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1/1/17 New York 9:05
Jaime woke to a horrible headache. He was in Maggie's room. He saw Maggie sitting on the window ledge. She had on Jaime's jacket. That demon dog sat in her lap asleep. Jaime laughed bitterly, "So, I'm gone for awhile and you replace me?"
Maggie looked up and smiled. She carried the puppy over and put him in Jaime's arms. The dog stirred, but he stayed asleep. She smiled, "You won't hurt him, would you?"
Jaime shrugged. Maggie smirked, "How do you feel?"
"Horrible," Jaime smirked and leaned back, "So, on a completely different topic: Who were all the people at dinner?"
Maggie fell back on the bed. "Please save all questions to the end. Okay, first is Cade, my twin brother. His full name is Phaeton Cadmus Sorcellerie II and mine is Margret Europa Sorcellerie. Helia Solace is one my best friends. Cade blackmailed Helia into being his date. Next is my aunt/niece Morgan. Everyone in the family calls her Charity, for some strange reason. The nickname probably started as a joke, but most of the family is now forbidden to call her that. Morgan is really my niece, but she's older so I call her my aunt. Esperanza is her only daughter. Morgan has three children: Esperanza, Sam, and Festus. Sam is annoying and Festus is only ten and Morgan didn't want to bring him to dinner. Alabaster is my half-brother. Half-brother is the key word. Howard started working for Mom when Alabaster was about sixteen. Zatanna is my half-sister. Again, half-sister is the key word. We didn't see eye to eye until a few months ago. Dick Grayson dated Zatanna and Arthur liked him. All through that dinner we heard, He's the first real gentleman since my little girl showed up with Morgaine's father and that little fey bought Will Solace home. Margret, be like your foolish aunt and marry a Hispanic. Leo Valdez is only alive because he saved Morgaine's life. I would have preferred if Will Solace had married into this family. Then, he continued to rant about other boys he liked more than Leo."
Jaime laughed, "Your family is messed up and I'm offended by that Hispanic comment."
Maggie smirked, "And you know what? His father was friends with Leo's great-granddad in New Orleans. Arthur was told stories of the Sammy Valdez. I guess he was disappointed in Leo." She paused and muttered something in French. Jaime began to regret taking Spanish for the easy A. Maggie liked to talk to herself in French and Italian.
The girl nodded and stood up. "Come we have a parties to attend."
Jaime processed that statement. "Parties, plural? Will they have cake?"
"Cakes, plural. Any birthday party without cake is abomination."
Watchtower 1/1/17 8:30 pm
Megan finished the last touches on Maggie's party. The Team wanted her to finally feel welcomed. Black Canary and Zatanna were in charge of bringing her here. The rest had to work on the party. They were all done by the time the zeta-tube recognized them. "Recognized: Green Arrow 08, Black Canary 13, Zatanna 25, Blue Beetle B22, Magic Canary B27, Trivia C03." (I just had Maggie have the next number in the set, since Virgil is B26. Same thing for Trivia.)
Wolf sniffed the air and he ran over to Maggie. He nudged the bundle in Maggie's arms. Zee-zee lifted his head. All the girls ran over and petted him. Zee-zee liked the attention.
"He's so cute."
"What's his name?"
"Can I hold him?"
"It's adorable."
"Can I have him?"
"Is it a boy or a girl?" Maggie handed Zee-Zee to Cassie. The daughter of Zeus smiled, "Hi, little guy. I'm your Aunt Cassie." She turned to Maggie. "How does Jaime like being replaced?" Jaime stuck his tongue out at her.
Trivia took this opportunity to jump on Maggie's neck. She felt jealous with Demon Dog around. Maggie smiled, "His name is Zach or Zee-Zee. My family gave him to me for a sixteenth birthday present. My brother got an angry bird."
Jaime laughed, "Yep, that bird really hates him."
