✨ Bijou The Ascended (Part 1) ✨

Witches Before Wizards

It had been a day since Bijou had arrived in the Boiling Isles, where she had met Hazel, Luz, Eda, and King. She'd just awoken from a dream about the day before. Bijou stretched her arms and yawned.

"I was right. It wasn't a dream," she said as she turned to face Hazel, who was also awake. "Good morning, Hazel."

"Good morning, Bijou." Hazel greeted back. "Come on, let's get ourselves ready for today."

They exited the room and went to the restroom. Bijou brushed her teeth while Hazel washed his face. She was lucky that Luz had a spare toothbrush in her backpack. Bijou stepped outside after brushing her teeth and noticed Luz approaching in a robe and a witch's hat.

"Good morning, Luz," she said cheerfully.

Luz said, "Oh. Morning, Bijou. Morning, Hazel."

"What's up with the new outfit?" Hazel inquired, noticing what she was wearing.

"Well I figured, since I'm a witch's apprentice, I have to look the part." she replied. "Come on, let's go meet Eda. She's gonna teach on how to be a witch and you on how to do that shield thing again."

They all went downstairs and waited for Eda to emerge. She was dressed in her pajamas. Eda let out a yawn before noticing them.

"Good morning, Eda the Owl Lady. We are ready for our first day as witch apprenticeship and power training" Luz said.

"Who are you guys again?" Eda inquired. The three were perplexed.

"Is she always like that every morning?" Hazel asked Bijou, who shrugged.

Eda then proceeded to the kitchen, followed by the two teenagers and almiraj. King was sitting at the table, poking some yellow mush with his fork.

"Remember us?" Luz inquired, "Luz, Bijou, and Hazel?"

"We've freed the oppressed and defeated the evil warden together yesterday?" Bijou reminded Eda as she grabbed a cup of what appeared to be juice from the fridge.

"Girls, lay off the details, all of you. I haven't had my cup of apple blood yet." She said.

Luz asked, "You mean apple juice?"

"No," Eda said, taking a sip.

Bijou took a sniff of the apple blood. "Yeah. This apple blood smells like alcohol."

"Teach me some spells. When do I get a magic staff? Was I supposed to bring my own runes?" Then Luz let out a shrill gasp. "Do you have a dangerous magical quest for me?"

"And do you know if I can call that shield again?" Bijou blurted out.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down, girls. Being a witch doesn't happen overnight. And summoning that same shield takes a lot of time and patience. Also, Luz, you're wrapped in a bathrobe and wearing the dirtiest traffic cone I've ever seen." Eda chimed in.

Luz removed the 'hat' and blew the dust away to reveal that it was, in fact, a traffic cone. King laughed at her, especially when dust flew into Bijou's and Hazel's faces and they began coughing.

"But a magic staff, huh?" Eda inquired, apple blood on her upper lip. "You really want one?"

"More than anything," Luz exclaimed.

Eda wiped the stain from her lip and extended her hand. "Magic staff, come to me."

There was a lot of clattering and crashing in the distance. Bijou, King, Hazel, Luz, and Eda all looked over to the hallway until the staff arrived, flying right into Eda's face.