city of scars

Violet was not having the best of days. First she fell down the stairs in front of everyone at school, then she forgot her english notebook at home, and finally she had forgotten to make lunch, so she had to eat the absolutely disgusting food the school probably just heated up in a microwave. This is our story up to this point, so let’s see how Violet deals with the rest of the day, shall we?

“It’s only lunch and I’m already dying.” Violet groans as she plops across from her friend Bran in the cafeteria.

“Oh dear, what is it this time?” Bran asks, ever the one to listen to your problems.

“Today seems to hate me, but I’m not sure why,” Violet states.

“Well, I guess it’s just another one of those days huh?” Bran states matter-of-factly.

“I guess you’re right Bran,” Violet replied before the two sank into a comfortable silence, it was of course, at this time that Bran’s boyfriend, Tyler, arrived on the scene.

“Hey, Bran, Vi,” Tyler says by way of greeting before sliding into the seat next to Bran.

“Hey Ty,” Violet and Bran say simultaneously. Violet takes a bite of the most edible thing from the cafeteria, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, before grimacing and pushing her tray away from her.

“Nope, definitely not eating this, it tastes like plastic,” Violet says followed by laughter from Bran and Tyler.

“Wow, guys. Really feeling the love right now,” she said sarcastically before falling into a comfortable conversation with the boys. Before the trio knew it, the bell rang, signalling the end of the period. Tyler leaned down, kissing Bran on the cheek before waving and leaving the cafeteria.

“Well, I better get to class,” Violet says before double checking she has everything and leaving the cafeteria, closely followed by Bran. Violet stumbled through her afternoon classes, always getting called on at the most inopportune times, such as when she wasn’t paying attention because she was doodling in her notebook and therefore didn’t know the answer to the question asked of her. Violet was in such a zoned out state that she didn’t even realize when her younger sister Iris had been calling her name for almost five minutes.

“....Violet! Vi! Geez, welcome back to the world of the living, huh?” Iris jokes.

“Just wanted to let you know that I’m heading home with Ruby today, okay?” she continues.

“Yeah, yeah. That’s fine, see you at home I guess,” Violet responds. After this short exchange the two sisters part ways, Iris heading to her friends and Violet to the bus stop to wait for the bus that takes her home. Now, at this point you may realize that Violet being spaced out while walking to a bus is probably a recipe for disaster and you would be right. See, Violet was so dead to the world that she didn’t notice when a hole in dimensions (also known as a portal) opened right underneath her feet. She only realized she was falling through dimensions when she realized she was falling. After what seemed like hours, but in reality was only seconds Violet fell through the other side of the portal and slammed into the floor in an unfamiliar setting. When Violet opened her eyes there was an unfamiliar girl staring at her, dark eyes unblinking. The girl said something in an unfamiliar language. At the look of confusion on Violet’s face the girl waved her staff and an orb of blue light flew into Violet’s chest.

“Now can you understand?” the girl asked in a decidedly different language that Violet could somehow understand, not knowing how to respond Violet just nodded.

“Well this has been an interesting turn of events, hasn’t it!” the girl exclaimed.