《The Witches》 Chapter 1: Its In Your Genes Chapter 1: It''s In Your Genes What does Mrs Voss even mean? This is illegal, what they did to me and all these other "students" is illegal and they should be in jail for this. My family will miss me, will wonder where I am. Didn''t they think about that? Think that maybe someone''s family is worried sick that their child disappeared and most probably went to the police by now. I''m going to do something about this. I don''t belong here, despite the kak that Mrs Voss told me. Ugh. "It''s in your genes, " Genes? It''s in my fucking genes? Sure I don''t know who my parents are. I mean I know their names and what they look like. I''ve seen them on pictures, they always looked so in love whenever they''re together in shots. They received me at a young age, mom was my age when I was born, fourteen. They say I look a lot like her, I don''t mind when I hear that. Mom was very beautiful I have yet to see beautypare to hers. She had that strong high cheekbones and small eyes, and she had that golden yellow healthy skin us coloureds are known for and beautiful long lustrous pitch-ck hair. And dad, he wasn''t bad looking himself. He was tall, and like Cape Coloureds he didn''t have front teeth. He was more brown than yellow and had big almond-shaped eyes. Aunt says all the girls wanted him when he was still alive but the love he had for mom made him blind. But to say that they or at least one of them is a witch is a horrible thing to say. How dare Mrs Voss. Okay, the way I came here was strange, very strange. I was sitting in front of the tv doing my homework when suddenly the whole house vibrated. I freaked out, but I didn''t scream or anything like that. Yeah, my eyes bulge from my skull but I was in shock. There aren''t any earthquakes in Cape Town, so I didn''t know what this could be. My whole body was vibrating when suddenly a white light surrounded me and the next thing I know is that I am here. "03 January 2015" "Wee to Meledsan Academy. I''m Mrs Voss, headmistress and this Mr Henley, headmaster." The students have been waiting in the cafeteria for hours on end for something, anything because we were scared and nervous. Not all of us seemed unfamiliar with this ce. Some seemed to be happy that they''ve received what they call around here, "The Calling, " ''Not many witches get them,'' Margot told me as she gave me a mini-tour after Mrs Voss''s weing speech. ''What do you and Mrs Voss mean? Witches? Warlocks, those things are fictional, '' Margot gave me a bright smile, revealing her big beautiful white teeth. She tucked her purple fluffy pen behind her ear so that it can rest between her ear and her red hair. "Tamzyn, isn''t it?" I nodded my head. I gave her my name not even five minutes ago. ''How did youe here, and since you came. What have you seen?'' I looked her in her big deep-set green eyes and shrugged. I took this moment to look around me. Around the campus. What I saw where many students and teachers, of course. Meledsan Academy is a busy ce. Some students were flying on brooms, others were ying with wands that spat actual magic out. They seemed okay with this, this seemed normal to everyone here and no one was freaking out. How could I have missed something so strange? I mean yeah we were stuck indoors and all these fictional things happened outside, but still, there should have been a sign or something. I''m here and it''s in my genes. My mom or dad or both was a witch. Who hides something so big from their family? Does my aunt know? Is my aunt a witch too? I don''t know, but what I do know is that this is way too much to take in. I can''t with all this. "So, the next few weeks is called the week of tests," Margot mentioned yesterday. "It is when we are being tested by Meledsan to see where we belong. Are we white witches or ck," I looked at Margot and nodded my head. I had two things on my mind. One, how can Meledsan test a person? It''s a ce. Is Margot trying to say the ground I''m standing on is alive? I didn''t want to ask her because I didn''t want to make a fool out of myself, so I asked her the second thing, ''which one are you?'' Margot chuckled, I loved how broad her mouth is and how wide it opens for herugh. It makes it so much more precious than it is. No homo though ;) "What do you think? ck witches are normally evil people, they wouldn''t waste their time weing someone in," ''Margot, I''m not a witch. This is a mistake,'' Margot gave me that broad smile and ced herrge hands on my shoulders and sighed, ''I felt out of ce the first time too. But you have got to trust Meledsan, it doesn''t make mistakes. Nowe, lemme take you to your new room,'' I have no roommates yet. My room isrge, and there were four double beds in there. Already covered with ck pillow covers and a white duvet. I chose the bed in the far corner. Each bed has arge brown bedside table with a dairy on it, this one I''m writing in right this moment. I''m not even sure why we are to use these books, but I''m gonna write about this weird journey for in case aunt Viv has questions. Margot is to take me to a wand shop today because I need to start practising soon. She told me to wait for her outside by the fountain. The fountain is situated outside the main building of the academy. I saw her approaching me with a broad smile again. She is a friendly Margot. "Sorry I took so long, had to show another student around. Kelsey, she has idental pink hair that she can''t get rid off but I think she looks cute," I gave Margot a small smile. I''m still new here and so I still feel out of ce and I hate how that makes me feel. "What''d you mean by, ''idental'' "? Sheughed, " just that," she replied and started moving towards the shop, "her naughty little brother yed with a wand. He hasn''t been blessed with magic yet and so him ying with magical instruments could get dangerous. He doesn''t know spells so he doesn''t even know how he gave her the pink hair thus not knowing how to undo it," I giggled. I think Margot wanted to tell me the story to ease me up a bit. We reached the shop. It was a huge double story shop, Dudgeon''s Wonderous Wands with a huge wand ced over the door''s entrance. The ce was surrounded by wands, sceptres and staffs. The owner, Jeffrey Dudgeon exined to me that different magic users and depending on the courses in life you take means different magic sticks. Me, being a beginner student with no clue what she wants to be will use a wand for now. I asked him if I could take a picture, he agreed. I just want topile something here. My testimony I guess, so I took the picture. He said that I should walk around because the wands normally pick out their owners. I walked around the shelves of wands. I never realised that one could get different wands. They were in their boxes and he suggested that I feel some of them. Some were heavy, some were light. Some looked in and others were so beautiful. We came to the middle of the store where there was a golden table with a ''Do Not Touch'' sign stered on it. On the table were five wand holders, two of which were gone. I rushed over to the table and looked through the ss protector. Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. "They''re beautiful, " I took out my phone to take another picture but Jeffrey stopped me from taking one. It wasn''t allowed, not without their consent I guess or something. Margot and Jeffrey followed me. There was a grey wand, transparent. It looked like trapped spirits were moving in the amazing wand. The other wand was floating, unlike the other two, and is lifted by a tiny whirlwind. You could hear how strong the wind''s blowing. But the other wand, that one is truly special. The part where one holds the wand is made up of roses, roses that are perfume''s scent made it through the ss. The wand doesn''t look neatly caved like 99% of the wands in this shop, it looks like it was plucked from a tree. It has beautiful healthy vines twirling around the stick that made it truly special. "What are these wands for?" "Those are for the five witches. Very extraordinary, each with their special power. The wands were created toplete the capacities of their powerful skills, " told Jeffrey. I nodded my head. "They are royals here. They wear tiaras and everything, " Margot added. I chuckled. That sounded awesome. "Where are the other three girls? I''m assuming the two rightful owners have their wands with them?" Jeffrey nodded his head, "yeah. They shouldn''t be hard to miss, they stand out like a sore thumb, " "The three no one knows who they are and where they are. The girl with the affinity for fire is called Bethany the other has the affinity for water. She''s Sindra. They''re best friends and y a huge part in modern-day Meledsan. We''re missing air, spirit and earth. Their family didn''t keep a record of the girls I guess," I was confused and Margot and Jeffrey picked up on this. So he decided to fill me in, "the gift is passed down from generation to generation. Thest born female of the family gets the power. That''s how Sindra and Bethany grew up knowing their fate, the other three. Not so much," "Except for spirit, of course," Margot made known. Jeffrey nodded his head and pointed at her, "yeah, the affinity for spirit is different. It travels to any family. Doesn''t go down in a generation and so therefore only stays once in a family," "But anyway, Tamzyn. We must still find your special wand, " Margot reminded. I nodded my head and followed her around. I, maybe like many students, want one of those wands though. They''re beautiful and so alive. ????? Kak= shit. Picture: Ollivindars Wand Shop. So... Tamzyn is from South Africa and she''s a coloured girl. Yes it''s also a slur there and "coloured" people hate that term but what can they do when they''re legally called a slur. Chapter 2: My First Roomate Chapter 2: My First Roomate 06 January 2015 Being here is strange, I still don''t believe that I could be a witch, but holding my wand says something else. I haven''t been blessed with magic yet, but I can already feel the power when it''s in my hand. What does one do with all this power? I wonder at times. Also, it''s strange here because I''m having bad nights. Not that I can''t sleep or anything but that I get weird dreams. I''m always surrounded by ck and can hear distinctive chatter but I can''t hear a word that''s being uttered. The voices are many and maybe that''s why it''s so hard for me to focus on what they''re trying to say. It''s been a couple of days that I''ve been here. I spend my days reading up on this ce''s history. It is two magical words that melted into one big world. It used to start as one big world but the witches difference broke them up. They were all forced to learn dark magic and it was fine, but a group of people hated that. They fought the system for centuries but no one could have that change since the vast majority wanted to learn the dark arts. That''s when the council came together and decided to split the two groups up and then they had ''San and Mele. The white witches had to start from scratch and it was difficult in the beginning, having to adjust and also create a new style of magic altogether. But they did well nheless. However, the two group''s hate for each other grew and they fought for years. They''ve concluded that surely good and bad just don''t mix, untilst year. Sindra and Bethany have been friends ever since they were three and they''ve gotten along pretty well. They have a true and beautiful friendship. They showed both the white and ck witches that a union between the two is very possible. Sounds like a wonderful ending. How would we know? We are only at the beginning of that part of the whole thing. Reading up on the town''s history only made me want to meet Sindra and Bethany. A knock took me out of my reading. I still have no roommate so I