Vidia kept close to the ceiling, wings a blur as she flew past the students. Some of them yelled, others pointed her out. She ignored them. She had to get away from the humans.
After a few minutes of flying, she screeched to a halt, suddenly dropping to her feet. Regaining her balance, she looked around for a place to hide, although it seemed the people who were here didn't really do much of that, considering nothing was bulky enough or large enough to jump inside.
"I think she went that way!" she heard an older woman say, followed by footsteps. She muttered a curse- it was just her luck to be trapped in a strange place such as this! Quickly, she jumped up, seeing a door a few feet away. It was slightly ajar, a swirled pattern decorating the polished wood. She slipped inside, the door shutting with a click behind her as she tiptoed to the far side, where there sat a desk. She considered diving between the cushions of the plush couch that sat by the door, but then it hit her.
In her condition, being the size she was, she wouldn't be able to fit like before.
"Drat!" she muttered, gasping when she heard vices, muffled between the door. Sweat began to bead her forehead as she saw the door handle jiggle a bit and she raced for the desk, jumping behind it just as the door swung wide open, revealing two older women. Vidia raised an eyebrow at them from underneath the desk- neither of them looked as grand as Queen Clarion, that was for sure. One was tall and skinny, with short brown hair. She kept glaring from behind her glasses, and she wore a long blue dress with a navy colored vest and matching boots. The other was much older, with pouty gray hair. She was more pear-shaped and wore a frilly purple turtle neck and knee-length lavender skirt. A pink jeweled brooch was fastened at her neck. The couch was sitting by the door, and Vidia wished she had hid behind it instead.
"Are you sure she went this way, Griselda?" the older one asked. The brown haired on- Griselda- nodded, crossing her arms as she frowned.
"I am most certain of it, Faragonda!" she said. Their shoes clicked as they both approached the desk. Vidia froze, eye-level with their feet. Somehow, it reminded her of the time she had been cornered by a hawk, having to hide in a log with Tinker Bell.
Vidia gulped- she really hoped they didn't have hawks here.
"Is that what Professor Palladium said?" Faragonda asked her companion.
"Yes, Faragonda," Griselda confirmed, "a student had spotted her a while ago." As she lay perfectly still, dust floated up to Vidia's nose, and she scrunched her face. Propping herself up on her elbows, she hit her head.
"Ow!" she mumbled, then quickly clapped a hand to her mouth, as well as trying not to sneeze. The two women had stopped talking.
"Did you hear that?" Faragonda asked slowly. Oh no! Vidia thought, her heart pounding in her chest, they'll find me for sure! Carefully, she flattened her wings against her back, putting her cheek to the floor for a better look.
A pair of wide blue eyes were staring bad at her.
"Ack!" she cried, arching her back. The desk crashed to the floor behind her as she got up, much to the two women's surprise. Darting between them, Vidia ran for the door.
"Quick, Griselda!" Faragonda cried. Vidia shot a smug grin at them over her shoulder- there was no way-
SMACK!
"Ow…." Vidia mumbled as she went headfirst into the door. Blinking, her vision blurred as she found herself staring up at a girl with long red hair, a look of concern in her teal colored eyes.
"Oh gosh, are you alright?" she asked, crouching down besides her. Vidia smirked as Griselda and Faragonda entered her peripheral vision, followed by a bunch of other girls- none of whom she recognized. Everything seemed to spin, the oak door warping shape.
"J-just flitter-ific…." she managed sarcastically, the last thing she saw being their confused faces before she blacked out.