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Venezia, 1974.

Two high school students successfully ended their third high school year thus graduating from it. Now, they had the whole summer, to enjoy, starting by visiting beaches, perhaps SPA resorts, or perhaps just whatever they truly enjoy doing in their life; they were free.

Unfortunately for these two students, this expected happy summer won't go as they please. They will be forcibly driven on a journey that will change their lives, and twist the very fabric of nature and logic.

Yuba Maahes was an 18 years old teenager, nothing suspicious about him except the fact that he is the heir of the Maahes heritage and fortune after both his parents died in a mysterious plane crash, close to the Bermuda triangle. Even if it doesn't show, Yuba was truly traumatized by the death of his parents, which is obvious in his apathetic personality, and his agitated temper. He always fought with people about the stupidest things, and always got into trouble, but there was his guardian angel, who got him out of trouble each time, Numidia Bastet, an 18 years old girl who is Yuba's best friend since childhood. The Bastet family and the Maahes family were very close because they were in charge of the mafia business in Venezia, so they were allies against other threats. A wise man once said that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Numidia was the one who emotionally supported Yuba and sort of controlled his wild temper. She was a natural witch, but she was ignorant of it because she knew nothing about the hidden supernatural world that was right in front of her nose. Although she knew she was special, she felt that she had some sort of unexplained power, that circulated through her mortal vessel, an unknown power that is yet to be discovered and tamed. Yuba witnessed her powers several times, and as the closest person Numidia has, he saw it as a responsibility to help her understand this power and unveil its secrets. They read old books and manuscripts related to anything supernatural in every Library there in Venezia, but unfortunately, it led to no enlightenment so far. And the cause is that every good information was tampered with, distorted from truth to lie to misguide the ones who sought forbidden or secret knowledge. This made Yuba more eager to find everything about this subject because he hated people who capitalized on knowledge and kept it for themselves, so anger and curiosity were the fuel he needed to continue this search.

On the first day of their summer vacation, Yuba had some family business to attend to since he is 18 years old and it was time for him to rule over his dad's empire, so he left Numidia on her own that day. Her routine was quite simple, each day she visited a local flower shop to buy fresh flowers and enjoy the atmosphere and the harmony of that blessed shop. But the true reason for her daily visits was to talk to the nymphs that lived there. She saw things that other people couldn't even fathom, and she somehow spoke Nymphtongue ( which is the native language of nymphs ) fluently without even knowing that she did. As she was chitchatting with one of the nymphs that resided close to the so-called Painted tongues which are the red velvet flowers, another woman, an elderly one noticed that Numidia was communicating with the nymphs fluently, and she also noticed that Numidia's powers weren't controlled because she did not hide her presence with a cloaking spell, which meant that she is a natural witch that knew nothing about Wicca, a newbie witch. But still, Numidia caught the elder witch's attention. She then headed towards Numidia to talk to her because she noticed that this young girl had a hidden potential that could be cultivated. Maybe the elderly witch just wanted to help this newbie witch or maybe she wanted to use her for her benefit as a pawn while playing the mentor role. She faced Numidia and said: " Oh hello there sweet child of Hecate, how have the nymphs been treating you?"

Numidia astoundingly looked at the elderly witch and ejaculated:" So you can see them too! that means that I am not imagining things."

Then the elderly witch replied:" Oh, sweet child. Of course, you are not imagining things. You are a natural witch, a special one who was born with her powers."

Then Numidia quickly replied:" Please, teach more! I am truly clueless about these powers, I need a mentor !"

The elderly witch happily replied with a kind smile:" Well of course sweet child, a witch is meant to help her witch sisters, we are stronger together and...-

Suddenly, Yuba popped out of nowhere interrupting the elderly witch, and said:" Go away old hag, we don't want to hear about your shitty divinations, your palm readings, nor stories about how planets affect our mood and personality, that crap doesn't work on us."

Numidia quickly shut Yuba's rude mouth with her hand and said:" I am sorry elderly witch, my friend here is a bit of a rude chap but he is good at heart and a little bit overprotective. Yuba, this is the elderly witch and she is going to help me understand my mysterious powers and I am grateful to her ."

Then the elderly witch responded: " Oh don't worry sweet child, a friend of yours is a friend of mine. This charming young man misread the situation, and that's okay. And Oh oopsie, I still didn't even present myself, I am Calypso, the elder witch of the Rosa Nera, and what are your names, my dear children ?"

Numidia then responded:" My name is Numidia Bastet and my friend is Yuba Maahes, pleased to meet you Madame Calypso."

Then Calypso answered: " The pleasure is my darling, such fitting names for an upcoming great witch and her friend companion ."

Suddenly Calypso felt menaced by something and quickly said:" Well then darling, meet me this night at the witching hour inside this flower shop, And by the way, I know the florist, she is one of us, she is a green witch and her name is Lucia. Now go home and start learning anything you can about the 7 hermetic laws. When we will meet I shall teach you everything I know, Starting with simple sigils to complicated spells, you can bring your companion, he is interesting. And then Calypso left the two friends with many questions that are yet to be answered tonight at the devil's hour, 3:00 AM.