Don't Mess With Time

Chapter Two

Agatha stepped in and smiled at the Coven (and Kiko) and walked up for a hug.

Hester sidestepped and snatched the crown off of Agatha's head.

"Still can't talk to your friends with that on," Anadil chided as Hester set it on Dot's head.

Ever since that time in Avalon, Hester stole Agatha's crown and gave it to Dot whenever she got the chance to do so.

"Yes, you've told me that several times," Agatha said, though she was still grinning.

Dot and Kiko seemed to make up for Hester and Anadil's reluctance to hug by giving Agatha crushingly strong ones.

~

Milly saw the castle come into sight and found herself smiling.

In front of her, her parents walked down the trail, Beatrix complaining about something (as always).

Reena sidled up next to Beatrix slyly as if they were still students and gave her a grin.

"Come on, you'll get wrinkles if you keep frowning like that," Reena said.

"Women can have wrinkles," Beatrix said, clearly remembering what she'd been taught back in heir second year at school.

"Yes, but you're prettier when you smile," Reena responded with a laugh.

Milly rolled her eyes at the exceedingly romantic way her mothers spoke. It seemed like all the couples in their friend group did that (even Hester and Anadil, despite how often they denied it. Milly has seen Anadil sitting in Hester's lap and playing with her red streaked hair more times than she could count).

"Are we almost there?" Milly asked impatiently.

"You sound just like your mother... your other mother, that is," Beatrix said with a smirk at Reena.

Reena rolled her eyes and turned to their only child.

"About three minutes."

Milly sighed and anxiously waited to get to see her friends.

~

Serenity twirled her blond hair around her finger as they sat in the carriage and looked over at her mother.

"Is mom going to be there?" she asked.

"Don't know why you'd want her there when I'm the perfect mother." Sophie flipped her hair and Serenity gave her a look that matched perfectly with her other mother's.

"Yes, she's back," Sophie said with an eye roll.

Serenity smiled and tried to act like she wasn't excited to see her mother.

~

Nathan and his parents burst into the castle, all three of them panting.

They'd run the whole way there and had barely gotten there on time.

"You guys are late every time. Maybe you should get ready earlier," Agatha said.

"Or not come," Hester muttered.

Anadil cackled and Beatrix let out an annoyed huff.

Hester muttered something about Beatrix pulling a stick out of her arse and Anadil slapped her arm angrily.

"What?! Amber and Hilda aren't here!" Hester snapped.

Anadil rolled her eyes sufferingly before pointing at Nathan.

"Ani, Ravan curses even more than I do. Plus, Hort already ruined the kid."

Anadil snickered and Hort threw up his hands in annoyance.