"I don't think that this is a good idea" said Annie as she looked worried
"Awww Annie stop being such worrywart, Maddie is perfectly fine with it, just look at how excited she is" said Matt as he pointed to Maddie who was busy tying her hair up in a ponytail.
"Well number one, Maddie is bored, she would probably do anything at this point for entertainment, and two, if I don't have common sense it's clear that you two will kill each other" said Annie as she explained her points and tried to talk out her two friends out of the nonsense that they were about to do.
"Annie relax, this is totally safe, Matt has super hearing and I have good aim... (I think..)" said Maddie as she wore gloves and got ready to throw.
"Yes Annie, Maddie is right, and besides I want to train my hearing, and what better way than to be blindfolded and try to dodge some daggers" said Matt
"Maddie why are you wearing gloves?" asked Annie as she saw that Maddie had black leather fingerless gloves.
"Hehe because I look cool in them" said Maddie as she showed off her gloves and opened and leather sack.
"Where did you even get these?? they are so cool" said Maddie as she admired a curved dagger with a red handle.
"Haha well my Grandfather gave them to me on my last birthday" said Matt
"So cool, I wish I had a dagger as cool as this" said Maddie
"Well you can have one, I have three more" said Matt
"What really?? Thank you Matt, Thank you, Thank you" said Maddie excitedly.
"You're welcome" said Matt as he laughed at Maddie's reaction.
"Well it seems like you both are not listening to me" said Annie as she sighed, they were both literally ignoring her at this point.
"We hear you Annie" said Maddie
"I just don't understand why you would want to use something as dangerous as daggers" said Annie as she face-palmed herself, she wondered who was actually older here.
"Well what better way to practice than with daggers" said Matt
"My gosh, you two are unbelievable right now" said Annie
"What if you miss?" asked Annie
"Well I won't miss this is not the first time that I have done this" said Maddie proudly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Annie
"It means that I have done this some number of times with Anthony, so you should relax and trust me" said Maddie
"Like that is supposed to make me feel any better" said Annie, she did not know why the both of them did not think that anything bad could happen.
"Okay enough talking let's do this" said Matt as he started to blindfold himself with a red cloth.
"Wait don't tell me that you guys are going to do this in here??" asked Annie
"Of course we are, where else would we do this?" asked Maddie as she laughed.
"You can't do this in here, what if you break something??" asked Annie
"Well there is nothing to break" said Matt as he was now blindfolded.
"Hey Matt, how far do you want me to throw from?" asked Maddie
"Not too far, just move back a bit" he said.
"So here?" asked Maddie as she moved back by four steps.
"Perfect" said Matt as he gave her a thumbs up.
"So I have to either catch or dodge the dagger" said Matt
"Okay, so do I tell you when I throw or??" asked Maddie
"Okay let's start with you telling me, just for a warm up" said Matt
"Okay" said Maddie
All this while Annie was wondering if she was truly cared for by these so called friends of hers, she was the youngest of them all and yet she was the only one who thought that this was utterly dangerous.
Well luckily they were all surrounded by witches, and if anything happened they could just call for help as quickly as possible, but prevention was better than cure, all she wanted them to know was that she told them so.
"Okay are you ready?" asked Maddie as she got a firm grip on the dagger.
"Yes, I am" said Matt
"Okay, so at the count of three, I will throw it" said Maddie
"I'm ready" said Matt as he reassured Maddie.
Meanwhile Annie's heart was pounding in her chest, anything could go wrong at any time, but there was no stopping them at this point.
"1"
"2"
"3" said Maddie as she threw the dagger straight at Matt's face.
Maddie's heart pounded, and Annie's heart stopped, Annie was sure that this was going to end badly, that was until Matt...
Matt caught it, he was able to catch it, the dagger was inches away from his nose, and he caught the dagger before it could go any further.
"Phew" said Annie as she steadied her heart, Matt was lucky to have caught that.
"You caught it!!" said Maddie excitedly.
"Haha I did" said Matt
"You both are crazy" said Annie
"I would not call that catching, I would call it luck, that dagger was so close to your face" said Annie
"Annie relax I'm still alive aren't I?" asked Matt as he removed his blindfold for a while and he put it back when he handed Maddie back the dagger.
"Let's try again" he said as he stood back in his original position.
"Okay" said Maddie
"Are you both serious??" asked Annie, she was sure that the world has turned upside down, where was Matt's sense of danger?? he was usually the one always being careful and all, but now he was being reckless, and he was encouraging Maddie along the way.
"Well I need more practice" said Matt
"Maddie this time don't tell me when you will throw it" said Matt
"Okay then" said Maddie
"I don't know why I am watching you two do this" said Annie as she face-palmed herself.
"It's because you Love us" said Maddie as she shone Annie a smile.
"I am beginning to regret that decision" said Annie
"Awww" said Maddie as she laughed and focused on Matt once again.
"I'm going to throw it" said Maddie
"Okay" said Matt
Silence, that was what filled the room, Maddie was waiting for the perfect time to throw while Annie held her breath, and then she did it! Maddie threw it, straight at Matt's face.
"PROHIBERE!" shouted Annie, and the dagger stopped mid air.
Matt removed his blindfold and the dagger was aiming straight for his nose, if not for Annie stopping it, he would have been hit.
"I told you, I told you guys" said Annie as she started to scold them, if not for he quick thinking Matt would have been no more.
But in the middle of her scolding there was suddenly a big boom, that shook everywhere.
"Ahhhh" said Annie, Maddie and Matt as they all fell down, it was like an earthquake was happening, even the dagger fell straight to the ground.
"What was that?" asked Maddie
"I have no Idea" said Annie as she tried to stand up, but they got hit again.
"What is happening?" asked Annie
"Let's go find out" said Matt as he helped Annie and Maddie up, and they went out of the tent.
Outside was in more commotion than they were, every Witch was running every which way, there was screaming, and some were hiding away.
There was another hit, which caused the ground to shake once more.
"You three, stay inside and do not come out no mater what, Am I clear?" came Mira's voice as she caught sight of Annie, Maddie and Matt.
Her face looked serious and she had a worried look on her face that she tried to conceal.
"Mira what is happening?" asked Annie
"Look someone is trying to break our barrier" said Mira as she explained quickly.
"The safest place for you now is inside," she said
"Stay inside and take cover under something sturdy, do not come out no matter what, Do you hear me?" asked Mira with a serious warning.
"Yes" said Annie
"Good now, go and do not come out" said Mira, as she ran quickly to help her comrades who were trying to fight against the barrier break.
"This is unbelievable why would our barrier suddenly be broken?" asked Maddie as she, Annie and Matt were back in the tent.
"Guys I think we all know who's doing this" said Annie
"Azazel" said Matt
"But why would be strike all of a sudden?" asked Matt
Maddie's eyes went wide, just yesterday, her so called mother contacted her through her dreams, and she said that she wanted to talk to her about something, was it by any chance this??
"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about this" said Annie
"Shush" said Matt as he used his finger to silence Annie.
"Someone is coming" said Matt as he whispered.
Annie nodded her head in understanding, the noises had stopped which either meant that the barrier was finally fixed or it was completely broken, whichever one of those options it was, all she knew was that they needed to be careful.
Annie started to crawl towards the side of the entrance, which raised suspicion from Matt, but she gave him a "I know what I'm doing" kind of look, to which he seemed to understand.
As the footsteps came closer, Annie was getting ready to strike, as she reached for the dagger that had fallen earlier.
The person had entered and Annie lunged towards him, but she stopped right in her tracks when she saw who it was.
"Curtis??" said Annie in utter confusion.