"They are not evil, no matter what others gossip, but we never see them as evil. I know it sounds weird coming from the mouth of a witchunter, but witches are not evil. They are the pinnacle of extreme freedom, freedom taken to such a degree that it becomes a tyranny."25Please respect copyright.PENANAeVZvFOJRZ6
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"What do I mean by that? Simply put it's that they do what they want, some of them stop when they take things too far, they don't cross a line that's never supposed to be crossed, but there are always those that do. And that's how we find them. A witch could remain hidden from the witchunters for eternity, but in every coven there are always a bunch who don't stop, who take things to such horrifying conclusions that it ends in pain and suffering."25Please respect copyright.PENANAJiHiC5bpYn
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"That's how we find them, when the screams on the wind are so great that you can hear them over the horizon, when the stench of the dead can be smelled from the other side of a mountain. They call us witchunters, but we don't truly hunt them, more like we just follow the screams. And all witches sooner or later become the very monsters that they claim us witchunters to be."25Please respect copyright.PENANA3VQYhptrvr
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"At least that's what I thought, before news spread of what happened in the Forests of Calliope. After that night....By the Seven Virtues that grants sainthood, just thinking about it is why I am in this confessions booth."25Please respect copyright.PENANAn2aW38nl7P
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- Confession logs of Grand Master Gregory VII of the Order of the Knight Templar.25Please respect copyright.PENANAV9s6B6kbT5
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Ch 4- And the same prune trees in blossom25Please respect copyright.PENANA9FB1Br3sG3
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Everything was going according to Hexen's plan.25Please respect copyright.PENANARmGbFqc8Sy
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And why shouldn't it?25Please respect copyright.PENANAMglGImxFoB
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She was a Morgenanbeter, a family that always came through in the end. They stood for justice, freedom, to help others in need and shine brighter than others.25Please respect copyright.PENANAfXtqFMkXxP
Like her father before her Hexen now proudly lead a new movement within witch kind and today would be its official first act of helping a mortal in need.25Please respect copyright.PENANARk8ohpY8PJ
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So she was doing a good deed this night.25Please respect copyright.PENANAwtwF9upkHx
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Those where the thoughts in Hexen's head as she held the knife at Circe's throat as the poor witches was a bound and gagged and ready to be killed as a sacrifice for tonight's dark spell.25Please respect copyright.PENANAo0kmu3GPQ0
The other witches and warlocks that where around the sacrificial sight all chanted as one the incantation for the spell.25Please respect copyright.PENANAYlhlFFEny9
Mordred, ever helpful Mordred who banished any doubt of the path she was on, was next to her and sent her flirty winks as she prepared to finish the spell and offer the sacrifice for its completion.25Please respect copyright.PENANA0NHMYTVbwg
"With this offering may-" AGH AGH AGHA"25Please respect copyright.PENANAkTyDAavJde
The coughing fits of the witch that manned the first defensive measure for tonight's spell work stopped.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsPIZEpp38N
They had set up several rings of defenses around the sacrificial grounds so as to keep their doings a secret and now it was being breached.25Please respect copyright.PENANACnrc3jJMgF
"Something's at the ring of Hellfire!" Pasiphae, one of the witches present said.25Please respect copyright.PENANAhNbwSsA8CJ
"What's happening?" Hexen asked in surprise.25Please respect copyright.PENANAtd7Sy9IHjz
"Something's at the Hellfire wall.....and now it got passed it!" the coughing witch s said before she felt the ring collapse.25Please respect copyright.PENANAeobgjGA4VZ
"I'll stop it with my b-....with my....oh my gut!" The warlock that controlled the beasts of the woods said as he fell to the ground and cradle his stomach.25Please respect copyright.PENANA2m9laON4S5
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"Aggh!" the third one, a warlock who manned the fell bats gripped his eyes and mouth in pain25Please respect copyright.PENANAaC7IImNNSm
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"Something is tearing through our defenses like their tissue. We'll, this was you're idea fearless leader, do something!" Calypso, another witch from their group said to Hexen with vitriol in her voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsfy9aPpx1p
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"Talk like that to her again and I'll banish you to The City of Nightmares!" Mordred threatened.25Please respect copyright.PENANA4lnDwMJ3a1
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"I'll talk to her how I please, especially since she's lead us to this disaster!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAfXh5nCSfTZ
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"You were always a bitch Caly."25Please respect copyright.PENANAmG0EiOxqfS
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"But I was good enough when you needed a shag, right Mordy-boy?"25Please respect copyright.PENANATd1QbJ9xRQ
