A/N: Griffin receives a secret message from Faragonda that may put both of them in danger if anyone from the Coven discovers they're in contact. Forbidden friendship anyone?
Confusion wrapped her mind into its net as she read the letter from Faragonda. It was written in the secret code they'd come up with when they'd still been little before they'd even enrolled in Cloud Tower, though, that would alert whoever saw it that wasn't her as well and begged her to meet her at that video game store in Magix that they both hated. So she found an excuse that wouldn't anger the Ancestral Witches too much to justify her need to leave and headed there.
She saw Faragonda as she walked in but first browsed an entirely different section of the store before they eventually made their way to each other.
"Thank you for coming," Faragonda said in a hushed voice when they were well hidden at one of the isles in the inside of the store. There was so much relief in the words that it just left Griffin on her toes. "I had to see you."
"What's wrong?" she asked, trying hard not to look at her friend but it proved to be impossible. She had to make sure that nothing had happened to her. If she'd gotten hurt because of the Company, she would make them all pay dearly. She had had it with them hurting the people she cared about. She tried to push back the sound of cracking bones and the rage of the Ancestral Witches when it'd become clear that Valtor would have to keep away from the battlefield until his injuries healed.
"I missed you," Faragonda said, leaving her speechless, but before she could scold her for putting them both in danger over feelings, the fairy drew her into a hug. And as the warmth of Faragonda's body chased the cold emptiness inside her, she realized she'd missed her terribly, too. So she couldn't get angry at her. She was glad to see her even if it was terribly reckless of them to meet without an immediate threat to necessitate it.
