A Brand New Beginning

The Parasite

Maldora played around with her hands as red sparks left her fingertips. She stared through her crystal ball at various Luna Nova students sleeping soundly. "Which of these is the least emotionally unstable?" she whispered. Her eyes flew wide open when they landed on the perfect victim. "Daisy Eaglenest," she smirked, "the poor thing hasn't been able to get over her granny's death!" she snickered, "This will be so fun!" from the red sparkles, a worm emerged, squirting and trying to bite Maldora. "Uh-uh! Bad boy!" she laughed, then sent it through the crystal ball. The worm appeared in Team Navy's dormitory--Maldora observed patiently how it crawled up Daisy's bed and into her ear. "This worm will make Daisy act erratically," she said, "her emotions will go out of control. She'll end up killing her classmates and teachers! And once she's expelled from Luna Nova, I'll make sure I make her my little puppet again..." she then left out a soft, evil cackle as she left the chamber.

By the following morning, Akko, Sucy, and Lotte walked down the hall and into Professor Oxford's class. "Today we are learning about voodoo!" Oxford explained, "For many years, it has been seen as a forbidden practice," she threw ingredients into a cauldron; the smoke projected images of good and evil witches practicing voodoo, "however, not all aspects of voodoo are evil. Some are used for harm, but others are--" her lecture was interrupted by loud sobbing. The entire class then turned around to see Daisy sobbing. She tried holding back her tears and sobs. "S-Sorry," she stuttered, "t-this came out of nowhere..."

--"Daisy? Are you alright?" Professor Oxford asked concerned. Daisy struggled to talk, but the knot in her throat was so tight she couldn't speak. "Babe, are you okay?" Andrew asked. "I'm fine," Daisy replied, opening her tearful eyes. Andrew noticed they were not the usual brown but were instead an empty bright blue. "You can leave the class if you're not feeling well, Daisy," Professor Oxford said softly, "you can always ask--"

--"I swear I'm fine!" Daisy insisted, "this just came randomly."

--"If you insist," Professor Oxford sighed concernedly, then returned to her lecture. After class ended, Daisy continued sobbing loudly. "Hey, Daisy!" Akko approached her, "What happened? What's wrong?"

--"For the last time, I'm fine!" Daisy answered, "I don't know why I'm even crying!"

Akko gasped slightly when she saw Daisy's eyes had somehow turned blue. Concerned, she walked away with the rest of her team. "What happened?" Lotte asked. "I've never seen Daisy randomly crying before..." Sucy said. "Does it have to do with... the thing?" Frank asked. "Who knows?" Akko shrugged, "It was indeed random." During lunchtime, Team Navy entered the cafeteria. Andrew noticed Daisy's eyes had gone back to normal, her eyeliner-infused tears had left black stains down her cheeks. "Daisy, you have eyeliner running," Alice said, pointing at her cheeks. "Huh? Oh, wonder how that happened..." Daisy then used her sleeve to wipe the eyeliner from her face. "You don't remember what happened?" Andrew gasped. "No, what happened?" Daisy asked anxiously. "You were crying in Professor Oxford's class, remember?" Megumi replied. "I was? Huh, weird," Daisy shrugged carelessly. As she walked to the table, Michael Richards stood in her way, making her lose balance. "Hey there, my lovely flower," he smirked. "Keep walking, Michael," Andrew scoffed, "today isn't Daisy's--"

--"You stay out of this, Hanbridge!" Michael shouted, "Seriously! Why are you still with this guy--"

All air left Michael's lungs when Daisy grabbed him by the neck, choking him as his face slowly became blue. Andrew noticed her rabid eyes had turned bloodshot red, even redder than her hair, the same way they had turned blue when she was sad. "Somebody stop her!" Hannah England cried. "She's going to kill him!" added Barbara Parker. "Good! One less pervert to worry about!" Daisy laughed. "Daisy! Put him down!" Andrew wrestled her until she let go of Michael, who gasped dramatically for air. "I was about to delete him from this world!" Daisy hissed, "He's a pervert and perverts are the earth's scum!"