Dawn
Dawn was fed up. She couldn't stand it anymore. These two sets of twins, but particularly Octavian, were grinding on her last nerve. True to their word, they had eased up on Jean, and even on Scott a bit, but the pranks hadn't stopped. After she returned to her room to find that all of her socks had been messily stitched together into a sort of patchwork quilt, with her panties around the edges, and it was thrown acrross her bed like a bedspread.
"shees," she said to herselkf. "Stand up for your family once, and it gets thrown back in your face!" And Nyx was encouraging them, which drover her mad as well. Stomping down to the library, she found the Mavericks.
"That's IT!" she said. "Goddess Hecate, before thee make this unclean thing crawl!" and with a 'pop,' Octavian was turned into a rat.
"Stop messing with me. Stop messing with everyone. It might have been funny when it started, but you are grinding on my last nerve. I'll turn him back at the end of the day, unless I'm still pissed off. If I am, you'll all join him, and I'll set up a nice Habitrail in my room, with 4 new pets."
The Mavericks and Chelsea
"Ok, you are really evil," Mordred said with appreciation.
"Eh, Nyx will turn him back. And if a new Habitrail turns up in your room, I think she will do something about it." Vortigern looked at Octavian and laughed. "You notice, Tav manages to look aristocratic, even as a rat?" The three still human Mavericks started to laugh. Octavian bared his teeth at them.
Chelsea came in, looked at them all, and then spotted Octavian. "Oh. OH!" She stepped over and peered at him more intently. "You know, that is really really interesting. Cos, rat, but I can see him like double imposed over it." She made a vague gesture with her hand. "Really cool."
"I'm sure Tav does not think so," Demetria said, still grinning. Octavian gave her a look that should have seen her six feet under ground. "Good trick. Maybe we should look up witchcraft."
"That could be bloody fun." Mordred's grin was evil. "Thanks for the idea, Dawnie."
"See, we take what people throw at us, twist it, make it better and use it." Vortigern shrugged. "This has opened a new avenue for us. And we have you to thank, Dawn."
"Shall we go find Nyx?" Demetria asked.
"Yep." Mordred nodded.
Dawn
Before they found Nyx, Dawn used the blood link between them to call her over. "Nyx, stop those freaking Mavericks. And don't turn back Octavian, I'll do it when I'm forking ready." she giggled. "Amy Madison taught me well."
Nyx
"Ok, sweetie. I think they need to stew in their own juices for a while. They bounced back far too easily after what happened to Scott." Nyx grinned. "I want to see Octavian as a rat anyway."
Dawn and Willow
Dawn watched as Nyx went to talk to the Mavericks, when she called for Willow. Willow teleported into the room.
"Dawnie? What's wrong?"
"Nothing and everything, Will. I just needed a friendly face that wasn't Spike. I know you watch me, being a goddess and all, did you see what I just did?"
"I felt it, and I heard, Hecate thinks you have potential."
"I turned that jerk into a rat, just like Amy would. But the other guys still wanna go on pranking everybody. I just needed you here for a little while"
"No problem, Dawnie, I'll stay here for as long as you need me. You know, babe, I'll protect you forever." Dawn smiled, took Willow's hand, and they walked down the hall.
Nyx and The Mavericks
"No." Nyx crossed her arms and grinned. The two guys gaped at her, and Demetria giggled.
"Why not?" Vortigern asked finally.
"Cos. Dawnie asked me not to, and he makes such a cute little white rat." Octavian bared his teeth at her and chittered angrily.
"I think it serves my brother right. Mayhap he will be more polite now." Demetria shook her hair out. "Besides, we do need to grow up sometime. The Mavericks is fun, but I'm growing tired of pranking the same people time after time."
"Point. You wanna take us into town after Dawn turns Tav back into a person?" Mordred asked. Nyx's eyes gleamed.
"Sounds fun."
"Ok. We have the beginnings of a plan. Demetria? Shall we turn this over to your infintely able mind?" Vortigern half bowed, and she laughed excitedly.
"Darrrrlings, this will be fun. Oh! And I wanted to aske you, Nyx, could you teach us some magic maybe?"
"I tremble to think what you four could do with magic."
"Please?" Demetria batted her eyelashes, and the Llewlyns made puppy dog eyes at her.
"I'll think about it. Hey, Willow, Dawnie." Nyx nodded as the two made their way up the corridor.
Dawn
Dawn grinned. "Oh, I'd like to introduce you to one of the people that raised me. This is Willow, she's an Earth goddess."
The Mavericks
"Greetings," Demetria said, and all three of the human Mavericks smiled at Willow.
"Goddess, huh? Sounds pretty cool. I suppose we should introduce ourselves? I'm Vortigern, my twin, Mordred." Mordred nodded, arms crossed and regarding Willow thoughtfully.
"Demetria Juno, and my brother who would say hello if he was human shaped, Octavian Felix." Demetria looked at Dawn. "I don't suppose you could teach me that trick? I would love to do this to him sometimes, darrrrling."
"It is a good trick," Mordred grinned, then yelped. "Little sod bit me!" He dropped Octavian, who twisted in midair but hit the floor safely. "I hope you don't have rabies." Octavian glared death at them all.
Willow
Willow grinned and put her arm around Dawn. "That's Hecate for you. She loves helping her girls. Demetria, if you are serious about learning magick, than you can learn. Men can do magick, but Hecate only answers the cries of women, so animal tranformation isn't easily done by men. We can teach you some, if you're serious. You could be floatin' pencils by the end of the day."
The Mavericks
"That would be very nice. I need something to give me more control." Demetria clapped her hands eagerly.
"Like you don't know you have us all wrapped around your little finger already," Vortigern sighed. Demetria laughed, and hugged him hard.
"You all adore me. I'm just so worship worthy."
"Keep telling yourself that." Mordred grinned.
"I don't need to, because I know." Demetria patted Mordred's shoulder comfortingly. "Poor insignificant male."
"Poor little woman." Demetria gasped in outrage at Mordred's rejoinder. "You know you need us."
"Ohhh, I am going to do something terribly disturbing to you."
"Does it involve kink? We never investigated the joys of leather and handcuffs, Dem." Mordred's grin was evil.
"You are so arrogant! Teach me magic. Please." Demetria turned back to Willow.
Dawn and Willow
"Well, you'll need a sacred space. A room you can lock and be by yourself," Willow said.
"And, if there's no more trickery, you're welcomed to come in my room and practice magick with me, anytime," Dawn added. "I think you'd make a fine witch, Dem. I should know, I've lived with them for all my life, technically. The last 3 years." Dawn grinned. "I'm only three, in case you were wondering."
The Mavericks
"We were not planning on playing more tricks at the school." Demetria shrugged. "We do not intend to be expelled."
"You people have a lousy sense of humour-oof!" Mordred gasped as Demetria rammed an elbow into his stomach. "Ok, you have been spending too much time in the Danger Room with Wolverine. That actually hurt."
"That was the point. Shut your mouth before you wind up in more trouble then you are already in." Demetria turned back calmly to Willow and Dawn. "I would love to meditate with you, Dawn."