A Witch Thing

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Elizabet woke up then, opening her eyes slowly to see where she was. "Jasper?" She croaked, clearing her throat, "Jazz?"

But another voice answered, "Not Jasper, but I like that hope."

Elizabet looked at the redhead stalking over to her. She almost growled, trying to activate her magic. But she couldn't.

"What did you do to me?" She asked angrily.

Victoria bent down to her level, telling her, "I kidnapped you and pumped you full of vampire venom. You won't be casting spell for a while."

How did she know about vampire venom to witches? She wasn't supposed to know that. Vampire venom depleted a witch of their magic, basically made them human.

Where did she learn that?

"Now you're going to keep you little promise, I guess?"

She told her, "Oh, I'm going to do better. You see, now you have a little kid and a familiar. On top of that, you got married. Now it will hurt so much more when I kill them in front of you."

Elizabet panicked then, reaching desperately for her magic but finding nothing to grasp. Victoria spoke, "Oh, but don't worry. I'm going to torture you first, nice and slow and painful. I'm saving you for last."

Victoria took her hand and clawed at her arm, raking it down as blood spilled. Any other vampire would have flipped because of the spell of her blood, but Victoria was familiar with it and could keep her control.

Elizabet cried out in pain, the terrible pain in her arm was agonizing. The wounds went from her shoulder to her wrist and it hurt and bled badly.

Tears came to her eyes as she cried out. She just wanted to be home with her husband and daughter.

"You already started without me?" A voice called.

Victoria spoke, "Yes, darling. This one's mine."

The origin of the voice stepped into the room, giving a smirk just as malicious as Victoria's. He caught a whiff of the blood and inhaled sharply through his teeth.

Elizabet recognized him from the posters hanging all over Forks. She asked, ignoring the pain as much as she could, "You're Riley Biers."

He asked, "How do you know who I am?"

"You're parents...have been looking all over for you," she winced at her arm and continued, "They're worried sick. You need to come home."

He shook his head, "I am home." He walked over to Victoria, putting an arm around her shoulders. She stiffened slightly, clearly uncomfortable with it.

Elizabet blinked and shook her head, "No...she already had a mate..."

Riley looked at Victoria, who shook her head, "No. She's lying. She's from their coven. I told you about their mind games."

"There are no mind games. I was with her for years. The scars already here are from her and her mate. I'm proof," Elizabet continued.

Riley looked at her again, unsure, "Victoria?"

"She's lying. You can't trust any of them. Remember what I told you," Victoria said.

Riley took a moment to decide before ultimately choosing Victoria and walking away. She turned back to Elizabet, "You thought that would work? I have him wrapped around my finger."

Elizabet took in a breath, "And I have a little bit of magic left." She used as much of it as she could, using it to knock her unconscious.

She stood and ran out of the room, leading her outside. She stopped short at the door, fear raiding her body.

There was a heard of newborn vampires outside of that door, all stopping and turning at the smell of blood. They smiled slowly, a new meal to be devoured.

But there was one person in the crowd. A girl. She had a strange feel to her, the light around her was purer than everyone else, despite her eyes being the bright red they were.

Riley tore Elizabet from her thoughts, announcing, "You didn't think we'd let you escape, did you? Come one step closer and my newborns will handle you."

She looked out and debated something. There was still a chance to get away from Victoria, but the only way to do that is to wait out her time, wait for her magic to return to her. She needed to get back to her family.

Elizabet sighed and slowly backed into the small shed-like building, closing the door. Someone grabbed her from behind, their arms wrapping around her neck as they jerked it to the side.

Victoria bit into her neck, forcing the venom into her system to deplete whatever magic had remained. It would take a while for it to come back.

Elizabet fell, her head getting dizzy as she went unconscious.

~

Jasper looked through Elizabet's grimoire, looking for anything he could to find a way to bring her back.

"Caw!"

Jasper looked up when he heard the caw and the flapping wings of Ronin. He flew in through the open window. Jasper pet his feathers as he took the note from his beak, handing him a treat Elizabet kept in her drawers for the birds who flew in.

Jasper,

I'm sorry, dear, but I don't know of any spell that could track her that still works. The tracking spells are so old and rarely used that no one can seem to get it right anymore. You could try and get Freya to use old familiar magic to find her, but it will take a lot of power.

I'm sorry I couldn't be more of help, I really am. I will do my best to help you from here. If I find anything, you'll be the first to now.

Give little Althea a hug for me, and good luck.

Romina Feathers,
New Orleans Coven Leader

Jasper sighed and put the letter in another drawer. He told the bird gently, "Tell her I said thank you for me, Ronin."

Ronin nodded, "I will. Goodbye, Jasper."

He turned and flew away, headed back to his witch. Jasper scratched his head in thought. He needed to find some way to get to her.

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