Forbidden Fruit

Special Chapter 3: Palladium's Thoughts

Professor Wizgiz has been telling me about how his class today was quite unique.

"Oh man, it was a sight I tell you."

"Are you actually going to tell me what happened?"

Wizgiz coughs to clear his throat as he prepares to tell me about everything.

"You know that Ankelon girl?"

As soon as he says that, I feel my heart squeeze a bit. I'm a bit worried by what he's going to tell me.

"Yes of course I know her."

"Good. Well today I had them do the exercise where they had to transform a butterfly into a bird."

That exercise again. He makes his students do it every year. Was Onyx able to do it?

"So what happened that was so unusual?"

"I'm getting there, I'm getting there! So most of the fairies were able to do it, of course. I was then expecting Onyx to have some difficulties as usual, but I didn't expect to be faced with such a terrifying sight!"

"Terrifying?"

He's exaggerating again... I don't like the word terrifying to be in the same sentence as Onyx, though.

"Against all my expectations, she was able to transform the butterfly into a bird!"

"That's great!"

I don't get why he's so horrified by that.

"No! It's not! The bird wasn't... normal."

"What do you mean?"

Now I'm anxious again.

"It was a Volantus Mortifur!"

My eyes widened at hearing the name. That's a dangerous bird! And very rare at that. It's actually quite amazing that she was able to transform a butterfly into such an incredible creature.

"What did you do with it?"

"Oh we had to get rid of it, of course! But I just couldn't do it myself, since it would've sucked all of my magic."

"Don't tell me, you..."

He didn't ask Onyx to get rid of it herself... right? That would've probably broken her heart. Especially since it's the first exercise she actually succeeds. And on top of that, it was her creature. She created it.

"It was a tough decision, but I had Onyx destroy it. She was the only one who could do it."

"Professor Wizgiz..."

I'm speechless. How could he make her do such a thing? I hope she's alright.

The day goes by and I teach my usual classes. Tonight there's a concert happening. Everyone, including the teachers, is going. I'm sure the girls will enjoy it. It'll also help Onyx get her mind off things a bit.

I join the other teachers and head to the concert hall. We join the excited fairies and wait for the star to appear. I look around, hoping to maybe find Onyx. I spot the girls that she shares her dorm with. Bloom, Stella, Tecna, and Musa. That's strange. Onyx is always with them. It'd be weird if I asked them about her, though. They might get the wrong idea... I should just be her teacher, after all. As a teacher, I shouldn't involve myself in her personal life too much. The girls look somewhat worried, though. They're much less enthusiastic than the other fairies. I get closer and listen in on their conversation.

"This would be even more exciting if Onyx wasn't feeling so down..."

Bloom sighs. Is Onyx alright? I'm getting worried.