Chapter 7: A Mage in Hurricane!?... No, Five.
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BACK IN HURRICANE, EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE ''SUGAR, SPICE AND EVERYTHING CAFFEIN''.
The girls, who just finished school for the day, were at their favorite Coffee Shop waiting for Miss Moors to make her appearance. They all ordered their regular drinks and were talking among themselves well enjoying them, except for Will, who was focus on stirring her cup of caramel macchiato... without touching the spoon.
The events from yesterday, especially what she did to that thug with the knife she never touched, yet managed to sent it flying into his arm, made it impossible for the red head to sleep that night, so she decided to tire herself out by coaxing that same power out again and try to control it. She used her hairbrush to practice on, but it was harder to do then she thought, it took a little over 3 whole hours for anything to happen, she almost believed that whatever happened in that alley was just a figment of a scared girl's imagination. It was only after rethinking what had happened, and re-experiencing the emotions that came with it, that she was able to move the brush at last, albeit only a centimeter or 2 in the air before it dropped on her bed. Regardless it worked, and now that she knew the best way to coax this power out, she went to bed happily with plans to continue practicing tomorrow.
The next morning, she did continue by moving small things around while getting ready for school: She levitated drops of water while taking a shower, pulled the cereal box and milk to her at breakfast when her mom wasn't looking, closed and locked the front door as she was leaving for school, tipped over the uncapped Coca Cola bottle that belong to the leader of boys that got them banned from the theater yesterday from a distance, so it will spill all over his shirt, pants and lunch (a small revenge that made all the girls laugh) and now the stirring of her after school drink.
Meanwhile, Taranee broke away from the conversation for a sec to see if Miss Moors had arrived, that's when she caught what Will was doing at the corner of her eye.
Taranee: What are you doing Will?
Will was so focus on moving the spoon with her power, her friend's sudden question startled her into tipping her cup over enough that a little macchiato spilled all over her left sleeve.
Will: *Hiss in slight pain, then give her friend a mean look* Apparently, i'm sharing my drink with my shirt, thanks a lot Tara.
Taranee: *Looks regretful* Sorry.
Cordelia: *Hands Will a napkin* Don't be so mean Will, its not her fault your head was so in the clouds you got startled by her question.
Will: *Takes the napkin* You're right, sorry Tara. *tries to clean the stains off* To answer your question i was, practicing.
Cordelia: Practicing? Practicing what?
Taranee: I think she was trying to learn how to use that weird pink electric power she's got, you know, the one that sent that thug's knife flying out of his hand and into the arm of the one holding the gun at us.
Cordelia: But wasn't that miss Moors doing?
Taranee: No, remember Miss Moors hasn't arrived yet, and i saw it, Will's eyes glowed some shade of white and the knife just, flew out the thug's hand like a mini missile.
Irma: I saw that to, mostly, i haven't notice Will's eyes changing color.
Hay Lin: Yeah, and don't you remember Cordy, she levitated that trash can that knocked away the thug that was manhandling you.
Cordelia: That was Will!? *Turns to Will* Sense when do you have magic powers?
Maleficent: That's something i would very much like to know as well.
Startled, the girls turned in Irma's direction to see that Maleficent has arrived, and already had a cup of her usual Caramel Apple Steamer in hand.
Will: Hi Miss Moors, thank you for coming *Points at a chair next to her* please take a seat.
Maleficent: *smiles* Don't mind if a do dear.
The Fae took her seat and the conversation resumed, only this time it shifted from the everyday dribble to Miss Moors secret origin as a Fairy and the existence of the New Moors, talks of Will's new found powers being put to the side for now. When all the important details were shared, needles to say the girls were pretty amazed, especially Will who always thought Miss Moors was a pretty cool lady. Learning she's a bad ass Dark Fae that lives with other fairies in the infamous ''Danger Zone'' of The High Uintas Wilderness only made her even more bad ass in her eyes. Only Cordelia seemed to be skeptical of her story.
Cordelia: Is not that i think you're lying Miss Moors, is just that i don't see it. You don't have the wings, the outfit or the perky attitude of a Fairy. Even now you're appearance and how you've been using magic so far screams more of witches than fairies, no offense.
Maleficent: *Laughs softly* None taken my dear Cordelia. *Takes a zip of her mug* But i must say i'm a little disappointed in your analogy, how many times have i told you all stories of fairies that look and act far differently then what Fairy Tales portraits them? Just yesterday didn't you and Will search for a ''Scary Fairy'' for you're report, and saw pictures of such fairies on the internet.
Cordelia had the decency to look regretful and a little sheepish while her friends, especially Will, were giving her light but mean looks for her disrespect of Miss Moors and her kind.
