'Them'
The day was finally over much to Celeste's relief. She was finally back in her room and away from everyone else. Quite flustered from the recent events, she flopped onto the bed. She needed to collect her thoughts. Never had she ever been treated like that. No one had ever dared be that up front with her let alone touch her affectionately. What was with this Darcie girl anyway? Why wasn't she scared of Celeste? Everyone else was or at least didn't like her. That was what she was used to. No one had even attempted to be nice to her. She was utterly dumbfounded by Darcie's actions. She spent a good hour thinking and thinking about what had happened. When had she let her guard down and let the brunette in?
Eventually, Celeste decided it was time for her to start getting ready for her encounter with "them". They always make out that they're really sinister and scary but they're just eccentric and when you know how to handle them, they are just plain ignorant. "Them" consisted of 4 witches.
Marlene was the dumbest of the group. She spouted out the most ridiculous offers and tradeoffs and no one ever listened to her. She was there purely for man power.
Evelyn was the tag along. She was a sheep who followed the wolves. No one knew why she was there but she was and everyone had accepted it.
Harriet was the brawn. She couldn't barter or persuade anyone so she just used brute force. She could be quite intimidating if you didn't expect it but after you got to know her she was very oblivious to anything intelligent and if you out smarted her she would normally back down.
Last but not least is Tabitha. She was the brains. She was the one who came up with the deals. She was really the only one who did anything. The rest were for intimidation. She was the one you had to look out for.
They had named themselves "them" because it was the first letters of their names. It also sounded threatening and quite mysterious. Maybe that's why Evelyn was there, so that it would spell "them".
After lights out had occurred, Celeste was ready. She had her cloak and her broom and that was all she needed. She perched at her glassless window and told the broom to hover. After climbing on she flew off towards the trees ahead. She landed in a remote place she had never ventured to. As soon as she had her feet on the ground, the witches emerged.
"Well hello again Celeste! I thought I never see you again," exclaimed Marlene, "Oh how you have grown since the last time I saw you!"
"Shut up Marlene," grunted Harriet, "She is obviously here for business," Celeste sighed. This always happened when she was with "them". They argued all the time and sometimes it even lost them business.
"Speaking of business, you two shut your traps and let me hear what the girl wants!" demanded Tabitha.
"Yeah, shut up!" repeated Evelyn. Tabitha glared at Evelyn, causing her to shut up too.
"I need some wide awake potion," explained Celeste, "I know it's nothing big but I really need it," Arguments commence among the four witches. This was why she didn't want to contact them. It was a 5 minute deal but was inevitable to last triple that time. She sighed again. She'd been sighing a lot recently, mainly because there was a lot to sigh about nowadays.
"It will cost a drop of your blood," announced Tabitha after the arguing. That didn't seem so bad to Celeste. She held out her hand while they got the drop of blood and she was soon on her way with the wide awake potion. Those witches had always been weird. They'd asked for stranger things over the years like an ant covered in honey and a tear mixed with marmite. They were incredibly odd women. Heaven knows how they made a profit with deals like that. As she flew back to the castle, she passed over the spot where she'd had her "moment" with Darcie. She didn't like to refer to it as a moment but she didn't know what else to call it. She continued back to the castle and went to bed, actually excited for the next day.
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