WITCH SHIfT

Mar

“So that’s where we are at. Now we need a plan and we need it fast.” I said trying to stop the overwhelming sense of weight that was threatening to pull me under.

“Carolyne will be fine she is used to this kind of stuff.” Dad said matter of fact. I wish he felt that way about me more. Maybe that wasn’t fair. He had been giving me a lot of credit for things lately and I should remember that, I was just tired.

“The problem as I see it is accessibility. If we can cut off access to the town then we can get however many humans there are, on foot, and drastically even the odds.” Sherriff Graham said thinking.

“Well I don’t want anything done until Carolyne is safe in town,” My mom threw out.

While I agreed with her we still had to look out for everyone not just my sister, but I agreed with her this time. The problem with that is we wouldn’t have any time to do anything after she was safe.

“May I?” Harper asked as she joined our unofficial council of problem solvers.

“Of course, any ideas at this point are welcome.” Charlie said frustrated.

“The nymphs and I will stop the access to the town. I am afraid we will need time and will have to start now. Your sister will be stuck outside.” Harper said looking terrible for suggesting it.

I wanted to say we would find another way but I knew we wouldn’t. There was no other way. What could I do about Carolyne? JP must have seen my face because he grabbed my hand and winked at me. “I’ve got a plan for your sister but she will have to be willing to ditch the car.”

“The rental company can sue us. What can you do?” I asked pleading.

“Biatro,” was what he said. He was the guy whose place we ate at. What could he do? I mean JP said he was a walker but what could a walker do.

“Mar, he is a walker. He can move over great lengths by bending space. I just need to talk to him and see if he is willing. I think it’s our best plan and we need to let Harper and the rest have time to plan and prepare.”

I nodded because it was JP, and he wouldn’t let me down. Now that was settled we moved into more plans for stopping the humans that we knew were coming and fully armed I assumed. I was so mad at the bigotry I could fry them if I had the chance, but I knew that wouldn’t help and only make things worse, so I listened as plans were laid before me and nodded when I needed to.

JP

We had a plan and I talked with B and he was on board with saving Carolyn. The nymphs were going to block vehicle access to the town and then that would put us all on the ground together, at least that way we had a fighting chance depending on how many were coming.

Lincoln was organizing the shifters to cover all the entrances and letting them know to take extreme care and try to prevent any permanent damages. Everyone would also be equipped with go pro cameras taking footage for evidence.

Al was getting the dwarves to watch all the mountain areas and higher elevations and Sheriff Graham was arranging overhead recognizance with camera footage. At least the world will know we didn’t start any of this.

I personally wasn’t worried so much about the humans as I was my parents. With them throwing Charlie to the curb pretty much told me they were going to make a power play against Mar and me and I would not let anything happen to Mar.

I wasn’t necessarily scared of my parents but I was troubled by how much power they could bring to bear against Mar, me, and this town. That was my only fear and I was trying to prepare for that with Charlie and the assembled team that Tom had brought in.

I knew the council or who I thought was on the council and they were strong but being minus Charlie and with the team of Tom’s I really believe we can put a stop to whatever threat they try to throw at us. Of course I am hoping all this without any proof what so ever.

“Hey,” Mar said breaking me from my thoughts.

“Hey baby,” I said wrapping her in my arms.

She kissed me hard and I took every bit of it. “I talked to Carolyn and she was onboard with the plan. She was amazed we had a walker in town. Apparently Walkers are extremely rare even among foreign Supers.”

“They are because there are not enough of them to protect each other so they stay isolated to give others a chance to live and not be found. My parents would not be happy knowing one of my best friends is a walker since they had tried to get rid of some when I was young. Did I ever tell you my parents are asses?”

She laughed like I intended and I loved seeing that smile that lit her whole face up. I stole another kiss in the middle of her laugh. “What I don’t get is why? Why would they not like Walkers? Biatro is so nice, why would they not like him?”

“Easy, they fear him and all his kind. They fear what can topple their little regime. You and I are now on that list. After what you did to mother, and I’m not upset in the slightest, they will be coming for us. They will try and convince the rest of the council that we were in the wrong and we are dangerous and they will get enough of them to believe that they will go along with it. That’s why they got rid of Charlie, he knows the truth.”

She just looked at me with shock. I knew the feeling. My parents had been shocking me for years with their disrespect of the other supers. It was wrong and it was time it stopped, finding a way to do it was the problem now, or the humans would do it for us.

“Oh baby, I am so sorry you had to grow up with that,” she said wrapping me into a tighter hug.

Then just like that, I felt right again. I hated talking about my parents and their broken ideologies. I’m glad she understood. “Its fine baby, now isn’t the time to feel bad, now is the time to plan, because they are, and when they come for us we have to be ready.”

“We will be.” She said sure of herself and I wondered if she wasn’t telling me something. I let it pass though because this was the woman I loved and I would trust her with my heart and everything else that I would ever value.

“The plans are made and everyone is in position. The last step is to arrange aerial coverage so we know where we are being attacked from. I called in a favor and we will have a bird’s eye view, what we need to arrange is a way of communicating with our coverage team. I have a spell that I think will work but I know I will need your help.”

“Whatever you need, I am here.”

“That’s good because I am about to blow your mind,” I said grabbing her hand and I began laughing as I half dragged her to the center of town.

