You taught me how to love | Nicholas Scratch

1. I miss you

   My dearest Nick,
It's only been two days yet I am missing you terribly. I feel lost without you. I put on a strong front to my mortal friends but inside, my heart is in pieces. I am determined to get you back. I will not let Him take you from me. He has already done so much to me. I WILL find you.
   Yours lovingly, Sabrina.
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I have taken to writing letters to Nick. I got up early this morning to write one. I had such a restless night. I kept seeing Nick in my dreams, writhing in pain in Hell. I can't believe he's gone. I'm going to do whatever it takes to get my boyfriend back.
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"Sabrina" I hear my Aunt Hilda call up the stairs.

"Yes, Auntie?" I respond and walk down stairs.

"I just wanted to check in on you - see how you're doing."

"I'm doing just great. Well apart from the fact that my boyfriend is in the depths of Hell."

"Oh, my little lamb. Try not to worry too much about him. I'm sure that there's something that can be done."

"Like what, Hilda?" Aunt Zelda interrupts.

"Well, I was thinking that the Dark Lord could be transferred to someone else's body, someone who deserves it. Not poor Nicholas." Aunt Hilda said.

"Preposterous, Hilda. As he said, he is the best binder and conjuror since Edward Spellman. Our brother. And you, Sabrina, don't go getting any ideas."
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I decided to go back to my room and get changed. I chose a red dress. Nick always said that I looked good in red. I paired the dress with some black slip on shoes and headed out of the house. I'm not surprised that Aunt Zelda doesn't want me to find Nick. She has never seemed overly fond of him. I figured that I'd go to Dr Cerberus's and see if I could meet Theo, Roz and Harvey. I gave Roz a call and she said that they'd meet me there in 10.
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I sat down in our favourite booth and waited. It was here a couple of days ago where we agreed to go and get Nick. I saw them approaching the door. They walked in, Theo sitting next to me and Roz and Harvey sitting opposite us. I'm not bothered that Roz and Harvey are together now - I'm happier than I've ever been with Nick - but it does make me wonder what my life would have been like if things were different.
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"So, 'Brina, what's the plan?" Harvey asks. To be quite honest, I'm quite surprised that he's bothered. He and Nick haven't always been the best of friends.

"Well, I'm not 100% sure yet but I think that we should go down into the mines and see what we find. One things for sure though, at some point I'm going to need to reopen the gates of hell." I answer.

"Well, we managed to keep them shut last time they were opened" Theo interjects.

"But this time, some of us are going to have to go down there and find him. I also think that we're going to need someone else for the Dark Lord to be imprisoned in. I happen to know that Ambrose and Prudence are after Father Blackwood's head, but maybe I could convince them to let us use him."

"But Sabrina, wouldn't that be giving the Dark Lord what he wants? Surely Blackwood would give up his body for him and let him take control." Roz asks worriedly.

"Yes and No, Roz. I believe that Lilith will have some kind of way to keep them trapped."

"Okay, but the main thing is, when are we going to do this?" Harvey inquires.

"Well, if you guys are free, I was thinking tonight."

"I'm in." Harvey says.

"Me too." Roz adds.

"Me three." Theo finishes.

"Right then. It's set. I'll have to get in contact with Ambrose though and see if he has Father Blackwood."
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