The worlds not grey: Friendship made for magic

The Clearing

Millie's P.O.V

Seph had helped me paint a dragon sleeping with a glowing, red hot belly. I looked over to see that Juria and Lassy were painting a beautiful peice of art. It was two angels embracing an angel with broken wings. One angel had silver wings and they other had gold. The emotion and pain on the faces of the angels made my eyes tear up. They tagged it and moved away to look at the whole thing. Just before I was going to say something Seph perked up and tackled me. I looked up as this was happening to see Harley Quinn soaring through where my body was,  just seconds before. And the chaos continues. Seph quickly shoved my mask on my head and Juria popped hers right on. Joker rounded the corner with five guys and on the other side of the ally came six more. We all backed into a tight circle. All except Seph. Her motercycle was only a few feet away and she made her way to it calmly. She was completely relaxed and had a smirk on her face. Oh god what does she have planned? She opened a compartment in the bike that I didn't know was even there. She pulled out two wickedly sharp looking daggers and started spinning them in her hands with expert precision. Oh god. "Now boys, I know that you all know damn well that none of you can beat me. Not even if you all attacked at once. Especially not since I have weapons and you all don't." She called out. Quiet murmurs came from all the men. "C'mon guys working for Joker is low. I get you all got families to feed so I recommend backing out of this one. You can't provide for them if you are dead." Seph spoke. Does she know them? Nods went through the small croud as it sunk in that she just assured that she would kill any and all of them. Joker about had a temper tantrum when the men came forward and stood in protective stances around us. Did she just make 11 men her bitches? Without touching them?! More men filed in next to the Joker that would not listen to persuasion. Most of the men around us stepped quickly forward when a guy took a hostile step towards Seph. She put her hand out to stop them. "I need you all there in case someone goes for them." She said her voice stern like a parent ordering their child. They all followed orders without hesitation. The guy who took the hostile step now launched at Seph. She grabbed him and locked him in a position with a blade on either side of his neck. With one swift movement she sliced his neck wide open from both sides. The corpse tumbled to the ground and started bleeding immensely out onto the pavement. I stared in horror at the brutal body in front of me. Juria let out a small scream and I covered her mouth hugging her. Everyone stared in horror with me. Seph pointed her now bloody daggers around the crowd of people who were a threat to our safety. "Does anyone else want to test what I am willing to do for the safety of my friends?" She called out. They all started backing up. They ran away and we all let out a sigh of relief. I couldn't help but stare at the body on the floor. How could she kill someone without hesitation? When she didn't even know them?! Seph put her hand on my shoulder and I tensed up a bit. "He lost his family in a fire and was always so busy providing for them he never had any friends. His wife was crippled from child birth and his children were tolders. His parents were to old to work and he was an only child. Everyone was at home when a mob set fire to the whole neighborhood. None of them survived and he was at work when the whole thing happened. He wanted to die." She said. "How do you know?" Juria said from behind us. "I can feel what other people feel. It's weird. He knew I would kill him and put himself in harms way because he wanted to die. It's stronger when the person is about to do something rash." She said. How is that possible?! My best friend just murdered a guy. "Prove it." I mumbled. "What?" She asked. "Prove that you can feel what other people feel. I trust you and love you, you're my best friend but I can't handle this!" I yelled. I started thinking of Juria. I wore a poker face. "You feel compassion, fear, you are thinking I'm crazy, and you want to protect Juria." Holy shit she's completely right!

We took the body and buried it under the bridge. We all held a small funeral for him, putting wildflowers where we buried him. Everyone went home but Persephone refused to let Jury and I go home on our own. She insisted on us staying with her for the night since she has been busy working. We loaded onto the motercycle and she drove to an apartment building. It was a very nice building. We got off the bike and we followed her into the marble elevator all the way to the top level. She pulled out keys and opened the door. There in the living room was a party. People in there teenage years and early 20s were drinking, with loud rap music playing, and alot of people were making out. Seph began to shake with anger. " APHRODITE HERA WILLOWS!!!" She screamed. The whole party stopped. A girl with spiked purple hair drunkenly swayed her way over. She looked defiantly towards Seph so I'm guessing that is her sister. The girl was shorter than Seph by about six inches. "What are you doing back so early Lil sis?" She slurred. " You threw a fucking party in my house?!" Seph said absolutely livid with the situation. "Your house?! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" Aphrodite screeched. "I THINK I'M THE DAMN PERSON WHO PAYS THE BILLS, I THINK MY NAME IS ON THE PAPERWORK FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS PLACE, I THINK I'M THE ONE WHO BUSTS MY ASS 6 DAYS A FUCKING WEEK UNTIL 3 IN THE MORNING TO PUT FOOD IN YOUR UNGRATEFUL STOMACH, I THINK I'M THE ONE WHO TRAINED MY WHOLE LIFE WITH MOM AND DAD TO FIGHT, AND I THINK I AM THE ONLY REASON YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE STREETS BEING A PROSTITUTE BECAUSE THE ONLY THING YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME IS SUCK YOUR BOYFRIEND'S DICK!!! YOU ARE 21 GOD DAMN YEARS OLD AND HAVE NO JOB AND NO DRIVERS LICENSE! I'M 17 AND I HAVE HAD A DRIVERS LICENSE SINCE I WAS LEGALLY OLD ENOUGH NOT TO MENTION I PAY FOR EVERY LITTLE THING THAT YOU HAVE! IT'S HIGH FUCKING TIME YOU GROW UP! I'VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF YOUR SHIT SO IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ASS IN LINE IN THREE WEEKS I AM KICKING YOUR ASS OUT! SEE HOW YOU LIKE THE REAL FUCKING WORLD!!!" Seph screamed in return. Damn. Sounds like she deserved every word of that. The girl looked taken aback. " Did you even think about how a party like this would effect mom and dad?!" Seph said still livid but with vulnerability now in her voice. A look of sadness and regret passed over Aphrodite. What do her parents have to do with this? "Get everyone out and clean this mess up." Seph said coldly with all vulnerability in her voice gone as she motioned us in. She walked to what appears to be the master bedroom. We walked in after her. On the bed sat two middle aged people who appeared to have some kind of serious mental illness. They drooled and made exited noises apon seeing Seph enter the room. The sound tugged at the heartstrings. Seph's expression of pain was heartwrenching and made you wonder how much she was hiding. She smiled sadly at them and introduced us to her parents. Oh my god these are her parents! "Jury was introduced first and Mr and Mrs Willows didn't really react to her. The same happened with me and Seph got some paper towels and cleaned up the drool.