"What the hell are you?" yelled Kevin. The girls lowered themselves to the floor.
"There's no need to yell. As for what we are, we're human. But also, to put it simply, we're witches," said Sebrena. The 4 guys stood there, mouths hanging open.
"Spellcasters," Calysta corrected her.
"Witches."
"Spellcasters."
"Witches!"
"Spellcasters!"
"Shut up!" Serafina yelled. Sebrena and Calysta stuck their tongues out at one another and shut up.
"Witches as in spells and black cats?" asked AJ. The girls nodded.
"You're evil. You're the brides of Satan. You'll bring no good," Brian rambled.
"Sorry to squash your religious beliefs but, 1, we're not evil, and 2, we're not married to Satan. We met him at a dinner party once and no one in their right mind would marry him," joked Serafina.
"I don't believe you," said Howie.
"Yeah, prove that you are witches," added Kevin.
"How's this for proof?" suggested Calysta. She ran her hands through her hair, and it turned blue. Then she ran her hands through it again and it returned to its original color.
"That could be a trick. Let's see another one," said AJ. Serafina levitated to the top of the room and then back down.
"I'm still doubting that this is real," said Howie.
"I guess we'll have to show them Dreama, Dia, and Kaisa," said Sebrena.
"There's not enough room for them to change in here. We'll have to go outside," reasoned Serafina. The 3 girls walked out of the room, followed closely by the guys. They walked outside, behind the house and onto the beach (the secluded beach behind Nick's house, you know, where Nick and Serafina first met).
"Why are we out here?" asked Kevin. It was still raining, the waves crashing violently against the shore, and the wind whipping wildly around the group of 8.
"Because if you want to see some 'impressive' magic, we'll need more room," said Calysta.
"Who are Dia, Dreama, and Kaisa?" asked Brian (at least he was no longer throwing insults at us).
"It hard to explain. It's better if we just show you," answered Sebrena. The 3 girls took their chokers/snakes from around their necks and placed them on the ground. The three snakes transformed/morphed/changed (whatever verb you want to use) into a wolf, tiger, and horse.
"Ok, now I'm convinced," said AJ, shying away from Dia.
"Do we really have to stand out here in the rain?" asked Kevin.
"No," said Sebrena. She muttered a few words, and the sky began to clear.
"You really are witches aren't you?" asked Howie.
"My, aren't we quick," said Calysta, rolling her eyes.
"You guys have to promise not to tell a single soul," said Serafina.
"I promise," the four guys said in unison.
"Well, now that that's over with, does anyone have any questions?" asked Sebrena.
"Something's been bothering me. When we first came in the room, Nick was already in there. Did you just not notice the 3 girls floating in your room?" asked Brian.
"Well, um . . . I kind-of already knew," said Nick, sheepishly.
"Hold on, you knew they were witches? When did you find this out?" asked AJ.
"When I first met Serafina," said Nick.
"So, when you met her in the park 2 days ago, she told you she was a witch?" asked Brian, skeptically. (Bad, bad Nick, telling lies. Tsk-tsk)
"No. Um . . . actually . . . I didn't meet her at the park," said Nick, sheepishly.
"Then where did you meet her?" asked Howie.
"Here, on the beach," said Nick.
"Well, that's no big deal, why lie?" asked Brian.
"Nick, tell them the whole story," said Serafina. Nick told the guys about him trying to kill himself, meeting Serafina, and so on. The guys were silent.
"You tried to kill yourself?" asked AJ in disbelief. Nick nodded. "Wow."
"But, you're over that . . . right?" asked Brian.
"Yeah. I'm not going to go out and kill myself."
"Good. Other wise we'd have a whole lot of pissed fans," said Howie.
"Especially since you're 'Mr. Favorite'," said AJ, with a hint of hurt.
"I can't help it of I'm irresistible," said Nick. All 3 girls started gagging. "What?"
"Nothing, ego boy," said Sebrena.
"I do not have a big ego," whined Nick.
"If it got any bigger, your head would explode," commented Calysta.
"Well, you just deflated it," said Nick in mock pain.
"That's what we're here for," said Serafina, patting him on the shoulder.
"As much as I love Nick bashing, I'm kind-of cold in my soaking wet clothes!" yelled AJ.
"I said I was sorry," said Sebrena. The guys gave her strange looks. "Well, I mean I think I said I was sorry."
"Let's go inside," said Kevin. The group of 8 (11 if you want to count the animals) walked back towards the house. Kaisa barely fit through the door, but she managed. Dia curled up at Calysta's feet. Howie looked like he wanted to sit next to Calysta, but he backed away from Dia.
"Don't worry, she doesn't bite," said Calysta, motioning Howie to sit next to her.
"I don't know about Cal, though," Sebrena muttered. Calysta shot her a "drop dead" look and looked back at Howie. He walked over, stepped carefully around the tiger and sat down. Serafina perched on the arm of the couch opposite from Howie and Calysta. Kaisa walked over and stood next to Serafina. Sebrena sat in an armchair with Dreama at her feet. Nick sat down on the couch next to Howie, AJ and Brian sat down on the floor, and Kevin sat in another armchair.
"So, what do we do now?" asked AJ.
"Is it cold in here, or is it just me?" asked Howie. Alex stared at the fireplace and the logs in it burst into flame (okay, I know that no house in Florida would have a n open fireplace in the summer but work with me, here, I'm short on ideas).
"Is that better?" asked Calysta.
"Does anyone want anything to eat?" asked Nick.
"Food! Where, where, where, where, where?" asked AJ.