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"Stop it! You two arguing like this is getting us nowhere-"AAAA." Hexen's attempt to stop the argument and focus on whatever it was attacking them died out when they heard the scream that send their blood to run cold25Please respect copyright.PENANAiMHsg3kq60
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"AAAA!" The warlock manning the Golem screamed and cradled his head in pain.25Please respect copyright.PENANAfopgIjZE4t
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"Impossible! I made that Golem myself. That thing is strong enough to fight a firedrake, even demons would have a hard time with it."25Please respect copyright.PENANA1MnGyPTWnh
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Mordred said in disbelief as they saw the Golem's pilot's face become bruised because of the psychic link he had with a their mighty rock monster that was being beaten to a bloody pulp by an unknown force.25Please respect copyright.PENANAiIaWZbk3MF
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"What is-BAAAANNNNNGGGG!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAniE1m2RXEM
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Before they could even process what was going on the illusion barrier, their last line of defense was broken and it collapsed as Calypso's words where interrupted and there before them it stood.25Please respect copyright.PENANABAblnw34xT
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The very same creature that they were told scary stories as children to make them behave, the one that the warlocks would brag about cutting their heads of, the creature that other witches said how they would harvest it's organs while it was still alive and pickled it for their spell rack.25Please respect copyright.PENANAzj98PhIbpB
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The beast that those who lived in the dark feared.25Please respect copyright.PENANAEuoIbsqk8c
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It was more powerful and horrible than any could imagine as it stood before them, not a scratch on his person as the Beast of the Light, of the False Gods, stood before them.25Please respect copyright.PENANAQZU5FcSLmL
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The most terrifying creature ever created by the False God.25Please respect copyright.PENANAn1TTLHXTwl
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The beast with the face of man.25Please respect copyright.PENANATGMMMDkZS1
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Every warlock and witch was now tired, confused, half beaten, hungry and thirsty and frozen in place in fear of this unstoppable force.25Please respect copyright.PENANADYCSS5UYBQ
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"Ross, there's something I have to tell you. I'm a witch. Well, half-witch."25Please respect copyright.PENANA1Uq7vfU2zu
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it was only Hexen's words that managed to snap them out of their helpless condition.25Please respect copyright.PENANADHiGRki4pf
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All except Hexen, mighty Hexen, brave Hexen, unstoppable Hexen as her fear was replaced with surprise and then a look of 'hands caught in the cookie jar' as she recognized who it was that found them and smashed their defenses.25Please respect copyright.PENANArB73IINAih
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Ross was frozen in place, he was now tired, confused, half beaten, hungry and thirsty and frozen in place in fear of this immovable force of darkness before him, it was only Hexen's words that managed to snap him out of his helpless condition25Please respect copyright.PENANAsurTWgM3Y0
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"I always though you'd be an elf." Was the first thing that Ross said and the fear on the witches and warlocks present was replaced with surprise and confusion.25Please respect copyright.PENANA11EcnT7x5Z
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"An elf? Why" Hexen said in surprised amusement as she raised an eyebrow at that.25Please respect copyright.PENANAhhhbKPVhMA
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"Well you used the word 'mortals' and you did name our school club W.I.C.A. So it's not like the clues weren't there. That and the stories say that the elves are the most beautiful of all and....and I always thought that you're...you're pretty enough to be one."25Please respect copyright.PENANAvRZB7NdDj3
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Ross said, blushing from embarrassment of his words and the fact that he said that to a girl who had a boyfriend.25Please respect copyright.PENANAPSgzEPzvZz
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And judging from the scowl of the boy next to her Ross was certain that he finally met the infamous Mordred. Not the best first impression.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJtBI89EDcG
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"Hexen, all jokes aside put the knife down and let her go." Ross said as he gestured towards the bound woman at Hexen's feet.25Please respect copyright.PENANA9qgOPPVeTP
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"Ross, you don't understand what's going on. Just walk away." Hexen said to him, her grip on Circes tightening.25Please respect copyright.PENANAI5aWKtuH9J
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"Then explain it to me. Tell me what's going on." Ross said pleadingly as he shot reassuring looks with his eyes to the bound witch, one that said that everything would be fine. Strangely that seemed to make the tied witch panic even more at his gaze.25Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ81KzQa5d
