fight back

prod-i-gy n. pl. prod-i-gies 1. A person with exceptional talents or powers. 2. An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to cause wonder. 3.A portentous sign or event, an omen.

[avery-hughes-blog]

Avery wandered into the kitchen with a growling stomach and not much else, and was caught off guard when she found Sabrina Nevian, Elder to be, standing so close to her. She quickly blinked away the bleariness in her vision and pieced together a tired but friendly smile. “Why are you going to a store? Actually, whatever the reason, can I come?”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

Sabrina returned the smile with one of her own, “Late night Oreo run. And hell yeah you can come. I’d rather not go by myself. I’d end up coming back with a car full of food. Not that that’s actually a terrible thing. But the last time I did that Willow yelled at me ‘cause it was all junk food.” She lowered her voice, mimicking her beloved Elder’s tone, “’We are supposed to be eating healthy Sabrina! We can’t all live off of cookies and ice cream!’ Which, I totally could so I have no idea what she’s talking about.”

[wxtchingphoebe]

Phoebe looked up from her corner in the kitchen, her hand paused in a bag of chips, looking like a deer stuck in the headlights. “I’m pretty sure we ran out,” she murmured quietly, taking the time to munch on a few chips. She skipped out on eating all day by complete accident, her journal had taken up most of the day and Phoebe found herself having next to no energy to deal with people. “Is it that late already?”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

Sabrina turned her head with a nod, “Yep. Pretty soon the sun’ll be shining and birds’ll be chirping.” She wondered silently why the other witch was up so late. Sabrina herself had been studying. There were a few new spells Willow had given her to learn, and she’d spent the entire evening trying to memorize them. Though she hadn’t tried them out just yet. That would be saved for a time when she wasn’t half-way out of her mind with both lack of sleep and a serious craving for Oreos. “So, what’re you doing up with the rest of us night owls?”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

Sabrina moved through the kitchen, searching through every single cabinet that she saw. But even after she’d checked every single one of them, she still couldn’t find what she was looking for. “Fuck, are we out of Oreos?” She let out a sigh and banged the back of her head against a cabinet door. “Guess that means I’m going to a store.... At,” she glanced down at her phone,” 1:12 in the morning. Shit.” 

[phoenixivy-xo]

Phoenix pouted, but she knew it was true. Her mother was far too overprotective over her. It wouldn’t matter if it were the most powerful or the most respected witch in the whole world … if they dared to look at her, her mother would certainly be ready to attack. “At this rate, I’ll never get a girlfriend.”

“Yeah, and I’m no good with the advice giving thing either,” she narrows her eyes onto Sabrina. “Here I am though, giving you some pretty damn good advice. If you keep on going like this, you’re going to crash and it will be pretty nasty. You’re not Superman, despite what you might think.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

Sabrina shook her head sadly, “I’d offer myself, I really would. But your mother hates me enough already. She’d find a way to kill me. I’m sure someday you’ll find someone she won’t stab. She can’t hate everyone!”

“Look, I appreciate the advice. I really do.” But maybe crashing is what I want. “But I-I don’t really know what I’d do if I didn’t work so much. I don’t have too many friends, you know. All that I have is my training and my work. If I focus on that then I don’t have to focus on other things.” Like Samantha Ashe. Or the fact that her best friend was pregnant and could possibly be murdered for such a thing. Or the fact that she felt so incredibly alone sometimes it was like she had a hole carved out of her chest.

[phoenixivy-xo]

“What momma don’t know won’t hurt her.” Phoenix flashes her a wicked grin that was reminiscent of her mother. That was a lie, of course, because she knew that if such a thing ever did happen, her mother would die, come back to life, kill Sabrina, and then die again. It was shame actually, Phoenix always had a little crush on the Nevian witch.

She lifts a brow questioningly, “Am I being any tougher than you are on yourself? Plus, being forced to take a break and actually taking a break for yourself are two very different things.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

“Nah, but it might just hurt me.” Sabrina shook her head with a laugh. “I’d really hate to learn the limits of my powers at your mother’s hand.” Damn, that was actually a pretty terrifying thought. She didn’t imagine Alain would actually torture her, though. Willow’d save her.... Probably.... Hopefully?

“Not sure anyone but my mother could be harder on me than I am on myself, actually.” The witch sighed softly, turning her eyes to the pool. “Taking breaks isn’t my forte. I don’t do the whole,” she waved her hand around to indicate the pool and the people around them, “relaxation thing very well. I’m much better at working my ass off until I’m so exhausted that I can barely move.

[luxxmccoy-blog]

“You do the same, Brina.” Lux replied, mockingly cheerful but at least she replied, right? She had to admit though, Sabrina was surprisingly more tolerable than she had expected. Shrugging, she turned her attention back to her documentary.

