Hey guys. Sorry for the long wait, please blame the massive homework I've had for the past 2 weeks. Anyways, I'm sorry in advance for the shortness of this chapter. Anyways, without much further adu, here's chapter 6.
Chapter 6
Ok, just breathe... Sabrina said to herself, still looking in shock at one of her friends. Danny was still out cold and she kept looking at him. So what if he's a halfa, now you can get this assignment over with. But then again, I have to tell him who I am, and I'm not looking forward to that part. Over and over again, Sabrina's thoughts had their arguments, with her just continuing to stare at Danny. She noticed the scratches all over his face, but she couldn't move, the shock of what she had just seen was too overwhelming.
But this explains everything, she thought, and Sabrina agreed with one of the sides. Why Danny doesn't like his parents' ghost hunter status, why he didn't know much about witches, why him and his friends were talking in code…Wait one minute! Sabrina finally snapped out of her thoughts. Danny didn't keep his halfa status a secret from everyone, he told a few people, namely Sam and Tucker. But did anyone else know? Sabrina sighed and made her computer chair appear behind her. She then plopped onto the comfortable seat and continued to stare at her guest.
Danny's chest was moving slowly up and down, his injuries evident. This is all my fault, Sabrina told herself as she watched the unconscious boy. If Taika wasn't after me then he wouldn't have gotten hurt.
But this wasn't only your battle; it was also his, part of her answered back. There was some truth to that. The battle consisted of another ghost, which Danny probably would've ended up fighting anyways. That brought up another question: Why did Danny fight? Another question to one of the many Sabrina didn't have the answers for.
Danny moaned quietly and Sabrina watched him intently. She couldn't believe how Danny was coping with what he went through today. Taika is one of the strongest witches ever, and Danny was beaten to a pulp and was nearly unconscious by the time Sabrina got to him. Yet, Danny held his own afterwards.
He must have been in some pretty intense battles to be able to handle that much pain... Sabrina thought. Then she saw that his scratches were slowly beginning to heal. That's… odd. Sabrina thought as she watched some of the bruises grow fainter and soon disappeared. Maybe I should help him out, she thought suddenly. Sabrina raised her finger and twirled it in a small circle. The blue mist soon came out of it and surrounded Danny's more serious injuries. Danny now looked almost good as new, except for the fact that he was still unconscious.
There, that'll be better. Sabrina thought, satisfied with her work. She then turned to her bookcase and lifted her finger. She pointed to each of the books she wanted and they all floated to her. Sabrina put them on the ground in front of her and picked the first one up. She opened it and said out loud, "It's gonna be a long time till he wakes up."
However, as Sabrina tried to read, her mind wandered around the events that happened this week. The main topic in her brain: the prophecy had begun…
Ok, Sabrina thought, I knew Taika was going to be the witch from the prophecy ever since I learned about it because she's the only witch I know that's EXTREMELY obsessed with power. So, what about that ghost? Is he the one from the prophecy or is Taika just using him to annoy me. No, that won't work. UGH! Sabrina shook her head in frustration. This was getting her nowhere. As soon as she answered one of her questions, another took its place. The only thing that might help her is some questions that Danny might answer.
As if hearing her thoughts, Danny's eyes scrunched tighter and he let out another moan of pain.
Speaking of which… Sabrina thought as her attention now turned to her "friend" across from her.
Danny's eyes opened slightly, then opened wide in alarm as he remembered what happened. He bolted upright, feeling a slight pain in his chest and a bitter taste in his mouth. "What am I doing here?" Danny said turning to her, then as if finally tasting the bitter taste he added "And why is there a weird taste in my mouth?"
Sabrina shook her head in amusement and smiled a small smile at him. "That would be a magic residue. It always leaves you feeling bitter when it's used again you unwillingly," she answered. "As to why you're here, I did tell you you'd had to trust me, right?" Danny slowly nodded his head. And that's when he noticed something else; he wasn't in his ghost form anymore. His eyes darted back in alarm to Sabrina. As like she was reading his mind (which he didn't pass her to do) she added, "Don't worry, your secret's safe with me."
Danny sighed in relief and tried to think some of his crazed thoughts through. Ok, she's a witch, that person with Plasmius was a witch, and now I have one more person to try to keep my secret under the radar. Danny thought sullenly. He then added to himself, Why does all the weird stuff happen to me?
Sabrina watched silently as Danny tried to make sense of what happened when he was unconscious. She knew it was a matter of time before he started to ask questions.
"So…. You're a witch," Danny stated lamely after a long pause. Sabrina rolled her eyes.