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"I....This is a ceremony that is meant to cure you of your sickness Ross. An offering for a spell, you'll be healed, whole, healthy and happy." Hexen said with a gentle smile and warm gaze towards Ross.25Please respect copyright.PENANAaelh5SJRk1
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Ross's face immediately took on the shape of disbelief and horror.25Please respect copyright.PENANANK4R72QIs3
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"I...I....no! I couldn't have asked you to do this! I'd never.....I'd remember! I know my brain is damaged goods but I would remember......THIS!" Ross said and dropped the bell and rope that he had used to slay the Golem as he gripped his hair and pulled as his eyes widened in disbelief.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJBjJTO0t0z
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If he was responsible for this then how many other horrors did he orchestrate only to forget, only to still believe that he was a good man and not a monster?25Please respect copyright.PENANAe58bKHpa6g
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"You didn't do squad mortal, this plan belongs to Hexen and Hexen alone!" Mordred said in hostility with a jealous scowl on his face.25Please respect copyright.PENANANNl61kMgma
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"Is what he said true?" Ross asked in confusion.25Please respect copyright.PENANAwLMKZ2zEHL
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"Y...yes, this was my idea. It's not as bad as it looks. Ross, I'm your friend, this is to help you. Everything is gonna be allright, have faith in me, your best friend since childhood." Hexen replied with a smile as she put on her charm.25Please respect copyright.PENANAx1yKL3AAQ4
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"You think I want this? That I want someone else to suffer and die so I can be cured? A cure like this is a poison, is that what you think of me Hexen?" Ross said in outrage, surprising the other witches. They were not expecting him to show such concern for Circe, considering current circumstances.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsicpbakqwt
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"No! I...I just wanted to help!" Hexen said in surprise and half-panic, this was not how she envisioned things going tonight.25Please respect copyright.PENANADsmZIgFCV2
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"But you didn't ask. Cause if you would have then you would have been refused. You think I would want someone's death on my conscious? Do you have any idea just how bad your actions are?!" Ross said as he started pacing up and down and across the forest floor.25Please respect copyright.PENANAeyg3l45k5k
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Hexen had always been kind and brave, but now as the memories struck him he recalled small flashes of her dark nature, flashes that he put down to the necessity of keeping her kind's secret from the rest of the world.25Please respect copyright.PENANAGW3QIdX7tx
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But it looked like Ross was like every other man, bias and only half right. He refused to see the darkness in Hexen, even now as he saw her ready to gut someone like a pig he refused to believe that his lifelong friend had dark tendencies.25Please respect copyright.PENANATqKATG4EKx
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"Who are you?......words fail me.....I.....I don't even know what to think anymore." Ross said as he still kept his head cradled in the palm of his hands as he turned away from her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAyrDBpx8ENz
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"No! Ross, wait!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAmgLchrqkFi
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At that a great sadness gripped Hexen, she released Circe, walked in a quick pace towards him and turned him around.25Please respect copyright.PENANAtUTLPvY7H6
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"Listen! Obey the words that my lips command. Bend the will which I bend the land, bless your soul, bless your heart, let these painful memories depart!" Hexen said and grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss.25Please respect copyright.PENANAWnS6nMnNax
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Ross's eyes went wide from shock as he felt magic on his person.25Please respect copyright.PENANAqwWAnOT0Kx
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Ross was so stunned that his body froze as his senses heightened, with widened eyes he took in the reactions of everyone else present.25Please respect copyright.PENANA6bG5mFySe7
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They were not so much scandalize but rather amused, , Mordred in particular seemed to be exasperated that she was wasting so much effort on Ross.25Please respect copyright.PENANAX3zyQVnSib
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It appeared that the witch world had a different set of morals than mortals, a very different one.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmIgoRqfUwb
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When the kiss broke Ross looked at her in confusion. Hexen smiled as she was certain that now her plans would come to fruition.25Please respect copyright.PENANA9u6MFPMShS
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"You can't scramble a brain that's already damaged Hexen. Can't believe you just tried to do this to me, this is the second spell that affects me that you tried to pull off without my consent or heads up." Ross said as bitterness entered his voice as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.25Please respect copyright.PENANAi8af2vsYdB
