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"Okay girls, we have to solve this before she arrives." Cordelia said two days later.
"But why did you accept her here?" Madison exclaimed, visibly annoyed as she looked at the files that Zoe had in her hands.
"Read the letter that the owner of the orphanage sent me and you'll know why."
"Dear Miss Cordelia Goode," Zoe read out loud "my name is Lorraine Block and I'm writing this email because I'm concerned about one of the girls of my orphanage. The girl's name is Ivy Davis, and she got to my hands about two months ago, when her parents died in a car accident. She's four years old and has no other family.
Ever since the day she arrived, I realized that there was something strange in her. She doesn't talk much, and almost never smiles, and instead of playing with the other orphans she just sits in a corner and plays with the stuffed animals we own (that's when she smiles). This has never been a problem to me, since I thought that she was still wondering where her parents were, but this morning something weird happened.
After the other girls had showered –all of them are at least eight years old– I went to give her a bath. At one point, I turned around to get a dry towel, but when I turned around she was gone. I've been taking care of orphans for seventeen years, at you can believe me if I say that that had never happened to me before. At first I thought she had run through the door when I was looking away, but there was no water on the floor. It was then when I realized that the water in the tub was moving and splashing as if someone was playing with it. I blinked once or twice, believing that probably I was hallucinating, when suddenly Ivy appeared again in front of me.
I obviously didn't know what to do at first, since I had never seen that before, but then I remembered the interview you gave some weeks ago. I'm afraid that Ivy is a witch, and I don't have time to look after her every time she disappears, since I have eight more girls under my care. I've had to put a bracelet with bell to her so she doesn't get lost. That's why I'm asking you to admit her in your academy.
Thanks for your consideration,
Lorraine Block."
"Holy shit." Queenie gasped as Zoe closed the headmistress' laptop. "I thought that powers started when we are at least ten years old."
"I thought so, but Myrtle says that it's possible that the accident of her parents has triggered her skills." Cordelia sighed, sitting behind her desk.
"Talking about Myrtle, where's she?"
"She's visiting the other houses today. Anyway, Mrs. Block and Ivy are expected to arrive here in ten minutes. The houses A, B and D are full, and though residence C has some free rooms, there's no one there that can take care of this girl."
"What are we gonna do then?" Misty asked from the chair she was sitting in.
"I want her to live in this house. I'll take her under my wing."
"Whoa, Cordi. I knew you wanted to be a mother but don't you think tha-"
"This has nothing to do with me becoming a mother, Madison." Cordelia interrupted her. "This girl needs protection, and I'm not going to let her down. And I'll be much as mother as I am for some of you." she said, giving a quick look to Zoe. "The problem is; there's no room left in this house." she explained, looking at the others with worry in her eyes.
"I'm not sharing a room with any of these two, if that's what you're implying." Madison mumbled.
"I'd prefer to move out of this house before sharing a room with you." Zoe grunted at the girl's words.
"Bitch."
"Twat."
"Girls, stop it." Cordelia ordered them. "I don't want to force any of you to share a room, but we all are going to have to sacrifice something for this to work. Any ideas about what we should do?"
"Not adopting an invisible baby would be great." Madison snapped.
"I have one" Misty cut her, a grin quickly appearing on her face. "There's that storage room at the end of the corridor, next to our bedroom. I know it still has to be emptied, but it has a good size. I'm kinda good at building and repairing stuff, and if Kyle helps me we could empty it today and paint it and do stuff, and in two days it would be ready for Ivy to move in. We could build a window or something too, that room is creepy."
"God, Misty, that's genius!" Cordelia exclaimed, unable to contain a giggle as she looked at her lover with adoration. Misty saves the day, as usual. "Okay then… Zoe, go get Kyle and go to the room. Madison and Queenie, help them empty the room. If there's something heavy, you're allowed to use telekinesis, but please be careful." she said, standing up and turning to look through the window. "And don't play games, we all know how that ended the last time." The girls started marching out of the room, leaving the supreme alone. When she saw her looking through the window with nervousness, Misty decided to stay for some minutes more.
"You're really brave for doing this, Dee." she spoke, walking to the headmistress and hugging her from behind. She placed a soft kiss on her shoulder and rested her head on it. "You'll do great with this kid."
"I hope so. Will you help me taking care of her?"
"Damn, we're not even married and you already want a kid with me?" the swamp witch joked, hugging her even tighter. The Supreme turned around to face her. "Well, technically I am ten years older than you, your teacher and boss and your girlfriend at the same time, so I think our relationship is not a conventional one."
"But we're getting married someday, right?"
"Do you want to get married?"
"My mother always said that marriage is a sacred commitment with the other person, and well, I've always liked the idea." she said, shrugging her shoulders. "Is that okay for you? I mean, after everything that happened with Hank, I'd understand that you wouldn't want to..."
"Misty, I'd love to marry you someday." Cordelia said with a smile, cupping the witch's face and placing a soft kiss on her lips. They heard the sound of a car stopping in the street, and a minute later the sound of the gates opening. "C'mon, we have someone to welcome to the coven."