"Who's there!"
Fiona, who was taking a bath, suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately wrapped a towel around herself before stepping out.
Then, Fiona discovered that the female corpse she had just placed there had vanished, and her front door was wide open.
"Who is it!"
Fiona's face turned ashen. Having someone break into her home like this was a tremendous humiliation for the Supreme Witch.
On the other side, the female corpse was taken by a person in a black robe to a swampy area on the outskirts of Boston. There stood a dilapidated small wooden cabin.
The black-robed figure lowered their hood, revealing a delicate face underneath. It was a woman.
The woman touched the severed head of the female corpse, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Wendy, I finally found you!"
The woman cradled the corpse's head in her arms, a sight that was still quite eerie.
After a while, the woman put the corpse's head back in place and then took out some dark, damp soil from a cabinet, smearing it on the severed neck of the corpse.
A miraculous thing happened. The corpse's head actually reattached to its neck, leaving only a faint red mark.
Immediately after, the woman used the same dark, damp soil to cover the entire body of the corpse.
Before long, the wounds on the corpse inflicted by Fiona had completely healed.
A little while later, the corpse's chest began to rise and fall slightly. It had actually started breathing again.
"Misty, is that you?"
The woman, who was indeed Misty, hugged the corpse—or rather, what was no longer a corpse.
"Wendy, yes! It's me!"
Misty possessed the incredible ability to bring the dead back to life!
"Misty, how long have I been dead?"
"Three hundred years, a full three hundred years have passed! I've been searching everywhere for your body, and today I finally found you!"
"Has it really been three hundred years?"
Three hundred years was an unimaginable amount of time, enough for the world to completely change. Wendy couldn't help but look dazed.
"What happened to our other companions?"
Misty wiped away her tears.
"Most of them died in that catastrophe. Many of their bodies couldn't even be found, including Jennifer, who was reduced to ashes. But some of them escaped to Maine and established a coven there, though I haven't contacted them."
Wendy fell silent, the reality of the changes overwhelming her. It would probably take her a long time to accept.
"Misty, I'm a little hungry. Could you get me something to eat?"
"Of course, no problem at all!"
Time flew by, and the next day arrived quickly. Emma, who had been sleeping soundly, was suddenly woken up. She opened her eyes and saw it was Maria.
"What's wrong, Maria?"
"Emma, I remember you have that healing potion the headmistress gave you. Could I borrow it for a moment?"
This was the first time Maria had ever spoken to Emma on her own initiative, which greatly surprised the little girl.
"Maria, are you hurt?"
As she spoke, Emma took out the healing potion from a drawer. The bottle was only about one-third used.
Maria wore an expression of embarrassment.
"Yes, could you help me put some on?"
"Of course!"
Maria lay face down on the bed and pulled down her pants.
Only then did Emma understand why Maria looked so embarrassed. The location of the injury was indeed quite awkward.
But for some reason, Emma felt a strange sense of déjà vu regarding the location of Maria's injury.
Could it be...? A certain suspicion arose in Emma's mind.
So, while applying the potion to Maria, Emma tried to get some information out of her.
"Maria, how did you get hurt here?"
Maria clearly didn't want to reveal the details and stammered, avoiding the topic.
Just at that moment, Madison and Zoe walked in with very awkward gaits. Hearing Emma's question, they immediately spilled the beans about Maria.
"Hehe, Maria got beat up by a cute boy! Didn't expect that, did you, Emma?"
Emma's heart tightened. It was just as she suspected!
Emma was all too familiar with this kind of thing!
Just yesterday, Emma was wondering when Roy would find his way here. Little did she know she'd receive news about him today.
"Emma, could you hurry up? We want to borrow that healing potion too!"
Seeing Emma's movements slow down, Madison urged her.
"Almost done!"
Emma quickly finished applying the potion to Maria and then handed the bottle to Madison and Zoe.
"Madison, Zoe, don't you need my help applying the potion?"
"No, no! We can do it ourselves!"
Zoe quickly refused. The location of their injuries was even more embarrassing than Maria's.
Madison snatched the green potion.
"We'll take it back to our dorm to apply it. We'll return it to you when we go for breakfast!"
