A Witch Thing

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She shrugged, "Well, I was thinking we could visit someplace. I wanted to meet other witches to be able to learn more of my magic, study more, have connections."

"Do you know anyplace?" He questioned, moving to sit on the bed next to her. She shrugged, "Witches are scattered all over the world and covens come far and few. I was thinking we find a place where there was a coven. A coven could definitely teach magic."

She grabbed her book from her bag and said, "There's a spell to be able to locate witch covens, I was thinking we could use it. I know there aren't any in Salem, people think it's full of the, but there are definitely no witches in Salem unless they have a death wish. The Volturi go there annually in search of witches, apparently, to make sure they don't try to return there since it technically used to be home of the witches."

"Where else are there?" He asked.

She opened her grimoire and flicked her wand to find the spell. She pointed to it and pulled her map out of her drawer, spreading it over her bed. She muttered the spell to herself, laying her wand on top of the map. She waited for a moment for the spell to take affect and the tip of it started spinning around the map as it searched for covens.

It pointed to one in Louisiana and she shrugged, "Guess that makes sense."

She folded the map and told Jasper, "I guess we're going to New Orleans."

He smiled, "Sounds like a plan. I'll go get my things and then finish helping you pack." She nodded and turned back to her things as Jasper disappeared from the room.

"Extended vacation," she muttered, "That's it."

~

Back in the living room, the house seemed bare as things were being covered with white sheets , the decorations nowhere in sight. Carlisle sighed, his arm wrapped around Esme's waist as he said, "We decided to go to New York, there's a job there I can take for night shifts. What about you?"

Rosalie spoke, "Emmett and I will come with you."

Carlisle nodded, his eyes turning to Elizabet, Jasper, Alice, and Cole. "Cole, are you staying?" He asked, his eyes concerned.

Cole shook his head, "No way. Alice goes, I go. My roommate won't miss me, he'll just have to find another one."

Alice added, "We agreed he'd need to...change...in order to come along."

"And I'm fine with that," Cole pitched in. Carlisle told him, "Changing is a huge step. You can't come back from that."

He nodded, "I know." He nodded to him and turned to Elizabet and Jasper.

She took a breath and spoke, "There's a coven in New Orleans, if I find them, they could teach me more about my magic. Jasper and I were going to go there." Everyone seemed to pick up on their intertwined hands, holding on to one another as she spoke.

He nodded, "And you'll be safe there? What about your vision?"

She sighed, remembering the magic hurdling toward the two of them in her vision. "As far as I know," she started, "if the vision takes place there, they don't kill us. Or that bit would have been extremely vivid. We'll be fine."

Alice spoke, "Would you mind company? Cole and I could come with."

She smiled, "That would be great, Alice. You're both welcome to come with." She looked up at Jasper as if silently asking for permission, and he nodded his agreements, "The more the merrier."

She smiled and Carlisle sighed, "Okay, then. As much as I would rather we stay together, I'm fine with what you've decided. We'll leave in the morning so you all can get yourselves situated," he glanced at Cole.

They separated and Elizabet went to get her last minute things together. Jasper packed up the car while Elizabet went to Alice's room. "I can help with the pain of the transformation. I may not be a healer, but I can calm it," she told them.

Alice nodded with a grateful smile. She gave a look at Cole and he gave her a silent nod and a smile, reassuring her that this is what he wanted and that he would be fine. She sighed and lifted his arm. Elizabet placed a hand on his shoulder and closed her eyes, chanting the spell as she started.