Blood and dark | | Lady Lesso x Reader

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Which shape do you think destiny has? I have always imagined it as an elf, a little blond elf that follows you wherever you go, that decides for you, the choices you cannot control. That's what I think about when I feel guilty about shitty choices I make, like this one. Months ago, i got sent a letter,  where I was offered a teaching position in the school for good and evil. Now you may be thinking, "What can a princess teach the children of the most prestigious heroes and villains in all the wilderness?". Well, if you are thinking this it is because you actually don't know who I am. But I will not be the one to tell you about me, I will let this story guide you through my world.

Back to the shit choice, I did it, I left for the academy, I left that huge deserted house to animate my days, to try not to get mouldy inside those rooms, not to sink into loneliness and madness.

"Miss, we're here" James said, waking me from my thoughts. "But how, we're outside the academy, won't you come in with me?" I looked at James, he seemed quite calm, so I didn't worry. "Oh, but I can't. I have to leave you here, reluctantly but I have to, orders are orders" he gave me his usual smile. I got off and stopped to look at the gate, but when I heard the wheels of the carriage move i suddently turned back to say good bye to James.

I said I was lonely, not at all true, from the point of view of the definition of the word, I have many people who take care of me. But sometimes that's not enough, sometimes you need someone who is really attached to you. And not because you pay their salary at the end of the month.

Not long after, I heard an immensely annoying clicking sound from afar. Heels, I thought. It didn't take long to realise that I was right, a dark-skinned woman in a canary-yellow dress was coming towards me. When she was close enough she waved her wand and mumbled something unintelligible to my ear. The gate opened.

"Hello dear, sorry to keep you waiting out here"

"No worries, I haven't waited long"

"Please let's be on first-name terms, I am Clarissa Dovey, dean of the School of Good" she smiled.

"Cher Lamorge, I am the new teacher of combat and martial arts". I made an effort to smile even though I was not fully comfortable. Clarissa looked very puzzled at my words, she almost seemed not to believe it.

"Come on, I'll show you the way" She said nothing more until we reached the bridge between the two schools.

I didn't know anything about the school, how the whole thing between divisions between evil and good worked. In fact I didn't even know which of the two schools I was supposed to teach in. But that wasn't a problem as Professor Dovey was very - even too - enthusiastic about guiding me.

"So honey, you know how it works, right?" she said as she kept walking so fast that I could hardly keep up with her.

"No. I never came here"

"Oh, really? You didn't study here?" she slowed down suddenly and looked at me puzzled.

"I didn't study here, it's a bit complicated..."

I had no desire to tell her about my life, I had literally just met her.

"Don't worry, I bet we'll become very good friends"she smiled at me. I mean, you could tell she was someone Evers, unlike me who looked like a mix between a troll and a fairy, and not just on the outside.

"So, basically here there is a school of Good and one of Evil. Then of course there are a lot of school rules, but I won't bore you with this nonsense, you can find some lists in the bookshop if you are interested"

"Okay"

"Even the teachers are separate into always and never, all the students are always separate, except at mealtimes where we all eat together"

"About that, where am I supposed to be?"

"Dearly I don't know, for tonight you will stay in a room here with us"

I was so engrossed in the conversation that I didn't realise where we were heading, an imposing princely castle loomed before us.

"All your doubts will be resolved tomorrow, the school master has scheduled a meeting for all the teachers". He opened a crack in the door and we entered the castle. To my surprise it was deserted, no noise, no sign of life.

"Is no one there?"

" Oh no dear, the students will arrive the day after tomorrow, while the new pupils will take a little longer" "By the way, as is tradition, the winning school from last year, us again of course, will have to prepare a performance, I was thinking of doing something chivalrous with the first year princes"

"I was thinking of asking you to take care of it, of course after the school master has given you the role here" she smiled at me not entirely convinced of the last part perhaps, I could tell from her tone of voice.

As she said this she had led me to the top of a stairway, we had reached the entrance to what looked like the dormitory. We walked along the corridor for a while, then magically a key appeared in Dovey's hands.

"This is the room, I'll let you rest, see you tomorrow"she smiled at me again, I guessed I should get used to those constant smiles. Also because from my side this event did not happen so often. I said goodbye to her and she left me inside the room, alone, me and my thoughts.

It was a beautiful room, very princess-like in short. Large windows, a huge bed in which probably at least five or six of me would have fit. I would have described that room with one word at that moment: PINK. It was very pink, not that I minded particularly, but it was a bit too much. I also had a similar room at home, but it certainly wasn't as 'bright'. I tidied up the few things I had with me, the others would have been sent me me in a few days by James, and i lay on the bed.

The only thing that came to my mind was "Why?". Why after everything that had happened to me had I decided to come here? Was it safe? If someone was going to find out everything, I was going to have to find a solution to.... I froze. Now was not the time to think about such things.

I walked towards the glass apertures and out onto the balcony overlooking the bridge, in the distance the sun was slowly fading into the horizon. In front of me darkness shrouded the castle of evil, the barred windows and gloomy appearance left my imagination free as to what was going on in there. I looked ahead and clutched the flask in my hand, that damned flask, I knew even then that it would ruin my life.

By now it was empty, it was of no use, but she always came back like nightmares.

I was trying not to think about it when a bat landed to my right on the balcony railing. It did not look like an animal, honestly if I had not seen a bat with my own eyes I would not have believed it was an animal.

He watched me from a distance, sometimes bending his little head, but he never stopped looking at me for a second. I'm not one for talking to animals, it makes me feel stupid more than anything else. But after a while that little being had started to creep me out, and it was pretty weird.

"Stop staring at me! Shoo, get lost microbe!" I waved my arm in its direction, hoping it would fly away. But it moved away from me only slightly, taking a leap backwards.

I looked in front of me, ignoring him. Then I felt a sudden gust of wind that lasted only a few seconds. I didn't even have time to turn around.

"I didn't think princesses were so hostile to dialogue with animals"

I turned sharply and saw her. Her. In her normal form, her red hair stood out like clear eyes in the darkness that was slowly descending on the endless forest. She shrugged something off and looked in my direction.

I stepped back and put my hand to my side where I kept the knife sheath hidden.

"Who are you? What do you want from me?" I wasn't scared, she just caught me off guard.        She said nothing, looked up and smiled amused.

I didn't know it yet but my life was about to change, forever.