Chapter 2 - Voir Diress

 

Soon the Orchid heir landed right behind the group. A small crowd was starting to form, taking notice of Diane's actions. The girl's flowing mane of hair and tattoos seemed to rinse light from the sunset, as if sheeny and wet, or made of some crystalline sheath overcoating them. She examined Thatti with caution, a combination of anticipation and readiness that defied her base behavior from before. Stepping up to her in her boots, Thatti approached the girl with a look of defiance in her eyes and took no notice of the slowly gathering crowd that saw her leap from the top of the building. Without another word she swung and the girl's hand flinched with each punch. Diane tried to block the hits but couldn't. She was a fighter, but this chick was no joke.

They slid Diane several feed as if she were on a rink, leaving trails in the ground and seperating her from the other girls she'd been bullying. Veronica pulled out her phone and took a picture, looking at it confused.

"You!" Diane yelled, then took out her cigarette, blowing more smoke in the girls faces. She looked at Thatti, her eyes once again widening as she spotted the wand in her hand.

Thatti stood before her, not backing down an inch, even as she was inhaling the smoke. "My name is Thatti Nezura. I come to your school, in search of.. the meaning of myself, in the hopes that I can get to know the meaning of others." She spoke sternly. "I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of these three either, or any others. You don't intimidate me."

The crowd gasped. Diane turned back, then turned to the other three and glared, putting the cigarette out on her lip. "You're that new student that's been making her way around huh?

I've been looking for you. We've been looking." The girls backed away, then soon ran off as fast as Diane's attention was turned.

Diane clapped her hand. "You, a little on the cute side.. You're a cutie." She reached over and felt her cheek. "You are a cutie, cutie patooti." Diane gazed upon Thatti's body, moving against her nubile young curves. "I know it's weird, but don't.. I'm very touchy. I get very mad and.. if you want to, I can let you have me." She grabbed the back of Thatti's head and looked down licking her lips. "If you want to. You're a little flat-chested but those are some pretty lips, you and I, we can find a hotel and-"

Thatti slapped her hand away, making the crowd gasp. "Please don't touch me." She said.

Diane laughed and blew more smoke in Thatti's face. "What's with the attitude? Come on, you want to come back to my place with me? Just a little bit of fun, you'll like it. I can do this all night, just a little bit of.." Diane said, pulling Thatti closer, until her lips were inches from smacking against her own. She grabbed her again, and Thatti yanked the wand out of her belt, grabbing Diane's hand and pressing it against her chest. "Diplomacy."

"I said don't touch me!"

 

"Well, you're so frickin cute, I just want to feel it! Just a little bit of.." Thatti had heard enough. "I said PLEASE." She whipped out the wand and a blast of pink electrical mist came out, slamming everyone and blasting them to the side. Daine went flying into a pole.

Caleb and Veronica gasped. "What the fuck was that? Thatti.. Thatti, what did you just do?"

 

Thatti grabbed the hand of the wand. "Diane is a very mean person." She bit her lip. "She told my boy..."

Thatti smiled. "But no more. I'm Thatti Nezura, I'm here, and I'm not afraid. There's a whole world to see, and I'm not going to let some silly bully ruin it for me." She aimed her wand

again. "Code 29: Roseluck Specter!" A striking star of red corked out the tip and blasted Diane, knicking the side of her face and causing a small gash on her forehead.

Diane got up slowly, the white ribbon flew away.

"Thatti! You cannot just b-blast people! HOW did you even do that?" Caleb asked. "What's the harm in a little retaliation?" The Orchid girl turned to Diane, the shining red

 

now visible from what had fallen away. In place of a left eye, a red jewel was revealed. Rhodite. "Besides, she's not people." Thatti got so excited. "She's only a silly Gem."

She pointed her wand at Diane, and a rainbow of colors exploded around Diane, her body getting encased in a prism of red, pink, yellow, green, blue, purple, and white, crackling with energy. Diane looked around and clenched her hands. She revealed two fangs and bit into her palm.

