✨ Bijou The Ascended (Part 1) ✨

Understanding Willow

It was another day at Hexside. Boscha was trying to choose a nail style. She attempted to convert her nails into tentacles...

"Too wiggly."

...and tongues of fire...

"Too obvious."

...before settling on talons.

"Now we're talking! I think today is a talons day. Rawr!" she said next to Amity, who was absorbed with her book.

"Hey, girls," Skara, the Bard student who hangs around with them, approached. "Time to bug out at my birthday party."

She held up something that sprang open, revealing a crimson butterfly with the words 'Skara's 15th' surrounded by diamonds.

"Invite only. But you witches are my VIPs," she said, handing them to her friends.

"Are these made of real insect wings?" Amity inquired as she opened hers.

"My dad spared no expense," Skara replied with a smile. "You only turn 15 once." 

"You only turn every age once, Skara," Boscha said with a deadpan expression.

"Prepare thyself to do battle like a human," They heard a familiar voice, glancing up to see Luz and Willow engaged in a thumb war, faces drawn on their thumbs. "Thumb war!"

Bijou and Jackie were standing nearby, the former listening to music on her phone and the latter practicing with her flute. The thought of Edric asking her out kept coming back in Bijou's head. It wasn't completely distracting because he hadn't asked her about it since then, but she did realize she needed to come up with a response...

She still didn't know what to say!

Willow laughed while the two played. "It's fun because it's stupid." 

"It's so weird that humans go here now," Boscha stated with distaste. "Too bad they've already burned their social lives at the stake. Any friend of Willow's is an automatic dork."

"Oh, I don't know. The blonde one's in my class and I heard that she is a natural at singing. The teacher was so impressed that she's top student already," Skara said with a shrug.

"Like I said. Automatic dork, both academically and socially," Boscha sneered, then realized her invitation was molting. "Ugh, Skara, why did you give me an invite that was molting? Gross. Give me another one."

She threw it on the floor in front of two youngsters. 

One of the kids gasped. "An invitation to Skara's party...I want it! It's mine!"

"No, it's mine!"

"It's mine!"

One of the staff members noticed the two kids battling over it. "Oh. Kid fight!"

"Kid fight?" More teachers gathered around.

"Kid fight!"

Bijou looked at them in surprise, shaking her head at how it all started with an invitation to a birthday party. Skara was in her class, and she wasn't as awful as Boscha, but they didn't talk much. The girl sat in a separate row, making it easy for her to focus on herself. She had assisted Skara with some questions in class once, but she wouldn't be surprised if Skara didn't invite her, not that she cared.

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Minutes passed, and break time had begun. Giving Hexside pupils just enough time to gather their supplies and prepare for their next classes. Bijou, Jackie, Luz, and Willow were currently standing around the lockers of two new pupils.