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{Chapter 04. Back to life}

{Scotts POV}

katherine and jimmy eventually left, though the floral taste stayed around.
The pain did end up dying down which i was greatful for
i ended up falling asleep for the rest of the night, which was a long time-

I woke up in the morning, still on the couch
Though thank Aeor i felt better-
I actually had enough energy to sit up today
Most people would be thinking "oh ill give it another day" or " eh itll probably come back-" 
but nope!
thats not how my brain works
i got up and got ready in my usual colorful attire and gold jewelry
I put in my like what.. uh.. more than eighteen earrings? (he still has his gorgeous elf ears so like- more piercings can fit)
I opened my door and saw owen opening up the tavern

"Morning Scott!!" owen called
"morning owen!!" i called back before heading over to my flower fields
"oh Aeor i didnt know two days would do this to them!!" i sighed before i was swarmed by little kids
"Hi Mr. Scott!!" a little girl called
"Ah, well good morning Caroline!" i picked her up and she spread out her arms before i put her down
"I hope you dont mind me and the village kids tried to water some of the flowers.. we noticed you werent in the fields so.. we thought we'd help! but uh.. we mightve missed a few" she rambled a bit
"hey Caroline, its alright! i appreciate your efforts dearly" i spoke and kneeled to her level

A shorter boy, Violet walked up to me, he had autism and was nonverbal, but was still the sweetest little boy ever
I knew the autism aspect, and being nonverbal from my child ages
(just my au! in which is mostly mentioned in my Highschool AU book! :D)

"Hey violet! ya need something?" i smiled and handed him a pocket notebook and pen
he wrote down

/𝑀𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝓇. 𝑀𝒶𝒿𝑜𝓇❢/
/𝒟𝑒𝑒𝓅𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓅𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓇𝓊𝓅𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃/
/𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓈𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝐹𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇?/

"Ah yes! Ill meet you at the flower shop in just two minutes alright?" i smiled
Violet nodded and skipped away, his pastel purple short hair blew gently in the winds
"Anyways, i appreciate the help dearly Caroline, and you all did a gorgeous job" i smiled
"Oh Oh!! and Mr. Owen taught us how to feed the Llamas!! it was so funn!!!" she smiled and twirled on her toes in excitement, her black, red and pink dress flowed as she spun
"Well im glad you had fun dear, me and owen will get started on breakfast for the village in a moment, i must go meet with violet and his father about the flowers for Mr and Mrs Evervines anniversary" i smiled
"Okay Mr. Scott!! tell Mr and Mrs Evervine to have a happy anniversary!!" she smiled and ran off

I walked along the red paths, thinking back to yesterday
Why do i still taste flowers?
and the metal taste never left either
both tasted absolutely awful
I forced myself to continue along though
a bad taste in my mouth is not going to let me alter my whole day
Eventually i made it to the flower shop, violet sitting on a bench, his legs swaying back and fourth as he fiddled with a pen between his fingers

"Good Morning Mr. Evervine!" i called, listening closely to the clank of my brown and gold studded heeled boots against the harsh red path
"Ah Good Morning Mr. Major! lovely morning today" he smiled, placing his hands in his pockets
"Agreed! Now, may you follow me inside? Ive already got your bouquet made!" i spoke proudly
"Ah yes! Violet, you coming bud?" he called and violet nodded, jumping off the bench and following 
"Now is there a type of ribbon you want or a certain wrapping?" i asked
"hey Vie, why dont you pick out what you think Momma would like?" Mr. Evervine spoke gently, violet nodded excitedly and came up to the counter, i moved the small stool out from under the counter for him to stand on, he jumped on visibly excited
"Alright, stay right here, ill go grab what i have!" i spoke and violet smiled widely
I grabbed out an array of colorful wraps and ribbons, laying them all out for violet to see
He pointed at a clear wrap with a beautiful white pattern on it, intricate like lace.
Then pointing to a white and pink ribbon
"Amazing choices darling!" i spoke proudly and he smiled, bouncing on the balls of his feet
"Ill get these wrapped up and you two can be on your way!" i called and grabbed the wrap and ribbon
"Thank you again Mr. Major, we greatly appreciate this" Mr. Evervine spoke
"No need to thank me Mr. Evervine! also please, Scott is fine!" i smiled
"I still greatly appreciate this Scott, i mean it. and i bet my wife will aswell" he exchanged a smile
"Well you did choose a gorgeous array of roses, i will say you have lovely taste" i spoke, finishing the wrapping 
"Would you like to tie the bow Violet?" i asked and violet audibly gasped before nodding excitedly
He grabbed the flower stems gently and tied the pink and white ribbon ever so gently around the stems 
"Well, you two can be on your way! Have a lovely Anniversary Mr. Evervine!" i smiled, handing him the flowers
"Thank you again scott, how much do i owe?" i questioned
"Free of Charge Mr. Evervine, i hope your wife loves the roses" i smiled and he gave me a warmhearted smile back
"thank you dearly Scott" he grabbed violets hand and the two walked out, towards the village

Ide been holding back coughs while Violet and Mr. Evervine were there.
I didnt want my villagers to know ide been unwell despite the absense
All the coughs ide held in came out in a coughing fit, i grasped onto the counter for stability and by the time i was done.. something felt. wrong, off.. 
i looked down, a deep crimson liquid dripped from my mouth, staining my jacket

