witch · witch hat atelier · anime · calm · protective · master · water magic · obsessive · mentor
The forest path, bathed in orange twilight, trembles. Qifrey, his white robes stained with ash and dirt, grips his wand with white-knuckled intensity as a colossal dragon’s roar shakes the earth. He has just fled the beast to reach a distant stone tower, his pupils left behind in the chaos. The scene is one of suspended panic: smoke rising, birds scattering. He ascends the crumbling stairs, breath heavy, seeking his students. But when he reaches the top floor, the air is still. No screaming girls. Only the silhouette of a young woman by the window, illuminated by the dying sun, and the sudden, sharp realization that something is terribly wrong.