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You're Still Alive (Inside my Head)

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For Whumptober Day Four. Title from More by Billy Locket.

Renata is gone, but not dead. That is the hope that Malik clings to.

Contains: Minor character death, some gore, grief/mourning, vampires, angst, complicated feelings

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Dr. Blackwood didn’t cry at the funeral.

No tears fell from her eyes as the pallbearers carried two caskets into the graveyard behind the cathedral. Her face remained impassive as the priest gave his last rites. The only indication that she felt anything at all was when she closed her eyes as her daughter’s empty casket and her husband’s mangled corpse were lowered into the ground.

Malik wondered how she could remain so stoic.

The sight of Augustus’s study was still burned into his mind’s eye. Blood had covered his desk and floor and shelves, had splattered all the way up to the ceilings, the smell of it hanging in the air like a dark miasma. Augustus’s throat had been torn out in deep gashes down to his stomach, as though a wild animal had set upon him. His body had lain against his desk, a mockery of a tired professor having fallen asleep writing in his journal.

A scrap of Renata’s blouse, the white cloth stained red, had been left behind. There was no other sign of her.

Malik couldn’t believe it at first. Even as he called for the guards, rushed forward to try to wake Augustus up, he couldn’t believe that something like this could happen. That his friend and professor could just be gone. They had all had dinner together earlier. They had plans to go to the lake later that month.

But now, as he watched the gravetender throw dirt over Renata’s casket, it was more than grief that had him trembling. Who could do something like this? Because as violent and senseless as it was, there was no way it wasn’t planned and purposeful. Not with Augustus’s office being the only one to see any blood. Not with the books carefully taken from his shelf. Someone did this, someone took people that he cared about away. His one friend, gone, and he didn’t know why, but he intended to find out.

And, given that they never found Renata’s body… did he dare hope that she was still out there somewhere?

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The first sign was a bloody handprint on the wall. Then, the almost-silent sound of footsteps against the stonework. When he turned the corner, there was a cloak-shrouded figure, ever-so-slightly hunched over, back towards him and a hand braced against the wall.

“Hello?” He was careful to keep his voice friendly, even as his hand hovered near his sword. “Are you hurt, stranger? I can take you to the university if you need healing.”

The figure went still, almost unnaturally so. Malik couldn’t see if they were bleeding, but their cloak was too dark for him to really be sure. But they didn’t turn towards him, didn’t even seem to breathe.

“It’s okay,” he said, softer. “I won’t hurt you. If you’re in danger—“

“I’m fine,” they said, sharp and scared, and it was Malik’s turn to stop cold. The voice was familiar, even after all these years, even after time and change and who knew what else. “I’m fine, you can- you can go—“

His hand fell limp at his side. Unthinkingly, he took another hopeful step forward. “Renata?”

She didn’t turn. Didn’t look at him. Didn’t even pause. Just took off, down the alleyway and away into the evening.

“Wait!”

He didn’t hesitate to follow her, heart pounding in his chest. He couldn’t let her get away, not when he just found her. But though he knew these streets like the back of his hand, barely a minute passed before she was gone entirely. As though she had never even been there.

Coming to a stop, Malik heaved a deep sigh. His heart ached. He wondered what he did wrong. Wondered what she was so afraid of. Wondered if it had even been Renata at all.

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There was a vampire sitting on the edge of the lake.

His old friend was sitting on the edge of the lake.

The vampire and his friend were the same person.

Malik had been sent to kill the vampire, or, failing that, bring her in to be dealt with by the Church. She was a danger to the city. She couldn’t be allowed to walk free.

But Malik couldn’t hurt his friend. He just couldn’t.

He just watched her as she stared out at the sun disappearing beneath the lake.

She looked small.

Could it really be her? It seemed impossible. But there was no mistaking it.

“I know you’re there, Malik,” she called, her voice carrying easily across the open air.

