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neshabeingchildish · 4 years

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T'is Now the Very Witching Time of Night

Nobody asked for this, but here goes, anyway. TW for mentions of blood and death. @chenoahchantel @adorkable-blackgirl @henryhearts @henry-p-fart @up-the-tube @ciara-knightly @cactus-con @chenryontop @riebellion @kiddangers @oof--musicals @rorythevambire (I know I don’t normally tag you, but hell, Happy Halloween Lil’ Suga)

"'Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world."

- William Shakespeare, Hamlet

She sensed them, but she wasn’t yet sure where they were making their entrance. There was a lot of evil in Swellview… Not like Derry, but there was enough, that each Halloween season, she had another battle. Oftentimes, she just barely won. At least once, she lost. That was the Year of the Werewolves. And now, Swellview was teeming with them. Werewolves. She didn’t mind werewolves so much, most of the time. Most of them were nice people who just wanted to function… But, Nature had spoken. The full moon made them someone else and when they were, not only were humans in danger, but witches were generally blamed and targeted for the inexplicable nature of those werewolf crimes. But this… This was much worse than the Year of the Werewolves.

Swellview had a few vampire families, more than its fair share of werewolf clans and now… demons threatened to slip through the veil. She sensed that a dark witch had summoned them, but she was unsure if that was accurate, or her mind trying to rectify the fact that she could feel an impending demonic presence rushing towards her town.

She’d passed several types, all night, as was usually the case. But, the number of ghouls was alarming… and she expected that they were drawn to the presence, too… They knew that they may soon have dead bodies to feed on. This better not bring in a new awakening of zombies! She thought. Because demons taking over people, some dying as a result, ghouls feeding on them… when the veil is open, during the witching hour on Samhain? That could lead to freakin’ zombies, and she didn’t want to be stuck on necromancer duties tonight! She turned suddenly towards two boys, walking behind her and lifted a hand, prepared to defend herself.

The werewolf was most likely harmless. Witches and werewolves rarely warred. But, the vampire… he was still quite young, probably quite hungry, because she hadn’t seen any reports of changed ones or gotten any wind of robbed blood banks, missing persons, or increase of sanguinated animals. He was in a Kid Danger outfit… He looked just the frick like Kid Danger. He pushed the werewolf behind him and held out a hand towards Charlotte, the witch. “Hey… No need for a fight tonight. It’s our time to just relax. You should try it,” he said.

She frowned and didn’t lower her hand, “What are a vampire and a werewolf doing fraternizing? You’re young. Your brood should know better to let you roam freely tonight, especially with this in the air,” she pointed towards the sky with her free hand. “Are you TRYING to give the demons additional dark energy to saturate this place with their evil?”

“What?” he said and folded his arms, “There’s no such things as demons. That’s just a word that humans use when they can’t identify children of the night or undead entities.”

She sighed and shook her head, “Get back to your den, and you too, especially. Don’t you know that there will be a full moon tonight? Am I the only freakin’ knowledgeable mystic that cares about the laws of nature and the dangers of interrupting them?”

“Uh, YEAH! You’re the only servant of nature in town and you think that you’re better than us because of it.”

“Why are you talking like you know me?” She wondered.

“Ummm, I’m not. I’m just presuming, because you’re a witch and every vampire knows that witches believe us to be an abomination…” She made a clenching gesture and removed his mask. He clicked his teeth. “Well… You knew that I was a vampire, anyway,” Henry Hart said.

“Yeah, I did,” she finally lowered her hand. Henry Hart was harmless. Well… Not harmless. All vampires were dangerous, because their “nature” was to feed on humans. They called themselves Children of the Night. The witches called them Children of Hell. Their creation was not of this world, but in a dark place, of those that nature created and those that Lilith created. They were basically demons in human form, and she almost couldn’t believe that Henry didn’t know that his kind hailed from demons, but… he wasn’t that smart. She left he and Jasper to whatever crap they would get into tonight and continued on her path, but they continued too. “Stop following me.”

