Naughty Magic - Chapter 14 - School Day

Violet

“I won’t let her get away with this…” I swore, glaring at my teammates - just daring them to say anything about my most recent encounter with the Violet Queen. “She’s going down for this!”

“She’s going down for the sake of the world,” White said. “Not for embarrassing you..”

“Says you. I’m certainly not going to be thinking about the world when I’m grinding that… that slime under my boot.” And I definitely wouldn’t be thinking about how it felt to be whipped in public. My ass as red as my cheeks, shame and… something else I couldn’t quite identify rising up inside of me. I didn’t really get why the fuck my mind kept going back to that embarrassing scene. Or why that funny feeling would come with it. I did know I was going to shut down the one responsible for it, once and for all though.

“Now now dears,” Red said, trying to sooth us like she always did. Not that I needed any soothing. White definitely did though. “I’m pretty sure we can have more than one objective in mind while stopping evil. We’re still all working towards the same goal, aren’t we?”

“I’ll play nice if White does,” I said, before that bitch could get a word in. She’d just try and twist the whole thing around to make me the baddie, anyway!

“Me?” White asked, raising an eyebrow. “I’m not the one who keeps insisting on running after an enemy we know nothing about without backup.”

“White,” Red said, with a smile that made the other girl freeze. “Don’t you think we can afford a little sensitivity for Violet, after everything she’s been through?”

“I… Suppose…” White said, before letting out a long sigh. “I apologize for choosing the wrong time to reprimand you.”

“The wrong time to… You know what? Fuck you,” I snarled, before conjuring up my violet heart pad. “I’m going home.”

“Violet,” Red started, but I wasn’t in the mood to listen. I flew away without even looking back. 

***

Olivia

***

“And you’re sure Violet Heart would have been able to summon new clothes?”

For the hundredth time, yes. And it won’t affect her civilian life either, before you ask. Even if people took photos, they’ll never be able to connect the dots or trace it back to the real thing.

“Right… Because of the cognitive field, or whatever.”

Cognitive blocker. You’re getting it confused with the deception field.

“Right…” I sighed, twisting and turning my body in bed as I tried to find a more comfortable position. I just couldn’t get to sleep. The thought of what I’d done today kept flashing through my mind. The embarrassment I’d caused my hero… and the way I’d sort of… maybe… enjoyed it? They were supposed to be my heroes, and yet…

“Ugh…”

Just put it out of your head, Chrys said. I can knock you out if you want?

“Yeah, no… I”d rather not have you messing with my brain… Wait. You aren’t messing with my brain, are you?”

You do realize your brain is literal goo, right? I’m not even sure it’s functioning anymore. No way I could mess with something I don’t understand.

“...Right…” That was nice to hear, but… was it true? “Wait. Then why did you offer to knock me out?”

Because I knew you wouldn’t take it. Now stop worrying so much - you don’t need any more thoughts to keep you awake all night

I didn’t respond. I did eventually manage to fall asleep, though. I guess. I mean, I woke up to the sound of someone knocking, so I must have been asleep, right?

Sure didn’t feel like it as I was crawling out of bed, though. 

“Hello?” I called out, stumbling my way towards the door. I was currently naked, but that was no big deal - my ooze was already hurrying to catch up with me. By the time I’d reached the door, it had slid its way up my body and morphed into a basic blouse and skirt. Plus underwear, of course.

“New Violet Villain Vs Violet Heart!” Clarissa called from the other side of the door. “You should see the pictures that they put online…”

“There’s pictures?” I groaned, pressing my head against the cool surface of the wood. Which only served to give me a headache when Clarissa knocked again.

“Come on, dude! Let me in! I wanna see the big villain before she goes off to class!”

“Do you have to shout that?” I asked, reluctantly opening the door. “What if the neighbors hear?”

“Chrys will take care of it. Right?”

“I’ll certainly try!” the crystal said. “Though I’d appreciate it if you didn’t push me too hard….”

“See? She’s totally got it handled! Now come on, dude, I wanna get breakfast before class starts.”

“Your idea of breakfast is a donut,” I pointed out.

“And yours is an egg sandwich with sausage. I’m not sure you really wanna be judging me.”

“I’m not judging,” I protested. “I just…. There’s a reason we don’t eat breakfast together too much, you know?”