had to get the door, which I did. Behind it stood a happy Margot with a beautiful dark-skinned girl with a round face. Her ck hair is tied to the back so that her long coarse hair could make a bomb afro. "Tam... This is Aaliyah," she ced her arm around her shoulder and looked Aaliyah in her eyes, "this is Tamzyn, your roommate," I couldn''t help but smile, I hated not having anyone around me. The silence that filled the room, particrly at night was the worst. I opened the door wider and allowed them to enter. Aaliyah studied the room and walked up to look through the roundrge window. Besides, it is two beds, she chose the one on the right and ced her brown leather suitcase on it. "Um, rules. Lights out by eleven, no boys around and no loud music should be ying in here," Margot got into a few rules. "No one follows the rules but when the adultse for regr check-ups, please at least pretend that everything is in check, for my and the other girl''s sake." "The room is so spacious, I love it," Aaliyah shared. The door opens and we have the entrance area, you take a few steps through the mini hallway and then you''re met with a bigger open area, this is where we watch tv. There''s arge yellow couch with a redwood coffee table. The part of the wall that the couches face towards is magical. It has a name, it''s called Yalona. You greet Yalona and she shows you anything you want. That''s how they watch tv around here. You ask her to go to a channel or you ask her to rmend you something and she does. She studies us and works on our rmendations by the data she''s gathered about an individual. Behind therger couch is the part where we sleep. The first thing you pass is a desk on one side of the room, on it are twoputers and two chairs, each side has two draws. On the opposite of that desk is another, the dead same. Next to that desk, like with the other, are the first two beds. Next to them are their bedside tables followed by the other two beds. It''s nd. I have no matter to decorate my room, and I don''t even know if these people use money or not. "Anyway, you girls enjoy each other. I''m out and if you need me my room is next to you guys. On the left." Margot grinned and left us alone. Aaliyah threw her tiny body on the bed and opened both her arms. She had a huge smile on her face, one that looked like she could burst of all the joy she was feeling. "After years, Tamzyn, and I finally get the calling," she chuckled, "I was the only witch left in my family and so I thought I might just never get called. Thank you Meledsan," I was left just starring. This is crazy. "Do you think Meledsan is alive or something?" I asked but couldn''t contain the smallugh that followed shortly. Her expression changed, she seemed offended. "Of course, " "How do you know?" Silence. She swallowed, I watched as the ball went up and down in her throat. "Um... ording to the women who had the affinity for earth, they all told of stories of Meledsan speaking to them. Sure we normos never experienced that, but are you trying to say they''re lying?" I shrugged. "I don''t know them, broer," Aaliyah grinned, "let''s go grab a coffee. It''s on me," I nodded my head. She rose to her feet, man she''s short and so adorable. She wore a tight dress that showcased her straight torso and her banging skinny frame paired with short boots. She led the way, she seems to know this ce. She says it''s because she still studied magic, she just never got the opportunity to be blessed with the power. She talks a lot, which I loved because I barely speak. In other words, she''s the perfect roommate. I took a sip of my grape voured milkshake, she ordered coffee. We both had double cheeseburgers with chips. She told me a bit more about her studies when I started dissociating. I hate when that happens during conversations because I normally am very into what the other person wants to say, like now. But now, all I could hear was the sound of her voice drowning out until it was gone. Then, suddenly her voice came back as many whispers. Whispers I couldn''t hear. It reminded me of my nk dreams but this time I''m awake and have more control over it so I tried to focus. The whispers became louder. "Tamzyn," I could hear which caused me to look up into Aaliyah''s brown eyes and smiled. I experienced something that I couldn''t even exin. "Ooh, look it''s one of those special girls, " she eximed in excitement. I turned around in my seat and entering the cafe was a tall blonde girl. She looked gorgeous. Her straight hair hung past her shoulders, not very voluptuous but it looked beautiful. Silky, healthy and strong. She should have been a model, maybe she''s considering it anyway. Her skin was soft, her thin lips red, her jawline strong and broad. She wore a tiara on her head, I loved how her skull was big. It was as if it was made for her tiara as it rested peacefully. She wore a white dress and a blue cape. Which matched her tiara made of tiny light blue gems. In the middle of the crown was a much bigger blue gem. "I''ve always wanted to meet her, Sindra!" Aaliyah called. Sindra turned our way and smiled. She waved at us but Aaliyah gestured for her toe over instead. Which she surprisingly did. I thought she''d be too busy. She stood beside our table, in the middle of us. "Hey, guys," "Oh my gosh Sindra, I just wanted to say that I''m a huge fan," Sindra chortled and scratched her cheek. I loved how big her hands are, they could cover her whole Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. face. It was also covered in veins which I always think looks cool. "Thanks, and what''s your names?" "I''m Aaliyah, and this is Tamzyn. We''re both called for the first time. Exciting, " Sindra nodded her head. There was something about her, I don''t know what it is but I was so drawn to her. Her ocean-blue eyes seemed to soothe a person and she radiated with this vibe. I couldn''t describe it, I wonder if she could feel it too? "Anyway. I''m meeting up with someone, it''s nice meeting you two and I''ll see you around," "Bye!" Aaliyah greeted and watched Sindra walk off. Sindra. Iid in bed that night listening to the distant whispers wondering what it was that I felt with her today. It was like this strong maic force trying to tell my body something, but I don''t speak vibrations and so it left me wondering. ¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á Broer = Brother Chapter 3: My New Sister Chapter 3: My New Sister I walked up to the secretary. Her desk is ced in the middle of a huge space with arge window right behind her. To her left is the office of Mr Henley and to her right is Mrs Voss. "Hey, I came to give in my cellphone, " The whitedy gave me a friendly smile and took my cell phone. We, the ones staying at the academy must give in our cellphones because it''s just a t brick here. I have no inte connection here, I can''t charge my phone I just can''t use it. She returned and gave me a new thing. It was a green crystal, the size of arge soap bar. It had a screen like a normal phone and she went through it with me. Its pictures look like how would see the world with our naked eye. I snapped a picture of myself, my brown skin had a healthy glimmer and my big teeth were so white. I loved how broad my mouth is in one selfie. There''s also the option to have everything pop up like a hologram. This I heard from the phone guide, Geoff. He was the creator of the thing about five hundred years ago. I took my green crystal phone and left. I was intrigued by this gadget that I messed around with it, I wanted to learn more about my phone until I thought I have gotten a hang out of it. So after searching for the nearest park, I ced my phone in my rucksack and sat down on a bench. The weather never changes in Meledsan, at first I thought the sky was preparing to get ready for a nasty storm but Aaliyah told me that the clouds are permanently dark grey here. But it didn''t stop me from enjoying the view. I watched ducks swimming and people feeding them. Well, witches. I started getting hungry too, my stomach roared and I opened my rucksack to retrieve my bacon cheese sandwich. It was wrapped in foil. I was excited to eat my bread. I know it''s going to be delicious. I brought the sandwich closed to my mouth and as I was about to take my first bite. "Can I have a slice of bread?" The little girl''s voice came as a surprise. Before me stood a white-passing girl wearing a thin dress. Her shoes were broken. I know what that''s like. To not have proper clothes. Her blonde hair was roughly tied to the back, kind of like she did it herself. Her yellow skin stained with dirt. So she hasn''t had a wash or something. She was so cute. Her big blue eyes looked at me, and I genuinely felt bad for her. I gave her a bright smile and gave her my two slices. She grinned and sat down next to me. I watched her chew. "My name is Jade," she shared while she chewed. I nodded my head and grinned. "Where you from? Here?" She shook her head. "I got brought here by an earthquake," I know kids also get brought here but I''ve never met one personally. I got worried about her. "When?" "Today," "Where''s your family?" She shrugged, "I don''t think I have parents. I''m an orphan," She shared. She swallowed the bread and looked at the ducks swimming, "I''ve always wondered what it''s like if I had a mom and a dad. Fuck, I''d even settle for at least one," "Hey! You don''t say a swear," She looked like she wanted to fight and sighed and continued eating. Her eating her bread made me more hungry, but it''s important that she''s fed and I don''t even think two slices is enough. "Have you heard Mrs Voss and Mr Henley''s speech?" Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. She shook her head and started crying, "I just wanna go back to where I came from. Why am I even here?" I shrugged, "I ask myself that question every day. Finish up, we have to take you to Mrs Voss'' so she can help you with sleeping arrangements. Trust me, they won''t let you go," She nodded her head. I waited for her to finish and walked back to the academy. Jade says that she ran out because she was so scared of ending up in the cafeteria and that''s why she has no idea what''s going on here. I like this girl, she speaks a lot enjoy listening to her stories. She loves that I''m also an orphan, she feels like we can rte with that. She keeps on talking about her cat named Lily, and apparently, Lily talks to her and can turn into a human. I love a child''s imagination, it''s as if though we lose that growing up. We made it to Mrs Voss'' office. She told Jade why she''s here and that she must enrol here. She told me to show her around and to make sure that she has a ce to sleep. I did just that. "Where''s your bed, Tamzyn?" I showed her my bed. In the far corner. She ran to the bed opposite of it, " that''ll be the bed that I share with Lily," Aaliyah grinned, "who''s Lily?" "Her talking cat," Aaliyah looked at me in concern. I just gave her a genuine smile. Not long after that, a white cat came through our window. She was fury and her front left paw was ck. "Lily!" Jade eximed and opened her arms. The cat jumped in it and licked her face. "We have a new pet," Aaliyah told. "Don''t call me a pet," Lily replied and jumped on the floor to transform into her human form. I froze uppletely, getting hot shes. It''s like I was the only one having a mini panic attack. What was happening? She was a short female with an oval-shaped face, her broad shoulders and long arms looked magnificent. She had no hips, which is fine because she looked great. Her curly brown hair hung on her shoulders, but her hair wasn''t exactly very short since she had a very thick long neck. We didn''t know what to say. "Well?" Her deep voice cut through the room, "nothing to drink?" Aaliyah shook her head. "I''m a vampiric creature called a cranter, don''t