"I'll only have to endure this untim tommorow."

  I said while passing the entrance door of the school. Csses were finished.

  "Hey, Audrey, wait for me !"

  I recognised that voice, it was the egomaniac witch. I could hear her steps getting closer and closer.

  "I see you've gotten all your energy back, Li."

  "Yup, yup. I feel like I could do anything right now."

  She shadow punched the air.

  " By the way, that ghost encounter yesterday was pretty fun."

  She stopped in her track, observing me with disdain.

  "Nothing about that was fun, dude. I'm way too young to die."

  "Too bad I didn't have the time to take some pictures with my phone."

  Li became dead silent, judging me with her eyes.

  "You might be messed up in the head."

  "Hey !"

  Li ughed at my response.

  As we continued to walk side by side, I couldn't help but notice a detail that slipped past me.

  "Why are you following me exactly, Li ?"

  "I could ask you the same question !"

  Could it be that we actually lived close to each other. No way, right ? I would know if a witch lived in my neighborhood.

  "Do you actually live in the area ?"

  "Yes..."

  She seemed to have catched on something.

  "Don't tell me you also live here ?!"

  "Well, yes."

  "That'll make things easier then..."

  A foul odor, like someone was burning a chiken disgraced our nose.

  "That smell is horrible."

  "Is someone burning something ?"

  As we moved closer to the source, the whole area the smell came from lit up.

  "Ahahahahaha ! That hits the spot !"

  Those words were spoken by a feminine voice I hadn't heard before. Who the hell was that crazy woman ughing like a maniac.

  "..."

  Li was speechless, her whole face completely whited out by fear.

  "What is she doing here ?! "

  "Li ?"

  The woman came out of the dark alley while holding something in her hands.

  Upon seeing what it was, I vomitted.

  This sick bastard was holding the head of a human being with her hand. There were burn marks on the neck.

  "I swear it never gets old, the screams of agony after they beg for their life is always the best part."

  Li whole body shivered.

  "Aubry, Run ! She's dangerous !"

  She had called me by my actual name, it was arming. I had never seen that girl this serious before.

  "I'm not running while you stay here."

  "Don't ! I'm not joking !"

  The woman had noticed us, her red eyes burning bright. Her hair kept it's form while getting slowly envelopped in fmmes.

  She put her tongue out, revealing a yellow cross shaped tattoo.

  Why did this woman have Melissi nail polish design as a tatoo ?

  "If it isn't La Bruja, long time no see."

  She waved at Li, the head still in her hand.

  "Today is the day you die, María !"

  The woman just responded to Li provocation by smiling while throwing the head at her.

  Naturally, she dogded it. However, I found odd that ever since we saw this, she had no reaction to the head she just saw flying in the air.

  There was so much I didn't know about Li, what was she doing before coming to this school ?

  "María ? Isn't that..."

  By the time I became lost in thoughts, the atmosphere of the whole area became different. I could see white energy emanating from Li and grey energy coming from the María woman.

  The pressure exerced by the energy coming from those two was almost suffocating.

  It was at that point I realised.

  If Li hadn't been tired, she could have probably dealt with the ghost this morning way easier than Melissi.

  The woman took out one of her hair and threw it at Li. She quickly opened her hand and closed it.

  "Maravillosa Chispas !"

  The hair quickly disappeared into the air, dozens of tiny explosions following suit.

  "This again ?"

  "What do you mean this again ?"

  Li grabbed me by the shirt without notice.

  "Ewige Transparenz."

  We phased trough the explosions, then Li pushed me to the ground.

  "Hohlraum."

  As Li pointed her finger to the woman, all the rurals structures around us enclosed themselves on the person she had designated.

  "Don't ever come back. Consider this a lesson, you crazy hag."

  "Who you calling a hag, Bruja. I'm 25 !"

  Li didn't bother to respond as her spell created a giant bst invisible to the eyes.

  "We should run...."

  Li colpsed on the floor.

  "Run ? Didn't you get her ?"

  "It's that cross on her tongue, I don't know how it works but it protects her against lethal attacks."

  Li faded into unconsciouness while the woman was standing in the area Li bsted off, missing the entire right part of her body.

  "That hits the spot. This is why I like you, girly ! You put some spice in my life !"

  How the hell was that terrible woman still able to stand and talk ?

  I watched in horror, as her limbs grew back.

  Before I could even say a word, she was already next to me.

  "Hm ? "

  Her face was extremely close.

  "Weird. Your aura gives the same vibe as me but you aren't marked at all."

  "Marked ?"

  She gleefully showed her tongue again.

  "This. It's a brand. In exchange for granting my wish, a god branded me in their name. They offered me the concept of timely fire and near immortality."

  I had no idea what she was talking about. However, the only important thing in my mind was to get Li out of this maniac cws.

  As, I couldn't move a single muscle of my body.

  I was scared.

  In an instant, I was pushed back way far behind. I could have sworn I felt someone touch me.

  "What did I say the st time ? You try anything funny with my dumb daughter and I'll kick your apostle ass. Consider this your st warning."

  A beautiful woman with gray hair and sungsses wearing baskets, a yellow cap and an urban designed hoodie said.

  "Daughter ?"

  "Ya got an issue with an old dy having a daughter, dumb face ?!"

  If she was calling Li daughter, then that meant that this young ss wearing this was her mother.

  It was unbelievable. Besides her mouth was way too crass.