Hello, everyone! It seems that I updated once more! Yay! I was in the mood to write lately, and I knew where I was heading with this story...Anyway, I would like to say you are going to meet an OC in the story that I created to move the plot along. My OC won't be in it for long, but I thought I should warn you. Anyway, thanks for all the wonderful reviews, follows, and favorites! It means the world to me!

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Chapter 4:

The reception after the burial was small, but Mildred was glad that it was she couldn't handle too many people today. She could only take the small dosages of everyone trying to tell her it was going to be okay. And by everyone, she meant her mother's co-workers and the neighbors in their apartment complex. Miss Hardbroom and Miss Pentangle had set up everything in her and her mother's apartment. Gathering everyone who knew Mildred and Julie Hubble to share their condolences to Mildred.

Mildred shared a look with Miss Pentangle at the woman who was speaking to her about how her mother will always be with her and…Mildred understood what they were trying do really she did, but right now nothing was making her feel good. And they still weren't finding anyone to take Mildred in. She had even watched Miss Hardbroom and Miss Pentangle go through small interviews every time someone came and spoke to one of them. None had said that they would be willing, and honestly, every person they weren't though seemed too afraid of the responsibility of Mildred Hubble.

Was she that much of a burden?

Miss Pentangle came over to save Mildred from the woman who kept reassuring her that everything will be okay she just had to believe that it would be okay. Miss Pentangle clear her throat to clear the conversation away, "Mildred, why don't you come with me and get you something to eat? You've hardly touched anything this evening."

Mildred frowned, she was happy that Miss Pentangle was taking her away from the older lady, but she didn't want to eat anything. Luckily, for her, the sound of the doorbell rang saving her from getting anything to eat. She ran away from Miss Pentangle yelling out, "I'll get it!"

Mildred opened the door, and in the doorway stood a tall handsome dark eyed man. He had frizzy brown hair scattered about his head in a very charming way, and his face was very serious much like Miss Hardbroom's. Mildred blinked up at him, "Hello."

The man's dark brown eyes follow downward to meet the eyes of Mildred. His eyes widened a bit, then he coughs, "Hello, you must be-"

Miss Hardbroom comes swooping by the door, "Mildred, go eat."

Mildred looks between the man, and Miss Hardbroom, "I was just greeting-"

"And now you are eating go before I have to tell you again." Miss Hardbroom interrupts her.

And Mildred huffs, stomping away from her and the strange man leaving them to dabble in conversation with each other.

Miss Hardbroom pushed the man before her in the chest to pull him away from the door, and away from Mildred. She shut the apartment door behind her, and narrowed her brown eyes at the man, "Hermes, just what are you doing here?"

Hermes' eyes widen at Miss Hardbroom, "I could ask you the same thing, Hecate!"

"I'm Mildred's teacher!" Hermes' face pales at that, "Did you know Mildred and Julie Hubble?"

"Flying bats! This can't be happening to me…" He muttered, biting his lip looking at how to explain something very important to Hecate, "J-Julie, a-a-and Mildred….I know….Mildred is my daughter, Hecate."

Hecate didn't think that anything could make her faint, but that just did it. When she woke she was surrounded by Pippa and Mildred who were fanning her. Mildred's eyes were wide with worry as was Pippa's. Mildred sighed when she saw that she had opened her eyes, "Miss Hardbroom you scared me!"

Hecate lifted herself up seeing Hermes stand a few feet away from her looking guilty. This was all too much, "I'm fine, I'm fine. I just think I am exhausted more than I realize." Hecate lies to Mildred.

"It's a good thing that he was here to tell Miss Pentangle and me what happened!" Mildred pointed at Hermes, "What is your name anyway?"

Pippa stopped the interaction immediately, she knew too who Hermes really was, "Mildred, why don't you go back inside and tell the guests that everything is going to be alright now? Can you do that for me, Sweetie?"

Mildred reluctantly nodded, feeling like she was being left out of something. She left soon, and then Hecate looked towards Hermes, "How could this happen? When did this happen?"

Hermes squirmed, "Well, I think you know when it happens-"

"Hermes, I don't want jokes. I want answers." Hecate hissed, as Miss Pentangle helped her up.

"I'm trying to give them to you!" Hermes defended, "We thought we were in love, and then she told me that she….and well I didn't want to have part of anything to do with that."

