Part 6
Valana was still trying to accept the news that her best friend was half human. It was Diamond's stupid parent's fault for screwing up and breaking the law, and not telling Diamond right away. Diamond was one of the most vicious witches she had seen in a long time. She loved being a Night Person, now she was screwed up by all this.
The human cousin should be something to play with, screw up and destroy, but Diamond was using the girl for vengeance. It was Valana's experience that revenge plans usually went wrong. Maybe that was just for her, but this whole body-switching thing wad dangerous.
She would be throwing an unsuspecting human into a Night Person's body to do her dirty work. The plus side was obviously that Branwen would get blamed for everything. But it was still risky, Valana wasn't even sure if the spell would work.
"You've been on La-La land all evening, what have you been smoking?"
"Huh?" Valana had been so absorbed in her own thoughts she had forgotten she was supposed to be enjoying a night out with her friends.
Fellow witch Yasmeen was snickering at her, along with her boyfriend vampire Kolobus, who was hanging all over her, his unwashed and messy black hair falling wildly around his head and in his eyes, was such a contrast to Yasmeen's sleek blond locks, in a neat and perfect perm. They made such an odd couple.
"Heard from Diamond yet?" Kolobus asked, lighting a cigarette.
Yasmeen glared at him, but he just ignored her. "How come she went AWOL on us?"
Valana shrugged, tugging a strand of her own hair, which was long and straight and a deep coppery-red colour. The hard core dance music in the Black Iris club they were in was starting to annoy her. Usually she loved hanging out at Black Iris's, but at the moment she just wasn't in the mood for it.
"I don't know, she wouldn't answer when I called," she lied. She had promised Diamond she wouldn't tell them anything. Yasmeen and Kolobus would be as shocked as she was, if the news got out, no one would even /look/ at Diamond if she ever came back.
"Should we, like, look for her or something?" Kolobus asked, snuffing out his cigarette.
"She might have run into difficulties," Yasmeen agreed, snuggling close to him and sipping her cocktail.
Valana snorted. "Diamond can handle herself." She just hoped that was going to be true.
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Valana was still trying to accept the news that her best friend was half human. It was Diamond's stupid parent's fault for screwing up and breaking the law, and not telling Diamond right away. Diamond was one of the most vicious witches she had seen in a long time. She loved being a Night Person, now she was screwed up by all this.
The human cousin should be something to play with, screw up and destroy, but Diamond was using the girl for vengeance. It was Valana's experience that revenge plans usually went wrong. Maybe that was just for her, but this whole body-switching thing wad dangerous.
She would be throwing an unsuspecting human into a Night Person's body to do her dirty work. The plus side was obviously that Branwen would get blamed for everything. But it was still risky, Valana wasn't even sure if the spell would work.
"You've been on La-La land all evening, what have you been smoking?"
"Huh?" Valana had been so absorbed in her own thoughts she had forgotten she was supposed to be enjoying a night out with her friends.
Fellow witch Yasmeen was snickering at her, along with her boyfriend vampire Kolobus, who was hanging all over her, his unwashed and messy black hair falling wildly around his head and in his eyes, was such a contrast to Yasmeen's sleek blond locks, in a neat and perfect perm. They made such an odd couple.
"Heard from Diamond yet?" Kolobus asked, lighting a cigarette.
Yasmeen glared at him, but he just ignored her. "How come she went AWOL on us?"
Valana shrugged, tugging a strand of her own hair, which was long and straight and a deep coppery-red colour. The hard core dance music in the Black Iris club they were in was starting to annoy her. Usually she loved hanging out at Black Iris's, but at the moment she just wasn't in the mood for it.
"I don't know, she wouldn't answer when I called," she lied. She had promised Diamond she wouldn't tell them anything. Yasmeen and Kolobus would be as shocked as she was, if the news got out, no one would even /look/ at Diamond if she ever came back.
"Should we, like, look for her or something?" Kolobus asked, snuffing out his cigarette.
"She might have run into difficulties," Yasmeen agreed, snuggling close to him and sipping her cocktail.
Valana snorted. "Diamond can handle herself." She just hoped that was going to be true.
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