Megan clapped her hands, "Time to give Maggie her presents." Most everyone gave her a hat or scarf or shoes etcetera, etcetera. The better gifts were: a hunting set from the Ollie, Artemis, and Cissie. Cissie also help Dinah give her a pair of high-heel boots. Cassie gave her a blue fedora and a matching dress. Zatanna gave her a copy of Abbey Road by the Beatles for Cade. It was her way of reminding Maggie that it was her twin's birthday too. Batman gave her some very expense boots. Inside she found a card. It said:
"This is really from Catwoman and I. Batman has no taste in clothing. That is why we do the shopping for him. Happy Birthday, Miss Magic Canary. From Agent A.
PS, Thank you for putting up with Damian. Tell Nightwing and I'll deny writing this, but I think Damian will like you more because your age is closer to his. Nightwing is almost twice his age. You are only four or five years older. He is close to Robin age wise by three years, but they have opposite personalities. Thank you again and I hope Nightwing brings you by the Bat-cave sometime." Dick always said that after one time Maggie met him, Alfred treated her better than any Bat.
Arctic (The exact place Wally vanished.) 3/1/17 (Yes, we skip 3 months, but nothing happened.)
A hooded figure felt the cold air blow in his face. He looked at the horizon. He took out the radio. "There's nothing here."
A female voice answered, "There's nothing for you to do in the cold. Come back to camp." The hooded figure turned and walked back, but in the corner of his eye he saw a blur. However, he ignored it.
Gotham City 3/5/17 1:00
Damian, Maggie, and Alfred were in the middle of their Italian themed lunch when the doorbell rang. Maggie had shadow-traveled to Italy for food and Alfred set the table with the good silver. Alfred got up to answer the door. A girl around Tim's age was standing. Tim ran/fell down the staircase. Maggie and Damian laughed at him from the kitchen. The girl smiled at Tim, "Ready for your interview?"
Maggie let out her version of the Dick Grayson Cackle. It was creepily similar. "Is that the only way you can get a date with a girl, Drake?"
Tim bat-glared her, "No, Margret. I can get a date. I have a girlfriend." Maggie flicked spaghetti sauce on to his shirt.
About an hour later, the batphone rang. Alfred walked in to the library. Maggie and Damian began whispering about their codenames. At this time, they have been proclaimed Blue Jay and Shadow by the media. It was never said which is the witch so they are fighting which is their codename. Both of them want to be Blue Jay. Dick and Maggie said Damian should be Shadow because he is Dick's protégé, Maggie is his partner.Alfred came back, "Master Tim, Miss Margret, Master Bruce wants you to come to the meeting."Tim quickly explained to the girl that she had to leave
Maggie walked to the library. "Alfred, I've told you to call me Maggie."
The butler smiled, "I'll keep that in mind, Miss Maggie." The witch groaned as she passed him. She walked down through the clock passage way and zeta-ed to the Watchtower.
Watchtower 3/5/17 2:00
Batman and Kaldur looked at a hologram scene. Maggie tapped her foot. Tim watched her. Suddenly, the zeta-tubes spoke, "Wonder Woman 03, Wonder Girl B21, Blue Beetle B22, Static B26, Billy Batson A05, Zatanna 25, Tigress B07, Black Canary 13, Arrowette B28, Green Arrow 08."
Maggie glanced over and ran over and hugged Billy. "Billy, I haven't seen you in years."
He laughed, "Mar, I came to your birthday party that Luke threw."
The magi paused, "You were. Oh, I completely forgot. You were thrown in pool by the stronger boys."
Jaime felt a pang of jealously. He didn't know she and Billy had history. It was obvious though: Maggie played Annabeth Chase and Billy played Travis Stoll so the of course knew each other. He was not the jealous boyfriend type, but that make at least four. Luke Jackson, Michael Zhang, Phoebus Solace and now Billy Batson. He was curious how many more boys she was friends with.
Wonder Woman walked over to Batman and Kaldur. "What do you need?"
