*****NOTE FOR SCARLET GODMOTHER AVENGER FANS!*****

i havent abandoned the story, i do not currently have a beta, and i thought i did, and that has been interesting so far.

this story has been brewing in a cauldron in the back of my mind for the better part of a year and a half and its finally been started. i was inspired partially by American Horror Story Coven and Offhand Disneyland's haunted Mansion videos on YouTube, and if you haven't seen them i highly recommend them.

snyway, on with the Show!

Prologue

Oona Toombs was a woman in her 30s living in the south western section of New Orleans who had a secret; she was really a witch who was over 300 years old. She was the reincarnation of a medium known as Madame Leota. Madame Leota had been around for centuries, after binding her spirit to her crystal ball to watch over the Gracy Family who had become her unofficial family.

Her spirit watched over the family for generations until the line ended, at least the Hightower end in two ways. Harrison Hightower III, a world renowned antiquities collector and world explorer took his inheritance and converted his father's New York mansion into a hotel by adding 3 towers of varying height, a swimming pool, a ballroom and expansive Gardens. On Dec 31st 1899, he had just returned to the USA from the darkest part of Africa with his latest acquisition, the idol Shiriki Utundu. He made a foolish error in disrespecting the idol, which came to life and conjured lightning to strike the elevator while Harrison was inside of it which killed him and cursed the hotel, which was closed off, and made a historical landmark.

The younger Hightower brother George inherited his Mother's family estate located in New Orleans which was in major disrepair. He renovated the house, and closed some rooms off due to a promise he had made his mother, not to get rid of anything in the mansion or change the house much, she loved the house when she was a girl. The house was completed, and furnishings were reupholstered and revitalised in time for his marriage to Constance Hatchaway, a four time widow whose husbands always seemed to have accidents with sharp objects. The wedding took place within a fortnight of the completion. Constance had a secret. She was a black widow, meaning that she was a four time murderess. Each time she would use a hatchet that came from her first Husband, Ambrose Harper's woodshed. She beheaded each of her husbands and placed their heads in a hat box filled with salt to mummify the heads and prevent any odors as a trophy.

When George's head was removed from his shoulders, Leota's spirit was enraged. She placed a curse on the Hatchet. After Constance had aged into an old woman, she made the mistake of touching her old hatchet. It came to life, and slit her throat, and pulled her spirit inside, trapping her spirit in the hatchet, in her wedding gown to spend eternity as a Bride. To clarify slightly, her soul was reverted back to how she was during her last wedding, and sealed within the blade, so she was trapped within the thing that she caused so much suffering and pain with.

Oona had bought the property when she awoke, and had it brought up to modern day building code, and had all the amenities brought onto the property such as Air conditioning, WIFI, and everything most homes in America would have. She sent invitations to all of the parties, and contacted her sister witches Seline Perrault and Marie Facilier, as well as the soon to be council : the Sanders Triplets Bette, Jessica and Kathy. She also discovered the Seance room hidden under/behind the fireplace in the great hall on the ground floor for her to start building her strength back up and unodge her full spectrum of power and how to control them. By the time Marie and Seline had arrived, she had managed to regain a lot of her former powers. She also began using magic to clean out the bedrooms and the ensuite bathrooms, specifically cleaning them and clearing the ghouls out for their soon to be occupants. All of the witches also began to prepare for the awakening ritual, it would be soon. The full moon was 3 days away after all.