Caleb blinked. "H-how did you do all of that?" He asked. "I'm pretty powerful. In more ways than one." She replied.

The prism exploded with fire and violent red light. The Orchid girl jumped back in surprise. Diane's body began to transform, large wings pushing out of her back, both legs turning to goat-like hooves, and long horns growing out the top of her head as her hair turned pure red. Her muscles grew, abdomen becoming tighter and more developed while her physique enhanced to inhuman levels.

"Who.. who are you?" She said, her voice growing to an octave or two. Her hands turned to claws as Thatti got closer.

"I told you.. Thatti Nezura. I'm here to make some friends and get to know everyone in town. And also to stop bullies, and if it takes using these kind of abilities to do so, I'm here to use them." She pointed her wand at Diane, and two long red blades appeared at the tip, clashing and

cutting the demon creature. The crimson girl squeaked and flapped her wings, but got a swipe of Thatti's wand, now a scythe before it struck back sending the teen straight to the ground.

Everyone was shocked as Thatti held her scythe towards Diane, a large red-tipped blade.

The wand cycled through different forms and weaponry- a spear, a halberd, a crossbow, a shotgun, a hand cannon, a dagger, a mace, until finally settling into a large staff, the same bluish-mint coloration maintained throughout.

"H-how did you.." Caleb, who'd reached the bottom floor finally looked to Thatti, and then back at the weapon.

"My wand, Headhunter can assume any weapon I choose." She gripped the hilt. "Don't worry Caleb, I'm not going to kill her."

Thatti gripped the blade of the staff with both hands, slowly walking towards Diane.

 

"I'm going to make you regret being mean to these people. There's no excuse for being a bully." She put a hand over her shoulder. "Let's make a deal. If you promise to not bully anyone for the rest of your time here, I'll make this go away. Just think of it as some friendly advice, Gem." The last word came out as if it were scarlet letter. "Now why don't you tell me some information about Jack.."

Diane began to crackle. Her body radiated a bright crimson aura, wings and claws growing longer, her height getting taller. "You? Kill me?" She hissed, fangs in her mouth stretching with her jaw. "Don't make me PISS MYSELF with laughter. You couldn't wound my Pride even if you tried." Her head got larger, her body got more toned, every bit of her body getting bigger, until her gem shone brighter, with black tattoos spreading all over her body.

"You just gonna threaten me? Like who the fuck are you to come onto us? We came here to this school looking for YOU."

She grabbed her hand, her nails growing larger and longer. The gem reached out her hand and scratched Thatti's skin, drawing blood with a single swipe. Red lightening began to gather at her fingertips. rackling and charging. "Fuck you, bitch!" Thatti got pissed off and swung the wand around, sending a burst of rainbow magic at her. The red energy flashed, causing a large blast of pink electric lightning to blow around Diane. She looked at Thatti, and let out a low guttural growl, her hair growing longer, going from yellow to a glowing crimson over jetblack streaks. "I'm the head of this school! The Queen Bee! No one tells me what to do!" She dug her claws into her own cheeks. "Let me tell you a little something, before that spark in your eyes is gone and you're a lifeless cadaver. I am, the Instrumental Sin. The strongest of the 7 Roses, The scarlet rose. The thorn of the underworld. In a Rose's Blossoming mode, we're even more furious than ever!"

Thatti looked up at at Diane, 4 silhouettes at the top of the building. "WE rule this school."

"So my intuition was correct." She looked at the darkened shapes at the top. A series of cat ears, a skinny graceful figure holding a spear, a rounded woman and a taller stocky figure next to her with some sort of eyewear. Each of the four figures bore gems on their bodies that were glowing bright shades of orange, pink, purple and maroon against their dark silhouettes. "You are all here."

"You came from another world to challenge me, and it just made you a toy in my hands. Now tell me, please Thatti, hand over that wand and die proudly!" Diane laughed and lunged forward, a second red blast coming out of her fists, aiming straight for Thatti. "Fuck you. A newcomer like you... you're nothing to me. Just like your friends!" She glared at Caleb, Jel and Veronica.

