(A/N: Hello everyone normally I leave the authors notes for the end but this is just to let though of you who've already read the first chapter know that I made a slight change to the ending of the first chapter, nothing major but it ties into this chapter and didn't want confuse anyone. Thank you and enjoy the story)
Chapter 2
He was running. They had died. Peter, Ben, Aracely, The New Warriors and the rest. They had all died. All because he was too weak.
The Inheritors had slaughtered them all without mercy, decimating half of the spider army in the blink of an eye. The shocked hero had tried to help the others, to fight against the totem eaters but the beasts had swatted him away like he was nothing.
But it soon became apparent that no matter what he did his friends were going to die. When he saw that their gazes had fallen solely on him, his fight or flight respond took over taking the little voice in his head that told to fight on and shoved it into the farthest reaches of his mind as made an attempt to escape.
Releasing a laughter of pure amusement the inheritors quickly hade haste as they began to chase down the arachnid berserker with none other than Solus leading the charge.
Kaine pumped his legs wishing his body moved faster and just as the colossal inheritor was about to catch him, Kaine, with a final burst of speed dove out of the way only to suddenly stop and find himself entirely surrounded by pure darkness.
"What? Where am I?!" Kaine asked as he found himself surrounded by darkness
'You can't escape!' laughter his 'father' emerging from the black floor
"What?! No!" Kaine screamed.
'You left us' said a bloodied Peter
"No! That's not true" he said
'You've done enough!' yelled Wally holding Donald's body
"Stop it" He said, this time elevating his voice.
'You killed me' accused a mangled and burned Ben Riley standing next to his bloodied brother
"Stop it!" Kaine yelled
'Get away from me!' scream a terrified Annabelle
"I said stop!" he shouted at voices
'Nothing but a worthless mockery of humanity. Just like you' Said SpOck standing to Kaines right
"STOP IT...please" Kaine screamed falling to his knees.
'You promised Kaine. You promised you'd protect me' said the fake Aracely who stood before him
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, please…please stop just stop" Kaine all but whispered as he fell to his knees as the weight of all his sins, all the people he had failed came crashing down upon him.
"Be at peace Kaine Parker" Said a soothing voice Kaine did not recognized.
As he rose his gaze to the sound of the voice Kaine was forced to shield his sight as a bright light suddenly appeared before him. As the light died down Kaine saw a tall beautiful buxom woman with long black hair, creamy white skin, a pair of pupil-less that were lit with power and a horizontal crescent moon head piece. She had no clothes what so ever but lust was the last thing from Kaines mind, for woman before him radiated some type of aura that made it almost impossible to feel anything else but awe.
"Wh-who are you" asked a god-smacked Kaine.
"Who I am is not important Kaine Parker. What is important, is you" The mysterious female said as she kneeled inform of Kaine. "Your heart is heavy with guilt and self-loathing even though you've been forgiven for your past. You consider yourself a mistake when the truth the complete opposite, you see yourself a destroyer when in fact you are a savior" said enchanting woman.
"But their right. I'm a killer, an animal, I've done such horrible things. What's worse is that deep down there's still a part of me that wants to do horrible things" Kaine told her as he averted his gaze.
"If you were truly the 'monster' you claim to be then you would have ignored the graveyard guardian's plea, instead you chose to honor his last request. Just as you could have walk away when my champion was in mortal danger yet you saved her. The one above all gave you a second chance for a reason" The woman said as she took his face on both her hand lifting it up so their eyes would. "You're a good man Kaine Parker, one that walks in the shadows to protect those in the light, I hope one day you come to realize your true worth" She told him with the caring tone one would only hear from a lover. Before Kaine could process a thought his eyes shot up wide when the blade haired beauty captured his lips with her own.
(New world-Unknown)
"*GASP!*" Kaine gasped shooting himself upward from the bed he laid as he took heavy breaths while complete drenched in cold sweat as he began to look around franticly not recognizing where he was.
"Calm yourself my host you are safe" said the calm voice of The Other which somehow managed to calm the arachnid berserker just enough to gather his thoughts.
