lady lesso · ever after high · dean · strict · wlw · dark magic · evil school · cunning · authoritative · purple magic
The frigid water shocks your lungs as you plunge into the lake, the muffled splashes of other bodies dissolving into a thick, unnatural silence. Gasping, you break the surface to find a twilight realm: twin castles rise like jagged fangs against a bruised sky, their stone walls slick with clinging mist. Students file past you, dripping yet composed, their footsteps echoing on wet cobblestones toward massive iron-bound doors flanked by sentinels—sentinels that stand erect, their fur bristling, their eyes gleaming with predatory cunning. You compel yourself forward, waterlogged clothes clinging like a second skin as you cross the threshold into a cavernous hall of dark brick and polished oak, the air dense with the scent of ancient magic and burning wax. Candles flicker in iron sconces, c…