He wanted to get closer, but he was afraid that she would run away again. So he stayed where he was. Held his ground. “I’m not going to hurt you, Renata.”

“Aren’t you?”

He winced a bit at that. Sighed. “I don’t want to. I won’t.”

“Yeah?” She didn’t turn to face him. She sounded tired.

He didn’t understand how she could sound tired. He was here to kill her. Nervous energy was skittering under his skin like electricity; it took a matter of will to stay still.

“What happened, Renata? Why—“

“Don’t.” Her voice was flat, but strained with just enough tension to give Malik pause. “Please.”

“Okay.” His mind was racing, trying to figure out what to do, but she spoke up again before he could come to any sort of conclusion.

“I just wanted to see the lake again. That’s all. I wasn’t going to stay any longer. You can tell your captain that I’m gone.”

“They want you dead.”

She turned to look at him. Her face looked younger than it should, and yet so, so much older. Her jaw was set; there was no affection in her gaze. “I already am, Malik.”

He watched her stand, and walk away into the forest. He didn’t stop her, or follow her. Just watched her go.

Renata was a vampire. But it was still her. She was still out there.

And maybe there was still something in her that could be saved.

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CHARACTER INDEX (A WHO’S WHO FOR THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF ZELDA)

SO, AFTER 22 COMPLETED CHAPTERS (2 SEASONS, A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL A ND AN PART 4 REVAMP) IN THIS FANFIC, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO A ‘ROLL CALL’, A LIST OF ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY (THAT I CAN REMEMBER) SO FAR, AND THEIR ROLE IN THE PLOT.

JUST IN CASE YOU’RE NOT ALL CAUGHT UP, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS YOUR WARNING FOR SPOILERS!

LEGEND KEY: SHOW CHARATER=(SC) MY ORIGINAL CHARACTER=(OC) REAL-LIFE PERSON (RLP)

CHAPTERS 1-13=SEASON 1 CHAPTER 14= CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (STANDALONE) CHAPTER 15=MY TAKE ON PART 4 (STANDALONE) CHAPTERS 15-22= SEASON 2

THE SPELLMANS:

ZELDA (SC)-The high priestess of the Order of Hecate and the headmistress of the Academy of Unseen Arts; Older sister to Hilda and the deceased Edward; aunt to Sabrina and Ambrose; Sister-in-law to Dr. C and Diana; wife to Faustus; stepmother to Prudence; step (and later adopted) mother to LJ and Jake; birth mother of Cordelia

FAUSTUS (SC)-Former high priest of the church of night/Judas; former headmaster of the Academy of Unseen Arts; Son of Lord Liam and Lady Drusilla; Half brother to Brutus and all of Liam’s bastards; Husband of Zelda; Father of Prudence, LJ, Jake, and Cordelia; Brother-in-law to Hilda and Edward; best friend of Dr. C; Uncle to Ambrose, Sabrina, and Sara; Due to his abusive past and trauma due to the insanity curse, Faustus is often misunderstood. He feels so guilty about the past, he barely mingles with the coven; He worked first at Dr. C’s bookstore and currently teaches mortal children at Greendale Middle School.

HILDA (SC)-Sister to Zelda and Edward; Wife to Dr. C; Aunt to Sabrina, Ambrose, and Cordelia; a teacher at the academy;

DR. ROBERT CERBERUS AKA DR. C (SC)-Hilda’s husband; Brother-in-law of Zelda and Edward; Faustus’s best friend; owner of Dr. Cerberus’s Books and Spirits; could be considered an ‘honorable Spellman’;

AMBROSE (SC)-From a different branch of the Spellman family tree; Raised by his auntie Hilda; also nephew to Zelda; cousin to Sabrina and Cordelia; Prudence’s boyfriend; Shares the day-to-day duties of running the mortuary with Jake; sometimes serves as the academy’s librarian