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Hexen looked at him in disbelief as she took a few steps back from shock. The rest of the coven where a mixture of surprise, terror and a bit of admiration for what jus happened.25Please respect copyright.PENANA6eNJor48zj
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"What, Ross, I."25Please respect copyright.PENANAkdtWgfNW0u
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"How would you feel if I snuck things in your food or drink like Xanax or who knows what else that affected your mind? How would you feel if I thought pumping you full or Haloperidol or any other drug that changes how you act without your consent?" Ross said in anger, his voice reaching shouting levels till a vibration from his phone reminded him that it was time to take a dose of his nighttime medication.25Please respect copyright.PENANAKA8PthAb6C
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Ross took out his pill box and popped one it, this was enough to partially calm him down and dispel the tension that had been building up as the witches and warlocks watched the melodrama unfold.25Please respect copyright.PENANAbf5vGrJTdb
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Even bound and gagged Circe seemed to have calmed down, now seemed invested in what was going on.25Please respect copyright.PENANABXk9drAZS6
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"I'm sorry. I, I had the best of intentions."25Please respect copyright.PENANANrMlEaggLb
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"I know. And I don't doubt that. You have a good heart Hexen, that I never doubted." Ross said and he was honest about that. This was all with good intent, but it was also a reason why they said 'the road to Hell is paved with good intentions'.25Please respect copyright.PENANA3FWkvte27P
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"Do you hate me?" She asked with fear for his answer in her voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHMOiIxqBGL
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"No...I...I could never hate you Hexen." Ross said with gentle kindness in his voice, despite what happened, despite Hexen giving twice reason enough to hate her, Ross did not do so.25Please respect copyright.PENANAPMcMytJmsU
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He let go of any hate, any anger, any dark thoughts and chose compassion and forgiveness.25Please respect copyright.PENANASzV0nqFRgi
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With a accepting smile on his face Ross looks at the panic girl that was still bound and gagged. Hexen smiled at that as the coven where amused by Mordred's saddened look as events unfolded before his eyes between his girlfriend and another man.25Please respect copyright.PENANAAZqJCHK3pr
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"Now then, why don't we let the girl you were about to murder in cold blood go. I'm sure that she's to scarred of you to call the police." Ross said, returning to the tied up elephant in the room, or rather the forest clearing.25Please respect copyright.PENANATfQtenKrYT
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"She wouldn't have stayed dead! I would have resurrected her and then you'd be cured and she'd be punished!" Hexen said with a proud of herself smile and tilt of the head.25Please respect copyright.PENANAkyfHs0edYd
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At that Ross's eyes became wide in horror as the implications of what Hexen just25Please respect copyright.PENANAmE6BIrDO2V
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"Hexen....are you saying that you want to play with a powerful spell and then cheat? That you just tried to do a sacrificial offering spell and then.....take the offer back.....Hex....I don't know much about magic, but you were making a deal.....and going back on a deal always has consequences."25Please respect copyright.PENANAtvIFzMROu6
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"You're right mortal, you don't know anything about magic so keep your mouth shut."25Please respect copyright.PENANAKfCFS5ME7f
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"Mordred!" Hexen berated her angry boyfriend.25Please respect copyright.PENANA7bztciEXmc
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"You're right I don't, but I'm guessing you do. In fact I know you do, you have that look in your eye. The look of knowledge and wisdom, who knows that this is a bad idea but helps her out anyway. I don't know why you're doing this, but it breaks my heart to see someone with so much potential in their eyes throwing it all away. That is itself the second tragedy of this dark night." Ross said with an even tone and a voice laddened with almost paternal like disappointment.25Please respect copyright.PENANANn45oopnOv
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Who the heaven do you think you are you miserable little mudd-'' Am I wrong? " Ross interrupted with an even voice, a tinge of gentleness and pleading to be proven wrong echoed inside of it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAKwO7YWidPa
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"Yes, you're wrong! Everything about you is wrong!" Mordred countered with even more anger as his volume increased and his eyes flashed red.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJvRUR6DHrK
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Hexen actually took a step in front of Ross, as if Mordred was a moment away from lunging at Ross like a wild animal.25Please respect copyright.PENANACS1h20249k
