Ch 12
"H-how? You would need the Anti-Crist to trigger the Apocalypse for you to resume your true form!" Zelda said in disbelief as they witnessed the fully healed form of Lucifer.
"Oh, it took 40 days of fasting and abstinence in order to purify my body, not easy at all to all, but the effects where worth it, wouldn't you say so Sabrina dear?" Lucifer said to her with a predatory grin.
At that Sabrina took a step forward and with her meanest glare said to him:
"You have lied to everyone that believed in you, brought untold suffering and pain since the dawn of time, all to satisfy you bottomless greed, caring for nothing and no one but yourself. All that could be forgiven, except for one thing." Sabrina said with a defiant raise of the head.
"And what's that?" Satan said to her, amused by her outburst.
"Really now, an unbuttoned golden shirt and pants? So tacky and tasteless." Sabrina said with a smirk and raised eyebrow.
That comment made Satan do a double take, as his eyes became wide as saucers, as if what had been said to him was worse than anything he had heard in his life.
Never had he been so outraged and angry before in his eternal existence since the dawn of time.
"I will make you pay for this insult." Satan threatened her.
"You will try." Sabrina challenged back as a silent battle of wills took place.
At that, despite himself, Satan smirked at Sabrina's confident, prideful defiant stare back.
"A toast of gratitude then, for preparing such a welcoming party for Sabrina. Thank you for being too nice to my daughter."
And pride always came before the fall.
Sabrina was left in shocked silence as Lucifer starred at her as he raised a cup if wine.
"No...no...that's not true!" Sabrina said as a creeping feeling overwhelmed her.
"Why is that it sounds like your trying to convince yourself to the contrary more than rebuke my claim?" Lucifer said with a smirk.
At Sabrina's silence Lucifer drank his wine cup and then left the gathering.
Sabrina looked at Harvey with worry in her eyes, and fear of the damage that this revelation would do.
"Can I get you anything? Punch? A snack?"
Only for Harvey to be the same as he always was.
"H...Harvey...I'm the devil's daughter. Satan's my father." Sabrina said to him in disbelief.
"Yeah, I 't worry about it, lots of people have deadbeat birth parents that abandoned them. He may be your father, but he's not your daddy. Who do you feel are you parents?" Harvey asked with compassion in his eyes.
"Diana and Edward Spellman." Sabrina replied.
"There you go. Hey...hey...come on. Let's go and get some fresh air. Let's cut this party short." Harvey said to Sabrina, who nodded and lead the pair to the door that connected to the Addams Graveyard.
They took a slow walk through the graveyard. Sabrina said nothing, only continued to lean incomfort into Harvey as the pair walked through the macabre site that gave Sabrina piece of mind and calm.
Maybe she really fit in with the Addams clan.
"Tale as old as time. A boy, a girl." Gomez said as he and Morticia watched the young couple from a second story window.
"An open grave." Morticia replied. "Love...and regret." Morticia added as she gestured to Nick who was by himself in a corner, drinking heavily.
"What seems to be the matter young man?" Gomez asked him.
"I rejected multiple times the woman I loved, and now that I want her back she's in the arms of another man who can provide a stable and healthy relationship. While I keep jumping into toxic ones with bad partners. Oh, by the way I also sabotage any good thing I have and I am purposefully hostile to any outsider or anyone who isn't as toxic as I am. Oh, and I'm also a womanizer who cheated on every woman I was with and tried to seduce Sabrina away from your grandson." Nick said and gave a bitter chuckle.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with being like that. As long as that's what makes you happy. But forgive me for saying this, but it sounds like you don't want to be that way anymore." Morticia added.
"And I suppose this is the part where you say that I can change if I want to. And 'snap' and I all of a sudden not the toxic person I am." Nick said in lament,
"No. Change is hard, you'll be pummeled and push to your limits. And when you give it all you'll lose and fall, and then you have to pick yourself up and to it again and again, till you can't remember a time when you weren't like this. And if you do that you get the chance to change and still persevere trough." Gomez said, surprising Nick.
"So what's the point then, to go through such torture?" Nick asked skeptically.
"Well, beside the fact that it's fun. It's a way to improve yourself and make yourself accomplish something. When was the last time you had a victory young man? In school, or sports, or socially? Small things pile over time, and victory makes you happy. Which gives you motivation to get more victories. Wouldn't you like that?" Morticia enquired in a gentle manner.
"Sounds good. But...can I do it by myself?" Nick offered, uncertain.
