𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐛𝐢𝐞 | 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝

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𝘼 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙. 

The sun shone brightly as vines crept up along the home's wooden pillars. Within, four witch teens and a basilisk sat around an iPad, the green-haired witch snapping a picture with her camera. 

Amity frowned along with Gus and Hunter, the three trying their best to read off the iPad as Vee watched them curiously.

"Ra?" Amity frowned in confusion, placing her hand on her chin.

"Ra... ra?" Gus copied. "Ar, ra... am I doing this right?"

He glanced over at Vee, the basilisk reading Spanish off the iPad fluently with a smile, her hands clasped together.

"Tres tristes tigres comen en tres tristes platos de Trigo," Vee said confidently, the iPad's owl mascot smiled with excitement.

"¡Perfecto!" It chimed, a gold star appearing on the screen. "You're our top student!"

"Hmmph... I was the top student once," Amity scoffed.

Gus smiled before a pecking noise was heard, the illusionist tapping Hunter's shoulder as the two boys looked in Flapjack's direction. The cardinal pecked at the ground in frustration, as though looking for an item.

"He's... still doing that, huh?" Gus raised an eyebrow.

"He won't tell me what he's looking for," Hunter shrugged as he watched the palisman in concern.

Flapjack hopped to the front door of the house, Amity eyeing him before the door opened, Camila popping around the corner.

"Hi!" She grinned, the others perking up instantly as they smiled up at her.

The woman glanced around the abandoned house, clasping her hands in awe as her smile grew wider.

"Ooh! I like what you've done with the place," She cooed. "No more exposed nails, or possum nests! But this still confuses me..."

The woman frowned lightly pushing the front door wider inwards, retracting her hand away from the door instantly as a red watery paint outline of Hooty was splattered onto the door.

"Yeah," Willow grimaced. "He still confuses us too..."

"Hola, Camila!" Gus stood up. "We're learning Spanish from this scary owl app!" 

"Hoot hoot! Practice every day!" The owl chimed before its eyes turned dark. "Or I'll appear in your nightmares..."

"Oh, okay!" Camila responded. "Well, I'm going to pick up Luz from school. Pop quiz! ¿Cómo se dice eso en Español?"

"Oh, oh, uh!" Hunter stood up, taking in a deep breath of confidence. "Voy a... Luz... ¿eh... escuela?"

He frowned, doubting his sentence before Vee took over, speaking the sentence fluently.

"Voy a recoger a Luz de la escuela," She smiled. 

"Muy Bueno!" Camila clapped her hands together. "Keep it up!"

Just as Camila was about to leave, her eyes widened as she spotted a familiar witch leaning against the wall of the Wittebane house, the girl looking away shyly. 

"Oh and, I nearly forgot!" Camila smiled at the girl, walking back in. "Someone's back from their hairdresser's appointment!"

Camila winked, placing her hand on Georgia's back. The brunette nervously walked through the doorway, rubbing her forearm shyly. The front of her bangs was dyed a dark blue, the oracle witch now sported an undercut as the upper half of her hair was tied into a short ponytail.