Shado of the Covenant

Chapter 19

Hogwarts Stronghold

Cassandra Hayden was rightfully nervous and felt an odd pang in her chest when she saw the empress that Saturday morning with all her friends as Luna Lovegood waved them over towards them. She just happened to be sitting opposite the blonde-haired weirdo, which made her more nervous as they were going to sit with them too.

Shado Umbra… or Ivy Potter. It didn't matter. She was powerful, and already known to have killed the giant squid after it tried to kill that first year muggle-born, Slytherin. Many people in the school were already starting to show signs that they were afraid of her while some were being openly supportive, submissive, or hostile. Many believed that Shado was going to be the next dark thing.

Cassandra, or Cassy as she preferred for short had even heard some morons saying that Lady Shado was going to become like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and start murdering muggle-born mage. The odd things was that those pure-bloods sprouting off stuff like that were convinced, and convincing muggle-born students.

Their idiocy was astounding as it was clear that Shado Umbra. The new Queen of the Covenant of Witches like her predecessors, did not give a crap about blood-status. Cassy doubted that Shado had even heard about blood-status before arriving in the magical world. Shado was obviously brighter than that. She could build a more powerful kickarse army if she used any mage no matter their background.

However, Cassy shuddered at the thought. Shado was going to be staying in Ravenclaw tower with Cassy tonight. She had been a bitch to Luna since they started Hogwarts, and now she felt like she was going to get her punishment.

Looking to her left and right Cassy was surprised as she looked up to see her two, supposed best friends fleeing from the table and the hall. She could not hold in her gulp as Shado and girls had reached the table. Though, honestly, she knew her 'friends' were just using her because of her family's status.

The queen herself smiled at Cassy as she moved around to her side. That little first year muggle-born Slytherin followed Shado happily holding her hand while the others found themselves an older girl each to look out for them. How anyone could consider that muggle-born hate was beyond her. It was obvious that Shado was caring for the small first year, and even loved her, but that did not mean she was not dangerous. Cassy had heard some disturbing rumours about what happened to a load of Slytherin boys who threatened them. Not that Cassy thought to care about how many Slytherin boys she would beat up, but she did not want to be beaten up herself.

Shado sat the first year, Tabitha, she thought, down one side of Cassy and took the seat the other side while looking as if she had not a care in the world while she was becoming something so much more to the people than anyone would have expected, herself included. Shado was the wizarding world's saviours twin sister, and maybe that was why certain people were bowing out of her way, as Rose sat opposite and gave Cassy and amused 'your arse is ours' look.

Cassy quickly shook that off, and let her eyes flicker to where Dumbledore was one of the few teachers in the hall, just thinking as he stirred his spoon in an empty bowl. Cassy knew that Dumbledore, the ministry, and the pure-bloods (mainly purists) would try to fight against Shado eventually, as they would not want to have all their corrupt power taken from them, and they were probably worried that the Covenant could rebuild and regrow their power to interfere with them.

Cassy wasn't stupid, far from it, she was in Ravenclaw for a reason, and not like some who asked the sorting hat as she knew that it was really-up to the students where they went, which was likely how Shado got into all the houses. Cassy knew that Dumbledore in his 'benevolence' was not the nice old man he pretended to be. If he were then Shado Umbra would have been, Ivy Potter, and a nice well looked after girl with her twin sister who was not out for vengeance against him. Cassy was also sure that Dumbledore was a lying and conniving snake in a lion skin jacket. There was also something strange around the Potter parents, and why they seemed to give Dumbledore so much say in their families lives that they threw away one of their children.

Dumbledore controlled people by giving off that 'Merlin' vibe, and they believed that in some kind of huge grand scheme of things that Dumbledore knew what was best even if they couldn't see how right then. Dumbledore conned them into believing that, but Cassy's mother was a psychoanalyst for Interpol and the EU working on cross boarder murders, which even included terrorist activity, so Cassy had picked up a lot over the years.

Cassy was certain that Dumbledore had some serious problems, and her mother agreed with that. Her mother was a muggle-born that couldn't get work with the magical UK, so she went back to school and joined the police force while continuing to study, and now worked all over the place, mainly all over Europe. She tended to go after the more – odd murders since eight times out of ten they were magical world related, which was why she tended to work closely with the International Confederation of Wizards, and Interpol these days, under one of those deep-secret cover agencies, everyone likely knew about, but pretended they didn't, or something like that.

