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The Witch's Revenge Chapter 23
A few mornings after, it's tense in our room, with neither lan nor I looking at the other. Mac does the opposite, repeatedly looking from one of us to the other."Are you guys fighting?"Instead of looking at him, I meet lan's sulky gaze. "Of course not.""Wouldn't dream of it. We just pressed pause""Yes. No need to be bitter about the situation in the least."Standing up, lan puts a hand on his hip. "People could have gotten hurt."If he thinks giving me attitude is enough to make me back down, he's misjudged our relationship. "It was an accident. Let it go"If it was an accident, tell the teachers. They'll understand. It won't affect your points with them.""I'm sure they will-right after they give each of us a critical warning. Do you want that?"Saying nothing, he crosses his arms and just st
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 24
Erin maintains eye contact for an uncomfortable amount of time, then sighs and palms her own face. "Might I ask why?"There's no sense in lying about any of it. I'll keep the names of the others out of it, I guess, but that's as much as I'm able to reel it in."I wanted to cast a spell, and wanted something to help me with it." I go on to describe just what happened, what was intended, and the fact that I began the Rule of Three anyway. Once I'm done, Erin's jaw is clenched tight."Hecate? You used a circle to summon Hecate?""Yes." I already said this. What's wrong?"From one of my books?""Yes?""Hotaru, there was no such circle in any of my books"What? What is she talking about? "I'm not lying-""I'm not saying you are," she cuts in. "I'm saying somebody messed with the books somebody who wanted the summoning of Hecate to be attempted. I just want to know how they knew which book to do it to. I checked them all, and only yours is missing the page. The others are all normal. Who ha
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 25
I'm watching from afar as a young woman is approached by a wolf. For some reason, she isn't afraid of the beast at all, which it appears to sense. The wolf approaches slowly, its head hanging low.She reaches for it with her hand, causing the beast to let out a low growl. This isn't enough to deter the woman, who crouches down and smiles. "It's okay I won't hurt you."The wolf barks once, then pounces.When I wake up, I'm covered in cold sweat, my hair plastered to the sides of my face. The sheets are practically glued to my body due to how soaked they are. Ugh, it smells awful. I'll have to get them cleaned immediately.I don't bother getting dressed right away after leaving the bed. Let Mac and lan stare for a moment if they'd like. I certainly have nothing to hide."You're soaked" Mac notices, frowning. "Are you sick? Happened to me once when I had a fever."
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 26
This time, rather than create a shield, she punches my attack. Something happens to it something similar to the effect the shield has and the blast falls apart. I test her again, and she effortlessly repeats the action.That's the same protective spell Mac can use. I don't recall seeing her use it against him during our team fight. 1 guess I'm not the only one full of surprises."With a smirk on her face, she sends two attacks at me at once, which I break apart with a single shield. Her third attack goes under it, aiming to get me off my feet.I simply raise my foot a little, releasing raw magic energy from it just as I can from my hands. It's clumsier, but just good enough to cause her attack to failattack her again, but instead of blocking, Rosa just dives under it, rolling across the floor. Using the momentum, she throws a punch at me, red energy flying out of her fist.Inste
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 27
"All I feel is that thing Inclining my head toward the back door, I shudder once more. Why keep something like that in a school full of children? What would it have done to us, exactly?And what does witches need guarding from? Who else but a witch would have the need for those books? Are there others, then, outside this coven?"No, I'm serious" Rosa narrows her eyes, her magic strengthening her body, as though she can feel an attack coming "I think someone's in here with us."I follow her gaze wherever it lands, but just can't pick up on whatever it is she's picking up on. "What does it feel like? Another witch?"No, it's It's kind of like that thing in the back, but different""Speak sense, please.""It's not a person, but a thing but this one isn't cold. This one's hot, I think. It's starting to make me sweat"Hot?
