Black Magic Women

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Zelda held her until Mary had cried out all the pain and misery that she had kept to herself. Zelda had known right from the start that there was more to Mary's sudden strength than the brunette wanted to let. Their newly found bond made it impossible to hide any secrets, including this one. No matter how hard Mary had tried to hide it, Zelda would have always seen right through her terribly weak act.

Zelda's hand had long grown stiff in Mary's hair when the brunette finally moved again, coughing slightly due to how dry her throat had become through all the sobbing she had done. With a snap of her fingers, a glass appeared in Zelda's hand and Mary latched onto it thankfully, the cooling liquid soothing her screaming throat.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Zelda tried after the better part of the last two hours had been spent in silence. Neither of them had talked and neither of them had felt like talking.

Zelda knew that she shouldn't expect Mary to open up to her all of a sudden, when she had spent century after century pushing away whatever had been bothering her but she couldn't just stay silent any longer. It was suffocating her to see Mary drown in the sea of hurt and pain that had swept her away the moment Adam appeared in the living room of what was supposed to be their sanctuary, their shelter from the storm called her family.

They were supposed to be happy.

"I think I do," Mary said, her voice not even a whisper anymore but rather a row of choked out words that didn't even make a sound but Zelda heard them nevertheless. She didn't have to hear them audibly to know what Mary intended to say.

It surprised her. The warmth spreading from Mary was comforting her, pulling her in, and her instincts told her to wrap her arms tightly around the brunette, cradling her like the most precious thing they had ever held and that's what she did.

She pulled Mary in even closer, feeling the warmth spread through her own body. Her mind brushed soothingly against Mary's, telling her to go on with whatever her throat held captive.

"It hurts," she whispered and Zelda kissed the top of her head, trying to project her calmness onto Mary. She couldn't stand seeing her cry any longer. It would have broken the ginger, maybe even more than it would have broken the brunette.

For Mary every heartbreaking sob felt like a relief as it liberated her of the burdens she had carried alone for so long, while for Zelda it felt like hell fire, tearing apart her very soul.

All the hurt had been openly projected then and she had to experience first-hand what Mary had gone through most of her life... on her own. Every emotion wrecked Zelda's systems and at times she was close to losing grip on reality, when all she could feel was this incredibly suppressing pain. Pain had become her very being as she was swept away by Mary's wails into a land full of disappointment and hurt.

"I know it does," Zelda said and Mary felt comforted by the beating of her heart in unison with its companion. She nuzzled further into the ginger and for the first time since the beginning of time she felt like talking about what's going on inside of her head.

"He hurt me," Mary said and Zelda didn't have to ask who had hurt her. Mary's mind howled Satan's name but the one that stood out even more was the one and only man who is the cause of her downfall. The reason she no longer relishes the advantages of heaven. Adam.

"Sometimes I think I won't ever get over what he did to me," Mary whispered, close to tears. The warmth that had settled around them, wrapped them in a cocoon of safety, slowly faded away and Zelda willed it to come back, both of them needing the safety it had provided so desperately.

Suddenly the music player at the back of the room started playing a random tune, or at least that's what Zelda thought, and both of them looked into the direction of the electronic device that seemed to have developed a life of its own.

"Did you?" Mary asked and Zelda just shook her head. She didn't.

"Maybe it's just the electricity acting up again. This house is old. Things like that happen around here from time to time," Zelda said, trying to find a logical explanation for it. And she didn't even have to lie. Things like that did happen from time to time.

"But it's one of my favorite songs. That surely can't be coincidental," Mary whispered, her voice breaking at the familiarity of the song that had suited her through so many nights filled with tears and pain. No it couldn't be coincidental.

"I swear I didn't do anything," Zelda said and even though she knew she hadn't enchanted the player to start playing Mary's favorite song, heaven she hadn't even known about that until a few seconds ago, she couldn't deny the fact that she felt magic slipping from her body, floating through the air around them.

She could smell it too. The all too familiar smell of her magic doing wonders most people could only dream of. Mary inhaled the scent and for a short moment she paused, thinking about whether Zelda was lying to her or not.

She explored the depths of Zelda's mind for any sign that she was indeed lying, not asking for entrance, but she just found utter confusion and a tiny bit of guilt. She didn't press any further, not wanting to intrude Zelda's private thoughts and just stared at the ginger in matching confusion.

"Maybe it was you..." Zelda said and finally looked up at her again. Both of them stayed silent, trying to figure out if they liked the taste of those words in their mouth. Mary decided that she didn't.

"It couldn't have been me," Mary whispered, not wanting to believe the words of the ginger. She wouldn't get her hopes up high when she already knew that it was impossible. She had lost her powers fair and square... Well fair is debatable.

"What if-" but Zelda didn't get to finish her thought. Mary has silenced her with the wave of a hand. She didn't want to keep listening to something that would make her feel bad in the end. She wouldn't be able to take any more disappointment, not from Zelda.

"But I-" All of a sudden Zelda found her mouth refusing to open and Mary's eyes grew wide at the sight of Zelda's mouth sewn shut. Zelda's hands shot up to her mouth, panic radiating off her. It was consuming Mary, making her feel itchy and on edge.

Mary covered her mouth in shock. It couldn't be, could it?

"Did you do that?" Mary asked and Zelda gave her one of her famous death stares before Mary's once so calming aura seemed to lessen her panic. Zelda pointed at her before she could feel her mind reach out again. She had retracted into herself in all her panic, making the brunette's head spin at the sudden loss.

Mary allowed the contact and smiled at the feeling of having Zelda this close again. She enjoyed the sensation of her flooding her head.

Try to get it off me. Just think about it... really think about it.

"That's pointless. I don't have my powers anymore..." Mary said and wanted to quit their mental connection before Zelda had the chance to put anymore nonsense into her head but the ginger was faster.

But you have mine.

Mary looked up at her, eyes sparkling like the shine of a thousand spotlights. "Okay, I'll try."

She closed her eyes and felt Zelda reach for her hands. She didn't want to believe it was true, she had been disappointed so many times before. Why should now be any different? But a small part of her wanted it to be true- needed it to be true- and so she concentrated on her task at hands.

She didn't even whisper anything just. She just really concentrated on what she wanted and felt the familiar electricity prickle against her skin, flowing through both of them. Their hands heated up at the flow of energy and Mary smiled at the tickling sensation.

She felt Zelda's heart speed up and the smell of magic surrounded them, settling down like a cloud of perfume.

"It worked," Zelda said and Mary's eyes shot open again, her blue orbs absorbing what she had done.

"But how is that possible?" She couldn't believe it. She was supposed to be powerless and yet there she was, using magic on Zelda.

"We're one now? Remember? We not only joined body and minds... you can channel my powers as well," Zelda said and saw Mary's face light up. The ginger knew how much the brunette had missed her powers and just had to join in on the display of positive emotions.

"I love you!" Mary beamed and fell into her arms, pressing a tender kiss against her soft lips.