look so surprised, you''re in a magical world. There''s bound to be crazy beasts lurking," Chapter 4: Lost World Chapter 4: Lost World The voices called me. It has been trying to get me to go somewhere but I ignored them. I''ve seen people in my dreams yelling at me, attacking me. Telling me to just follow the whispers. But how could I? I''ve decided to let my roommates know and after I told them what I''m going through, they all just looked at me. "I think it''s a ghost, " Aaliyah concluded. She nodded her head and looked over to Lily. Lily was thinking, it was clear, "I have no idea what it could be. This is all of our first time living here. It could be anything. What I do know is that we should follow the whispers, " "How?" "Focus, " advised Jade and looked at me with her big eyes. "Listen to what is being said, " The other two nodded their heads. I closed my eyes and opened my ears. I wanted to hear what they say but I always just pick them up saying my name. "... Tamzyn... Tam..." I opened my eyes and looked at them, "I can hear them saying my name, " "Try again, " Jade urged. I focused again. "Tamzyn... Are you there?" "Um... Yeah," My roommates looked at me, but I could tell that they''re not judging. "Tamzyn, please help us. Pleasee here and help us," The whispers were soft, and the words were slurred. The voice belonged to a teenage girl, I presume. She sounded a bit scared or perhaps it was worried or lost. "Where are you?" I started moving. It was as if though I was being pushed gently by some force and I didn''t resist. I let the gentle wind take me away and the others followed me. Lily as a cat. We walked for five hours and reached emptynd. There were a few trees and hugend of just neatly cut grass. There seemed to be a border of thick fog. We looked at each other and walked up to the fog. Jade touched it, it was like a thick cloud wall that we couldn''t prate. "What is it?" "Tamzyn. I''m right here," Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. The girl said. Her voice didn''t sound like a whisper anymore, she sounded like she was right here with us but we couldn''t see her. "Can you see me? I can see you, " "Where are you?" I wanted to know and put my hand on the cloud wall. "On the other side. I''m holding your hand," I looked at my roommates. "She says she''s behind this wall," "How do we get her out of there?" I shrugged. "How do we get you out?" Silence. We waited. "I... I don''t know. No one does," I looked at them again, "she says she has no idea how to get out. She doesn''t seem to be alone in there," "We have no magic. We can''t get them out of there," Lily nodded her cat head. "And we don''t have to do anything either. We walked for hours on end and for what?" Jade agreed, "I''m with Lily on this one. I''m hungry and it''s getting dark. I thought that we were going to find something cool, let''s just leave," "I don''t know. She seems trapped in there," Aaliyah stated and this was a statement I could agree with. "We can''t just leave them alone. We need to help them," "GO AHEAD THEN!" Yelled Jade, "but I''m going home," Lily transformed into a human-sized cat and picked Jade up, then she ran away in the speed of light. Impressive. "What should we do?" I asked Aaliyah. It was just us now. "Maybe Mrs Voss would know what to do, we, however, are only kids," I nodded my head and faced the wall again. I wanted to do something so badly but I couldn''t it sucked being so helpless. Especially since we''re in a ce surrounded by power. It makes you dream about having power, and holding my wand makes me feel so powerful but this was the opposite of that. Not being able to help drained me. I leaned my head against the wall. This ce is so different from earth but I''m slowly getting used this. Used to the ideas of catlike vampires that run as fast as my eyes can close. Or walls made of fog but we''re not falling through. "I don''t know what to do, but I''ll try to find someone who can, " Aaliyah ced her hand on my shoulder and gestured with her head for me to start leaving. It was dark when we reached the academy and we went directly to Mrs Voss. She was in a meeting in her office and so we had to wait for two more hours. My eyes were burning and I was weak from hunger. I felt like I could go grab something to eat or drink, anything, even just water would do know. But I waited. Aaliyah left to have supper and came back with a full stomach. I asked her why she hasn''t gotten me anything, her response, "because you didn''t ask," What in the kak response is that? I''ve never been in this state that I am in you''re going to tell me that? "Mrs Voss will see you now, " the secretary informed. I nodded my head and entered her office after my knock. Aaliyah followed I''m so annoyed by her now. Since she''s so rested, she could go back to the room now and watch tv or something. We entered her office. It was dark inside and the only light that could be seen was from themp on her desk and the natural light that came from the window behind her which didn''t do much either. She closed a book she writing in and looked up at us as we entered her office. She shed as a warm yet tired smile. "So, what can I help you, youngdies, with?" "Well... I hear whispers that led me to an empty field with a cloud wall, " Mrs Voss looked at us intently and sighed. "Meledsan is known to have many hidden ces, maybe that''s one of them," "What do you mean?" She shrugged, not having dropped her small smile yet, "not sure. To tell you the truth, history says that there have been many hidden ces but no one could find them. It''s rumoured, " she rose to her feet, "let''s go check it out, " Aaliyah and I followed her. We travelled by broom, they say it''s very fast and I believe them that it is the fastest mode of transportation. I nearly fell on my back as Mrs Voss took off, she flew with me because I cannot fly at all and Aaliyah flew on her own. This is fun, I can''t wait to fly on my own one day. I have no idea why the idea of being a witch is starting to sound not so bad. She studied the wall and called a few of her friends. They''re gemstones in man form. Green, red, purple and yellow. And it wasn''t hard to tell who''s who. Yellow-Stone for an example, had yellow hair, with crystal yellow eyes and even yellow skin. The rest as well. They''re hundreds of years old but not the same Gems from the same time. They''re hard to kill, but when they die they die. So if they take care of themselves they could be immortal. We stayed there for another hour because this puzzled them. Yorkana kicked the wall. She turned around to face us all, her emerald eyes crushed by the thought of being unable to help all those people. "I give up," she waved her arms around furiously and shook her head. She raised both her hands again and tried cracking the wall open. Her green fingernails elongated as it did before when she and the others tried it already. Inside her chest, where her heart is, a bright green light was shining through her skin. It was like it powered her or stored her magic. Red-stone, who goes by Crimson amongst her friends walked up to Yorkana. Aaliyah and I both didn''t know that they didn''t prefer the names that they''re known for. Maybe they feel like those names take away their humanity which only makes people seem them as these gemstones but not see them for Yorkana, Crimson, Plum and Aurelia. It had me wondering if the others also had secret names. "We can''t get through let alone hear what is happening on the other side. You know what this means," Crimson looked over at Mrs Voss and gave her a stern nod. "You know what this means," Mrs Voss came towards me her frizzy hair blew in this cold evening. She had a look of concern on her face that didn''t sit well with me. "Tamzyn, you''re new to the academy, right?" I nodded my head. She breathed out shakily. "Well, I think you were reached out by whatever it is that''s behind that wall. As a person from here, from Meledsan, you should help them. You don''t have to if you don''t want too but it seems as if you''re the only one that can do it," "But how?" She shrugged, "that''s something that you''ll have to find out all by yourself," Chapter 5: A Job Chapter 5: A Job Jade and I took a stroll around the nearby town. It''s busy and I love how everyone minds their own business and the dark cloudy weather grew on me, sure it could get chilly the longer you''re out in it but it''s okay. The town was filled with witches doing their own thing. What I noticed is that there are no taxis but their close but I have seen them off in the distant doing their job. They''re so magical since they glow and everything about them oozes magic. Other witches preferred to travel via brooms. Aaliyah says that flying on brooms are a lot more difficult than it seems and not everyone gets it right. It takes time and skill. The dimension has no seasons only some days that tend to be hotter or colder than the other days. Sometimes itsts for a day, sometimes more and I can''t wait to experience the strange weather found here. Some ces are naturally hotter than other ces, that''s the spots where more white witches can be found. It''s theplete opposite with the darker witch who can be found in the darkest ces. I took a peek at young Jade. The dirty blonde was people watching as we took a stroll in the park. I held her hand tightly, we don''t have much but we have each other and we grew close so quickly. I don''t like Lily with her, Lily''s a bad influence and I do as much as I can to keep them apart without making it too obvious to the both of them. Lily teaches her bad things, bad habits that I find myself having to correct her because she''s still young and can be bent in the right way. I peopled watched too, it''s way much interesting here in Meledsan amongst the witches because they always did something captivating. If I am a witch, I cannot wait until I learn a few spells because it looks fun to just y with your magic. A woman walked in front of us, she wore all ck then again most of the citizens here do. She had a ck leather handbag that was open that is fine I guess but the weirdest thing happened, her wallet fell out as if someone picked it up and threw it on the ground. "Excuse me," I immediately stopped her, she turned around, "your wallet," She grinned and picked it up. "Thanks," I watched her walk off with a smile on my face. "Tamzyn. Why would you do that?" Jade asked frustrated, "we don''t have clothes here, shoes or money. We needed that, a lot," "It''s stealing Jade," "We need it. We can''t keep on wearing clothes from the lost and found," I grinned and got down on one knee to look her in her eyes. I had a great idea, not sure if she''s with it. "No matter how you try to spin it. Stealing is very wrong, Jade, and I don''t want you doing anything like that. Got it?" She didn''t reply so I put on a dead serious face, "Jade?" She grunted and rolled her eyes, "fine. I won''t steal," "Promise?" "I promise," I liked that she was willing to learn like that. She makes me put on my mom pants. "Good. Now, let''s go to an orphanage or something and go see if they don''t have clothes and shoes they''re willing to give away," It put a small smile on her face. We searched and eventually found one. Arge mansion that had many children ying in the yard. ''Lupo''s Children''s Home'' I exined to them our situation and they felt sorry for us, giving us socks, shoes, dresses, scarfs, jerseys, gloves and underwear the works. We were very thankful. They put the clothes in therge stic bag and we waited on the woman who helped us, she decided to give us both a nket because she says she knows the bedding is never enough at the hostiles. She''s a very friendlydy and the vibe around here was very weing. We even stayed a bit since Jade decided to y with some of the kids. I hung out with the woman, her