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 28
"But then how""They decide how much power to give When they visit our world, they dorit do so in their true forms. Those are too big-too powerful for our world. They would end reality simply by entering it. Thus, they came up with the avatars Each god breaks off a tiny portion of themselves, then flings it from the Other Side to our world. This piece of power becomes something an animal, a person, a building, or even a part of nature allowing the Old One to interact with us without killing us all."So, the more power they break off, the quicker our magic evolves, lan makes the point only a second after I think of it, Ling confirming it."So, some of us start on level one, while the lucky ones are level fifty from the get-go? Seems unfair"The professor is quiet for a moment, looking at me weirdly. What? I was paying attention. Honestly, I was! This is one of the few lessons of his I actually listene
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 29
The moment the day starts, I head into town. As I'm one of the students capable of flight, I use the broom to get there, making me among the first to reach Sunshire. The only one who arrives before me is Roger, with freakin' Diana being right behind me.Now, we have no idea what the key looks like or where it is. I doubt they are all in the same location, as then the first one to find theirs could tell their friends where to look. Most likely, each key is hidden in a specific place.But there's over six-hundred students, and this really isn't that big of a place. Where on earth could they hide all the keys? Should I watch Diana and see what solution she comes up with?Lef's see. If I'm assuming the key I need is in a specific place, there must be a way for me to discover it. They wouldn't just count on us each grabbing a random key. There has to be a way to know. How? Did they drop any hints? No, The announcement was much too short for that. The information must be somewhere.My own k
The Witch's Revenge Chapter 30
Or, more likely, this is not part of the test. All signs point to it. The test is too hard to be the first one. I can tell by looking at this girl that I can't beat her, None of the students can. Though the AMA is hard, they would not set up a test most students would fail. Thus far, everything has been fair, and I have no reason to assume that's about to stop."You've got quite the powerful enemy." Aurora purre, twirling a strand of her hair with one finger. "How on earth does a teenage boy piss off a powerful mafia boss? I don't know whether to be befuddled or impressed.""I give her a shrug, subtly raising my head, so that the door above her is in my field of vision. "Guess I've had an Interesting life."She's talking about Giovanni Ricci, an Italian gangster who rules most of the Western States, and is considered one of the most dangerous men alive.I met him once, during my wild days. It was party after party back then, and his son happened to attend one of them. We hit it off at
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Chapter 63
"A spell gone wrong brought me here, I tell her, turning my palms upwards in a show of pacifism. I mean you no harm, I only wish to leave"The woman hisses, pointing one finger at me. "Then leave." From all around her, a whirlwind of petals comes flying toward me. I sense no true power within, so I let the spell hit me. The next moment, I'm in the middle of the rest, rushing through the trees. Then I'm above the ocean, one with the wind. Then I'm being pushed through a stone archway on a remote island.I get flung through it, and emerge back in New Sunshire. Well, that was a trip.Looking around, I see the others have realized what this is all about, too. With everyone going in and out of houses, the doorways are unable to fully close, letting some of the power of those inside them leak out. Perfect.I follow the stench of scented candles and expensive perfume, letting it guide me through an archway leading into a garden overcome by weed. I protect my body before stepping through, jus
Chapter 61
HOTARUOnce again, Quinn is the teacher sent to chaperone us on the field trip. The buses drop us off in New Sunshire, many miles away from regular Sunshire, all the way on one of Scotland's shores. Don't ask me to tell you if it's the east or the west, though. Maybe north and south? Scotland does touch the sea on all sides, right?"I can't believe you brought that," I mutter to Mac, who has a small plant in his lap. "You're gonna break it.""There's a burner moth somewhere in our room, and it keeps messing with my plants. Puffing out his chest as though he were personally challenged, he gets a serious look in his eye, which is not something you often see on Mac. "I'm not letting it have this one.""Why's that one special?"The blonde giant shrugs, looking down at his plant, a tender smile on his face. "It just is. Got the seed from the last one, so this'll be my first time going through multiple generations."I thought that was a regular thing to do, honestly. Well, I never did claim
Chapter 60
IAN"We don't have time for this." Maria approaches, and I can tell what she's going to do by the look in her eyes. Too late to stop her, I can only watch as her palm harshly connects with Hotaru's cheek, nearly knocking him back to the ground. "Wake the hell up."He looks at her, his face turning red, more clarity in his eyes. "Tll curse you into being bald." It's a genuine spell we've learned. Makes one wonder what sort of witch was bored enough to invent such a thing.We throw the dreamcatches into the fire, a large burst of white smoke rising from it, making us all pull back a little.The image that forma inside is nothing like the ones we saw in the bubbles. Instead, what we see is a woman- maybe a man with the same colors as Choronzon, only different features. They're wearing a black centurion-like armor, with absolutely no cloth attached to it, meaning no pants, cape or anything. The armor has jagged shoulder. pads and no sleeves, showing off a pair of thin, pale arms. They hav
