Don't let Lucifer ruin it all (open)

[Alice Williams]

Salem wasn't nearly as big of a city as New York. It wasn't even a proper city at all. It was a town, a jerkwater town in Alice's opinion. The only thing of interest was some witch trials that had happened hundreds of years ago and Alice imagined she'd have a heart attack if she ever saw a neon sign here. But atleast there was a mall which was more than you could say about the island where the school was located. She'd never even bothered trying to find the black market, even though it was half-expected of her as a skull. There was no telling what the elves might have done to their wares before selling them. No, when it came to shopping, the mall was the place to go. Even such a small and substandard one as the Lachry Mall.

She always took the opurtunity to go into Salem when she was offered it and she ususally ended up in the basement of the Lachry Mall. Though both the malls of Salem were small and subpar, she felt like the Paranor Mall was especially lame. No matter how many times you went there, it was always the same items on the racks and she couldn't even remember the last time a new store had opened there. At least in the Lachry Mall there were pawnshops and secondhand stores where the supply changed from time to time. And of course, Uncle Barney's Bargain Basement.

Though she wasn't looking for anything particular, an old silver candelabra caught her eye. It looked worn and the wax candles had turned yellow a long time ago, but still they were burning with a persistent flame. An ordinary muggle would have found it silly to light up something you were planning on selling, but Alice wasn't. She was a witch and she recognized the Gubraithian Fire, even if she'd never come across one before. Slowly, she let her finger glide through the flame and felt the heat. It was definitely real if the soot on her index finger was any proof.

[Klaus Williams]

Klaus was walking through the mall minding his own business. Being a New Yorker he liked to get into the nearest thing that resembled his home, and the mall was about as good as it got. He was passing one of the storefronts when Alice caught his eye. She was in one of the stores seemingly alone. From where he was standing Klaus could see her playing with a lit candelabra. "Of course, the devil's mistress is immune to fire" Klaus huffed as he stormed inside.

Klaus didn't bother with pleasantries. "What the hell are you doing out by yourself? Do you want The Seven to waltz right in here and take you?" He whispered, maybe he was being over dramatic. He knew if anything happened to her his father would make sure that the next animals that he sent after him would be the last. That, and as much as he didn't care for the evil spawn in front of him, Klaus couldn't take anymore sadness. He was working through things and was getting to a good place, but of course the world had to be working against him, and his sister was as usual was hell bent that Murphy's law was his life's motto.

[Alice Williams]

She had known him for long enough not to have to look up to know it was her brother's voice. So she didn't. Instead her focus remained on the candelebra and on the task of trying to extinguish the flame by her fingers and some saliva. Of course, it didn't work. Just like Klaus didn't stop lecturing her even when she ignored him.

It was riddiculous really how they were all expected to go in pairs and hold hands as if they were still in kindergarden. It wasn't as if there was any real damage anyway. Sure, that boy had died, but from what she had heard he had pretty much asked for it running for the lighthouse the way it did. If you were just smart enough not to do that, you had nothing to worry about.

When she finally adressed her brother, she merely sighed, still not looking up from her little game with the fire. "Afraid I'll get into a trouble or are you just feeling awfully concerned about my wellbeing today?"

[Klaus Williams]

"No, I am looking after my wellbeing. Get into trouble with the school, I don't care. Its Dad I am worried about." Klaus said matter-of-factly, doing his best to ignore the fact that she was ignoring him. He tried to keep his emotions in check, there was no need to have a sibling squabble in the mall. That would be tacky. "Since I have Dad and Mom to worry about, I am going to be a good and kind older brother to you, and just have to chaperone you." Klaus offered, making sure that she knew he was doing this from the bottom of his heart. Of course he considered tying his sister up and dragging her back to a group of teachers and ratting her out, but that would probably have the opposite effect that he wanted. "Looks like you're stuck with me lil sis." Klaus said hoping to annoy her as much as she did him.

[Alice Williams]

The candelebra was starting to get boring. As thrilling as it was with eternal fire, nothing really happened with it. It just... Burned. Blowing on the candles one last time to see if they would go out, Alice turned her attention to the item next to it. A good and kind older brother. As if. All he ever did was nag and nag and nag.

"I heard there was a fairy carneval today", she said inncoently while shuffling a deck of transforming playing cards. No matter how many times she switched out the upper card, it remained the queen of spades. She let the double meaning of the phrase sink in before turning to her brother with a smile. "I'm surprised you still choose to spend your day with me."

[Klaus Williams]

"They were out a bratty little princess, so I said I would come and find you. Want to come? I am sure you would have some tough competition in the race for queen, no one would know the differnece." Klaus said, picking up his sister's double meaning to the word fairy, as he hoped she picked up the fact that he said she looked like a dude. In truth Klaus was very proud to be out: his skin had become extra hard against ridicule, ultimately his life was better, he had true friends that didn't care, and he wasn't about to let his sister get the best of him and shove him back into his obviously bedazzled closet.

[Alice Williams]

"To be the queen? When are we leaving?" she asked still smiling before saying in an overly dramatic voice. "I've been you're fairy princess for too long. It's time for me to do something bigger." She barely ever got offended when battering with her brother. It was quite the opposite. She enjoyed it. And it was even more fun when Klaus talked back at her. Easy victims bored her. Just like this deck of cards was starting to.

