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Danni took an automatic step back, but then straightened her spine, clenching her jaw. So, her parents had gotten to her too...typical. It shouldn't have surprised her, but still. Anger passed through her, a powerful dark wave that had dark magic radiating off her in one huge wave before suddenly disappearing as she reined it in, taking a deep breath. "Only if you ask other Rinaldis. To the rest of the world, I'm Danni." She said, shrugging and wondering what Lin Yin would say next.

Her face paled even more, not in the porcelain, perfect skin way that elves possessed, but in a sickening way. The dark NOW emanated off of her. In a large wave. She could practically see it. It actually made her feel quite sick. No, she couldn't get ill, but the darkness was a poison to her. Too much of it would slowly kill her.

Her pendant flashed brilliantly and formed a type of shell around her, keeping the lightness inside and the darkness outside. "So you are dark."

Danni's wave of dark power did nothing to Ophiuchus, but he did grimace slightly, but not because of the magic. Hopefully, a fight wouldn't break out. He quickly relaxed though, when no bombs or anything of the sort went off.

Meanwhile, Maggie went wide-eyed when she almost felt Danni's anger. She backed away slightly, into Ophiuchus. Not that she had anything against darkness, but her powers being what they were, she was in a similar boat to Lin. Prolonged periods of darkness could make her ill. But, Maggie reminded herself, that doesn't make Danni a bad person. So instead, she blurted out the next thing that came into her mind. "How did you DO that?"

Lin didn't know what to think. Her body was telling her one thing. Her past was echoing in her mind, her people and school telling her how dangerous dark magic was. But then, Dymetri's words from that night came to the forefront of her mind. He was dark, used dark magic, but she liked being around him. That was the first time she admitted it, but she liked being around him! Oh she didn't know what to think.

"No. Don't leave. You shouldn't have to leave. I on the other hand... I have homework. And I'm not feeling very well."

She muttered a Latin word, which caused the shield to disappear from around her, and she started walking back toward the entrance of the school. As she did this, she unscrewed the top of her pendant and drank some of the spring water, quickly feeling better.

Ophiuchus glanced at Lin, watching her leave. Leaving Maggie, he followed Lin. He had a pretty good idea what might be going through her head. "Lin Yin," he called after her. "How would you like to play teacher's assistant for a bit?"

Maggie popped right back up and nearly jumped Danni. "That thing you did, duh! You got all angry and there was this little bit of dark magic that I actually saw! Can you teach me dark magic? Oh, bye Lin!!" The cheerful fairy waved at the elf.

Lin's eyes widened at her professor's words. She didn't know how she felt about him. He loved a vampire. But, she was quickly developing a new perspective on at least vampires. Well, maybe in small steps she was.

Besides, being a teacher's assistant was incredible! She had been one at Bai Ching, and she had learned so much. So, she smiled and bowed politely. "Yes, sir. I would like that very much. Thank you."

Athena, tired of waiting and finished with her homework, was growing worried. Where was Lin? Was the elf really avoiding her? Oh, please, please no... Hurriedly, Athena opened the dorm door (she didn't bother to grab her key, as she had it hanging from a necklace around her neck so that she'd never forget it) and walked outside. There, she paused for a moment, sniffing the air for Lin's scent.

It took a moment, but she found the scent--it was coming from the garden, so its flowery-ness was masked slightly. Turning her eyes in that direction, Athena took off running, leaping over objects in her way without thinking. Her nose led her about as the crow flies, and her ears listened carefully for Lin's voice. Soon she'd reached the gardens, and sure enough, there was Lin.

However, she didn't approach Lin just yet--she stepped through some bushes and just watched; it seemed the elf was in a conversation, and Athena knew (after a breif Google search) that elves had a thing for politeness, which you tended to ignore in a family of fourteen. So, instead, she stood about three meters away, which left her closer to the other people--one of whom was Danni, followed by Night.