Cerise had kept running after bursting through the doors of the school. Her vision was blurred with tears and she wasn't entirely sure where she was running to, but she didn't really care at that point. Her only goal was to get as far away from that school as possible. She was upset, sad, and angry. The first two emotions suppressed the last though so instead of lashing out she cried.
Eventually she calmed down enough to notice that the sun was setting and she was deep in the woods, in a place she'd never been before. This part of the forest looked mangled and twisted in a way that reminded her of the rage that was bubbling up inside of her. The trees were black and held few leaves, if any at all. They leaves that were there looked sickly and dead. The ground was rocky and dusty with patched of dead grass. Instead of the trees looking friendly like those around the school these trees were bent in strange ways that made they resemble clawed hands ready to tear any intruders apart. Thorny vines snaked around rocks and trees, squeezing the life from them.
The setting only seemed to fuel her anger and Cerise started running again, not away from something this time but toward something. When she stopped it was at a cliff's edge and the sun had long since set. Now, a big bright full moon hung low in the sky.
She glared up at it, not angry with the moon just simply angry at the world for today's events. She needed to get those emotions out before they destroyed her. Like a person cries naturally to relieve sadness, she did what felt natural to her to relieve the anger by howling at the moon.
Duchess Swan sat outside the Head Master's office looking like a kicked puppy. had chewed her out pretty good for what she'd done to his daughter. Now she sat there waiting for her expulsion papers to get finalized... and that would happen soon enough, but first the Head Master was arguing with Wolf over the secret he'd kept.
Raven stood leaning against the wall opposite Duchess. The purple-haired girl glared at the swan.
"That was rotten, what you did. And on her birthday." she told Duchess.
And that was the nail in the coffin. Duchess hung her head in shame. She hadn't know it was Cerise's birthday! And if she'd known how much trouble it would get her in she wouldn't have done it. Of course she was only considering how this effected her. Duchess Swan was that kind of person.
Raven walked away and went to Maddie's dorm, where the usually chipper girl was now a little depressed. After today everybody was.
"Maddie?" Raven asked, knocking on the door.
The Mad Hatter's daughter answered, "Yes?"
"We need to find Cerise. She's all alone somewhere."
A smile lit up Maddie's face again. The two went off to gather some of their other friends to help in the search. By the time they finished Briar, Cedar, Cupid, Ashlynn and Blondie were gathered out in from of the school with Raven and Maddie explaining what they were going to do.
AN: really sh0rt update. s0rry.