"WHAT IN THE NAME OF AEOR-?!" i yelled to myself in my head, i slid towards the floor and put my head on my knees..
what was happening to me..?
why was this happening?!
what was happening?!
i quickly stumbled to my feet
there was a meeting..
I was quick out of the flower shop and to my house, slamming the door behind me and sliding down it
tears flowed from my eyes
what was wrong with me?!
was i dying-?!
am i already dead-?
yeah no not dead, very very alive
now that i think of it my throat felt filled with glass and.. something else.
something i couldnt make out
i got up to change
i at least had made an extra jacket..

climbing up the ladder i sighed, opening up my closet and taking off the blood stained jacket
i could blow off the small bit of blood on the collar as dye. 
i wiped my teary eyes, no one. would ever see me as weak.
taking a deep breath i jumped off my loft
quickly re-applying my eyeliner because stupid tears had washed it off 

"aye where ya headed to?" owen asked, peeking his head out the window
"first off to clean up the flower shop of some spilled dye i knocked off my desk- then a meeting" i lied about the first part. it wasnt dye
it was my own blood.
but i wasnt letting anyone know that.
"Alright then! have 'fun' at said meeting" he joked
"oh yes ever so very fun-" i teased before going to the flower field to clean up the blood on the floor..
that kinda makes it sound like i killed some one-
grabbing a towel from the counter i cleaned up the wooden floors
using the counter to once again steady myself at the sight of my own blood, the job was done as much as it could be

Jumping off of the porch of the flower shop i flapped my owl wings, heading on over to The Glimmer Grove for the meeting, luckily this time it wasnt in a far empire like the one at sanctuary last time-
I landed smoothly against the white paths lined with flowers, peonies could be seen along the paths, the floral taste on my tongue increased at the sight of flowers. A poppy catching my eye in the distance making me feel sick.
My gaze broke by katherines voice

"Hey Scott! happy to see ya back on your feet today!" she spoke enthusiastically 
"Hiya Katherine! I am grateful to even have enough energy to stand let alone fly today so i can second you on that" i sighed
"Brutal honesty, im shocked to see your recovery so quickly-" she laughed
"Its very much on brand for me to push through stuff i shouldnt Katherine" i chuckled
"Thats fair-" she laughed and we both headed towards the meeting room

~time skip because nothing eventful happens at meetings-~

Standing outside of the meeting building to catch my breath before taking off i felt a finger tap my shoulder
i turned around and Gem had been standing there, her gorgeous pink gown contrasted against the whites and purples beautifly

"Hiya Gem! You need something?" i asked
"Both yes and no" she smiled
"Well ask away" i returned the smile
"Is there a chance that you sell Orange Tipped Wither roses?" she asked
"Yes i do! How many you need? one, two, a bouquet?" i questioned, turning fully on my heels
"a bouquet would be amazing" she smiled
"alright then! I will be meeting you at the flower shop in chromia i assume?" i offered
"Yes sir!" she called and took off, her large butterfly wings flapped behind her in the direction of dawn

I jumped and fluttered my large owl wings over to chromia
The Twenty minute flight back to chromia was tiring, but i landed on the red path outside of the flower shop
Stepping inside i opened the door to the green house, opening a small confined door filled with differed tipped wither roses
This room was darker and made me feel weak, it always did
But the effect seemed stronger for reasons i didnt know
I picked the orange tipped wither roses and headed out, holding them gently in my hands i set them down.
i grabbed my shears to remove the thorns, but as i picked up the first rose a longer thorn pierced my palm, dropping both the rose and the shears i looked at the cut on my hand, it seemed blood was coming out slower than usual. as if it wasnt flowing into my hand as much
I wasnt really thinking about the withering effect as i already felt weak as it is, what would a little more damage do to me
i brushed it off as i would probably prick myself more than once and continued shearing the thorns off the flowers until gem arrived

"Hello there again Scott!" she greeted coming through the door as her wings fell behind her
"Welcome in Gem!" i greeted, setting down the last rose
"Thank you for removing the thorns without request" she smiled
"You always ask so i just did it in advance! plus wouldnt want ya withering yourself" i smiled
"with you saying that im noticing the multiple tiny holes in your hands-" she laughed
"eh im used to it, happens alot" i smiled and started wrapping the bouquet in her usual colors
"thank you again scott, do i owe anything?" she asked
"nope! free of charge, just hoping these go to the right person, for the right use!" i smiled
"just for some decoration at the sun church, kinda bland in there" she smiled
"i must say the stained glass job is gorgeous" i smiled, looking up from the newly wrapped flowers
"why thank you colorful man!" she smiled 
"well, heres your flowers and have a wonderful day!" i smiled
"thank you scott!!" she smiled as she walked out
" bye gem!!" i called  before sitting on the counter

i wasnt sure if it was the aftermath of the withered effect but i felt dizzy.
the smell of the flowers was becoming overwhelming and began to hurt the more i breathed
despite the random splurge of dizziness that had washed over me and didnt seem to want to go away i jumped off the counter
Being a figure skater i was used to random splurges of dizziness from spinning
meaning i was able to walk it off usually
i walked to my house and climbed up the ladder preying i wouldnt fall off.
basically collapsing on my bed moments later i felt abnormally exhausted
maybe i pushed it too much today?

but i barely did anything..

did i help owen cook?

what had i done that day?

the meeting.. 

that and.. gems flowers..

and.. Mr Evervines anniversary..

was that all i did..?

was it?

was i really that useless today?

why did i feel like this now?

what was the blood earlier?

why do i still taste petals?

whats going on..?

Whats Happening to me?!