SWNOVELS Chapter CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Samhain For Beginners, October 2018
Cuddled up, Apollonia skimmed a hand through her hair and said quietly, “Whatya doing next Thursday Pretty?”
“We don’t have any missions in the pipeline at the moment, so we just, you know, hang together and let the night take us where it takes us.”
Apollonia would never admit it, although she knew that she was obssessed with the blond, blue-eyed vampire. The uneasy truce that had existed between her coven and the Mephistopheles Clan had changed forever because the Pearl River Witches had saved the vampires asses, and Apollonia was desperate to forge a new truce with the blue-eyed vampire; So listen, how about you start popping in twice a week … The members of her coven were always going to be the most important creatures in her life, yet when the naked blue-eyed vampire cuddled in tight against her, Hooo, fuck me … Apollonia tickled her fingers over the divine features, then cooed, “Hey Pretty …”
Aleisha slowly rotated her face as the strong fingers skimmed up her cheekbones, then she purred, “What?”
“Pretty, Gorgeous, next Thursday, the thirty-first of October is the beginning of Samhain.”
Aleisha sighed indulgently as the fingers continued their journey, then she husked, “Ohhh, Halloween.”
Apollonia let her right hand dip to engage a breast, and while fondling the breast and appreciating the vampires flawless perfection, a regretful thought slipped into her mind; Jeez, I wish I hadda found you first, ’cause you’d look sensational in a red jumpsuit, and I could get used to waking up to you every evening … The Queen of the Witches regathered, then said, “To humans it’s Halloween, to witches it’s the most important and sacred day on our calendar.”
“How come?”
“Samhain is the most important cycle in our Wheel of the Year for many reasons, and on Thursday, the beginning of Samhain, we always have a big celebration.”
“A party?”
“Well there’s a few rituals we need to observe, then yeah, we kick up our heels and party.”
Even though she’d already blown a big 9.99999 orgasm, Aleisha hoped that the groping hand would slide down her body and encourage another physical reaction, yet suspecting that a response might be appropriate, she said, “Good for you.”
“So, you wanta come?”
Surprised, Aleisha rolled towards her and said, “I’m sorry?”
“Pretty, you wanta come over on Thursday night and party up with us?”
“Party up with your coven?”
“Yeah.”
Aleisha didn’t take long to think about it as she said, “Hmmm, a lone vampire standing amongst a coven of witches who are celebrating one of their most sacred nights? I am a thrill-seeker, but I think that sounds even a bit too extreme for me.”
“No-one would hurt you Pretty, I mean fuck-a-sucker, nobody is ever gonna hurt you if I’ve got anything to do with it.”
“Hmmm, thanks for asking, but I might just hang with My clan of vampires.”
Apollonia was hoping to strengthen the bond with the vampire clan, and it wasn’t because her fear of vampires was abating, it was because her lust for the blue-eyed one was continuing to spiral. Gazed at her, Apollonia said, “You can bring the others.”
“I’m sorry?”
“You can bring ’em, the other vampires.”
“Really?” Aleisha asked uncertainly, “My whole clan?”
“Yes.”
“Your coven and my clan, Hells Bells, I mean what would we do?”
“What do you do for fun now?”
Aleisha thought about the Great Queen’s question, and then she smiled. As a human, being a part of the Goldstein-Prindiville dynasty had elevated her to a lofty status anyway, although her stunning looks had made her feel superior to anybody who shared that lofty status with her; and now that she had fangs, she felt superior to everybody. Bathing in the warm glow of self-adulation, Aleisha replied, “Have you ever heard the phrase, Sex, drugs, rock’n’roll?”
“Of course.”
“Well, that kinda sums up what we do for fun, with an emphasis on the sex part of the phrase.”
“There you go, witches and vampires do have something in common, so bring them over and do it on our hallowed grounds.”
“Vampires and witches partying together? Are you kidding?”
“Gorgeous, we fought in a battle together which wasn’t much fun, so now our clans should party together and have fun; besides, you and me, a witch and a vampire are already doing the sex and drugs part of it, and on Thursday, yeah, we can get music blaring.”
