When I started writing this chapter I had no idea where it was going to go. I was actually quite surprised at where it ended up but I quite like it. I always appreciate your reviews and thoughts on the story. I would also like your ideas on Celeste's and Darcie's relationship and what you think will happen. Thanks guys: D
Darcie
The bell rang after Celeste's failed attempt to obtain the potion she needed. This left her with three options. She could either wait until Miss Hardbroom made some more and try to get it out of her bag, make some herself with the risk of being caught by Miss Hardbroom in the process or contact "them". None of her ideas seemed sensible. She needed the potion as soon as possible so that meant she had the unfortunate task of contacting "them". It was not that she was scared of "them", not in the slightest. It was just that whenever anyone ever made a deal with them, the cost was never worth it. She had been roped into many ridiculous tradeoffs in her past encounters with "them". She would have to do it tonight so she could get into the cupboard tomorrow. She got up and left for her next lesson.
She sat down in her chanting class with a sigh. Whose idea was it to let the deranged Miss Bat come back and teach again? At least this time she had a room instead of living in the cupboard. That would have spoiled all of Celeste's plans.
"Now girls, I would like you to work in pairs to come up with a chant about the autumn. The best one will be performed at the end of term flying event Miss Drill and Miss Hardbroom have set up," explained Miss Bat. That was just great. There was an even number of girls in the class so she couldn't possibly work alone. This meant she would have to work with one of the other insufferable witches that inhabited this castle. Oh how she longed for the solitude of her cold bedroom. She made no attempt at finding a partner and just waited until there was one girl left who had the great joy of working with her.
"Hi, my name's Darcie. I guess we're going to be working together," said a girl with mousy brown hair that was haphazardly tied into a bun. At least she wasn't too perky.
"I'm Celeste," she muttered. She couldn't care less about chanting. She couldn't care less about most things. She only cared about her plan and this was definitely not part of her plan.
They started to work on their chant. The word "they" was used lightly as it was mainly just Darcie coming up with the entire thing. She had quite an ear for music which was incredible luck for Celeste considering she didn't want to do it anyway.
Darcie had started to take quite a liking to Celeste. She didn't really have any friends and even though Celeste acted standoffish and to be frank quite mean she was intrigued by the mystery of her. There was something about the red head that Darcie found fascinating. She didn't think Celeste liked her in any way to be honest but Darcie was persistent. She was going to befriend the girl whether she liked it or not.
After an hour of complete and utter boredom, the bell rang. Unfortunately this didn't come as such a relief to Celeste. The next lesson was PE with the non witch Miss Drill. This woman had every characteristic that she could not stand. She was perky, sporty, preppy, persistent and irritating. There were plenty more things that annoyed Celeste but she tended to overlook them and just include them in her hate for anything human. She meandered along to one of her most dreaded lesson with Darcie in tow. This was actually very surprising. She had not been nice to the girl at all. She had made her do all the work and had barely said a word to her. She was utterly confused why the silly girl didn't hate her or at least intensely disliked her.
"Why are you following me?" asked Celeste curiously yet sternly. The only answer she got was a shrug and a wink. Confusion set in once more. What did this girl want?
Outside Celeste went into the blinding sun. She cringed away from the burning light which sparked comments abut her being a vampire and laughter. She ignored them like she always did.
"Are you actually a vampire?" asked a yappy voice form behind her. It was that Darcie girl.
"Yes I am and if you don't stop following me I will drink your blood," she said incredibly sarcastically. Darcie smirked.
"I'm not scared," and with that she walked off. She was still too close for Celeste's liking but then again she only liked it when there was no one around at all.
The day had just gotten even worse. Miss Drill had set them off to do some cross country running, like she was going to do that. As soon as Celeste was out of view she ran into the trees and sat down to wait for them all to return so she could join the pack again and look like she had been running the whole time. Slowly she lay down and started planning on how to contact "them". A few minutes later, she heard a rustling sound behind her. She sat up and turned around. Sitting a few feet behind her was Darcie. For goodness sake! Wasn't that girl ever going to leave her alone? Celeste was about to shout at her for following her yet again when Darcie scooted up next to her and lay down.
"Stop being so up yourself and lie down too," Darcie teased. Celeste had never been spoken to in this way before. She wasn't sure what to do. Darcie tugged on her arm and before she knew it they were lying down together on the forest floor. They didn't speak for the entire time and just laid there in silence. Even though it was hard to admit, Celeste was disappointed when she heard the loud thumping of the girls' running back.