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ONCE THEY GET THROWN OUT, Luz flops herself over the stone railing of the stairs, Ember curls into a ball on the bottom of the stairs, Gus paces frantically and Willow hugs the trees on the sides of the entryway.
Luz can hear silent sniffs coming from Ember, and she feels horrible. She desperately wanted to comfort her, but when she tried to approach her to do so, all she got was; "Not now, Luz. Please, go away." And has since then decided to just remain nearby if she was needed.
"It finally happened! Our memorable adventures caught up to us!" Gus exclaimed dreadfully, the leaves under his feet crunching as he paced. "Oh, my dad can't find out about this! I guess I'll have to start surviving off the land." He picks up a leaf, nearly licking it, but he groans, throwing it to the ground. "This is impossible!"
Luz's gaze turns to Willow, who's got tears welling in her eyes as she embraces one of the trees. "I guess this is goodbye. I'll water you one last time," She drags her hands across her cheeks, wiping up the tears before flicking them down to the ground. "With my tears!"
Luz groans and glances at Ember, expecting her normal fierce and hopeful demeanor to peek through, but it doesn't. Odalia and Alador don't spare them a glance as they exit the school, but Luz perks up, quickly rising and crossing her arms.
"Hey!" Odalia turns and Ember lifts her head, gently wiping her eyes as she does, watching the exchange. "How dare you mess with my friend's lives! What have we ever done to you?"
Alador begins chasing a flying head with fairy wings as Odalia turns to Luz. "Luz, was it? Please, this isn't personal. I actually appreciate your tenacity. We're just trying to teach our daughter a valuable lesson in business." She smiles innocently at Luz, and Ember silently scoffs. "Although it was a shame Bianchi had to be expelled. Given her father's old rank, of course. Bianchi's are always prodigy's..."
Luz shakes her head, storming over to Odalia. "How does this teach anything? We're still going to be friends with her." Luz points to the ground, placing her other hand on her hip. "I'm calling applesauce on this 'business' baloney!"
Odalia places a hand on her chin. "Your human language is hard to understand, but I think I see your point." Odalia ruthlessly catches and crushes the bug Alador was chasing, without even sparing a glance at it. It slides off her hand and she quickly pulls a card out of her husband's coat, holding it out to Luz. "If you're interested in talking things through, I'm sure we can come to some sort of an agreement."
Luz takes the card, staring down at it. Suddenly, Gus latches his mouth onto it. "Gus chomp!" He exclaims, growling as he chews on it.