[luxxmccoy-blog]

“If they wanted to lock me up they would have done so already.” And it’s what she believes. Many in the past have been excuted simply because of affiliation. The Elders knew better than to mindlessly kill those who opposed them. Lux was one of the ‘lucky’ few who only survived to elevate the Elders sense of mercy and many went along with it, but Lux suffered regardless. She shook her head, “That sounds like a personal issue. So if you’ll excuse me, I have a horrible show to watch.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

Sabrina nodded, “Alright, I’ll give you that.” It was only partially true, though. Blame was being tossed around at random, and a lot of members of the coven were starting to make a stand for people to be interrogated, for this murderer to be found. Some were even willing to put the blame on an innocent just to make this whole thing blow over. With a roll of her eyes, Sabrina stood up to walk out, throwing a reply over her shoulder “Yeah, you have fun with that. Try not to pop out an eye glaring at the TV, Lux.”

[phoenixivy-xo]

“Boo, you whore.”

Phoenix swims to the edge of the pool and pushes herself onto dry(er) land once more. With everyone in a tizzy still about the murder that’d occurred nearly two weeks ago, she had needed some time away from the main house. It was insane how everyone was crying wolf, pointing at each other like they were four years old again. The vivacious witch wraps a towel around her waist and moves to lay on a empty, fold out chair. “Honestly, Queenie, if you wanted to see me in a swimsuit, all you had to do was ask. I’d been happy to put on a little show for you.”

Running her fingers through her wet hair, she adds, “Seriously though, you need a break. You look like … well, better than shit, but worse than your usual self.” 

[sabrinanevian-blog]

A smirk danced on Sabrina’s lips, her eyebrows raising in surprise. “Now, Phoenix. Don’t you go tempting me with things I can’t have. Your mother would kill me for watching such a thing.” In fact she’s not too sure that Alain isn’t hiding out right now with a knife waiting to stab anyone that so much as stares at the girl. Talk about overprotective. Just when she grins at that image, Phoenix’s words wipe the smile from her face. Damn, did she really look that bad? She’d been trying to keep up appearances. Guess that didn’t work out so well. 

“Well, what can I say? I’ve had a shitty few weeks. Cut me some slack.” The reply was a bit defensive, but Sabrina couldn’t help herself. She’d been told a thousand times over the passed week that she needed to slow down. It was starting to tear away at her. “Besides, this is kind of a break. I’m out of the Infirmary, aren’t I? And they’re not letting me back in until tomorrow....”

[luxxmccoy-blog]

“They haven’t found any clues just yet,” she gave the witch a wink, a crooked smile on her face. They wouldn’t find anything and it’d only waste both of their times, though they would find some… Other things in it’s place and Lux couldn’t have that either. She hoped the fact that wouldn’t be of use would save her from being interrogated, because she knew she’d be a good escape goat if they needed to calm the Coven for a few weeks. A sigh, she directed her attention at Sabrina, her eyes completely void of emotion. “I don’t give a shit about what you have to say, yeah, is that what you wanted to hear?” When she tried blending in, people suspected her of acting ‘unnatural’. But when she was honest, they didn’t like what she had to say. “Oops.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

“Keyword there is yet.” At Lux’s wink Sabrina had to hold back a huff of laughter. Instead she only returned the smile with one of her own, one that rested somewhere between smug and genuine. “Stay on your toes, Ms. McCoy. I’d hate to see you get locked up.” Or, you know, murdered. Lux was hated by most of the Coven, yes. But Sabrina had never fallen into the trap of that mindless loathing. Though it seemed that Lux didn’t mind the treatment at all, that she even relished in the bad attention sometimes. “Now there we go. That is exactly what I wanted to hear.” The witch leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees. “I’d much rather you not play with me, Lux. I don’t lie to you, I’d like it if you returned the favor.”

Of course there was another favor that Sabrina had in mind, but she wasn’t too sure she was willing to share that one yet.

[phoenixivy-xo]

“She wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini!”

Phoenix shimmied out of her cover up to reveal the bikini she was wearing, but sadly not a yellow polka dot one. With summertime finally here, she was free from the schoolwork that burdened her throughout the school year. She still had one on one training with her mother, but at least she didn’t have to worry about it right now. Taking a running start, she jumps into the pool and submerges herself in the water. It is cool, it is quiet, it is heaven for just a few seconds. 

Floating to the top, she breathes in fresh air, “You should totally just jump in right now, the water is great.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

With a laugh, Sabrina shook her head. “Oh no, that is not happening.” She’d come to the pool intending to clear her mind, by way of staring at all the hot people in swimsuits, of course. But she had most certainly not come to get herself wet. She wasn’t even wearing a suit herself, just some shorts and a tank top. “You just go ahead and have fun without me, princess.” The witch moved over to one of the fold out chairs situated by the pool and plopped herself down, leaning back to enjoy the view.

[luxxmccoy-blog]

“Ah, right, sorry I don’t tend to keep my attention on the two.“ They had already ruined her life, why would she pay attention to the two evils that led her parents’ execution? She needed to know her enemies just as well, if not more, than her allies. But that didn’t mean she’d know them from the inside out, from their age down to their grandfather’s name. Some times knowing less was enough. She practically laughed but held it in, a faint smile doing the trick instead. “I’ve been a demon succubus, witch from hell, Satan’s daughter, plague of the Earth… Murderer would be a step up.” The idea was ludicrous; sure, she was on a war path to end the Coven but killing innocent bystanders was never part of her plan. “That sucks.” Was all she could say.

