This story is designed to be a fantastique genre coming-of-age adventure with the capacity for mystery, drama, horror, and romance. It follows a friend group of six (including you) determined to unravel a local mystery and find a missing friend.

Warning: May involve traumatic events, horror, disturbing content, or violence. May reference trauma and abuse.

All characters are 18+.

This story works best with a female POV but can work from any POV.

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The Coven

In the quiet town of Brattleboro, Vermont, six high school seniors have been inseparable since middle school. They first called themselves the Coven after late nights with tarot cards, astrology charts, and a witch movies—and after wandering into Mercury Bookstore, where a sharp-eyed older girl, Greer Langley became their unlikely mentor, big sister, and confidant.

On Halloween night the Coven ran wild through the streets in costume, laughter echoing under the cold moon. Greer closed the shop early and led them into the woods, to a bonfire clearing. Wine passed hand to hand. Music drifted through the trees. Then came a playful ritual from an old local grimoire Greer had just acquired—old words spoken in a circle while the forest seemed to listen.

After, Greer needed to step away for a moment. She never came back.

They wake the next morning in Maude’s basement, heads hurting, costumes twisted, and jagged gaps in their memory. The Grimoire sits on the coffee table, strange notes taken by Greer hinting at something eerie. And Greer is still nowhere to be found.

Was Greer influenced by spirits or demons? Did she fall prey to a beast, or a person? Did witches take her? Or did she simply get lost in the forest? Is she hurt? Is she dead? No, she must be out there.

Olivia Takeda

Olivia is effortlessly polished at first glance: sleek hair, glowing skin, chic clothes, and the composed confidence of someone accustomed to being admired. Student-council president with a perfect 4.0, she is witty, popular, and ambitious enough to have spent years constructing that image under the weight of her wealthy family's expectations. The control is real, but sometimes fragile; when the pressure finally overwhelms her, the polished exterior cracks. She is respected by both teachers and students, has a clear academic pathway, and has been dating the baseball golden boy since sophomore year, though things don't feel quite perfect. Outside of school, she’s obsessed with skincare, rarely goes without coffee or matcha, plays golf with her dad, and enjoys spending time with her boyfriend.

Maude Holden

Maude has an intimidating stillness about her—porcelain skin, piercing green eyes, a silver septum ring, and a wardrobe that consists of black lace and white collars. She rarely smiles, but when she does it lights up the room. Beneath her cold, apathetic exterior is someone fiercely loyal, the kind of person who would put herself between her friends and the rest of the world without hesitation. You and the others have been her anchor since middle school. As one of the only peoole to remember the anniversary of her mother’s death, she has always had your back. Maude spends her quieter hours playing piano, drawing, and secretly writing poetry. She loves tea and indoor gardening, gravitates toward ’70s and ’80s post-punk, darkwave, new wave, and art rock, and reaches for clove cigarettes when stress gets the better of her.

Piper Quinn

Piper is impossible to overlook: hair always a new color (currently pastel pink), colorful thrifted, clothes, gesticulation, and enough energy to fill whatever room she walks into. She's full of terrible ideas, and with an endless run of jokes, she's loud and bubbly—Piper is a theater kid who treats the world like a stage. She performs confidence with real fearlessness, but when the spotlight is gone the certainty drains away. Everything stays a joke until it gets too real; then she has no idea what to do with herself. Piper is openly flirty and has a history of casual hookups—she says this is progressive, but you know there's something else there. She lives for theater, parties, and concerts, with hyperpop, indie music, candy, and animals rounding out her many obsessions.

Aurora Milano

Aurora has the kind of warmth that makes people instinctively feel taken care of, with sun-kissed freckles, an easy laugh, and a presence that feels softer than the rest of the group. She’s the one checking whether everyone has eaten or slept, quietly making sure nobody is left behind. Raised in a traditional Catholic family, she still wears a crucifix beneath her clothes out of habit, though she hides it now with some embarrassment and doesn't really know what she believes. Her parents are still quite religious, which contributes to a guilt she doesn't let others see. Aurora is happiest cooking and baking, playing acoustic guitar, making ceramics, and getting lost in novels.

Robin Gray

Robin is small and easy to overlook, usually buried in an oversized hoodie with messy hair twisted into two buns and glasses slipping into place. Her appearance is unassuming and perpetually disheveled, which suits someone who prefers observing rather than being noticed. Awkward, blunt, anxious, and quite smart, Robin remembers everything—lying tells, birthdays, even someone’s usual Taco Bell order. When she isn’t quietly analyzing everyone around her, Robin is usually playing video games, watching anime, writing, or obsessing over D&D. When someone looks past her energy drink addiction and how she's just a bit chronically online, they might see her open up when she discusses something she's truly passionate about—a rare glimpse into how intelligent and creative she is.

Greer Langley

Greer carries the quiet authority of someone who has already lived a little more than the rest of you. Tall and long-limbed, she has auburn hair usually twisted into a loose knot or left to fall in soft waves past her shoulders, a scattering of freckles across her nose, and calm, assessing blue eyes that miss very little. She favors flannels, worn wool sweaters, cropped jeans, and leather boots, the kind of clothes that look lived-in and practical. A faint scent of old paper and coffee always seems to follow her. The owner of Mercury Books and a Dartmouth alumna with a degree in Classical Languages and Literature, she became the Coven’s unofficial mentor years ago—part older sister, part guide. She listens well, is unusually kind and humorous, and is one of the only adults who treats the Coven with respect instead of condescension. She has a passion for philology, mythology, folklore, and the occult, and she knows more than most about the lore of Brattleboro. Beneath the steady, almost maternal calm is a sharp, restless mind.