It sounded like fun, although to Aleisha there were positives and negatives. One of the positives was that she would get another hump in mid-air with the Great Queen, and as well, the Pearl River Witch’s all had eyes, so they should know how desirable she was, and maybe that would mean that she would spend the entire night suspended in mid-air as she humped the witchs’s one after the other; although the negative was her clan. She could imagine Piper saying, Can we tie the witch’s up? And she could imagine Isabelle asking, Can we bite the witch’s? And she could imagine Giddy saying excitedly … actually, she didn’t really want to think about Giddy’s reaction. Ruby, Vicky, Elizabeth and Sophia would behave themselves, but the other three? Aleisha could imagine the worst-case scenario, she could imagine other supernatural clans whispering amongst themselves; So really, the Pearl River Witch’s got massacred?” And somebody would reply, Yeah, well they partied up with the Mephistopheles Clan, and then … The two groups partying together sounded like fun, although with the negatives expanding in her mind, Aleisha said, “Okay, well I’ll speak to the others and let you know.”
“Good, but especially speak to Mother Superior, and also to the little blond girl who lost her partner.”
“Why?”
“Pretty, the beginning of Samhain is an important juncture, for it is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest, and yeah, I can maybe try a few things and see if I can contact a few spirits.”
Staring at her, Aleisha ran portions of the conversation through her mind. Mother Superior … the little blond girl who lost her partner … contact a few spirits … “What are you saying,” she asked breathlessly, “You can contact Athena and Melanie?”
“I guess I’m saying that I can try to contact them.”
Stunned, Aleisha sat up and looked at her, “Really, you can contact them?”
“Pretty, I can try. I mean I can contact human spirits, and I can contact witches who are no longer with us, but obviously I’ve never had the need to contact the spirits of deceased vampires; I mean I don’t even know if you Suckers have spirits.”
Aleisha fell on top of her and sprinkled kisses all over her face as she gushed, “Ohhh God, you’re the best!”
Apollonia evaded a few kisses, and asked mockingly, “Is that a yes?”
“Great Queen, what time should we get here?”
*
When she arrived back at the Academy, Aleisha with-held the news until well into the early morning, and then knowing that Elizabeth was out by Melanie’s plot, she gathered the remaining Pistols around to tell them about her exciting news. “So I was talking to the Great Queen -”
“Talking or fucking?” Piper interrupted cheekily.
“It was after-sex conversation Crude One,” Aleisha replied dryly, “And on Halloween, the witches always have a big party.”
“Yeah, well fuck them, we might just have a big party ourselves!” Isabelle replied.
“A big party on Halloween sounds like a great idea!” Ruby declared.
“Yes, we will have a big party,” Aleisha agreed, “I mean we’ll go to their big party!”
Silence, all gazes focussed on Aleisha.
“What are you saying?” Vicky asked uncertainly.
“Well, Thursday night, Halloween, we’ll go and party with the witches!”
The Pistols looked at one another with varying degrees of confusion, until Giddy exclaimed, “Yeah, rip the witches to pieces; I’m in!”
Aleisha glared at Giddy and asked bluntly, “Apology?”
“What for Mistress?”
“What for?” Aleisha huffed, “I’m saying that we are going to party with them, not rip them to pieces!”
Giddy wished that Blondie Bible was with them so she could aks, Do I gotta do apology? But no Blondie Bible available, so Giddy said shyly, “I give apology if Mistress wants apology, but witches is bad fuckers.”
“No, no,” Aleisha replied, “The Pearl River Witches are our new friends and allies.”
“Hmmm, they saved our ass and we owe them one,” Piper acknowledged, “But party with them?”
“Yes, I mean why not?”
“It could be a trap.” Piper stated.
“They might turn us into frogs!” Isabelle offered.
“Piper, Isabelle, I see Apollonia occasionally and none of the witches have ever hurt me!”
“They muzzled you once Aleisha.” Vicky mentioned.
