Wing It Like Witches

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Within her own house, Boscha is sitting in front of a mirror with her hair down in her bedroom. The room is filled with various trophies. She looks at herself in her mirror, "You are talented. You are a star. You may be hated, so long as you are feared." She puts her hair into the usual bun and then stands up. She puts on a varsity jacket before heading for the door, "Most important of all, you are a winner." She rips off a page of her calendar to reveal the whole month has been marked 'Grudgby Season'. She then walks out the door.

Now in the middle of Bonesborough, Boscha walks through a crowd. She dribbles a grudgby ball, impressing several onlookers.

One old woman smiles at her, "There she goes, captain of the Banshees! Off to win another championship for Hexside!"

The other old woman next to her turns to her child, "Why can't you be more like her?" The child breathes in deeply with an annoyed expression in response.

The captain approaches Hexside, with a banner reading 'Go get 'em, Banshees' magically unfurling over the school. She snaps her fingers and Skara, Amelia, and Cat form up behind her, "Alright, girls. You know the drill. Captain goes first." She opens the door to enter the school, "Hello, Hexside! Your star has arrived. Groveling line starts here." She looks around, "Something's not right. Nobody's here!"

Other students are heard laughing from a distance.

Boscha peers around a corner and spots a crowd of students gathered around Willow. She is holding a potted plant with a smile on her face. Esper smiles with her hands in her pockets next to her.

One student gasps at her, "No way!"

A potions student pushes him out of the way to get to her, "Do me!"

The plant witch uses her magic, the plant sprouting a fruit looking like the potions student's face. The student takes it from her with a smile, "Welcome to the world, little buddy." He turns to the girl in front of him, "You're the coolest, Willow!"

Esper playfully slaps her friend on the back, "Heck yeah she is!"

Willow blushes at the attention, "Aw, shucks!"

A student with a bird head starts to cheer, "Yeah, Willow rules!"

Boscha walks past with her posse, "Wow, she has to make friends out of plants. How sad."

Willow quickly put a hand on Esper's shoulder to keep her in one spot.

The younger girl still yelled, "Well! At least she's got more friends than you!" The redheaded witch clenched her fists in an attempt to remain in control.

The three eyed girl folded her arms while still walking, "Pfft, sure she does. But my friends are the most elite! Not some criminal and a couple of plants!"

This made the redhead grit her teeth until she felt Amity put a hand on her other shoulder. She pat her shoulder before walking off.

The rich girl shook her head before she walked next to grudgby captain, "Oh, please! You know, I used to be like you, Boscha, obsessed with status... Challenging my competition... But I grew up. When will you?" She moved her head to flip her hair and walked away.

Esper starts to laugh and the crowd of students followed her lead. The whole hallway is filled with laughter.

Boscha glares at her former friend, "Oh, this is not gonna fly!"

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Now outside of Hexside, Eda and Luz fly in on the Owl Lady's staff.

Luz jumps up and down once she gets off the staff, "My first grudgby season! I'm so excited, I have more school spirit than the school spirits!"

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