#wx:fire

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the applicant is GUN SOYI, aged TWENTY-FOUR. elemental assessment confirms that she has a strong innate affinity with FIRE. applicant has passed all other physical and mental assessments and is deemed suitable for training at the academy.

WELCOME, WINX. PLEASE FIND YOUR DORM IN EAST WING ROOM 2A.

Some of her earliest memories had been simply, wondering about what it would be like to lead life without her family.

She was never going to shine brighter than her older sister. That would never happen, Soyi was a fire fairy. One that came from a long line of water fairy's, on her father's side at least. After the relationship with his first wife ended, he fell in love with her mom, a fire fairy, someone his family didn't completely approve of. A woman Soyi could barely remember now but she was fire, she proud, she was amazing (that was what her father would tell her after the woman passed). And it wasn't long until after she passed that her father's family nudged him back in the direction of his first wife. It was easy when it the man was lonely, when he already had an elder daughter and woman who claimed that she still loved him. It always played in the back of Soyi's mind, if her mother had lived...would life be any different now? Would she be happy?

She wasn't sure, honestly, Soyi never felt like she mattered to her family, not until they realized that her older sister wasn't fit enough. She had become too spoiled, to lazy, too proud of herself to excel at SMA. In fact, on those merits alone, her family didn't think her older sister would even made it pass the enrollment process. And her family, one that that put image above everything, would never take their chance. So, they set their sights on Soyi, finally, she was worthy of something. It wasn't their ideal choice but with questions coming in from other families who were sending their own to SMA, the Gun family felt the need to make a move.

There was a fight at first. A long battle of refusal, even if they cut her off. ( But they wouldn't, they were to proud to allow family fights to become that public.) In the end, it was her father that finally convinced her to give the school a chance. If only for the fact that her mother worked as a guardian fairy, trained firecly, she would've been proud to see Soyi study at SMA. Maybe to follow in her footsteps. As long as she said yes, her family was happy, as long as it was Gun Soyi, willing to carry the family name into this new era.

No pressure, she just had to be perfect where her older sister wasn't.

If anything, it gave her the chance to be away from them. A taste of freedom that she never had before. A chance to plan to cut ties all together, it'd hurt in the end, to leave her father behind but he'd have to understand. It wasn't something she wanted to do but going to school wasn't something she wanted either.

So, whatever happened, she'd take it head on and hopefully, whatever her future had in, it was something she actually wanted to do or at least, she'd be free to figure it out.

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LOADING PRE-ENROLMENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS…

the applicant is CHOI SOOYUN, aged TWENTY-ONE. elemental assessment confirms that she has a strong innate affinity with FIRE. applicant has passed all other physical and mental assessments and is deemed suitable for training at the academy.

WELCOME, WINX. PLEASE FIND YOUR DORM IN EAST WING ROOM 2B.

 tw: small mention of death

 Fire can bring many things. It can bring warmth on a cold day or bring comfort to those who gather around it with loved ones. It can also bring danger and destruction when it falls into the wrong hands.

To many fairies, such as the Choi family, fire is a sign of prestige and honor. The winx that belong to this family have all been gifted with the element of fire for as long as they have existed. Not only is this family gifted with fire, but they are also known for their ambition, intellect, and leadership. The Chois mainly consists of politicians and military members (with only a handful of members having frowned upon occupations unbefitting to the Choi name)

 • *₊°。❀ Sooyun: a perfect lotus flower. ❀。• *₊°

 Choi Sooyun, the youngest of three and the only daughter, was brought up to be the perfect fire winx. There was absolutely no room for mistakes.

While fire was the Chois’ element, Sooyun has only ever felt cold. The coldness of the silent dinner table, lack of smiles and laughter. The coldness that can only come from a lack of parental love and familial closeness. There was no room for mistakes, which meant no room for emotions. The witches and the beasts could attack again, is what Sooyun was always told. She had lost her father and other family members to the war, which caused her mother to close herself off and leave no room for anything else but perfection for her children. Sooyun was definitely the favorite of her siblings, but rather than being doted on, her days were full of hardships. The only time Sooyun felt a spark of love was when her mother would brag about her at important functions and events.

 Indeed, Sooyun was the perfect daughter. She always did what she was told without a complaint,  and she would do it perfectly. However, there was one thing she was missing. One flaw that resulted from her mother’s actions to make her perfect. Sooyun lacked the key element of passion. Knowing that her life and her future was predetermined, Sooyun did not have an ounce of fiery ambition and passion that other fire winx seem to possess. She feels empty, just going through the motions like a robot.

 ❀。• *₊°。 ❀°。❀。• *₊°。 ❀°。

 Choi Sooyun comes off as cold and distant. People swear her glare could set you on fire the instant it was set on you (all gossip of course). Growing up in a sheltered and cold environment means growing up with no real friends. Many kids don't want to be friends with someone that is as hot tempered as they are rumored to be. Some are only forced by their parents to get close to her for her family. No one has really gotten to know Sooyun, one could say that not even Sooyun knew who she really was. While outwardly cold and unbothered, she's not as hot tempered as her other family members. Deep down she aches for freedom and as much as she tries, she can't drown out all the curiosity she feels once she arrives at the Academy.

