Trapped in the Coven Chapter 5

Hannah gasped as she sat up on the lawn outside the Robichaux Academy. She placed her arm on her chest and realized something was different. She lifted her arm up and saw her hand! Hannah laughed and looked at both her hands. Then she looked down at her feet and grabbed them.

Hannah turned to her right to find Harry slowly getting up on the other side of the front lawn. Hannah stood up and ran to him. "Harry?"

"Hannah!" He said relieved. He hugged her and held her hands.

Hannah smiled and put her hand on his cheek. This face didn't have any scars on it. That's when she noticed the gold band was still there from Freak Show. "Our wedding band. It's still there."

"But we're not in Freak Show. This is..." Harry looked up to see the academy. "Coven."

"Harry!?" Amy called from the balcony.

"Amy." He smiled and waved.

Amy disappeared from the balcony and burst out of the front door in less than 20 seconds. She leaped down the steps and gave her brother a tight hug.

"I've missed you so much." Harry said to her.

"I've missed you too." Amy said.

"How?" Harry asked. "You died first."

"But I showed up in the coven first. I've been here for weeks. Kate came two weeks ago."

"Wait, what?" Hannah asked. "We are showing up at different times?"

"Then how long has Luke been here?" Harry asked.

"Luke moved in a month ago." Amy said. She pointed her thumb to next door.

Harry and Hannah shared a confused expression.

"Oh you mean our Luke." Amy said. "We don't know where he is."

Hannah looked at Harry concerned. "What do you mean 'you don't know where he is?'"

"He's not here Hannah. He never showed up. And Kate thinks he's awake." Amy explained.

Hannah chuckled. "He's not awake. He's hiding from us because he knows we're still pissed at him for betraying us." Her tone got more aggressive as she spoke. "He's hiding."

"And who is this?" Fiona asked, standing in the doorway.

Hannah and Harry gasped and looked up at the supreme. Hannah slowly walked up the steps to Ms. Fiona Goode. "I'm Hannah."

"Ah. Another witch. Welcome in. I'll show you around." Fiona said. She put her arm around Hannah and led her inside.

Down in the front lawn, Harry and Amy looked at each other confused.

"Hannah doesn't have powers." Amy said aloud.

"Maybe here, she does." Harry said.

The twins ran up the steps of the front porch and into the house.

Fiona escorted Hannah up the stairs. "You don't have any luggage. Not planning on staying?"

"I uh... It got lost." Hannah fumbled.

The two sat on a sofa next to the railing.

Fiona patted Hannah's shoulder. "Never mind that. We can get you new clothes. You can borrow some from our girls."

Hannah sat in the chair nervously.

"So, what Powers have you developed?" Fiona asked her.

Hannah looked forward unsurely.

Fiona leaned over to Hannah. "Now is not the time to get stage fright. I know you have power. I can sense it in you."

"You can?" Hannah said. She loosened up. "I mean, really?"

At the moment, Kate came out of her room. She spotted Hannah and jerked her head back. She walked down the hallway towards Fiona and Hannah. "Hey." She said to both of them. "I can give her the tour. I know you're busy Fiona."

"I always have time from my girls." Fiona said. She stood up. "Besides, we were just about done. Kate, you can find a room for her. Help her with her magic. She seems a bit shy."

"Will do." Kate smiled as Fiona walked by.

Kate folded her arms. "Welcome to the coven Hannah."

Hannah stood up and looked at Kate. "Good to see you again."

"Yeah, yeah." Kate said. She rolled her eyes and turned around. "Come on. I'll show you where the bathrooms are and where my room is." Kate walked down the hallway. "You can pretty much pick any empty room you want."

Hannah followed behind her, about three feet apart.

"Cordelia's in the hospital, in case you're wondering. It's episode 6." Kate stopped abruptly and spun around. "Is Harry here too?"

Hannah nodded. "Yeah. He's talking with his sister."

"You'll probably want your own room then. I would recommend the door next to ours, but no one wants to hear their sibling and his girlfriend getting it on. So how about the room across from us." Kate pointed to the room. "So many empty rooms, yet most of us share rooms. Maybe it's so we'll be close. Or maybe Cordelia is expecting dozens of witches to show up. Of course that won't happen for a long time."

"Were you always this chatty?" Hannah asked.

Kate glared at Hannah. "Oh shut up and get in your new room." She swirly turned around and walked away.

Amy introduced Harry to Fiona downstairs. "This is my brother, Harry. Is there any way he could stay here?"

Fiona raised her eyebrows at them. "This is a school, not a shelter."

"I could help out." Harry blurted. "I uh, I could clean."

"He's my brother." Amy said. "Surely this place has family weekends."

"It's Tuesday." Fiona said. "You are not talking about a weekend visit. If you want your little brother to stay here, he can work, as a servant."

"We're twins..." Harry said.

Fiona continued, ignoring his comment. "He can answer the door, fetch the mail, mop the floors, clean the windows... he can be Spalding's apprentice."

Harry made a reluctant smile.

Amy cast a spell duplicating her clothes. She handed the duplicates over to Hannah. Amy sat on the floor and handed them up to Hannah who was standing.

