"You are one of us now, my dear." The twenty something hadneded Kat a green dress made out of cat fur. The young woman lifted her arms and Kat followed suit. Helcopters buzzed in the background. Search lights were on. "C'mon Katherine, we've got to go." The pre-teen's heart was beating fast. She woke up screaming. Rachel rushed in. "What's wrong, Kat?" She asked as she ran her fingers through her daughter's sweat soaked head.
"I had that dream again, mom. The one with the copters. Is practicing the craft so wrong?" She asked as she looked at her with enormous eyes. She had confessed to her mom about the craft after the Ariana incident.
"I don't approve of it and you know that, sweetie, but I don't think it's wrong. I think you know the difference between "white" and "black" magic.
Kat rubbed her eyes. "Yeah, I now know the drifference between the two. Thanks for letting me practice with Aunt Ariana." She said sleepily. Rachel kised her forehead.
"Try and get some sleep." She closed the door behind her.
Underwood Cemetary
"Are ya sure this is gonna work?" Twenty four year old Kellie Roberts asked Melanie Johnson.
"I'm sure. I read and re-read the stuff last night. The ingridents we have to use smells nasty though." The red head looked around. "Where are the others? Shmain is almost over." The soft breeze, which swirled around the young women begun to howl. Kellie shivered.
"Why are we doing this? I've never been to a cemetary at night...so creepy." She zipered her midnight blue velvet coat.
"I dunno. The way Mrs. Krammer was explaining it, it sounded interesting. I wish the othewr would hurry up. It's cold out here." Black smoke swirled around where Kellie and Melanie were sitting.
Angel Island
Nick was reading the paper when Philip entered the kitchen. "Good morning, Nick." The Irishman said as he was pouring coffee.
"Hey, Phil. There was an incident at Underwood Cemetary last night. Two young ladies were found dead. The undertaker doesn't think it was from natural causes. I'd like for you and alex to check it out."
"I have a meeting with the Bishop. Could Rachel go with Alex?" The precept nodded his head. Philip left the room.
The Woods
"Do you think we can get Ariana and the young girl to join our coven?" Ashley asked the croan as she sat down. The croan smiled at her young protege.
"That's what tonight's circle is about." She took out her silver moon crestent anthame and shook it to the East, West, South and North. "May the watch towers of the east, west, south and north protect this circle. May the Gods and Goddesses protect this circle." Bev sat down and closed her eyes and told the others in the circle to do so.
Rachel's
Kat was at the kitchen table doing her math homework when she heard a voice. "Kat, go to the woods. We need your presence...are a natural witch. It's Samhain, which is a good time for you to be initated." The pre teen put down her pencil and rose from the table. Rachel entered the room. "Hi, Kitty-Kat. Since I'm late, dou you want to order pizza?" Kat just stared at her mother. Rachel walked to her daughter and kneeled. "Are you ok, Kat?"
"I heard a voice calling me to the woods, that my presence is needed cause I'm a natural witch, Samhain...good time to be initated.
Ariana's apartment
Ariana was stir frying when she heard a voice. "Ariana, come to the woods. You are a natural witch so the binding that your sister has done can be broken. Your presence is needed for our Samhain circle." The young woman dropped her cooking utensil and in a trance like state left her apartment and headed for the woods.
Angel Island
The control room
Alex was sitting at the terminal looking through the demon and Wiccan database when Nick entered the room. "Hey, Al. Have you found anything out?" The precept asked as he looked over the African American's shoulder.
Tonight is Samhain, the Witches' New Year. It is a popular time in some covens to initiate a witch especially if she is a natural witch*" Alex read to him. The phone rang.
"Nick." He answered.
"Kat heard a voice telling her to go to the woods for a Samhain circle...something about being initiated. What is Samhain?" The blond asked her boss.
"Alex and I will come over to your place so we can talk to Kat. Samhain is the Witches New Year." He informed her.
The Woods
"Hecate walker between worlds we offer you this black dog." Bev said as she cut the dog's neck open with her double sided knife. She then placed it in the culdron. "Ariana, my child come here." The High Priestess said in a nice voice. The young woman walked over to where the older woman was. "Place your lavendar oil in the culdron. Ask the Gods and Goddesses to unbind you." Ariana placed the oil and stired the dog and asked the Gods and Goddesses to unbind her. A cone of black smoke swirled around her. "You are unbound my dear child."
Rachel's
Rachel ran her fingers through her golden blond locks. "I have called Ariana several times and all I get is her answering machine. I have a bad feeling that she might be in the woods."
Alex had a vision of the witches dancing by the school where Kat went with Miranda. "I know where they are... the woods were Miranda took Kat that night. Rachel, I'm going to have to initiated you again." The blond nodded her head.
"Don't bind me again. I think that I want to practice the craft with my daughter and sister."
Alex twisted a lock around her finger. "Are you sure about that, Rachel? I thought you were against the Craft?"
"I was but after reading the books, I'm not against it. So lets get this over with so I can save my sister again."
The Woods
"I have two pass words." Ariana stated to the High Priestess.
"What are they?"
"Perfect love. Perfect trust." With those words, Bev put down her anthame allowing Ariana to enter the circle.
"You have the power to cast spells again my child. Let's see what you are made of." Ariana danced in the circle invoking the Gods and Goddesses of black magic.
"Ariana, you are a witch who believes in white magick not black. Don't continue because I don't want to bind you again." Rachel took the cord out of the pocket of her black wool coat. Ariana when she saw it, stopped dancing.
"I will no longer conjure the Gods and Goddesses of black magic for you." Bev raised her hands in the air and lightning lit up the midnight sky and thunder errupted and it begun to pour above the young woman's head. Rachel raised her left hand and orange, red fire ball left her hand and went towards Bev burning her to ashes. The rain, lightning, and thunder stopped. Ariana looked at her older sister in awe.
"That was awesome, Rachel. How did you do that?"
Rachel smiled at her. "I'll so you some time...if you are good. Lets go home now." They left the woods hand and hand.