The Fault in Our Stars

**The Fault in Our Stars** is the thirty-first chapter of Season 1 and the thirty-first chapter of the Lorecraft series. It started on May 10, 2018 and finished on June 21, 2018.

## Plot

Carol, Sara and Amelia are moving forward. As they get closer to the Sacred Sanctum, a mouse scurries along them. It squeaks noisily, startling Sara who jumps into Carol's arms. After Amelia reassures Sara it's just a mouse, it bites Carol's toe, causing her to drop Sara on the ground. They continue on their way but as they get close to their destination, they can hear some noises coming from the Sanctum. The building starts to come into view, impressing the three girls. The sounds they heard before get louder. They can now make out that they are sounds of a fight going on. Carol thinks to herself, noting that "they" got here before she and her fellow student. The trio hides behind a bush to try and get a safe view of the commotion. Unexpectedly, they notice a familiar face: Solana. Sara recognizes her as the girl Lewis fought during the Talent Showdown.

Solana seems to have taken a beating, showing wounds and her weapon not in perfect shape either, while the other side of the fight seems to not even have broken a sweat. Carol questions why she's here, Amelia starts getting a bad feeling of the situation they're witnessing. As they beat up Solana even further, Sara has had enough and rushes in recklessly, ahead of Carol and Amelia, confronting the people that are beating up the Kings and Queens Academy student. The attackers turn out to be two girls, one having dyed light green hair with ocean blue ends. As Sara confronts them, the attackers exchange some banter between themselves, the colorfully haired girl being addressed as Umiko by the other girl, who Umiko adresses as Elise. Elise then warns Sara to not get involved. Sara doesn't listen and approaches Umiko, only to be punched away by a big, muscular arm belonging to a cyclops, sending her into a bush. The cyclops refers to himself in the third person, as Mondo. Amelia and Carol rush to Sara's aid, Umiko noting their presence. Mondo then says he wants to beat up the girls, his questionable phrasing lampshaded by Umiko. Sara is eager to take them on, but Amelia doubts they can beat them. Carol points out they'll just chase them if they were to run. Sara stresses wanting to teach them a lesson, Amelia admitting there's no other option. Carol tries to point out Sara's still tired from her earlier fights, but Sara doesn't care, refusing to do nothing. Carol then points out they're here for the information inside the Sanctum, not to fight. Sara concedes this point. Mondo is getting impatient and Elise tells him he can do as he pleases. However, Elise now takes notice of Carol being here and questions this in thought. At the same time, Carol, also in thought, wonders why they're here so early. Mondo cracks his knuckles, ready for a fight. Carol yells at Amelia and Sara to go for the Sanctum while she handles the trio of enemies.

Carol confronts Elise about them being here, but Elise cockily refutes what Carol says, telling her she should be somewhere else. She also states Carol has nothing to do with their business here, but Carol denies this. Elise taunts Carol about not telling on her to someone called Lady Nephora. Carol tells Elise to shut up, addressing Elise by her last name Whitelotus, and demands to know what they're doing her. Elise taunts her further and Carol snaps, pinning Elise to the ground and presses her clawed gauntlets against Elise's throat. Carol asks Elise if she's questioning Carol's loyalty. Elise stays calm however, arguing it's hard for her not to as she is supposedly not where she is supposed to be. Carol counters by saying she stated everything in her report, but Elise says it did not mention her being here at this time. Carol claims it did, nevertheless Elise threatens Carol by reporting this incident to Lady Nephora. Carol blames Elise for messing up her scouting mission, adding that she will try to salvage the situation or it'll be on her hide. She lets Elise go and makes her way towards the entrance of the Sacred Sanctum, only to be stopped by Mondo. She tells him to get out of her way, he responds by punching Carol in the face, citing her animosity towards his friend Elise as a reason to do so. She walks around the giant one-eye to get back on her way.

