"The key to fighting witches is to always be aware and always be ready for anything," I said looking at Shane, Carmen, and Bette who were standing in a straight line side by side.

"Witches do not have our speed or strentgh, but they have intelligence," Dana said, "one strike from that knife and you’re basically done for."

"It’s rare to survive a knifing from a witch considering they only aim to stab," I continued, "they don’t try to slash or cut. They go straight for the kill."

"As long as you can avoid the knife and tire Helena out, you’ve done the job right," Dana explained, "all of us fighting her will give her the advantage, because instead of being 100 percent focused on the job, we’re worried about each other. She’ll see that and aim for our weaknesses. For all of us unfortunately, that’s Tina."

I sighed, "yes, you are all my fledging, so you are all inclined to protect me."

"If Helena hurts Tina, we will all lose our basic common sense to try to protect her and that will get us killed," Dana said.

"So you will fight her one at a time, and when you can barely avoid her knife, you move out of the way and let another take over," I said, "by the time it reaches Dana and me, she should be so tired it will be easy."

"So we’re gonna test your reflexes," Dana said, "we’re gonna shove you and you’re job is to avoid us at all cause and if you can shove us that’s good."

"Be ready for anything," I said lunging forward and shoving Carmen hard. Carmen went flying and slamming against a tree.

"Hey! I wasn’t ready!" Carmen whined.

"Witches don’t wait for you to be ready," I said lunging at Shane.

Shane quickly jumped out of the way, smiling that she was able to avoid me, but then flying harshly against another tree when Dana shoved her. "Always watch your surroundings," Dana warned, "witches have the ability to make you think they’re somewhere when they’re not."

She lunged at Bette who jumped over her head and then ducked under me as I lunged at her. Dana and I took our stances and lunged again, at the same time. Bette easily dodged us. I lunged at her from one side and Dana from another. She dodged me then spun around to avoid Dana and shoved her hard. She tumbled to the floor.