That was how Cassy knew that Dumbledore was high up on their watch list. It was also, why she learnt occlumency because she knew a little more than she was supposed to; some classified stuff, and her mother was always warning her to stay back from Dumbledore, or stay on his 'light' side or be labelled dark, which would be annoying. However, now with Shado around Cassy supposed that so many people would be 'poked' into the 'dark' camp that it became a moot point. If everyone was dark, it kind of lost all its power, and Cassy had no idea whether Dumbledore and posse would ever see it that way, though.

Cassy forced a small smile on her lips in welcome, as she was still nervous and rightfully scared of Shado, until she knew she was in the green with the girl and out of the amber. She hoped Luna had not told her she grassed on her for the little threat. Cassy would not have if she realised that Shado was really a new power. She mildly wondered what her mother would make of Shado. Cassy could not make heads or tails yet because she was so contradictory.

Ginny Weasley had followed them around, taking the seat next to Shado, smirking at Cassy, which caused her cheeks to light up, but it was not a mean smirk, so she took that as a good sign. The other girls sat around Luna, not caring that they were Slytherins sitting at the Ravenclaw table. It was something out of the ordinary as before rivalries or hate ran too deep, but the Covenant wouldn't care about that.

Cassy got a good look around as she noticed that some Gryffindors were openly and hatefully glaring at them, but more so Ravenclaws until Shado looked towards them, lime sparks in her glowing green eyes and the Ravenclaws at least looked away. They had better self-preservation instincts than the Gryffindors did. Plus, some of them were in Ravenclaw because they were smart, and others because of house stereotyping studied harder than they would have, so they managed to get bright through knowledge.

After all, Gryffindors did some stupid things. They run off into trouble without giving the consequences a moment of thought, though a few, even Rosette Potter tended to be cleverer about her recklessness. However, that recklessness was why Gryffindor was the worst school house, and they were not very bright while following Dumbledore around as if they were very bad smells – with very few unfortunately thinking about bigger pictures.

Shado turned back to Cassy with a radiant smile, leaning close. "Good morning, Cassy!" she purred, close to her ear. Cassy let out an involuntary shiver as her warm breath caressed her inner ear and had to wonder how a girl could make her feel that naughty when she hadn't done more than greet her.

Cassy looked to Shado. Cassy was nervous, and shaky. However, if Cassy left Shado with the impression that she would be her good girl maybe she would get off lightly – a telling off – even a spanking would be preferable to all the punishments she could receive, no matter how embarrassing. Cassy did not want to remain on this girl's wrong side, even if the right side of the wrong side would be much too scary.

"G-good morning, umm… M-My Lord!" Cassy quickly said, nearly holding her breath as she waited for Shado to respond. Shado was surprised by the address, but did not look displeased with its use while the other girls giggled.

Shado's smile widened slightly. "I like that, Cassy!" she exclaimed while some of the other girls giggled more, and the little fairy things waved at her to show that Shado had greater ties than Cassy would have realised.

Cassy could only take that as a good sign. Well, she hoped it was a good sign. She would hate for this to be a bad sign. What would happen to her if this were just the tip of a bad sign if she reached the very centre? Would that be the end of her? Would Shado actually-kill her? Would Shado keep her as a pet like one of those adorable little fairy things as they fluttered about and grabbed themselves some breakfast?

"Miss. Potter!"

They were interrupted from breakfast by the squeaky voice of the head of Ravenclaw. He was small. He had a long beard and long white hair with a bald scalp, and smiled rather amusedly.

Shado and Rose both looked to him with a questioning eyebrow raised.

"Well normally we don't allow pets to… eat… on… the… table…" he trailed his words to a slow stop.

The pets shocked Cassy too, as they flashed with blue lightning, and green-white, falling back to emerge as a young woman, the white haired one, and an auburn-haired girl maybe a year younger than Cassy at most. The white haired one, introduced as Elektra was wearing a mirror image of Shado's outfit still while the auburn haired one, Silva was wearing a cute little girl scout uniform with Covenant crests.