“Okay, sure, but Apollonia was just being cautious because she didn’t know me well, and no witch has ever hurt me.”
“Yeah, but you’re different from the rest of us!” Isabelle stated.
“In what way?”
“Fuck-a-frog Camel, have you had a look in a mirror recently?”
Aleisha tensed, frowned, then she glared at Isabelle as she said threateningly, “If anybody mentions anything about mirrors ever again, I will bite them, fatally!”
“Steady on Camel,” Piper jumped in, “What she’s saying is that creatures just look at you and they want to hump you rather than hurt you.”
“Yes, granted, but what’s the big deal? I mean they saved us, so why shouldn’t we party with them?”
Silence, so Giddy shyly raised her hand.
“What Beast?”
“We’s shouldn’t mix wit ’em, because’m them witches.”
“Look, Apollonia, the Queen of the Witches invited us to their celebration, so we should be courteous and except their invitation.”
Vicky thought about it, then said, “It just seems strange that they would invite us to one of their celebrations.”
“Okay, here’s the selling point,” Aleisha began, “Apollonia invited us for two reasons, the first is to get to know them better and get fucked up with them …”
Giddy raised her hand.
“What Beast?”
“You said, fucked up.”
“So what?”
Giddy gazed at the others and asked, “Issen cool if Mistress says fucked up, I mean I ain’t got no problem wit that; nobody got no problem wit that?”
“No problem here.” Ruby replied.
“No, fuck, she can swear if she wants to.” Piper agreed.
“Fuck, it’s cool hearing fucking Aleisha swear, no fucking problem!” Isabelle stated.
“Baiser, cool, no probleme.” Sophia added.
“Isabelle …”
“Fuck, what Camel?”
“Kindly refrain from putting a swear word in front of my name.”
“You mean don’t say, fucking Aleisha?”
“Yes, that is what I meant.”
“What about if I say something like, Last night, I was fucking Aleisha?”
Aleisha moaned and said, “God, why do I even bother.”
“Last night, you baiser Great Queen Aleisha?” Sophia asked Isabelle.
“No, no, I’m just talking about stuff what people says.” Isabelle replied.
“Anyway Aleisha, what was the second reason we should party with the witches?” Vicky asked politely.
“Ohhh yes, of course. The second reason is that Apollonia thinks that there might be a chance of getting in to contact with Mel and Athena.”
“Mel and Athena, what are you talking about?” Piper asked.
“Piper, everybody, they’re witches okay, and they can do, I don’t know, witchy stuff I guess; and Halloween, ohhh, actually, Apollonia called it Samshind or something or other; but this Samshind whatever is the most important date on their calendar, because Apollonia said something about the unveiling of this or that, and she said that she might be able to contact Mel and Athena.”
“Fuck-a-fox.” Piper muttered.
“Fuck-a-frog.” Isabelle mumbled.
“Kill a witch!” Giddy exclaimed.
“Beast, excuse me!” Aleisha cried out, “Witches are our new friends, and we do not party with them and then kill them!”
Embarrassed, Giddy hunched over and asked shyly, “Can we bite them?”
Aleisha swung her gaze to Ruby and said aggressively, “Okay, that’s it! Rube can you take her down to the basement and chain her up?”
Ruby always did what Aleisha asked, although with recent physical couplings in her mind, she dithered. “Ummm, Aleisha, she was coming into our room tonight.”
With recent physical couplings in her mind, Aleisha mumbled, “Ohhh yes, so after tonight, can you chain her up in the basement?”
“Sure.”
“No, wait up!” Isabelle protested, “Tomorrow night she’s booked in with us!”
Piper chipped in, “Camel Darling, nobody’s chaining her up.”
Aleisha glanced at Giddy, and with a shy, bashful expression on her face, the little screwball looked so cute, so kissable, and Aleisha wanted to kiss her right at that moment. She nodded her head and said decisively, “Okay, she doesn’t get locked up, but Beast, if you want to come to the party with us, you have to write, I will not kill the witches, one hundred times on the blackboard.”