"You're just a nobody!" She screamed as she lunged at Thatti, wings flapping faster and her body elongating, her claws getting sharper and fiery red eyes glowing on her cheeks.

The massive crowd parted slightly as Thatti was picked up and thrown back into an explosive crater over on the pavement.

Thatti got up slowly, the smoke from her body still steamy and hot. "My Ex didn't think that." She glared at Diane. "I'd heard he was dating a real hellhag of a harpy, but you take the cake."

"You can't beat me." Diane spat. She clapped her hands together, a spear created inbetween her hands. The gem of pride thrust it forward at Thatti, who just narrowly dodged, a small streak of blood dripping from her cheek with ash blowing from the slightest touch wisping away into the breeze.

Caleb looked at Veronica, then back at the crowd. "Thatti.. You need to surrender this wand, this isn't worth it." He said.

The orchid girl, went stoic. The wand reverted to its original form, she held it in front of her face and did a pose with two fingers in the air, one horizontal in front of the other. "Leave your mark, God's Spark." The wand emitted a focused blue glare, and its light started to consume Thatti and reformat her body. The school shook violently, and Diane stepped back, her spear held upright as if on guard.

The light began to transform her body. First from the tip of her hair, which she let fly out into a light-mint shade. Her nails got longer and grew in at a rapid pace, lengthening her fingers, as her palms turned green and she let out a low hiss. Her body began to shift, growing shorter, leaving behind only a pink frilly top, orange sleeves and black latex legging-pants. Her eyes turned yellow with red sclera. The crowd gasped. The light left, revealing a completely different girl holding a golden wand with a crown atop the rounded tip. In a different voice, the girl spoke.

With a flash of blue and gold, Thatti was gone, replaced by a short woman with light blue hair, green skin and yellow eyes, her face was in a pained grimace, the wand resting on her right arm.

"Let's dance fucker." She stepped forward, wielding a new shape for the wand in her hand, the head of a crown. Her eyes glowed yellow, and a pink-purple aura surrounded her body.

A cyan beam shot out, striking the gem of Pride. "Code 1: Shockblaster deluxe."

 

A constant beam, a shot with no hesitation or break in its crackling flood. It impaled Diane in the chest and cracked her abdomen, her body glowing with light until she was serenaded. "Fuuuuu-" She yelled as she was struck with a final beam, the wand emitting it from a crown. "FUCK." She yelled as her body erupted in a final purple light, transforming into a crisp body of charcoal as she was blasted away. Diane fell and disappeared in a shower of white ash, her body leaving her eye's Gem in a crater. "Wow, you're really strong... for a pile of rocks."

Caleb caught up to her. "That was- incredible!"

 

The crowd cheered and applauded, many standing and holding cameras to the sky.

 

Thatti smiled and bowed.

 

The girl smiled and looked around.

 

"What.. in the world?" Veronica said, rubbing her eyes. "That girl is.."

 

"Gem. Not a girl." The mint-skin figure corrected. She turned around, the Gem already gathering particles in the air and shaping them into Diane's original form.

"How-" Jel said.

"She's a Gem, they can turn into different people and transform their bodies, even regenerate from mortal wounds. Figures with those shitters." She scoffed. "Atleast, the Instrumental Sins can. Of the 7 roses, only they can regenerate that fast."

"7.. roses?" Caleb asked, feeling abit intimidated by Thatti's seeming change of personality. He watched as she sped over to stomp on Diane's chest repeatedly, swearing and swinging her weapon like a wild berserker. "You call yourself the Queen Bee? More like a buzzing mosquito with a bad attitude. Time for a reality check, princess." The tone in her voice, the aggression and rage it held, was making him.. uneasy.

"What's going on now?" Veronica asked, feeling just as abit disturbed as Caleb did. "She's like a whole different person now."

Diane's body, even against the figure's foot stomping on her reformed and returned in a flash, her own Gem falling back into her eyesocket.