"Well if you want we can help you become a better man." Gomez offered
"How can you say that? I acted like a jerk to so many, I burned almost every bridge I had. I called Sabrina not worth it and then came back after months of absence and expected that she'd still want to be with me. And did I mention that I tried to steal her away from you grandson? I've attacked your family many times now and you offer me help? What would you say if I stabbed you in the back and tried to take everything from you and then I said 'sorry.'?" Nick said with a sneer.
"We'd forgive you of course!" Gomez said cheerfully, catching Nick off guard, making the warlock do a double take.
"You would?" Nick asked, not detecting any hint of dishonesty in Gomez.
"Why of course. Provided if you really meant it." Morticia added cheerfully.
"You-you'd just forgive...just like that. How?"
"Anything can be forgiven, if the one apologizing is honest. Grudges are for people with no warmth or inner light. That and pastel colors." Morticia said, shocking Nick once more.
This changed his whole look at life.
"I...I don't know if I can...if I can believe you, even if it's true." Nick said to them.
"Understandable. Tell you what, why don't you crash here with us for a few weeks and I'll coach you how to live like that. Like a honorable man, instead of a dead beat and If you ever feel like you want out, then the doors is always open for you to leave. " Gomez offered.
"And It will always be open for you to come back of course." Morticia added.
"And the fact that this will keep me away from Sabrina and farm boy over there is just a happy coincidence?" Nick said with a sneer.
"Would that be so bad? Son, forgive me If this hurts you, but it's not good to remain stuck on a relationship that isn't good for you. Sounds to me like you two where mismatched from the start. And it doesn't sound like you enjoy the pain that came from it." Gomes offered gently.
Nick was silent at that, it was hard to contradict someone who not only was right but said it in such a gentle manner.
"So, you'll run me through with the Addams way of life then?" Nick said and offered his hand, which Gomes took and shook it.
This move would go against every moral, written and unwritten rule of the witch world. So it was sounding like his kind of gig.
"And a few reaper blades and axes if we're lucky." Gomez said, his grip on Nick's arm firm, not allowing the young man to pull out of the non-verbal agreement for him to stay and be mentored by the Addams clan.
At that moment Nick felt like he just made the best choice in his life, but it would also be his biggest mistake yet.
Horrible, yet also delightful.
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"Feeling better?" Harvey asked Sabrina.
"Yeah, it's just...with Satan and Nick and me...it's been a horrible week." Sabrina offered as she wiped away a tear. She had the inner steel of a thousand warriors, but even she needed a good cry from time to time. The best always did.
"He's my ex-boyfriend. We broke up...mostly he broke up with me." Sabrina said, though Harvey didn't ask her about Nick, and she felt it and because he respected her enough not to ask unless she was ready, Sabrina was ready to open up to him.
"Really? How come?" Harvey asked in confusion. Sabrina was one of the coolest people he knew, her inner light shinned like it was ripped from heaven above. Not so surprising considering she was a Nephilime.
"Lots of reasons...small things that pile up over time...we never even had sex...I kept trying to get him in the sack and he said no...well...he did have by himself, lots of it, but not with me..."
At that Harvey embraced her more and kissed her hair as Sabrina cried into his chest.
She said nothing after that.
The two lovers stayed there for hours in each other's embrace, hands united over the tombstone of Debby Addams.
"How beautiful the moon is." Harvey said after a lot of silence, when he felt that Sabrina had cried the pain away and was better now.
"The Hare Moon." Sabrina said to him.
"A good or bad moon rising?" Harvey asked as he looked in her eyes.
"A magical one." Sabrina whispered as Harvey leaned forward and the two kissed as they were bathed in the moonlight.
Their silhouettes shinning from the moon's glow as the world stood at Sabrina's feet from the feeling of the Dark Lady power she felt bubbling inside her, yearning to be used by Sabrina.
"Ask anything of me and I'll give it to you." Sabrina whispered to Harvey, ready to use her power to give him the moon itself if he asked.
"You already gave me your heart and accepted me giving you mine. I already have what I want." Harvey whispered back.
In that moment Sabrina snapped her fingers and she felt as the Dark Lady power left her. All that was left was her own power.
The power that was hers and hers alone, she gave back the extra magic to whatever it came from. She would not take power from someone else.
She had her own power and freedom and would not give them up for anything in the world. And would not be made a slave, not even to supreme power itself.
The two lovers enjoyed the moonlight in the Addams cemetery as the Devil once more screeched in anger upon sensing that Sabrina willingly gave up the power he gave her.
The night would soon be over and tomorrow would be another day. Especially with the Pagans celebrating Ostera soon.