"Oh joy. Now we can be twins." Hannah said sarcastically.

"It's only temporary. Just until we can go into town and go shopping." Amy said.

Harry stood in the room too. "Can you use that spell on money?"

Amy giggled. "It only works on cloth materials."

"When will we be able to leave this place to go shopping?" Hannah asked.

"You've only been here for an hour. Feeling confined already?" Amy teased her.

"How can we shop? We don't have any money." Harry said.

"Check your pockets." Amy said.

Harry and Hannah checked their pants pockets and each found a small wallet with cash inside.

"Where did this come from?" Hannah asked.

"Did you do this?" Harry asked Amy.

"No. I had it too when I arrived. It's $500. I spend half of it on a shopping spree my first week here. Wanted to save the rest for when you all arrived. Now we can go to lunch. Or go to a movie." Amy gasped in excitement.
Hannah smiled. "It is so nice to be here."

"Yeah, it's a dream." Harry said sarcastically.

"Hey Harry..." Amy said. She thought in her head, "Has your ability returned?"

He gave her a look of surprise, answering her question.

Later that night, Zoe asked the young witches in the coven to join her in her room. Hannah was delighted at the offer.

"Really? You're inviting me too?" Hannah asked.

"I need the help of as many witches as I can get." Zoe said.

"For what exactly?" Hannah asked. She squinted her eyes.

"You'll see tonight." Zoe said.

All the girls gathered around her room in the evening. "We are going to bring back Madison. I have reason to believe she's dead and this," she pulled it a Ouija board, "will help."

Amy's face fell. "Nope." She backed out of the room.

"Amy," Zoe called after her.

"Have you learned nothing from scary movies?" Amy called back from the hallway.

Hannah giggled at Amy's comment.

"If you're not going to take this seriously, you can go to." Zoe said, irritated.

"Don't mind if I do." Hannah took a step back and left the room. She lingered in the doorway, looking back at Kate.

Kate shook her head slightly.

Hannah's eyes got wide. Her piercing eyes locked on Kate.

Kate turned away, causing her long black hair to twirl over her shoulders.

Hannah huffed and left Zoe's room. She joined Amy in her room a few doors down. Amy was sitting crisscrossed on the floor, holding a small spell book.

Hannah entered her room and sat with her. "Can I join you?"

Amy folded her lips and looked over at Hannah. "Of course."

Hannah took a breath before asking, "Do you think it's possible to be a late bloomer at this sort of thing?"

Amy smiled and said, "Hannah, you only just here. It's not your fault if your magic is hesitating. It's them." She pointed up. "Samantha and Holly and all the rest. They're controlling parts of our story."

Hannah found an empty journal on the floor and picked it up. She grabbed a pen and tapped the front page.

Back in Zoe's room, they witches asked about Madison. The Ouija board answered some of their questions, but Nan and Queenie backed out after discovering it was the Ax man they were talking to. Zoe left to ask the girls once more to help her. During that time, Kate placed her hands on the board and asked her own questions.

"Luke... are you there?" Kate asked.

The board didn't move. Not even a whisper in the air.

"Luke, were you ever here?" Kate asked.

The board remained still.

Kate sighed and leaned back, taking her hands off the board.

Harry joined Amy and Hannah in Amy's room. They sat in a circle practicing their craft and experimenting. After a couple hours, Hannah was finally about to do some magic: She closed the window with her mind.

"It's cold out. The wind keeps blowing the pages over." Hannah complained.

"Well I like the breeze. And it's my room." Amy said, annoyed. "If it bothers you so much, put on a jacket."

"Yeah, more of your clothes. I don't want to dress like you. We are not twins." Hannah said.

"I never said we were. Just trying to be helpful. You needed clothes." Amy said.

"You didn't ask me. You just insisted."

"Well you never opposed the idea. You could always say something."

"I'm saying it now!"

"Geez, we can go into town tomorrow. Until then, just deal with it."

"You still don't get it. You're still controlling everything. I've been here for one day. I have handicapped in the last life. I just got these hands back. Don't make me use them for evil. Now close that damn window!" Hannah shouted. As she said it, the window slammed shut and locked.

Amy's jaw dropped and she turned over to Hannah.

Harry smiled at his girlfriend.

Hannah pointed at the window and over at Amy.

Amy shook her head. "That wasn't me."

"I did that?" Hannah pointed at herself. She laughed. "I have magic. I'm telekinetic!"

"What's all the racket in here?" Kate asked in the doorway. No one even noticed her open the door.

"I have magic." Hannah stated.

"Yeah, that's why we're here." Kate said, unimpressed. "I'm getting tired. Are you guys going to be long?"

"Yes." Amy said. "Come and join us."

Hannah glared at Amy.

Amy noticed and softened. "If you want to."

The four youths gathered in a circle and practiced their magic. By the end of the night, they each developed a new ability. Harry was able to move objects with his mind. Hannah couldn't make fire but could melt a candle in her hand. Amy's control over fire increased. Kate was able to bleed an apple by holding it. When the red substance came out of it, Amy and Hannah backed up and stared at Kate.