name is Miriam and she is just the warmest person around. She watches over a thousand children and has eight other workers, she says. "Doesn''t it get too busy?" She always had this big smile on her face, "it does, but we cope. It''s more than what it was when we were only Mele," I nodded my head and got another idea, "let me volunteer here. I love children I''m good with them. I can cook and clean and I''d read them stories," "Are you sure? You''ll be starting school soon," I nodded my head. I needed something to do after school and genuinely wanted to help because it was clear as day that they needed help here. Miriam lit up as soon as I nodded my head, "well, I am not saying no to extra help. When do you wanna start?" "How about tomorrow? I think being around kids her age is healthy for Jade," Miriam nodded her head, "of course. But I''ll hire you. I won''t have you volunteer because you already don''t even have anything," I love how Miriam is concerned about me, "I don''t mind. Just wanna be an extra pair of hands. Though I admit, I would need the money especially if the school will be starting soon," "Agreed." We stayed awhile, Miriam insisted that we stay for supper which was delicious by the way, I wonder how they do it. How do they juggle it all so? She reminded me of my aunt back home, they''re both Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. chubby short and brown with amazingly silky curly hair. I helped the other workers with the dishes and when we finished we made sure the kids went to bed. I took Jade and the new things we got and we left. I loved the orphanage. Jade does as well because it reminds her of home. That''s good. But mainly I love the idea of her ying with children her age. I''ll be bringing her here for as long as I work here. Which is exciting. We reached home and skipped dinner. We went to the showers and Jade and I washed and changed. I tucked her into bed and kissed her on the forehead before returning to my bed. Lights off. Finally, we get to sleep. I had a long day today. ***** I was back at the orphanage, yelling at kids who didn''t want to stop writing on the walls. They eventually stopped and ran off. I heard a cheerfulugh and turned around. Behind me stood a tall brown girl wearing a grey dress, white socks and a grey headband. "Hey, do I know you?" She didn''t say anything. Then she nodded her head and moved closer to me. "Not exactly. Tamzyn, but I know you," I slowly nodded my head. I did not get her at all but I was waiting on her to continue. She didn''t. She stood there in silence. "I''m sorry, what? How do you know me?" She grinned. Such a cute smile. She had a dimple on her cheekbone and crooked teeth. "Tamzyn. It''s me. And we need you to set us free. Find a way to remove the fog, we can''t stay behind the wall forever," Oh. She''s the girl. The one who''s voice haunts me. "I''ll be doing me best, but I don''t know where to start," She nodded her head and stroked my cheek, "I know. But I trust that you will. We chose the right girl," "What makes you say that?" I little girl tucked on my dress which distracted me. I turned and looked at her. She showed me that her nappy was full and needed changing. I grinned. I turned to look at the teenage girl again but she was gone. She ditched me. Then. I woke up. Chapter 6: New Pet, New School Chapter 6: New Pet, New School Miriam. One of my favourite people in Meledsan so far. She has lots of stories to share and we listen to them all day long. She''s never been on earth, shocking, to say the least, and it''s on her bucket list. School starts tomorrow so she sent Jade and I home earlier today, she says we need the extra sleep. Sweet. We walked home. Jade always had stories to tell. She told me about a time she and her friends robbed a bank back on earth. That''s why I love hearing her stories. They''re always so fun. We heard the whimpering of an animal. Could be injured. We walked on the road on off the road was a forest. The sounds came from there. "No, Tamzyn. I''m scared and cold," Jade said. Like she knew I was thinking of following the noise. "We''ll then stay right here. I''ll be back real soon," She nodded her head. I love how she knew that this is one of the cases where I wouldn''t take no for an answer. I jogged to the forest and didn''t even walk long before I saw a strange blue light. I followed and there It nearly made my heart stop. Blue juice came from it, knowing this strange ce it might be its blood. I rushed over to it and looked around for anything that I could find to stop the bleeding. There was nothing. So I tore a piece of my shirt and carefully wrapped it around it''s hurt paw. I looked at the wolf. It was a ck wolf, but its skin was made from dark blue light. Like the one it''s radiating and the colour of its blood. It has the same colour eyes and inside its ear is also dark blue. It''s a strange creature, we don''t have any of them on earth. Cool. Its paw was hurt so it couldn''t move. That''s why I had to pick it up despite how heavy he is and carried him back into the part of town we reside. I know there''s a vet nearby. I''ve seen it so I took it to the vet. "We''ll take him. Fix him right up but that will be five bruowlings," The currency used here. Making money is so hard here. I only had five bruowlings left. I nodded my head and gave it to the woman. I think this is fucked. Can''t put a price on health. I waited awhile. Jade went straight home. Kids can get bored so quickly. The doctor returned and exined to me that it got into a nasty fight. It wasn''t too serious but it did break its leg. And that pain was excruciating. I asked the doctor what creature it is. "A Tuhcan. It doesn''t have a natural form but it often takes the form of a wolf, they''re usually associated with warriors because they''re always ready to fight and always there to protect and serve their master," I grinned. "They sound awesome," "They are," the doctor agreed, "they however hardly have masters because they''re mainly free creatures who live in the forest," I nodded my head. I''ll read up more about them, "are they allowed at the hostels?" The doctor nodded his head. "They are. We''ll keep him overnight and you can have him tomorrow after school," Shoot. School starts tomorrow. I still have to n out what my schedules would be and that would determine what my subjects would be. I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. This is new to me. This whole witch scenery, so what do I choose? **** Aaliyah had Yna set an rm that woke us all up at once. We got up, got ready and walked to the assembly area where the ceremony of magic took ce. All the ck magic users wore ck capes and drank ck juice. The light magic users wore white capes and drank white juice. Friends gathered and spoke excitedly. The neers sat on stage looking at everyone. We had snacks and soon the ceremony started. Mrs Voss and Mr Henley weed everyone. They gave a special wee to us because they say this ceremony is about us. We were instructed to sit in a circle. The young kids like Jade made a circle, then around them was an expanded circle containing older kids. All together it made eight circles. Young girls danced in the middle of the first circle. In the middle was a round bath. They danced around it and sang a beautiful song in thenguage about Gravak. He''s the one who gives everyone their powers. The song ended and Gravak appeared. I was stunned by what my eyes bestowed, the most gorgeous being to exist and I couldn''t tell if it was male or female. Its face appeared soft like a porcin doll but it had strong cheekbones and a very strong masculine jaw-line. Big white deep-set eyes with ck glitter. Gravak was magnificent. He or she had beautiful wavy flowing hair made of gold. Their hair never stopped flowing around them and when they moved their head, even a little bit, it flows like crazy. It illuminated a soft yellow light that gave light to its paper white face. On her head was a pink tiara and the green gem was formed like a flower. Its face was oval-shaped. Small pointy chin with huge round pink lips. Its nose was tiny and it''s cheekbones high. It was a very soft pink. Its eyebrows were straight that fitted well with its brow ridge and sloping forehead. Its shoulders were broad and straight and its arms were masculine and passed crotch level. They were nine feet tall, towering over all of us. It had friendly eyes and its smile lit up the ce. When Gravak appeared, everyone cheered and threw pink roses at its feet. They seemed to love them. Gravak was in shape. Of course. It''s a freaking God. It had huge breast with small pink nipples. Straight up and down torso, great toned sixpack. Her curves were huge she wore pink tights made of jewels that covered her thighs. She wore pink leather shoes with a huge pink diamond on it. "My children," she spoke. Everything about Gravak was majestic. Her voice was soft and yet so strong and powerful. "Thank you all for the love and positive energy I feel in this room. It is once again great to be amongst you, I''m grateful. And hello to our newest witches. May your path be filled with love and positivity and may you find exactly what you need. I bless you all to grow and mature as witches and I hope by now we all know that with great poweres great responsibility. Which brings us here. Young ones. You will be given a ss and I will be pouring you water. Your water will either change ck or white, it determines on your heart and soul. Whether or not you''re good or not. Dark water takes dark sses the opposite with white water means the opposite sses. You have to ept your fate with pride," The people around pped their hands. One by one each neer got up with their ss and N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. approached Gravak who reached out her hands and water poured out from the palm of her hands and once she finished pouring the water changed colours and became a thick juice. Aaliyah and I both got white juice. It tasted very sweet and the taste lingered in my mouth very long. As the juice moved through my body and I could feel how it became apart of me. I could feel the power coursing throughout me and it changed something in me. I don''t exactly know what the change is but I have a feeling that I''ll know eventually. Jade, however, she got ck juice. It made me furious. I stood there disappointed in Lily, how could she do this to Jade? What will happen to her now? Chapter 7: Bethany Wright Chapter 7: Bethany Wright Bethany: Bethany''s life is starting to look like a dream... but after she broke an oath her goddess forces her to deal with the aftermath of her decision. {A New P.O.V}C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Chapter 8: Fame Chapter 8: Fame {Bethany P.O.V} His love note fell to the ground, ripped to shreds. Wade looked so broken and honestly, it brought a little life to me. "I don''t understand, Bethany....?" He seemed confused but I know he wasn''t an idiot. I waited for him to catch on. His eyes grew when he realised, "you used me," "Yeah. I did. Now you''re useless and I can''t waste my time on you any longer. Sorry," I shared and walked away to my friend Marisa who waited on me. Marisa and I are always together. She''s my best friend, aside from Sindra. Before the two worlds became one, she was my friend on ''San, she''s never been on earth and I keep on promising her that I''ll take her but we never get the time. She giggled and we shook our heads. "Anyway," she told, "we need to get tickets to the Horror Ball," I sighed and groaned, "I know. But those are so expensive," Marisa nodded her head, "I would do anything for those," The Horror Ball is one heck of a party and Marisa and I have been dreaming of going forever but you have to be fifteen to enter and since we''re finally fifteen we can start making real ns. We know what