Mar

He half dragged me to the center of town where a large contingent of people was gathered. A large black man with a lot of hair was standing a head or so taller than the nearest person and his look of confidence was overwhelming. We made our way toward the front and the man smiled and the sun seemed to be pulled to his face and made him sparkle with friendliness.

“JP, is this her?” He said looking at me with a big smile. Anyone else looking me over like that might have made me feel nervous instead I laughed and twirled in a circle.

Everyone laughed at my antics and JP was smiling his own beautiful smile at me. “Count Crestor, may I present my girlfriend, Maryse Oliver. Maryse this is Count Crestor, the famous Dragon shifter.”

“No fucking way,” I said staring in awe at something I never thought I would see.

“Oh, I like you,” Crestor said coming right up to me. “Watch this pretty girl,” he said jumping into the air with a powerful thrust and he transformed in a second with large wings angled to make him look like a rocket launching straight up into the sky.

His hair transformed into these black scales and the sun was lost in them and he was magnificent. No matter what I had heard or seen in the movies he wasn’t as big as a house but he was about four times the size he was in human form and his wings stretched out at least eighteen feet to each side.

He was absolutely fucking beautiful. JP wrapped his arms around me from behind as I watched the dragon in flight and whispered in my ear “he is one of only three male dragons left.”

A tear started running down my face as I thought about that. The world was deprived if they didn’t know what a loss it was not to be able to see this magnificent man in flight, it was inspiring.

“Dragons are powerful and were persecuted long before even my parents condemned them. I do all I can for them, but when they go, we will have no more dragons. There hasn’t been a female dragon in a century, so there is no chance for any new ones to be born.” JP explained.

I was crying now. The way Crestor captured the sun and my heart with his flight was hypnotizing and I was lost in his story and flight. I had barely pulled myself together when he settled back down to earth and transformed back into his human image.

“Ah, to make a beautiful woman cry, I don’t know if I should be applauded or slain.” He said coming close to me.

“Applauded, that was and you are beautiful. If I didn’t already have the best man in the world I would chase you like a schoolgirl after her first crush.” I spewed out.

Everyone laughed. “For you my beautiful witch, I would have let you catch me.” He said following up with a look to JP “Are you ready to try your plan?”

“I am, Harper is coming now, so let’s see if we can make this work. Are you sure you are OK with trying this Crestor?”

“I will do whatever it takes to make sure the rest of you have futures. I do not wish my fate on anyone.” Crestor said and I was balling again. “Easy young one, I have accepted it, there is no need for tears now. What do we do JP?”

“I have a spell that will allow your thoughts to go straight into another person and theirs into you. I think Harper is the best choice because she knows the area so well and can coordinate with the ground leaders where the attacks are coming from. All you have to do is fly high enough not to be hurt and think where people are and what is happening. Harper will take care of the rest.”

“Remember JP I am not from this town, who is this Harper you speak of?” Crestor asked looking around.

“Well tall dark and handsome, I am Harper and all your dreams just came true.” Harper said as the people parted like the red sea to let her through.

We all laughed but Crestor looked at her and smiled. “Oh little one, once you have had my thoughts in that slim perfect little body of yours no other man will ever do it for you.”

“Oh sweetie,” she said walking up to Crestor and running a hand up and down his arm “when my thoughts come back to you, you will have all you can do to stay airborne.”

I choked and almost hurt myself at the byplay between the two but JP was amused and did the introductions while I controlled myself.

“The phrase is ‘Gemino Cogitationes’ and it will let you hear and send thoughts to each other. Once we are through with this fiasco, we will remove the spell. If you both our willing we can do it now so Mar isn’t too tired tomorrow when the attack happens?”

“I’m ready if Scally here is ready?” Harpers said smiling an evil smile.

“Ah little water nymph you are in for a new experience. I hope you can handle it?” Crestor said laughing.

“I can handle anything you got big boy.” She said smiling sweetly at him and I was going to lose it again.

JP took my hand and I could feel his power joining with mine. It felt intense and if I wasn’t careful I would try to sneak back to our room with the feeling that was running through me at the moment.

“Crestor and Harper hold hands.” JP instructed. Once they did he took my free hand and placed it on top of theirs and said “let the power flow through you into the both of them while saying the phrase loud and clear. Wait until you have all the power you can hold before you do it, or it may not be enough.”

I nodded like I knew what I was supposed to do. My hand rested on theirs and I could feel an abnormal amount of heat running between the three of us. I let JP’s magic run through me and like he said I kept it building and building till it felt like it was going to go out on his own and then I said loudly and concisely ‘Gemino Cogitationes’.

The power was overwhelming but I held on and didn’t let go. The power felt like it was running from all four of us and Harpers eyes got wide as she took the spell into her. I just held on till the power was gone and then I slumped back into JP’s strong arms. Harper was leaning heavily on Crestor but both men seemed to be ok.

“Did it work?” I asked wondering if it was enough.

JP looked at Crestor and he nodded and he didn’t look as sure of himself as he did earlier when he was bantering with Harper. Of course Harper looked whipped. I think she needed to sit down somewhere.

Before I could say anything Crestor picked her up and was holding her in his arms and was heading for the inn. I looked at JP and he just smiled. I just shook my head and let him lead me away toward I hoped some food and rest.