With that, the two girls limped out of Emma's dorm room.
When breakfast time arrived, Fiona appeared at the dining table. She seemed to be in a terrible mood today, her face grim the entire time.
This made the young witches at the table even more afraid to breathe too loudly.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened after breakfast, which relieved the group of young witches.
However, just as breakfast ended and the first class was about to begin, the unexpected did occur.
A group of men in black suits with stern faces walked into the witches' school and found Fiona.
"Ms. Fiona, we'd like to have a word with you."
After Fiona spoke with the leader of the black-suited men for a few moments, her face darkened even further, looking like it was about to rival that of her nemesis, the Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau.
"Did anyone sneak out last night!"
None of the young witches dared to answer.
Zoe felt a bit flustered. She hadn't expected the events of last night to come to light so quickly.
In comparison, Madison and Maria were much calmer. These two were frequent troublemakers and were already used to this kind of situation.
There was no way around it. The Boston branch of the FEA (Federal Espionage Agency) specifically monitored the Witch Council. No matter what supernatural event occurred, they would always come to the Witch Council first.
Fiona first looked at Carrie. This one had the longest record, and the major incident that happened last night was quite serious.
"Carrie, was it you?"
Carrie completely ignored Fiona's words, forever lost in her own world. This made Fiona, who was already in a bad mood, even angrier.
She directly used her telekinetic abilities to lift Carrie into the air, but Carrie's body instantly burst with a red light, directly breaking free from Fiona's control.
After landing, Carrie looked coldly at Fiona, as if she were looking at a corpse.
"You dare to defy me!"
Fiona felt her authority as the Supreme Witch being challenged. Just as she was about to strike Carrie again, Cordelia stopped her.
"Mother, it shouldn't be related to Carrie. She never likes to leave her room."
"Call me Supreme Witch!"
Fiona glared at her daughter.
Indeed, Carrie was even more well-behaved than the most obedient girl. She always stuck to the same three places: classroom, dining hall, and dorm room, never going anywhere else.
But Fiona was still very dissatisfied. After glaring at her daughter Cordelia, she suppressed her anger and continued to question them.
"Who was it last night? Confess immediately! If I find out on my own, you'll all be finished!"
Fiona unleashed her full aura, scaring Zoe so much that she visibly trembled. This reaction was immediately noticed by the Supreme Witch.
"Zoe, you tell me!"
Zoe, who had been called out, subconsciously looked towards Madison and Maria. This reaction was also noticed by Fiona.
Fiona smirked coldly.
"Good! Very good! Looks like there are two accomplices too! Madison, Maria, you two step forward as well!"
Madison glared at Zoe. The three girls stood before Fiona.
Fiona slapped each of them across the face, hitting them hard. The three teenagers' faces instantly swelled up.
Big star Madison had never suffered such an indignity before. Even when she had to take a hit for a role, they always used a stunt double. She immediately couldn't help but lash out at Fiona.
"You old bitch, you dare hit me!"
Without saying another word, Fiona once again cast a spell, pinning Madison to the wall.
Madison still wanted to continue cursing, but she felt soap bubbles constantly appearing in her mouth, choking her and causing her great pain.
"Looks like I need to wash your mouth out, Madison!"
This scene showed everyone present the power of the Supreme Witch, especially Zoe and Maria.
The two of them had witnessed Madison's great power last night, but this young witch was being played with by Fiona as if she were nothing.
At this moment, the FEA representative coughed twice, interrupting Fiona's punishment.
"Ahem! Ms. Fiona, could you hand these three suspects over to the Federal Response Agency?"
Fiona immediately released Madison and, turning around, grabbed the FEA representative.
"Who do you think you're talking to? I am the Supreme Witch of the Witch Council! My responsibility is to protect witches, not hand them over to the federal government!"
With that, Fiona flung the FEA representative away.
The other FEA agents immediately began to draw their guns, but then they discovered that the hands holding their guns were becoming uncontrollable, all of them pointing towards their own heads.
"Ms. Fiona, no!"
The FEA representative on the ground quickly begged for mercy. If these agents were to die here, he would definitely be finished.
Fiona looked at the FEA representative with a fierce gaze.