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the applicant is YANG SOOJI, aged TWENTY-FOUR. elemental assessment confirms that she has a strong innate affinity with FIRE. applicant has passed all other physical and mental assessments and is deemed suitable for training at the academy.

WELCOME, WINX. PLEASE FIND YOUR DORM IN EAST WING ROOM 2B.

“ fire doesn’t burn itself. ”

the famous, or more so infamous, words of her beloved parents came to her mind ever so often. ringing in her ears when she was still a little child, careless on a swingset . . . echoing through the hallways late at night when she grew up into a young woman. sooji had always been trained to stand her ground, to defend herself, without ever breaking the picture perfect facade her parents had spent so long to keep up. the dear only child of two powerful politicians, yang sooji: she was meant to burn, never to rage.

picking fights everywhere she walked, leaving trails of ash with every single step she took, it seemed she got burned one too many times. no matter how often her parents’ wise words rang in her ears, sooji had never been able to contain the rapid fire burning in her soul. it was insatiable, blazing, and yet . . . surprisingly weak. she might have been explosive, aggressive, devouring even, but at the same time she was compassionate, observant and simply afraid. what had been deemed as impossible by many people suddenly came true with yang sooji’s very existence: a fire fairy who was . . . insecure. a fire fairy who was so afraid of herself and her abilities, she decided to shut herself away for good.

but her parents had other plans for their beloved daughter. with themselves being well-known fire fairies involved in the land’s politics, they just couldn’t look away and let their only child lock herself away from society. she was supposed to follow her parents’ footsteps, to grow up to be a meaningful person that would bring honour to her family name. her uncontrolled nature and violent personality was an eyesore and thus, they decided to enroll her in seoha magic academy, doing everything in their power in order to clean their little black sheep of its own soot.

conveniently veiling the truth behind words like “ you would be excellent at protecting the land! ” , her parents tried their very best to convince sooji of their own idea, though she was quick to see through their lies. it was clear why they were sending her away: she was an embarrassment, a drop of black ink on the yang family name and her learning how to properly wield the element of fire was long overdue. she knew she had to follow through with her parents’ wish and accept her fate while trying her best to make her family proud for the very first time in her life.

“ fire doesn’t burn itself. ” her mother tells her as she hugs her for the last time. fire doesn’t burn itself, but when she burns, she rages.

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the applicant is IM NARAE, aged TWENTY-ONE. elemental assessment confirms that she has a strong innate affinity with FIRE. applicant has passed all other physical and mental assessments and is deemed suitable for training at the academy.

WELCOME, WINX. PLEASE FIND YOUR DORM IN EAST WING ROOM 2A.

Her family survived the Great Betrayal but not without a lot of of scars both physically and emotionally. The older generation lost a lot of friends and family in the fight against the witches and left them quite jaded and strict. In her family, her grandparents and the older generation of her family that were left would scarcely talk about the atrocities that they saw and did but all the lessons they learned were instilled into her parents and into her. Trust but do not trust easily, let people prove themselves before letting them in. To never let her guard down, that’s when those against her will strike but never give anyone a reason to be against her. Have power so that she can protect herself as best as she can, with whatever she can and by any means necessary.

Narae had a happy childhood until she was eight years old, she saw what it was like growing up in a household full of love, support and stability. Her parents were from different elements but somehow they ended up complimenting each other with their passion and spontaneity. She had all her mother’s traits but was her father’s little girl and often assimilated his likes, dislikes and personality because he was someone she aspired to be like. But she was still her mother’s daughter, passionate and driven and often times took things to the extremes. When she was eight, her mom went away for a few days, to visit family or do something, Narae could never really remember and her father never really wanted to talk about it after. She had kissed Narae on the forehead, squeezed her in a big hug as she whispered a goodbye and promised that she would be back in a few days. Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months and it was assumed that she had died, there was no body that was found nor anything that was taken from their home to assume that she had left them. Her parents had been happy, she rarely heard or saw them fight so everyone assumed her mother had died. It was devastating to stay the least, especially the not knowing but her father stepped up. He loved her twice as much so that she wouldn’t feel the dull ache of her grief in the absence of her mother’s love. Slowly, Narae grew up and learned to control her outbursts, she could see her father suffering and no longer wanted to be a reason for his suffering. She was maintained, as best as she could when she was around him but found other outlets, not always healthy ones either, to let herself be and to feel and let that fire inside her burn.  Who she is innately, the traits that she admired in her father and tried to emulate, and all those lessons that she learned from her elders has left her quite conflicted.

Narae enrolled at SMA for two reasons, the first being that she could live. She could never get over her mother’s death and she never wanted to be in a situation where she was too weak and couldn’t win. The youngest Im wants to learn to control her powers so that she can be in control of any situation that she comes across. Plus, with control she can attain power and respect and make her family proud. The second reason, is to become her own person, find her own way in the world. She would never learn who she is if she stayed with her family, stayed in the same place that has left her conflicted. A new change of scenery, a place where she can learn new things and meet new people gives her hope that she can find herself and be confident in who she is. Narae no longer wants to be held down by the generational trauma passed on from her elders, she wants to unlearn everything she has been taught and become better.