Chapter 59
HOTARUPotions aren't really a class I remember all that much about, for whatever reason. Quinn is the teacher, and seems to be looking kind of stiff whenever our eyes meet. Why do I not remember this?I seem to remember the potions well enough, I just don't remember learning how to make any of them. What gives? It's a class we only take once a week, so it should be pretty memorableSeeing that one of the pages of my book has had its comer folded, so I turn toward it. 'Memoria Damnum: How to Delete Someone's Memories.I guess that explains it.With Mac no longer interested, Maya is the only other person who bothered to take it, and this is the one class she excels at. Doesn't take much magic control to make a potion work, so I guess it makes sense she'd put all her energy into this.it's the last class of the day, so we're all free to meet up once it's over. Other than Diana, I'm the first to arrive at the library, Maya probably heading off to meet with Erik first to try and steal eve
Chapter 58
He just gives me a wink, saying nothing. Alright. Keep your secrets."Dreamcatches are typically used to protect children" Diana continues, shooting lan a quick dirty look. "These would be woven in a slightly different pattern. The dream bubbles would have to go through them, where they'd remains until we burned the catcher and saw the dreams inside the smoke. That's the only method described here."If she knows that, she must have gone through the entire damn book. How? How can a person read so fast? She has to be using magic for it. If so, she better share.Antoine's fingers gently, reach for my lower back, giving me a pinch. I reach over to his face, flicking his nose harshly enough to make him wince. His response is to shove his fingers under my ribs, forcing me to squirrn back as I try to get away. This only results in my elbow hitting Maya in the back."Ow. Watch it, man. That hurt.""Sorry""Are you children quite done?" Crossing her arms, Diana starts to fume "Honestly. How ca
Chapter 57
ANASTASIAThe maid is beginning to irk me. The fool is incapable of dusting anything off without dropping it. The earrings we gave her are the only reason I haven't fired her aiready. If she can't offer good services, at least she can offer her energy. Shouldn't be long before her Soul Seed shows itself.I wish there were a quicker method. The Heralds are hunting for us relentlessly, always sending one of them to search. the globe. The Master is keeping us hidden from them, but that simply means wasting his power on things other than his revival, slowing things down even further.I enter Doctor Crowley's lab, the scanner set to recognize my eyes. Once inside, I walk over to the large glass wall, through which the Doctor is currently looking. "You called, sir?""It's about to happen""What is, sir?"A man is inside the other room, in the nude, strapped to the operating table. He keeps twitching around, his eyes flickering with a strange, red light. Every few seconds, a rune appears on
Chapter 56
"Weren't the Old Ones human once?""That's correct""Then how can they be infinite?"The class starts murmuring and muttering, everything along the lines of agreeing with her. I was about to ask a similar question, so I'm glad she opened the topic up.Grey looks like he's uncomfortable talking about this, but still decides to answer. "The Old Ones, the Light and the Dark-they are all people. Not one of them is the same thing they started as. Caught in endless wars, they diminished one another to the point of humanity, an existence of the lowest layer, managed to steal their power and overtum them.The same applies to the Dark and the Light, then."What about the Light and the Dark?" Diana asks, neglecting to read my mind."That one is slightly different." Grey tums back toward the board, his back as full of white as one might expect, drawing a few chuckles. He erases the tip of the pyramid entirely. "The Dark and the Light started out with two names, same as the Older Ones. Yahweh and
Chapter 55
The news covered that? How? With what footage? There's no chance any chopper could have withstood the magic being sent around that place. An illusionary jungle was created for miles around it, too. Did they just use words?The lack of an image is very likely to have the common masses just as fearful as the students are.Quinn, shoulders slumped, sits down on her chair. "I think you deserve to know. Really, I do. It's just not that simple. There are things you can never know about him things you aren't physically able to know. I'm sorry you're scared, and I'm sorry some of you will have to leave, but my decision is final. I'm not saying another word."She tries to make us focus on more nonsense with our guardianshaving them manifest into our world and such- but I'm pretty sure the mood is too dead for anyone to focus.Levitation is a welcome relief, as always. We simply practice some of our moves. Now that Rosa is gone, only Diana and I are actually capable of flight.Roger is here, to
Chapter 54
"Count me in," Antoine adds with a small smile, directing it at me. "Promise you're gonna wear that to class?"I walk up to him, resting a hand on his chest. "I only put this one on to not make a big splash on the first day back. Wait til you see the other ones""Y'know, my mom's a model. If fashion is your thing, I can score some outfits for you."Oh, where have you been all my life?Well, this past week. Before that, I wasn't all that into fashion. All I cared about was looking good. That and glorious vengeance, of course, but that urge has been sated."One small problem, lan starts. "Rosa isn't here."Right. That might be a problem. "Any of you hear from her?" Since we went on a brave quest to save the world, I mean.Nobody offers a response, predictably. With no signal or internet, we don't exactly have a habit of exchanging phone info, since we never get to use it while we're here. Figures nobody bothered to get hers."We could talk to a teacher about it?" suggests Maya. "I don't
