𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓓𝓪𝔂 • 𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝔁 𝓼𝓪𝓰𝓪

Chapter 8 - A fire which burns within

Blooms POV
Within seconds, I went from standing outside our suite door to what I knew was Earth. My world. The world which I didn't want to harm any more than I already had. If what Aisha said was true... How would I live with myself.
"Here we are!" Rosalind said with such calm and cheerful tone. How could she be like this, she was about to murder innocent people. I felt tears dripping off my face as well as sweat from my forehead, I couldn't let this happen on my watch. Rosalind may have been the headmistress, but I was just as powerful as her.
"Rosalind... I know- I know you think this is right but-" Even Beatrix began to hesitate when I said this, and she was almost as evil as Rosalind.
"Headmistress, I think Bloom, for once in her life, may be right... These people didn't do-" Rosalind instantly interrupted.
"What did you say Beatrix... Having second thoughts are we? Oh but... It would be SUCH a shame. Missing a chance to impress me, wouldn't it?" At that Beatrix face turned from worry to mischievousness. How could she change so quickly. Rosalind then turned to me, knowing I still disagreed.
"As for you, Bloom. It would be a pity for you not to find your birth parents wouldnt it?" She was so cruel. She promised me... She promised she would help me. And now, she was threatening to take that all away. I went from looking down at her feat up to her eyes. It seems she had the answer she wanted.
"Good. Now, Beatrix, darling you see that skyscraper over there? Show me what you've got." Beatrix took both her hands and clapped them together as her eyes turned a soft blue-grey colour. For a moment nothing happened, but then the sky started to erupt into a storm. I couldn't watch, she was about to terrorize a whole building, and for what? I ran over. I couldn't just stand there. I held my ground Infront of Beatrix, fire building up my arms.
"Beatrix, I know you don't want to do this. Deep down I know you don't." She looked at me. She may have appeared free, but Rosalind had her locked in a cell, and whenever she had almost escaped, Rosalind would just put another lock on it.
"I'm sorry..." She said. With that, the fire around me began to burn out. I needed to focus. I tried to regain the flames I lost from getting to distracted, but it was to late.
"I have to." Without even having to look behind, I heard the shatter of glass, the clap of lightning and the screams. It all brought me back. Sitting on my bed, my eyes burning with fire, and their screams. My mum and dad. I turned around and dropped to the ground. I let this happen.
"Good job, Beatrix." Rosalind said as she watched a fire begin to spread around the building she had struck.
"What have I done." I moved my head around to see Beatrix face, which was flooding with tears. I got up to face Rosalind.
"I don't know what the hell you think that was. But I will have no part in it." The flames of fire started to build up again, more powerful and bigger than before. All she did was smile and give a little chuckle. How could she find this funny.
"There it is... Thank you Beatrix, for your help." We both looked at her confused. What was she talking about?
"You don't think I'd actually bring you girls to Earth do you? God youre so gullible. No, Earth Heckling is for the weak. Those who are to scared to fight the real world." Beatrix then walked over to talk to us both.
"So- so your saying this was fake? All of it?" Rosalind nodded.
"This was a simulation. I needed Bloom to unlock her potential. She has transformed before, yes. But shes never done it with aggression. Hatred. The thirst for blood of more than the opponent." What did she mean?
"Wait so... You used me... My talent. So you could test Bloom?" Beatrix looked at Rosalind with a face of betrayal. Which she had every right to of course, it's something else to kill people, well, simulations of people for another persons progress. I focused back on myself, then realised Rosalind was right. I didn't just want to stop Beatrix, I wanted to cause mayhem. How could I do that? I thought I was good... But I wasn't. My mind filled with guilt and anger. Rosalind ignored Beatrix and faced back towards me.
"That's right. Feel it. Feel the pain, the emotion. You can't unlock everything you do when your guarding your true feelings, Bloom." I put my hands over my ears and closed my eyes. I felt the flame building inside of me, trying to rise up above everything else. I was getting out of control. It was like a dragon, reaching for any weak spot I was trying to prevent it from going towards.
"Stop! That's enough I- I need to go home." I thought Rosalind wouldn't listen to me, but she did. She clicked her fingers and as if like a vale, the world around us lifted and our eyes looked around to reveal a room with a balcony in which we were standing on and a cardboard box on fire in the opposite corner of the room. Beatrix almost looked embarrassed that it wasn't a skyscraper, but a box that she had used all her strength on to light. She looked Rosalind an me up and down, to then stride off. Probably to try and find some sort of drug to smoke. Rosalind continued to stare at me with a faint smile, I was greatful to her that she helped me transform. But this. She knew that I set my house on fire. And she knew this would trigger the memory.
"I'm leaving." I said and started to walk off, I opened the door which lead to the rest of the east wing. It made so much sense now, they used this simulation room during the war for practice. Just like the warroom me and Beatrix had discovered a few months ago. Rosalind then started to speak.
"Just right there! Yes, you can go. But you only have another 10 minutes before your next lesson. I don't want you to skip one class today Bloom, do you hear me?" I gave a small nod and headed out. What was she going to do if I missed any classes? That, I was too afraid to find out though.