Two Spells, One Mistake
Chapter 42: Morning Eclipse
Previous Chapter Next ChapterCassandra groans as she rolls over to turn off her obnoxious alarm clock which sits on the bedside table next to her bunk bed. Burying her face in her pillow she fully prepares herself to sleep a bit longer before a voice shatters that hope like a sledgehammer.
"As much as I know you'd like to, today is rather important as you pointed out yesterday evening." The female voice states besides the bed.
"Surely I can afford to sleep in for a few minutes..?" Cassandra asks turning to face the voice but keeping her eyes closed.
"While normally I'd wish to agree with you given how hard you work, this written note states otherwise. You also signed it, your highness." She coughs a little.
Cassandra groans more and opens her eyes before yawning slightly.
"Surely not even I was stupid enough to-" Cassandra stops when the blur leaves her eyes and she reads a piece of paper being held up to her top bunk. "I, Cassandra... Yeah... Mhmm... Hereby grant Raven... Right... Permission to... Oh for fluff sake..."
The girl in question holding the piece of signed paper has pitch black hair styled up into a bun and brown eyes, she wears the Halloween special Valkyrie House uniform.
"So, as much as I might want to, I am under your direct written instructions." Raven sighs lightly smiling a little.
"How did I even write a full side of A4 paper for a simple wake up call? I have issues..." Cassandra sighs deeply before slowly moving to get out of bed.
Raven places the piece of paper on a desk beside the bedside table before starting to look through her phone and a clipboard. The princess in question climbs down from her bunk and leaves the room to enter the bathroom. While she strips off to take a shower, Raven leaves the bedroom to walk through their living room making her stop at the kitchen where she puts on a pot of coffee.
'Shall I relay today's agenda to you?'. Raven asks internally while she texts an order to Sparkles.
'If you'd be so kind.' Cassandra replies within her mind.
'At 10:00 am you have a meeting with the Agriculture Club to do with the requested pumpkins they have grown for today's event. Then at 11:30 am you are required to meet with Rivet and the Architecture Club to discuss the areas for each house's carving locations.' Raven begins the list whilst pouring two cups of coffee, preparing them with cream or anything else they liked. 'Moving into the afternoon, you have lunch with your sister, Princess Lilith, at 12:30 pm in the academy cafeteria. After that, you have an hour and a half before opening the Kilgharah House Pumpking Carve event at 2:00 pm alongside your sister.' Raven unpacks a Sparkles bag which appears on the kitchen island from a portal, placing a couple of piping hot banana pancakes on one plate while placing two British crumpets on her own plate.
"Oh, I do believe I smell Sparkle's infamous banana pancakes and a cup of delicious coffee~" Cassandra states walking through into the living room as she dries her hair, now dressed in her own Valkyrie House uniform.
"Your favourite if I remember rightly. I figured you'd need such a breakfast given the day ahead of you." Raven states as she brings the tray through into the living room and places it on the coffee table.
"I often wonder how I'd get by without those who support me day to day like you and my sister. The simple truth of the matter is I wouldn't." Cassandra sits down on the sofa to finish drying her hair.
Raven butters her crumpets before taking an eager bite out of one, as always Sparkle's food is on point. Cassandra puts her towel to the side so she can drench the pancakes in maple syrup before sprinkling a healthy amount of sugar on them. Cutting off a square piece of pancake, Cassandra places it in her mouth eliciting a content moan of delight.
"I'm beyond delighted they added this to their menu this year." Cassandra states happily.
"Didn't you pester them with countless request letters?" Raven asks before taking another bite of her crumpet.
"Tsk, that's beside the point. It would have happened eventually, with or without my intervention." Cassandra coughs slightly before eating more pancake.
The pair eats in relative silence for the last part of their breakfast before clearing everything up and getting ready to leave.
"I'm sure today won't prove too difficult, your highness." Raven states as she picks up her clipboard from the kitchen side.
"Since when has that ever been the case?" Cassandra sighs lightly before they leave out the door.
Lilith sits at the farthest end of the rightmost cafeteria table, reading a book casually while a tea tray sits in front of her. Along on the tray is a pair of china cups, plates and a teapot. Between her and the tea tray is a plate holding a double beef burger with lettuce and fries. Chuckling slightly, she spots Cassandra walking over with a tray of her own while noticing she already looked run down. Taking the seat opposite Lilith, Cassandra puts her tray to the side putting a plate in front of her holding a chicken burger with lettuce and fries. The girl then lays her head on the table before groaning lightly.