"...Where am I?" Kaine asked out loud with heavy breath as he retracting his stingers and began to look around the room he was currently in. He noticed that he was on a large king size bed with red silk sheets and multiple pillows both big and small. The room itself was rather large, the walls were decorated with various mirrors and strange statues of a beautiful yet very familiar female woman with long hair and a horizontal crescent moon on her forehead of marble, while the floor seemed to be complete made out of marble. If Kaine was the type of person who cared about a houses decor he was sure he would have found it absolutely beautiful, but he didn't care what he did care about was finding out where he was and where to find the red headed woman who he now assumed was the one who brought him here, where ever here was.
However when a sudden draft hit him Kaine took notice that he was missing his 'uniform' (since his pride and dignity would never allow him or anyone else call it a costume). In fact when he removed the blankets and saw that he was left in nothing but his black boxer-briefs, but despite his lack of clothing Kaine had also noticed how his wounds had completely healed. Kaine clearly remembered taking a fair amount of damage from that last pumpkin freak when saving the scantily clad swordswoman, which meant one of two things, the first was that he had been here for more than five hours since that was the minimum amount of time it took for him to heal from those types of wounds and the second was that someone had healed him, which might explain why he was currently in the luscious room.
"Actually my host it was both" confirmed the totem entity.
'Really? In that case how long have I been out' Kaine mentally asked.
"12 hours in total" responded The Other
'The fuck?! How is that possible? I've never slept that long, even when I've been black out drunk' Kaine stated slightly shocked and confused do to the fact that after he had accepted The Other he required minimal sleep and now he mostly did it for relaxation purposes or when he was close to exhaustion.
"It was the poison my Host. When you faced the last pumpkin creature it injected you with a large quantity of poison. And while your natural healing and my power could have neutralized it had it been regular poison; however whatever the creature infected you with was far from regular. It took the red headed female and another female to heal you and even then it was touch and go as you humans say" said The Other
'Red headed female?' Kaine asked as he tried to remember anyone by that description and then it hit him. His 'rebirth', the new worlds, the cemetery, fighting those thugs, the pumpkin monsters and…
"Tarot" Kaine said in a hushed tone as he recalled her name.
"Yes I believe that was her name. Perhaps we should look for her or the other female that was with her in order to get some answers" the entity suggested.
"Right then" Kaine said removing the sheets from his person as he rose from the bed and with his webs he weaved himself a pair of pants once that was done he made his way towards the door.
(20 Minutes Later)
As Kaine made his way through what could only be described as a labyrinth of infinite hallways and rooms Kaine began to take in the sight of what he only assumed could be manner or castle of some sorts since he doubted any regular mansion would have fifty foot ceilings, multiple beautifully crafted smooth stone pillars, marble statues the same as the one in his room except somewhere in different poses some ranging from twenty feet tall to 20 inches, he had even found an entire room that was that housed a large pond with multiple koi fish and various types flora.
Something else the spider themed hero had had taken noticed of were the tiny glowing creatures that were constantly following him. At first he thought they were going to attack him but after five minutes not a single one of the creatures had done a thing that could be considered hostile. The most they did was giggle whenever he tried to catch a look at them but the most he managed to see were faint glows in the corner of his eye but never the creatures themselves.
'Jesus this place is freaking huge. I bet id be able web-swing my way through this entire place and have to touch the floor once. In fact' Kaine thought to himself as a smirk made its way onto his face as he shot a web-line onto the high ceiling and began to make his way through the large hall ways. Suddenly Kaine's enhanced hearing pick up the sound of water splashing and instantly turns a corner to find steam coming out of the room. Without a second thought Kaine entered the room. Inside the room there was a large round pool filled with warmed water that let out steam and sidereal flying creatures.
But what truly caught Kaine's attention was the red haired woman who he had saved and vice versa emerging from that pool completely naked. Her curvaceous body, glistens like polished marble, as she emerges from the pool. Completely unaware of Kaine's presence, she bent over to pick up a white towel off of a marble bench giving Kaine an even better view of her firm rear.
In one of his rare moments of decency Kaine used every ounce of will power to try and turned around shutting down his primal male instincts along with the tinny voice in the back of his head (which surprisingly wasn't The Other) that screamed at him to turn around and take in every detail of the red headed goddess that was before him. But alas he was unable to look away something deep within him forced him to stay in place, something Kaine didn't recognize and if there was one thing Kaine despised more than anything it was when something tried to control him.
