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Drabble #12 A witch joins

The stares seemed to penetrate her entire body. They made her feel as though each step she took was being weighed down with lead. They made her look down upon the ground in shame. They made her want to strangle the people.

But what was worse was the whispers.

The whispers overwhelmed everything she had heard her brother say. They made her freeze with shame. They made her weep in misery hours later. They made her shake and tremble and shiver. They made her go weak in the knees. They made her want to stab the owners of the whispers.

They made her want to disappear.

They consumed her very being.

Except one very surprising day, the chatter wasn't about how she had attempted to chant a spell or concoct a potion but rather about strange newcomers. One had white hair with a red scar on his face, Lenalee had even heard the rumor that he was ghost, but that was impossible. Another one carried a katana and had long blue hair that seemingly danced in the wind.

It felt strange and oddly freeing to not be the one at the center of the town's gossip. Plus, it meant she could experiment with that one spell that didn't have a definite meaning, and changed according to the witch's wants or what the spell was thought to be used for. It had intrigued her for a while but having been under the scrutiny of the people, she hadn't been able to.

She secretly thanked the strangers and discreetly changed direction to head to her set up base where she had a decent amount of brews ready to be used. The young witch was actually quite proud of her collection but wished she had more access to spell books. Unfortunately, not many witches ever stopped by and she barely got new material to study.

"Umph." And now her view was of the blue sky, just what had happened? Had her hopes gotten too high?

"Oh, my apologies!"

Well, that was new; no one ever apologized. She used her arms to push herself off the ground and stared dumbfounded at the person she had run into.

He had long sapphire hair that swished all the way down to his waist which had a sheath that seemed to also contain a sword. She was no pawn expert, but even she could tell that it was a high quality one.

But he wasn't the one who had apologized, the translucent, white-haired teenager had. If she had thought the samurai had been strange, then he was at least ten times stranger.

The scar, the translucent factor (like what even?), the gray glove, everything about him stuck out! No wonder she hadn't been the center of attention recently, these newcomers definitely took the cake. No doubt about it.

"Idiot. She ran into me, not the other way around." The samurai, as she had dubbed him, grunted. Lenalee took this as a good opportunity to get off the stone road and possibly escape from the situation that was obviously going to bad hill the longer she stayed.

The weird one shot a smile her way before facing the samurai. "Even so, she's the one who fell. Plus, it's polite, didn't anyone ever teach you manners?"

"Didn't anyone ever teach you not to pick a fight with a demon?" He shot back.

"Surely you don't count, you're too dumb to be one!"

As their list of insults continued, the amount of stares increased and so Lenalee did what she was best at, running.

….And somehow, she had grabbed the wrists of the newcomers. When had she reached for them, she didn't know. Why, she had a feeling she knew, but she didn't feel like thinking.

Only running.

When they reached an alley that she had taken before as a shortcut, she sped up with a small phrase causing the long haired man to shout in alarm.

"Hey! Where do…" Pant. "You think you're… taking us." Pant. "The fuck… is wrong with you!"

That hurt a bit; surely the accelerator spell didn't hurt him that much if he was a demon. The strange one maybe, she'd have to check when she reached her shack.

"Don't curse in front of a lady, Kanda."

Interesting. The strange one wasn't panting like the demon.

"Shut up, you goddamn beansprout!" Yet another pant. "Just because you can't feel the wind grabbing on to you, doesn't mean I don't! So… I am going to… fucking curse!"

"Oh! That's why my hair was moving faster than usual!"

…Was he slow? Or was he just so used to the other man's behavior that he no longer cared?

And anyway, he hadn't felt the wind, so was the possibility of him being a ghost not crazy? No, it was, if he was, she wouldn't be able to hold on to his wrist. (Dear god, just what was she thinking!?)

She slowed down at a considerably fast pace but didn't trip being used to it, unlike the demon who was stumbling.

She tugged them close to her and whispered, "Act normal until we get to my shack."

They were in a quieter part of town but Lenalee rather liked the saying 'better safe than sorry'. Except for when she felt like being risky like that one time she had sneaked into an old house. That hadn't been the best of plans, or best of moments for her.

The sun was still high up in the sky, and Lenalee figured she had time to stay at her for at least an hour or two before her brother left work for home. It wasn't as much as she wanted, but it'd work. Hopefully, he wouldn't be let out early.

Lenalee walked by the bookstore before grabbing her staff that hung at her waist, slowly weaving a vanishing spell around them making sure to cover all three of them rather than just her, which was her normal amount. It was challenging and yet, she didn't feel exhausted, if anything she felt rejuvenated by just being able to succeed.

Now came the hard part, activating the portal she had placed a couple years ago while keeping their invisibility operating. She had never tried those two particular spells at the same time, and she didn't know how it would turn out.

"Aktivere." Lenalee whispered as she tapped the ground three times in session. Her brow furrowed in concentration making sure to keep part of her power to the spell already up and not letting it waver, if it did then regular humans would see part of them and freak out. And that would be bad.

On the third tap, the ground glowed black and formed a circle that expanded to the length of her arms. In all honesty, the portal looked like a black hole that would suck her up and never let go, but she knew better.

She jumped in, pulling them in along, admittedly, with a protest from both and then, they were gone with a flash.

Been a long time since she had done this much magic, Lenalee thought.

Way too long.

Sorry cliffhanger xD

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