“Mistress …”
“What?”
“I canna write proper.”
“Your attempts at speaking proper seem to be failing dismally as well, but I will help you!” Aleisha declared, then she turned to Ruby and asked politely, “Rube, can you do that for me, supervise her and teach her how to write?”
“Certainly Aleisha.”
“I will not kill witches, one hundred times.” Aleisha confirmed.
“Gotchya.” Ruby replied.
Vicky was intrigued, and she asked, “So what, Apollonia might be able to get in touch with Mel and Athena?”
“Ohhh yes,” Aleisha replied, “She said that she has contacted human spirits and departed witch’s spirits before, so she believes that she might be able to contact departed vampire spirits, that is, if departed vampires have spirits.”
Isabelle thought about it, then asked, “Do departed vampires have spirits?”
Aleisha stared at her in confusion as she said, “Are you asking me?”
“Yeah.”
“How the Hell would I know? Do I look like a departed vampire?”
“No, I can see your lips moving, so you look alive to me.” Isabelle replied.
“Alive in the undead sense of the word.” Piper added.
“Okay, so next Thursday we party with the witches, and hopefully Apollonia will be able to get in contact with Mel and Athena.”
“Gee, it sounds like it’s worth a shot, I mean Beth and Livinia would jump at the chance.” Vicky replied.
“Indeed, and the only reason we are here tonight is because the witches saved us,” Aleisha said, then she paused and looked at Piper, then she said enticingly, “And you may be interested in the reason why the witches saved us that night.”
“Tell me.”
“Your friend Jenna was on her way over that night to drop in and see you, and she saw the tents and the vampires, so she raced back and told Apollonia, and yes, we survived because a friendly witch wanted to catch up with a stupid vampire from her past.”
“So if she hadn’t been on her way to see Piper …” Vicky began, then she gummed her lips as that disastrous scenario blossomed in her mind.
“Yeah, fuck it then, so full speed ahead and let’s party with the witches!” Isabelle declared.
“Hey Camel, if we party with the witches, maybe we can hump in mid-air?” Piper asked hopefully.
“Well, your friend is a witch, so speak to her I would suggest.”
“If we fuck in mid-air, does it have to be with a witch?” Isabelle asked.
“Well, I can’t remember you or any of these other Snot-Rags humping me in mid-air Isabelle, so I’m guessing so.” Aleisha replied.
“Scary Monster, you baiser in the air?” Sophia asked.
Giddy thought about Sophia’s question, then she replied brightly, “Yeah Big Tits, I gunna fuck the crackle outta yo in mid-air!”
“Beast, stop saying yo.”
“A thousand apologies Mistress.”
Surprised, Piper asked Giddy, “You know how to do it?”
“What?” Giddy asked.
“Levitate and fuck in mid-air?”
“Ohhh … was yo being serious?” Giddy asked uncertainly.
“Yes!”
“Ohhh, I was finking that yo was taking the piss, so’s I was just taking more piss.” Giddy mumbled.
“It happened though Beasty, the witch humped Aleisha in mid-air!” Isabelle exclaimed.
“Really Mistress?”
“Actually, I humped her in mid-air!” Aleisha replied proudly.
“Nit-nit, I canna only do fucking on the bed, or maybe I canna only do fucking on the mistress on the ground.”
“You mean mattress?”
“Say what yo?”
“You mean you can only do fucking on the mattress on the ground.” Isabelle replied.
“Yo,” Giddy agreed, “Fucking Mistress on the mattress on the ground.”
Aleisha gazed at Giddy. It was their night with the out-of-control psycho, so there was no reason why they shouldn’t get an early start. Expectant now, Aleisha said, “Beast, come with me.”
“How come?”
“Don’t question me, just come!”
“Ohhh, Mistress on the mattress!” Piper announced cheekily.
“No, I’m going to teach Beast how to read.” Aleisha replied.
“You mean write.” Vicky corrected.
“Yes, whatever.” Aleisha replied.
“Mistress …”
“What?”
“I don’t wanta be teached no reading.”
