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Bump had been expecting a new student to show up today, one that Lilith had enrolled. A child she was in the care of, ‘Vee’ was their name. He wasn’t sure what to expect, but Lilith was an exemplary witch, so he anticipated (& hoped for) no trouble from the new student. Their first day was today, & all he could think of was Lilith telling him ‘they look a lot like Luz.’

& look like Luz they did, but Bump didn’t question it (for now, anyways).

“Greetings, Vee, & welcome to Hexside! You are in the right place. I am Principal Bump, & I’ll be helping you get settled on your first day. First things first, do you know what track, or tracks, you would like to study?”

“I can study more than one track? Seriously? Miss Lilith did not mention this at all. Umm I honestly don’t know what tracks I’d have an affinity for.”  Searching through their messenger bookbag that held many different stickers and sowed on patches.

“Abby, rise.” Amity speaks and the cauldron before her shakes before a purple abomination rises from it. The creature sluggishly crawls from pot to the ground where it stands tall before it’s young master. Out in the woods Amity goes about her usual practice with her abomination first going over the general make up of them, checking to make sure it resembled as much of a person as it could. A proper abomination would take the form of a human, a REAL abomination could blend perfectly with witches. Well despite a few obvious red, well purple or pink goo covered, flags. That was the sort of perfection Amity aspired for. It was only out here away from prying eyes that Amity felt secure enough to search for the faults in her abominations.

She didn’t notice anyone watching her, had no fear of imperfections, until a scream broke her concentration. She nearly jumps out of her skin as she whirls around to face whatever is making the noise. A small rather poorly made abomination runs towards her from some rather suspicious bushes as it shrieks it’s head off.

“Abby-Ab-Abomination!” She quickly corrects herself from the pet name she calls her beloved abomination “Catch!”

The abomination does as is commanded, chasing after the smaller screaming purple goo witchoid. While Amity turns her attention to the bushes where it came running from. She narrows her eyes and turns her finger in the air forming a fire spell above her finger. “Whoever is there come out now. I know abominations can’t be formed without a master.”

“ Oh Hi there! Yeah that was me! sorry! ”  Falling backwards from the now dispelled bush illusion as they stared up at the other with a smile on their face. Vee would put up the jovial faux personality they had learned to use when meeting strangers they were wary of.

“Is that abomination magic? Miss Eda has never taught me that yet. Maybe I can get some notes down. just need a closer look..” Taking notes behind a rudimentary and glitching out illusion spell to create a few bushes to hide behind. Vee would hope that their notes on the other witch would allow them to master some abomination magic.

Something was poking at her face. Eda flinched, curling up tighter. Her hands were grappled around both arms, desperately trying out a cold that didn’t exist, as she shivered and tried to ignore the Thing Patting At Her Cheek. “Go’way King, s’not time fer your… fer breakfast… ugh.” She pressed a hand to her forehead, making a noise between a growl and a sigh. “M’not feelin’ so hot,”

“ Miss Eda its not King. its Vee you know your apprentice? I brought you some soup to help with your fever. I highly insist you try and eat some.” Holding a spoonful of soup in front of the other. Vee would merely grumble at the refusal Eda made clear to them.

“I do hope Lilith and Luz were right about me attending Hexside. But what if I’m found out?” making their way through the hall way outfitted in a Hexside new student uniform. Vee would only hope they’d make a good impression on the head of the school when choosing a track to study in.