“Yeah, well, I wanna spend time with your hot-bod before you go and hide it in a male meat suit.”

“I’m not even made of… You know what? Fine.” I shook my head. “I guess I could go for a donut.”

“That’s the spirit! And also text Rachel. Seriously, dude. She’s worried about you. And texting me way too much about it.”

“Yeah, fine,” I agreed, with a sigh. “I’ll handle that too. Now come on. I don’t wanna be late for class.”

***

Breakfast went… Okay. Clarissa offered to go to my preferred place, but I said no, knowing how much she’d dislike it. It wasn’t like I actively hated donuts, or anything - heck, I could even say I loved them - but for breakfast? Blech. I preferred something more solid in my stomach.

Though that said, today’s donuts were pretty yummy. More so than any other I’d tried, actually. In fact, food in general tasted better, now that I was thinking about it… Maybe it had something to do with my transformation? Like, maybe my tastebuds had shifted or something? Maybe?

I didn’t know. I wasn’t sure, and it didn’t really matter. Right now, I had bigger issues to deal with. Like finding an alley I could transform in, since apparently turning into a guy was going to take enough magic power to be detectable. Not that I had to look very hard to find one… In fact, I knew of one not too far from the college campus - and it wasn’t like anyone was going to think to look for the flashy violet villain in the school, right? So it wasn’t the same as doing it near my house, no matter how many times Clarissa rolled her eyes and said I should do it further away.

Regardless, reaching the alley wasn’t much of an issue. Neither was transforming, even if it did in fact take a big chunk of energy - enough that I could feel it leaving my body, for the first time. It kinda stung, actually… But. Worse than that, were the feelings of discomfort and disgust that flowed through me as soon as I took my original form.

Worse than that, it was like everything had suddenly become muted. The world felt so much less vibrant. My body signals felt almost… muffled. Like I wasn’t properly hooked up to it. Moving my limbs felt awkward, and gross. 

I didn’t get it. Was it the ooze? Did it not like taking a masculine form? Was it trying to convince me to stay a girl? 

Well, it was out of luck, then, because there was no way I was attending classes in the wrong body, Shaking my head - and grimacing when I realized just how light my head felt without all that hair - I walked towards the campus. 

Hopefully nothing would go wrong, today, and I’d just have a normal day of classes. I mean, as long as I was in boy-mode, there was no reason to think things would go bad! I mean, my life was pretty simple before I turned into a girl! Nobody even noticed me in class! I’d be fine.

Probably.

I hoped.

***

Red Heart

***

“And you’re sure that she was here?”

Can confirm! Heartly told me. Her voice sounded a little too cheerful for such a dreadful topic as the Violet Queen, but I knew she was just trying to keep my spirits up.

The truth was, I needed it. As much as I tried to keep things together in front of the other girls, I was worried about this new threat. Not because I thought her powerful - I was sure that me and the other girls could handle whatever the Violet Queen could throw at us - but because of how Violet had been reacting lately… 

She was always a bit of a hothead, but I knew she cared about the team. She cared about our teamwork. Yet ever since she’d run into the Violet Queen, it felt like her temper was on an even shorter fuse. And the way she’d stormed out of the meeting…

I knew it was probably a terrible idea to confront the Violet Queen by myself… White Heart would be utterly furious, at the very least. Yet at the same time, I absolutely had to find her before Violet could. 

..,.I also had to have a serious talk with Violet about how confusing this whole Violet vs Violet thing was going to become! Maybe she’d finally accept a nickname? It might even help with making everyone feel closer as a team, if they came up with it together!

For now, though… 

“Where do you think she is?” I asked.

She could have infiltrated the college?

“Wouldn’t she stand out?”

Not if she has the ability to hide her skin tone. We have no idea who we’re looking for, in that case…

“But you can track her, can’t you? From here?”

Maybe… If you hurry. I can at least get the general direction. And if it is the college…

“We’ll need to stay in the area and see if we can catch her,” I decided. “If she’s hiding among the public, she’s an even bigger threat than we thought…”

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Author's Note

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Short chapter is short, but I guess that happens sometimes... I couldn't think of anything else to add, honestly. (Doesn't help that today's a bit of a depression day, and I was kind of pushing myself to finish...)