Calvin had been using his magic from time to time since ‘The Fire’ Hector was attempting to help him control these powers too. Emerald had been spending more time with Ashton again, it was helping her. These are the little things that help her. “You can- turn a pen into a small plant habitat??? That’s new, and pretty cool too, Emmy.” Emerald had just turned a broken pen into small plants in the shape of a pen. “I- actually did that by accident but it is pretty cool, hey did you hear the new theory about Magic users like me and Calvin?” Recently Hector discovered that Magic is in Everyone’s DNA it just is so unused for so many people that it becomes a sub-dominant gene in the DNA. But under the right circumstances, these genes can and will take over to protect that person. “Yeah, it’s pretty cool to think about that, you're not the only kid in the world who can manipulate plants anymore!” Ash sounded amused by this. Emerald playfully punched Ash. Ash and Emerald have gotten way closer to each other, even closer than when they dated, yes they dated for three weeks in high school, realized it wasn’t for them and became friends again. “To think.. That you Ash could have my abilities, or even cooler, literally! You could have ice powers!” Ash chuckled. “Then how could I melt your heart, Emmy?” Emerald giggled “You do that by helping me, you don’t need fire powers to melt my heart.” Ash and Emerald could be often caught in conversations like this, the What If’s were one of their favorite things to talk about. Ash and Emerald were both glad that most of the craziness was over, and now they had time to just hang out. Until of course, two hooded men came into the coffee shop, grabbed Emerald, and walked out. Emerald was kicking and screaming at the men, vines starting to wrap around their arms and digging into their skin, Poisonous flowers started to bloom on the vines as well releasing toxins to knock the men out, but it ended up knocking Emerald out as well. It took the men 4 hours to wake up, and Emerald woke up in only two hours. She found herself in a plain white room, with nothing but two chairs and a small cot for someone to sleep on, she was haphazardly thrown into the room it seemed. She knew where she was, and she didn’t like it. Emerald was in her dad’s lab, Hector’s lab. He was observing her, very unfatherly of him don’t you think? “Dad, I know you're watching! Why the hell did you put me in here!?” Emerald’s voice sounded angry, confused, and weak. She was confused at why her dad did this to her, he could have just picked her up from the coffee shop instead of sending those men. She was angry that she was taken away from her friend Ash, well she was upset about the coffee too of course. And she felt tired and weak from having that outburst. Emerald let out a sigh of frustration as she stood up. “FATHER I KNOW YOU CAN FUCKING HEAR ME!” No response. Emerald was having a one-sided conversation with herself. The double-sided mirror caught Emerald’s attention, she walked up to the mirror and forcefully threw a chair into it, but it simply bounced off. “Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!” Then she used her vines to shatter the glass, and low and behold, her father was in the small room behind it. His arms were crossed, frowning at Emerald. Emerald snarled at Hector “So now that Calvin is back you are treating me like a fucking highschool science project!? What the fuck is wrong with you dad!” Emerald was so pissed off at her father. “Emerald dear, you have to understand that this is for the best! You have no idea what you can do!” Hector paused. “I fully know what I can do Dad, that's it I'm old enough to live on my own. You CAN’T control me anymore.” Emerald’s eyes started to glow, her eyes narrowed, her voice lowered, to a smooth calm voice. “Now, Hector, you will let me out of here, and you will leave me alone. understood?” Hector stood up silently, walked towards the door, and let Emerald out. Emerald immediately went back to the coffee shop. People shot her concerned looks, she had fresh, bleeding cuts and bruises on her arms. Emerald leaned against a wall she was feeling lightheaded Ash held her up concerned. “Em, you ok? What happened, did those men hurt you-” Emerald interrupted Ash, dismissing him “Eh, you should see what I left them like! Plus it was my father's guards coming to ‘pick up’ his experiment, Me.” Emerald sounded hurt, She kept looking around the coffee shop, she was seeing black spots in her vision. “I think I should take you back to my house Emmy, Just in case.” Ash was trying to do the best thing for Emerald. “Just give me a second, I’ll be fine in a minute,” Emerald replied in a weak-sounding voice. Ash led Emerald back to his house anyway.
(Help help help this is so cringe ew)
