Walburga's Revenge
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Disclaimer: I still do not own HS DxD.
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Chapter 3 The Church 3
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"What are you thinking of going as?" Irina asked as she and two more figures made their way up the hallway. She had finally arrived at Issei's house after finishing up some work for Michael.
Asia smiled at Irina as she answered her question. "Alice from the Alice in Wonderland stories. I have the Mary Jane shoes and white stockings. But the rest of the costume won't arrive until next week."
"As will my costume," Xenovia said. "I ordered from the same costume shop Asia did."
Irina turned to her, "What are you going as?"
Xenovia smiled, "I decided to order a Mad Hatter costume. That lets me keep some modesty, even if the costume is designed to be... um...enticing."
'Enticing' was not the word that either Xenovia or the costume shop used in describing that costume. The shop had used 'seductive' in describing it, and Xenovia had agreed wholeheartedly upon seeing the picture online.
Irina nodded, "I picked a good time to come by then. Now that I know we are celebrating Halloween, I need to think of what costume I'm going to wear."
"We have some suggestions," came a familiar voice from behind them.
All three turned to see Akeno standing in the doorway to her room, wearing a witch costume complete with hat colored in white. Before any of them could say anything, Rias stepped into view yet remained behind Akeno. Akeno gestured to the interior of her room, "Come on in and we can talk without Issei overhearing."
Irina grinned, "I have a better way, once we are inside."
Xenovia nodded in agreement, "Yes. You do have the magic doorknob don't you?"
Irina nodded eagerly and led the others into Akeno's room. When everyone was inside, Akeno closed the door. Less than a minute later, Irina had replaced the doorknob with the one she carried. Irina opened the door before turning to allow everyone to go past her.
Instead of entering the hallway outside of Akeno's room, the doorknob created a secret room only entered from whatever door had the knob mounted on it. Irina closed the door behind her before saying, "True privacy. Issei might knock on Akeno's door and possibly open it to see if anyone is inside, but when he sees the room is empty, he'll shut the door and continue searching. He won't think to check if the other doorknob is the one Michael gave me, so it will be a while before we need to worry about anyone finding us."
Rias grinned, "Wonderful. This might take a while."
Akeno grinned also, "Indeed."
After the Church Trio settled themselves upon the foot of the large bed in the middle of the room Irina turned to Rias and Akeno and asked, "So, what do you want to suggest for a costume? While I have read the story of Alice in Wonderland, I don't remember many of the characters."
"Instead of an Alice in Wonderland theme, what if all of us dressed as Witches?" Rias said while moving to stand beside Akeno, evidently to show off her costume to the trio.
As a faint blush made its way onto Asia's cheeks, Irina asked, "Like one of those... Um... What are those called?"
"Covens," replied Xenovia.
"Yeah, like one of those covens? All of us being witches?" asked Irina.
Rias nodded, "That would be the idea."
"Hmmm, I don't know..." Irina started to say.
Xenovia cut her off. "While it sounds like a good idea, and you and Akeno have fitting costumes..." She paused just long enough to glance at Rias's obvious costume before resuming, "Both Asia and myself already ordered costumes."
Asia nodded in agreement, "They will be here next week. Just in time for Halloween."
By this time Irina had apparently made her mind up. "All of us dressed like witches seems a little much," she said.
"Oh? I think all three of you would make good witches." All three started to disagree before Rias said simply, "Look at me."
All three shifted their attention to Rias's face. All three saw the glow in Rias's eyes and the eyes of the hat.
All three felt themselves unable to move or look away.
"You want to be a witch," Rias said.
"I want to be a witch," Asia repeated. She could feel herself suddenly wanting to be a witch, just like Rias and Akeno.
"I want to be a witch," Irina stated. She felt her mind try to resist the sudden urge to be a witch. She also felt her resistance dissipate like smoke in a breeze.
"I want to be a witch," Xenovia said. She felt the thought of being a witch becoming her own desire, and tried to repress a shudder as she did.
"You are a witch. You are a beautiful witch," Rias said.
"I am a witch. I am a beautiful witch," Asia repeated. Of course she was beautiful. Issei had told her so several times, and she trusted him. So she was a beautiful witch.
"I am a witch. I am a beautiful witch," Irina stated. She was a witch. Pure and simple. Angelic? Not hardly.
"I am a witch. I am a beautiful witch," Xenovia said. Naturally she was a witch. How could she have thought otherwise?
"You are a powerful witch. You are a sadistic witch," Rias said.
"I am a powerful witch. I am a sadistic witch," Asia repeated. By now the idea of being a witch was firmly in her mind, replacing any thoughts of being a devil.
"I am a powerful witch. I am a sadistic witch," Irina stated. She had always teased her friends when she had a chance. Now her teasing was turning into something far darker.
"I am a powerful witch. I am a sadistic witch," Xenovia said. Xenovia had always drove herself to be stronger. Now she felt far stronger and more powerful as darker thoughts entered her consciousness.
"You are a witch loyal to me."
"I am a witch loyal to you," said three witches.
"You want to help recruit more witches. You want more sisters to help us."
"I want to help recruit more witches. I want more sisters to help us," repeated three witches.
"We need to recruit everyone in this house into becoming our sister witches."
"We need to recruit everyone in this house into becoming our sister witches."
Smiles appeared on all three new witches as their new mindsets took hold. All three focused their attention on their leader, their Mistress. They understood that she was in charge of the coven, and that they were to obey her commands without question. Their fellow witch obviously wanted to expand the coven, however necessary, and so they would help expand the coven. Everyone in this house would become a witch. It was as simple as that.
"You are a sadistic witch. Anyone foolish enough to try to stop us will be stopped by you."
"I am a very sadistic witch. Anyone foolish enough to try to stop us will be stopped by me."
Three witches gazed at Rias eagerly, ready to follow whatever orders she gave. The hat upon her head leaned forward so it could look at the newest witchs. "Now to teach you the spells you will need to do exactly as you are told," it said.
Three witches nodded in agreement.
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Three Witches preened before the full-length mirror in the room. All three were dressed in clothing very similar to what Rias and Akeno wore, with Irina in red, Asia in yellow, and Xenovia in blue. Everything from the wedge heels to the choker had been recreated, leaving the newest Witches to wear their new clothing as easily as they wore their new personalities.
Rias smiled, "You three will certainly catch Issei's eye looking like you do."
"I'd rather catch something else of Issei's," Asia smirked.
"Speaking of Issei, what are we going to do with him?" asked Xenovia.
"We should make him into one of our sisters. That would be fucking hilarious," giggled Irina.
Akeno giggled before replying, "That is the plan."
Rias nodded, "As much as I think all of us would prefer to keep him, as well as Kiba and Gaspar, around to serve us, it would be a lot easier to make them our sisters."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
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Nimrod Notes
Happy New Year!
The original was inspired by datakq3's picture on DeviantArt of Rias Gremory as a witch. DeviantArtDOTcom/darakq4/art/Rias-Gremory-859323208
Also inspired by an old story from doomedfool on DeviantArt which I read when I first started hanging around DA many, many years ago: DeviantArtDOTcom/doomedfool/art/Witch-117335146
I originally tried to write this as a one-shot, but I failed. This is the third part.
Obviously, I should wrap this up. This is going to end one of two ways. The Good Ending or a Bad Ending. Comment below which you prefer. I am going to post this on DeviantArt also, so I can just tally the votes.
If someone was to produce artwork of all 5 Witches, I would not complain. I'm too broke to commission it at the moment.
