Chapter 1: The Search
For weeks after the Seven Wonders, Cordelia had been very busy with her new responsibilities as the Supreme. But even with all of the work she has been doing to prepare the academy for all of the new students, she couldn't get her mind off of the fallen swamp witch, Misty, and her secret feelings for her. She knew that there had to be something she could do to bring Misty back, after all she is the Supreme.
Her tiring days, now filled with interviews and mountains of paperwork, did not stop her from filling her nights with hours of research to find a way to save Misty Day from her Hell. She went through every book she could find in the house; she read every single word on every page for the slightest hint of a way to save the young witch. Night after night she read as much as she could before passing out from exhaustion or before it was time for her to do her work as the headmistress.
She had gone through all of the books that she found during her search, but she knew there had to be more somewhere. She goes to her room and go into her nightstand drawer for her divination stones, which have not been used since the Seven Wonders. She takes the chalice with a hand over the mouth of it, shakes it and throws the stones onto the floor. Then, kneeling on the ground, Cordelia reads the stones and discovers in the stones the secret cabinet in Zoe's closet and runs out of her room into Zoe's. As she barges into the room she discovers and completely ignores what Zoe and Kyle are doing on the bed and rushes into the closet and opens the closet and starts to dig around going through all of the hidden items she never knew existed. After the cabinet is empty, save for a few items, Cordelia crawls in to grab the last few things out. In the back corner she finds a box takes it to her room hoping its contents will be of some help to her.
On the floor of her bedroom, Cordelia sits by the ancient box and opens it carefully. Inside she sees candles and an old cloak; she removes them. Underneath, she finds an old leather bound journal and opens it cautiously. On the first page of the journal only reads
The Secrets of Descensum
By Ethel Barton: Reigning Supreme
1867
Oh my god, Cordelia thinks, this has to be it. She turns the page, as tears of joy stream down her she reads:
This book was written to assist any witch who wishes to help her sister witch from Hell after after attempting Descensum during her trial of the Seven Wonders. This method, the only one in existence, was discovered by me after my daughter, Minnie, failed her trial. I was driven mad by my loss and I needed to bring my daughter back or risk the safety of the coven.
Misty, I will be with you soon enough, Cordelia smiles.