Maleficent: *Sees this and raises her hand gently* Now now girls, no need to gives Cordelia mean looks, its not her fault she was conditioned like so many young girls into believing Fairies are always kind hearted creatures with Glittering Wings, Pink or blue puffy Dresses and waving around some magic wand to grant wishes to young girls in distress while saying some ''bibidi babidi bu'' nonesense.
That last comment made all the girls laugh, chasing away the mean looks and the awkwardness of Cordelia's last words, then they all took the last sip of their drinks, Miss Moors including.
Maleficent: *Puts her empty mug down and whips her lips with a napkin* Now then, i believe we should continue this conversation elsewhere, *Sees more clients coming it* Its getting a little to crowded for this.
Will: *Smiles excitedly* Oh, oh let's go to your place Miss Moors, no one will be able to hear us there and we get to finally see where you live.
Maleficent: *Smiles* In do time my dear, but not today.
Will's exited smile dropped to her a frown while Irma puts her hand on Will's shoulder in a sign of comfort.
Irma: Better luck next time Will. *Turns to Maleficent* Where do you suggest we go then Miss Moors?
Maleficent: *Looks outside at the still bright sky* I believe a small trip at the park is in order, at this time there should be few people there to hear us. *Takes out a wallet from her purse and leaves enough money to pay for all their drinks on the table*
Cordelia: *Sees this* Oh, but we can pay for are own drinks Miss, you don't have to do it for us.
Hay Lin: For the third time this month.
Maleficent: *Puts her wallet back in her purse while smiling at them* I know girls, but i don't mind treating those i consider dear friends. Besides, i've got quit a bit of these to spend and few things to spend them on. *Turns around* Now let us be on are way.
The girls followed Miss Moors in a single file out the shop and on the street, heading for the park. As they got closer to it, Maleficent saw that she was right, there was only a single family composed of 2 little girls playing on the swings, and their mother sitting on a nearby bench drinking coffee while watching them. With a flick of her hand, Maleficent send a little suggestive magic in their direction to coax them into going back home just before they arrived, leaving the empty park all to themselves.
They gathered around the bench where Maleficent and Will sat together, after Maleficent used some magic to clean it up a bit, and then used her Chlorokinetic abilities to grow vines that formed temporary vine stools for the others to sit on.
Maleficent: Now then, is everyone comfortably seated? Is there something i can do to make them more comfortable?
All girls except Will: *Nods and mumbles that its fine*
Maleficent: Good then, now that you all know my little secrets, i believe it's time to discuss Will's situation. *Turns to Will* Now Will, you spoke of practicing a power you say you posses and i heard the girls talk about it as well. When did you discover this power?
Will: Just yesterday, when the thugs had us hostages. One of them had a knife to my throat, another a gun pointed at Taranee, Irma and Hay Lin and another was manhandling Cordelia, trying to force her into that chair in the back of the van. That got me so mad i felt something bubbling up in my guts, and the next thing i knew the knife left my throat and was stuck in the gun thug's arm. I took advantage of the situation to knock out my kidnapper and Cordelia's aggressor by levitating a trash can to his head.
Maleficent: *Nods and hmm affirmatively* And have you manifested this power at other times before that?
Will: Nope.
Maleficent: Do you know of others in your family that have shown similar powers? Your Mother or Father, Grandparents or Cousins maybe?
Will: *Shakes her head* And if any of them have it, they hide it pretty well and never told me about it. Should i tell them and see what they'll say?
Maleficent: *Thinks about it a second, then shook her head* To risky, if you tell them and they don't have powers themselves they might not take it will and brand you as a witch, or worst. *Raises her right hand that's glowing gold* Let me see for myself what it is ok.
Without warning, Maleficent fired a golden ball of magic from her hand that circled around Will before entering her heart, causing the red head, and her friends, to gasp before Will closed her eyes, looking more relaxed and the others relieved it didn't hurt their friend. From there the Dark Fae worked her magic to see what sorcery is in this young girl's lineage. Obviously it is human magic, something she hasn't seen sense the early 1700s, when the last of the witches in the British Isles were executed for Witchcraft, but it's possible that some of them escaped the persecutions there by sailing to America or other countries where there or no (more) witch hunts. Or Will could be distantly descended from a changeling... No, changeling magic is another type of Fairy Magic, this is definitively Human Magic.
Cordelia: Euh, excuse me Miss Moors, but what spell are you using on Will?
Maleficent: An Origin Spell, it allows me access to Will's genealogical Tree through her DNA so i can see for myself if Will's power is something hereditary or has a different origin all together. *Feels something new, and smiles* Well, looks like at least one of them survived after all.