"How un-princess-like for you, dear sister." Lilith giggles before placing a bookmark on her current page so she can put it down.
"Don't even get me started, Lilith..." Cassandra sits up, taking a deep breath. "Okay, so... The original concept we drew up was that the houses would have two giant pumpkings to carve."
"Thus splitting the house into two teams, yes." Lilith pours them both a cup of tea before sitting back with hers.
"Apparently there were some complications with magical bugs getting into the greenhouses where they had been growing the pumpkings. As it stands currently, each house is getting one giant pumpkin to carve as a collective." Cassandra heaves a sigh of relief upon taking a sip of tea.
"I knew you'd need a few cups of Earl Grey, lest someone be banished this evening." Lilith chuckles lightly.
"I was debating the moon after that meeting, tis true..." Cassandra takes the time to lightly salt her fries.
"This does leave us with a dilemma when compared to our original draft which we submitted to the Chancellor." Lilith sighs slightly before happily taking a bite of her burger.
"The only real solution we have is to change the draft to a whole house carving rather than the original idea. They'll have to decide amongst themselves how they wish to carve the pumpking exactly." Cassandra begins to eat her fries, letting her chicken burger cool down.
The pair sits in silent contemplation while they drink their tea and eat their lunch. The younger of the two sighing slightly before looking through a schedule on her phone.
"Tis not exactly the worst incident we have tried to make the best of since we took charge of the student council, I doubt anything could compare to last year." Lilith states before chuckling a little at her sister's expression.
"Lilith, please! We swore that we would not revisit those traumatic, terrifying times..." Cassandra shivers.
"What you call 'terrifying', I find rather humorous." Lilith sips her fourth cup of tea.
"You would, wouldn't you..." Cassandra deadpans.
After finishing their lunch, the two sisters relax to enjoy what's left of their tea before a girl with pale blonde hair, light amber eyes and wears a navy blue post office workers uniform, walk up to Cassandra.
"Oh, hello Daisy Hooves, what can I do for you?" Cassandra asks the girl.
Daisy ruffles through her messenger bag before pulling out a wrapped parcel.
"Just an afternoon delivery!~ Please sign here." She offers Cassandra a clipboard which she signs.
Daisy leaves the parcel on the table before nodding and leaving.
"Who could possibly be sending you a package in the middle of the day?" Lilith looks confused before putting down her teacup.
Cassandra inspects the parcel before taking off the brown wrapping paper to reveal a pink box.
"Hmm I'm not sure but the card simply says 'Enjoy'. I have an inkling, but- Oh that bitch." Cassandra sighs when looking inside the box.
"Sister! Language." Lilith states before Cassandra turns the open box to show her five eclairs with white banana cream frosting along the tops, "Oh that bitch."
"Princess Lilith, language!" Raven states discreetly as she passes by them with an empty tray.
Both of the girls sigh before chuckling between themselves.
"I should have known she'd send me something like this after our last recent argument." Cassandra breathes in the scent of banana from the eclairs.
"Oh, yes, Cristina, the girlfriend you obtained last winter when we had that Christmas academy mixer celebration. I'm still unsure about it." Lilith states with a heavy sigh.
"She is rough sometimes and has a few issues but she tries. She is also really sweet sometimes... Most times... When it counts." Cassandra states with a nervous chuckle at her sisters serious deadpan.
"I'm not doubting that but she used to be a lot worse..." Lilith looks at the time on her phone, "sister, we need to go. We have few minutes to get to the opening of the event."
Cassandra looks at her sister then at the eclairs, back to her sister then to the eclairs again.
"But Lilyyy... Eclairsss... Pweaseee..? Just five minutes I promisee." Cassandra begs with her eyes.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me..." Lilith rubs her eyes before glancing back at her sister's adorable face. "Gah! Fine! Only five minutes though!"
Cassandra smiles widely before she starts enjoying the first eclair with a pleasant moan making Lilith roll her eyes.
Next Chapter: The Great Pumpking Carve Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 36 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
So, we decided to try our hand at a two sisters chapter. I don't think it went too badly and that eclair scene at the end was inspired by my friend sharing something in our Skype group chat from last Sunday. I'll be interested if anyone can directly guess the name of Cassandra's girlfriend. I, as per the fics obvious nature, made it somewhat obvious via her name. We hope you enjoyed and look forward to next time. We are trying very hard to have these chapters done and ready by Sunday so they release a week between each other. As always we hope you enjoyed and we'll see you next time.