𝙃𝙀𝙓𝙓𝙀𝘿 𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 <3 - 𝙟𝙞𝙢 𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙭 𝙤𝙘

- beginnings. -

[ third person pov ]

  *beep beep beep*

  "Wakey wakey, Lonnie, you're gonna be late!"

  "No, the hell I'm not..." the girl groaned.

  "Guess those Papa Skull concert tickets you wanted me to get will just have to go to waste..."

  "Okay, okay fine!"

Avalon lived with her.. sorta brother Hisirdoux, but everyone called him Douxie.

Why is he a sorta brother? They're not really related by blood, and he isn't her step-brother either.

  "God, I hate Mondays.." she groaned, quickly making her bed. She snapped, magically changing her clothes into her favorite outfit: her baggy white button up shirt and baggy black cargo pants with her chunky black sneakers and black tie.

She was a witch after all, and adoptive daughter of Merlin.

But that's a story for another day.

She styled her purple locs the same way she did everyday. Two high ponytails, then set her way out.

  "Don't get into any trouble, kay?" Douxie stopped her, grabbing onto her arm. "I know, I won't. I'm just trying to get through this week, Doux. See ya," she waved off, walking  down the street to school.

She didn't live far, about a 10 minute walk.

She walked across the bridge and heard a faint voice.

  "Huh?" she took off her headphones looking around.

She looked over the bridge, noticing an odd pile of rocks.

  "...That's an awful weird pile of rocks... in fact it kinda looks like... troll remains?" she raised an eyebrow.

She knew all about this stuff, studying a copy of A Brief Recapitulation of Troll Lore, and other books relating to the creatures of their world in her free time.

   "Then that means that... trolls live in Arcadia? Huh. And I thought this town was boring," she smirked, continuing to walk to school.

Little did she know two people were down there.

She hummed the tune of the song she had blasting in her headphones, as she walked through the school gate.

  "Well if it isn't Avalon! How you doin' girl?" Darci smiled at her, going in to hug her. "I've been better, just exhausted. Where's Mary and Claire?" Avalon raised an eyebrow. "Already in class. Let's go!" she smiled, as they ran to their first-period class with Strickler.

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*beep beep beep*

Jim's alarm went off as he sluggishly took the moped magazine he was reading the night before off his face. He realized the time, and got up quickly, cooking breakfast and lunch for his mother, himself and his best friend, Toby, along with tidying up the house before his mother left for work again.

It was just him and her since his father left, so he did everything in his power to take care of her.

He brought the breakfast upstairs to his mother and went to the garage, the door opening as he wheeled out his bike. The trashcan was knocked over on the driveway, making a mess.

  "Ugh, raccoons!" he groaned, picking the trash up. "We're late for school, Jimbo!" Toby said, already waiting for him on the driveway. "Sorry, Tobes, I was busy with the lunches. One for me, one for Mom, and..." he took out the lunch he made for him, tossing it over. Toby sniffed it and smiled.