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Amari’s p.o.v
When I woke up, I wish I never did.
Not in a bad way- never in a bad way- the lights were just so bright. Too bright.
The room was a glaring white and the lights were punishingly somehow even brighter than the sterile color that seemed to strain my eyes beyond repair.
The next thing I noticed was that I felt restricted. A straight-jacket.
Then everything comes crashing back.
Ultima taking over, the smile that just wasn’t mine spreading across my face. Elsie zapping me- dylan, tristain,lara- all of it.
I remember all of it.
And I hope- oh I pray that i- he didn’t hurt anybody.
Dylan’s p.o.v
Its been a week,three days and 14 hours since amari got taken over and restrained. Yes,Ive been keeping count.
Its not like I have anything better to do.
Since the berau thinks im a “useful tool in their new predicament” they haven’t thrown me into the sightless depths.
Yet.
I still have magic cancelling handuffs on,as if I want to hurt any of them.
Damn,I just want to talk to amari.
Dragon girl- elsie- is being disgustingly nice to me as if I still feel the same about her as I did earlier in the summer.
That was a different version of me.
And sure, she is nice- we have gotten closer, its just that this version of me still feels connected to amari- as the only two born magicians or something more, but the latter isn’t like how it was before.
So many summers ago.
I wish I never went and screwed it all up,but I guess its deserved.
Now im stuck with a girl I don’t even like and her unforgiveness.
And honestly?
I don’t blame her.
Elsie’s p.o.v
Ever since that night- the night I zapped my own best friend, nothing has been the same.
Shes in restraints, dylan wont look at me the way he used to whenever I visit, and I still hate her for getting him a one way ticket to the sightless depths right after this mess is over with.
Ok,maybe hate is a strong word, but I just want- need to be angry at something, anything for where he’ll end up.
I know I don’t have a born magician bond or whatever and I never will have,but geez,I wish I could feel what I felt a few weeks ago.
It feels like a lifetime away now.
I still visit him a lot,and amari. But that’s more like observing her.
They have her locked up tight because of the stunt ultima played by taking over her body.
They have dylan in captivity because even though hes a source of information, he can be taken over by the first magician just as easily.
And honestly?
I don’t blame the berau for not taking any chances.
I just wonder how we’ll get out of this mess this time.