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"Tell me why I'm wrong? Tell me why doing this spell on me without my consent is a good thing. Tell me why you knowing better but still doing this is a good thing. Prove it to me and I'll apologize." Ross countered calmly and Mordred glared before he silently stomped off.25Please respect copyright.PENANAIjJtxm28uT
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He had no counter to those words.25Please respect copyright.PENANAllAhWpyo6F
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"Mordred! "Hexen shouted pleadingly after him but no answer came back as Mordred left the clearing and entered the forest.25Please respect copyright.PENANAUl7H9zpvdy
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"...I'm sorry about him. He's not like that, you just caught him at a bad time." Hexen said to Ross in an apologetic manner.25Please respect copyright.PENANAfdhKqBCRI9
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"You know him better than me. That and it's late and dark and cold, none of us is thinking straight, so why don't we all just say that what happened tonight was just a series of errors perpetuated by shade and shadows that clouded our sight and sense. Nothing but an illusion of moonlight and forest midnight due to dull or reason and ration."25Please respect copyright.PENANA97R9ZrYBlZ
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"You're most eloquent for a witchunter." Calypso said with a raised eyebrow.25Please respect copyright.PENANApT8VfoTyLP
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"I'm not a witchunter. What gave you an absurd idea like that?" Ross said in shocked surprise.25Please respect copyright.PENANA11wsiMChLx
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"Then why is you house protected against magic, why do you have that bell?"25Please respect copyright.PENANAhWAM5qukfs
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"It's like a lightning rod and considering the amount of supernatural chaos in this town the question should be 'why don't I have more?' instead of 'why do I have it?'"25Please respect copyright.PENANAF3g4iHHv2B
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"I conceded your point." Calypso said with a nod of the head, it was plausible and given what she seen tonight likely.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmg6WGfuTio
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"If you want I can make you one, but it's not cheap."25Please respect copyright.PENANAYmXfbPqEEO
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"You would have a witch wield witchunter weapons?"25Please respect copyright.PENANA6JAWrmwt8H
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"Why not?"25Please respect copyright.PENANAddEwiayfow
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"Why not!?!?!"25Please respect copyright.PENANASdpYvRSaaW
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"Yes, why not?"25Please respect copyright.PENANAI7GoABs6Ii
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"I see why you hang out with this one Hexen, he's a barrel o laughs." A giggle followed and the atmosphere's tension dropped down a bit.25Please respect copyright.PENANABft5qIepQn
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"Would you mind letting that terrified girl free?"25Please respect copyright.PENANAOlbA4ZVaGu
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"She was the one who cast that spell on you Ross. That spell that shook you house was meant to make it collapse on you to kill you and your family! That's why I am tried to use her for the spell! To make up for her attack on you! On you! You who have never hurt anyone! Let alone her or her kin!" Hexen said with purest hatred in her voice as the rest of the coven all gave disapproving looks to the bound Circe.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHbJfFJwqqw
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At the very least it felt like they all agreed she crossed a line, it seemed like witches had not such a dark reputation as one would assume.25Please respect copyright.PENANAEsgxKTT5S3
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"Then punish her, but do it the proper way! A judge, a jury, a trial, lawyers"25Please respect copyright.PENANAf1s17ARyGl
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"What for? Everyone knows she's guilty!" Hexen countered25Please respect copyright.PENANA99iTl3rcr0
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"We do this because it's the right way to do things and if we don't do things like this, by the book. " Ross said firmly.25Please respect copyright.PENANAqh5s7f0nAT
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"What book mortal?" Calypso asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAYwwltrZ7ao
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"The book that says that we can be better, that we can do better, that we are better and not lower ourselves to barbarism. That book." Ross said and saw that there was a conflict in Hexen's eyes and that the other witches and warlock hung to her every word.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmTHvOYHsIw
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It was clear that this would go depending on how Hexen's opinion swayed and it was clear that berating her or arguing against her would not work, so Ross used his final ace up his sleeve.25Please respect copyright.PENANAiASiV8jqpi
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It went a bit against his moral and nature, but a life was at stake. Even one that had attempted to do dark deeds deserved a change at redemption, his pride stung that he had to do this, but too much pride was never a good thing.25Please respect copyright.PENANAtIsa080065
