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Nikolaus's entity could be felt throughout the school. The ominous sensation of sadness and anger affected everyone is some form or fashion. His spirit was in no one place, he was everywhere watching everyone. He saw the young girl in her room struggling with his presence, acting almost like an open vessel. This was not the one he wanted, so he simply ignored it. He watched his body enter the school and his hold over the school shimmered briefly. Damn his other half. Then his ethereal eyes wandered over to his children and the two young girls involved in theirs and his bodies lives. Tyler, was his prime target. He was a very open vessel and very strong, just what he wanted. The young girl Ari was feeling the powers of his yang very strongly, seeing as how she was so involved with his yin it hit her harder than some. The prophetess was feeling it too, and he was curious to learn of her newest vision. He could sense it would change the path of many here. The Gods and others of this school did not matter to him, except Aphrodite. He desired his revenge against her so strongly it pained him to think about it. He was determined to have his revenge, and to simply have her if just one time. Nikolaus always got what he wanted, no matter what.

Ari nodded, and said a silent goodbye to Nessa. She then motioned over her shoulder to Ty, and headed off. They made their way through the hallways, and down to the main floor. Once they made it to the Main Office, Ari was surprised to see Musica. Well, she shouldn't have been, mostly because she hadn't been paying attention to the light within her. "Don't worry, Ty," she said, ignoring Muisca for the moment, "I'll look after your sister. I promise. I'll room with her tonight so she's not alone..." she smiled to him, and gave him a hug. "It'll all be ok... you'll see!" she said it to reassure him as much as herself. Turning to Musica, she smiled a tiny bit. "... hey."

"It's ok, Ty," Ari murmured again, smiling. Her expression was strained, and she felt as if something oppressive hung on her delicate shoulders. It gave her a sense of urgency, oddly enough. A sense that she needed to go out and act... not sit there thinking. "I'll talk to the Headmistress about it. Even if you really do need to sleep in Ness' bathtub!" she chuckled a bit. "... you better get going. Otherwise, that nurse will come down and kick my a**. I promise I'll look after Sammy. Oh! Here," she said, removing her treasured necklace from around her neck. She hadn't taken it off for more than 24 hours since she was three. "Take this. Maybe you won't feel so alone tonight..." she said as she placed the thin, reed-like piece of silver in his palm.

She watched Ty go, feeling a little piece of her go with him. ”So,” she said to Musica, ”Want to go for a walk?” She wasn’t angry at him. She technically had no right to be. She had accepted his lifestyle, and she knew he wouldn’t change over night. If at all. She liked him the way he was, in any case. He wouldn’t be the same if he was different. As she stepped out into the moonlight, her face looked abnormally ethereal, beautiful almost. ”C’mon,” she said again, this time with a small smile, ”It’s better than standing still.” Her emotions were a rage within her. A huge storm. She felt the need to move, to run, to laugh, to be passionate… all very odd.

Ari took his hand, and as she did, their clasped hands glowed before the light dimmed. The dark did not scare her. She was born into it, and would return to it in death. They all did. She felt at peace, walking with Musica like this in the night. The two things she liked most. ”Some party!” she said as they walked along the wet grass. ”Did you see the one guy that stuck the glowstick up his nose? His whole nasal cavity was blue!” she said, smiling. She felt the need to point out the details. Sometimes, they were the funniest. ”There was also that one girl that had so many wrapped around herself that she looked like a literal walking glowstick! You had to have seen her…”

Aurora struggled to keep from calling out, feeling that evil being so much stronger for just long enough that she gripped the chair tightly. She needed to get away from her, soon.

Meimei, who had been fixing things up in the storeroom, came out to see Aurora like this, still in the infirmary despite the other nurse's warnings that it was bedtime. She frowned. Bai Ching wasn't, it seemed, a very safe place for the poor girl at the moment. "Come, Aurora, dear," she said, wrapping a soothing arm around the girl. "Let us go see the Headmistress. She may know what we can do for you to fix you right up. For now, have some hot chocolate."

Even though tea was Aurora's preferred drink, Meimei believed strongly in the healing powers of chocolate on a person's soul, and acted upon this. She led the paler-than-normal shapeshifter slowly and kindly through the school to the Headmistress' office.

In a flash of light and sound very much resembling lightening Nikolaus released his hold over the school and launched his soul to the lake where his son was located now, cowering alone in the darkness under a tree. He emitted a light around himself to prevent being washed away by darkness, and appeared in front of Tyler briefly before he over took his mind and body. This was also in a flash resembling the lightening bolt. Within seconds the boy's weak mind had been taken over by the spirit, and began walking around to test the new body. He liked it. Tyler's mind and soul had been pushed down and were being held by Nikolaus's own. After a few weeks like this Tyler would be gone forever. As he stood next to the lake, deflecting all the fairies and sprites flying at him with magic, his form began to change. He was growing, just like Musica had.