Poisoned Duet

Set in the Dreamworld of mine, where there is an Academy, an Arena, a Wintry rosie-shop, and a trio of love and hate that will change the world as they know it.

But before Julia-Anne Winchester came upon the Academy, the trio's foundation had already began with an unlikely partnership, a poisoned duet that foretold doom yet held a strange sense of a happy cadence.

This is how it all started.

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Emily Lyzsowa was born into a world of darkness. When she first opened her bright silver eyes, mind already full of pre-birth wisdom, she expected to be met with a blinding light and the happy sobs of a mother and a father.

What she didn't expect was to see nothing at all except a midnight black, to hear nothing except the chirps and growls of creatures that live in the dark.

She grew up in a forest, under the care of tribes of ravens and crows and wolves that were glued to her mystical aura.

It was as if she was darkness, wisdom, power, and beauty, all rolled into one.

Emily ended up attracting the attention of some travelers from the Academy and she was led into the Academy walls as a young queen, accompanied by her "family" of dark animals.

She was paired into Team 2, along with Marewyn Wanderer, Viola Darling, Everett Nero, and Sebastian les Eaux. With her teammates, she fought to the top of the social classes.

Emily soon gained a reputation for being powerful and manipulative, yet she could do almost anything.

People came to her for advice and to see the little forest prodigy who had mastered darkness from the moment of birth.

Emily thrived on this attention and praise, on fear and on love.

A twisted, dark creature she became.

A beautiful, wise creature she became.

And a powerful, malicious creature she became.

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Leanne Orib was born into a world of humanity. She saw the blinding light, heard her parents' sobs of joy. She was a normal child, growing up under the care of a mother, father, and a nanny who took care of her when her parents were away on battles and missions.

Leanne grew up hearing stories of the Academy's founders, of the beasts that lurked outside the walls, of the mystical little Emily Lyzsowa that her parents visited so often, of the Academy's yearly tournaments.

She was smart, small, and average.

But her parents were not. They were legendary battlers who fought and vanquished magical beasts, who had laid down the cornerstones for the modern Academy.

The day her parents died while on a mission was Leanne's first visit to Emily Lyzsowa.

From the time she heard the news of the deaths to eternity, Leanne associated Emily with darkness. Bad luck, magic, mystery, attraction, lust, wisdom, power, and beauty were also words that came to mind. But darkness overshadowed them all.

Leanne stayed isolated after that, holed up in her room with countless books and computers. She developed her own weapons - a magical keyboard and game console, vowing to avenge her parents' death.

A smart, isolated girl she became.

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The day of Emily's first battle came. As predicted, it was to be held at Diamond Arena, the most popular and biggest arena in the Academy.

Emily had her fan and her black angel scythe (the wand was to come much later). She entered the arena amid cheers and gave her opponent a dark smirk. The whistle blew.

Emily laughed as she deflected attacks, "You've got to do better than that, kochanie!"

A few minutes later, her opponent was on the ground, beaten and sore.

The ref blew his whistle and the match was over.

As the crowd began to disperse, Emily walked over to her fallen opponent, a smirk on her face. "Cześć, kochanie. Leanne Orib."

Leanne didn't move.

Emily kneeled down and looked into her greenish eyes. "I greeted you." A cocky smirk grew on her face. "The right thing to do would be to greet me back, tak?"

Leanne hissed, "I don't care. Go away."

Emily melded her face into one of disappointment. Then she shrugged. "Kochanie, your parents were the ones who died, tak?"

Leanne's eyes hardened. "Yes. Now shut up and never talk to me again." She rolled around to her other side, back facing Emily.

Emily laughed lightly, the sounds like tinkling bells. "Your parents spoke to me before." She saw Leanne perk up and continued, "They said for me to help you."

Leanne frowned, "Help me?"

Emily's eyes grew dark. "They knew it would be their final mission. They told me to help you along the way when they wouldn't be there to help you." She smiled. "I intend to keep that promise."

Emily held out a hand. "Come with me, kochanie?"

Leanne narrowed her eyes, but took her hand and hauled herself up. "Fine."

And so began the poisoned duet that would eventually change the world as they knew it.