[sabrinanevian-blog]

“That might be a good thing. The more you know about them, the less people know about you.” Meaning, of course, those who snooped too much generally ended up dead or moving to Kalamazoo without barely a goodbye to their friends or family. It wasn’t something that Sabrina agreed with. She would much rather have no secrets at all than to have as many as some of the Elders had locked up. But alas, with power came responsibility. And with responsibility came secrets. Just ask Peter Parker. “I’m surprised no one’s pinned it on you already,” she replied with a shrug. “Wow, that was a very pathetic response. You might as well have said that you don’t give a shit, it has the same effect.”

[jay-mockridge-deactivated201508]

“Oh, darling, I don’t snap at all strangers. Just the ones who manage to piss me off in a place where I’m supposed to find some peace.” She could understand nervous ticks, but honestly, tapping in a library was a pet peeve (one among many, now that she thought about it). “How about you just keep the tapping down before I have to magic it out of your hand?”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

At those words, Sabrina felt her chest tighten in anger. “Careful there, honey. You have no idea who you’re threatening.” 

[wxtchingphoebe]

The funeral had left Phoebe with mixed emotions      grief, anger and confusion. She grieved for the life lost though she didn’t particularly know the girl at all, anger coursed through her as she constantly wondered who could have done this, was she really safe under the roof of the Coven? But mostly, Phoebe was confused because why would someone kill another, much less a familiar? She wandered around the grounds lost in thought, her arms tucked over her chest. Finding some shade under a tree, her bag dropped down to the ground and her body soon followed with a heaving sigh. It was unusual for Phoebe to be outside during the day, or at all really, because she would either be holed up in the library or in her room but seeing as it was a rather nice day, she figured it was a sign to try and immerse herself back into the general witch population. 

Cruel smiles and malicious words, the girl is more of a shadow,  a g h o s t         

With a frustrated sigh, Phoebe tore the page from her journal and shoved it back into her bag, her eyes cast down in deep concentration with her pen idly tapping against her leg. “Sorry      did you say something?”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

The warm, sunny, clean air was a nice change from the atmosphere inside of the house. So Sabrina had decided to make herself a little picnic. She was going to invite Brady, Tessa, and Phoenix, but they were all busy today. And she still wasn’t completely okay with asking Addison to join her..with anything, really. So that left her with a full basket of food, a blanket, and no one to share it with. Which was sad, she’d admit. But hey, the more food for her the better. Walking over to a tree, in search of shade, she spotted one of the Singer twins under the tree. Offering a smile she stopped just beside her, “Uh--hey! Sorry to bother you, uh--Phoebe? I was wondering if I could steal some of your shade?” 

When she noticed that the other witch hadn’t heard her, her smile faded just a bit. But before she could awkwardly back out of the situation, Phoebe looked up. “Yeah! Sorry, I just asked if I could sit over here by you? I’m having a picnic and, well, I’m not too keen on sitting out in that sun for a couple of hours.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

and she is divine, untouchable / terrifying, dangerous and heartbreaking / and you’ve heard the stories, everyone has / how those who try to reach the moon / end up scorched by the sun instead

[luxxmccoy-blog]

“Have you seen Willow?” Lux asked, unable to let the remark fall from her lips. She had all but witnessed of the Sabrina’s loyal protectiveness over her mentor and Elder so Lux couldn’t help herself. “I’m afraid I do. It’s funny really, how strong their civilization once was but was destroyed either way. Makes me wonder…” She trailed off but made her words obvious enough for the witch to ‘read between the lines’. She didn’t need to hide her distaste towards the Coven anymore (at least not so much that would cause any alarms), but she caught herself hiding what she really felt one too many times. “Sorry, long day,” she said, biting her bottom lip. The one day she chose to show herself to the public would be the day she had to run into the Elder’s lap dog. Figures. 

[sabrinanevian-blog]

“You do realize that Alain’s got at least two decades over Willow, right? And at least Willow doesn’t look her age.” It was easy to see the jab for what it was, and Sabrina chose not to let it spark her anger. At Lux’s obvious metaphor, the witch only narrowed her eyes. “Wow, you really might want to be careful saying stuff like that. People might start to think you’re the murderer around here, McCoy.” That was entirely possible, she assumed. But she doubted it. Lux seemed like the type to brag about such deeds, or at least make barely veiled allusions to it. “Long day?” She scoffed, “It’s been a long week.” Or month. Or year. Or lifetime.

[sabrinanevian-blog]

li·on·heart·ed ˈlīənˌhärdəd/

[jay-mockridge-deactivated201508]

Jay scoffed. “You reap what you sow. Okay, thank for the advice, darling. But was I really rude, or was I just reacting to someone not being very considerate of others?” She rolled her eyes, turning back to her book. “I’ll let you think about that one.”

[sabrinanevian-blog]

Keeping her eyes on the spellbook before her, Sabrina replied. “Nah, there’s nothing to think about. I wasn’t being inconsiderate, as I wasn’t even aware of what I was doing. Ever heard of a nervous tic? Some people have them, and you might wanna be the one thinking about that. Unless you wanna continue going around snapping at strangers?”