"The ones who died last night were nothing but gangsters, scum of society. And for these people, you want to take away three precious witches?"
The FEA representative opened his mouth, uttering a single sentence.
"There was also a congressman's son..."
"Then you can send that congressman over here, and I'll send him to join his son!"
Fiona's attitude couldn't be clearer. She would punish the young witches who made mistakes, but there was no way she would allow the federal government to take them away.
Watching the incomparably powerful Supreme Witch, many of the young witches present revealed expressions of admiration.
Even Zoe and Maria, who had just been slapped, showed envious expressions, thinking how wonderful it would be if they were the Supreme Witch.
Only Madison, who was forced to rinse her mouth with soapy water, continued to glare at Fiona with resentment.
In the end, the FEA representatives left in a dejected manner. They really had no way to deal with the Supreme Witch Fiona.
As for Zoe and the others, the matter was not over.
"Don't think a slap on the face is the end of it! Cordelia, take Madison, Zoe, Maria, and that Carrie to the isolation room! No food or drink for them within 24 hours!"
Cordelia sighed. She had a soft heart but didn't dare to disobey her mother's orders.
"Yes, Supreme Witch."
Cordelia walked over to Madison, released the spell on her, and then led the four girls to the school's basement.
This place was originally a warehouse used to store supplies during the Civil War. Later, after the house was bought by the Witch Council, it became a place to put students in detention.
"Reflect on your actions here, and don't make this kind of mistake again in the future!"
After speaking, Cordelia closed the door to the isolation room.
The isolation room was empty, without even a place to sit. The only light came from a small window high up on the wall, but it was so high that the girls couldn't reach it even by standing on tiptoes.
The atmosphere in the isolation room was very silent. After a long while, Zoe suddenly spoke apologetically.
"I'm sorry. It's because of me that you guys got caught."
Madison shook her head.
"It's not your fault. You just got to school, it's normal to be scared of that old bitch Fiona!"
Clearly, Madison hated Fiona more than Zoe did.
Fiona had basically rubbed Madison's dignity into the ground, something Madison couldn't possibly tolerate.
Hearing Madison's reply, Zoe felt slightly relieved, but Maria's next words made her feel a bit uncomfortable again.
"Zoe, I think you need to work on your courage. Otherwise, who will dare to take you out to play in the future?"
These words resonated with Madison, but she also wanted to complain about Maria.
"Maria, if you hadn't killed that congressman's son, would any of this have happened? That old bitch wouldn't have even known we snuck out last night!"
Maria shrugged and then pointed to her butt.
"So I've already paid the price. What else do you guys want?"
This small gesture made Carrie giggle. The other three girls looked at Carrie in surprise. It was the first time they had ever seen this girl laugh.
Carrie's expression quickly returned to seriousness, making Zoe wonder if she had just imagined it.
Then, Zoe poked Maria's butt.
"Ouch!"
Maria had only applied the potion once, and her butt was still very sore. That poke almost made her jump up.
As a result, Carrie laughed out loud again, which made Madison's eyes light up.
She hadn't expected Carrie, the witch who had killed hundreds of people, to have such a low threshold for laughter. This was really surprising.
"Zoe, I suddenly remembered a joke!"
Carrie quickly spoke to stop Madison.
"Definitely don't tell a joke!"
Maria looked at Carrie in surprise.
"So you can talk? I thought you were mute!"
"I... of course I can talk, I just didn't want to."
Carrie's voice was a bit timid, not at all like that of a witch who had killed hundreds of people.
However, Carrie had just easily broken free from Fiona's control, something Madison couldn't even do.
So, Madison's eyes rolled around, and she made a suggestion.
"I think it must be fate that the four of us are locked in this isolation room together. Should we team up and fight our enemies together in the future?"
Maria saw through Madison's intentions, but doing so would also benefit her, so she didn't expose her.
"Count me in!"
Seeing this, Zoe also chose to join the alliance.
Carrie, however, seemed uninterested in teaming up, and then Madison said she was going to tell a joke.
Having no other choice, Carrie had to agree.
The four young witches stacked their hands together, making a pact.
At this moment, Zoe raised a question.
"Shouldn't we come up with a name for our group?"
Misty Day (Lily Rabe)