Chapter Sixty-Three (S2 finale)

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"Where are you planning on going?" Riven questioned, having just helped the girl shower after her meltdown on the bathroom floor. The blonde let out a sigh as she rummaged through the section of his wardrobe she'd always had, usually containing items she had left behind whenever she stayed over. "I need to see Beatrix." Elmira confirmed, sighing as she pulled out a pair of wide-leg light washed jeans - an item of clothing she would be able to conceal the obnoxiously large bandage with. 

Hobbling in pain towards the bed the blonde began to get changed, not caring that her boyfriend was watching every single one of her movements - usually it was out of lust or love, this time it was out of pure worry and stress. "I just told you she was buried in the graveyard on the opposite side of campus, and you want to just hobble on down there?". Riven questioned with slight annoyance, understanding the blonde's pain as much as she could but also not wanting her to injure herself further. 

"I need to see her. Now you can either come with me and make the walk less strenuous or you can stay here and be mad at me. Either way, I don't care." The ice fairy snapped, finally managing to get the pair of jeans on with much difficulty.

Letting out an exhausted huff the blonde made her way back to the wardrobe, this time grabbing a pair of her white sneakers and one of Riven's shirts to complete the look. She knew the outfit was simple and Beatrix would probably be yelling at her from the grave, but she didn't have the energy to think otherwise - that and she didn't have the courage nor desire to enter her actual suite and wardrobe without her best friend by her side. 

Elmira stood at the door rather expectantly as she looked towards the third-year specialist, awaiting his decision whilst taking a breath and preparing herself to face the body of students that had returned to Alfea - all of which were aware she had worked with Sebastian to get him into the school. 

With a sigh of his own Riven picked up his phone from the side table before walking towards his girlfriend and holding his hand out towards her own. Elmira simply smiled, grateful he had decided to accompany her as she accepted his hand, taking a deep breath before nodding at the specialist to open the door. 

A rush of noise and cold air hit the ice fairy's face as stepped into the corridor of the specialist's hall. Putting on a brave face she willed her body to walk as normal, not daring to show weakness to a majority of people who wanted her dead for their own struggles. As she walked hand-in-hand with Riven she felt all eyes on her, whispers circulating the air as she continued out of the hall and in the direction of the graveyard - being informed by Riven of the decision to not hold a funeral for her best friend in the process.

"Silva decided it was best to bury Beatrix quietly, given the fact you were non-responsive and the tensions surrounding the school and your decisions he thought it would be best. He had to fight Stella's mum to pardon the both of you and allow her to be buried alongside Andreas. You should probably thank them for that when you get the chance." Riven informed compassionately, earning a simple nod from the blonde as a response. 

Elmira walked in silence, not wanting anyone to overhear any doubt, worry or sadness in her conversations and her voice. Her trust in people was limited prior to her attendance started at Alfea but since then it has only become smaller. "What happened to Bloom?". The ice fairy inquired quietly as the duo made their way across the rather long grounds towards the graveyard. "Sky told me she entered the Realm of Darkness last night." Riven confessed, his words quiet as he himself started glancing around the area - unsure who knew about the fire fairy's latest ventures. 

"She entered the Realm of Darkness? How?". Elmira questioned as the pair entered the outskirts of the graveyard, now mere meters away from where her best friend had been buried. "It seems like Sebastian had enough power without the Dragon Flame to open the portal. She stepped into the portal last night and closed it." 

The ice fairy looked suspiciously at her boyfriend, halting in her step as she thought over his words. "It was that simple... Just wandering into the portal and it closed? Just like that?" The question made Riven look at the blonde with a confused expression, not understanding why she was so distrusting of his words. "That's what I was told?". 

Elmira simply hummed once more, her mind now racing with a million thoughts as she tried to recall the information, she had read from the Blood Witch book on the Realm of Darkness. If the realm was so easily closed, then why did Sebastian need to steal the magic of majority of the fairies at Alfea in order to do so? 

"Here we are." Riven voiced, bringing the ice fairy out of her spiraling mind as he stopped towards the end of the graveyard, his own eyes softening as he stared at the tombstone for the first time. Tears immediately fell down the blonde's cheeks as she let out an uncontrolled sob, leaning against her boyfriend for support as she placed one hand on the top of the tombstone. 

Beatrix had been buried right alongside Andreas, the only father she had ever known. Elmira let out a sob as she faced the reality of the situation, seeing it set in stone made the grief escalate - there was no denying the truth when it stared straight back at you. 

The pair stood there for what felt like hours as the ice fairy's sobs soon turned silent, anger filling her body before she spoke - more to herself than anything. "I'll bring you back Bea. I'll find a way to bring you home." Elmira found herself promising as she looked down at the freshly dug grass before pulling out a piece of paper from her pocket - the same piece of paper Beatrix had received from Sebastian. 

Isobel and D'Arcy Daniels
9a Tewksberry 
Diamond Hill

"Wait, what are you talking about Mira?". Riven questioned, the words she had spoken finally sinking into his brain. "I don't care whether or not you try and stop me Riven. I'm getting my best friend back." Elmira confirmed, her words coming out harsher than expected before she sent a sympathetic look towards the specialist, stepping back and passing the note to her boyfriend before expanding. "This is what Sebastian gave Bea before... it was an address for her two sisters. Bea wanted to make things right for Stella and then find them. Now I'm going too, and they're going to help me get her back." 

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