Madam Silverclaw's voice jump starts me back to the present "Azula?"
I catch myself straightening my posture and then silently scold myself for it. Even after being away from her for a while I still have all those stupid rules for posture and attention drilled into my head. I force myself to relax to meet her gaze "Silverclaw."
She narrows her eyes and the scar across her face helps her look a lot more menacing now than she did before. "Don't you remember when I told you to address me by my full name?"
I shrug. "Yeah...I could...but I won't." I say with a smirk.
"Whoah where'd that nasty looking scar come from?" Tiny blurts out.
I can't help but laugh a little and I'm rewarded by one of Madam Silverclaw's signature kill glares.
She then turns her steely gaze to everyone else. "Well I see you've rubbed off on your little friends here." She pauses and smiles creepily, the scar distorting her face, "Why don't you ask Azula? She's the one who did this to me!"
Everyone turns to look at me except for Briggan who looks down.
"I gave that to her the day she tried to kill Briggan." I cross my arms defiantly "As you can see she was unsuccessful."
"That was the day you turned on me, and I have never forgotten it." Madam Silverclaw says icily.
I clench my fists "I turned on you the day you made me kill Thorn!!" I yell back.
Madam Silverclaw laughs "Still as feisty as ever, some things will never change. I will thank you though for letting me change one thing about that day."
"And what is that?" I ask uneasily.
"I get to finish what I started that night. You kindly brought the reject back so now I can finish him properly!" Madam Silverclaw jumps from her desk and lunges toward Briggan.
"Briggan!" I yell. Time seems to slow down and the memories of that night come flooding back.
Briggan looks up and quickly throws both of his hands in front of himself. Much to everyone's surprise, Madam Silverclaw is trapped inside a bubble of magic.
Inside the bubble Madam Silverclaw hisses and tries to claw her way out, but the bubble keeps her contained. "If I had known you could do that a long time ago things would be different, but not much."
"I never wanted you to back then. I wanted it to seem like I was powerless because Azula told me what you would do if you found out I had them. It's also because of her I'm alive right now." Briggan says.
Madam Silverclaw sticks her tongue out and acts like she's gagging "Ugh all this mushy talk is disgusting."
"You're just jealous because no one has ever loved you." I say with lots of snark.
Madam Silverclaw growls angrily inside the bubble and slowly slides her claws down the side. The bubble shows where her claws scratch it, but it doesn't pop.
"Why don't you throw her for a loop Briggan?" I say.
Briggan smiles "I thought you'd never ask." He jumps up and kicks the bubble really hard straight through the wall in front of us.
I come over and high five Briggan and he smiles back at me with his goofy grin.
"Um I hate to crash you guys' party, but what just happened?" Star asks.
"Oh...um...we got some issues with our past..." I say guiltily.
"We'll...get to that later. Right now we need to track Madam Silverclaw down and make her shut off whatever's been turning you all commando on us." Essix says to me.
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Nightmare Quest (Book 3)
AdventureI always knew that there was something off deep inside me. I could feel it everyday and the feeling only grew stronger overtime. I was able to get by without it affecting me but one day it awakened... An old nemesis from Azula's past has resurfaced...
