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The day outside was cold, and Cecelia could already feel winter creeping upon them. When she had woken that morning, Cecelia had been hit by the chilly air, and had immediately bundled up as much as was physically possible. It was starting to get warmer as the sun crept higher in the sky, and Cecelia was beginning to regret her decision to wear so many layers. She had already peeled off her scarf and was in the process of taking off her mittens when she rounded the first floor corridor, and froze. Standing at the opposite end of the corridor was her sister. Desirae. Stunned, Cecelia opened and closed her mouth, trying to search for something to say. "You shouldn't be here." Desirae could get into trouble. Worse, Cecelia could get into trouble, especially if the headmaster thought that Cecelia was the one to let her sister in. "Go, Desi!" But her sister didn't go. She moved forward, taking long, slow strides towards Cecelia, grabbing her wand from the inside of her robe pocket. Her eyes began to glow gold, and that was when Cecelia screamed.

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@cecelia

calex was glad that he'd decided to dress for slightly warmer weather this morning. it wasn't warm but it certainly wasn't very cold and a light jacket was all he needed to keep warm. he was walking the halls of the school, keeping an eye on the students and making sure there was no trouble to be had when he heard a scream. it wasn't just any scream, it was a scream that sounded like one of terror. calex frowned and automatically went into auror mode, drawing his wand and running toward the sound thinking of all the possible scenarios he might find. could attackers have gotten into the school? were they under attack again? had something that was going to be used in the tournament got loose? there was a number of them but he felt ready for whatever he could find. what he did find however was not what he was expecting. desirae rousseau running towards cecelia rousseau. he hurried forward, moving so he was in front of cecelia. he took a second to study what was moving before them. a boggart. it must have gotten loose somehow. "turn away from it cecelia." it confirmed what he had thought as it suddenly shifted forms, the swirling streaks of grey vanishing as it emerged as his son blaise flying toward them on a broom stick. he fought the shudder that automatically ran through his body and he he pulled his wand from his pocket and aimed his wand. "riddikulus!" he cast, waving his wand at the creature and watching the broom turn into a giant party horn with streamers and confetti bursting from the end of it.

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Everything happened so quickly. One moment Cecelia was alone with Desirae, about to die, and the next moment the professor was in front of her, shouting something at Desirae – no, it wasn’t Desi anymore. What was happening? Cecelia was so terrified she could barely tell. Even when the thing exploded in a burst of confetti, Cecelia continued to shake with fear. She could feel a panic attack coming on, but it was already too late to stop it, because now her nightmares were chasing her in her waking days, too. Cecelia’s knees buckled, and she crumpled to the floor in one terrifying downward plunge. “She’s going to kill me.” It didn’t take a genius to figure out who Cecelia was talking about, and seeing Desirae loom towards her in the real world just made one thing clear to Cecelia: her sister was going to be her murderer, the same way she was Bay’s. “She’s going to kill me the way she killed Braelynn, and then she’s going to be alone, and I can’t leave her alone…” How was it that Cecelia would feel bad when Desirae killed her, not because she would be dead, but because she would leave her sister alone? Cecelia was confused, and she was scared, and she didn’t know what there was left to do but to scream again.

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