"H-human?" Elektra said with a smile gesturing herself and her little sister as they were scooted in either side of Rose, but with pointed ears, weird markings, tails, and strange fur like hair, and animalistic eyes, they didn't seem completely human.

"They are house trained, so I don't see the problem," Shado pointed out to the baffled man as the pets both looked to him with smug fangy-toothed grins.

"O-kay then," the small Professor said, baffled as he wandered back to the teacher's table, and Cassy was rather surprised that he gave up that quickly.

Cassy looked to the other teachers. McGonagall watched the whole things with a tired look in her eyes like she had expected something weird to happen. She looked as if she was not even surprised that Shado had some kind of elemental spirits as familiars, and Cassy could not even blame her.

Next to McGonagall, Dumbledore looked more worried than ever. Cassy could blame him for lots of things, but not for fearing Shado, and her nymphs, and the future with her at the epicentre of the magical world, as new Queen to the Covenant. Cassy felt the urge to attack him for what she heard about the way he had treated their saviour's sister, maybe another saviour now?

Cassy had heard from her mother that Dumbledore had given Shado to her mother's racist muggle family. However, they were not just a nice muggle family. They were worst possible people to give a magical child. The (in most cases) Slytherin equivalent to the muggle world. She was not a sweet young girl who had been looked after in a nice home with nice things, but a girl who had to grow up and conquer all just to stay sane.

However, Dumbledore's foolishness and ignorance would be his downfall. Cassy was not sorted into Ravenclaw for nothing, as she would always say. She was smart. She was even a bit of a bookworm, though nothing compared to Hermione Granger as Cassy understood that books were not always correct. Cassy had always enjoyed learning new things. She supposed she had been jealous of Luna because she could still dream and imagine. Luna still believed in the new and interesting things that might exist in the world while Cassy had become cynical.

Cassy was a half-blood. Her father was a muggle, but he died when she was young. However, she had lived in the muggle world all her life, growing up with muggle things, and muggle friends. Tell them they were a mage. They would accept after proof, but. Really, Luna's conspiracies and stuff could be looked at the same way as telling a muggle-born they had magic.

If Luna proved herself right, and Cassy and everyone else wrong, they would be highly embarrassed. Cassy had forgotten to imagine, hope, and look forward. She looked to Luna, and felt bad. She always looked to her and felt bad about the way she had been acting towards her when they should have been close friends. Cassy just could not help herself. She was jealous, and foolish, and followed those other girls because they were pure-blooded, and really, Cassy just wanted to fit in, and with that, she realised, she didn't actually-have any friends.

Turning her eyes from the potential child abusing nutter, Cassy saw Professor Sinistra silently snickering as Flitwick had retaken his seat telling them what happened, even though they had seen. Then that weird rune teacher, Professor Strife was eyeing her table with dark, dangerous looking blue eyes, but was that amusement?

That teacher gave Cassy the creeps sometimes. She did not think anybody could read her, or know what she was up-to. Cassy could not help but wonder what she had planned for Shado's detention. Cassy had heard she had used girls as maids so that she did not have to do anything around her classroom, and office. Cassy could not see Shado letting her live through trying to pull that with her.

"A kiss for your thoughts!" Shado suddenly whispered in Cassy's ear. Cassy jumped, blushing as she spun in her seat to come near nose to nose with Shado. "Don't worry about my dear Professor Strife; she is a good person, and is of my domain."

Cassy could feel her cheeks heating up brightly as she looked into Shado's eyes that close-up, and quivered as she realised, she had never even considered Professor Strife being a Covenant witch before. However, staring into Shado's eyes was like staring into a stormy ocean. Cassy could see the lime sparks dancing within the green, tiny and nearly unnoticeable before she looked away, too embarrassed to keep looking into the void beyond her soul.

"I-I see!" Cassy replied as she realised Shado was waiting for a response.

Shado smiled wider than ever. "Well girls, breakfast is done. Shall we get out of here? Find something fun to do?" Shado asked while the other girls nodded, and the nymphs were back in fae form moments later and riding with Rose.

Cassy was half hoping that Shado would just take the other girls and leave her by herself, but to her horror, Shado took Cassy's hand and dragged her up without any effort. Shado did not let Cassy go as they left the Great Hall, and left down the steps of the Entrance Hall for a walk.

