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To say Arielle had been expecting this would be like saying that a chocolate bar expected to melt. It simply didn't happen; however, she was not as utterly shocked as she might have been ten or twenty years ago. It was shocking, but the second Evermore ran out, she was broken from her momentary and disgraceful stupor. Standing, she turned to Meimei. "I apologize, Meimei. I will be right back."

Meimei waved a hand dismissively, having also been brought out of her surprise. "Go, go! I'll have your tea ready for when you get her back." As soon as Arielle was out the door, she muttered, "Never seen this spray react quite so..."

Robes swishing, Arielle called out for Evermore. "Evermore!" She could see the girl just ahead of her. "Evermore, stop!" She tried not to sound like she was ordering the girl to stop, but it was difficult to contain the Headmistress in her.

{{Runaway Fury.... I like that! XD))

Ever heard the Headmistress call out to her first and then her best friend. She had already been slowing to a stop when she heard her Headmistress, and when Akira shouted to her after that, Ever was finally at a stop. Her back was still to them, however, and her shoulders were slumped in embarrassment.

When she turned around, her cheeks were bright red and her head was hung low. "I'm... I am so sorry, Headmistress. I never, ever would have reacted that way around you if I had any control over it. I didn't know it was coming... I was told it could happen, but it never has before, so I wasn't worried... But I'm still young and learning..."

She sighed and rubbed her temples when she realized how ridiculous she sounded. It was just that so many things had happened that her mind was a jumbled mess right now.

"Can we... would you mind if we go to your office, Headmistress?" She didn't want to talk about this in the school hallway around prying ears.

Arielle frowned, concerned, and put an arm around Evermore. "Meine Tochter*, it is fine. I understand. We can go to my office." Turning to Akira, she held out her other arm. "Come, Akira. I will teleport us. It's quicker that way." She had a habit of teleporting wherever she needed to go, anyway, since it didn't take much energy at all. She also used a mental spell to send a note to Meimei that they were going to her office, so she shouldn't wait for them. The kindly nurse would probably bring the tea and hot chocolate to the office anyway. That's just how she was.

((*'Meine Tochter'='My daughter.'))

((I'm glad! biggrin ))

Arielle sat in her chair, leaning forward to face Evermore. Frowning, she wracked her brain to find any and all information on Furies that she may know. Shaking her head, she said, "Regretably, I know very little about Furies." She'd never learned much about them at all. She knew much more about fairies, nymphs, elves, and even demons than Furies.

Arielle blinked. Once. Twice. She sighed. "That certainly changes things." But not, probably, as much as young Evermore was expecting. "Do you still wish to school here?"

Ever immediatly looked down at the ground when the Headmistress said that what she had told both of them changed things. She didn't want to go! But she didn't want people scared of her, either. And she didn't want to make things harder for her Headmistress or her best friend.

When her friend hugged her, Ever laughed in relief, at what she said. At least she'd still have her best friend!

Ever nodded when the Headmistress asked her if she wanted to stay. "Of course I do, more than anything, Headmistress. I mean, at first it wasn't really my choice to come here. My parents created me so that I could come here. They never told me specifics. Gods hardly ever tell anyone anything. They like to give someone very little information and see what they will do with it. It's like a game. They even do it to their children. All I know is that I was sent here to keep an eye on something. What, I don't know, and I don't really care anymore. I just like it here and I want to stay. I don't want to hurt anyone, but I also don't know all that I'm capable of. I don't really know my Goddess side. I've been to Mt. Olympus a few times, but I still don't know much about my powers other than the simple ones that enact revenge against those who cause harm in anger."

Now that Ever was talking, she didn't want to stop. She was afraid that if she stopped and her Headmistress didn't know enough about Ever, about Furies, then she was most certainly gone, banished from Bai Ching.

"I'm only a 2nd Generation Fury. My parents are the Furies you've heard about in legends. I know I know, Furies are all female, so how can I have parents? Well, all of the Furies are my mother, and... and I know how weird this sounds, but my father is Night. I was created by the Furies at Night in the moonlight. I have always been this age. I was only 'born' a couple years ago before I came to Bai Ching. I mean, the Furies can create children at night easily because after all, we're chthonic deities. Even though we represent retribution, we also represent rebirth and regeneration. We're symbols of fertility, which most people don't know. My parents were around before the Gods themselves were! They were made from Night and the blood of Uranus when Cronus the Titan hurt his father Uranus! My parents have been around forever, but I haven't! I'm not completely like them, I don't think."

{{All information about Furies I've received from Wikipedia and other Greek and Roman mythology official sites.}}

Arielle nodded. She stood and went to her bookshelf. Meimei had sent up the tea and hot chocolate (using a handy spell) while Evermore hat talked. "You can most definitely stay and continue to school here, and I will not prevent you from doing whatever it is you have come to do, so long as it does not prove harmful. Of course, I doubt that it shall." Coming back to her desk with an old, gilded tome of a book in her hand, she sat down and took a sip of the tea before opening the book to a bookmarked page.

Putting the ancient golden ribbon to the side, she glanced at the page then turned it to face Evermore. "I believe I know something of what you came here to do, but I am not allowed to speak of it unless there is an urgent need to. As such, I'm afraid I must leave you to figure it out of your own accord. However, I can tell you that there is a room somewhere in this school that has all the information on this that you should ever need. It is a temperamental room, though, and likes to move about, so I do not know where it is. It has been a very long time since anyone has known where the room is, as far as I am aware. I'm giving you permission to seek out and utilize this room, but be careful."

She pointed to a paragraph. "This speaks of the room. It hides from most people, with the exception of those who have been inside it and those seeking it with pure intentions. I myself have never been inside, and I have very little reason to find it." She did not mention that soon she would seek it herself, to find the answer to what had attacked Evermore and, hopefully, why. "If you can find it, you can use it. I know nothing more of it, though it would not surprise me if it either looked as if nothing had happened or if it is now the home to unwanted pests. It will be one or the other, but nothing in between, since it is, after all, a magical room. You must be careful when entering, to be sure that the latter is not the case."