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So Ross took a step before Hexen and then he got down on one knee before her.25Please respect copyright.PENANATs2WZp8hwM
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Shocking both Hexen and the rest of the coven that seemed to be her age.25Please respect copyright.PENANAMVgUErq5XT
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"Please, I beg of you. Show mercy, let no blood be spilled, I forgive her. I forgive the one that tried to strike me down, could you not do this? Not for me but for yourself. Ascend to the heights that I know you are capable of. Live up to that spark of nobility that you showed me flashes of it all my life. Be the great leader you are and rise to the occasion." Ross said with pleading eyes.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjM9Tin7lnl
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"We can't let her just get away with his Ross! Blood demands blood!" Hexen said with righteous fury in her voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANAFMe7SdBsdI
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"Hexen, do you hear yourself?" Ross said with a disbelieving voice, was this really the person that he grew up with?25Please respect copyright.PENANAPO4TG0tiiM
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Hexen looked at him in disbelief as if she could not comprehend that her plan was not only not working, but seemed to be a bad idea from the start around for support, but the rest of the coven remained passive and silent.25Please respect copyright.PENANAB0RGHVL4p7
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Ross gave out a breath of exasperation before he walked pass Hexen and towards the tied up Circe who looked up and trembled at his gaze.25Please respect copyright.PENANALe2v4FDSYj
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"You have decreed me an evil to be slayed at your whim, something that I am not nor I will ever be such a thing. By your own brethren recognized that you have crossed a line, and by every rule of war or peace your life belong to me. Is that not correct? Then I shall simply declare you dead and as such you in all your dealings with me, with others be they of witch, mortal, human or otherwise you shall conduct yourself with the courtesy of a dead woman. You shall never harm an innocent directly or indirectly by word, deed, spell or any other means. You have lived by your own notions of justice and honor and the world declared you wrong, now you shall submit to my mine. And as the one with power over in you in life and death I declared that to be your fate with both life and death." Ross said and then turned and gave Hexen a poignant look as if to say with that this horrid affair is over as he then turned back and untied Circe, removed her gag and helped the now confused witch to her feet.25Please respect copyright.PENANADwdyBYSkZc
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Hexen looked at him not certain how to process this.25Please respect copyright.PENANA6feWTOBXik
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"Joseph Conrad's the Duel. I admit that you have good tastes mortal. But still, this is a bit too much. Even in the witch world there must be standards, when one goes too far a punishment must be met less we devolved in barbarism. Is that not what you just argued against?" Calypso said and the rest of the coven murmured in agreement.25Please respect copyright.PENANA1roKhkIEvV
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Hexen nodded with much enthusiasm and gave Ross a smug smile of triumph.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHdRuwURnRY
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Ross's face fell to the forest floor as his mouth was agape with disbelief.25Please respect copyright.PENANAKP7x4X5ZAh
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Of all the unbelievable things he had witnessed tonight, the one thing that not even his maddened brain could think had come to pass. For not even a madman like him would imagine a scenario where a coven of witches would ask someone they considered a witchunter to punish one of their own witches for attacking said witchunter.25Please respect copyright.PENANAUEs1l3z0f1
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"Maybe this really is the real world, since it's too absurd to be fiction!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAqiUlUddXkJ
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"Why'd she want to hurt me? I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding that this all happened, right?" Ross asked trying to salvage this crazy situation and being the voice of reason25Please respect copyright.PENANAJqtov0FMl1
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"I did because your family are descendants of witchunters. You're kind have hunted us down like animals in centuries past! The sins of the father must be paid!" Circe said with anger and righteous fury in her voice and Ross looked at her like she'd grown two heads.25Please respect copyright.PENANAbRxvkdtdZ6
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The woman just jumped back into the fries right after her ass was pulled out of it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAqScA4PQQeS
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"Look, I get. If innocent peopl-" "Witches!" Ross's reply was interrupted by Mordred's voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANALqo3bH3SEU
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It was heard from the very edge of the clearing where the sacrificial site was, apparently he had returned but kept his distance and silence until this opportunity to argue against Ross came about.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjbl8u3Bu01
