Black Magic Women

35

"Where is the real Ms. Wardwell?" Sabrina asked with a shaking voice after she had been filled in with what happened after she had run away. Sabrina had managed to contain her anger and disappointment during her aunt Zelda's speech, but now she was bursting.

"She's dead... I killed her and buried her body in the woods," the brunette said and even Zelda had to swallow hard.

"You killed her?" Sabrina asked and tears were threatening to spill. She had cared for her teacher. She wouldn't have wanted what had happened to her.

"Yes, I did," she repeated and couldn't look at anybody in the room. She was feeling so small. Not even Zelda jumped to her aid. This was her fight. She had to stand up for her actions and take the reaction of the Spellmans with pride.

That's what she had always been. Proud of her kills and proud of her violent acts. Now she felt just ashamed for what she had done and who she had hurt.

"Why?" Sabrina whispered and Mary knew it was just the calm before the storm. Sabrina didn't even know half of the story.

"I... I was sent to make sure you sign the book. I had to take a form you were familiar with," she said and her voice was cracking, betraying her.

"So you just went and killed an innocent person?" Sabrina hissed and shook her head in denial. She couldn't believe it. Her teacher was dead and the woman who had helped her was the reason of her death.

"I had no choice. Well, I did but that's who I was. I killed without thinking, but I've changed. I haven't killed anybody in three weeks," she said more to convince herself than anybody else that she was not the monster she used to be.

"Three weeks?!" Sabrina yelled and balled her hands into fists. The lamp above them started shaking and Zelda watched it in caution.

"Careful Sabrina," Zelda warned her but the young witch didn't listen. She was driven by her long for justice.

"How many people have you killed since your arrival?" Sabrina asked, her voice dripping of anger.

"I lost count," Mary admitted and a small tear rolled down her cheek. She didn't want to be there. She just wanted to hide behind a stone and die before Sabrina could rip her apart with the use of harmless words that inflicted more pain than any weapon.

She had been so sure of herself only weeks ago, sure she'd succeed. Now, there was nothing left of her self-confidence. Her cards were laid out in the open and it made her vulnerable. The loss of her abilities and the changes within her own behavior had a huge impact on the woman.

It was scary enough without three people hating her guts. She didn't feel like herself. She had never been anything resembling the mess she was at that exact moment. It scared her how utterly helpless she was.

"You lost count?" Sabrina asked, getting angrier by the second. The young witch was oblivious to the obvious discomfort of the other woman and the shaking of her hands went unnoticed by her justice seeking eyes.

"That's not how it works. You can't just go around killing people for the jokes of it," Sabrina hissed and Mary shuddered at her last sentence. She stilled in her actions and looked up, staring at Sabrina with an intensity that made the young witch question her own confidence and fear crept up on Sabrina.

"I did not do it because I wanted to!" Mary hissed and if she still had her powers, things would be flying Sabrina's way.

"I had no choice," she yelled and everybody in the room, including Zelda stopped breathing for a second.

"Of course I did it because I enjoyed it at first, but don't you dare think that I had a choice in this," she said and stood up, pacing. It was like a damm keeping her emtions in check had been damaged and she was finally losing her control.

"All my life I have been used by men. I am sick of it. I won't be judged by you after I have been damned to be what I am- was. I had no choice! And your ignorance won't be the judge of me," She muttered and Sabrina had to bite back her anger.

"This is no excuse for doing this to my family. I want you to stay away from me... from us. GO!" Sabrina yelled and Zelda wanted to step in but Hilda held her back. She looked at her sister, who had her under a spell that made it impossible for her to talk, in confusion and anger.

Hilda just shook her head and Zelda fought the spell with all her power but found herself trapped.

"I will. It's not like I saved your life and you should thank me for it," Mary hissed and brushed her hair out of her face.

"I will never thank you for killing people. If you had just stayed away none of this would have happened," Sabrina said and Mary just started laughing. Everybody looked at her in confusion and Zelda thought she had finally lost it.

"And that, my dear Sabrina, is where your mistake happens. You should be glad it was me..." she said and her voice changed from sweet to dangerous within seconds. She stared at the teenager one last time before she stormed out of the house in anger and shock.

With the slam of the door, Hilda released Zelda from her spell and prepared herself for the shit storm that was about to break loose.

"I am disappointed in you," Zelda said and looked at her niece with tears in her eyes.

"Why? She had killed people, Zelda. She has brought misery over all of us. How can you forgive that? You out of all people?" Sabrina asked, not understanding the problem of her aunt.

"Because I took the time to look underneath the layer of coldness and discovered the true face of what you believe to be a monster," Zelda said and stook up, needing to be alone for a while.

"Great... just great," Ambrose said and threw his hands up in the air.

"Ambrose..." Hilda warned.

"So I am bound to this stupid house for a harmless mistake that was made decades ago but she gets to kill, bring our family in danger and just because she screw-" Ambrose started but Zelda didn't have any of it.

With a flick of her wrist Ambrose was silenced. 

"Don't you dare continue that sentence or it will be your last," Zelda said with such certainty and coldness that it even scared Hilda, who had grown accustomed to such actions.

With that Zelda left the house and a stunned family behind.

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Finally a new chapter! Yay!!! I have been gone for a while but I'm back now... maybe with less updates then before but better than nothing. <3