we''re going to wear and how our hair will be but the tickets are expensive since it''s catered for the elites. "We''re gonna have to hustle for tickets," I told Marisa. "I''ll do anything for those tickets," I nodded my head and looked over at an overly excited Marisa and giggled. Her cheeks turn pink whenever she''s very happy or very sad and even when angry. That''s why I''ll always know how she feels in any situation but she still tries to hide it now and then which always makes meugh. "Let''s make a deal. I''ll try my best to get two tickets one for me and one for you. And you''ll do the same?" She grinned and cocked her head to the side and folded her arms. I looked right into her big deep-set blue eyes and wondered what was on her mind, "but let''s shake on it. I don''t trust anyone, not even myself," I agreed. No one can be trusted. Not on earth and equally not here so I don''t even me my friend even if we''ve known each other since we were six. "It''s a deal. I guess," We held hands and looked into each other''s eyes. "To you, I solemnly swear and may Tiscah be our witness," we said together with the oath of Tiscah. Our goddess. Tiscah''s rose wind blew around us. It smelled like Tiscah herself, roses and the ocean. Then the soft red wind entered our hands while we still held it. We let go of each other''s grip and looked at each other. It''s the first time that I swore anything to anyone it sounds exciting. We giggled and walked on to the eating area to have our breakfast. We quickly found an empty table and sat down. I looked up at Marisa and grinned. "Ris, let''s check our schedules to see if we have sses together." She nodded her head and scratched in her bag, "you realise that we don''t have breakfast?" I nodded my head as I searched for my schedule. I remember that I ced it in my file, "yeah. That will be sorted out as soon as a few fools make our way," "Here," I took her schedule and she scooted over to me and our eyes studied each other''s schedules. Thank Tiscah we had the same schedule. Which we hoped for because we took the same subjects. Monday: Potions Surviving 101 Supernatural Creatures Tiscah''s Hour Break: Curses/ Hexes Elemental Magic: Fire Animal Care We tapped our feet on the floor in excitement and squirmed like little girls when four girls approached us with big smiles on their faces. "Um... hi Bethany," one of them spoke. I looked over at Marisa and gave her a small wink that they didn''t notice. "Is it okay if we get your autograph?"Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. I''ve always adored my fans. I always light up when theye up to me so I chuckled and gave them the warmest smile I could put on, "of course," I replied, the tone of my voice going higher. They squeaked and looked at each other. They all had a notebook and a pen. I took it and signed my name in it and left a little heart next to my name so that they can know that I love them. I finished all of their signatures and looked at how happy they were. "Anything else?" I asked as I put my hand on my chest as I nodded my head while I waited for their reply. "No ma''am," one replied. I looked over at Marisa who giggled. "Um...can I ask you guys a favour though?" "YES!" they eximed and nodded their heads so hard I thought it would fall off. "Um, Marisa and I forgot to get ourselves breakfast. Can you guys please bring Marisa and I some?" They squeaked. I looked at the oldest one and gestured for her to wait first as I pretended to look for something in my bag, "here''s the money for the lunch and your trouble..." "No! I mean... you don''t have to. We''d love to pay for your lunch," I looked at her and pulled a face. One that asked them if they''re sure. But I asked it too and they stayed by their word. "Thank you, guys. I promise I won''t ask again," "You can ask us for anything," they said and was off. Marisa and I held ourughs until they disappeared then we turned to face each other and burst into "Oh my god," Marisa said as she wiped a tear from her eye and looked at me, "it must be fun having an audience. Have you ever thought of like bing an influencer? Or making money off from the fact that you have the affinity for fire?" I lit up. I''ve never thought of that before, it''s a bright idea. I could milk this for as long as I live. Wear it out. This could be interesting since I don''t even have any social pages here on Meledsan. Never felt the need to get one since I''m not from here but I''m a witch and live a double life. It''s time that I fully tap into that double life. Chapter 9: Predictions Chapter 9: Predictions One thing I''ve always wanted to do was join the Phoenix Games but when I went for my first try outst year I got rejected. It cut me deeply because the Phoenix Games is a badass game that brings thrills and poprity and since I''m going to start social media pages for myself on Meledsan I need to make the team this time. So I approached Jessica. She''s the captain of the Phoenix Games and I want to be her friend. She''s so beautiful, rich and popr and everything I aspire to be. If anything I want to join to get closer to her. She stood by her locker when I made my way up to her. She was talking with her friends. She wore her N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. ck sports shirt and ck shorts with ck socks and sneakers. Her natural ginger hair, as always, was gorgeous. A sideways fringe tucked behind her right ear, she always splits hair into two sections and ties a pony and lets the others hang loose in curls. Her hair is why everyone loves her. It''s dressed it like that since middle school and many teenagers do their hair like hers. They even dye her colour. She''s the real influencer. It''s her look. "Hey... Jessica," She turned around and her friends kept quiet. They all looked at me, so I greeted them as well. I looked at Jessica''s strong jawline. I had no jawline. I had the Angelina Jolie jaw baby fat edition while she has the Angelina, ''I shed my baby fat'' jawline which makes her look like a model. "Bethany... right?" Wow. She remembers my name. I nodded my head while wearing a bright smile. I didn''t expect her of all people to know MY name. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. "Um... yeah. Anyways, as you can probably recall. I auditionedst year for the Phoenix Games but didn''t make it, I was wondering do you have any tips for me to get in this year?" Damnit. What ame topic to have with Jessica. She probably has better things on her mind, like who she''s going with to The Horror Ball. She shed me a toothy grin exposing her perfect white straight teeth. "I''ll be honest with you. You should bring your A-game since my friends and I already have a few suggestions of who we want in the team like in desperately. Unfortunately, I don''t think any of us rooted for you, but that doesn''t mean you shouldn''t audition anyway. Anyway, we''re leaving," She expressed and walked away with her friends. I watched them go. I wouldn''t fit in their circle anyway, we''re in different covens so we immediately believe different things. Also, she and her friends are stick thin and I''m a bit more on the curvy side. "Boo!" My brother startled me and I jumped. I hit him on his chest which caused him tough. He was with his friend who I didn''t like one bit. Dillon. "Billy. What''s your problem?" He continued tough. "Going to The Horror Ball?" I sighed. "I have other things to worry about. Something tells me that I won''t make it into the Phoenix team, favouritism," Billy pulled a sad face, "have you tried binding the coach?" "Or putting a love spell on the captain?" Dillon added. It just happened but all that and more came into my mind, "just... Billy. Can you find out who''s making the team?" He nodded his head. "Of course. Easy as can be," I grinned and kissed my brother on his cheek. We''re eleven siblings altogether but he''s the only one I consider a sibling and vice versa. He pulled away from the strong hug and chuckled. "Hey... did you hear Purple-stone''s prediction?" I shook my head, "I''m not in her ss. What''s it about?" "She says that many students will be falling in love this year and many powerful witches wille forth this year and next year. The rare kind of power. Also..." Dillon stopped mid-sentenced. "The pentacle will bepleted, all five girls will receive their powers this year and their special powers will be unlocked. You and Sindra will soon find the other three," I tilted my head to the side. After all, honestly, I didn''t know how to feel about thest bit because I don''t care about the other affinities but I will care if they receive more fame than I do. Then I really won''t be having it. "I''m meeting my soulmate this year," Dillon added. I didn''t see him for the type to fall in love. That''s strange, his soulmate is probably a bitch and I can already tell that I won''t like her very much. He had a huge grin on his face and looked at me with his wide eyes. "You''re meeting your soulmate too. You excited?" "Ew!" I expressed as soon as he told me. It was a reflex, I''m not sure that I''m ready to meet my soulmate. I''m not ready for love yet. I have no idea how to love and normally when teenagers find their soulmates they marry almost instantly because they know that soulmates are forever. What if my soulmate is that mushy type? Hmmm, todo list journal. 1) get on The Phoenix Team 2) Get Tickets To The Horror Ball 3) level up in poprity 4) stop my soulmate from meeting me and possibly falling in love. Doesn''t seem that hard. Does it? Sometimes being a witch is hard, we have to bnce all these things and we do all this so that we can be happy in life. As witches we hardly get rest. We have our normal school with our normal subjects. Some witches have them here on Meledsan since they live here, I live on earth so I attend high school in my neighbourhood. Then when school is over we have an hour to do our earthly homework before going back to Meledsan to start with our other lessons. Then most of us. I do believe it''s all of us, do our other tasks via astral travelling. My mission now is to go over to Laura, I''m not sure if I like her yet or not. But I do know that I love her hair. There was no way that I could enter the house so I picked up a nearby brick and threw it through the window. Then I climbed through the window and I finally made it in. I looked next to me at the door and saw it standing wide open. Okay, so there was a way to enter. The door. But maybe I knew that maybe I already saw the door open. Maybe I just didn''t care and wanted to cause an inconvenience to the family. I made my way up the stairs and as soon as I reached the top floor her parents stood there, they screamed the second they saw me. I''m here every night so by now they know about me. They ran into the first room that they could find and it was the bathroom, they sat on the floor clutching each other and crying. I didn''t need to but I did. I had too, I walked up to them and started tickling them, not a friendly tickle, the one that transferred fear into them which only made them scream harder. They had to fear me. Makes my work easier and also much more fun. When I felt like I tortured them enough I walked up to Laura''s room. Her body and soulid on her bed and she was on her phone. Texting some boys. Ugh. When her soul saw me it screamed and dropped the phone on her bed in an attempt to run off. I giggled and rushed over to her before she tries and runs away. ''Please leave me alone tonight, Laura,'' I ignored her begging and pulled it closer by its long luscious healthy hair. It started crying and tried fighting me off but I had the upper hand. She crouched down on the floor next to the bed and I took out a knife and dug the knife into her skull and proceeded to cut it off slowly since the soul thing was crying. I looked over at Laura who was