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Ignoring your roommates had become second nature to you. It was easy enough until it became physical.
'What a pathetic Never!'
'Plant control? Really? I didn't think you could get more lame.'
Your roommates constantly had something like that to say. Even before they knew of your power, they would find something to say that you would think about for far longer than you should.
But whew, the day they discovered your powers? They were relentless. Always finding time to mock you for them. You didn't even think they were that bad, you actually liked them before you arrived at the School for Evil, but how wrong you were.
You did your best to hide your powers once people were taunting you for just being at the school. But you couldn't hide them for long from your roommates. Your powers often came out with your emotions, and lately, you'd been stressed and upset by everyone's words. And in turn, a puff of petals surrounded your bed.
Your roommates continued to poke and prod at you, finding your powers hilarious for some reason. You already thought you were sorted into the wrong half of the school, but now you thought you didn't belong at all. And when you heard their whispers, you knew you were right.
Somehow, other people you never told managed to find out and began teasing you too. But luck was on your side, not many people found out and once they did they thought you weren't worth a spare glance.
But regardless, you still kept them hidden. You didn't want to risk it getting worse. Your professors urged you to present your powers and do something with them, but you refused. It was bad enough that you were nearly sent to the doom room for refusing to show them in class.
And to your expectations, the teasing only got worse as the time when on, they kept finding flowers of all sorts around your bed and on your desk.
You'd been finding it difficult to control your powers, a part of your emotions coming into play, and it didn't help that you hid them during classes. The one place you're supposed to learn how to control them is one place you especially refused to show them. You were already mocked by people your own age, you didn't need that from your professors too.
You were dreadfully heading back to your dorm room, fearful of what lies ahead of you. But it came sooner than expected. Your three roommates cut you off in your path, only two friends joined them this time.
At a time like this, it would be really helpful to know how to control your powers. Though you couldn't think of how flowers could possibly help you in a time like this.
In a flash, you and your books were in contact with the cobblestone floor, and your stomach was met with a dirt-covered shoe.
It all happened so fast, from the time you were suddenly no longer standing to the time you had different-sized shoes kicking all across you. You only had enough time to register the pain, but not enough to make a sound.
"Why don't we show you what true Never powers look like?" You heard the girls around her snicker.
You suddenly felt an electric shock to your back, instantly followed by the sounds of their laughter. Who the hell had the ability to manipulate electricity?
"Oh! Me next!" You recognized that voice, and you knew the power that came with it. And you dreaded it.
Aradia has the ability to manipulate fire, and she loves to use it and brag to everyone about it.
You didn't try to muffle your screams as you felt the fire seep into your skin. You were quite glad that your outfit choice today didn't show too much skin.
Aradia didn't set your clothes aflame, knowing that if she did the doom room would be the least of her worries.
Over your cries of pain and the shuffling of their kicks, you couldn't hear the signature tapping of a cane or the sound of her heels. You were too busy focusing on the girls surrounding you and the pain you knew you shouldn't be focusing on.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Her voice boomed in the corridor, loud enough that the kicks and flames and shocks had stopped.
Normally, you would've been scared by her loud interruption, but since it caused the pain to significantly decrease, you were thankful. You couldn't tell how long this would've gone on if they hadn't been interrupted.
The girls around you fearfully scurried back, leaving you a shaking and whimpering mess in your spot.
The girls opened their mouths for some faux excuse but Lesso silenced them with the raise of her hand.
"I will see each and every one of you in the doom room after classes for a month." The girls' eyes nearly popped out of their heads and their mouths fell open, before they could even argue she waved them off. "Now, gone with you."
She sent the students away, vowing that they'd be punished for this act. It wasn't a fair punishment of course, but what Never plays fair?
Besides, Lesso had no idea how long this was actually happening for.
"Plant powers! Wow, they honestly couldn't be more useless!" Lesso heard one of them whisper to the other as they turned the corner out of her sight.
Even after she dished out their punishments, they were still mocking you. One more week for each of them, she decided.
Plant powers? That's what you have! Lesso couldn't understand why you'd hide those, especially from her. They have great potential but only if they're worked on.
