My Secrets and Horrors
Chapter 9
Gone
Previously
"Jade, listen to me. I am like your brother and you are practically my sister, you have to let them go and be who you are. Come on we better get out of here, The Master would like to talk to you, and then we can get you some support and get you through this situation." Zircon took hold of Flora's wrist and pulled her off the bed, and headed towards the window.
Without a look back, Flora and Zircon jumped down the window and escaped off into the forest, leaving only her folded up hospital clothes and a note saying two words.
I'm sorry
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The girls sat in the cafe eating their breakfast in a silent manner, each wondering about what they were going to do. Layla stared at her cereal bowl, watching as the milk swirled around her cereal making patterns, which occupied her mind. "Layla, Layla"
"Huh" Layla replied looking up at the girls to find them staring back at here.
"I asked if you were okay but clearly you are not" Bloom spoke, "what's wrong."
Layla put her spoon in to her bowl and pushed it away from her. "I'm fine, really, just thinking, that all."
The girls decided to drop the topic and continued to eat their breakfast in silence, Layla continued to stare at her bowl, she couldn't take anymore and decided to stand up alerting her actions to her friends.
"Where are you going Layla?" Bloom asked as she pushed her empty cereal bowl away from her.
"I'm going to see Flora!"
"I will come to" Bloom replied as she stood up and walked beside Layla, the rest of the girls watched the girls leave the cafeteria.
"Do you think they will be okay?" Musa asked unexpectedly
"Hey I'm not sure if I'm okay" Stella replied earning a smile from the rest of the girls.
Their footsteps were the only noise as they made their way silently through the empty hallways heading for the infirmatory where Flora currently was. There had been so many mishaps with Flora's placing, one day she was at the hospital next she was at Alfea, but she was now staying at Alfea until she was well enough to be taken in to custody.
Within minutes the girls was outside the infirmatory door, the door Flora was behind led on a bed handcuffed to the railings. Bloom looked at Layla before looking at the door and opening it softly. The door glided open and revealed the empty bed.
Their eyes scanned the room trying to find their friend, "where is she? where is she?" Layla spoke in a panic as they searched the room
"She's gone Layla, she's gone" Bloom spoke placing a hand on her friends shoulder in a pitiful way. Layla fell to her knees and allowed the tears to flow freely not caring if anyone came in and seen her. Bloom stood behind her staring at the empty bed disbelief in her eyes.
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Flora was silent as they walked through the dark corridors heading to the masters office, her heels clicking on the time floor. She had persuaded Zircon to let her go to her room first so she could change her outfit into something that would fit in more. She was now wearing black flared jeans, with new length heeled black leather boots, a bright red t-shirt, with had sleeves down the elbow and a black leather jacket hung over her shoulder.
The walk was agony for Flora; she was scared simple as that. She could feel her veins pumping against her skin with dread of what The Master was going to say to her, what he was going to do.
Before she knew it they had stopped at a big oak door, which was engraved beautifully with vines and swords, tangled tightly within the vines grips refusing to let go.
"well here we are" Zircon spoke, understanding in his voice as he turned Flora to face him. "listen Jade you are the best here, he won't do anything bad. Yes you did not complete the mission but you can make the situation fall in your direction."
Flora's eyes widened in curiosity, "I can, how?"
A warm smile spread across his face, "Jade you have lived with them for years, you are sure to know some relevant information about them that will be useful. Jade I wish you luck, when he lets you go come and see me. Promise."
Flora could see the concern in his eyes, "I promise Zir, I promise."
Flora watched as Zircon turned and walked back down the corridor the way they came, gently humming to himself as he went. The sound of the soft song calmed her nerves down and helped her gain the courage to knock upon the door.
She knocked upon the door several times and waited her nerves rising once more, "come in" a deep, voice, replied through the door. Her hand shook as she reached over and opened the door. "Come in Jade"
Slowly he entered the room and saw a shadow sat in a chair behind a desk, the back of the chair facing her. "Take a seat"
Flora silently moved towards the desk, fear pumping through her veins. She sat down in the chair placed in front of the desk, and she heard a deep sigh.
"Oh Jade, I gave you one simple task, one simple job and you didn't do it, why?" Flora stared down at her hands before replying
"I'm sorry sir"
"Sorry, sorry does not help the fact that you failed to do your job, now tell me why!" he replied his voice rising as his anger rose.
"I, I thought that they..." but before Flora could continue the chair spun around to reveal an angry man.
"You thought what they was actually your friends, oh come on Jade. As soon as they find out who you are and what you were doing they would put a bounty on your head quicker than you can say mercy."
Tears flowed freely from Flora's eyes, in fear of her master and in relevance on what she was hearing. She knew deep down that the girls and guys would despise her if they ever found out why she was at Alfea and why she was with them. She loved them like family but they will never like her when they find out and they were bound to eventually.
A heavy sigh filled the room, "look Jade I'm not going to punish you for this because I think your embarrassment is enough, but I am confining you to the base and I am putting you back through the training programme to patch up your skills which have got sloppy over the past years. You may leave now." He spoke his voice softer than before, as Flora got to the door he spoke once more. "Jade you are banned from having any contact with them, am I clear?"
"Yes sir."
