Wizard's Wish - (Kinda) Yandere SGE x reader

Chapter 29: The Witch of Woods Beyond

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"When terrible things happen, my mother always said 'Find what's good in it,'" Hester puffed, sprinting past petrified Castor and Beezle through Mischief Hall.
"When terrible things happen, my daddy always said 'Eat,'" Dot panted, turning a corner behind her. They slammed into Mona and Arachne–
"What's happening!" Mona cried–
"Go to your rooms!" Hester bellowed. "Don't come out!"
Mona and Arachne fled inside and locked the door. Hester and Dot ran down the stairs and saw Hort, Ravan, and Vex coming up.

"Go to your rooms!" Dot yelled. "Don't come out!" The boys looked at Dot, then at Hester,
"Now!" Hester barked, and the boys scurried away.
"Suppose I'm a henchman?" pouted Dot. "Then we won't be in the same classes next year!"
"If there's even a school left!" Hester snapped.
They sprinted through the stair room, barking scared Nevers back to their rooms.
"I can think of one good thing," said Dot. "No homework!"

Hester stopped suddenly, eyes wide. "Dot, we're not prepared for a real witch. We're first years!"
"It's Sophie," Dot said. "The same girl who likes perfumes and pink. We just need to calm her down."
Hester cracked a smile. "You know, sometimes we don't give you enough credit."
"Come on," Dot blushed, toddling ahead. "Maybe Anadil found her."

After clearing the rest of Malice, the two girls limped exhausted to room 66 and found their roommate reclining against bunched-up sheets.
"Everyone's locked in their rooms," Dot said, airing out her tunic.
Wiping sweat, Hester frowned at Anadil. "Did you even look for Sophie?"
"I didn't need to," Anadil yawned. "She's coming here."
"Here?" Hester snorted. "And how on earth would you know that?"
Anadil pulled back the sheets, revealing Grimm, bound and gagged. "Because he told me."

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In the School for Good, Chaddick and Tedros stood guard outside the Valor Common Room, shirts ripped and bloodied. Inside the packed, musty den, girls snuffled in their Ball dates' arms, while Beatrix and Reena crept to wounded boys with salve and bandages. By the time the sun came, they too were asleep.

Only Y/n didn't dare rest, even when she was embraced by Agatha, who fell asleep. As she leaned closer to Agatha, she thought of Sophie. She thought of the girl who once brought her cucumber juice and bran-flour cookies, who sat with her in that bookshop and read books until days end. That girl was gone. And in her place, a love-sick witch who would hunt her for life.

She looked through the window at the Bridge, dawnlit, with petrified teachers, a magical wave of frozen beneath. There was no accident, no great mistake. All of this was part of the School Master's plan. He wanted his Readers at war, but whose side was he on? As the sun flooded the room, Y/n kept her eyes open and waited for Sophie's next move.

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In Room 66, morning came and went. So did afternoon. But still no Sophie. Hester felt quite frustrated about it, about to charge back out and look for Sophie herself–
A key turned in the door and all three girls dove under their beds.
"Gimm?" Sophie slunk in, slipped off her black cape, and hung it on the door hook.
"Where are you?" She scoured the room, scratching her scalp with sharp, dirt nails. Under the beds, Hester, Dot, and Anadil gasped as clumps of white hair fell.
Sophie spun and saw the lump moving under the covers. "Grimm?"
Leerily, she reached for the bed–

Three girls tackled her from behind.
"Get her wrists!" Hester cried, tying Sophie's legs to the bedpost with burnt sheets. Anadil secured Sophie's wrists over her head next to Grimm's, while Dot beat the cupid over the head with a pillow to make herself useful.
"Perhaps you've forgotten," Sophie drawled, "but I'm on your side."
"We're all on the same side now," Hester hissed. "Against you."
"I admire such sweet intentions, Hester, but Good is not on your side."
"In the light, Hester noticed Sophie's face was ruined with wrinkles.
"You'll rot in here until we figure out how to revive the teachers," Hester said, hiding shaking hands.
"Just know that I forgive all of you," Sophie sighed. "Before you even have to ask."
"We won't ask," Hester said, shunting Anadil and Dot away.
"You'll come back for me."