A Study On Destiny

42: A Night With Clarissa Dovey

It wasn't long before the sun started to set. The day had come and gone for everyone quite quickly. Yet Dovey on this fine evening sat at her desk with a student in front of her. He was pleading his case that was quite clearly a lie. Yet she couldn't put her finger why it was a lie. She didn't really care to be honest as the day had taken its toll, her body begged for her to take her corset off and her bed was calling for her.

"I promise professor I was just intrigued by the castle. I wanted to know what it looked like inside. Other Evers were talking of a doom room in the bottom of the castle. I just wanted to see it for myself. Nothing else," Naveen pleaded.

He was often found in the School for Evil. Scaling the walls, swimming under the school, through the woods, under the school, over the school. He had been caught each time as he was no good at hiding himself. Dovey had thought she would teach him an invisibility spell one day but admitted it was amusing looking out of her balcony and just saying "Ah there's Naveen. Hang on! That's Naveen,"

Dovey hummed at his plea and simply said "Please stop going out there. Next time we find you out there, I will put you in the doom room and you can find out for yourself why it is so notorious,"  She rested her in her hand as her elbow rested against her desk. She examined his discomfort. Yet he was saved by the knock at the door. "Come in,"

The door opened to reveal Lesso. She looked like she had rushed here. She was out of breath and she had started adjusting her hair before moving onto her suit. "I need to talk to you," She spoke in a cold tone. Probably trying to bite back her developing hatred for Dovey.

"Right. You can go. Don't let anyone catch you around that school again. You hear me," Dovey almost spat as the boys pending fear started to show on his face remembering the doom room threat. He nodded quickly before getting up and leaving. He slithered past Lesso to get out. You could practically hear him internally panicking. Dovey had started to tidy up her desk scattered with papers "What can I do for you, Leonora Lesso?" 

"Do not call me that. It is Lady Lesso to you," She spat back at Dovey's snarky comment. She wanted to get under Lesso's skin and it was working because it was so easy for her to do. "It's about Ana. She had-,"

"Honestly Lesso! What about her now?" Dovey said clearly bored with Lesso continuously bringing her up. As Lesso went to talk again she took a seat in the chair the other side of the desk. 

"Her eyes were red. The looked like... he was controlling her," Lesso finished in a whisper. It was frustrated with a hint of worry.

"Oh please that's impossible," Dovey said almost in a laugh "Agatha and Tedros killed him last year. Do you not remember?"

"How could I possibly forget? I still have back pain from being a doll for a night," Lesso said cracking her back loudly on the back of the chair.

"Yep as you keep bringing up," Dovey said in an unbothered tone not looking up as she was still sorting papers.

"Whats up your ass today?" Lesso remarked and earning an annoyed glance from Dovey "Honestly what is your problem? Do you want to fight or something because I can certainly do that,"

"No." Dovey simply said "I'm far too tired. Maybe do what you usually do. Take it out on a student in that doom room of yours instead of dealing with your emotions like a normal person,"

"Fuck you, Clarissa," Lesso almost shouted as she got up "Your lucky I can't do anything to you otherwise I'd have to run this shithole on my own. Know the only reason I keep you around is to run this place,"

Yet Lesso didn't mean it. In fact she was still in love, she was putting up a wall  to protect her from getting more hurt. She knew if Clarissa came to her in the middle of the night saying "Pack your bags and run away with me," She wouldn't hesitate. She would simply abandon it all. Drop everything and anything at her call if she needed her. She'd happily leave everyone behind to spend a life with her. All for a prefect scene she had imagined in her mind. It was of a perfect future with her. Walking off into the sunset, letting everyone fade away because Clarissa was the only one that mattered. She would keep playing the scene over and over again in her head at night, wondering what happened to the Clarissa Dovey she knew.

"Delightful," Dovey spoke before uttering a line that the Clarissa Dovey Lesso knew would never say as she stood to match Lesso. "Right back at you. Now get out of my office, Reader,"

Lesso was shocked, distraught. Holding back tears as her throat began to sting. Swallowing trying to hold herself together.  She didn't even speak, she just walked out for the Good Dean's office. Slamming the door on the way out.

"Leonora. Always the dramatic type," Dovey muttered to herself almost laughing at the statement. She moved away from her desk stretching upwards. This corset is killing me. I'm starting to figure being a women isn't as bright as it seems

Dovey moved around the desk and picked up the folders that were on her desk. She put them back in their respected drawers. After she made her way through the door of her office. Passing student who no longer greeted her but instead walked the other way. She walked through the hallways and climbed down stairs before reaching the level underneath the school. It was much colder then the ground floor of the school. It wasn't a breeze it was a chill. A creepy chill at that. She continued walking the level under the bridge and breathing in the cold air. Dovey no longer glided as she walked. Her steps were heavy and quick.

As she got to the end of the bridge she finally entered the Evil castle through the secret tunnel. Yet she didn't climb the stairs she moved towards the door to the abandoned cells of the school for evil. The Headmaster has banned Lesso from using them due to the cells being too inhumane. She closed the door behind her and the hallway was darker then the others. Smaller then the others. So small Dovey's dress was being squeezed through the hallway. She came towards the light at the end of the small hallway to reveal three cells. One directly in front of the hallway and one either side of the other one.

Her head turned to the cell on the left to see. Herself. More disheveled, skinny and tired. Her hair was no longer the perfect state it usually is. Her golden crown was sat on the stone slab beside her that was supposed to be a bed. Her gown was still intact though but many beads were now missing from the dress as she had picked them off out of stress or boredom.

"Please tell me you've brought me something to eat," The other Dovey said standing up from where she was sat on the floor. "I'm absolutely starving,"

"Oh, I knew I had forgotten something," Dovey replied grinning evilly. It sent chills down the others spin. She hadn't eaten in a few days and she didn't know how long she could keep drinking the goopy water from the tap. It was disgusting.

"Rafal, Please!?" Dovey pleaded as Rafal's 'Dovey' disguise faded. His original form now taking shape. "I haven't eaten in days,"

"Shame," He muttered approaching the cell Dovey was in. "You know it's a shame you and Leonora didn't get long in the end. You were a lovely couple,"

"What have you done?" She almost yelled as she mustered all the energy to stand and run towards the bars. He may be on the other side of them but he was close enough for her to punch in the face. It was then blood magic circled her. It lifted her off the ground as she screamed in pain. The energy was tied tight around her body making in impossible to even squirm. Rafal grinned watching Dovey struggle in pain knowing his plan was all going according to plan.