What Happens When You Violate Curfew

The night was dark and deep, the air was quiet save for the sounds of crickets from inside bushes and trees, and the people of the academy have all either gone back to the dormitories or left. It was way beyond curfew, which meant that only night guards should be outside.

Elizabeth knew that. Despite knowing, she still took her time outside under the moonlight, her watering can in hand so she can rehydrate any plant she'd notice to be wilting or drying up during her stroll. As to why it had to be at night, well, the world was different at night. Different creatures took over the world, as the creatures of daylight would all be sleeping. There were also flowers that bloomed only at night, and it was her main goal during tonight's trip to find them.

She strolled outside unguarded, as if she'd forgotten there would be guards roaming around and it was very possible for her to get caught and get some punishment. So far, nobody has seen her yet. So she went on, watering plants along the way and stopping here and there to crouch in front patches of soil.
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Elizabeth quickly turned around after hearing the voice. Like a prey that suddenly became aware of being targeted, she frantically looked around, standing up, and instinctively put her arms up in front of her chest. If it were the guards, they would have showed themselves instantly and might have even pointed at her their... those 'flashy light' things they had. But her surroundings remained dark. It was dark, and she finally felt some sort of fear for what she might be unable to see out there, being completely vulnerable in the open space.
She looked around some more with her eyes opened wide and her pupils trembling, but nothing came. So she decided to leave the place immediately.

That was when she felt something tap her from behind. She turned around quickly again, this time fear beginning to sink into her. Her heart was raising and her breath was becoming shallow and quick with panic. Her extremities were becoming cold because of her nervousness.

"Who... Who's there?" she dared to call out. But when she thought of looking around while expecting to see something, she began to feel another kind of fear, one that became worse as time stretched. But she couldn't see anything in the dark anyway, so she decided to turn around and continue walking back to the dormitory.

At that time, Elizabeth couldn't help but be too jumpy. She even wished a guard would find her and guide her back to her room safely; at least that way she didn't need to be too afraid of something she couldn't even see.

That fear was much like a ticking bomb, and the sudden voice that called out to her detonated it.

Screaming, Elizabeth dropped her watering can and suddenly sucked the energy of soil and even some plants around her, creating balls of raw mana and throwing them to the voice's direction. It was completely unintentional, only caused by the fear and surprise that resulted in a bad mixture of feelings. Elizabeth eventually stopped when her energy dropped, and that was when she realized she probably shouldn't have done that.

Thankfully the raw mana didn't hit her prankster at all, or he might have ended up with a lot of injuries.

Panting, she hesitantly stepped forward, still looking for him. "Oh no... Wh-Where..? Please tell me you're unhurt, Mr. Stranger..."

Elizabeth heaved her heaviest sigh of relief ever once she knew the stranger was unharmed. She did, however, make a little cry, a small whimper, after realizing just what her sudden attack destroyed. The plants and soil surrounding her became wilted and black, not that its blackness would be very noticeable in the dark, and towards the stranger's direction there were patches of plants and some concrete surfaces which looked like they were hit by small explosives.

He waved at her, so she walked towards him, warily at first though she soon relaxed after thinking he probably didn't mean any harm.

So his name was Alex, huh? "I'm Elizabeth," she replied. "I apologize, I almost hurt you bad but please believe me, I didn't mean it!" They were only even at least. He scared her and she... almost killed him-- well, that wasn't exactly even. But she left it at that.

Suddenly, Elizabeth sensed movement from the corners of her eyes and she realized there was light coming towards them from a sharp turn. It must probably the guards and their flashy light things! Elizabeth started to panic again, and before she knew it was pulling Alex into a thick patch of bushes for them to hide.

Elizabeth peeked through the spaces between the leaves and made sure to keep an eye on how the rays of light moved. She could hear them mumbling reactions about the wreck, and some began to look around for the culprit, so she knew it was impossible for them to stay there without getting caught.

Through the small spaces, she saw the damage she's done when the lights passed by the concerned areas. Her heart sunk; she'd have to apologize to the living creatures she destroyed after this.

So she couldn't afford to get caught. She turned at Alex and quietly asked, "What should we do? They'll catch us, won't they? And then we'll get punished! Oh dear... we should run. What do you think?"