Taranee: *Adjusts her glasses* Who survived Miss?
Maleficent: The witches of the English witch Hunts in 1716, one family managed to escape to Germany under a new Identity, Vandom. There they remained until 1786, when they moved to Utah in America and became one of the first families to settle in what is now the town of Hurricane. None of them have used magic sense, they did not simply hold back, none of the children born sense they moved seem to have inherited.
Hay Lin: Why do you think not?
Maleficent: *Feels something else and understands* Well that explains it, The Head Witch of the family at the time used a binding spell to lock away the family magic for present and future generations, a sensible decision considering the times.
Irma: *Raises her hand* Excuse me Miss Moors, i'm no expert on Witchcraft, but i did see the last 4 seasons of the show ''Charmed'', so i know a bit on how a binding spell is suppose to work and i don't understand how Will could have removed her's. She didn't chant any counter spells or swallowed some kind of potion, or anything like that.
Maleficent: *Smiles at Irma* Counter Spells and Potions are not the only way to remove such spells dear, sometimes a powerful enough emotion like the anger and desperation Will must have thought when seeing you all in danger, is enough to break through, especially with a binding spell as old as this one.
Suddenly, pieces of her spell broke off of Will and circled around the other surprised girls before entering their hearts, causing Maleficent's eyes to widen in shock.
Maleficent: Well, i certainly didn't see that coming.
Cordelia: *Nervously* Euh Miss Moors, what the hell is going on?
Maleficent: Well Cordy, it would seem that my spell has detected the presence of magic in you four as well.
Irma: WHAT!
Taranee: No Way
Hay Lin: How's that possible.
Cordelia: *Angrily* I'm not a Witch.
Maleficent: I never said you were Cordy dear, but my spell is sensing some magic within you, within all of you.
Cordelia was in total disbelief by now, how the bloody hell did this happen, Will is the one with weird magic powers, not her. That disbelief soon morphed into full blown denial.
Cordelia: 'No, Miss Moors must be mistaken, i'm a perfect normal teenage girl, i have no magic'
But when Cordelia's hands touched the sides of the stool, a spark of emerald green and pink magic came out of her hands and in to the stool, causing it to have multiple colorful flowers rapidly growing out of it, which startled the blond girl to get off of it.
Cordelia: *Looks at her flowered stool a little scared* Is this your doing Miss Moors?
Maleficent: No Cordelia, i believe it's yours. My spell must have jump start your magic somehow.
this was to much for the poor blond and she passed out from the shock. She was going to fall hard on the ground when Irma and Taranee got up to try and catch her. Irma was the one that got her, but she never touched her... To her own surprise her raised hands suddenly gained a blue glow and Cordelia's falling body stoped midway from the ground. Taranee while getting up to catch Cordelia tripped and fell down, her right hand glowing orange for a second before the grass under it lit on fire.
Taranee: *Sees it and backs off in a hurry* FIRE! FIRE!
The small fire quickly spread towards Hay Lin's Stool.
Irma: *Still Holding Cordelia with her magic* Hay Lin Look out!
The Chinese girl quickly jump off her stool just as the fire caught on to it and set it ablaze. She landed quit painfully on her side, but managed to turn herself on her back soon after, that's when her own raised hands glowed slightly white for a second just before a gust of freezing cold wind came out of them, putting out the fire and freezing the stool over.
Maleficent: *Quickly walks to Hay Lin and helps her up* Are you alright child.
Hay Lin: *Struggles a bit to get up* Yeah, my hip is a bit bruised but nothing broken. *Looks at her frozen stool, then at Maleficent* But what just happened Miss Moors.
Maleficent: It's like i said, pieces of my spell broke off from Will and entered your bodies, showing that you all have some form of magic, which for some reason got jump started by that same spell.
Irma: *Now With Cordelia lying on her lap* And that never happened before?
Maleficent: No, but then again i only used that spell one other time on a human witch that was trespassing on the Moors, and there was only the 2 of us around then.
Taranee: *Got up and adjusted her glasses again* Well the uncertainty of Miss Moors spell aside, what are we going to do now that we have... superpowers?
That's when the origin spell on Will came to an end and she snapped out of the trance it put her in.
Will: *Stretches her arms while yawning* Man, that sure was a nap. Hope Miss Moors was able to-
Just then she notices Miss Moors and the girls were all up and looking at her, except for Cordelia who was asleep on Irma's lap for some reason, and why is Hay Lin's stool covered in ice? Is that a patch of burned grass next to it?
Will: Euuuuh, what just happened?
TO BE CONTINUED