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" Ugh, highscool is bad enough without all of this...Whatever tall, dark and angry. Like I said if innocent people were hurt then the ones who did the deed deserve to be punished and that is regardless of faith, species, allegiance, or whatever.... But you can't punish someone for the actions of others. Cause I'm guessing you don't want others taking the credit for your deeds or you suffering the consequences of others. Or am I wrong? Am I wrong? Tell me I'm wrong and I'll apologies." Ross said to the gathered witches, none of them declared him wrong.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHewOOJUxXX
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"We can't just let her walk away unpunished!" Hexen insisted and at that something snapped in Ross.25Please respect copyright.PENANAd8FFs0Gn6D
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He gave out out a small roar of frustration.25Please respect copyright.PENANALOVbNgvrkT
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"Fine! I'll punish her then!" Ross said, took the witch from by the arm and bent her over his knee and slapped her bottom in a not quite brutal but not quiet light manner, much to the.....25Please respect copyright.PENANAAODRug8BqS
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SLAP SLAP SLAP.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjIUp8QnYzN
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Well the coven didn't really know how to react to it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAa0Jt0TVomS
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"A-are you actually spanking her for being naughty!?" Hexen said in disbelief.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHsriZTiyBH
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SLAP25Please respect copyright.PENANAzF3V1lZaJW
...What you get!25Please respect copyright.PENANAGI1k4rENoE
SLAP. 25Please respect copyright.PENANA23bBnRkHT2
For trying to25Please respect copyright.PENANAlXO1MTN8nF
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...SLAP SLAP SLAP!.....SLAP.....25Please respect copyright.PENANAaU5Gib9IYf
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" Ross said between spankings as he then raised her up from his knees as the stunned witch rubbed her bottom in pain and looked, along with the others present, at Ross in surprise, confusion and intrigue.25Please respect copyright.PENANAD64nYU4ycG
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"There! Now the books are balanced, a spanking for a murder! This affair is over, do I make myself clear? What?" Ross said in exhaustion, exasperation and anger towards the coven, then he glared at Hexen who seemed like she wanted to say something.25Please respect copyright.PENANALlP37kdcBV
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" Nothing, it's just it's a very weird choice of punishment." Hexen said in confusion.25Please respect copyright.PENANACsjAnNaKEz
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"In this town? The weird thing would be for things not to be weird." Ross deadpanned the anger and frustration having subsided now that things seemed to be calm down.25Please respect copyright.PENANABBQIkUv3aM
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The coven gave a few nods and gestures of the head that indicated that he had a point.25Please respect copyright.PENANAf7K1hqHWoN
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"Now then, I hope that in the future we will not find ourselves in a similar situation, correct Miss Circe?" Ross asked in a stern teacher like manner.25Please respect copyright.PENANAetAROFXMIf
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"Yes....I'll be a good girl from now on." Circe said as she looked straight into Ross's eyes and Ross nodded.25Please respect copyright.PENANAr2dS5iDrJ8
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"I shouldn't have done this, not right.....not right to touch a woman like that. Beneath the dignity of a gentleman." Ross said with regret and guilt as Circe rubbed her sore bottom as the witch followed Ross as he took a step to the side to deal with the shame he was feeling as he let himself be consumed by his savage side and spank her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAEah9wc5Nyh
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Ross took out a water bottle and drank from it, taking a breather to recover.25Please respect copyright.PENANAA3mzMvXHoa
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It felt like this horrid affair was finally over.25Please respect copyright.PENANAlNv8OqAJyt
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Hexen sent a few jealous scowls towards Circe as the young witch didn't seemed to be too downtrodden after her punishment as Circe looked at Ross with a blush on her face as a few drops rained down his throat.25Please respect copyright.PENANAdwMbtsuuWR
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"Sister, if it where up to me you would be in the ground waiting for resurrection. Be glad that the mortal you tried to kill is a fool with a bleeding heart." Calypso said and Pasiphae nodded.25Please respect copyright.PENANAumUWNveCwN
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"I understand sisters." Circe replied and Ross chocked on his water.25Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2N7WkbG2C
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"Sisters? What the heck kind of family dynamic is this?" Ross whispered to Hexen.25Please respect copyright.PENANAxc0tcYk3j1