Batman pointed to the scene. Maggie felt pain overcome her. Dinah, Ollie, Zatanna, and Billy looked at her with sympathy. The image on the scene was an ad of Melampus's Circus, the circus she grew up in. Batman said, "This circus has made dealing with powerful criminals." The youngest daughter of Hecate almost died. "There have been sightings of Two-Face, the Joker, Poison Ivy, and many others. Two squads will go in and collect information."
Kaldur walked up to his teammates. "Delta will be all male and Epsilon will be all female. Delta Squad will be made of Robin, Static, Blue Beetle, and Kid Flash. Epsilon Squad will be made of Wonder Girl, Magic Canary, and Arrowette. We believe Magic Canary will be important in this mission. The circus is in New Orleans. New Orleans is famed for its magic."
Maggie looked away. This will not end well.
French Quarter, New Orleans midnight 3/10/17
Maggie opened her eyes. Her hand wrapped around something and it broke. She groaned in pain as she sat up. She was surrounded by grave stones and a fog. Maggie looked down at her hand. It was covered in blood and bone fragments. She was in a New Orleans graveyard in the dead of night surrounded in bones. Something was very wrong. Maggie knew her mother basically invented gothic, but seriously.
She tried to stand, but her cried in pain. An arrow was lodged in her ribcage. She didn't notice it before because it was numb. She grabbed the shaft and pulled it out. She screamed when it came out and again when she saw it. It was one of Cissie's arrows.
Maggie threw it away, as if trying to throw the fears away. But the arrow landed on the ground next to a quiver with similar arrows. She crawled over to the quiver, trying to remember what had happened.
New Orleans 6:00 pm, Four Days Earlier
Maggie remembered the two squads were heading a party. Tim had gotten a led. They walked down the street. Cassie kept glancing up at the sky. They walked past a TV store. All the TVs were on the same station. "Scientists are baffled by what now appears to be single storm cloud that is expanding over much Europe and Asia moving towards the United States. Savage winds, rain, and mammoth waves are being reported along the coastlines of several continents. So far no casualties, but countries everywhere are preparing for the worst."
Cassie stared at the TV in a trance. "The gods are angry."
Virgil looked at the TV, "How can we stop this?"
Tim stared at the TV and put an arm around his girlfriend. "Aren't there more demigods like you? Can't they stop their parents?"
Maggie stared at the TV like it insulted her. "Yeah, and woe the all depraved souls while you're at it." She said harshly, "Or maybe if that son of a gorgon that we called an augur would just give up, the gods and the kids would stop the tempest."
Jaime was the only one who heard her. He just thought she meant the Olympians, the nickname for Percy Jackson and his friends.
Then, Maggie felt a pinch. It was almost like she had been hit by a dart, but she placed her hand on the place it had pinched. There was none wrong. The skin was fine. No dent or anything. It could have been a bug or something.
She looked over at the moon. That was the last thing she remembered before waking up in the graveyard.
Maggie looked up at the moon. It looked different from the last time, but it probably had been a few days. Other than that, it was normal. Now, Maggie just had to figure out why she was in her current situation. What had happened?
There was a laugh. It wasn't joyous or kind or even sadist. It was just a laugh. Maggie turned around. A woman was standing in entrance of a crypt. She wore a long white dress with a red ribbon around her waist. The dress looked like it belonged in Gone with the Wind. Her long brown hair clashed with her pale skin. The woman looked so dead, yet so alive. Maggie walked over when she noticed the woman shared her eye color. Maggie gasped, "Who are you?"
The woman placed a hand on Maggie's shoulder. "You look so much like Phaeton."
Maggie gasped, "How do you know my father?"
The woman smiled sadly, "I'm the one who raised him. I'm Hélène Sorcellerie."
"But you died over twenty years ago."
Hélène nodded, "How else could I be talking to you? After all, you're dead."
Yes, she's dead. I successfully killed of my main character, and the story lives on. And everyone else is dead, too, if the bones and Cissie's arrows didn't tell you that already. Don't worry; Maggie's fatal flaw is loyalty. She'd give everything to save her friends (cough foreshadowing cough).
-Kassie
