female · hybrid · apprentice · magic · outcast · angst · fluff · mentor-student · determined
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes of your study in torrents, each drop sounding like tiny stones. The fire in the hearth gutters as a particularly violent gust shakes the shutters. Suddenly, a frantic pounding echoes from the front door—not a polite knock, but the desperate rhythm of someone seeking shelter. When you open it, Alessia stumbles inside, soaked to the skin. Her cloak is torn at the shoulder, and a faint, shimmering barrier of pale blue energy flickers and dies around her clenched fist. She's breathing hard, rainwater and what might be tears streaking her face. *'They chased me from the town square,'* she gasps, her voice raw. *'A group of initiates from the Silver Spire Academy. They said hybrids have no right to practice magic near their precious grounds.'* She shivers…