The Most Beautiful Weed
As narrated by Tellu
I was the last to join the ranks of the witches 5, and the last girl Eudial ever had to complain about training. I also believe that I am on the best terms with Kaolinite, because I alone have never talked back or disagreed with her. It is safe to say that I am the quietest witch.
I was much weaker when I was younger. It is not like I couldn't walk to school or climb stairs, but any rigorous exertion had me gasping for breath. My parents went to many doctors trying to find a cure for me, but none could even diagnose my condition.
I was always I a shy, studious girl, whose only hobby was tending the small garden I grew in the backyard. Although my mother had dubbed the soil condition unsuited for a garden, it flourished. My flowers bloomed larger and longer.
As I grew older, I had the desire to buy more expensive plants than my parents could afford. (My family had always been struggling to make ends meet, so there was little to indulge the children with)
Soon I happened upon the idea of growing produce instead of flowers, and then selling the crop. My scheme succeeded beyond anything even my brothers could have imagined. I quickly sold everything I had grown, and in the words of my satisfied customers, it was the some of the best them had ever tasted.
When I reached Middle School, I immediately joined the after school gardening club. I remember those days as the happiest of my life. Profits from my business had allowed my family to move to a larger apartment (where both my brothers had there own rooms). I had made many friends at school who shared my love of plants, and I had an entire greenhouse to keep me occupied.
Then, one day in the spring, I found a plant in the back of the greenhouse. Its leaves were brown and brittle and it stalk was drooping. There is nothing I hate more than watching a plant die and being able to do nothing about it. The friend I was with told me that the plant was too far gone to save.
I refused to accept that. I jammed my fingers into the soil and gave the plant a lot of my energy. It began to grow at a tremendous rate, sucking even more energy from me. Vines wrapped around my arms, and I think that some even went under my skin.
My recollection of the next events is vague, but I can remember my friend screaming. Draw by the noise, the rest of the club had the pleasure of watching the plant nearly kill me.
I awoke later at the hospital, with my family and the (now enormous) plant. I could barely walk for the next few weeks, and when I was well enough to go back to school, I found myself kicked out of the gardening club and labeled a freak by my fellow students.
The final months of school saw me in a deep depression. I was teased mercilessly at school and my family was now terrified of me. I kept the plant, which blossomed into odiferous pink flowers whenever I came near it. I named it "Tellurian", after myself.
One day when I was hiding behind the kitchens, sobbing, an auburn haired woman approached me and asked if I wanted to be able to work with plants without feeling weak. I gazed up at her with tear stained eyes, wanting to know how she knew about me.
She asked me the question again, and I answered yes. The woman, Kaolinite as I now know her, ordered me to follow her. I asked her if we could visit my house first, as I didn't want to leave my Tellurian behind.
When I emerged from the house with my plant (which was blooming like crazy, as usual), Kaolinite was pleased. She asked to carry it, and investigated it while we walked to the Tomoe Research Labs.
Below the labs was a room whose center feature was a large pool of water. When I stepped up to the pool, its surface began to whirl and emanate bright light. When I touched the water, I saw my reflection (although the reflection was wearing a beautiful dress adorned with ropes of black beads).
The surface sparkled again, a deep, tingling ache spread through my body. Truth to tell (although my fellow witches hated it), the pain felt good, like a growing pain. I sensed something bury itself in my chest, but I didn't find out until later that it was an immature daimon that would enhance my gift with plants.
I was then presented Eudial, Mimete, and Viluy. The first thing Eudial did was complain about having to train me, but she soon was surprised and slightly miffed to learn that I possessed the strongest raw power. That's the reason my level is so high, even though I had the least time to train.
I don't really know anything about Eudial's past, but she was trained by Kaolinite herself. She works with computers and does not attend class at Mugen Gukuen. She is also a terrible driver.
Mimete has a lovely voice, so Tomoe made her an idol and uses her to attract people to the college. She and Eudial used to be good friends, but Mimete keeps threatening to kill Eudial.
The twin sisters who were the first to join the Death Busters keep to themselves. I, nosy as I am, don't even now their names, though I saw them practicing a combined attack once.
And now I come to Viluy. To tell a secret, I have a crush on her, or rather, did. With a daimon filling me with anger and hatred, I can't say that I feel love anymore. Eudial found her with her computer skills, but Viluy is even more talented at the keyboard than she is. (I don't even know how to use a computer) Viluy is always giving Kaolinite and Eudial grief, to the point where she and Eudial got into a fight. At least that's what Mimete told me.
I don't understand why I like her, maybe it has to do with that old saying, opposites attract. She tried to teach me to use I computer once, but declared me incompetent after fifteen minute. That was mostly because I couldn't concentrate with her there. I should have asked Eudial to teach me.
But that's enough about that. My duties as a witch include taking care of the Mugen Gukuen greenhouses, and searching for pure heart crystals. Kaolinite also has me growing as many Tellurians as I can. I don't know why, but I sure that she will have a special purpose for them.
She also taught me what she promised. I am much stronger now, as the daimon inside of me lends me its strength, so I don't give in all away to plants. Kaolinite also showed me how to take energy from the plants themselves. I only do this after I've been working with the Tellurians, which absorb little bits of me into themselves. It makes me feel sick.
The first Tellurian is still alive. I keep it in my personal greenhouse, where none of the students are allowed. Sometimes I go in there and talk to it about my life. I would never tell anyone else this, but I still do it. I think it has kept me from becoming a complete sadist, like Viluy or Eudial.
I wish I could go and see my family again. But I don't want them to see what I have become in order to serve Pharaoh 90. A few times, instead of feeding off of a plant when I felt weak, I took a seedling Tellurian into the college with me. Once I found a student alone, I attacked them using the Tellurian, draining their strength into me. On all occasions, my victims died. But what shocked me the most is, I didn't feel guilty.
Do I regret coming here? Not in the least. My reason for serving the Death Busters is different than all the others. I have no idea why Eudial or the twins are here, but Tomoe gave Mimete what she allows wanted, so I suppose she feels indebted to him. I think Viluy just likes being destructive, because she certainly enjoy her job the most.
Me, I truly believe in what we are doing. I don't know how the Death Busters world was ruined. Maybe they were the losers of a war and then exiled, or maybe there was an accident that made their world unlivable. But don't they . . . don't we have just as much right to live as the humans?
I think so.