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the applicant is HAN JIHYUN, aged TWENTY-TWO. elemental assessment confirms that she has a strong innate affinity with FIRE. applicant has passed all other physical and mental assessments and is deemed suitable for training at the academy.

WELCOME, WINX. PLEASE FIND YOUR DORM IN EAST WING ROOM 1A.

han jihyun divides life into a series of before and afters.

jihyun’s parents’ marriage before everything goes to hell in a handbasket:

the han name isn’t exactly fire fairy royalty--- too many oddballs and divergent life paths for that sort of s-tier eminence— but they’ve made a name of being good. kind. approachable. fire fairies that people actually can stand to be in a room with, without their egos taking up all the available space. that’s not to say that the hans aren’t a proud family, though--- they’re a bunch of passionate individuals who’ve all made marks and contributions to the fields they’ve chosen to pursue, ranging from politics to magical zoology.

so when han seona marries a water fairy, it’s a recipe for a guaranteed garbage dumpster fire disaster.

jihyun’s memories of family gatherings are few and far between, but they all end in the same place: a silent car ride home.

(minus that time half of her extended family’d got too passionate over a game, and what was supposed to be a nice, normal barbeque turned into flooded ponds and a small forest fire that wasn’t reaaaaaally her fault.)

after the dissolution of the above-mentioned marriage:

they’re 4 kids in and a few months post The Monopoly Incident That Shall Not Be Named when they file for separation. it’s fine. jihyun likes it much better when they’re friends. their co-parenting strategy works, and the ‘han circus quartet’, as her dad’s grandma likes to call them, grow up well and loved by both sides of the family.

their marriage’s failure, jihyun realises much later, is not so much on them as it is their friends and families. she hears the derisive comments made about their in-laws when the adults think the kids are out of earshot. reads between the lines they feed the kids with heaping spoonfuls of backhanded criticism about elements (no pun intended!) beyond their control. she understands why they’re tired and give up on trying to make it work even though the love they have for each other is so very apparent, because what use is fighting for something when everyone else is fighting against it?

before, when she’s still han baby #3.

her mother’s mid-life crisis after the finalisation of the divorce has them whisked off to a gorgeous little cabin in the woods. that day, jihyun has toast for breakfast. her little brother babbles about something she tunes out as she drinks her apple juice. mom is passed out on the couch, drunk on homemade mimosas that are less orange juice and more straight champagne. her siblings are… somewhere. jihyun figures they’ll turn up eventually.

but they never do.

after she becomes han #1.

there’s only one body to bury.

guardian fairies tell them that there’d been a few beasts in the forest, because they had been unfortunate enough to stay near a weakened spot in the barrier. beast-related deaths are page 2 news at best, but the han twins manage to squeeze their way into a tiny column on the front page. maybe because their being twins elevate it marginally to a more interesting piece.

they talk. they talk so much at the funeral. jihyun doesn’t hear the eulogies given a century too early, celebrating lives too short, talking about their return to the elements, and just stares vacantly at her sister’s empty casket. behind the grieving families’ back, they talk even more about how the kids had a dad who was a water fairy and maybe that’s where they got those deviant traits from, about her mother’s being irresponsible (which, yes, fine, she agrees with.), theorise about the twins’ deaths and sprinkle fiction into the tiny bit of fact they know, which is what pisses jihyun off the most.

because, see, this is the real version of events: they simply just never came back.

she doesn’t stick around for the rest of it. doesn’t need the same people offering their false condolences to her, because jihyun thinks she might just set the entire venue ablaze if she hears one more ‘sorry for your loss’ from some dipshit who’d passed his own version of events off as fact.

after feels like it should be over by now.

in her mind, she’s sitting stock-still, alone, in front of those caskets. her mom isn’t beside her, in hysterics like she’d been at the funeral, because her mom hadn’t fucking been there when it’d counted. she feels like she’s still stuck in the after of her siblings’ death, even if everyone else is moving on.

she thinks this grief will swallow her whole.

and so, jihyun gets out of bed. pulls herself up by her bootstraps. makes a fresh start for herself-- drops out of university much to the chagrin of her mother (fuck her. she doesn’t get to have a say.) upon her acceptance to seohae magic academy.

her dad pleads with her not to enrol just because she feels like she has to get revenge or be able to protect their family, and as nauseatingly selfless as those reasons are, that’s really not why she does it. there’s no singular catalyst or burning desire to prove herself. jihyun simply figures she’s better off there than at home, suffocated by her parents’ complicated relationship and a little brother who reminds her too much of what she’s trying to move on from.

plus, jihyun’s got a history with her magic. she’d singed her middle school teacher’s eyebrows off and set her high school’s science lab on fire; it was put out quickly after & no one was hurt! and ignoring everything else that followed, her principal did say she had a lot of magical potential.

so... maybe it’s time to start living up to it!