A Witch Thing

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Elizabet shrugged, "I did say my parents were too afraid to use their magic. We had a very small coven, but it disbanded before I was born, the coven grew too scared. We never stayed close to other witches."

Romina frowned, "Well, you will find here that these witches and warlocks are as much family as any. As you train, these people will become like family, trust me."

Mariah randomly spoke, "Will you need me for training, Mother? I'm tutoring Cassy in a little while."

Romina thought for a moment, "I shouldn't no. But I do want Celene today. I may call you, Eileen, down later on as well." Eileen nodded, "Yes, Mother. Do you want me to keep the guests occupied?"

Romina nodded quickly and turned to them and said, "Please, feel free talk with the witches, they won't bite." Alice and Cole gave Elizabet a quick nod. That wasn't enough for Alice, though. She spoke, "We're going to go mingle. Have fun and call if you need us."

Elizabet nodded and they left to go talk with some witches. Mariah spoke, "Merida, where have you been?" She smiled as she turned around, seeing a white snake in the windowsill next to the door. She picked up the snake and Elizabet noticed the snake tattoo on her hand, her familiar mark. "This is my familiar," she said, "Merida is sweet, don't worry about her."

The white snake had a green arrowhead shape on her head and green eyes. "If you need me," Mariah spoke, not bothering to finish the sentence since they already knew what would come after. She swiftly turned, dotting over the animal now wrapped around her hand.

Celene nodded, "Yeah, my owl and her snake didn't get along at first. She kept trying to eat Merida. Owls, am I right?"

Romina laughed, "Yes. Come, let us give you your first lesson, Elizabet. Jasper, you are welcome to join us." Jasper, without question, came with, fully intent on making sure Elizabet was okay. Romina led them outside and Elizabet asked, "So how many witches are there here, anyway?"

Romina thought for a moment before answering, "Almost a hundred, maybe. It would normally be a larger number, but witches aren't in as much abundance in this world than we'd hope."

Elizabet nodded in understanding. Their race wasn't near extinction, but it wasn't exactly common either, which is why most vampires end up shocked and surprised when they meet witches. There were a few witches outside practicing together when Elizabet, Romina, Jasper, and Celene came outside.

Romina found a space for them and said, "First, we'll try out the very basics of each type so we can figure out which witch you really are. Celene is my creature witch, Mariah is my healer, and Eileen is my aqua. I, myself, dabble in many different types, but my first was herbs."

Jasper listened quietly, sitting on the side as he watched all of them. "Celene, I'll let you take her since you know the basics for all of this. I'll be watching."

Romina walked over to sit next to Jasper, who shuffled very slightly before settling again. Celene told Elizabet, "Okay, since this is my special area, we're going to try creatures!" Elizabet smiled at her enthusiasm, getting ready to work with her.

Romina spoke quietly to Jasper as she watched. "So, how long have you and Elizabet been mates?" Jasper looked over and then back at Elizabet, an unrealized smile spreading over his lips. "I've known her for around seven months. We only very recently got together, but I've had feelings for her for quite a while, I've come to realize that they have been shared for that same while."

Romina nodded as she listened, "Can you tell me about her situation with these former nomads? I trust you know of her former living situations?"

Jasper nodded, never taking his eyes from Elizabet as she worked her magic with Celene. "Their names are James, Victoria, and Laurent, James was their leader. They were American nomads. When Elizabet's parents were killed by vampires, she was 15. They found her not long after and kept her for her magic. Laurent pretended to be her mate during the time she was with them so she wouldn't leave. James was working up to killing her before they ran into us.

"One of our coven, Edward, he fell in love with a human, she was with us when they found us. James was a tracking vampire, he loved to hunt and Bella, the human, became his next target. Laurent came with Elizabet later on that night to warn us of James and he left Elizabet with us. She was scared, I could feel it. She didn't know what to do. If she helped us and we lost, James would have done something to her that was worse than death. If she helped us and we won, she didn't know if she would actually be able to trust us.

"She did end up helping us kill James and save Bella. But his mate, Victoria, was furious. I took Elizabet to prom soon after and she was attacked by Victoria. She promise a fate worse than death, but that she would wait out her time for Elizabet and Bella. Part of the reason she wants to learn from you is so she could be able to properly defend herself and us all. She's a good witch. We took her in, she's been living with us since."

Romina had listening intently, wanting to know of Elizabet's story. She nodded and asked, "Why did you decide to come here, other than lessons, there has to be another reason than just wanted to lessons from me."

Jasper sighed, looking down at his hands as he spoke, "Edward decided that our presence in Bella's life put her in danger. We had to move far away from her so she could move on with her human life, so we did. Elizabet had just found a home and she didn't want to leave Forks. So we came here to ease that."

Romina tilted her head, "What about you? I see such light in you, yet such darkness. What happened to you?"