"Here Luna. She's your girlfriend," Shado said smiling and Luna eagerly took Cassy's free hand as Shado let her go, giggling. Cassy was surprised that she held on in return, blushing her brightest as Luna latched onto her arm. "Hmm… my mergirls gone… Rose, she was smoking, right Daph?" she said while she had no issue telling them all about it while Daphne helped fill in gaps.

The adorable little Tabitha was nearly in Shado's arms as she told her little story, as they stopped as they approached the lake.

"Where are we going, next Miss. Shado?" Tabitha asked eagerly while her little first year friends had each stolen an older girl and were nodding eagerly.

"I don't know," Shado answered thoughtfully. "But… maybe we should find a club room somewhere in school where no one will disturb us. So, we can all get together, mixed houses without the commotion during our spare time, and relax without worrying about some twits bothering us, like those mooks from Music Club?"

"That's a great idea!" Rose agreed, nodding eagerly as she had little Clara holding her hand still as the shyest of the first-year girls had gotten attached. "But where are we going to find a place like that? I doubt the teachers will let us have anywhere, to be honest."

"I know of a place, Lady Rosette!"

They were startled, as they had been passing a large tree by the lake. The merpeople had gone from where Cassy saw them earlier carving up the giant squid that Shado had killed, and she was probably now their best friend for toasting them a free lunch for the next few months.

The girl was taller than the rest of them. Cassy had seen her around, and was certain she was the new head girl, so she must have been in year seven. She was wearing a long black robe with the lining yellow. It was Hufflepuff colours with the Hufflepuff patch with a silver badge next to it that showed she was in deed, head girl. However, that was where her school attire ended, as her robe was left open, and Cassy's mouth opened too.

Her robe breezed behind her. She leant up against the tree with confidence with a light tan, and a smirk on her lips. Her hair was auburn, trailing neat and tidy, tied back, down her back to her waist. She was wearing silver framed glasses around amazing green eyes that said that if she had x-ray vision, she would be enjoying herself very much with all the girls that stopped before her.

She was wearing a tight corset around her body. It was bound yellow leather around her ribs and abs tied with black. Around her very generous breasts was a white material that showed some flesh of her lightly tan chest. She wore tight black leather skirt around her hips, short and hanging just below that small, tight, round arse with a black belt, and then she wore shin high black leather boots tied with yellow lace.

If Cassy was not seeing what she was seeing with her own eyes, and had her robe done up, Cassy would have never imagined that she would be so risqué, and had these stunningly amazing legs. She was beautiful, but she had a nerdy look to her, neck up at least, and looked like she probably ranked high in class, but liked to have fun with her girl friends too.

"Whoa," Shado said with a creeping grin as she left Tabitha staring with her little mouth hanging open and approached the girl. Cassy could see that Shado swaggering forward had deflated the new girls sails a bit, but she was not backing down from whatever that was supposed to be.

"My Lord… My Queen!" the girl addressed Shado with a sweeping bow, as Shado lifted the front of the head girls skirt, just enough to see the lace pattered yellow of her knickers, and she shivered at Shado's look before, Shado let her skirt fall right and looked the new girl in the eyes.

"Wow, she hot!" Rose muttered as she moved a little closer with her little blushing Clara to see the girl better.

"Thank you," the new girl said smiling at Rose and licking her lips before returning her gaze to Shado. "I believe I have a place for these… Covenant meetings. It is hidden away, and only people of the… female variety can get in," she said with a small smile as she buttoned up her robes, suddenly looking like the nerd over the 'slutty nerd' she was before. "I have a reputation as a… good girl to keep. Meet me here in one hour," she said as she offered Shado a slip of parchment.

Shado accepted it with a curious frown before the girl walked off at a brisk pace back to the castle. Shado returned to the other girls a few moments later and gave the parchment to Rose while looking inquisitive.

"You know where that is?" Shado asked her sister, curious.

Rosette looked over the map and nodded in surprise. "Yeah," she agreed. "It's a part of the school that's not used. That whole tower is off limits as far as I know. I suppose there would be plenty of places to hide a secret club."