“You mean writing?” Vicky asked.
“Yo, whatever.”
“Just come with me Beast, and I’ll teach you something.”
“How to fuck in mid-air?”
“Goodness gracious me, I’m not a witch and I don’t know how to do that!” Aleisha huffed. “Good night everybody, and Rube, you coming?”
“Very shortly I suspect.” Ruby said shyly, and she stood and clapsed Aleisha’s hand, then motioned to Giddy, “Come with us.”
*
The following night Aleisha approached Elizabeth. “Beth, how are you?”
“Very well thank-you, how are you?”
“Beast was with us last night, so I’m a little worn out.”
“Yes, I heard you guys.”
“Speaking of Beast, are you and-”
“You mean Giddy.”
“Beth, I call her Beast.”
“Beast isn’t very flattering Aleisha.”
“If we’re discussing un-flattering nicknames, I think Camel would slip into that category.”
“Yes, good point, although it is appropriate. I mean the others don’t use your nickname in a facial descriptive sense by suggesting that you look like a camel, they use it in a lower body descriptive sense, because your pants are always so tight that everybody is left with a very clear impression of what your vagina looks like even when you’re dressed.”
Aleisha looked at her and giggled. Elizabeth was standing in her normal attentive stance, her hands joined in front of her mini-skirt and her face lit up by a gracious expression, and she looked so cute. “Ohhh, you’re so adorable!” Aleisha gushed as she hugged her.
After Aleisha pulled away, Elizabeth smiled and said, “Thank-you for that hug Aleisha, I really enjoyed it.”
“Yes, so anyway, do you consider Beast and yourself to be a couple?”
“Giddy, hmmm, yes and no.”
“What do you mean?”
“I would like to be able to say that Giddy and me are partners, but I only get to sleep with her once a week.”
“Yes, well, she is the hot-ticket-item at the moment.”
“You’re right, and I believe that’s because in a sexual sense, Giddy is quite uncontrollable.”
“Ohhh, I know how to control her, and if you like, I’ll give you a few tips on how to calm her down.”
Elizabeth pondered, then said, “While I appreciate your willingness to advise me, I have to say that, that …”
Aleisha waited a moment, then asked, “What?”
“Well, I only see her once a week, and I like her being out of control.”
“Really?”
“Well Giddy tends to approach our weekly meeting with a robust and uninhibited energy, and she attacks me with manic physical aggression, and I must say …”
Elizabeth was dithering, so Aleisha asked, “What?”
Shyly, Elizabeth replied, “I am quite enjoying the manic physical aggression.”
Aleisha nodded and said, “I agree with what you’re saying, and I quite like your phrase, manic physical aggression, so I don’t think there is any need to discuss this matter again.”
“Yes, I believe we should enjoy it rather than discuss it.” Elizabeth replied, then she said, “Ohhh, Aleisha, I’ve been meaning to ask you …”
“What?”
“Because of everybody’s love and friendship, in an emotional sense I am repairing, and my faith tells me that I should treat every night as a blessing, so with that in mind, I was just wondering if the offer was still open?”
“What offer?”
“The offer that I could slip into your room two nights a week.”
Aleisha thought about it, then asked, “Can you attack me with manic physical aggression?”
“Ummm, I’m more the swooning, passionate type.”
“Yes, you are,” Aleisha replied, “And somebody told me once that you can’t make chocolate out of shit.”
“I beg your pardon?”
Aleisha bit her bottom lip, then said, “Whoops, just forget I said that; but Beth, you’ll do oral?”
“Yes, of course.”
“You’ll insert your finger and tickle my G while you’re licking my C?”
“I’m assuming that G is your G-spot and C is your clitoris?”
“Yes Beth, your assumption is correct.”
“Of course I will, because I love your vagina!” Elizabeth declared, then she asked, “You’re obviously still in that phase?”
Aleisha shrugged her shoulders and replied, “What can I say, I mean enhanced senses, manic physical aggression and everything; I’m kinda like, break my bed and break my inhibitions, or if you can’t do that, kiss me and then slither down my body.”