Jasper offered, “We were heading this way already!” He caught up with her and wondered, “Do… You need help with the demons?”

“Jasper, you’re no match for any type of demon, even at your strongest, much less a legion of them.”

“Well, you know that Henry is Kid Danger, so maybe we can help that way!”

“Jasp… Dude!”

“What, she just ripped your mask off. She knows that it’s you!”

“She ripped off my mask ON HALLOWEEN!” Henry said.

Charlotte waved a hand and said, “Have your couples quarrel elsewhere, please?” She held out her arm and an owl flew in from the sky and perched itself on it. Charlotte removed a satchel from the bird and looked inside of it. She sighed, communicating with it and then said to the boys, “On second thought, you’d better come with me.” She shook her arm one good time and the owl flew away again. “I may need your help, after all.”

“What can we do?” Jasper had asked.

While Henry wondered, “Why should we help you?”

“Because… I just figured out something. Captain Man must be a vampire. He’s indestructible. He’s not a witch, or I would have sensed him here, and he has a vampire sidekick who only recently changed… like this year, I’m guessing?”

“Vampires have a whole lot more going for them than being indestructible!” Henry defended.

“They do… But, being either a daywalker or having some type of powerful protection against the sun, he’d still have to keep up pretenses. An irresponsible science accident is a pretty good cover, because he could always blame any vampire characteristics on side effects, should they ever show up. But, he’d hide most of them - superspeed, shapeshifting - if he’s old enough or skilled enough to pull that off, flight, if that’s still a vampire feature… He’d keep the rest of us as in the dark as possible. Now that I’m convinced, all I would have to do is get within eyesight of him and she clenched her fist and Henry toppled over, holding himself.

“Henry? Henry??? Charlotte! Whatever you’re doing, stop it!”

She stopped hurting Henry, but kept walking and said, “And now that I know that Captain Man is a vampire, you’re gonna want me to keep that to myself, right? I just need a favor, and it kinda keeps a demon army from storming Swellview!”

Henry found his footing again and muttered, “All you had to do was ask!” Jasper cupped his face, checking to see that he was okay. He had a little blood coming from his eyes, which he wiped away.

“This is what I need from the two of you… I need the power of three, each an equal portion, thee - the blood of one who is cursed by the sun, next and soon, the blood of one cursed of the full moon. Finally, from the last creature, one who is blessed by Mother Nature.”

“You want our blood???” Henry and Jasper both asked, incredulously.

She looked desperately at them and practically whimpered, “I need it.” She looked at the ground, “Look, I know that I’m not a nice girl. I’m not friendly and I can be judgmental and harsh… But… while Captain Man and Kid Danger have pledged to punch a few stupid humans in the face, I’m the one that has to ward off evil, at least once a year, but definitely usually more frequently. My failures result in things like… Jasper being bitten when he was left in the woods by his parents on the night of a full moon. I couldn’t stop the werewolf increase… But, I can stop THIS; Just… not without your help…”

Henry wasn’t used to Charlotte asking for anything. She was a genius and a magician, what she couldn’t find a scientific solution to, she usually used magic. This was new, and he felt soft for her and her plight.

“Wait… I’m a werewolf because of you?” Jasper asked.

“You’re a werewolf because she didn’t have help trying to stop the werewolves… but, she’s got us for this, at least.” Henry held out his arm and said, “I don’t really know how this works…” She opened her satchel and removed a small goblet, which she held forward and her owl returned and scratched Henry’s forearm. He hissed and Charlotte collected the blood. Jasper looked nervous, but held his arm out too. He was the one who volunteered to help Charlotte in the first place and Henry was right, if they could help, they needed to. The owl circled around and came back for Jasper’s blood next. Then, Charlotte raised her own arm and simply opened a slash and levitated the blood into the cup. With the mixture, she covered the goblet, put it in her satchel and summoned her broom. “Follow me,” she said. Jasper transformed and chased after her while Henry speedily ran, right on her trail as she glistened in the moonlight, her curls blowing in the wind. She stopped and handed her broom off to the owl, which transformed into a girl that looked a lot like Henry’s dead sister. “Piper?” He whispered.