She knelt down to your balled-up form, you were shaking horribly. Luckily, you didn't seem to be bleeding anywhere and nothing appeared to be broken. Well, that's as lucky as you got.
You already had bruises and burns forming on your sensitive skin, superficial scrapes littered everywhere that weren't covered by clothing, and she noticed you were silently crying. From the pain or the words, Lesso didn't know.
"Hey, darling, you're alright," You heard her voice significantly closer than before. "You're going to be okay, look at me?"
It took you a moment but you gathered up the courage to move your arm from your face and look at her. Her heart sunk when you did, finding your face just as bruised as the rest of you but accompanied by a cut lip.
Lesso hated seeing you like this, she quite liked you as you were a bright student. And she desperately wanted to help you somehow.
"I'm going to do something, okay? But it shouldn't hurt." You just nodded in acceptance.
Lesso used her finger glow, waving it over your form, and your burns soothed to nothing but a faint mark. The scrapes that were already nothing practically vanished. To her dismay, the bruises only lightened. A frown came to her face when she realized that she couldn't rid you of them. Well, them being lessened is better than them being worse.
Her attention returned back to your face when she heard your sniffles, "Come on, love, can you sit up for me?"
You desperately wanted to hide but she drastically decreased your pain, and she was being uncharacteristically kind right now, so you gave in to her.
You looked at her and then at her outreached hands before grasping onto them.
"Y/n, what happened?" She helped pull you up and ease you to rest against the wall.
"I, uh, nothing."
She raised her brow, instantly detecting your lie, "Y/n. You and I both know that's not true."
You could instantly tell that there was no way to avoid this.
"They, uh, they think I'm not fit to be a Never. That both me and my power is pathetic." A humorless laugh left you. "Can't say I blame them."
That threw Lesso off, not expecting something like that to come from you.
"Y/n, that's not true. You're a bright young student, you're extremely passionate and smart."
You looked at her curiously, her words and face were nothing but sincere but your thoughts and their whispers had you unable to believe them.
You looked down at your hands in your lap, not able to stand her looking into your soul like that any longer.
"But I'm no Never..."
"Yes, you are. You just have to believe you are like I do," She believes in you? "You're the epitome of a Never. You have the passion a Never needs. Everyone else can see what you're capable of, and they're afraid. That's why they tear you down."
Lesso saw your lip quiver at her words, you both knew that you wanted it to be true. And though Lesso was right, you couldn't bring yourself to believe it. Your mind wouldn't allow you to.
She used two fingers to lightly direct your face to her, "Look."
Confused yet curious, you watched her intently as she asked.
She looked you in the eyes for a brief moment before directing her attention to her hands. She cupped them into a ball as a small and sweet smile graced her face. She looked at you again before swiveling one of her hands under the other to reveal a perfect black rose, sitting in the palm of her hand.
Your face instantly lit up, shifting from confused to amazed, watching as she delicately plucked the flower and handed it to you.
You grabbed the onyx rose, gently spinning it between your fingers before looking back at her, "I didn't know you could do that?!"
"You have great potential, Y/n. Don't let the fears of someone else control your capabilities."
"But how did you-"
You still hadn't told her what your powers truly were.
She took the rose from your fingers and placed it behind your ear, your hair keeping it in place, "That's not important,"
Excitedly, you moved to stand on your knees. You ignored the pain as you moved to be sitting on your legs in front of the Dean, who was now slightly confused at your newfound excitement.
But you had an idea.
You looked at her, "May I?" You asked, pointing at her hands.
Confused but curious, she allowed it.
You grasped her hands in yours, folding her hands as she had previously but keeping your hands placed on hers. You then closed your eyes, and Lesso could help but watch you.
She was always amazed by you, you were at the top of every class, but now you're showing her what you can do, and she couldn't be more excited to finally see it.
She'd never let on to it, but she did have a favorite student, and it was you. She was always proud of your knowledge of all topics, she was certain it would be you that helped Evil prevail this year. But she contained her excitement, for the sake of you, of course.
Lesso blinked away the intense look she had while watching you do your thing when you opened your eyes once more and looked at her.
"Your favorite color is purple, right?"
Lesso was shocked, "How did you know that?"