Cassy did not want to be a part of a secret cult of girls, but she was left with no choice as Luna was happily dragging her along with her, and maybe looking forward to getting to punish her. She could only sigh and try not to whimper. But she supposed if she had gotten to see Luna smile like that – why had she never known that her smile was so radiant and beautiful?

"Don't worry Cassy," Luna startled her, smirking at her. "I'll take good care of you."

Cassy grimaced as they were led back into the castle. "I-I'm not sure whether that is a good thing or not," she replied wondering whether she should even care. This was getting so complicated. Cassy had thought that Shado was going to spank her, or something for her punishment. It had not crossed her mind that Shado would give her to Luna for the adorable blonde girl to spank or something, maybe even make a spectacle about it in front of all the other girls?

Not that that was particularly a bad thing, as she could get her punishment over with, getting humiliated for all the heartache she caused Luna. It could be worse. She did not know, how, unless she was going to be Luna's new, human pet, but as owners went, she was sure Luna would take care of her. Cassy wondered in slight interest how it would be to let another girl dictate what she did. The idea of that being Luna? With her eccentricity? Cassy could not for the life of her imagine what she would end up doing, except perhaps naughty things if this Covenant was as blatant as she thought it was when so up close.

Cassy was in her own head confusing herself over what was probably nothing to worry about for so long that she hadn't noticed until it was too late that they had ventured into a dark and dusty part of the castle. It had cobwebs and dirty windows all over, keeping the light dull. Cassy found herself holding onto Luna tighter, and Luna smiled more, cuddling Cassy's arm into her chest, and looking like she knew something Cassy had not yet dreamt of.

"This place is kind of creepy!" Ginny said as she held the albino girl, Alice as the small thing was looking kind of spooked, but all the first-year girls did as they held the hand of an upper-class-girl. "I hope this 'secret' place isn't filthy, and or a trap by that slutty nerd with the leather fetish!"

"It's here!" Rosette said as she looked over the map with Tracey as they tried to identify the exact location.

"Yeah, this is definitely the place," Tracey readily agreed.

They had pulled to a stop, and Shado let go of her first year, leaving her to glomp onto Luna's free hand, holding on tight and cuddling into the blonde girl.

"So, it's behind this door?" Shado asked as she stepped up between Rose and Tracey looking over the map and the door.

"Umm… that door is only a painting," Astoria commented thoughtfully looking at the massive painting with large door drawn on it at the end of the corridor they had turned down.

"I didn't expect you this fast!"

She was there. To the side. The Hufflepuff, head girl. Cassy was startled, but Shado, Ginny, and surprisingly Luna had looked before she spoke. She had her robe open again, showing off her beautiful body underneath, in her leather. The head girl moved towards them and Shado gestured towards the large golden framed painting.

Cassy watched in amazement, as the head girl reached into the painting, and opened the painting door, but no door came out like a 3D TV would show, but the 3D was just inwards, in depth. It led into a huge glass staircase that led down and around to somewhere off canvass.

"It's all yours, My Lord!" the girls said with a submissive bow. "Just as I am yours."

"What's your name?" Shado suddenly asked startling her and her girls.

The new girl was finally blushing with a sheepish smile.

"Umm… oops. I knew there was something I forgot," she said, embarrassed. "Sorry. Don't let the intellectual look over my clothes fool you. I'm not the smartest girl around. Don't get me wrong, I'm not stupid. I get really good grades, but I work hard for them."

"And your name is?" Ginny asked.

This lit her cheeks up further.

"Right," she said impishly. "I'm Erica Lane," she said doing a twirl with her robe flowing up with her skirt, and flashing them her knickers again. "Pure-blood magician extraordinaire, and other than yourselves, one of the very few Covenant witch students!" she said while smiling widely.

"Wow. Girl has style!" Shado said. That caused all her girls to look at her as if she had lost her sense of style. "And a delicious looking arse!" she added, which caused many double-takes as that was probably what she meant by 'style' in the first place, but her 'rudeness' caused the younger girls to giggle.

"Why thank you My Lord!" Erica chimed out smugly. "Now follow me to the wonders within!" she finished as she stepped into the door as if it was not in a painting.