Sara and Amelia are trying to get into the Sacred Sanctum, but are blocked by Umiko who seems intent on not letting them inside. Amelia tries politely asking, to no avail. As Umiko continuously makes it clear that she won't let them enter the Sacred Sanctum, Sara decides to take her on in a fight together with Amelia. Umiko gets the first attack, however, as she summons a big wave of water that drags Sara and Amelia away from the building. Amelia tries to counter with the same move, but Umiko swats it away like it's nothing. Sara then charges in with a Fire Punch, but Umiko merely stands her ground and knees Sara in the stomach, forcing Sara to collapse to the ground, holding her stomach and groaning in pain. Umiko then puts a foot on Sara's back and rests a forearm on it. She uses Sara as an example to tell Amelia what happens when they don't listen. She presses her foot down to force Sara's entire body to lay directly on the ground and puts a boot on Sara's head and grinds her heel, causing Sara to scream out in intense pain. This angers Amelia greatly and she summons water arms to attack Umiko, who simply picks up the beaten-down Sara, using her body as a shield. Amelia immediately stops her attack to avoid hitting Sara. Umiko then tosses the now-unconcious Sara to the side, Amelia catching her using water arms. Umiko uses this opportunity to grab Amelia's heels with water arms of her own. She then freezes them to tighten their grip on Amelia's heels even more. Amelia resort to using Fire magic to melt the ice, but it strangely does not work. Umiko taunts her some more about trying it, and brings Amelia up and slams her down very hard, knocking her out of any condition to fight, though she remains concious. All Amelia can do is lament her defeat and weakly utter the word "Mother" a few times before fainting. Umiko, having defeated both opponents easily, asks what to do with them. Elise's answer is simple: Kill them, stating they can't afford to have witnesses. This shocks Carol, and Umiko simply complies. She is interrupted however, by Carol unexpectedly punching her in the jaw and sending her flying away from her friends.

Back at the Academy, Proto has returned to the infirmary to check on Jocelyn, who was expecting Natalie instead. Jocelyn tries telling Proto telepathically that she wants to see Natalie. Proto asks why he's hearing her in her head, this being the first time Jocelyn used her telepathy on him. It's too much for her however, holding her head in pain. Proto tells her to take it easy in her current condition. Jocelyn replies by simply requesting some alone time. Proto complies, giving her some breathing room and leaves for his own dorm. Jocelyn wonders if her actions will save her friends, and decides to get some sleep.

At the Sacred Sanctum, Carol's been going toe to toe with Umiko, until Elise intervenes and uses her Resonance to paralyze Carol's limbs. Elise taunts Carol again, elated at the prospect of erasing the witnesses and seeing Carol's friend killed at the same time. Carol threatens to tear out Elise's throat if she gets out of this, Elise remaining unfazed. She says she'd kill Carol right now, but mentions she won't because it would upset Lady Nephora, mentioning would even dare to do such a thing. Elise then commands Umiko to kill them. Umiko drops a one-liner before summoning a trident and goes to stab them. Carol yells out in despair as her friends are about to die, but the trident strike is blocked by Darklaw arriving just in time. She very sternly tells the assailants that they'll be wishing for death if they laid a finger on her students. Elise panics a little at Darklaw's appearance. Saying they got what they came for, she orders Umiko and Mondo to leave. However, she leaves Carol with one final message, regarding informing Lady Nephora of her interference.

As soon as Elise has left, Carol regains control over her limbs. Darklaw directs her to Amelia and Sara's position, carefully instructing her. She then heals the three students of hers. Sara wakes up and wonders where her enemies went, Amelia echoing this question as she also wakes up. Carol is overjoyed at her friends being alive, bear hugging both of them. Darklaw interrupts them to tell them very sternly that they're going back to the Academy, teleporting all 4 of them afterwards. Back at the academy, Darklaw orders them to be in her office in an hour. The three girls realize they're in big trouble. Sara is still surprised by how strong they seemed but wants to kick their butts the next time they meet, a sentiment shared by Carol and Amelia.

