Witch Academy…..Sugar and Honey part II
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-Riddle of Ruin-by RMSolea.
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They all stood in a circle of chairs and all starred at each other in silence, and with a bit of apprehension at this first meeting.
They, being Harvey, Sabrina, Archie, Jugghead, Betty and Veronica. Ross and Susie could not come today, which maybe for the best. At least for now.
"So, what do we do now?" Harvey asked Sabrina.
"I don't know. I've never been the head of a coven before!" Sabrina replied nervously.
"Well, they usually start of with a choir of something like that."
"Choir ey? Well, I could a capella a tune if it helps."
"Be my guest!"
"Ok." Harvey said and got up shilly, he took in a deep breath and then:
"Finish with my woman cause she could not help me with my mind. People think I'm insane cause I am frowning all the time," Harvey said, surprising the others in the room. This made him freeze from stage fright.
Really, he could face forest fires, a whole coven of witches and even hell itself, but like all boys they became mush under the eyes of girls, and now 3 witches starred at him.
"All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify!" Sabrina said all of a sudden, jumping up and signing alongside him.
"Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah"
Harvey immediately followed her lead and they both sang in unison, the others catching on to this, started signing the rest oft Paranoid by Black Sabbath.
"Now that was a way to start a mass!" Betty said as Archie and Jugghead did WHOO noise and whistles and a few horn signs!
"Well, now then, why don't we introduce ourselves and just...i don't talk. I mean we're all here cause we...well, we feel alone and this is to show that we're not, that you're not. I'll go first. My name's Sabrina."
"Hello Sabrina."
The newcomers said in unison like they were at an AA meeting.
"Hye. And well...I'm part of a religious and ethnic group. One that says that you gotta stay away from, well...'outsiders' is the kindest term used by the rest." Sabrina said and cast a worried glance at Harvey, he grabbed her hand, gave it a comforting squeeze and noded in encouragement for her to continue.
"They said they were right and the outsiders were wrong. But...but when it was time to choose I found out that, well...both sides were equally bad. And that I could not just choose and abandon one of them. Since my parents where one insider and well'outsider', I am part of both worlds. So I want to walk a third path, I want the best of both worlds and none of the bad. And...it's not easy, but nothing ever worth pursuing is. And since now you guys are here, It makes me happy since I know that I'm not alone and that together we re stronger and one step closer to changing things." Sabrina said and stood down
An approving round of applause came from the circle.
"Hey. I'm Harvey."
"Hello Harvey."
"Hy. My issues is...well. I always back down from a fight, but...not because I'm a wimp, because I know that I could win, but...but I don't know if I can control myself. I feel...I feel that if I let go, if I just unleash what I know I can do, I just...I can't even say out loud of the damage it could do. And the worst part of is there were times when I could have did so, and in the back of my mind I actually think that it would have been a good thing." Harvey said and looked at Sabrina with shame and guilt in his eyes.
"That the hell they put us trough. It would have been enough to just go wild and after seeing the hatred in their eyes, the world would be better off without them. And I saw an image of what I would become if i let lose, and...I didn't feel guilty about that possible future.
"I know how you feel Harvey. I almost went there to. But you stopped and came back. I stopped and came back. We both brought each other from the abyss. And we'll do so again when the time comes. " Sabrina said and stood up and hugged him, to the applause of those gathered.
The young couple gave each other strength, comfort and absolution.
With that the floods gates opened and the others started talking about their issues as well.
Betty and Veronica about how they felt the world seem to be either one extreme or the other nowadays, with no middle ground.
Jugghead said how he could not escape politics or todays issues no matter where you were. That if you were just a nice boy who just wanted to live his life, have fun with friends, and enjoy peace of mind away from all the idiocy of the world, both sides of everything seem to gang up on you for daring to chose to be neutral. For choosing your own path.
Archie confessed that he often had issue with how everything changed. How what was once wholesome and innocent became dark and broody, how it felt like Riverdale itself was under a blanket of horror mystery. Like all the joy, lightheartedness and light was taken away. Like they where in the belly of the beast, and slowly sinking into even more darkness and there were people watching who actually liked it that way and cheered on as night fell.
"It will get better. Why in fact it's already better. I mean yesterday we all kept this to ourselves, now we shared them and we even found others who showed that we're not the only sane ones in this crazy world. We already took a step to make it better. And...tomorrow is now a bit brighter because of it." Sabrina said as another round of applause came.
Looks like AA was what was needed. But not for the body, but for the soul.
The rest of the meeting was much more lighthearted and enjoyable after that.
They joked and teased each other, ordered pizza and it felt more like a get together now.
After that the 'mass' ended with a rendition of 'Don't Stop Believing' and a promise to meet up next week and bring even more witches and mortals.
"Should I swing by tonight for a little moonlight picnicking?" Harvey asked her.
"You'd be in hot water in you didn't." She said and the couple kissed.
Everything was wonderful today.
So of course come nightfall she was alone in the woods, with her face to the tree where that the Greendale 13 had been hanged, and with her back to hellish sounds, told by the Weird Sisters that she better not turn around if she wanted to survive.
She heard all manner of demonic growls and gnashes, she even heard Harvey's voice trying to trick her to turn around as all manner of roars and the sound of bodies being broken was heard behind her.
"HARVEY!" Sabrina said as she remembered that they had midnight hooky session planned.
She turned around and there Harvey was, covered in blood.
The blood of all the demons and creatures that she heard behind her.
They had jumped Harvey and he smashed them to pieces, only he was now staring ahead with a thousand yard expression on his face, his soul broken at what he just did.
"I...I..."Harvey said in a voice drained of vigor as Sabrina ran towards him and engulfed him in a hug.
"I didn't...I'm not a monster...I'm not...I'm." He cried into her shoulder.
"It's ok babe. It's ok..."Sabrina said as she looked in the direction of where the Weird Sister's room was.
"I'll make it all better." Sabrina promised.
The night was far from over.
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-Riddle of Ruin-by RMSolea.
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