Well, here we go! It's the seventh episode of the 'Complete' series, and y'all know what that means…this is the SEASON FINALE! I'm so excited to get to post this one. I got the idea from a story I read a while ago and thought it would be kinda nice to put my characters in that situation. Hopefully, y'all will like it! And hopefully…this is the story that will get the most reviews, since y'all's reviews are so very very important to me!
Before it starts, I just wanna comment that these three brothers have been through a lot of tough times during their freshman (Jimmy's sophomore) year of college. In fact, it's a lot more than anyone else would be able to imagine. Look back at the past six stories to catch up on some things y'all might be a little shady about!
The end of the semester was at hand for the students at Oxford College of Emory University. Classes were finally over, but that only meant that final exams were just around the river bend, so to speak. In just a few short days, the sophomores would be transferring from Oxford, the two-year division of the University, to Emory University itself, which was located just outside downtown Atlanta, Georgia, in a suburb called Decatur. Moving from Oxford to Emory was a normal transition; Oxford was the more academic intensive subdivision of Emory University. Only a total of around six hundred sophomores and freshmen were accepted into Oxford; the rest began their college careers on the Emory campus.
But as prestigious as Oxford College seemed, it did have its share of cons. Most importantly to the students, it was nestled in the middle of a town also called Oxford. Oxford, Georgia was in the middle of nowhere. It was the country. Although the sky was much clearer at night, it might have been because no one ever spent a night on the town in Oxford. The Oxford students found themselves commuting to larger neighboring cities or more commonly, to Atlanta during the weekends. In other words, Oxford College was nice, but a very quiet campus compared to its much larger counterpart.
On Oxford's campus, three of the students were making their own list of pros and cons. But the list had much more to do with them than the pitfalls of the college, although at times they seemed to intertwine with each other.
James Armstrong, Matthew Hart, and Wesley Williams were these three students. Over the course of the year, they had gone through many of the trials and tribulations that were the norm for most college students. However, one thing set them apart from every other person in the school. They were witches. Not the Halloween variety-type, though. They were actual witches, people born with supernatural abilities. Since becoming witches, they had used these magical powers to ward off any evil that came their way.
Moreover, not only were they witches, but the Complete, the three legendary most powerful witches the world would ever know. This added title caused only the most vile and vicious of evils to interfere with their struggle to balance college life with the supernatural.
And if that were not enough, they were all brothers, despite the fact that while James and Matthew were Caucasian, Wesley was African-American! A strange, yet rather unique chain of events had led them to be given up for adoption and end up reuniting in college. Although the three had come from three completely different walks of life, destiny forced them together, making them readjust their lives to be compatible with each other.
"I already told you two that I'm not staying here another year!" James said loudly to his brothers. "I'm not gonna flunk! That's the dumbest idea I've heard all day."
"Well then how are we supposed to fight evil on a regular basis?" Wesley asked. "With you forty miles away, we'll be way out of commission, and not to mention very open to attack!"
"The reason we're so powerful," Matthew added, "is because we're all here…together. We're strongest that way. You leaving is in effect making us less powerful."
"A lot less powerful," Wesley chimed in. "We won't have our power of three thing anymore."
"Listen," James said. "I know everything y'all have just told me. I'm not stupid. But, remember what Mom said? She said that 'everything happens for a reason.' If I was supposed to stay here, then I would. But I'm not, so I won't. Don't worry about me, it makes me feel uncomfortable. We'll manage; we always do at the end of the day."
"This is different," Wesley claimed. "This could potentially be life threatening."
"Look at it this way," James said. "Since we became witches, it's like everything we've gone through has just been a series of tests, right? Well, maybe this is just one more test."
"More like a final exam," Wesley commented.
"Matt," James said, looking to the middle brother, "what do you think? You're the rational one."
"I think," Matthew said slowly, then quickly as he saw something appear behind James, "that you need to get down!"
James didn't need to ask anything else; he had been through enough of these situations to know what Matthew meant. He quickly dropped to the ground as a demon slashed the air that James had just been occupying. Matthew quickly ran towards him and leapt over James, extending both his feet while in the air. He connected fully and sent the demon hurtling into a wall. Just before the demon hit the wall, though, it stopped in motion. Matthew turned to see Wesley standing there with his hands outstretched.
"Why did you freeze him?" Matthew asked.
"Because he would've made a hole in the wall," Wesley answered, "AGAIN! I can't keep dippin' into my funds to repair stuff like this. I'm just a poor black man tryin' to make it in the world today!"
"Enough with the drama," James said, now standing up.
He quickly made his way to his drawer, opening the top one. He pulled out the athame that had been given to him and his brothers by John, the constantly mysterious Guardian. The athame had always been used by forces of both good and evil as supernatural implements. Evil beings had used them for ritual sacrifices and for killing good witches to acquire their powers. Forces of good, however, kept them mostly as special sacred artifacts, but could also use them to quickly vanquish weaker demons and warlocks.
James roughly grabbed the demon by the neck and plunged the athame into his stomach, breaking Wesley's freeze. He held the demon firmly in place not allowing any room for movement on the demon's part. As much as he thrashed about, howling in pain, the demon found himself stuck in James' vice-like grip.
"Who sent you?" James asked, receiving silence from the demon.
"Please excuse my brother," Wesley cut in. "He likes to play good cop bad cop a lot. What he means is this: we've been bein' attacked a lot more than usual now for some reason. We all have our own lives to live, but every time we try to do that, y'all come bustin' in and ruin everything. Why is that?"
"I'm not telling you anything, witches!" the demon spat.
"You sure about that?" Matthew asked. "You're not exactly in the best position to be defiant, pal."
"I'd rather die than betray the Council," the demon cried.
"You need to think about what…" Wesley said, but he was too late.
James had driven the magical dagger even deeper into the demon's stomach, killing him. The demon, upon dying, vanished in a small conflagration, which shrank away into nothing. The athame glowed brightly for a brief second before returning to normal. James casually walked back to his drawer and replaced the athame.
"What did you do that for?" Wesley asked. "I was still talking to him."
"You heard him," James replied. "He said he wasn't gonna say another word. You're too nice, Shorty."
"Don't call me that," Wesley said. "And I'm not too nice, am I, Matt?"
"You are," Matthew answered quickly. "But you know, don't worry about it. That's your 'thing.' You're the one who's too nice."
"Where is all this coming from?" Wesley asked.
And we're off! The first chapter of the SEASON FINALE is over and done! Things seem pretty routine, except for the fact that Jimmy has to leave Oxford at the end of the year, which is just days away. What's gonna happen? There's probably a lot more, so be sure to come back later (but not after you've taken that extra minute to review…thanx!).
