Phatasmagoria

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Cries ripped from her throat, filling the Spellman home. Beams of purple light shone through the windows, Illuminating Hilda's dirt covered corpse. 

She kicked her heels off of her feet, immediately tucking her legs back under her. 

This was it. No more Hilda. Her sister was gone, As the Dark Lord had said. What would she tell her niece and nephew? That her jealousy took over her, causing her to murder her sister? 

Her cries grew louder, tears leaving mascara streaks down her cheeks. Her hands gripped at her auburn locks, pulling the thin hairs. Nails dug into her scalp. She thought of how it would have felt to have the shovel dug into the flesh, cracking the skull. This only made her cry harder. 

Pulling her hands from her hair, she placed them in her lap, cries falling from her tongue. 

"My sister! My only sister! How could I be so cruel to her!" Her voice cracked as she finished her sentence. Her hands shook as they lay in her lap. This was a living nightmare. 

~

Lilith walked through the hall. She would have given up by now at finding the girl if the pathetic creature didn't mean so much to the Dark Lord. Lilith saw the purple light and crossed her fingers that this was Sabrina's dream she was about to enter. 

The cries were piercing. They didn't sound at all like Sabrina. Lilith was tempted to turn back, away from whatever mess was awaiting in the kitchen. But she felt a pain in her chest. The cries were filled with pain and Lilith, for some reason she didn’t know, wanted to help heal whatever pain it was. So she pushed the door open, not surprised to see the eldest Spellman. The woman was shaking and she looked a mess. 

"Oh Hilda!" She cried. Lilith then noted the body of the bubbly English woman. 

"Zelda?" Lilith inched closer, a hand out reached. The redhead slowly looked back at her. Lilith swore her heart broke at the sight of the woman. 
"Zelda. it's okay, Zelda. This isn't real. You're dreaming." 

"My sister!" Lilith gently placed her hand against the woman's back, rubbing a small circle. 

"Zelda… listen to me. It's not real. Hilda is still alive. This is a nightmare. From the sleep demon, Batibat." Zelda's teary eyes bore into hers, her brows furrowed together. 

"A nightmare?" 

"Yes, a nightmare. A phantasmagoria! It's not real, dear."

"But… Hilda…" 

"Zelda... Hilda is fine… sleeping next to you, having a dreadful nightmare as you are. It'll all be over… I just need to find Sabrina-" 

Zelda's hand wrapped around hers. The woman squeezed hard, trying to pull her closer. 
"Don't leave!"

"I have to… but… I'll be back." Zelda loosened her grip, still shaking. Lilith wasn't sure if the woman fully believed this was a nightmare but she couldn't stay to convince her any longer. 

~

Once Lilith had found Sabrina and woken her up, She re-crossed her legs, hoping this would still work. Lilith hadn't the faintest idea why she was going back to sleep for the eldest Spellman but seeing the woman in that state, broke what was left her heart. 

Zelda cried out, begging the Dark Lord to give Hilda back to her. She hadn't even realized the soft hand on her shoulder. 

"Zelda… Zelda, it's me." Zelda slowly turned her head, tears like waterfalls, flowing fast down her cheeks. Lilith wrapped one arm around Zelda's shoulder, pulling her close to her chest. "I'm here for you, Zelda. Sabrina will wake you up in no time." 

Zelda muffled out, "stay" between her cries. 

"Of course." Lilith held her, letting the woman cry into her chest. 

Zelda awoke, instantly sitting up. Her eyes fell upon her sister. 

"I just had the most vivid dream." 

"Me too." Zelda stared at her sister, relieved she was still alive. 

"Sabrina!" They said in unison before darting out of the bedroom. 

~

Zelda sat up in bed. They had put Batibat's ashes in a jam jar that now sat, locked away in a cupboard in the botanical room. 

Zelda wasn't thinking of Batibat or Sabrina or Hilda. She thought of the woman in her nightmare. The woman who gave her comfort and eased her. Zelda hardly knew the woman yet she still kept her company through her hysteria. 

"She came back for me…" Zelda flung the covers off of her. She quietly moved through the house towards the front door. She slipped on her fur coat and left the warm home out into the cold night. 

~

Lilith opened the door, thinking it was Sabrina coming back to finish off their conversation but was met with a different Spellman. 

"Zelda." 

The redheaded woman wrapped her arms around her next and kissed her. Lilith leaned into the kiss and was disappointed when it was broken. 

"No one has ever come back for me before." Zelda whispered against her lips. Lilith smiled, wrapping an arm around Zelda's waist. 

"How about you come inside… I'll start a pot of tea?" Zelda nodded, staring deep into the blue eyes looking up at her. 

"I'd like that." They both chuckled, knowing exactly where this was leading. 

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