“Well, sorry to ruin the reunion. We better get back,” said Fisher sharply, showing no hint of concern at all. When we got back, I found my friends waiting for me.

“Oh, hi, Lillianna’s parents,” said Belladonna awkwardly.

“I’ll escort her parents back to their houses, and erase their memories of what happened,” said Maddie, holding up a tube of milky white potion. She motioned my parents to leave.

“Really? So are you really just keeping my family hostage for me to join this order? Why do you want me? I’m just a random teenager!” I asked.

“No. You’re one of the greatest witches I’ve ever met,” said Fisher.

“Uh, really? So what do you want me for? To destroy the world?” I asked, unconvinced.

“Actually, kind of. I want you because of your illusion power. I want you to make an illusion for us to sneak into the president’s house and kill her,” replied Azriah, earning a glare from Ms.Octopus.

“Well, I guess they don’t want us to know,” transmitted Brianna.

“Huh. That’s interesting,” thought Adrianna.

“Come on, newbies. Let’s take you to our hideout,” said Azariah. We followed her in the janitor closet, leading us to the hallway where Fisher took me a few minutes ago. Ms.Octopus pressed her fingers on a panel, and the door opened.

“Wow,” gasped Adelaide, earning herself a glare from me.

“No, I’m just giving them compliments, so they will think we’re genuine and really admire them,” explained Adelaide. We gave her a small nod.

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“Wait, I thought we normally can’t transmit to each other without Brianna starting it. How come we can suddenly do that?” asked Bianca.

“Well, it seems like we have each other’s ‘contacts’,” explained Brianna.

“Wait, does that mean that we can ask each other for answers during midterms and finals?” gasped Vivian.

“Hey, that’s against the rule!” scolded Belladonna.

“Well, let’s get going. The others might think it’s suspicious of us just not talking,” I transmitted, while talking out loud at the same time. ”Wow, this place is big!”

We reached a large room with tables and sofas.

“This place reminds me of a living room,” said Belladonna.

“Uh, yeah. It’s our meeting room,” said Fisher.

“Cool,” said Vivian, looking around.

“Girls, you can come here when you have time. Right now, you can relax here. We have a TV, PS5, and a Nintendo,” said Ms.Octopus.

“Wow, I didn’t realize that a secret organization will have stuff like this,” said Bianca.

“Uh, are there snacks here? I’m hungry,” said Adelaide.

“Yes, it’s in the kitchenette,” said Fisher.

“What if it’s also poisoned?” asked Adrianna suspiciously.

“It can’t be. They won’t do that to us. They know that we can’t betray them. They won’t want to harm their own teammates,” said Adelaide.”Besides, we have to act like we trust them.”

-A few hours later-

“Sorry, we gotta go,” said Brianna, leading us out.

We walked in silence as we reached our dorm.

“Go in. Quickly. We gotta get the poison out of our systems,” said Belladonna sharply.