She doesn't wear it often and she certainly doesn't advertise that fact.
You said nothing but a small smile appeared on your face, and then you gently pulled her hands apart.
In her palms laid a purple flame lily, a beautiful and fierce flower much like the Dean.
A sense of pride filled you as a soft gasp left her lips when she examined the flower.
"This is my favorite flower... I haven't seen one since I came to the school. How'd you know that?" These flowers were littered all around Gavaldon.
More and more, Lesso became entranced by you and more so your abilities. She never once told anyone her favorite color or flower, and here you seemed to already know it.
"I'm kind of more than just a person with Chlorokinesis. I'm also an empath, though I don't really consider that to be my gift. But when I use my powers, they almost always tie together. So when I placed my hands on yours, my powers kind of read you." You were a little afraid that maybe you went too far.
"That's brilliant!" You'd never seen Lesso so proud, let alone of a student.
"Really?"
"Yes! You are an amazing student, and this just proves that! You're capable of great things." She spoke in the most gentle and sincere voice you've heard come from her.
You're smile grew even more.
"Why do you hide your powers?" She examined your eyes, though you had no intention of hiding the truth.
"Because, as you saw they're laughable to the other Nevers... They thought I wasn't fit to be in the school. I've heard all there was to say about my powers. And I was afraid of what my professors would think." Your voice was weak, effectively showing your worries.
Lesso finally stood from her spot, "Nonsense. It's an amazing gift if I do say so myself. And you have to learn to control them, then you'll be unstoppable." She reached out, offering a hand to help you to your feet.
You graciously accepted, "I've tried on my own, but I just can't get the hang of it." You spoke as you dusted yourself off.
She confidently raised a brow, "I'll help you. It's not like there's anyone else that's more fit for the job." Setting her decision with a single nod of her head.
"Really? You'd do that for me?"
"You're a Never, of course, I would." You saw the faintest trace of a smile on her face.
Just before she could turn and leave, you had a question.
"Is there a spare room I could move into? Or a room that has an empty bed?" Your shyness returned.
"Those girls, they were your roommates weren't they?" You simply nodded your answer and Lesso felt her anger towards the girl's return. "I'm sure I could figure out something for you."
And she did. By that night, you had your own room. And you were thankful for that for many different reasons. The main one was that you could practice your powers with all the room you needed, and no fear of judgment. And like promised, Lesso would sometimes drop by and teach you a tip or trick that helped her control her powers.
And you eventually discovered that you could do more than flowers. You could do anything from small flowers to even trees. And you knew that was all thanks to Lesso, though she was adamant it was just you unlocking your true potential. But you knew you didn't even want to until she showed you what you were capable of.
A part of your powers that you unlocked, were your vines. Lesso was particularly proud of these because of the binding ability they had, excellent for when you finally got your own fairytale.
Or maybe you'd use them before you even graduated.
Your previous roommates came up to you during mealtime. They didn't know of your progress with your powers, only Lesso did. And they wasted no time at all making fun of you for your flowers, even after their detention sentences.
When the girls started forcefully poking you, almost enough to nudge you in your seat, you looked to Lesso for guidance. She knew what you were asking with just the look in your eyes. She merely responded with a shrug, but she was excited.
She was waiting for this, this is what you trained for. You took her response as a queue that you wouldn't be punished for getting even.
Without even getting up from your seat or looking away from the girls, you silently commanded your vines to wrap around their ankles. They looked down, confused, before looking up at you with the realization that it was you doing it.
You stood up, facing the girls, and made the vines wrap further up their bodies, tying them as one. Lesso proudly watched on with a smirk, knowing this is what you waited for.
You still hadn't spoken a word to your bullies before you launched them across the dining hall. Their bodies slid down the wall and landed on the floor with a grunt, and your vines slithered away. Their current position curled up and groaning on the floor, was nearly identical to yours.
With a proud yet smug smile, you sat back in your seat. Sparing a glance back to Lesso to see her with an equally proud smile. She simply nodded in approval before you turned back to your meal.
You didn't notice that every other student had watched what you had just done, but at least you knew that you wouldn't be messed with anymore.
You were definitely a Never.