The past was haunting her. The legacy her father left her was a weight on her shoulders she could never get rid of. But Kayla Rivers knew she could fight it.
She knew she could be better than her father ever was and try not to be defined by the pas...
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When Kayla and Hope returned to the school, Kayla noticed the decorations and the visible grimace on Hope's face.
"We missed our birthdays" Kayla said, picking a black Ballon with a ribbon from one of the walls, flicking it away.
Hope winced slightly. "Happy seventeen?"
"We were in a dark pit of doom, alone" Kayla deadpanned, a flash of black going through her eyes, fading as fast as it came. "I seriously doubt it was a happy birthday"
Hope pursed her lips. Not thinking darkly was going to be difficult.
"Hope!" MG spotted them, looking relieved to see Hope, walking to them, slowing down when he noticed Kayla, rushing to her and wrapping his arms around her.
Hope snickered at the confused, straight ahead expression on Kayla's face as she patted MG's back awkwardly.
"Are you okay?" MG asked, pulling away, ignoring momentarily their awkwardness because making sure she was mentally okay was priority over his unrequited feelings. "I heard what happened with your dad"
Hope shook her head at him.
Kayla shifted lightly, "So you heard my own uncle killed my dad?"
MG quickly dropped his hands, backing away as he noticed a flash of dark in her eyes. "What was that?"
Kayla blinked furiously, drawing a hand to her head, "I told you this was a bad idea, Hope" she said turning to the tribid, lowering her hand. "Even what I know didn't happen made me imagine on the opposite. He said not to make me think dark"
MG looked between them, confused.
Hope sighed, grabbing MG's wrist, pulling him along to an empty room. Kayla followed behind, closing the door. Hope waved her arms, casting a spell to give them privacy.
"Okay, first things first" Hope said, hands on her hips, "Kay too was affected with the dark magic that's on Josie"
MG snapped his eyes to the girl who looked no different than her usual self, "You are evil now?"
"Not out of my usual" Kayla snarked. Hope passed an arm around her shoulders, squeezing warningly. "Okay, yeah, a little. It's being close to Jo and her darkness" she paused. "I'm the freaky siphoner with two links to different people"
"The thing is, her dad made a spell around her to help her control the dark magic around her" Hope explained. "As long as she doesn't have dark thoughts she can remain under control"
"Your dad?" MG questioned.
"Long story short, I saved my dad from Ric killing him" Kayla shrugged. "Altered Dr. S' memories about it, letting him think he finally got closure from his family's suffering"
Hope grimaced.
MG put two and two, "Consequences of the dark magic?"
"Yes and no" Hope answered. "Kai explained, or at least I understood with Kayla being a 50-50. She saved her dad which that's good because it's her dad but altered Dr. Saltzman's memories which is bad. Our friend here is some sort of a grey area character"
