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"It was my familiar, Rainer. He said it had happened to his master." I was very grateful Rainer had given me that information.
"It's more common than people believe." Harrison ruffled his black locks and sighed. "No one likes talking about it, but it should be discussed way before students graduate."
"I'll see if it can be added to the curriculum," Orlando replied.
"What now? We just go back?" I asked.
"And where can we learn more about my brother?" Orion kept his expression blank as he put forth his question.
"You want to know more about your brother?" Harrison asked.
Orion nodded. "Odion is after Celestia for a reason. I know he wouldn't go through all this trouble to stalk Celestia throughout our time at both Aslans without a strong motive."
"You're saying he was watching from the beginning?" Orlando appeared a little distressed by the news.
"Milkshake."
We all turned to Celestia who had a silly smile on her face, as she snuggled closer to Orion. He sighed and reached out to stroke her head. "Let's put Celestia to bed, and then we can talk about the details."
I nodded in approval and the others said their verbal agreements. I walked over to the medical table and slid my arms under her, lifting her into my arms with ease. Orion hopped off the table, and we all headed back to the room we'd been staying in.
Everyone waited outside as I took Celestia in. I didn't see the need to change her out of her clothes, and I laid her on the fresh sheets of the recently made bed. The maid who would come by every morning to clean the rooms must have been in while we were gone.
Celestia turned over and began to pat the empty right side of the bed, clearly on a mission to find one of us to cuddle. I smirked and leaned over to give her a pillow before I pressed my lips to her forehead.
With a smile, she hugged Orion's pillow and sighed. "Orion and Finn," she mumbled. I had to hold in the chuckle threatening to escape at how adorable she looked. I waited until I knew she was fully asleep before I leaned back to stretch.
"Bru."
I blinked and turned to the window and saw Arielle in her phoenix form sitting on the outside ledge of the closed window. When her amber eyes locked onto mine, she fluttered her wings and began to hop up and down to catch my attention.
I made my way to the window and opened it, allowing Arielle to fly in. She completely ignored me and landed next to Celestia in a heartbeat, hopping around her as if she were doing her own little assessment of her Mistress.
I couldn't help but smile at her antics. I left the window cracked in case Arielle wanted to leave later and walked over to where she was currently sitting on the pillow Celestia was cuddling.
"She's fine, Arielle."
"Bru-Ree, Bru?" she replied.
I still had difficulty understanding her compared to Orion and Hunter. They seemed to have learned the language of Bru-Ree thanks to Noah and Gabriel being their familiars, but I had a hunch she wanted to know if Celestia was really okay.
"Yes. She's fine. Harrison, Magnor, and the others did a long assessment of her and were able to heal the wound on her thigh. There's no connection to the Darkness anymore. She's safe and is resting because she was up until five in the morning."
Arielle stared at me with those big amber eyes, and I sat on the bed and stroked her head. "Trust me, Arielle. I wouldn't leave Celestia's side if she weren’t okay. Rainer told you Celestia was getting looked at?"
"Bru." She nodded.
"He told me to take her in. I'll thank him when he wakes back up. Now, I need to have a quick meeting with Celestia's family and Orion. Are you going to stay here?"
"BRU-REE!" Arielle said happily, stretching her wings out that ignited into pink and blue flames. She enjoyed a few more head strokes from me before she flew over to snuggle in between the pillow and Celestia's neck.
I rose from the bed and took one last look at the two of them.Mistress and Familiar...I wonder if we'll be able to make our familiars permanent? I doubt any of us are leaving Celestia, so maybe they'll want to be our familiars to be close to Arielle? Guess I'll ask Orion and the others when we get back.
I walked over to the door and put my hand on the doorknob, taking a deep breath.
We have to get stronger somehow. How would we do that with so little time...
New Role at Aslan
