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Detention, Depths of the Castle, Wednesday

The good news for everyone in detention was that there wasn't any sign of singing going on on the island today, so everyone could be spared from any further embarrassing admissions that they'd rather not have made.

The bad news was for everyone in detention was, well, they were all still in detention. But surely, it was getting easier to deal with over time?

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Within her Soul-Self, Raven could make someone's fears manifest. The walls around them vanished, replaced by lush green grass, tall trees, and vibrant flowers. But the smell of rot was in the air, and the trees fell and the grass withered and the flowers dropped their petals and died. The ground itself swarmed with worms and bugs.

And in Cassidy's hand, a tiger-eye jewel the crumpled to dust and blew away in the wind.

"No," Cassidy whispered, seeing the land dying around her. It was worse. She could feel it dying and the feel of it was draining her own energy.

She curled her hand around the jewel in her hand and then screamed as it turned to dust and blew away. The breaking of the jewel felt like something inside her was breaking.

Her Jewel had shattered and the land was dying.

"No!" Cassidy screamed, trying to deny what she was seeing and feeling. She tried to make it not be real. "NO NO NO!"

"Take my hand, Cassidy," Raven whispered in her ear. "Take my hand and I will rescue from all this. You will be safe and strong and the land will be whole again. Just take my hand."

"No," she said softly. "You can't fix this. It's wrong and you can only destroy the land, not fix it."

There were whimpers of fear coming from her throat.

Raven was beside her in her mind and the blackening landscape, holding out her hand. "I will take you from here to a better place," she said, almost quivering as she drank in that fear. "One where there is life and light."

Cassidy knew that she shouldn't trust Raven, but her Jewel shattering to dust in her hand and the rotting of the land had her reaching towards Raven's hand, her body trembling.

Raven jerked her hand back at the last second. "No," she said. "No, I think not. I think I will leave you here tonight, all alone. And then perhaps tomorrow you will be more compliant."

"No!" Cassidy screamed. "No, you can't leave me here!"

Cassidy screamed again, looking for a way to escape what Raven had done to her. Everything dying, her jewel gone, her life dying as the land died.

It was all too much for her on top of everything else and she just curled up in a ball and screamed.

"Good-bye, Cassidy," Raven said, voice dripping with sweetness as she retreated from the landscape she'd created. Her Soul-Self released Cassidy, leaving her huddled on the floor, trapped in her own mind.

She leaned over her and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I will see you tomorrow," she promised.

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Detention, Depths of the Castle, Wednesday

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