Our Fates

Episode 2. Part 1.

The rest of the night was not great, for anybody. Oakley couldn't sleep and anytime she would, she'd have a nightmare of the burned one. Sky made sure to make his sister feel safe if she was awake. 

Stella kept worrying about the girls and if they were okay. Oakley didn't tell her about the ring, she didn't want to get yelled at that night. It would have made her break down completely. The other girls couldn't sleep either.

They were worried about how Stella would react, how Miss Dowling had yelled at them, Oakley and her emotions, plus what was going to happen with the Burned one. Eventually all of them figured that they should get to sleep for classes and training the next day. 

The next day Oakley woke up early so that she and Stella could go back to their dorm to get ready. She got Stella up from beside Brandon and they started walking. 
On the other side of the dorm rooms the girls were already at it. 

What both Stella and Oakley didn't know was the reason that Bloom wanted to go home in the first place. After the party Aisha and Bloom had talked about how her powers were so strong without her even trying.  

Bloom found out that she was a changeling and couldn't handle the truth.

"Stella, I don't know if I'm going to be able to control my magic." Oakley kept her eyes on the ground and was covered in nerves. They were not very far away from the dorm now and Oakley didn't want to deal with the anxiety or first day jitters.

"Hey ummm, have you seen Stella or Oakley? I don't think they came in last night." Terra said to the rest of the girls who were just in the living area.
"No I didn't sense either of them since Oakley left last night." Musa said and got the coffee machine going.

Just then the two girls opened the door and walked in slowly. 
"Oh Stella, that outfit is so similar to yesterdays. same designer?" Musa joked and had a grin on her face. Oakley was behind Stella and was trying to contain her smile. 

"Do you know how I feel about that joke? or Shall I tell you?" Stella stated back and the tension in the air was already so thick. 
"Where's Bloom?" Stella asked and Musa looked towards Oakley as if to say 'did you tell her?'.

Oakley quickly shook her head and Musa started again.
"Well she had a rough night. Thanks to you. I didn't even think those things were real, but we all saw it." Musa finished.

"Yeah, it was creepy as hell. It looked like it wanted to kill her Stella. I couldn't sleep so I can't imagine how Bloom was feeling." Oakley stepped into the conversation. She really didn't want to be there when Bloom told her about the ring but she needed to be there for Stella, even if they didn't see eye to eye. 

"What about my ring?" She asked the girls standing around. Both took a nervous breathe and Bloom walked out of her room ready to go. 
"Yeah that burned.... burned thing took it." She just said as if nothing happened.

"What?! Stella was shocked.
"Clam down princess." Musa said and even Oakley flinched.
"Don't tell me to calm down, and don't use my title as an insult." Stella nodded her head back slightly to Oakley so Musa could see her feelings.

Oakley hated when people knew she was royalty even if it was a well known thing. Hearing someone mention the word in front of her made her nervous, only her parents ever called her princess and it was never in a good way.

"wait, are you actually a princess?" Bloom asked and now she was more nervous. 
"Yes I am, we both are actually, and I would advise you not say the word in front of Oakley, it brings bad memories with it." 

Bloom looked down to the ground.
"My mum is the Queen and Oakleys parents were the king and queen of Eraklyon, another dimension in the other world." Stella mentioned.

"Please don't bring them up Stella. It's hard for me and you know that." Oakley had tears in her eyes already. Musa quickly went to her side and gave her a comforting hug, trying to make sure her powers didn't get out of hand again.

Stella sent Oakley a sorry expression but continued to Bloom.
"That ring you lost is one of the crown jewels of Solaria. Now that might not mean much to a First Worlder, so feel free to ask your suite-mate how big of a screw-up that is." Stella was practically yelling.

"Almost as big as giving it to her in the first place Stella." Aisha walked out of the bathroom. 
"Dowlings got the Burned one locked up which you would know if you were here last night when she gave us an earful. It's why Oakley left last night." 

"And if people knew there was a burned one even in the First World temporarily, disaster." Musa said from beside Oakley, still holding the girl. 
"I didn't tell her that I lost the ring, and I'm sure if we do, then-" Bloom started but got cut off by Stella.

"We will do no such thing. I will figure it out after class but for now, nobody says anything to anyone." Stella said and basically stomped to the bathroom. The morning was a disaster and nobody was in the mood for classes. 

"Can someone make sure Terra knows that? She can never keep her mouth shut." Stella said and when she opened the door, Terra was stood there about to cry. It was one thing saying something about Oakleys past but it was another to insult her friend. 

"I got it." Terra was still getting dressed because she was uncomfortable with changing in front of others. She gave a thumbs up and a fake smiled to Stella. The rest of the morning was basically silent. 

Musa stuck to Oakley was much as she could so she could help control her emotions and powers. 
"Have a quick shower and get changed, it will make you feel a lot better, I promise." She said to Oakley and she nodded.

Nobody had brought up her parents to her in a very long time so she was still stunned by it. Of course Musa wanted to ask about her royalty and family but she knew not to. Oakley went and had a shower and by the time she got back Musa had laid out some clean clothes for her to put on. 

"I hope you don't mind but I thought you might want some help today. Make things just a bit easier on you." Musa said with a smile and Oakley smiled back.
"Thank you Musa, it means a lot." She said quietly.

The girl got changed and then they were headed to the hall to get a quick bite to eat and then head to the stone circle. Oakley's head was going crazy in the hall because the older students didn't have classes yet.

She saw Sam and made eye contact. Her smiled and waved to the girl and she smiled back. They turned away from each other as Oakley and Musa headed outside.
"Who was that?" Musa asked with a smile.

"Nobody important, just a friend." Oakley was nervous and looking at the ground with a slight grin.
"A friend? Your red cheeks says otherwise." Musa said and Oakley looked at her.

"Is it that bad?" She asked seriously.
"Not noticeable at all, but you just gave me my answer without even having to feel your thoughts. What's his name?" Musa nudged her gently.

"That's Sam. But nothing is happening or can happen because he's Terra's brother." Oakley had a stern look on her face, well she was trying to be but it wasn't really working.
"You don't want her finding out that you like her brother? I can understand why." Musa agreed and they finally made it to the circle with everyone else.