“Thank-you Aleisha, and I would be honoured to take up that offer, because I really enjoy engaging in sexual activity with you.”
Aleisha laughed and said, “Goodness me, sometimes you’re so cute, that it’s almost dangerous!”
“Ohhh, so I’m dangerously cute?”
“Dangerously and bewitchingly cute!”
“Thank-you very much Aleisha.”
“Speaking of witches, we’re all going over to see the witches on Thursday night.”
“Were we speaking of witches?”
“Well, I said bewitchingly, which reminded me of why I wanted to speak to you.”
“Ohhh, and what is the reason?”
“We’re all going over to see the witches on Thursday night.”
“Who?”
“Us, the Pistols.”
“Going over to see the witches?”
“Yes. It’s Halloween, but the witches call it Samshind, and we are-”
“You mean Samhain?” Elizabeth interrupted politely.
“Yes, probably, but they have a big celebration planned and we’re going to party with them.”
“Party with the witches?”
“Yes.”
“I would like to get to the know the witches better, because we owe them so much.”
“Great, so Thursday night it is,” Aleisha said, “And Beth …”
“What Aleisha?”
“This Samshind thing or whatever-”
“Samhain.” Elizabeth corrected.
“Yes, that, well Apollonia said that it’s the start of some wheel or something, and they unveil something, or something happens, or something like that; and there’s a chance that she, Apollonia, might be able to do some, errr, you know, witchy, spell stuff.”
Elizabeth assumed that Aleisha didn’t know much about Samhain, so she said, “Samhain is the most important cycle on the witches Wheel of the Year, and it is suggested that it is the time of the year when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest.”
“Hmmm, I think Apollonia did mention that.”
“Halloween, or as Western Christian’s know it, All Hallows Eve, is the liturgical time of the year when we remember and pay respect to all the departed saints, martyrs and faithful.”
“Gee, how do you know all this?”
“Being a devout Christian, I have studied the origins of our religion, and I also took an interest in the beliefs and practices of other religions.”
Aleisha smiled and said, “I bet you were really smart in school.”
“I was an A-plus student, and because of my scholastic ability, and possibly because of my religious faith, and also because I wore glasses, the mean children called me The Four-Eyed Pope-Fucker Nerd.”
“Hmmm, we could probably slip that into our unflattering nicknames file.”
“Yes, I much prefer Bible Baby.”
“Or as Beast says, Blondie Bible.” Aleisha chuckled.
“Yes, I can live with Blondie Bible.” Elizabeth agreed. “Speaking of Giddy, she has now joined my class.”
“What class?”
“As well as teaching Sophia how to speak English, I am teaching Giddy as well.”
“Yeah, good luck with that!”
“Actually, she’s coming on quite well, although I was moved to wonder whether I had lifted the swearing ban a little too hastily.”
“And yo say all of us!” Aleisha laughed. “Anyway, so all the stuff that you said about Samshind-”
“Samhain.”
“Yes, well that stuff, and Apollonia is a witch, and she said that there may be a chance that she could get in contact with departed spirits.”
Elizabeth gazed at her and asked curiously, “What are you saying?”
“On Thursday night, Apollonia will try and contact Mel and Athena.”
Elizabeth’s eyebrows raised in surprise as she asked, “Really?”
“She’s never tried to contact a vampire who isn’t … ummm, ummm … well she’s never tried to contact a vampire who isn’t here anymore, but she is prepared to try, for both yours and Livinia’s sake.”
“So, so there is a possibility that I could come into contact with Melanie?” Elizabeth asked excitedly.
“Don’t get your hopes up, but yes, Apollonia said that she would try to contact them.”
“Goodness me, I mean if there is even a slight chance that I could communicate with Melanie again, I would jump at the chance!”
“Excellent, so Thursday night it is!”
Elizabeth embraced her as she gushed, “Ohhh Aleisha, I love you so much.”
Aleisha swivelled in the embrace and said matter-of-factly, “Yeah well, everybody does Beth.”