still on her phone, she scratched her head exactly where I was cutting off from her soul which was kind of cool. I cut off her skull along with the hair and put it on mine. That way I''ll have that gorgeous hair. I looked at it crying and walked up to the mirror in Laura''s bedroom. The hair looked way better on me than it did Laura anyway. I walked up to her bed and took the soul''s phone. I don''t have a cellphone point nk and I was going to make this one manifest for myself. It still cried. Shame. I hated the sound. I walked up to where sheid and pinned her down to the ground and got her in a position that would make it impossible for her to get out of my grip and I forced my body on hers. **** I opened the portal that leads to Meledsan, it always opens like a big blue portal. That''s the portal of Meledsan gate. Billy stood by the main gates waiting on me and I made it to him. He seemed a bit mad at me for taking so long. "Where were you?" He scolds. I shrugged. "Over at Laura''s. Do you like my hair?" I asked him as I whipped my hair for him. He seemed jealous which was the goal. I ran my fingers through my hair and looked at my brother, "I couldn''t leave without making love. That would be wrong," Billy let out a small smile. "Of course not. Let''s go," We started walking, not to the hostile but to the town where the dark magic witches live. I thought back on Laura and groaned. "Don''t you just hate it when they put up a fight though? One would think they''d be used to it by now," Billy roared. "I honestly prefer them fighting. Prefer them more scared. So she lives at not far from here, she''ll probably not be at home. Her soul," I lowkey agreed with what he said. I don''t like them fighting back because they might hurt me but I do like to hear them scream out in fear. Like I could have easily taken the sound from Laura so that I didn''t have to go through that, but I wanted to hear her scream. We made it to her home and entered their home and searched for her room but Billy took lead because he already knew where her room was out of the experience. It was empty. We searched for her opportunity, the one of her making the team. Normally these things are underneath the bed but hers was empty. We searched all over but it was found in her closest hidden underneath a pile of clothes. Once we found it we left and looked for fun all over Meledsan. Chapter 10: Handsome Stranger Chapter 10: Handsome Stranger I mixed a few of the chemicals to create my love spell, Marisa was myb partner and so she helped me by reading the ingredients and mixing the dry ones to throw in the concoction. A few herbs and our potion were ready. The professor Mr Franklin came over to our table to inspect the potion. He sniffed it and picked up our ingredients and instructions list and scanned it. He nodded his head in satisfaction, he sniffed it and wrote notes down on his clipboard. He picked up his wand and picked some of the potion up with it to taste it. He nodded his head and graded us. Mr Franklin is one of the few people that can eat and drink magical things and instantly his body will reject the potions. I know this is because he majored in potions making and when you further the studies you learn additional potions that do all sorts of things. Like having your body reject magic. I know we will pass this subject, this is one of my favourite subjects aside from hexing and cursing of course. And I don''t even have to sleep with the teachers as I do on earth to pass either. It''s just one of those things I''m good at. Maybe I should pursue a career as a professional curser. We removed our goggles and I poured a bit out in a bottle and looked over at Marisa who looked at me curiously. She folded her arms and waited for my answer. "This is for the coach, Ms Janis," Marisa chuckled and shook her head. "You want to make the team," I nodded my head and ced the bottle in my bag and looked at Marisa, "yeah, but I''m making the team this year. I have an opportunity now," Marisa squeaked. She was genuinely happy for me, "congrats. I''m so happy for you," Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. I giggled. I was happy for myself too. Life will be different from now on. The bell rang and we hurried out going to our ssrooms. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around and saw a tall olive guy standing there. I looked at Marisa who had a huge grin on her face and excused herself. Why though? "Hey. Bethany Wright, right?" I rolled my eyes and gazed right into his big green eyes. I have never seen this guy before, I wonder how he knows my name. Could my little fame have stretched out a bit? That would be nice. "Yes, what do you want?" I sounded annoyed as hell. Maybe because I was. I wanted to be left alone. "To ask you on a date. D''you wanna go on a date with me to he Horror Ball?" I chuckled. Unbelievable. He wants to take me to the one event I''ve always wanted to go to. I wanted to go, just not with him. I sighed. "I can''t. I promised my friend we''d go together and we don''t have tickets." He shook his head. He caught my drift which I liked. "That could be arranged. I''ll get you VIP tickets, that way you can join me to the private after-party," I squeaked like a girl. I hardly do. I jumped and hugged him so tightly and left the hug to look the Middle Eastern boy in his face. He''s crazy handsome and I could get lost in his eyes. "Thanks. You''re the sweetest," He blushed and bit his lower lip, "so two only huh?" I nodded my head. "I''m Karan. I''m originally from Tah-bani due to my brother we had to move here," he exined. I don''t care. "Wanna ditch and bother the Pegasus?" I grinned and nodded my head. That was my favourite thing to do on Meledsan as well. He took me by the hand and once we made it out of the school building he swung his hand and his broom appeared. I hopped on and I got on behind him. I can drive a broom as well but I couldn''t afford one. Unless I steal someone''s broom but who wants to do that. I''m not from here so I won''t need it that much. I wrapped my arms around his waist and held tightly onto him. He drove over buildings and the forest to Sunshine Dreams where all the cute creatures live and also some white witches. Especially the ones who made it their job to take care of these creatures. He swung his hand again and his broom disappeared. We walked around talking. He told me about his dimension. He says it''s crazy there, everyone is always attacking everyone and you can barely rest. You barely have anything that belongs to you because everyone steals everything. There aren''t any rules over there, that even I know which is why most witches want to live there so that we can do whatever we want. But he says that''s the exact thing that makes the ce so unsafe. We found some Pegasus, they drank water from a crystal pound. They are always so beautiful, they He looked at me and ced his finger on his mouth telling me to be very quiet. I nodded my head. He stretched out his hand and it became green and glittery. His whole body soon turned into green glitter which left me wide-mouthed. I''ve never personally seen a warlock and the first time I do see one it is very handsome. His hand turned into a green me. He was going to burn them. This is fun. I turned my hand into fire as well, we were going to have so much fun. He ran out and immediately spat fire from his hands. It hit a Pegasus and it wailed. Heughed and started aiming at the others. I did the same. They scattered trying to run away from us but our mes are so fast it hit them each time. We didn''t choose to chase them down, instead, we burned them as much as we could and when they ran off we burned the forest. This caused all sorts of creatures to run wild which Karan and I preferred. We burned unicorns and all sorts of other creatures. A few even died. We watched as some creatures were blocked by the fire and didn''t know what to do next. Heughed, it was fun seeing them panic. They''re so dumb. He looked at me, his hands still in green me and pulled me in for a kiss. My me hands held his face as well. We made out as the fire rose higher and surrounded us and made love right there in the middle of the chaos. Our clothes burned of course. Witches came and tried to calm the wild mes, he rose to his feet and swung his hand again and his broom appeared, we hopped on and he drove us over to his ce. He opened his bedroom windows with magic and we drove right in. I sat down on his bed and we continuedughing. That was fun. He was fun. I liked causing trouble and I''m d so does Karan, we''ll be great friends I can tell. We gave me a t-shirt and one of his skinny jeans. It fits me, it''s just that the t-shirt was a bit oversized but other than that I looked good. He gave me sneakers to wear and I must admit we looked good wearing simr and all. This isn''t normally my style, but I liked a bit of a tomboy look on me. He took out his crystal slide. The cell phones here, and we took selfies in his bedroom mirror. He even kissed me again and we took many kissing selfies. We had lunch in his room and he handed me the tickets. I cannot wait to go to the ball. Chapter 11: Tickets Chapter 11: Tickets I took the tickets and looked over at Karan who got dressed again. If I knew we''d fuck again I''d probably not get dressed in the first ce. N?velDrama.Org content rights. I greeted him and helped myself out of their huge home. One can tell that they''ve just moved in because there are unpacked boxes in every room that I''ve passed. This looks like it will be a very lovely home once they settle in. I hailed an orb. A pixie picked me up and dropped me off at the front yard of the school. The school day has ended so many teens were hurrying home, I waited on Marisa to show her the tickets. I told her to wait for me because I have something that I want to show her. I was so excited it felt like I could burst. I took the tickets out of my bag to look at it again. They are so beautiful. ck tickets and the writing looks like real blood. I heard someone gasp as I looked at the tickets anding my way was Jessica. She was with a friend of hers. "Oh my god. Bethany, are those tickets to the Horror Ball?" I grinned and she squeaked. "Get out of here. I''m going too," "That''s lovely," She sighed and looked at me with puppy eyes, "not really. My friend, Mel here couldn''t get any tickets and they''re sold out already," "Dang, that''s unfortunate," I replied. She nodded her head and ced her hand on my shoulder. "I know. You probably wouldn''t but could we have one of yours? I''d make sure that you make the team and we can hang out at the ball?" She pleaded with those big brown puppy eyes and it cut deep into my soul. I wanted to help her, wanted to hang with her and wanted to make the team so badly. I sighed and gave her a small smile. Going with her would mean I get into the team I''ve always wanted to be in and on the other hand, Marisa can''t offer me anything and at times you have to put yourself first. "Sure." I handed her the extra ticket and she squeaked. She reached out, her fingers holding onto the end while I''m holding onto my end but then I realised something. Wouldn''t it be a bitch move if I give Jess these tickets? Like whether Marisaes with or not, I don''t care. But I do care about my image and how the world perceives me. So I held it tighter, "on second thoughts," I pulled the ticket back. They slipped out of her fingers, a frown now reced her fake smile. Sometimes you got to put yourself first and my image must be squeaky clean. "I promised these to my friend," it is also very important that my ally can trust me, so when this topic makes it to her ears she should know that I had her back. This isn''t about my friend. It''s about me, and potentially about anything else Jessica can offer me. "What do you mean? I''m Jessica, hand them