When it rains it pours! Another chapter! Boom! Pretty happy to be getting them up so soon, because these next couple of days I'm going to be busy like crazy! I thought it is best to upload it now, instead of later. Also, you guys are awesome! I received so many wonderful comments from you all! It really made my day reading all of them! You are all lovely! Anyways, as always thanks for following, favoriting, or reviewing!

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Chapter 5:

All the guest had left finally, including Hecate's unwelcome brother Hermes. All that remained was leftover dishes. Hecate and Pippa clean the place up with the snap of their fingers. Hecate turned to Mildred, "Pack everything that you want to take with you, alright?" Mildred nodded and headed straight towards her room.

She pulled out the suitcase that her mom got her when they both went to France. It was a bright shade of red and could fit a lot of her clothes inside. Though, she didn't think that she would need that many 'normal' clothes seeing as she would be living with Miss Hardbroom. Most witches and warlocks wore robes all the time, though it would be nice to have if she was to ever visit around here, so she decided to pack some ordinary clothes and underwear. She filled the rest up with photographs of her and her mother. Then, she packed up all her art supplies that she had on her desks, books, and the quilt her mother had made for her.

She was about to grab the most precious thing in her room when she heard a knock at the door, "Come in!" Mildred welcomed in Miss Pentangle.

She smiled at her, "Hecate wanted me to check on how your progress is coming along Hecate busy seeing if she can find things that you might want to keep when you're older and things you might need when you're older." Mildred nodded, "So how are things coming along in here?"

Mildred shrugged, "I think I got everything I wanted out of my room, well almost everything." She tucked the stuffed animal into the suitcase before Miss Pentangle could see what it was. She didn't want the teacher knowing that she slept with a stuffed animal at night she would think of Mildred being too childish…Or worse being a baby about finding comfort in a small plushie.

Miss Pentangle smiled knowingly, "You know when I was your age I had a stuffed pig, you can ask Hecate about it too, she even named it Hamlet."

"Really?" Mildred asked, "Did Miss Hardbroom have a stuffed animal?"

"Oh, yeah, she couldn't sleep without it. I was the one who gave it to her it was a stuffed bat named Dracula that I got to name it." Pippa prided herself over the name.

Mildred couldn't help but giggle hearing Miss Hardbroom having a stuffed animal. She was imagining the strict teacher in bed with her beloved bat named Dracula snuggling up next to it. Oh, she wished that she could tell Enid and Maul about this! Miss Pentangle laughed with her, but soon it followed Miss Hardbroom entering in looking displease with them both lollygag-ing about.

"Pippa, I thought I sent you in here to get her ready to go not to have a giggling fit!" Miss Hardbroom scorned.

Pippa's laughter died down, "I'm sorry, Hecate, I was telling Mildred about our stuffed animals that we use to keep when we were her age."

Hecate blushed, "You told her about that!"

Mildred sees the humiliation seep into her aunt's face, and she looked like she was ready to explode with shameful rage. Mildred pulls out her stuffed animal that she was hiding from the both of them, "This is Boomer, and I can't sleep without him." She slowed them both the small gray baby rabbit that had pink soft furry ear and two black button eyes.

Miss Pentangle gushes at Boomer, "He's the cutest, Mildred, cuter than Hamlet I think! What do you think, Hecate?"

Hecate's right corner of her lip smiled at Boomer, "Very cute, Mildred, perhaps he may be more handsome than Dracula."

Mildred smiled widely, tucking Boomer into her arm, "Okay, I'm ready, I think I got all that I needed."

"Good, because it's getting late, and I want you in bed soon." Hecate states, "We have a lot to talk about tomorrow. Shall we get going?"

Mildred nodded, and they were all whisked away back to Cackle's Academy.

"Is she asleep finally?" Pippa whispered as she stepped into Mildred's room to find Hecate knelt beside her tucking her in more, "Hecate, you are more soft hearted than you realize."

"Shut it, Pipsqueak." Hecate smirked, looking down at Mildred with worry, "I'm afraid, Pippa."

"Of what?" Pippa asked as she walked forward towards the sleeping Mildred who was clutching Boomer and had Tabby squeezed next to her side.

"Of this, what if….What if I'm not the right person for this job?" Hecate asked, looking at her friend's dark eyes.

"Hecate, you can't think that way. You're all she has right now." Pippa argued, whispering as much as she could not wake Mildred, "And I know that you are. There's a reason why she keeps on trusting you to help her. You're a good person, Hecate, remember that."

Hecate smiled at her friend, Pippa always made her feel better even in her darker moments, "Thank you, Pipsqueak." Hecate rose from kneeling beside Mildred, and Pippa squeezed in plopping a single kiss onto Mildred's forehead. A glimmer shone over Mildred, and Hecate looked at Pippa for answers.

Pippa smirked, "It's a protection ward. My mother used it on me when I was younger, and she taught it to me if I ever had children of my own. It alerts the parent or guardian if the child is in distress I can show it to you if you like?"

Hecate blushed thinking about just how Pippa could show her how it works. She nodded, "That would be wonderful."

They made their way into the kitchen, when Pippa asked, "I guess I should take off then?"

Hecate desperately wanted her to stay, "Do you have to go so soon?"

"Hecate, it's midnight." Pippa reminded her, looking at the clock above the refrigerator.

Hecate countered, "Well, I always was a night person."

"You should get into bed, Hecate, you have a child you have to take care of tomorrow." Pippa reminded her, "What are you going to do tomorrow with Mildred?"

"I think I will be going over rules with her," Hecate said thinking out loud.

"What kind of rules?"

"Rules that will prevent her from causing trouble." Hecate droned, thinking of all the times that Mildred did get into trouble.

"And if she breaks them?" Pippa asks, crossing her arms knowing that Hecate could be rather harsh with her students, but this was her niece, "You can't just expel her, Hecate."

"I know that!" Hecate snapped, "I wasn't planning on that kind of punishment. I was thinking more along the lines of grounding her, taking away something that she likes to do, or if she did something really bad a spanking."

"Hecate! That's a little extreme don't you think?" Pippa argued, "Perhaps, a timeout, instead?"

"A timeout? The girl isn't six years old, Pippa." Hecate rebutted.

"You don't have to take my advice, but I do advise it." Pippa added, "I think I'll take my leave then?"

Hecate sighed, they were both tired and they really shouldn't be arguing this late at night, "I'm sorry, Pippa, I will take it into consideration?" She takes her friend's hand squeezing it tight.

"That's all I ask, thank you." Pippa grinned, squeezing back her friend's hand.

"Goodnight, Pippa." Hecate smiles at her, "Thank you for helping with everything."

Pippa steps closer, taking her other hand placing it on Hecate's left cheek, "I enjoyed it, even under the circumstances. I'll be back tomorrow to check on you." She kissed Hecate cheek and whispered, "Goodnight Hecate."

And then she was gone, and Hecate's face was burning off.

I decided to slowly start working in the relationship of Pippa and Hecate. They're adorable. Also, I love stuffed animals, and I think Mildred would totally have one, because well I still do! ;)