It was odd to see. Erica did not suddenly look like she was a painting, but then the staircase did not either. The rest of the painting did, however. It was quite amazing. Cassy had to admit that she had never seen anything quite like it before. If this was a secret entrance. It was the coolest in the whole school. The best bit of magic she had seen before, and curiosity piqued her interest immediately.

Cassy watched, as Shado did not hesitate in stepping through to the crystal stairs the other side. "Whoa, you guys have to see this!" she declared from the other side as clear as if she was standing across a normal door threshold.

The others started walking through with Cassy, Luna, and Tabitha bringing up the rear. Cassy had to let her mouth fall open. It was as if she had just entered an evil supervillain lair. The place was cool blue glass crystal leading down the stairs. The walls were blues and creams with paintings of woman and girls of all ages, none moving, but all over the walls.

Some of the paintings showed girls in Hogwarts uniforms. However, some were different, from different schools. Some of the older girls wore white bands around their upper arms. They had either green, blue, yellow, or red pentagrams on them with some words in Latin.

The 'common room' was impressive beyond what Cassy could have thought, and was absolutely-massive, even compared to the Ravenclaw common room. It had varnished cherry wood floors leading to a stone 'beach', as there was a huge lagoon like pool to one side leading into the lake, likely warded against men or intruders if this really was a Covenant tower within Hogwarts.

Looking from the water the seated areas had big wide leather couches and chairs with comfortable fluffy rugs and coffee tables. They circled a large fireplace that was in a huge round support pillar circling with four other pillars, at points around light blue crystalised marble area like a dance floor, with five sides, possibly ritual area for spell work, and practice as you could ward around the five points of the pillars, making practicing bigger spells safer with magical shieling for those not playing with magic. The fire places were not lit, and it did not look like they had been lit in years.

There were large semi-tinted windows lining the walls. The place gave off an aura of inside and outside at the same time. It even had a large beautifully kept garden near the 'lake'. There were doors heading off to what could only be dorms and other places such as bathrooms.

There was a second layer, spanning around with like large balcony's with bookshelves full of books with tables and chairs for study. Cassy was slowly walking down the stairs as Erica closed the door behind them and followed with a wide smile.

"This place is freckling awesome, but why is this here?" Shado asked, looking to Erica for an explanation. "Was there supposed to be a fifth house that was too awesome or something?"

"Nah, nothing like that," Erica said wiggling her way to Shado, sliding her arms around the younger girl. "The Covenant of Witches used to have such power before Dumbledore arrived at the school. He got too much power. Sway over families, parents. Eventually parents would not allow their daughters into the Covenant. They forbid it, but times have changed once again, and families will look to the honour their daughters can bring them in the Covenant...

"It had once been a great honour," Erica said with a shrug. "The Covenant has lost so much power now it's ridiculous. My mothers are both two of the last members, but there are a fair few of us around. Having been born in. Me? I guess I just wanted to be a part of something new. With you Mistress Shado. We all thought that we were done, but now My Lord, My Lady, My Queen, we have you, and new hope!"

Erica leaned down, and kissed Shado caste on her lips. The other girls all blushed, but it was only brief.

"They told me about this old place," Erica continued. "It's ours. It has magic's to self-clean, and keep it neat, and protect the Covenant. We figured someone like you would need a place away from the likes of Dumbledore.

"The old basket case has been trying to find this place for as long as my mothers were at school. Much longer in fact. Probably as long as he has been at school, looking for its secrets," she said as she pulled back from Shado, amused smile on her lips. "He is terrified of you! Terrified that you and Rose will break your parents free from him, most of all. Who could blame him? You're incredible!"

"I know," Shado agreed as she pulled from Erica and wandered around the room looking over everything, and smiled as the younger girls had gotten brave enough to explore. "I have a great idea," she said thoughtfully turning to Cassy, and Cassy's face paled and she looked green. "Luna," she turned to the blonde girl and she smiled as Cassy looked so relieved.

"Here will be good," Luna said as she took a seat on a couch in the centre where Cassy and she had been standing, and Cassy was confused.

"Err, what's going on?" Erica asked in confusion as she stood next to Rose.

Rose shrugged. "Cassy, here." She gestured the confused girl, "is about to pull off her robe, lift-up her skirt, pull her knickers down, and then she's going over Luna's lap for a good bare-arsed spanking to make up for being so mean to Luna when they should have been friends for the past five years at Hogwarts. We're, all going to get to enjoy the show, and make sure Luna doesn't go to easy on her, as we all know she probably would otherwise, being such a sweetie-pie."