The girl smiled. "That's right. The Instrumental Sins. The 7 roses of the Instrumental Sins. I am the gem of pride." Diane put her hand to her chest, as if pledging to god. "And by my honor, my love, and my pride as a gem I will see you done right." She declared.

"Shut the fuck up already." Her opponent kicked her forehead and then hopped off.

 

"Fade away." She put her wand to the side and slowly the pinkish aura around her began to fade, the cyan coloration returning to the wand with it as if sucked right out of her skin, the black and yellows of her eyes fading away with it. Soon she was back to her former appearance and seemed calm. The cyan and pink light from it returned the power and soon, Thatti was her original self again, holding her Headhunter wand.

"That is the sickest thing I've ever seen!" Jel yelled, the llavalite girl high-fiving her. "When you went all blue and she turned into that big goat-demon lady thing she-"

"Get back here." Diane coughed continually. "We're not done."

"Both of you shut up! What the fuck are you screaming about? Thatti Nezura! That's it, I'm going to-"

""You were being a bully!" Thatti cut in, pulling out her wand and holding it at her side. "You were being mean to people here, making them not have friends and giving them a bad time. And you were just so.. mean!"

"Oh, that's all you have to say? Let's see if that works on me. Thatti Nezura. This school will be your graveyard before I'm done with you!" She stepped back, shapeshifting her wings and flying to the top of the school. 4 of the other Gems stood atop. Thatti smirked. "Right, I have a lot of questions to ask you lot." She put Headhunter in her mouth, and with a burst of agility leapt to the top of the school, Thatti punting Diane in the nose and pointing her wand at the other. "Your clique are the elite 4 or whatever right? This isn't just about me. It's about everyone you've hurt. And I'm going to make sure you never bully anyone again." She pointed her wand at Diane, who was backed by the four gems cloaked in shadow. Rose gems. She found her target, that much she felt justified in knowing. "Now you're going to tell me. Which of you were the accomplices to Jack Rhosella? I know they're working with my Ex." Her glare turned deadly serious. "Jack, the Gemini Eyes that fucked with my head, they weren’t alone! You had to have given them a hand! Which one of you are the one who are responsible? Tell me or face justice."

Diane got up, her nose bleeding. "What the fuck are you on about?"

 

Thatti pointed her Headhunter at the Gem. "I'm going to have to hurt you all again if I don't get a polite and solid answer." She glared. "D-don't make me hurt you more!"

"Tsk." The schoolbell rung. "Schools on. Time out, little flower. We deal wit later." The maroon gem said, she grabbed Diane and jumped off the building into the school crowd. The other 3 gems followed them and ran off.

"W-what?" Thatti looked onwards very confused.

Soon everyone dispersed. Caleb and Veronica looked at each other, then at Thatti.

 

"Oh come on." Thatti threw the wand behind her and looked up. "Come on. This was a wash.. I'm hungry as heck." Thatti said, and they left the rooftop.

Veronica was scratching her head. "Was that really you Thatti? What was with that, transformation of yours?" She said, taking out a notebook.

"Huh? Just uh, an aftereffect of my incredible magic." Thatti declared, putting both hands on her hips and declaring it with bravado. The eye on her wand rolled less than amused.

Caleb followed her closely. "W-wait, you need to tell me this much." He looked at her concerned. "Why are you really here?"

She paused, and turned to him with a deadly silence. "It's not about them or the Rose gems, it's about me, Caleb. I don't mean that in a bad way, but I'm here on a mission. To find out about myself, my family, and maybe, just maybe, become myself a little more." She said, taking a deep breath. "We're friends, yeah?" She said with a smile. Caleb nodded. "Course we are." All four leaned in together as Thatti whispered.

 

"Quite simply.. I'm out here for a mission of revenge. To stop someone who hurt me and my... family." She said, taking a deep breath. "I'll tell you more in the future, once I get to know you better." She said with a smile. "In the meantime, we're just going to act like nothing happened, my friends." Thatti hugged the three, feeling like she was going to warm up quickly to this new school.