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"The witch kind." Hexen said with a cheeky grin as Ross looked at her in disbelief.25Please respect copyright.PENANAx1Pl1tGTww
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"And they call me crazy." Ross said and Hexen gave his shoulder a not quite hard punch.25Please respect copyright.PENANA6TOQtxIXS1
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"Never belittle yourself like that ever again!!" Hexen said with a fierce and determined voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANAo9uErxB8H2
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"Ugh, is it too late to ask you to try again with the assassination attempt?" Ross said in a mock serious manner towards the three Weird Sisters.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHjODQ1p4Ol
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"Sorry mortal, sales over." The 3 said as one as the whole coven giggled, except Mordred who continued to sulk at the edge of the clearing.25Please respect copyright.PENANATa9sXDg4we
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"Go talk to him Hexen. You don't have to worry about me, everything's good now." Ross whispered to Hexen and gestured with his eyes to Mordred.25Please respect copyright.PENANADQftjCwvXE
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"I'll do that, but not quite now." Hexen said and gave him a smile. Ross rolled his eyes at that.25Please respect copyright.PENANAL8uehSYhkV
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He then sees a group of witches to the side of the ones who were performing the ceremony, they were all spread on the ground with their heads in their hands or cupping other parts of the body in pain.25Please respect copyright.PENANAaEEnvtKqdJ
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"What's wrong with them?" Ross asked25Please respect copyright.PENANA0HRoT6AIIq
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"They were the ones that maintained the Hellfire wall, summoned the beasts, manned the fell bats, piloted the Golem and kept the illusion up."25Please respect copyright.PENANAIyaUyCciAj
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"Oh....OH! Oh, sorry about the gass and the treats laced with sedative and making you choke on salt, and the whip and bells to the head..... and the legs and the head again....repeatedly." Ross said with awkwardness and embarrassment in his voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANAeH2KV406zS
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"No prob!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAadFdZdp9VP
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"We cool!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAO64Hff8vUw
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"Whatever you say man!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAjKBt3GHjYk
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"Of course master hunter, no problem sir!"25Please respect copyright.PENANAenC30fTcUK
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The witches and warlocks replied with fear in their voice, a few even avoid looking straight into his eyes.25Please respect copyright.PENANAx4Jrtleu1K
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Ross felt like he should just nod, give up and walk away, but like Hexen he too could occasionally didn't know when to stop.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsmTiINZTTS
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"Look, if you want to have me for being me that's fine, but don't hate me for what others did. And besides I'm not a witchunter, paladin, cleric or whatever you call it. I mean it's not like I can just point my hand out and say 'light-" Ross was shocked into silence as a small flicker of light appeared from his hand.25Please respect copyright.PENANAXVIZORuU8T
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This shocked the gathered coven into a stunned silence as their eyes became wide as saucers.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmmmiPPTjAl
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"What....no...you....Circe....I...I forgave you....I turned the other cheek.....because of that I did the Seven Virtues....and qualified as a........Create your own Hero. A self fullfiling prophecy.....this is isn't it....this is......this is....."Ross said as he hyperventilated as the witches and warlocks watched with hypnotic rapture the sight of a mortal awakening holy powers in front of them and for once it was not a mortal enemy, so to speak.25Please respect copyright.PENANAbGvRuhStaM
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"Beautiful!" Hexen said with a whisper of wonder and tinge of possessiveness as she gazed into the light25Please respect copyright.PENANAwhDDejTYpP
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Mordred watched from the shadow with concern, jealousy and sadness on his face and soul.25Please respect copyright.PENANA3Pkr9rIuRM
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A tragedy was averted, a hero was born, a villain was forgiven and redeemed, a witch and warlock's life's became complicated, a coven was confused and entertained.25Please respect copyright.PENANAxnePsSrchE
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And all of them still had to leave the deep dark woods.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmgLkJcY8xa
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All of this and the witching hour was not over yet.25Please respect copyright.PENANA7anXc2uoLP
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Just another day in the town of Calliope.25Please respect copyright.PENANAIKdnYwzcPN