'Wh-Why can't I look away' Kaine asked himself as he attempted to assess the his situation but just then he noticed that Tarot had spotted him. At that moment Kaine's mind went a million miles per seconds as dozens of scenarios popped into his head, a panic attack on her part, being accused of attempt at rape, the list went on and on. However none of that happed and stead the red headed beauty simply smiled at him.
"I'm glad to see you're a wake. How are you feeling?" Tarot asked with relief in her voice. This had taken Kaine aback slightly due to how genuine her worry for him seemed and because she didn't seem to be bothered in the slightest the Kaine had caught in her birthday.
"I-I'm fine. A bit groggy, but I should be back to a hundred percent in no time" Kaine answered as he quickly regained his composure while set his solely on hers so they wouldn't wonder.
"That's good to hear. I feared that the poison had done irreversible damage to your nerve system. But if all your feeling is a bit woozy then you should be fine" Tarot told him, pickling up a pink robe from the nearby bench and covered her glistening body, though much to Kaine's secret delight the robe clung to her frame not leaving much for the imagination, not that he needed to imagine what his already seen. "Now if you wouldn't mind please fallow me, I'm sure you have many question and I will gladly answer them so long as you answer some of my own" she told him receiving a nod of acknowledgment as the two began to make their way through the hallways.
(A few minutes later)
Or should just flip a coin to see who goes first or what?" Kaine asked as he drank the tea that was placed in front of him while fighting the urge to stare at Tarot exposed flesh which for some reason (which Kaine denied to admit was his own desire) he couldn't look away.
'Either she hasn't noticed that her robes' are loose'
"Or she just doesn't care" said the totem entity
'That would explain why she didn't freak out when she caught me staring' Kaine thought to himself know that there were people out there that weren't as bothered about been seen naked as others.
"Indeed and from the look she had on her face it seemed she rather enjoyed the look of lust in you had in your eyes" The Other suggest it, which almost caused Kaine to do a spit take but was thankfully able to keep himself from doing so while quickly regaining his composure. It was only when he saw Tarot was about to speak that he was able to push the entity back to the back of his mind.
"Seeing as you are my guess ask any question you may have and I will try to answer them to the best of my abilities" Tarot responded
"Alright, first off, where exactly am I? Secondly who are you? And while I know I'm going to regret asking this last one, what's the deal with your sister trying to steal a dead body?' Kaine asked
"To answer your first question you are currently in the Witch Hallow deep in the wilderness of Salem Massachusetts" Tarot answered
'Well at least I'm on earth that's something' Kaine thought
"As for your second question my name is Rowan Eckhart, though I preferably go by my magical name Tarot and I am a witch of the black rose" the red headed witch told him with as much pride as she could muster.
"Magical name? Is that like a hero name or something" Kaine curiously asked.
"No, you see when a witch becomes of age he or she may choose to take on a magical name. I chose Tarot after a gift that my mother gave me as a child. My sister Raven just added to her name"
"And this sister of yours, she's the one who gave those guys the pumpkin things that attacked us back at the cemetery?" the scarlet hero asked receiving a nod of confirmation from Tarot. "*sigh* Let me guess she's one of those people who had something bad happen to her at some point in her life and now she resent humanity and just hates life in general?"
"A rather bold claim my host. What makes you assume such a thing?" Asked the entity
'Are you kidding me? This whole thing has stench of a cliché comic book villain origin with a pinch evil dead all over it. Hundred bucks say her plan has something to do with raising the dead and another hundred if there's some kind of book involved?'
"While I have no money or need for it ill except your wager" The entity responded
"Don't judge her too harshly," Tarot replied, catching both Kaine by surprise by her sudden cold tone. Though considering he basically insulted her sister he shouldn't be too surprised.
"Growing up openly as witches wasn't easy; we were harassed daily, called ridiculous names like devil worshiper and baby killers. The devil doesn't exist in our faith and we certainly wouldn't harm children. But they wouldn't listen, and since they didn't understand us, they began to fear us and attempted to destroy us"
"So we kept to ourselves mostly we practice our traditions in private. The world of witchcraft is a wonderful place. Sights that are hidden from normal eyes are revealed to us in all their glory. Communion with the fairy realm, nature and the supernatural, it's all a great blessing from the god and goddess."
