Act One: Reuniting
[Author's Note at end of chapter]

Cereza stood on her tiptoes as she danced on her tiptoes with ease and grace that if those who saw her could easily mistake her for a smaller and younger version of her mother Rosa underneath the moonlight.

It was a common routine she found herself doing once she came back to the clan. Not only did it help her practice, but it also helped clear her mind as well from any bad thoughts.

She often found herself thinking back to her old mentor Morgana, the Fareie Prince Lukaon and the demon she had befriended during her adventures through Avalon Forest that had possessed her beloved stuffed cat.

Sometimes Cereza thought the power Lukaon promised her if she set him free so she could save her mother was her potential as an Umbran Witch from a long line of powerful witches like her mother, especially with her Witch Time. An ability she could tell many other Apprentice Witches were jealous she had when she demonstrated it, but Jeanne being nothing more but proud and happy for her friend and rival.

As Cereza had spent her months again in the Clan she came to realize why they imprisoned her mother and shunned her. She often found herself either ranting to her beloved stuffed cat like before or Jeanne of it. She found the sacred rule ridiculous. Though she never voiced it, Cereza could tell even Jeanne agreed. And the two often wondered if there were other Umbran Witches and Lumen Sage's who had fallen in love with another and had children, it definitely seemed more possible than Rosa and Balder, Cereza's Lumen Sage father, being the only two who had done so.

The rule itself and the Left Eye of Darkness as well made Cereza also question, why both the clans had to shun her as they did. It wasn't like she had asked for any of it, for her parents to break a sacred, and particularly stupid and strange, rule between the clans and have her, and she definitely didn't ask for the sacred Left eye.

But unfortunately to both clans of her parents thought she was the cause of it all, she was impure, a freak, the doom to their eons of existence.

Cereza stumbled on her feet a bit making her pause with a shaky sigh as she stood normally and went to her bed, where her beloved stuffed cat sat facing where Cereza was dancing at, almost like watching the girl dance.

The young ebony girl sat down on her bed while taking her plush in her arms, resting her chin on its head between the ears and holding it tightly to her chest.

"I just don't get it Cheshire," she spoke, her voice shaky with the verge of tears. "They treat me so mean, it's not like I asked for my parents to break a stupid sacred rule and asked for the stupid sacred eye. It's not fair..." Tears threatened to spill from her silver eyes as she ranted to the plush.

Cereza shook her head remembering words from her mother, "If there're two things I hate in this word are cockroaches and crying babies" she could hear her mother say in the back of her head as she bit back the tears that threatened to spill.

Suddenly the ebony girl noticed a glow coming from the red gem eye of her plush and the blue flame from the blue button eye. With a gasp from Cereza she jumped back as the plush let out a small growl while its mouth opened and jumped back with a flip, growing in size and claws extending. When it landed on its paws it was a head taller than Cereza when she was standing on the floor.

Cereza almost couldn't believe it as she slid off the bed with deep blue bedding. "Cheshire?..." She asked quietly, her left hand to her side as her right was in a fist against her chest. The gaping maw on the demon broke into a grin at that, "It's good to see you as well Cereza." He spoke with his rough deep voice.

Cereza's pale pink lips broke into a thousand mile smile as she ran and tackled the demon in a hug, her arms tightly wrapping around his neck. While Cheshire rested his head on top of the ebony witch apprentice's head and back, keeping her close to his plushy person.

There was a silence in the room, but it was uncomfortable for the two. The witch apprentice and demon enjoyed each other's missed company as they hugged, the pale moonlight shining over them from the tall windows of Cereza's bedroom.

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Chapter One: Reuniting
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Authors note: Short ik sorry
Honestly the idea came to me while playing the game and decided Yolo bc I love their dynamic

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