over you freak!" I grinned. "Noooopppppeeeee," I stretched not only the word out but my lips as well. Which only seemed to piss her off more. She just stood there with her furrowed brows, her eyes burningsers on my forehead. If I didn''t know any better, I would say she was currently sending her soul to perform some kind of spell silently. But I couldn''t see if it was so or not. "You don''t want to make me your enemy. Trust me, missy. There''s a reason why I''m at the top of the socialdder," I chuckled. "Are you threatening me?" She folded her arms and looked over her shoulder at her friend. "I don''t know, you tell me. Am I?" I took a step back. I have no idea why she''s on top of the socialdder and I don''t want to know either but I wasn''t going to let her know that. "I''m Bethany, princess of fire," the words fell out of my mouth softly which caused her to bellow. Something changed inside me, I know myself well enough to know that it feels like my core was shaken. I felt less than Jessica. How could I step to Jessica? What was I thinking? I am not one that cries very easily but I suddenly felt the need to break into tears and grab Jessica so that she canfort me. I snickered and gave her the ticket, her face lit up as she took it. "I''ll see you at the ball," she told and gave her friend the normal ticket and took mine, the VIP one for herself. She strutted off in brilliance. Flipped her hair and looked over her shoulder to give me a wink and a tiny wave. I should be happy. I''m was going to make the team. Or am I? I have no idea what just happened, I don''t know where I''m standing with Jessica and it only meant that I had to take measures into my own hands and make sure that I make the team. I didn''t give my ticket away for nothing. Marisa came my way and looked me in surprise. She giggled. "What are you wearing?" I shrugged. "My clothes burned," I finally dared to sh a smile. She nodded her head and scratched her chin. "I knew you were the cause of that fire," I smirked and gave her a wink. "His name is Karan and he''s a real-life warlock. Isn''t that amazing?" She nodded her head. "I''ve never met a warlock before. Anyway, what did you want to show me?" It was going to be the tickets. But I only have one left. I was conned I believe, how is that possible. I had to think quickly ande up with something. "My outfit. It''s Karan''s," I drooled, "his sex is amazing," She chuckled. "I don''t like this look on you though. It''s too boyish, people will think you''re gay. I can''t be associated with queers, people will think I''m that way too. Ew," I folded my arms and looked at her. "There ain''t nothing wrong with being gay," She grunted. " They look slobbish," "He asked me to go with him to The Horror Ball," She went silent. We were supposed to go, I can tell that''s what she''s thinking. "What did you say?" "I told him I''m going with you. He''d have to excuse me," She gave me a small smile, "go. We can''t both not go," I was hoping she''d say this because I don''t know what I would do if she was like, ''no, sisters first,'' like could you imagine that bitter crap? But still, I had to at least let her know that she''s my number one. "But Marisa... I don''t wanna go without you," "It''s fine. It''s not like you broke your promise. He asked you, not us," Her nose and cheeks turned red. A clear sign that she was very upset. She tried hiding it by putting up a fake smile but her cheeks were always a dead give away, "are you sure you''re fine?" She nodded her head. "There''s always next year," I gave her a small smile and pulled her in for a hug. I was going to The Horror Ball and it will be great. It''s a shame that she can''te. "Anyway. I have to go. I''ll see you tomorrow, okay?" She nodded her head and waved me off. I went home where I could barely get Karan out of my mind. He was so cute. His hair is so beautiful and so shiny and his sun-kissed natural tan was sexy. I''m an olive girl and has always liked brown people as a brown girl and he seems to be all kinds of fun. I had another out of body experience that night. I have one every night. Tonight''s main mission was to go over to Ms Janis to bind her and feed her and Jessica the love spell, I want them hooked on me as much as possible. But first I went to a friend of a friend''s, Vincent. His body was asleep and so was his soul, I loved it like that so I could do my thing without any hassle. I transferred my STIs to him by putting it on his face. This will be funny when I see him tomorrow at school, can''t wait to see it. He never woke up, souls always sleep so tightly. So this was the perfect opportunity to have sex with him. *** Ms Janis lives in Meledsan so I had to go there and find her home and once I did I bound her soul and fed her the potion. I did the same with Jessica. I entered her room, she and her body were both asleep. So I walked up to her bed and noticed that there was a book on her dresser. ''Franz Unfinished Spells,'' that''s weird. I''ve never heard of that book in my life and if I''m not mistaken Franz is a historical figure but I don''t know much about him and his friends. Known as The Mayhems. I shook my head and did what I came for, I bounded her and gave her the potion. I was making that team, no matter what. I wasn''t quite done with Jessica. She is so popr and I want her poprity so I took it. It was a pink aura, I took it and made it mine. Now I''ll be as likeable as her. For some reason, people don''t like me much and I have no idea why. I can''t say that I don''t care, because I do and I''d do anything to make them like me. Even if I have to steal it from someone. I can''t believe that things are working out so well for me. I''m going to The Horror Ball and making the team and the best part is that I''ll be hanging out with The Jessica. That''s exciting. Also weird. Something within me begged me to wake up and see the picture clearer. But what picture am I looking at? Where do I begin? Chapter 12: The Phoenix Games Chapter 12: The Phoenix Games I stood in the mirror and watched myself. I wore a ck leotard which captured my hourss figure pretty well. My breasts were huge, even made a little cleavage. My waist skinny, and my thighsrge, God really took her time when he formed this Venezun beauty that is me. Marisa came over and hugged me from behind. "Hey, good luck out there," I held her arms for a short while and we broke off our hug. She looked at me in the mirror as well, she ted the fis on my head. And dug in her sling bag to grab a red flowery Aliceband, the flowers looked like they were on fire which spoke to me. "Marisa, aww. I love it," She kissed me on the cheek. I pointed at the mirror, "how do I look? And be honest," She scanned me and shook her head. "What? You look amazing," "Thanks. I feel so naked." Jessica walked up to us. She wore the same ck leotard, the first thing I did was search for her bulge. But it seemed to me that she pulled it to the back because I couldn''t see it. She folded her long slender arms and smirked. "Ready?" She''s so fake. I used to like her a lot but each time I see her I want to cry. "Hmm... Bessy..." "It''s... Bethany, The Bethany Wright," Marisa corrected. But leave her to let her say what she wants. "Barbie, I wasn''t talking to you," "Being called, Barbie could never be an insult. It just implies that you wanna kiss me. Now, skedaddle because this," she pointed between us all, "disrespect, will NOT be tolerated," Jessica parted her lips to say something but Ms Janis came into the girl''s locker room and demanded N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. attention. "Okay, girls and boys. I just wanted to say good luck on the field today. I know this has been a dream to many of you and today your dream might be a reality. Kick arse out there and do your absolute worse. After all, this game is about the beauty of death, Jessica!" Jessica went over to Ms Janis, who acted strangely today. Normally she would be downright a bitch towards me but not today. She was friendly and I appreciate that. Marisa turned to me and gave me two thumbs up with an enormous smile stered on her face. "Good luck again, and have fun out there," I giggled. "Thanks, and thanks for standing up to Jessie for me," She didn''t reply. She just grinned and was off. Ms Janis had us all stand in two rows, boys and girls and told us that in official games the two teams would be called and when we hear our school''s name, we go on the field. But right now we just followed her onto the field. There weren''t many spectators, a few supporters and a few actual fans who came to see the try-outs. We said The Phoenix Rite and got on our birds which were already on the field. I stood on the cement field, soon it will be covered in ashes. The field wasrge, and enclosed by the stadium seats that are all around us. The game has 24 yers, 12 boys and 12 girls. But today we were about 100 who tried out. We had to fight until there were either 12 girls or boys. The twelve is automatically on the team. But in this case, 11 boys because one boy has a certified spot. Karan ran onto the field, why he waste? I had no idea. He wore sporty which caught me by surprise. I didn''t know he was also trying out. "Oh, everyone. This is Karan, he''s from Tah-bani and he was on their team. He was the best yer and now he''ll be joining us. Please give him a warm wee," Ms Janis weed. We all pped hands and cheered. We started the game, even if Karan wasn''t already promised a spot, he would''ve been on nheless. He was real good, he killed fast. Burning witches with his natural me. I joined him, I didn''t know that was allowed. The game went on for about an hour and there were only three yers left. Karan, myself and Jessica. Our birds pped their wings as we all decided what to do next, staring each other down in suspicion. I could feel the fans watching in anticipation, sitting on the edge of their seats. Nipping their nails. I couldn''t still think about what Karan''s next move is. I wanted to kill that son of bitch that did something to me although I don''t know what it was. I just know she did something. I lit up my hand, holding tightly onto the cor of my bird. I mustered as much me as I could, and sted Jessica with all I''ve got. It happened so fast. That''s what Karan did as well. We burned her, watched as our me ate through her stomach and spreading out to engulf all of her. She screamed. Never heard anyone scream that loudly before, her throat will be sore when she wakes up. She looked at me in pure hatred, but I couldn''t mind. This was my turf, and she had to know. Her ashes fell on the ground, some flying into the audience. She and her phoenix became nothing but a pile of grey dust. Karan chuckled and looked at me. Two yers left, the winner bes the new captain since the previous one just burnt to death. His scaly green eyes darted at me with a massive smile on his slithering glittery face. He lifted his hands, he''s going to use both his hand for me. His ck fingertips caught me first, and so did my red hands. Game-on. I was much more terrified than he was, still holding onto the cor of my bird. Which made him even more confident in winning the fight. But I wasn''t nning on letting him win that easily. I decided to trust my bird, they are very much ying this game as well, and we''re a team. I let go of the cor. He shot the first ze, my bird covered us with his big wing and flew higher to quickly restore its wing. He followed, shooting again. This time I made a me shield, his me shot against it but couldn''t prate. My heart sunk in relief because I wasn''t sure if that was going to work or not. I shot mes as well. He blocked it with a spell. I''m not the best with spoken spells without wands. Heck, I''m not even good at performing spells with the wand. I depend on my fire for everything. He shot again, I caught him