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adelitaflores · 11 months

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Prep for Summer Solstice celebrations

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Where: The Hallowed Forest, near the edge

When: Late evening

For the High Priestess of Helka’s Own to be found in the Hallowed Forest, casting spells or prepping for ceremonies, was a common occurrence. Throughout the year, her coven and other witches who practiced similarly, would celebrate the passing of time, the changing of seasons by attending ceremonies in the town’s forest. About a mile or so away from the edge lay the ruins of the Helka’s Own oldest suspected first of worship. It had long since become a depraved place for teens to hang out, drink underage and so on. The graffiti that covered the half walls and clumps or old marble, had given the once holy place a garish kind of aesthetic. This was of course, transformed once Adelita inherited her title thirteen years prior and took over the coven.

At once, the original coven’s place of worship was washed clean by spells and potions, blessings bestowed by the coven’s priestess and advisors. One of the covens most proficient spellcasters assisted in the cleansing and created spells that kept anyone or anything with anything but pure intentions from entering the hallowed space. The combinations of spells, cleansing, prayer and of course hard manual labour had transformed the rubble and mess of beer cans and fire pits into a tranquil and serene place to practice witchcraft and cast spell circles.

The coven did not attempt to rebuild the place of worship, instead it was left open to the elements, what was left of the walls glistened white and silver in the moon and sunlight. A stone table sat nestled between the debris of the original building was often adorned with herbs, spices, ingredients and candles. It was here where the middle aged Priestess stood twisting and manipulating green leaves into the form of the Holly Royalty’s face. That evenings all night celebrations would include the dance battle between the Oak Royalty (an entity representing the light side of the year) and the Holly Royalty (the dark, winter side of the year) and Adelita was working on the masks to be worn by the coven members involved in the display.

Sure, as jobs go, this was definitely one the Priestess no doubt should have delegated to another person, her time more efficiently being spent elsewhere, but the single witch had reserved this little task for herself. The familiar, the traditional and mundane felt good to the woman who lived in a permanent state of stress, anticipating one disaster and one success to the next. She was not alone however, she was as usual accompanied by two guards, a witch and a werewolf who stood at a distance, giving the Priestess some space.

Dark, curls hung loose, and she was dressed immaculately as always, though a little more relaxed. She wore an olive V-neck, wide legged jumpsuit that complimented her complexion wonderfully. White five inch strappy heals were left discarded amongst the brambles and dirt of the forest floor, and she stood barefoot, toes pressed comfortably into the soil beneath her. She looked on her task with a look of determined concentration, but there was a look of such genuine calm on the witch’s face. In that place, Adelita was just a witch, making a pretty mask for a dancer, hell, even the tell tale signs of age about her eyes seemed smoothed out, making her appear more youthful.

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