'Is she explaining her religion, cause it sounds more like she's promoting the next Disney movie' Kaine mentally asked himself.
"I believe it was the former my host" responded the entity
'it was a rhetorical question. Now be quiet'
"We tried to share this with the outside world, but they just wanted to live in their colorless world. We were different and in their minds that made us dangerous. One day, Raven, and I were cornered by a group of kids at recess. They chanted their ugly witch rhymes. Then one of them threw a stone and struck me in the forehead and while I fell to the ground in pain they stood there and laughed"
"I take it that didn't sit well with your sister?" Kaine asked already knowing her answer
"No, it didn't. My sister was enraged by what happen and used her magic to cut a large tree branch which happened to be above the group. Thankfully no one was severely injured and sustained no greater injuries besides a few broken bones. However that didn't matter to the staff as we were sent home accused of having started the fight. When my father saw the cut on my forehead and heard what had happened to us in the schoolyard he too become enraged. He contacted the school and demanded to know why no action had be taken against his daughter's attacker. But all they did was brush him off telling him that they wanted nothing to do with him or our 'freakish' family and expelled us on the spot. As a final insult, they stated that if we had dressed and acted like normal people we wouldn't have had these problems. Then they sharply hung up." The witch told the story with a sad look on her gorgeous face
"He didn't let it go did he" Kaine said more as a statement that a question.
'And who would blame him, his daughter was attacked and the people in change basically told him to go fuck himself. If someone did that to Aracely God himself couldn't stop me from beating them to death with their own limbs Kaine told himself pushing the feelings of sadness when the cheery teen came to mind
"I had never seen my father as angry as he was on that day and sometimes I can't bring myself to blame him for what he did next" Tarot said remembering everything as if it happened yesterday.
"Where was your mother in all of this?" the clone asked
"My mother tried to stop him, but he was blinded by his anger and with the Ars Vercanus, the most ancient and most powerful Grimoire our coven possesses, my father burned the school to the ground to send a message. As you can imagine that didn't sit well with the townspeople and on the following night they gathered in front of the manor with torches and any other weapon they had and attempted to the same to our home with us still inside"
"Well seeing as this place is still standing clearly they didn't succeed. So what happened?" The hero asked.
"My father used the book to summon creatures from the fairy realm and with their help he defended our home against the attackers. He was successful but alas his retribution came at a great cost in the form of the three folds law, which states that whatever you do, it comes back to you three times over"
"For three days and three night my family and I grieved for my father, but out of all of us it was Raven who took his death the hardest. For three months she locked herself away to mourn and when she finally left the confines of her room we knew something within her had changed, the light and innocence she once had was replaced by hatred and rage for the townspeople who she blamed for our fathers death. She vowed to one day not only avenge him, but every witch that had lost their lives to human hands. In the years that followed, she chose the path of darkness and secretly studied the dark arts, concentrating specifically on necromancy in an attempt to return our father to land of the living. But the most her research got her was simple reanimation, nothing that came close to true resurrection. Mother attempted to steer her back onto the path of harmony, but her anger had consumed her. Even after being warned of how dark-magic could upset the natural balance my sister turned a deaf ear to all of it. Mother saw that Raven would not be deterred from her goal and with a heavy heart she banished her own daughter from coven" Tarot told him with a mournful look.
"And surprise surprise instead of 'scaring her straight' it ended up having the completely opposite effect" Kaine said as he took a sip from his tea.
"That's right, the exile hardened her even more and drove her to delve deeper into her inner darkness. In the end she decided that if she was no longer a witch of the Black Rose then the mark on her back meant nothing to her and so she decided to give herself a new mark, a new look along with a new name. That was the day Raven Eckhart died and Raven Hex was born. We decided to give her space hoping that one day she'd find her way back, that's was three years ago and in that time we heard no word from her. That was until a month ago when she broke in and stole the Ars Vercanus. Since then I've tried to find her but my search has not garner any results. I had almost given up hope of finding her before her plans came to fruition until-"
"Until last night" Kaine said as Tarot nodded in confirmation. "Right. So what exactly is this book capable of?"
