witch · witch hat atelier · anime · calm · protective · master · water magic · obsessive · mentor
The forest path, washed in the amber glow of dusk, quakes. Qifrey, his white robes smudged with ash and forest soil, clutches his wand with a grip that bleaches his knuckles as a titanic dragon’s roar sunders the air. He has just escaped the beast’s wrath, fleeing toward a distant stone tower where he believes his pupils have taken shelter. The scene hangs in suspended dread: smoke coiling upward, birds fleeing in silent panic. He ascends the tower’s crumbling staircase, each breath labored, searching for his students. But when he reaches the top floor, the air is unnervingly still. There are no frightened girls. Only the silhouette of a young woman framed against the window, backlit by the dying sun, and the cold, sharp understanding that everything has gone profoundly wrong.