The Great and Terrible News
Based on: A Great and Terrible Beauty
A Girl Accused of Murder?!?
Suddenly Gemma was struck with a strange vision of the future, including her mother killing herself and a mutilated shadow creature eating a guy. When she woke up and tried to get back to her mom, she fianlly realized that her vision had come true. Needless to say, it's super depressing and Gemma feels really guilty about the whole situation and blames herself for everything.
Gemma doesn't know what to do at this point, is she responsible for the death of her mother or was it a coincidence???
Mrs. Doyle's Obituary
In Loving Memory of Mrs. Doyle
Mrs. Doyle committed suicide on September 21st, 2015 and was 48 years of age. She was born in India, her mother remains alive, not sure about the status of her father. The rest of her family history is unknown.
Mrs. Doyle was married at one point in her life, but her spouse is also unknown. She has a sixteen year-old daughter named Gemma Doyle, but no other children. Mrs. Doyle and her family keep to themselves, but never cause any trouble. The family as a whole was said to be kind and caring to the community.
A New Girl Arrives at Spence!
After the tragedy occurred, Gemma's grandmother decided to send her off to Spence, a finishing school for girls. Once Gemma arrives she discovered she is roomates with a poor student named Ann. She notices that two girls named Felicity and Pippa who are the most popular girls in the upper class and they like to abuse Ann. It was one of Gemmas first days at the school and she ends up protecting Ann from Felicity. Felicity invites Ann to hang out, only to accuse her of stealing her ring (which she hid in Ann's knitting basket)—luckily for Ann, though, Gemma saves the day by figuring out Felicity's nasty plan and saving Ann from trouble and humiliation.
Gemma finds out that there Are these other popular girls, part of a "cool clique", including Cecily and Elizabeth. They end up inviting Gemma to join their group… but only if she'll steal the holy wine from the chapel… and then when she tries to, they lock her inside. Adding to Gemma's troubles, a strange man in a cape named Kartik follows her into the chapel while she tries to steal the wine, and then warns her not have visions any more, at this point she doesn't know what to do with herself.
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Stealing Magic?!?
All of the girls ended up going to the realms several times to play around but, Gemma Is upset that she is not skilled enough to handle taking magic out of the runes (her mother forbids her from doing so, because it is dangerous) and has an obsession with doing so. Even though she has magic, she's still a teenager,and no teenager likes it when their parents tell them they can't handle things.
The girls felt sorry for themselves and were sulking in their own drama, so Gemma chooses to take some magic from the runes. The girls decide to use the magic to trick people at Spence, they ended up unleashing evil sprites and corrupting the realms, which Gemma finds out when she has a conversation with her mother, then she finds out that she is Mary Dowd, the one who kept a diary with her friend Sarah are the evil Circe. Not to mention Sarah remains a alive.