The blood of worlds!

Chapter 8

Pastellera Woke up at  4:00 am,

Way before any of the bell birds could call the arrival of a new day.

We had to get up extremely early or else she'd be caught.
Willow comes along.

The sky was still a deep dark purple as the sun had not risen yet she put on a dark colored cloak and brought a large basket with her.

She snuck out to her dorm balcony and leaped out.
She carefully crept on the roof.
She skipped into a tree or nearby and climbed down.

Then she hopped into a field and ran for about 2 hours until she found exactly what she was looking for,
A farmers market.

All the farmers were Getting ready for the new day to sell more crops and there was always a brief window of time where all the farmers would get together and have a drink and a laugh,
Leaving their stalls unattended.

Through the shadows of the early morning.
She snatched carrots, beetroot, fish, anything She could get her hands on in a short period of time and as quickly as she came, She left.

Pastellera: "Willow, quickly throw this onto the roof as I climb the tree, please? This basket gets really heavy"

Willow chirped in agreement her tiny body was actually a lot stronger than it seemed ,she quickly chucked it onto the roof and as Pastellera leaped through the tree with ease, using her claws to dig into the bark.

Pastellera: "Do you mind helping me also put all this food into the kitchen before the others wake up?
I don't want them to know I've been stealing this stuff."

Willow chirps back.

Pastellera: "No, I can't just buy food.

They don't give us any money at this goddamn place.

I'm guessing that most of the kids here have trust funds,
so they can buy whatever they want all the time , it's no different than on earth! 

For fucks sake they didn't even give us clothes other than the uniform that we had to PAY for them.

Do you know how long it took me to scavenge enough gold coins from the lost and found-
At least I had something to care about on earth ...."

Willow was staring at her.

Pastellera: "sorry i am going on a rant again ,I should probably eat something so I can clear my head..."

Pastellera snatches a small apple from the fridge to nibble on in her bedroom. 

She stares at her uniform that's hanging in her closet and she remembers the envelope that she was given 4 days ago. It was sticking out of her pocket a little bit.

She took a quick look around ,and creeped to the closet and slowly picked it out.

She opened it slowly.

Dear Pastellera,
When or even if you ever get read  this ,
There is something you must know about yourself .
You and  Zaxton are the only two left from our family ,he should  be the one to give you this letter.

You should  have ended up at the arcane of magics academy , whenever you are summoned here it must have been dire.
Novanoid  is known for being stubborn about needing help but they would need the four of you eventually.

I hope earth treats you well , you can not miss it
Your father and  I are really worried about you and we love you very much.

Now, right after reading this letter, you must head over to the Vice Headmasters office and  go behind  the third painting to the left. There will be a  Locked door.
The code is  2-0-0-8.

We love you, and we wish that we could  have bin in your life
From the bottom of our hearts, your mother and father,

Jessamine Vanidestine and Augustine Vanidestine.
Pastellera: "Well, it's only 8:43 right now ,ready for another adventure Willow?"
Willow chirped in excitement doing small loopty loops around pastellera.
Pastellera hastily threw the cloak on and leaped through her window,
which directly led to the courtyard  Which was a large area nestled between the four main buildings that housed the dorms. 
At this point, the sun was already rising and she had to use it as quickly as possible
Although luckily in her favor, it was Sunday so there would be no one in the office is working today because school wasn't in session.
She managed to find herself in front of the school, the first place she ever went when she came to this goddamn world.
She passed by the headmaster's office and went into the vice headmaster's office.
She picked the lock and creeped inside.
The room was dark ,she immediately darted her head left and saw the painting her bio mother referred to.
It was a painting of a woman with brown hair and a white dress holding a silver key ,in front of a purple lake ,sparkles all around her.
Pastellera stared at the painting a little bit wondering to herself how she'd opened it.
Willow Flew up to the painting and gave it a little tug with her fangs ,the painting moved over like it was a door.
Behind the painting was a wall with 4 levers that had numbers written on them.

Pastellera: "oh thanks Willow! Now... what was the code again?"
Willow pointed her wings at the letter.

Pastellera: "Oh! 2-0-0-8! Right! sorry"
She flicked the numbers to the right order , and a part of the wall sinked in and moved to the side.
A small hallway made of stone