#and Celia has to cram a double schedule of learning while she goes to her own classes

[professorlegaspi]

AU in which Aunt Agatha is more uptight and disallows Celia to go to Renasci. Instead, she sends her to finishing school

#in this au Celias had a very different unbringing #where she was forced to learn how to dance and speak French and eat with five different forks and be a lady #and because she is learning new languages so much earlier than she did in canon #she discovers early on that she’s really good at it (*cough* gifted *cough*) #and she develops a passion for language #it’s one of the few places where she feels she can be herself and she is unrestricted by aunt Agatha who is very pro having-a-child-prodigy #and so when she is sent to finishing school she’s actually sent abroad #this rightfully sends everyone at Renasci into a tizzy #her space in Mensaleon is still reserved and there’s an empty bed in room 3 #(Doxa’s way more chill on account of this and becomes a mentor figure to Maddie who is pretty lonley) #they eventually decide to teach Celia remotely using the book as a sort of Zoom stand-in #and Celia has to cram a double schedule of learning while she goes to her own classes #also because i want it #in this au Maddie due to her isolation becomes in tune with her intuition way earlier #and has frequent contact with the kynoseur similar to Tainn in Bellicose #she has visions concerning Celia and the two become long distance friends using their mind gifts as their only connection #Celia’s finishing school is a four year university and immedietlg after she graduates the kidnapping attempts start #this is right about when she is growing into her telepathy and that combined with them finally being on the same continent #means that Maddie and celia are finally able to talk rather than meeting in dreams or getting updates via kynoseur-post #Celia also knows way earlier that she has a sister #the fifth book still launches a school-to-school tour #but rather than doing it through a Renasci exchange program #the two besties have to use more illegal methods and go on a cross-country breaking and entering spree #Maddie runs away from Renasci and they’re on the run until the final battle #they manage to find Huperpetra in a dramatic revelation and they break in using Celia’s block-breaking prowess #and the showdown happens there instead of at villandre #celias journey #celia fincastle #alternate universes