Tord's Red Army

Wilted Violets (Part One)

A few months passed by and Violet was getting closer to Dylan by the day, Tord didn't exactly approve of this and Tristan was becoming extremely jealous of Dylan. Tom, Yuki, Rachel and Shadow seemed to be okay with it and Rachel always made jokes about Violet now being an angel-lover. Shadow was always the first one to bring it up though which usually set Rachel off which is exactly what happened today, Violet and Dylan wanted one day of peace but quite clearly that wasn't going to happen today.

Tord glowered at the pair, not particularly his sister but at him. He didn't trust him at all, he still barely knew the guy. They sat there joking as if they have been best friends for years, Tord knew Violet didn't trust people that easily. There must be something going on that he was not aware of, there just had to be. He remembered Violet mentioning something about her dead brother being alive, that had to mean something, but in any case he had hired a therapist to come out and speak to her. He wasn't going to tell Violet that he had done this because it would give her time to create stories and fictionalise things, he wanted get to the heart of Violet's problems and to do that she had to be completely honest.

Tord decided to talk to Violet about the whole "Dylan" situation, maybe he was over-thinking and maybe he wasn't.

Violet was still laughing at some ridiculous joke Dylan had made when he asked her to go for a picnic by the lake at the weekend. Violet wasn't too sure and was about to tell him, when out-of-the-blue Tord walked over. "Violet, I need to talk to you. Alone."

Violet felt slightly panicked what had she done this time, she tried to play it cool but it was clear she was worried. "What for, Tord?"

"Just come with me to my office."

"Yes, Tord."

Yuki made an "oooh" noise as if she needed to let everyone know Violet was in bother again. It wasn't because she drank the wrong tea again, was it? Tord didn't even like tea! He called it gross salad water! He only complained last time because it was Tom's tea, which he also barely drinks. Violet let a quiet sigh escape her lips, looking to the floor as she walked behind Tord. When they had finally got to Tord's office, Tord carefully shut the door behind them. "Violet what is your relationship with that boy?"

"You mean Blue? ...sorry, Dylan I mean."

"Yes, him."

"Well he's one of my very best friends now! You should really talk to him, he's great!"

"Yeah, everyone thought that about Jacob too."

"First, ouch. Second, why are you bringing Jacob into this because Dylan is nothing like Jacob at all! And finally, Why do you want to know my feelings toward Dylan!"

"All I am saying is Jacob seemed nice to begin with before he abused you. The feeling thing should be obvious at this point."

"Okay, one, Jacob was nice to me for a month while we were dating! Whereas Dylan has been nothing but nice to me from the moment he'd met me and I was a bitch to him, yet he is STILL nice to me! And y'know what, if I wanted to date Dylan you couldn't stop me!"

"Yes I can and I am." Tord said matter-of-factly.

"Y-you can't, you're my brother. You can't order me around."

"But I can as your Leader and from this point forward you cannot go out with that boy alone."

"T-T-Tord..."

"THAT'S FINAL VIOLET!"

Violet stared at him in horror then barged her way out of the door. She ran down the corridors and out to the courtyard, everyone was calling after her except Tord, but she wasn't going to stop for any of them. She launched herself over the fence and flew as fast as she could until she realised she had flew that far she had wound up at the city she had first gotten lost in. Even though Yuki was a fast flyer it would be at least another hour before she would catch up and find her here. Violet walked into the same club that she went into that night, she seen her brother at the bar and took a seat next to him. He was obviously drunk, she could smell it from him. She asked for a bottle of Smirnoff for herself, she was going to do the unhealthy thing and drink away her problems. Her brother finally took notice of her "H-hey baby sister. *hic* Whaaaaaat bring youuuu here, eh?"

"Tord's being a pain in the ass."

"Well, you went back."

"I know I did, it's just... I needed a break."

"Hmm, well you could come back to me."

"Hah, I need a break. Not PTSD! Thanks but no thanks."

He let out a short curtly sigh before slapping both palms on the table. He started singing:

Violet is Italic and Clyde is in Bold

Right here, right now
I put the offer out
I don't wanna chase you down
I know you see it
You run with me
And I can cut you free
Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in
So trade that typical for something colourful
And if it's crazy, live a little crazy
You can play it sensible, a Queen of conventional
Or you can risk it all and see

Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play?
'Cause I got what you need
So come with me and take the ride
It'll take you to the other side
'Cause you can do like you do
Or you can do like me
Stay in the cage, or you finally take the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly
It'll take you to the other side

Okay, my friend, you wanna cut me in
Well, I hate to tell you, but it just won't happen
So thanks, but no
I think I'm good to go
'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in
Now I admire you, and that whole show you do
You're on to something, really it's something
But I live among the swells, and we don't pick up peanut shells
I'll have to leave that up to you

Don't you know that I'm OK with this uptown part I get to play?
'Cause I got what I need and I don't wanna take the ride
I don't need to see the other side
So go and do like you do
I'm good to do like me
Ain't in a cage, so I don't need to take the key
Oh, damn! Can't you see I'm doing fine?
I don't need to see the other side

Now is this really how you'd like to spend your days?
Smirnoff and misery, and parties and plays?

If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town
Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns

But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little
Just let me give you the freedom to dream and it'll
Wake you up and cure your aching
Take your walls and start 'em breaking
Now that's a deal that seems worth taking
But I guess I'll leave that up to you

Well, it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly
So what percentage of the show would I be taking?

Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action
I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen

I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine

Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime

Fifteen

I'd do eight

Twelve

Maybe nine

Ten!

Don't you wanna get away to a whole new part you're gonna play
'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride
To the other side
So if you do like I do
So if you do like me
Forget the cage, 'cause we know how to make the key
Oh, damn! Suddenly we're free to fly
We're going to the other side
So if you do like I do
(To the other side)
So if you do like me
(We're going to the other side)
'Cause if we do we're going to the other side
We're going to the other side!

Violet took his hand and shook it. When she did her left eye turned black and his left eye turned silver. "I guess we've come to an agreement, big brother."

"Indeed, little Violet.

"Now you work with me."

Little Note: The eyes changing colour is an important part for the next chapter so keep that in mind!