“This is simply a form,” the girl said.

“Shhh. Leave my familiar alone,” Charlotte said, and began to take things out of her satchel.

Jasper caught up, turned back into himself and caught his breath. “Werewolves really didn’t get a good deal on speed,” he complained. They witnessed the ground shattering open and Charlotte began to chant something as Henry and Jasper held on to each other. She sprinkled something, drew on the ground, and uncovered the goblet to pour into the crack in the Earth while others were running away, terrified. She backed away and joined hands with Jasper and Henry, “Take this offering of those who would stand against each other, and those who would stand against you, should you attempt to enter this plane…”

“I’m sorry, what? That’s an offering?” Henry asked.

“Shhh,” she said. “Power of three. It is a huge offering. Werewolves, vampires and witches don’t stand together and against demons, that is a very bold statement. They could try to call my bluff, but that seal would be our first line of defense, if they do. But, I’m hoping that our unity scares them off…” And… it did. There were the wails of demons who apparently were not allowed to cross the barrier and soon, the ground closed. Charlotte released the guys’ hands and dusted hers off. “Thanks. I couldn’t have done it without you,” she said and grabbed her broom.

“Wait… That’s it? What, we go back to being enemies or I don’t know… opponents or whatever? We just saved Swellview together. You don’t wanna celebrate?” Henry wondered.

“We don’t have much time. Jasper’s gonna be changing in like… half an hour,” she said.

“Yeah, yeah… But… I thought maybe the science geek in you would wanna see the Man Cave?” She did wonder about some of their gadgets. She looked into her familiar’s eyes and the girl transformed into an owl and took the broom away.

“Yeah… Okay. That sounds cool. But, what about Jasper?”

“I’ll introduce you to Schwoz. He’s made a pretty cool serum that helps Jasper not to transform from the full moon.”

“A magic serum?”

“Nope. Strictly science!”

“Wow! I DO have to meet that guy!”

“Legend has it that he comes from the family of Dr. Frankenstein!”

“WHAT? Can he make a whole man… out of like spare parts and stuff?” She asked, excitedly.

“Yeah! One so impressive… you thought he might be a vampire!” Henry said. She gasped long and hard and within moments, they were going into Junk N’ Stuff, a place she’d passed numerous times and not sensed a single thing… and as she glanced up at the full moon and heard howling in the distance, she knew that she didn’t have the strength for any more fight tonight, but maybe in the future… she had allies.

#henry danger #hd AU fic #Nesha HD Fics #T'is Now the Very Witching Time of Night #Happy Halloween #Halloween #Nesha Oneshots #oneshot #holidays and special occasions

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pinkgliitter · 5 years

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Another skincare post ..💫

I figured I’d make another skincare post about eczema bc...why not?

The last one was cute and had some gems, but my knowledge now (3 years later) is more vast and could help more people with bitchass eczema.

So, one of th things I’ve noticed is that many people think of skin care and automatically associate it with the face, but for people like me with body eczema and even people with body acne, sadly, we’re in a whole different ballgame when it comes to skin care. Though it’s been a hard journey, I’m kind of happy to have struggled with my skin so that I could gain and spread knowledge to other people who suffer. So here are some eczema (and dry and sensitive skin) skincare tips that are suitable for the face AND the body:

1) Learn the difference between MOISTURE and HYDRATION 💦.

