Moon Phases (Agatha Harkness X Fem!Reader)

Chapter XXXV.

Jen helped Lilia stay focused on the present, not letting her mind wander or get distracted by anything that might slow them down.

Those swords were still hanging above, and everyone doubted it would remain there if you kept losing time.

As if the room had heard your thoughts, the ceiling slowly started to go down, bringing the swords closer and closer to you.

"We didn't even put any cards down!" Agatha shouted, glaring at practically anything.

The road was starting to get on her nerves.

"Maybe no cards are as bad as the wrong ones," Billy suggested.

You looked at Lilia again, who seemed for a moment to be lost somewhere else; her mid wandering off to a different memory of the past.

You grabbed both her shoulders and shook her faintly. "Lilia! Focus on me!" You shouted, trying to bring her back to the present. You were unsure what was happening, but now it was neither the time nor the place to question her. "We need your Tarot Expertise."

Wasting no time, Lilia walked towards the table, her eyes immediately falling on the cards both Billy and Agatha had put down.

"Who massacred this spread?" The old witch questioned, making the two culprits point the finger at one another.

You held back a chuckle at the scene, and if you had not been racing against time to avoid impalement, you would have definitely enjoyed the moment more.

But alas, your time was ticking, and there wasn't exactly any true indication of how long you had before the trial was over.

"Who's the querent?" Lilia asked next, looking at her coven.

Billy looked around at the women for a moment. "You mean the subject? Me. I guess I'm the queer-ent." His own bad joke amused him, but the smile disappeared as quickly as it came the moment you slapped the back of his head.

He turned to look at you, one hand placed against the spot you had smacked him, lips parted in a theatrical, hurtful expression.

"Now it's not the time for pun jokes," you reminded him, surprising the teenager with the fact that you knew what a pun was in the first place. "Just get your reading so we can get out of here,"

You almost pushed him towards one of the chairs and forced him to sit, as Lilia took the seat across and grabbed the deck before passing it to him.

"The querent shuffles and cuts." She informed as the coven gathered around.

Agatha rolled her eyes. "Lilia, we don't have time for this."

"Shuffles and cuts," she repeated stubbornly. Billy immediately obliged. "Now, please ask your question."

Of course, nothing could go smoothly as Jen and Agatha started to argue again, honestly making you wonder if they also had some former romantic relationship.

Their arguments were not helping with the situation, pressuring Billy more and taking time from the reading.

Their arguing continued and dragged Lilia with them, who tried to defend the rules of the Tarot to Agatha, who clearly had no respect for this particular witchy art.

Only you noticed the swords coming down once again, the roof slowly approaching as your end was getting nearer and nearer with each passing second.

"Ladies," you called them out, hoping to stop them while refusing to take your eyes off the swords, fearing if you did, one would kill you in the next second. "Ladies!' You called louder, hoping to be heard above their arguing and the mechanism pulling down the sword-covered roof.