"With the Ars Vercanus anything is possible, and with Samhain eve just around the corner any spell used from that book would send shock waves throughout the mortal realm and cause untold devastation on both the magical world and the mundane" replied a voice from behind the other side of the kitchen.
Turning towards the source of the voice Kaine was presented with the sight of a woman who had strong resemblance to Tarot. For a moment Kaine thought that this was the sister they had been talking about this entire time. But after taking a closer look at her the spider themed hero noticed a few things that debunked that theory.
For starters, unlike Tarot who appeared to be in her late-twenties like himself the woman before him looked to be in her mid to late thirties, she had long that reached to her lower back, the front of her hair was red while the back was black, she had a stunning figure along with a pair of large breasts which were hidden under a long, black silk robe with a slit on both sides that showed of beautiful toned legs.
'Wow' was the clones first thought when his eyes inadvertently drifted towards her chest. 'No! Come on Kaine snap out of it! You've seen breasts before. These just happen to be much larger…and firmer and probably taste like hea-DAMN IT MAN FOCUS!' Kaine told himself trying with all his might to focus solely on the woman's eyes.
"Kaine this is my mother, Le Fay Eckhart" Tarot introduced as Kaine rose from his seat and went to greet her mother. As both individuals talked amongst themselves the red headed witch for some reason which even she couldn't comprehend Trot was rather nervous. The same type of nervousness she felt when she introduced her mother to one of her past lovers, the thought of which caused a slight ace in her heart at remembering said person.
"Nice to meet you. So what makes this Samhain so special? If she's had the book for so long why hasn't she already performed the spell?" asked the spider themed hero.
"Samhain or Halloween, as you may know it, is a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and realm of the dead are at their thinnest. If Raven is truly planning to raise my husband, that' is when she would do it," explained Le Fay which caused Kaine to start laughing, this caused both mother and daughter to give the first clone strange looks.
"What is so humorous my host?" asked the Other.
'You kidding me? A witch casting a spell that needs to be performed precisely at midnight on Halloween to bring back the dead. If that's not cliché I don't know what is' Kaine told the entity as his laughter lowered to an amused chuckle. Noticing both women giving him confused looks the taller man cleared his thought as he regained his composure. "Sorry, this whole thing just feels like the plot for a cheesy B-horror movie. But all humor aside if what you're saying is true then your sister is a pretty serious threat. Normally I wouldn't get myself involved in this sort of stuff unless it directly affects me but it's clear you need help. So where do we start searching for your sister?" Kaine said in the most serious.
"We start with you"
"Me? What makes you think I can help you find your sister" He asked with genuine curiosity. After all if someone with magic couldn't find a single person what help could he possibly be.
"We aren't exact sure ourselves. But the cards told me, they said that a dark warrior would help me defeat the coming darkness. They lead me to the cemetery and by extension to you" Tarot answered. The moment does words left her mouth Kaine gave her a deadpanned look that silently asked 'are you freaking serious?'
Kaine had only been exposed to magic a handful of times so he knew what it was capable of. But even with the knowledge of the existence of the mystic arts there were time when Kaine wondered if the people with the power to perform magic naturally came into the word with a screw loose. Case in point was the red headed beauty before him who just admitted that a deck of cards told her that some random guy from different reality somehow was the key to finding her evil sister. How was that supposed to work? Yes he was a hero of sorts but mostly he was a fighter, a brawler, that's what his powers where centered on, fighting, the only power he had that wasn't combat centered was….
"Oh my god I'm an idiot" Kaine groaned as he face palmed himself surprising and confusing the two witches at his sudden action. They both raised an eyebrow in confusion as they saw Kaine close his eyes and place the tips of his index and middle fingers on both his temples as he gained a look of concentration.
"Kaine what are you doing?" Tarot asked looking at him curiously. Her mother standing behind her also looking on in interest.
"Finding your sister. Just be quiet for a few minutes I need to concentrate" Kaine told her. However this only made the two women even more curious as they edge closer to hero.
At first Kaine saw nothing, but after a few seconds hundreds of images all from different vantage points began to flash through his mind. As Kaine searched through the images the scarlet vigilante took noticed of how several houses had the same type of decor that Tarot's house held along with several people practicing spells, brewing potions or partaking in some sort of ritual.