"I'm bored", she said casually. "Let's go." Alice threw the deck of cards at her brother before turning her back at Klaus and started walking towards the exit. It made her feel powerful to have him run after her like a puppy. Because he would have to if he was truly worried about their parents. In any case, Alice didn't turn around to see if he was. She didn't even know where she was going. She just enjoyed messing with her brother. Maybe she'd have a coffee and have Klaus pay for it.

[Klaus Williams]

Klaus openly laughed at his sister's remark of calling herself a fairy princess. "Alice, a fag hag is the ugly best friend of gay guys, fruit flies are the pretty ones, and fairy princess's try and turn the gay guy straight." Klaus said condesendingly. "If anything you are a fruit fly" Klaus wasn't going to lie. His parents had made some pretty good looking kids, even if one was an evil spawn. He also knew that if he called her a fag hag his dad probably ground him for a month. "Also, it might not be a good idea to say you're going to go do something bigger, people have a way of taking things wrong." He finished still chortling.

He might have struck a chord with his sister, because immediately she was no longer interested in staying in the shop. Unfortunately the shop keeper was giving him a dirty glare, there was no way he was going to clean up his sister's mess. "Entitled brat," he said under his breath as he brandished his wand. Klaus glanced at the stack of cards on the ground. "Oppugno" he said whisking his wand in his sister's direction. The cards immediately leapt off the floor and began a heated pursuit after her.

"Alice, I know mom and dad, raised you better, and taught you to clean up your messes. You wouldn't want to give the nice store owner a reason to call mom and dad, so why don't you come and fix the thing you did wrong." He didn't dare leave the menace out of his voice. Bad reputation was not something their parent's handled well.

[Alice Williams]

The cards flapped against Alice's shoulders and the back of her head, and for a moment, she lost her composure. She spun around, her head jerked back and her hand flew up to protect her face from the aggressive playing cards. But it only lasted for a second. One look at her brother and his raised wand had her pull out her own. "Immobulus" she said and 52 queen of spades were floating in the air in front of her. "Accio!" and they gathered in a neat pile in her hand. With a final "Depulso!" the cards landed at the shelf again, looking as innocent as ever. Alice couldn't understand how some people in her class had trouble with such an easy charm. All you had to do was point.

She flashed a smile at the store keeper. There was no way Uncle Barney was going to call their parents and rat on her. She'd had him wrapped around her finger for years. If he was going to blame anyone, it would be Klaus. "Maybe I will do something... Big", she said turning to her brother, winking suggestively with one eye. "I heard your friend Pratt is single again."

[Klaus Williams]

Klaus couldn't help but smile ruefully. Granted it would have been better if she actually had cleaned them up by hand but at very least she cleaned up her own mess. "Thanks little sister." Klaus said jovially walking over to muss her hair. "Mom and Dad would be proud."

Klaus stopped when his sister stopped to face him. He paled at her mention of Pratt. "Alice. I swear if you do anything to Pratt, even Dad won't be able to stop me from hurting you, but of course that means that I have to beat Sio to the punch." Klaus said. "He is not a good mental state, that he might actually go for someone as easy as you." He added

[Alice Williams]

Alice took a step back with a look of feigned fright as Klaus mussed her hair. "Have you gone mad?" She went up to the window and adjusted a few strands of hair that had fallen out of her side bun. A small smirk appeared on her lips at Klaus' reaction.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Was that a touchy subject?" she asked mockingly. "Were you hoping Pratt would crawl into your bed whenever he's feeling lonely at night?" To be honest, Alice had never had any interest in any of the Pratt boys. She had only suggested it because she knew he was single and that it would anger Klaus. But his reaction had been even better than she had expected. Maybe she would make a move on him after all. Showing up at his legacy house for some PDA was sure to bug her brother.

[Klaus Williams]

Klaus openly laughed as his sister fixed her hair. Normally he was the one to fix his hair. He ignored his sister's remark as he probably had, but he wasn't going to tell her that. Instead he shrugged still laughing at her. Of course at her next comment, all humor was quickly lost on face. "As if," Klaus said ignoring how utterly gay he sounded when he said it. "Pratt is one of my best friends. I wouldn't sleep with him. I dont sleep with just anyone." Klaus said pointedly to Alice. He knew that by saying this, she would probably take it as him lying, and tease him for wanting to sleep with Pratt, which wasn't true. "Again, it's not me that you have to worry about. It's Siobhan." Klaus said knowing full well how balistic she would go if Alice would do anything.

[Alice Williams]

Siobhan. That was the skinny girl with the hand-me-downs. Alice considered herself much prettier than Siobhan, and if she had really wanted to seduce Pratt, she didn't expect the redhead to be any actual competition.

She gave out a short laugh at her brother's  denial. "Of course you wouldn't." she responded, her voice dripping of sarcasm. The way Klaus defended his virtue was amusing to her. "Maybe if you did you wouldn't be so oversensitive all the time." She was teasing him, rather enjoying how she could get under his skin. "That's your problem. You're too prude."