Cassy gulped and looked around at the other girls while Erica grinned, and she found herself somewhat circled in.

"Err… r-really?" Cassy asked while her heart pounded a million miles a second and she looked worried as she received nods all around, so turned to Luna who patted her lap. "Y-you will… you-you will forgive me?"

Luna offered a kind smile. "Of course, I will," she agreed sweetly, "but they really won't let me go easy on your bum, and you will cry, but don't worry, I can see the future… you will be fine."

"Two choices, Cass," Shado said from behind. "You can take this like a brave Covenant witch, or a cowardly witch, who may just be a nothing in the end… a brave witch gets to show off her arse herself and lie herself in Luna's lap, and take everything, no matter how much it may sting… a cowardly witch loses every ounce of respect we could have for her, and has us assist in getting her over, Luna's lap. You haven't run away yet, and I see that look in your eyes. You've felt bad following those nobodies, pretending you were in charge, bullying Luna because you harboured some jealously towards her because she is… was freer than you, and because your 'friends' cannot stomach things outside their norm…"

Shado trailed off as Cassy's robe dropped to the floor behind her, and with shaky fingers, and bright red cheeks she slid her hands up her skirt and the other girls watched as she pulled her knickers down, and let her blue cotton slip down to her ancles. Then, Cassy slid down to lie across Luna's lap while Luna offered her a knowing and reassuring smile. Cassy pulled up her skirt showing off her cute little pale bum, and some of the area between her legs with a little brown hair poked through unintentionally.

Luna smiled as her right hand stroked gently over Cassy's bottom, and in a few strokes while Cassy whimpered, and she closed her eyes not to have to see all the girls watching her getting a spanking for her punishment; it could be worse; Cassy could live with a spanking. Then the first slap came and it was sharp, and not anywhere near as hard as Cassy knew was coming, and then another; it was a little harder that time, and Cassy gasped out.

"Wow," Tabitha muttered from somewhere while some girls were giggling in embarrassment, "Miss, Cassandra is really getting a spanking," she said as Cassy cried out a little more as that slap stung a little more, and a few tears prickled at her eyes, but she terrifyingly felt herself getting moist elsewhere too. "My Lord, I'll be a good girl, I don't want Miss. Luna to spank me for being mean."

"Me too," Clara whispered while the other first years nodded in agreement.

"I have a great idea," Shado said with a smile aimed at the younger girls, "why don't you girls go play hide and go peak or something elsewhere while our Cassandra gets her punishment, so you don't get bored, huh, but be careful, okay?"

"Yeah," the girls quickly agreed as Cassy cried out again, and squirmed and started crying as her bottom was fairly-red already, and she had to force herself to keep lying in Luna's soft lap, and take her punishment, so the girls all rushed off to find a place to play.

Cassy knew that she would be sore for a week or more, and she would do anything for Luna from this day on, if only to get more of this, she thought as she cried out at the hardest smack to her arse came moments later, whimpering and sobbing a little, she held on to Luna tightly as the blonde stroked her stinging arse, her fingers stroking over her bum-hole before pulling back with another slap.

"Oh, there you are Aqua!" Shado said as she turned from the delightful show and walked over to the lagoon, and stream as the cute nymph was in human form wearing black rubber shorts, and crop-top, and bare foot with webbing between her toes and fingers and long swishy tail, and blue hair, as she stood in a part that came to her chest as she had seemed to walk from water that came over her head, and did look quite deep the closer to the wall, and way out and into the lake outside it got with ledges at the sides at deeper areas, and a sense of protective wards to save from drowning.

Elektra and Silva were happy to retake their human forms to greet their sister as she waded out till the water came up to her shins. However, Aqua seemed more interested in the bare bottom being spanked while her sisters filled her in, and she wanted to watch the show with them, so with Shado they watched as Cassy cried out with tears streaming from her eyes as Luna stroked around Cassy's bright red bum before sliding her fingers between her legs, slicking them up, Cassy opened her legs a little more before crying out as her bottom received another slap.

to be continued…