yyxy // loona

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YYXY was an orphanage located very deep in the woods and was run by a strict older woman named Ms. Apple. The orphanage was home to four young girls by the names Yves, Chuu, Gowon and Olivia Hye. Ms. Apple had personally found each of the girls and had been housing them for four months now. She saw that the girls were all extremely bright and had good rapport with one another. Seeing them all doing exactly as she told them brought a huge smile upon her face as bringing them into her home was a big risk for her. But with great risk came great reward.

The biggest risk she faced was having them find out about a certain tree that lay deep into the ever changing dark woods.

Tonight she would venture out into those woods full of night creatures and attempt to burn down what seemed like a harmless apple tree but was really something more sinister than anything else that lay in that forest.

With her mind so preoccupied with thoughts of her dangerous journey for tonight she had missed that one of the girls was gone for a little too long from breakfast. When Yves sat back down at the dinner table only then did Ms. Apple cock her head and wonder just how long she might have been gone. On a night like tonight, she often became overly paranoid and had to frequently remind herself to focus.

"Alright girls," she said, clapping her hands together. "I want you all to clean up, get dressed and then meet me in the classroom. You've got twenty-minutes to do so."
Ms. Apple set the timer on her watch and promptly walked away into the hallway. When she was close to the end of the hallway something in her gut told her to turn back and listen in on them. The girls had never done anything that was even remotely suspicious but that in itself was enough to have red flags go off in her mind. They were young girls stripped of most of their freedoms, they were expected to be a little rebellious.

Over the last four months she had gotten to see that each girl was unique in their own way and easily recognized that Yves had a natural ability to lead others and also this cleverness to her. As their leader, for her to be the one missing today caused Ms. Apple too much discomfort.

She tentatively put her ear against the cold oak door and listened while holding her breath. She could hear the girls chatting happily. They were saying nothing out of the ordinary.

She waited a little while longer and started to head back, but then she heard whispered voices. Ms. Apple again went to the door and listened closely.

"Guys, I got it!" This was the voice of Yves. "They weren't paying any attention and I just grabbed it."

Ms. Apple's heart dropped. She was about to bust down the doors and reprimand them, when once again her gut instinct came through and this time it had told her to wait.

"Here you go guys, one cupcake for each of us," Yves said.

Ms. Apple sighed in relief. Yves must have stolen the cupcakes from one of the chefs' rooms, which was on the side of the house opposite from her office. As long as Yves was nowhere near there she felt safe that her keys were untouched. She could have easily gone in and scolded the girls but punishments around here were harsh. There was no time to waste today on anything other than accomplishing her goal.
The rest of the day had gone off without a hitch and Ms. Apple was now putting the girls to bed. She told them goodnight after watching them all lay securely in their beds. As soon as she was done with that, she raced off to her room, grabbed the supplies she needed for tonight and was out the door.