'Huh, looks like Tarot and her family aren't the only magicians in this town' Kaine commented but pushed the thought to the side as he began to concentrate harder which allowed him to expand his mental reach. For ten minutes all he could see were trees upon trees and just as he was about to cut the connection Kaine had suddenly come upon a peculiar sight.
"Could one of you give me a physical description of Raven" Kaine asked
"She's tall, almost as tall as Tarot with long black hair, light blue eyes and as of the last time I saw her her skin had gained a blue-ish tint" Le Fay answered.
"Does she also have spider like tattoos around her eyes and a skeletal snake tattoo that covers her chest and stomach?"
"Yes that's her! Where is she" The older witch asked.
"I'm not sure. She's in some kind of stone room, looks pretty old. Give me a second I'll try to find a better view" Kaine told them as he surveyed the room. He found that the room was decorated from top to bottom in a stereotypical Gothic like style with human skulls, green flamed candles, several books laid laying around both on the floor and on the few tables he could see and other sorts or creepy assortments that just screamed witch's lair.
'Oh look she even has a bubbling caldron. Wonder if she has a flying broom too' Kaine thought to himself humorously.
Focusing on the surrounding area he lucked out when he found a spider that was near a window and so Kaine saw that where ever Raven was it was high enough to overlook the surrounding forest. Suddenly his train of thought was interrupted when the sound of what he heard of what he could o only assume was Raven begin to speak. Curious as to what the dark witch was talking about his mind jumped to the nearest spider. Seeing that it was Raven who was speaking the spider themed hero began to listen.
"The time is close at hand" Raven said as she walked between two stone tables while gently caressed what appeared to be the dead bodies of the two men from the cemetery. "The greatest moment of witch-kind will soon begin and you two will play an important role in mankind's closing drama. While I would have preferred the body I had originally chosen in the end it does not matter one mortal is as good as another. What truly matters is that soon I will stand proudly by my father's side as we witnessing the genesis of a glorious new age of the witch!" she said in a disturbingly gleeful manner, which in Kaine's opinion only got creepier as she took on of the bodies holding it as close and tenderly and one would a lover and began to dance to a soundless tune.
"Can you feel the excitement coursing through my flesh!? Raven asked out joyfully as she grabbed the corpse's head placing it on her mostly bare breasts. "It swells with stimulation!" She shouted voice filled with ecstasy," I never thought I could feel so alive with something so dead!" the pale skin witch started as she rubbed the body pressing it even closer to her own all while letting out an erotic moan.
As this went on Kaine couldn't only look on is morbid fascination. He had seen a lot in his life as a hero, stuff that could make the most hard core Lovecraft fan want to hide under their mothers skirt.
'That is just sick and wrong on so many levels' Kaine thought as he ended the bizarre psychic like ability returning to his own body.
"All right I found her" He informed them which procured looks of surprise from both witches.
"How exactly did you manage to locate her? We've used our best locating and tracking spells but nothings worked. Yet in only a span of a few minutes you managed to locate her" Le Fay asked her curiosity ever stronger.
"I can communicate with and control spiders, I can see what they see and hear what they hear" Kaine explained
"Fascinating, Tarot informed that you were able to utilize strange abilities without the use of magic but in all honesty I didn't quite believe her, at least not until now. Tell me how exactly you acquired your powers?" asked the buxom witch only to quickly take notice of how tense the lone male grew. Luckily for him, he wouldn't have to answer.
"Mother now isn't the time. Raven is our main focus right now, we need to stop her before it's too late!" Rowan informed her mother snapping her to the situation at hand.
"You're right sweetheart my apologies, I let my curiosity get the better of me" admitted the older witch slightly embraced of her actions.
"Its fine mother" Tarot told and returned her attention back to sole male in the room. "Kaine you said you found her. Were exactly is she?" Asked the red headed witch.
"From what I was able to gather she's was in a tall stone building surrounded by a large thick forest. The building was so high that you since i was able to see above the tree tops. The place itself looked pretty rundown like no one had used the place in years. There was some Gothic decor to it, though I'm not sure if that's the original ornamentation or Ravens personal touch.
"The Tower of High Witchery!" both witches exclaimed simultaneously.