PRUDENCE BLACKWOOD AKA PRUDENCE NIGHT (SC)-Another ‘honorable Spellman’; Faustus’s daughter with Madeline Wells; Siblings are LJ, Jake, and Cordelia; adores stepmother Zelda; informal leader of the Weird Sisters, ( a witchy trio consisting of her, Agatha, and Dorcas); Long-time girlfriend of Ambrose; teacher at the academy;

SABRINA (SC) –Daughter of Lucifer and Edward’s mortal wife, Diana; raised by her aunties Hilda and Zelda; Cousin to Ambrose and Cordelia; This former troublemaking teenage witch has grown up a lot and is now a therapist;

LJ (SC)-Born to Faustus and his 1st wife, Constance; Zelda knew Blackwood would be cruel to the girl so she whisked the baby away and named her Letitia, when Blackwood got her back, renamed her Judith; when she was reclaimed by the family, she decided to call herself LJ and after being adopted by stepmother Zelda, she took the surname Spellman; Older twin to Jake; half-sisters are Prudence and Cordelia; Now all grown up, LJ is a witch doctor who can also practice mortal medicine;

JAKE (SC)-Originally named Judas, Jake changed his name to forget about being raised by Blackwood; Younger twin of LJ; half-sisters are Prudence and Cordelia; Not as strong a warlock as Faustus or Ambrose, Jake is good-natured and easygoing; Runs the mortuary with Ambrose;

CORDELIA (OC)-The youngest member of the Spellman clan; Cousin to Ambrose, Sabrina, and Sara; Half-sister to Prudence, LJ, and Jake; is the only biological child of Faustus and Zelda therefore she had the blood of both Blackwoods and Spellmans; Her parents later learn are the 2 most ancient bloodlines of magic; meaning that they are all descendants of Hecate due to her grandchildren, the man who spells and the lady of the blacken woods; Because she has both bloodlines, Cordelia is the divine child who is fated to become the most powerful witch ever born; all the family knows about the prophecy-except for Cordelia herself;

OTHER MAINS:

LILITH (SC)-The 1st woman and the 1st witch; Started this story as Lucifer’s pregnant handmaiden, now is the queen of hell; looks exactly like mortal teacher Mary Wardwell; Wife of Adam, 3rd earl of Masters; Mother of Zander (Alexander; who she hopes to marry off to Cordelia 1 day) and newborn Nora;

LUCIFER (SC)-Heaven’s fallen angel; the dark lord; Father to Sabrina and Zander; Been in numerous flesh prisons, including Faustus; currently trapped in a witch council member in hell;

ZANDER(OC)-Son of Lilith and Lucifer; believes himself betrothed to Cordelia;

BLACKWOOD (OC)-Is not a person, just a curse; a spell; put on Faustus by Lucifer and Edward when Edward was seeking permission to marry Diana; curse started when Faustus and Zelda got married…or was it earlier?; It bears the mark of Cain which makes it immortal; currently buried alive in the Greendale woods;

HARVEY KINGLE (SC)-Sabrina’s mortal friend and 1stboyfriend; comes from a long line of witch hunters;

ROZ WALKER (SC)- Sabrina’s mortal friend; a seer;

THEO PUTMAN (SC)- Sabrina’s mortal friend; later to be the vice principal of Greendale Middle School;

ERIN, EMILY & ERICA WARNER (OC)-Mortal triplet sisters; all are Cordelia’s best friends; recently learned that the Spellmans are witches.