"That happens to be your child!" Pippa defended Mildred.

"Oh, hello Pippa, how good to see you, but I wasn't talking to you was I?" He snapped at the blonde.

"Leave Pippa alone, she only telling the truth." Hecate said, leaning against the walls of the apartment, "How could you have not told me?"

"Told you? You would have been furious with me, I mean you already were with me leaving-"

Hecate breathed fire, "This is different! This is a child we are talking about! A child who is your daughter and my niece!"

Yes, it was true the man before she was her good-for-nothing older brother. He had left Hecate with her parents, parents that were too strict on her and her brother. It was a miserable life living with her parents, but her brother always made her laugh in the dark household. Then when he came of age he took his leave and left his lonesome sister to their parents. Her parents were much harder on her after Hermes left, and Hecate never forgave him after that. This was the first time seeing him in person after twelve years.

"She's not my daughter," Hermes shook his head, "I left and I still want no part of raising her. I told Julie that straight on when I found out, and I'm just here to share my condolences with Mildred and leave."

In Hecate's heart it tore hearing these words from her older brother how could he be so cruel to a child. Her niece. It also made her blood boil, "Mildred doesn't need you making this any harder for her, you will leave and never return. I will take her from now on since you don't think you have any obligations to, and she will be the greatest witch in the witching world and you will wonder why you never wanted anything to do with her!"

Hermes chuckled at Hecate, "How are you going to do that? Don't you think I hear things? I heard that she is the worst witch! Do you really think you can fix a mistake?"

"How dare you call her that-" Pippa starts, raising her hands to blast Hermes into a toad.

"A mistake? Is that what you think of me?" A quiet voice echoed the hallway.

Mildred stood outside of her door, and Hecate paled she was starting to feel faint again, "Mildred, how much did you hear?"

Mildred cast her a sad look, "Enough." Then wildly enough she took off running down the hall.

"Mildred!" Hecate called after her, she was about to run after her but she turned to her brother, "Just leave, you've done enough!" Then she took off after Mildred leaving Pippa with Hermes. She ran as fast as she could to catch up with the brown headed girl. She saw a glimpse of her making towards the stairs. Hecate looked around to make sure no one was in sight of her disappearing in a flash there was no one. She flashed right in front of Mildred who barreled right into her stomach. Knocking her over, but being able to catch her in her grasp.

"Let me go!" Mildred hollered at her.

"And just where do you think you're going to go?" Hecate asked, tightening her hold on the girl.

"I'll go live with Maud! Or Enid!" Mildred figured, squirming in her teacher's hold or rather her aunt's hold.

"You can not live with Maud or Enid." Hecate sighed, "You don't even know where they live."

"W-Well, I can figure it out, I have magic!" She pouted up at Hecate from her hold.

"Magic that gets you into the biggest amount of trouble," Hecate said, looking at Mildred fully again. How could she have not seen it? She looked more like Hermes then her mother. Even more so she looked more like Hecate when she was younger. Mildred even did her hair the same way she did when she was Mildred's age. It was all lining up now, and Hecate wished she would have known sooner.

"Stop looking at me like that!" Mildred huffed, she couldn't stand the searing eyes of Miss Hardbroom on her, "You're f-f-freaking me out!"

"Well, it's not every day that I find out that one of my students happens to be my niece!" Miss Hardbroom argued.

Mildred blinked confused, she had stopped squirming in Hecate's arms, "Wait, so you're not going to deny it that I'm your niece?"

"Quite the contrary, I am going to be your guardian from now on," Hecate informed her.

"But…W-Why? I thought you hated me?" Mildred questioned looking up into her teacher's eyes.

"You thought that…No, I do not hate you, Mildred, I think I've misunderstood you." Hecate explained, and slowly wraps her arms around Mildred to bring her into a hug, "I also think I should make up for lost time with you."

Mildred was so surprised by the hug, but it gave her the warmth that she needed from all that had happened today. She also started to think about what Hermes said about her, and it stung at her heart. It stung at her eyes too, "I'm not a mistake am I?"

Miss Hardbroom tightened her hold on Mildred, "Far from it actually, Mildred."

Now, this doesn't mean that Mildred and Hecate are always going to see eye to eye. This is just the start of their relationship with each other. And hopefully next time we will see more of Pippa as well. ;)