Alyssa sat quietly in her seat as she looked out the window, taking in every detail, so in case something happens and she gets lost she can find her way back, it was times like these that she was grateful for her photographic memory. She then turns to face her head to the front of the car where Marcel was driving.
"Is Thierry going to be okay?"
"How do you know about Thierry?" Marcel frowns as he looks in the rear-view mirror to look into her eyes.
"I saw him in bed when I went to breakfast this morning." Alyssa lies and shrugs slightly, hoping that he believes her.
"Yes. He is going to be okay, my friend came by this morning and made him feel better." Marcel answers her question.
"Are we there yet?"
"Actually yes, we're now arriving."
Alyssa frowned as Marcel parks his car in front of what looks to be like an abandoned church for there was police tape at the entrance and overgrown grass everywhere. She also felt a strong pull of magic here. She unbuckles herself and waits a moment for Marcel to open the door and aid her with getting out of the car.
The little brunette holds onto his hand as he guides her inside, she finds herself walking closer to Marcel's side for she can smell old blood, which happened to be on the floor and splattered on the walls and the benches were scattered around the large room. Ally lifts her head up to look up at the older vampire. "What happened here?"
"A really bad fight," Marcel answers as he leads her up the staircase and to a door.
Alyssa could automatically feel that something powerful was behind that door, she could not shake the idea that there was a witch behind the door, one who is just as powerful as she is.
"Time to meet my friend." Marcel smiles as he opens the door to reveal a girl sitting on her bed reading her book.
Alyssa did not recognise Marcel's friend and watched as the girl got up off her bed and walk over to them. "Marcel, what are you doing back here? The witches haven't used any magic since we last spoke two hours ago… Who is the girl?"
"I know and I'm glad you asked Davina this is Alyssa, Alyssa this is my friend Davina."
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"Alyssa go wait outside as I talk to my friend for a moment," Marcel instructs her.
Alyssa decides to do what she is told and does what he asks, however she pulls some of her light brown locks over her ears to listen to the conversation that Marcel and Davina were having.
"Why did you bring her here Marcel?"
"I need you to find out some information about her."
"What do you mean?"
"She's hiding something, and I don't know what it is, can you find out what it is for me?"
"… Okay fine, but only for you Marcel."
"Alyssa! You can come back in!" Marcel calls out to her.
Alyssa slowly steps back into the room, she now had to quickly come up with a plan for she did not want this Davina witch to find out what she truly is, for she was afraid of what will happen to her if she does.
"Hi." Ally mumbles deciding to break the silence.
"Right now, I'll leave you two to bond and I'll be back in a few hours, have fun!" Marcel smiles at them as he leaves the room.
"So, Alyssa? What do you like to do for fun?" Davina questions her.
"Please call me Ally and I like drawing!"
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Alyssa let out a small hum as she sat at the table across from Davina and was drawing a picture of the ocean.
"What are you drawing?" Davina asks as she looks up at Alyssa.
She moves to hold up her drawing proudly, for as she likes to think that she is a good artist for someone her age. "The ocean, with fishes and coral and a dolphin jumping out of the water!"
"Oh! It's wonderful!"
"Thank you! Can I see your drawing?" She asks as she places her drawing down once more.
"Sure! It's a street in the French quarter, do you like it?" Davina questions the little girl.
"I do!"
"Where did you learn how to draw that good? For when I was your age Ally, I could only draw stick figures."
Alyssa placed her pencil down to give Davina her attention "My uncle taught me."
"How nice of him… Are you a witch, like my Ally?"
"Yes, I am?" Alyssa answers truthfully as she saw no point in lying to the other girl.
"I can sense that you are using a spell, why is that?" Davina questions her, frowning slightly.
"It's a spell to stop people from tracking me or finding me," Alyssa answers quietly after a few moments, she just prays that Davina thinks that what she is telling her is true and that she would not have to figure out a way to escape.
For whilst she was almost as powerful as Davina, she could not use her magic for long before blacking out and she did not want to happen out of fear that something bad will happen to her.
"Why would you need a spell like that?"
"Because bad witches killed my whole family and I don't want them to find me."
"I'm so sorry, but why would the mean witches be after you?"
"I don't want to talk about it anymore," Alyssa tells Davina as she crosses her arms to show her that she meant what she said.
"Okay, okay, let's finish our drawings and then we can have some lunch, alright?"
"Alright." Alyssa agrees with a sharp nod of her head.
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"Okay! I'm back! Did you guys miss me?" Marcel shouts as he enters Davina's room.
"Hi!" Ally beams as she climbs off Davina's bed and runs over to him.
"Where's my hug?" Marcel smiles at her.
Alyssa giggles slightly and moves to hug him.
"Did she behave?" Marcel asks Davina who was still sitting on her bed from where the two witches have been reading books.
"She did." Davina smiles.
"Good, I've come to take you back home Ally."
"Okay then, thank you for having me Davina, may I come and visit you again soon?" Ally asks as she sways from side to side trying to look as cute as possible.
"Sure! I would love that!"
Alyssa gives Davina a big smile before leaving the room and starting to make her way towards the car.
Marcel waited to hear the church door open and close before turning his attention back to Davina. "So, what did she tell you?"
"That her family was killed, and she is using a spell to hide from bad men."
"Yeah, she told me the exact same thing… Do you believe she is telling the truth?" Marcel wonders as he takes a step closer to Davina.
"Yes, I do, however, I still want to find out more about her, for no witch has ever had their magic that young and she is almost as powerful as me and I have the magic of four witches. Imagine how powerful she will become when she is a grown-up" Davina points out.
Suddenly the door opens, and two vampires bring in Elijah's coffin and place it on the ground before leaving.
"Why have you brought a coffin here Marcel."
"That's not just any coffin, that is the coffin of Elijah, one of the old ones. You're going to figure out how to kill him... Now I must go, I need to take Ally back and do some other work, I'll be back in a couple of hours or so" Marcel promises as he leaves the room again.
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Later that night all of the witches of New Orleans gathered in the cemetery for Agnes had summoned them all, after a few moments of waiting Agnes arrived and everyone stopped talking.
"Why have you summoned us here Agnes?" Sophie questions.
"I have some important information to tell you all." Agnes answers. "As you all may or may not be aware, there is a new witch in town, one that is not tied to our lands."
"What do you mean?" Sabine frowns.
"I mean Marcel has a little girl who goes by the name Alyssa in his grasps who is as almost as powerful as Davina is right now."
"How is that possible?" One of the witch's questions
"We do not know, but we need to find her, and use her magic to help finish the harvest and then use her magic to take down Marcel and get our city back." Agnes declares.
"But she's isn't she a child? We can't possibly put her through that." Sophie argues.
"From now on I expect each and every one of you to not think of her as a child, but as a powerful weapon, do I make myself clear?"
Agnes got mumbles of yes's as a response and sharply nodded. "Good, now we need to come up with a plan on how we are to get her away from Marcel and gain our trust."
Okay, guys, I hope you liked this chapter! Let me know what you guys think! Also if you're wondering what Alyssa looks like, I know the cover can be hard to see due to how small the picture is, so if you look up Kristina Pimenova, for I am using her as Alyssa's face claim.
Also to NIGHTANGEL21, whilst I will not tell you who Ally's parents could be, you were wrong about her meeting her mother, for I can tell you that Davina is not her mother but thank you for guessing! I'm looking forward to reading your other guesses!