As they enter the school, Proto and Natalie are waiting for them, Natalie very relieved to see them alive and well. Sara apologized to Natalie for her dumb idea, though Carol tries to support Sara and her decision, stating they knew what they were getting into. Proto agrees on this by lampshading their stubbornness. Amelia then suggests to head to Darklaw's office to not keep her waiting, but Sara mentions they still have an hour. Amelia then mentions not getting inside the Sanctum despite reaching it, to Proto's surprise. Sara explains what she perceived there, and mentions they stood no chance, also noting she had already used her Resonance in the fight against the Deathtalon. Amelia adds that they'd be dead if Darklaw hadn't appeared. Sara then suggest returning to their rooms before going to Darklaw's office, which everyone seems okay with. Before they go, Proto mentions that Jocelyn's in the infirmary and is doing okay for the time being. Sara suddenly realizes she forgot about Jocelyn and sprints off, not hearing Proto asking her to wait. He mentions Jocelyn prefers to be alone right now, seeming hurt from the others' persistence in going against what she thought was the right thing to do. Natalie adds that the pain she's feeling isn't physical. Proto then heads off to his own room after saying goodbye to the others.

In the infirmary, Sara is catching her breath from having run there very fast. She is quick to ask Jocelyn if she's okay, but is only met with a scoff. Sara is confused and asks what's wrong. Jocelyn telepathically calls Sara out, rushing here without even thinking if she even wanted to see her. Sara doesn't know what to say in response. Jocelyn, very distrusting of Sara currently, asks Sara how it went after the Deathtalon and if they got what they wanted. Sara sighs before deciding to answer truthfully despite knowing Jocelyn will not like it. Sara tries to apologize to Jocelyn, getting carried in trying to help Natalie but getting Jocelyn hurt in the process. Jocelyn states she wasn't helping anyone, asking her how she'd think Natalie would feel if they all died. She then asks Sara to leave, saying she's lost trust in four of her friends and doesn't want to lose it even further. Sara accepts it and leaves as requested. As Sara leaves the infirmary, Jocelyn telepathically asks her to tell Darklaw she wants to speak to her, a few tears rolling down her face afterwards. Sara gets the message but doesn't reply.

In the hallway, Sara punches a wall in frustration, angry at her messing things up again, and lowers to a sitting position on the floor, against the same wall, beginning to cry to to herself. A few minutes later she is found in the same location and position by Amelia and Carol. She's no longer crying, but there's still tears in her eyes from the earlier crying that Carol and Amelia notice. They both ask Sara what's bothering her, Sara intially reluctant to answer. The other girls comfort Sara, and she stands up, telling them Jocelyn was right and that going to the Sacred Sanctum was a stupid idea. Amelia tries to support Sara by saying the reason for going wasn't stupid, Carol agreeing with this. Carol reiterates that they knew the dangers and still went. Amelia then reminds Sara it's time to go to Darklaw's office.

At Darklaw's office, she scolds her students for taking a road that is prohibited to First-Year students. She demands to hear their reason for going, but none of the girls want to answer. She asks again, and Amelia tries to make up a vague story about her aunt and uncle. Darklaw notes the triviality of this story and questions why she did not consult any of the teachers. Amelia rattles on, after which Darklaw makes it clear their decision was not a wise one. She points out teachers do more than just teaching, that they also provide students with assistance wherever they need it. Sara finally decides to speak up and tries to shoulder the blame herself. Carol mutters under her breath that they had no other option, which Darklaw notices. Darklaw confirms with them if they realize the gravity of their mistake and gives them a week of detention as punishment. She lets her students be on their way, but not before making it very clear that consequences will be far more dire next time. The three girls leave the office, and after Carol and Amelia confirm to Sara they're going back to their room, Sara returns to the office to let Darklaw know Jocelyn wishes to see her, before truly leaving the office.

## Debuts (in order of appearance)

* Umiko
* Elise
* Mondo

## Cast

* DoubleDubbel – Sara, Solana, Umiko, Elise, Mondo, Proto, Darklaw
* AGNerd-Bot – Carol
* Mistrala – Jocelyn
* The Phoenix – Amelia, Natalie