I guarantee learning this difference will help you choose products better and learn more about your skin. Hydration 💦 is when you directly apply water to the skin, so when you're washing your hands, in the shower, or taking a bath, this is hydration. Any time you wash, you hydrate, because you're applying water. When you moisturize, you’re applying lotion, oils, butters, ointments, or basically anything after hydrating that will SEAL in the water. For awhile I got these two mixed up, so you’re not alone, trust me. Learning this difference can also help out with getting hair products as well.

2) Now that you now this difference, you can now weed out the crappy lotions claim to ‘add hydration’, and other products that lie and are bad for your skin. Our skin has something called a moisture barrier that directly affects our skin health, (if it's damaged then it effects our skins ability to accept hydration and moisturize) and many products that claim to help our skin actually damage it because of the drying alcohols within (I’m looking at YOU cetaphil) So products that help the skin’s moisture barrier are essential. One brand that I LOVE to recommend is Aveeno because it incorporates soothing oatmeal. (Not all aveeno lotions are good for eczema prone skin, so get aveeno daily moisturizing lotion, aveeno skin relief lotion and body wash, and aveeno eczema relief),

3) Following estheticians on social media. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS HAS IMPROVED MY SKIN. All my knowledge, I got from them dropping little gems on my feed about skin care. Dermatologists are so useless and only should be consulted when you have a serious breakout. Many don't even help you figure out a skincare routine, they just give you an ointment or recc cetaphil/eucerin and send you on your way, but estheticians help you establish a skincare routine and recc products to suit your skin type. A few that are on twitter ig and facebook that I love are: @/heyaprill @/cruzanchoklate @/Labeautyologist & @/caveofbeauty. They have helped me more than any dermatologist ever have.

3) ‘NATURAL’ PRODUCTS ARE NOT THE HOLY GRAIL, DO NOT LET THESE COMPANIES FOOL YOU! Many companies prey on people with skin problems with claims that all alcohols/chemicals in products are bad and you should just use natural ingredients like oils, cinnamon, and whatever else you can find in your pantry...or conveniently on their site (looking at you lush). Don’t be fooled, there are horrible products and things in your pantry that should never go on your face (I'm looking at YOU coconut oil) or on your body (im looking at YOU lemon juice) that are horrible for the skin and its moisture barrier, but not all products or ‘chemicals’ are the enemy. Serums such as lactic acid and hyaluronic acid have helped my skin and its moisture barrier WAY more than the cinnamon in my pantry, any sheet mask, or oils at my grocery store ever could.

4) Establishing an actual skincare routine (SCR). THIS is essential to turning around your skin, like forreal. Basic SCR’s usually consist of:

cleanser

toner

serum

moisturizer/lotion

sealant

Once you have this down, you can literally take over the world. Lol not really but with the skin you’ll have, you’ll feel like you could. Don’t think that you’ll get the products you need over night and establish a SCR the next day, no, it takes time. You may fail once or twice or thrice, but the more you learn about your skin and what it likes, the closer you’ll get to healthier skin. Here are some products rec’s from me to you:

Cleanser- aveeno skin relief body wash has really helped my raised and bumpy skin go down. I get a big tub and use it on my face and body and it has never left my side. Another honorable mention is Cerave products. They have products for all skin types and it says it on the bottle so that you don’t have to be confused on what you can use or not. Very gentle on the skin an uses hyaluronic acid to help with hydration.

Toner- PCA skin hydrating toner. This stuff really helps me with dryness, I love it so much!

Serum- The ordinary Lactic acid and hyaluronic acid . lactic helps with smoothness and hyperpigmentation and hyaluronic helps with hydration

lotion- All that aveeno I mentioned before, cerave moisturizing cream. STAY AWAY FROM CETAPHIL I BEG YOU.

sealant- Blue seal Vaseline <3. its cheap and effective. If you have a few more dollars, the cerave healing ointment is really good too.

If you have any questions, feel free to DM me, and check out my Youtube channel ‘Confident Blackgirl’ https://youtu.be/OxYJ1J-0P7M where I take more in depth about this and products that are really good for eczema. 💋

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