It was the perfect place for Raven to hide in. The Tower of High Witchery was a sacred place were witches and other practitioners of the craft could converge in safety and practice the arts of the craft away from the eyes of those who would seek to do them harm. The tower had been abandon hundreds of years ago and was cloaked by magic so that no one from the outside world could to find it. The fact that Kaine someone who had no magic was able to find it spoke volumes of how powerful his powers were, especially considering that the tower was miles away from witch hollow.
"Anyone care to tell me this tower of high witchery is?" asked the anti-hero
"The tower of high witchery was a place where witches gathered for various reason. To some it was a temple of worship, to other a place of knowledge were both new and old magic could be learned and practiced in safety. The ancient witches who built it enchanted it so that only our kind could see it" Le Fay explained
"Alright then, now that we know where she its best we prepared for the battle to come. Midnight is less than five hours away and I doubt Raven will simply abandon her plans at the sight of us" Tarot exclaimed
"Sounds like a plan. Most of my wounds are already healed, all I need is my suit and we can get this show on the road. Speaking of which if where exactly is my suit?"
"It's back in the room where you woke up. Just follow Pooka, he'll lead the way" Said the busty witch.
"What the hell is a Pooka?" Kaine asked. At that moment
"My cat." Tarot said, with a smile pointing behind him. He turned to come face-to-face with a flying black cat that was staring daggers at him. The cat had two bat wings on his back, glowing green eyes and a devils forked tail.
"You have a flying cat," Kaine obviously stated.
"Doesn't every witch?" Tarot joked.
"Wouldn't know, you're the only witch I've met that hasn't tried to kill me" She heard him say as he followed the flying cat out of the kitchen leaving both mother and daughter alone to their own devises.
"I like him, rough attitude aside he seems like a nice fellow, good looking too" Le Fay suddenly said, as she sat down on the kitchen table." I have a good feeling about you two"
'A good feeling indeed; strong, handsome, brave, mysterious and with muscles that looked like they were hard enough to cut rocks with. One things for sure, if her Rowan doesn't claim him soon I will' though the buxom witch as a mischievous smirk decorated her elegant face. However those thought were stricken from her mind when she noticed her daughters face suddenly turned bleak.
"That's actually something I've been meaning to talk to you about. I shared a vision with Kaine" Tarot told her in a serious tone.
"Oh?" Le Fay said, surprised that Tarot had mentioned this beforehand.
"In the cemetery when we shook hands I saw a vision of 'The Lovers' card. The moment I touched his hand an electrical pulse shot through my body. I became warm, hot. I've never felt anything like that before" Tarot said attempting to put what she had felt into words. She has had numerous lovers in the past, yet none of them had made her feel what Kaine made her felt just by touching her hand.
"You're in love darling" her mother said as if she was stating the obvious.
"Mother please I'm being I'm serious. And even if what you're saying is true, which it is not, I don't have time for a relationship. I'm happy with the way things are. I have you, my magic and that's all I need" were Tarot's last words as she retreated to her quarters.
Le Fay looked at her daughter with narrowed eyes knowing fully well that something was wrong. Her daughter had never shied away from her feelings.
"Rowan, is this because of what happened with…'that person'" The elder witch asked as she hid the silent anger when thinking of the scum that had hurt her daughter.
"Of course not. T-That was months ago... I got over that" Rowan said more to herself than her mother. The truth was that that wound was still quite fresh but she didn't want to make her mother worry. Not to mention there was still the whole Raven fiasco to worry about which thankfully kept her mind from that sour subject.
"I have to go mom, time is running out" where Tarot's last words as she began to make her way to her personal quarters.
"Tarot, if you will not be honest with me then so be it, but at the very least be honest with yourself. When all this mess with Raven is over, ask yourself, what does your heart want?" She heard her mother say as she left the kitchen.
End of chapter
(A/N: Hello everyone hope you enjoyed the chapter. I apologies for the lack of action but I assure you that will change in the next chapter. As you all saw this chapter was mostly for back ground and introductions to new character and just to let you all know every now and then I'm going to make a chapter like this mostly for character development but I'll try to make them as fun as I can. Anyways if you liked the story please favorite, follow, and leave a review really would appreciate the feedback and if you have any questions don't be afraid to send me a PM.
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