wanna do this!" Eda complained
"There's not much choice for you here, Edalyn, there was always only so much I could do to cover for you. Hiding you at Hexside is one thing, but breaking international law is something else entirely" Bump sighed, his arms crossed as he watched Eda pace back and forth across the room.
Eda had broken a law forbidding magic used against humans while overseas, especially when it resulted in the death of a human. She insisted it was in self defense, but the courts wouldn't have it.
"You can either go to prison for life... or " Bump paused for dramatic effect "you can help other children who are afflicted as you are"
Eda accepted the proposal, and with government funding, a new school was established on an artificial island off the coast of the Boiling Isles, "The Clawthorne School for Wayward and Cursed Children" it was called. It would serve as a safe isolated environment for students who suffered from transformative afflictions, such as curses like Eda had. In exchange for accepting the offer, she was freed of her curse, but she was forced to take an Everlasting Oath to never use her magic unless absolutely necessary. It made her life harder, but Eda was no stranger to roughing things.
After the school was completed, Lilith served as Eda's on-site "parole officer", to further assure she would abide by her new situation.
She really didn't want to do this, she was never one for affection, and she didn't know how to handle kids of any age, so for all she knew, this could be a decade or more of absolute torture and drinking for her.
But that was until the students first arrived, the first being a young afrolatina girl named Luz Noceda.