The Four Of Nevermore: What's Within The Trees

☾ 2.1: petals and a recollection ☽

❝ Come alive, let the moment take you ❞

Hit The Lights  ➳ Selena Gomez & The Scene

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After grabbing their bags and picking their corners in the room, three knocks were heard and the group turned their heads to the door as it opens, revealing a woman with auburn hair, glasses and a warm smile, "May i come in?"

"Yeah, go ahead!" Ivory nods as all the girls had smiles on their faces, Adam however had his lips pursed when the woman entered, subtly glancing up and down at her until he kept his eyes on the box in her hands that had flowers sticking out of them. The woman carefully placed the box down in front of her before she glanced at the group, introducing herself; "My name is Marilyn Thornhill but you can call me Miss Thornhill and I will be your dorm mom!"

"Um okay?" Ivory smiled, shrugging as she turned to her friends, "Nice to meet you, Miss Thornhill!"

"I could say the same to all of you!" Miss Thornhill spoke cheerfully, grabbing a pot of purple calla lilies from her box, "And as a welcoming gift, i usually give out flowers from my conservatory to the new students."

She handed the calla lilies towards Vivian, who quickly got up, took the flowers and thanked Miss Thornhill before she went back to her bed, gently tracing the leaves as the previous smile on her face grew wider, "This is absolutely beautiful!"

"I'm glad you liked it!" the woman grins, taking a pot of blue lady orchids before she went and gave them to Deirdre, "When i saw the four of you walking around the school, these flowers reminded me of you"

"Probably because of the way we dressed," Deirdre chuckles before thanking her as she took the pot, "But thank you- though, how'd you that i like orchids?"

"Just a wild guess!" She giggles as she took her box, handing Ivory a pot of pink roses and Adam a pot of green tulips, to which he raised his brows to as he asks, "Tulips remind you of me?"

"Yes and the meaning as well," Miss Thornhill explains, "Green tulips symbolizes fresh and hopeful beginnings!"

Ivory then raised her hand as she excitedly asks, "What about mine? What do pink roses mean?"

"Elegance, gratitude and admiration, my dear."

"Whoa.." Ivory stared back at the flowers in her hands, getting up to place then on her nightstand as Miss Thornhill chuckles, turning towards Vivian and Deirdre, "You don't want to know yours?"

"I'll google mine later," Deirdre shrugs, turning to Vivian who simply nodded at her sentence, "Yeah me too, but once again thank you for the flowers, miss!"

"You're absolutely welcome!" Miss Thornhill then made her way towards the door, giving the group one last look as she already has her hand on the door knob, "Is there anything else you need before i go?"

The quartet shook their head, bidding the woman goodbye as she left the room. After a while, Adam was the first to perk up with a question as he turned to his friends, dropping the smile he gave to Miss Thornhill, "Okay- am i the only one who feels a bit weirded out by her?"

"Nope," "Nada," "Yeah- she's a little sketchy"
The girls answered one by one, their smiles dropping into either a blank expression or a pursed lip. Taking in the silence, Deirdre remembers the dream she had last night and she immediately looked at her friends, "Do you guys remember what you dreamed of last night?"

"Not really" Ivory answers immediately, shaking her head as she sat down on her bed, "I've a memory of a goldfish, but i do remember some parts of it."

"All i know is that i saw the four of us," Vivian starts, earning a wide-eyed look from the three, "and there was a burning tree?"

"No way!" Adam commented, "I saw that too! and then there was a random pilgrim?-"

"Undead." Deirdre corrected, getting up to place her flowers on her nightstand before she turned back to her group, "It was an undead pilgrim, and he attacked a girl in black clothing-"

"Um.." Ivory gulps, drawing their attention towards her, "I believe i've seen her before.."

"If you mean the dream then yes, we all did."

"Dee, no-" The girl denies while shaking her head, "What i mean was; When Principal Weems showed us around the school, i saw her walking next to a blonde girl with like blue and pink highlights."

"Wait-" three of the four stood, all exclaiming in unison with shock on their faces, "What?!"

But before Ivory could say more, the quartet heard excited knocks on their door as well as a muffled, monotonous voice going, "Keep it up, you might break their door soon enough."

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