"Yeah," she answered. "But I have-"
"Can you please explain why I'm here?" Danny asked, cutting her off. Sabrina looked at him annoyed and then sighed.
"I already told. I told you that you had to trust me. The room we're in is coated with a bunch of magical protection that will block out anything magical or ghostly unless I want it to," Sabrina explained. "I was the one who cast the spell, so that's why I can control it."
"So… this is like your lair or something?" Danny asked here, scratching his head.
Sabrina laughed. "Nope. This is my room. Sure, it's lair quality, but the way you decorate the place that you call home is how you like it. I just like the dark."
"Hmm… sounds like someone else I know." Danny mused out loud. Sabrina of course knew right away that he was talking about Sam. Danny then remembered something from his conversation with the witch a couple of days ago. "What do you want with a halfa anyways?" Danny asked her. Sabrina stared at him hard, she knew what he was talking about but she wasn't ready to say anything until she figured everything out herself.
"I don't know what you mean," Sabrina said as innocently as she could.
"A couple of days ago when we first met, you asked me about the location of a halfa. And since you know about me, I guess you've found the right one," Danny said.
Sabrina sighed again. "To tell you the truth, I don't even know to much that's going on," she told him. "You might wanna brace yourself, because what I'm about to say might be very weird."
Danny snorted. "I'm already half-ghost, I got beaten up by my arch-enemy and his friend and I'm talking to a witch. How much weirder can it get?" He asked sarcastically.
"Trust me, a lot weirder," Sabrina told him. "Ok, I don't have to tell you that the ghost you were fighting,"
"Plasmius," Danny supplied.
"Right Plasmius was working with was a witch," Sabrina told him. "Coincidently, she's my arch-enemy as well. Her name is Taika and she's one of the most powerful witches in the world… well my world anyway. She's completely power crazy and will do anything for more. What she wants right now, I have no idea but if I have to guess, it'll make her become a lot stronger."
"So… she's after you because?" Danny asked.
Sabrina sighed. "She after me because she wants my power," she stated.
Danny's face clouded with confusion. "How is that possible? I mean, aren't your powers sort of connected to who you are," Danny asked, using his own thoughts about himself as he asked. "I mean, if your powers were taken away, wouldn't you feel…"
"Empty?" Sabrina said, finishing his question. "Witches are more complicated than they seem. I don't think you'd understand if I only explain it to you." She grabbed ones of the books she had at her feet. Sabrina then opened it to a random page and pressed her hand against the pages. A small light appeared and then images started to pop out of it. Danny jumped backwards and stared. Sabrina smiled at him and then lifted the book in the air using levitation. "This will show you what words cannot. It'll be somewhat faster if I do," Sabrina told him. That's when she began her story.
"Witches or witchums were people born in the early 16th century that had certain abilities. These magical people could only be born with their powers; they couldn't be learned by any mortal. How did this happen? I have no clue. Basically, they could do anything they wanted, as long as it had a spell to them. However, these people soon realized their difference. They knew that they could do whatever they wanted. They liked to think they were superior to the human race."
"What added to that problem were the humans. Their first instinct to us was to run, scream in fear. That's what caused most witches to go bad."
"The witching community were now scared that these humans were going to be a threat to them so, they started to come up with an idea; to escape. Three powerful witches created a world that could only be accessed to if a witch was trying to get to it."
"In the next couple of centuries, witches progressed to be happy. Sure there were still other witches that got caught in the human world, but a lot of them were in the magical place that was created. Of course it needed a name, so it was called the Witches' Realm."
"The Witches' realm was made of how the witches wanted it. Its space was infinite so whenever a witch needed more room, he or she could make more. Most witches chose to decorate their houses as the stone castles of the 16th century, but there were some odd others that wanted a more modern approach."
"A witch's or withum's power were hereditary so as long as you magic in your blood, you're considered to be magical."
"I guess you're wondering about the other powers huh? Well, a witch named Serenity sorta caused a riot about that when she grew envious of special abilities that ghosts had and created a spell to get these powers, with special modifications. Soon, that became hereditary as well. As to the ghosts… let's just say they weren't very happy spirits when they found out. It caused a war to break out, and that was not pretty."
Sabrina now had finished her most of her story and looked at Danny. He had been listening and watching the story intently. When Sabrina stopped talking Danny looked at her. Sabrina knew that she had to tell him about the prophecy sooner or later. That time has come, Sabrina thought sadly. She meant it in two ways.
"There's something else you should know…"
Hmm... is that, YES IT IS! It's another cliffhanger. I am so evil aren't I. Now please do me a small favour and push the little blue button down there and review... or drop me a note it doesn't matter.
Hope this clears things up.
