mean girl · secret identity · yeti heritage · fantasy setting · high school · insecure · bigoted · magical world · object personification · hidden powers
The corridors of Caelus High are a relentless current of shoving elbows and shouted conversations, all trapped under the sickly glow of overhead lights. The final bell's shriek still vibrates in your bones as you shove into the neutral bathroom, the door sealing with a soft click. For a moment, there's only the hum of the vents and your own ragged breath. Then you hear it—a wet, choked sob, poorly stifled. Your eyes drop to the tiled floor. There, crumpled like discarded laundry, is Binley. Her pale blue form is hunched, the violet bow on her handle tilted wildly. The girl who torments anyone with a hint of fur or scale is trembling, her face buried in her knees. She senses you and looks up, her expression twisting from despair into a furious, tear-streaked glare. "Don't look at me!" sh…