This is my coven, Hana

When Hana had said she wanted to practice magic again, she hadn't meant that night. But, when Mashiro said that she knew other witches, Hana couldn't hold back her excitement. One thing led to another and all of a sudden, Hana was in the middle of Shibuya at midnight. She'd never snuck out at night before, much less in another area of Tokyo, and now she was standing in a dark alley while drunk salarymen stumbled around, looking for another bar to drink at. Sure it was the weekend, but if Hana got caught outside this late at night, surely people would be suspicious.

"Come on, Hana." Mashiro was starting to drag Hana inside a door deep within the alley when a young couple walked up behind them.
"Hey, aren't you two a bit young to be out this late?" The one who was talking was a man with a French accent, fancy clothes, nice jewelry, and an expensive-looking watch. Beside him was a woman who looked to be about the same age as him with just as expensive-looking clothes, but she looked like she was from Japan. Hana also noticed the wedding bands on their ring fingers.
Just as Hana was about to run, Mashiro asked, "Kohaku Seito? Is that you?"
"Little Miss Mashiro!" The woman stepped out to meet Mashiro. "It is me. It's been a while since I've been able to meet up here. Actually, it's not Seito anymore. Now I'm Kohaku Blanc." She showed the wedding ring to Mashiro as the two began walking into the building inside the alley.
"Are you going with your friend?" The man who was apparently Kohaku's husband motioned for Hana to go inside.
"I don't know what this is. Are you going in?"
"No, I can't go in. It's a witch bar. No men allowed. I won't ask if you're a witch, but if you aren't, don't go to the upstairs section. Follow my darling Kohaku. She'll take good care of you."

Reluctantly, Hana stepped inside the witch bar. When she did, a number of the women in the bar turned to look at her, but an older woman behind the bar slammed a bottle down on the counter to get their attention. "Don't worry, ladies. She's fine to be here." The woman turned to Hana and said, "Your friend went upstairs."
Hana walked up to the bar to talk to the woman who calmed down the tensions. "Thank you, Miss."
"Call me Madam Sena. Or Madam."
"Thank you, Madam Sena. Are you a witch?"
"We don't ask that question in here. I'm sure, if anyone should know why, you should definitely know."

Without questioning what Madam Sena meant by that, Hana walked up the stairs to find a room with a number of couches where Mashiro and Kohaku were sitting and talking.
"Little Miss Hana, you finally came and joined us. Do you want anything to eat?" Kohaku was drinking a large bottle of some kind of alcohol while Mashiro was looking at a menu of food.
"What is this place?"
"This is our coven hideout. Little Miss Mashiro is part of the same coven as me. Normally, we have four members, but things have gone a bit sideways lately."
"What's a coven?"
"Little Miss Mashiro, have you been doing a good job as Little Miss Hana's teacher?" Kohaku drunkenly leaned forward to poke at Mashiro's face.
"A coven is a group of witches. With a coven, witches can do more together than they can on their own. However, if it's just the two of us, we may be in a bad spot." As Mashiro explained, she pushed the drunk Kohaku away from her.
"Who else is in this coven?"
"Well, let's see... There's Ice Queen, Crystal Rain, Witch Doctor, and me, Voidwraith."
Hana's stunned silence made Mashiro jump in to explain what Kohaku meant. "Those are the names of our magic. I'm certain that you learned what your magic is named shortly after you cast it. My magic is called Ice Queen. I can take on a form that allows me to perfectly control ice, snow, and temperature. Kohaku's magic is called Voidwraith. I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure how her magic works."
"It's a secret<3! So, Little Miss Hana, what's your magic?"
Hana began summoning flower petals that danced around her as she explained, "I just learned how to cast magic this week, so I'm not sure what my magic is called or what it can do. I wanted to learn how to use my magic from other witches."
"Hmm... I'd help you if I could, but we have different types of magic than you. Little Miss Mashiro and I both have transformation-type magic. We take on a different form when we cast magic. Your magic looks like summoning-type magic. If Crystal Rain was here, she could help you."
"Who's Crystal Rain? And who was the other one, Witch Doctor?"
"Mitoshi Ruri and Tsumugi Yakushi. Mitoshi is a college student here in Tokyo and Mrs. Yakushi has been a witch for 30 years."
"It's really unfortunate, what happened to them. Tsumugi was almost caught by Bounty Hunters, but they got a picture of her face. She had to leave Japan."
"What can her magic do?"
"Witch Doctor? She has support-type magic that can break curses. She broke the witch curse on me and Crystal Rain. I've been trying to get Little Miss Mashiro to break her curse, but it's not an easy choice."
Hana looked confused, so Mashiro explained, "The witch curse is the thing that prevents witches from revealing that they are a witch to others. Kohaku was able to explain to her husband that she is a witch because she had the curse broken. If you had the curse broken, you could tell your friends, your family. However, that doesn't mean that people will accept you for being a witch. Also, once the curse is broken, it leaves a scar over your heart that makes it easy to tell who is a witch and who isn't." The look on Mashiro's face was confusing to Hana. She had a slight smile, but it was a painful smile, like she was happy about the idea of having the curse broken, but like it would never be able to happen for her.
"Well, that sounds like it would be a good thing. Where did Mrs. Yakushi go?"

"When she almost got caught, she had to leave for a country that doesn't have Anti-Witch Laws. She was thinking about China, Canada, and the Netherlands, but she ended up going to Thailand. What happened to Little Miss Mitoshi is even worse. She was on her way to classes when Bounty Hunters attacked her. She fought back, but they caught her before she could escape. Someone caught it on camera. The video even went viral."

Hana remembered the video she had watched with Mina shortly after she found out she was a witch. There was a girl who was being attacked by Bounty Hunters and defended herself with large blue crystals.
"I think I saw that video. She was in this coven?"
"Not was. Is. She is in this coven. We just need to get her back."
"Little Miss Mashiro, I want to support you, but it's just the two of us. Maybe if Little Miss Hana was willing to help and her magic was stronger, we would have a chance, but with just us two, we're out of luck."
"Kohaku, if we lose Mitoshi, too, we're going to be on the run soon. We need to get her back. I don't want her to go to The Edge."
"Mashiro, I'm being serious. We can't get in and out of The Edge if it's just the two of us."
Hana felt the need to interject at that point, after not understanding any of the conversation Kohaku and Mashiro were having. "Um, what are you two talking about?"
"Hana, will you help us break Mitoshi out of prison?"