At Lakshmi’s house
“Wow!!” Lakshmi held on tight to her dress as she gasped in amazement. She never thought that her school could look so beautiful at night.
“Mia look” Lakshmi pointed at every decoration she could see.
Mia just kept tilting her head left and right.
“It is beautiful ” Mia gave Lakshmi a faint smile.
“Quit acting like a bush girl…should I come inside with you or I should just wait for you two in the car?” Scott asked his sister who kept looking around…she couldn’t be blamed though…she had never been outside this late before and she hadn’t attended a night party before…probably just some few birthday parties but none like this.
“Come with us,” Mia suddenly said.
“Hmmn” Scott thought about it for a while before he eventually gave in.
Even his sister whom he had asked earlier didn’t give him an answer so he thought it would just be wise to keep an eye on her.
Everyone looked so beautiful, Mia and Lakshmi for some reason outshone everybody in school. They were looking the most beautiful out of everyone else.
Meanwhile at Alyssa’s house.
“Mum I want to go please…I have already made so many preparations. Can’t you just allow me for today?” Alyssa pleaded with her mom…her eyes were watery and they screamed remorse.
“Keep quie!! t…it’s best if you just go to bed and pretend like nothing is happening tonight. It would be in your best interest…I have told you so many times and I hope it sticks in your head this time.
You are grounded for the next 3 months…that is the punishment you get for ruining my potion” Banshee didn’t even spare her daughter a glance as she walked out of her in the sitting room.
Alyssa went to bed…quietly, and as expected Banshee came to check on her before she went out for her own business.
Alyssa slowly lifted the duvet from her body as she climbed out of bed. She looked in the mirror and waved her hand, her dress and make up was all done.
She put on the silver crown she had planned to wear at the party.
She planted some pillows on the bed and covered them up so it would look like she was still asleep.
“I’m so beautiful…sorry mummy but I have to go whether you approve of it or not” Alyssa said to herself and adjusted her crown.
Back at the school party
Everyone was having a good time, cool music…nice food and a lot of the students were catching up with each other since they knew that they might never see each other for a very long time or never again.
All eyes widened and all neck turned the moment Alyssa heels could be heard walking down the hallway.
She looked very stunning…yes Alyssa the witch also wanted to shimmer and shine and she achieved that.
She was even successful in beating Mia and Lakshmi at it but none of the girls seemed to care.
“She’s hot” Scott murmured beneath his breath as he just couldn’t take his eyes off her.
“Hello…my perverted brother…please keep your eyes focused on me. Before you get yourself into trouble again” Lakshmi waved her hand in front of her brother as she kept on tapping him with her other hand.
“Very funny” Scott forced a fake smile on his face.
“Shh” Lakshmi shushed her brother as she tapped him to look at Mia…she was very quiet and her eyes were focused on someone,
on a particular boy.
“I think your friend has found her crush…she is so romantic and calm unlike you who is stubborn” he tapped her forehead.
Lakshmi just rolled her eyes and they enjoyed the party. Surprise gifts were given to the best dressed students…the most outstanding were Lakshmi, Mia, Alyssa, Velveeta, Skye and two other students.
Awards were also handed to the student who performed the best in their academics.. Mia almost took all but Lakshmi didn’t fault to take an award or two as well.
The anticipated and long awaited party was finally over…no one seemed to be happier than Scott who felt like his ears could finally take a break from Lakshmi who was always on his neck on what she was going to wear and how she would be the most beautiful girl at the party.
Meanwhile after the party at Alyssa’s house
Alyssa tiptoed into the house with the lights off…nothing made her happier than the fact that her mom hadn’t come back yet.
She made her way past the sitting room and quietly closed her room door. She switched on the lights and lifted her duvet.
“Ooh…thank goodness…she didn’t find out” Alyssa let out a huge breath.
She took a shower, put on her pajamas and dived into bed.
Closing her eyes to fall asleep but she couldn’t, she felt itchy and hot and she felt something crawling up to her.
She thought it was just her imagination and tried to ignore it but her body kept on itching and whatever was crawling on her had made its way up her thighs and was tickling her.
She switched on the lamp next to her bed and jumped out of bed almost immediately.
There were so many ants on the bed and she couldn’t even stand comfortably on the floor too because there were scorpions. As if that’s wasn’t enough…a huge cobra was on her bed.
“HELP!!!” she screamed as her back collided with the wall.
“Welcome my darling child” Alyssa’s door flung open as she saw her mother floating in mid air towards her.
“Mom please save me” she cried out but instead of helping her…her mother worsened the case by making it rain inside her room. The snake jumped onto her at once and bit her on her leg.
She tried to pull it off but its grip on her was too tight. The scorpions also began to climb her, stinging her.
Banshee watched everything quietly…she watched how her daughter cried and shouted in pain but she didn’t do anything…rather she was enjoying the show.
After an hour of torture Banshee has enough of it.
“Now that would teach you never to disobey me or try to fool me again…I thought of coming to your school and dragging you by the hair and bringing you here to give you a good beating but I reckoned that this is a better punishment.
Banshee made all the scorpions and ants and the snake disappear.
Alyssa threw herself on the bed, she was very weak and she lost consciousness almost immediately.
Any normal human being must have been dead.