whipandchill commented on blueridgemod's post in blueridgeschool:

Charlie remained quiet, the darker tone that Gemma's voice took making her frightened. She didn't know if she agreed with the woman or not. Jenny had always told her that she shouldn't wear her heart on her sleeve so much. The older girl had claimed that it had been one of the things that Alex used to manipulate her. Charlie wondered if that was why Alex never showed her true emotions to people. Was she afraid of losing what she loved? "But what's the point of fighting if you don't have anything to fight for?" she asked, a frown on her face as she furrowed her brows in thought.

The blonde girl wanted to argue against Gemma's claims, because that was what she was supposed to do, right? Gemma was evil, or at least, Charlie assumed she was. Why else would she be talking in such a way? She was going to do something big, something that would hurt a lot of people. Charlie couldn't necessarily disagree with her reasoning. She had to lie to her extended family whenever they saw them, tell them that she went to some fancy private academy for art. Why shouldn't she be able to tell her family what she was?

"You...You're not going to hurt anyone, are you?" She bit her lip nervously, what about people like Jenny and Ella's parents? She had guaranteed her own families safety, but there were so many muggle born students at Blue Ridge, who would protect them?

She jumped when she heard the twig snap, not relaxing a bit at how chipper Gemma was back to sounding. She looked around and realized that they were deep into the forest. It was dark and Charlie had no idea where they were. She was starting to wish that she hadn't stormed away from Alex now. "W-where are we going?" She asked, shivering unintentionally.