SARA REED AKA SARA NIGHT AKA SARA BLACKWOOD (OC )-Known for driving Cordelia crazy as she tries to steal her friends; turns out to be a bitter Blackwood cousin;

NINA ROBINSON (OC)-Greendale Middle School’s new 8thgrade teacher; in lust with Faustus; won’t leave him alone no matter how much he rebukes her;

EDWARD SPELLMAN (SC)-Brother to Zelda and Hilda; adopted father of Sabrina; once haunted Faustus as a ghost; Edward is known for 2 things, being a powerful warlock and keeping life-changing secrets from his family;

MINION (SC)-An ever-loyal servant of the throne of hell and whoever sits upon it;

MINOR CHARACTERS

MAMBO MARIE (SC)-Brief love interest of Zelda’s; lives in New Orleans with her new wife;

LORD LIAM BLACKWOOD (OC)-Faustus’s abusive father;

LADY DRUSILLA BLACKWOOD (OC)- Faustus’s abusive mother;

MADGA (OC)-Faustus’s beloved governess; the only person who truly loved him as a child; murdered by witch hunters;

JOAN (OC)-Faustus’s mind guide;

MADELINE WELLS ( OC)-Prudence’s mother; She and Faustus mutually agreed to a purely physical, emotionless affair (her heart belongs to her dead husband Barnabas, and his to Zelda; Yet at some point, Madeline fell for Faustus and got pregnant to trap him; Even after she gave birth, Faustus made it clear that he wouldn’t marry her so Madeline threw herself in a river; Prudence was only 1 day old;

CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD (SC)-Faustus’s 1st wife; biological mother of LJ and Jake; Edward forced the marriage with blackmail and lies; Haunted Faustus as a ghost but later apologized;

SHIRLEY JACKSON (SC)-Former teacher at the academy; Haunted Faustus as a ghost;

BROTHER LOVECRAFT (SC)-Briefly plotted with Blackwood to steal the coven from Zelda;

SAM (OC) & MIKE (OC)-Dr. C’s brothers

SARA (OC) & ROSE (OC)-Dr. C’s sisters-in-law

BRIAN (OC)-Dr. C’s cousin; a minister that, along with Zelda, married Hilda to Dr. C;

SABRINA MORNINGSTAR (SC)-Sabrina’s dark side; was briefly queen of hell;

ELIZABETH TUDOR (RLP/OC)-History’s Elizabeth I; half-breed; her mother was a witch and her mortal father was a king; Is immortal due to the mark of Cain given to her by Lucifer as a punishment; lives in a rip in time that allows her to protect and rule her people to this day; An ally to the Spellmans;

MAXINE AKA BROTHER MAX (OC)-A witch that used a glamor to make herself a warlock so she could serve on the witches council;

THE WITCHES’ COUNCIL (SC)-The final word on the government on witch law;

THE SISTERHOOD (OC)-A secret underground, council made up of women, Maxine is a go-between them and the witches’ council; They are the 1stto realize that Cordelia is the divine child;

BRUTUS (OC)-The new Lord Blackwood; Sara’s father; Half-brother to Faustus and all of Lord Liam’s other bastards;

MR. & MRS. WARNER (OC)-Parents of the triplets;

MR. HOPPER (OC)-Principal of Greendale Middle School

GUS (OC) -Owns an auto body shop somewhere between Greendale and Salem; helped Faustus when he blew a tire;

MRS. APPLEGATE (OC)-Another teacher at Greendale Middle School;

DRUSILLA & SHELLEY (OC)-2 witch/maids who work in Salem;

ADAM, 3RD EARL OF MASTERS (OC)-Originally from Elizabeth’s world; He left to marry Lilith; Father of newborn Nora;

PETER WATSON (OC)-Brief boyfriend of LJ’s;

NORA (OC)-Newborn daughter of Lilith and Adam;

FAMILIARS:

SALEM (SC)- Sabrina’s cat;

VINEGAR TOM AKA VINNE T(SC)-Zelda’s dog;

KING (OC)-Faustus’s panther; that was murdered right in front of him;

APOLLO (OC)-Jake’s greyhound;

OCTOBER (OC)- LJ’s dove;

SO, THE PROBLEM NOW IS I’M ON THE FENCE IF I SHOULD WRITE A SEASON 3 OR NOT. IF YOU THINK THAT I SHOULD, PLEASE WRITE ‘RENEW’ DOWN IN THE COMMENTS!!!