The Coven [Cadie/Fillie]

»Out Of My Mind«

Winona paces the floor in her tiny bedroom late at night while trying to make up her mind about leaving the coven. She was weighing the pros and cons, trying to figure out if she should stay or if she should go. Here's what she's been thinking:

'Pro:I get to travel like I've always wanted to.
Con:I'm leaving my family behind.
Pro:I'm no longer tied down.
Con:I could get very lonely very quickly.
Pro:no more coven.
Con:no more coven.'

It was a tough choice, but she threw her bedroom door open and ran down the stairs to the parlor. Through the darkness, she found the landline sitting on a table by the record player and held the receiver to her ear before remembering that she didn't know Lisanne's phone number. She put her palm to her forehead before softly placing the receiver down to let out a sigh and rub her tired eyes. Suddenly she got this weird feeling in her brain, almost like her thoughts were stopped and being taken over by someone else's.

Winona stiffened before rolling her head and looking down at the phone with wide eyes like she was some how possessed. Once again, she picked up the line and dialed a sequence of numbers that were somehow planted in her memory. When she heard the ringing on the other line, it was like she had lost something in her mind and gained control again. She couldn't remember what just happened, but she ignored it when someone on the other end of the phone picked up. "Good evening, Winona. I suppose you're calling me to give me your final answer?" Lisanne.

"Y-yes." "Well before you do, why don't I make you an offer that you can't refuse?" The small woman didn't like the sound of Lisanne's voice when she said that. It sounded so ominous and menacing, but she accepted anyway. "I-...yeah, sure." She said so positively, hoping that it was positive. Lisanne's end went silent before Noni dropped the receiver to the floor and grabbed at her hair. She screams so loud as she drops to the floor, clawing at her head with her brittle nails. "Get out of my head!" She shrills. That's when everyone had been woken up. Lilia was the first to burst out of her bedroom and rush down the stairs to find the screaming woman.

"Mom? Noni, where-" "Get out of my head!" Her voice became higher and the blonde whipped around to see Winona rolling around on the floor in the living room with her hands gripping her hair. Everyone had come downstairs and rushed to Noni to ask what's wrong, but all she could say was "Get out of my head!" The four teens were so confused and terrified, they didn't know what to do in this situation. Then Winona stopped screaming and her body went limp, her eyes shut. "Mom?" Lilia shook her arm to wake her up. Nothing.

Finn kneels beside her to feel her forehead with the back of his hand. "Miss Ryder?" He spoke with fear. That's when the woman on the ground was suddenly awaken. Her eyes shot open and were as wide as quarters as she gasped for air. Lilia had jumped back a bit and put her hand over her heart. "Noni, are you okay?" Millie asked. Winona had started breathing quickly as she slowly sat up before immediately staring at the phone. She grabbed the receiver that was on the floor before reaching upward to put it back where it belonged. Everyone was so confused.

"Noni, can you hear us?" "Can you see us?" "What happened?" Winona looked around at all of the faces staring down at her. Something inside of her was making her angry at the site of them. "Get away from me, you hooligans!" She snapped at everyone. Millie had jumped back, holding onto Sadie's arm. Lilia grabbed the woman's hand, but Noni quickly retracts with a cold look that the blonde could see through the darkness. "I said get away! You're all just a bunch of dirty children. You disgust me!" "Noni, what has gotten into you?"

She stood up in her pale nightgown and threw her dark hair over her head and out of her face with a groan. The four teens didn't know what to say or do. Silence fills the air before Noni let out a scoff to all of them. "You're all so naive." And then she went upstairs and to her bedroom, slamming the door. Lilia finally stood up as she tried to process what just happened. Finn was curious as to what had happened and even picked up the phone to find out who she was calling at this hour. The call had ended though and they all look at each other with the same expression and question in their minds. What has happened to Winona?