off with a ze of my own. The fire burnt out, which appeared to impress the crowd. If we were going to shoot mes, we were going to have to touch each other directly. Since if the me touches each other it dies. He said something, a spell and breathed out an enormous me that came directly at us. We stood and watched in panic, it neared us so fast. Started burning us before it could even touch us. I said one of my favourite spells, "Twidroba!" The fire consumed us but my bird and I turned to ashes without experiencing any of the pain that would spells that''s more or less the same. I could feel how I slowly became nothing but air, saw as my ashes fell to meet the rest. I saw until I couldn''t see it anymore. Until I couldn''t feel my quickened heartbeat anymore. ***** On earth my friends are Derek, he''s a fairy, Sindra and Kin. A vampire hybrid. I walked over to her and her friends to check upon them. "How''s it going here?" I asked. Kin gave me a warm smile. She has the sexiest smile I''ve ever seen. I wish I could take it but her soul doesn''t y, she gets real scary. I looked over at Vincent, he had nasty skin. He had an outbreak of e. Ew. Nasty. "Laura''s phone got stolen. Someone broke into their home, came through the window," Kin informed. I was shocked. That''s terrible. "What happened? Did you get hurt?" I hoped she didn''t get hurt. She shook her head. "No, I''m fine. It just happened so fast. My phone was on the table at the entrance area and it got stolen. But it''s okay, I''ve been looking for a really good excuse so that my parents could buy me thetest iPhone. They only rece phones when it''s a real need," I nodded my head. I''m d that everything worked out good for Laura. I looked over at my friend Jason. I like him. He didn''t seem to notice that I''m here, even though I wore this bright flowery crop top with my white high waisted shorts to show my legs. That''s just how he is and didn''t bother me so much. But it did bother me. I don''t know why even. Maybe I like him. Maybe I don''t. Not sure. I''ll find out as time goes by. I looked back at Vincent. He has a nasty face with all that giant pimples and ck and whiteheads. Gross. I looked at Laura again. She is so beautiful, I''m obsessed with her I wish we could be friends but I''m way out of her league. Poor things phone got stolen and that via break-in, that must have been terrifying. I can only imagine. I thought about the situation. I found it a tad bit strange that Laura''s phone got stolen since I stole the phone spiritually. Also, the window got broke, like when I entered their home. And what about Vincent? Could his face be like that because of me? Do my spiritual actions have physical consequences? Chapter 13: My New Home Chapter 13: My New Home {Kelsey P.O.V} I swear to God. I hate Jacob, my little brother. He made a mess in the house, paint sshed against the walls, furniture scattered throughout the t. Dad and Jill will kill me. Especially since I was supposed to be home thirty minutes ago, that''s the time his nanny clocks out. I thought I could chill with my friends for a few minutes beforeing home. It wouldn''t make a big difference, but it did. I took off my shoes and hung my coat before I fully entered the living room area. The couch''s pillowsid all over the ce and the tv smoked. I couldn''t believe my eyes, it was a mess. "Jacob!" Hisughter could be heard throughout the apartment. He ran into the living room with a broad smile on his face. The first thing I noticed was that he had a wand in his hand. I don''t know if it''s dad''s or Jill''s, either way, a wand in the hand of a child is dangerous and even more dangerous if the child isn''t blessed with magic yet. My big sister rms ticked. He could kill himself or me. "Jacob, give me the wand," I asked. He stared at me in silence, then he shook his head. "No," the six-year-old spat. This both scared and worried me. I ran after him but he ran away. He was hyped up and very fast. He ran into dad''s office. Which was also a mess. His papersid all over the ce, his files, his furniture. This isn''t good. Jacob stood behind the curtain. He probably didn''t think that I''d know exactly where he''d be, but I did so I made my way slowly over the to curtain. I didn''t want to rm him before he makes an even bigger mess. I reached the curtain and quickly pulled it opened it. He giggled and the wand lit up and next thing I knew I was sted by it. He gasped and dropped the wand. He must''ve thought that he hurt me because he ran away. Thank God. I picked up the wand and went up to dad''s room and ced the wand on their bed. I turned around and looked directly in their mirror and screamed the second I saw it. My pitch-ck hair was hot pink. Hot fucking pink. I hate pink. "JACOB!" I love Jill''s child but he drove me insane and I couldn''t take it anymore. "KELSEY!" my father called from the living room and I was just as livid as he was. I rushed over to him with tears streaming down my cheeks. "I HATE THIS! I HATE YOU AND I HATE JILL," I let it all out in one breath and sighed, "dad. I got the calling this year and I''m moving to Meledsan, I''m moving into mom''s old house. It''s mine anyway," My dad remained silent. It seemed as If though he didn''t have anything say so he nodded his head. He opened his arms and I walked over into his hug. He kissed me on my head and pretty soon we could feel Jacob''s little arms forming a group hug. I giggled. I love that child so much. I released the hug to kiss him on his forehead and picked him up. "He found one of your wands and went crazy. I just came from school and found this mess," Dad sighed. He already seemed tired and now he has to deal with this mess as well but maybe there''s a spell that can clean this mess up. The thought of finally being able to use magic made me excited, I''ve been studying it through the books and mainly from mom''s grimoire and I even know what I want to major in. The book has many useful tips that I can''t wait to try. Many witches pass down their grimoire from generation and mom made sure that I get the book I so deserve. She had it in a box titled, For Kelsey, I was supposed to open it when I get to practise real magic but dad gave me the box when I was six. No one knew what was in that box, not even dad and it has nothing to do with him too. Now I''m going to move to Meledsan and live in mom''s old home. Maybe that will bring us even more closer. Dad did know a spell to make it disappear and had the mess restored to its original state, as for my hair? Unfortunately, it couldn''t be fixed and I''m starting school soon. I don''t want to walk around campus looking like a clown. I tried magic. I tried washing it. I tried dying it back to my mom''s natural hair colour but nothing worked. I''ve lost her ck hair and this wasn''t sitting well with me. I gave up. There was nothing that could remove the pink hair and I was going to have to work with it. I sat down on my bed looking for a spell from mom''s book but nothing in there covers this. We had dinner as a family that night where dad told Jill that I''m moving out. She is partially why I''m moving out, I don''t want her as a mother and I feel hurt and betrayed that dad would do mom like that. She''s irreceable and he just did that. Married another woman and having a child with her. Noted that he is the best but no, he came from a new marriage the one between my dad and Jill. Upsetting. A week passed by and I''m finally moving to Meledsan. I was waiting to get blessed with magic so that I can at least know which direction in life. Like always, the ceremony was held at school and many proud parents came to watch their children get blessed. I sat in the circle and watch my non-binary mighty one Gravak appear, I''m a huge fan and a personal follower. I''m looking at joining their coven so that I Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. can be surrounded by likeminded people. They started blessing the students and my juice got poured in my ss. I looked over at my father, he''s a white which. So is Jill and so was mom so I hope that I get the real colour here. The water stirred and settled down. It turned into white juice and my heart sank in relief. I expected the juice to be sweet like everyone imed it was, instead it was bitter like they say the ck juice taste like. Maybe to each tongue, it tastes different. I looked over at my dad. He seemed very proud. Very pleased by Gravak''s choice. So was I. I walked up to them so that we could say our goodbyes. Dad kissed me on the forehead, I kissed Jake. I know I''ll miss him but it''s time to grow now and to meet new people. Saying goodbye was my first step as a witch and the first step in maturity. I held my blue suitcase and searched for Margot, she was supposed to take me around the campus and then homest week already but like I''ve already mentioned I wanted to wait until I get the magic. She greeted me with a warm smile and twirled her finger around my pink hair which caused me to chuckle. She mentioned before that she likes the beautiful mistake on my head. I disagree. I took her to the rest of my luggage, she used her wand to shrink it down and carried it in her jeans pocket. Impressive. Then we rode with the school''s mat. I''ve never ridden on a mat before but Margot assured me that she has done that many times before already. "Just hold on tight. Okay?" I nodded my head and sat down behind Margot and put my arms around her waist. She looked back at me and grinned and gave me a wink as the sign that she''s about to lift off. The mat slowly rose which made me clutch her tighter. Then once it was in the air it just gave a little kick and we were off. She didn''t drive too fast because she knew I was scared and besides I loved the view. We flew over the houses and finally made it to the area where mansions were stacked upon mansions. She stopped before a Victorian looking mansion. The yard was covered in thick grass that grew high, there were leaves all over. Flowers of the garden withered. The house was covered in vines. We walked up to the porch, it was covered in spider webs and dust. I removed the key from the chain on my neck and opened the door. We both coughed upon entry, it was covered in thick dust. "Wow," Margot said as she waved dust particles away from her face. "This is a huge ce. Cleaning it will be a bitch," Iughed. It will be. Margot dropped my things and waved her wand over it and it instantly started growing again. I had all my things in my house. That sounds so grown of me to say. Margot said she couldn''t stay any longer. She has other students to help out leaving me alone with my new mansion. I walked through the house. The entrance area was huge and impressive. The whole furniture was covered under white cloths and I took it off to see the most beautiful vintage sofas and tables. I opened the curtains of the lounge for natural light and looked at how neat the ce was, it was just the dust that was going to be a problem. I walked through the house getting to know each part of it. The kitchen was huge, it looked like a chef''s kitchen, my favourite feature was the pizza oven. I had tes, pots and everything else a kitchen would need. I walked down the hallway and saw many portraits of the women in mom''s family. Mom was also on the wall along with grandmother and so on. I feel like I should also get a portrait of myself and hang it next to mothers. I found my bedroom. It was bigger than my old lounge. There was arge Kingsize bed. There were bedside tables and a beautiful makeup table that had much perfume standing on it and makeup. There was a jewellery box with the most beautiful pieces in it. The room and an ensuite bathroom of course and it were huge. Arge bathtub and arge shower that I can''t wait to use. There was a closet with many towels, face cloths and so on. Toothbrushes, hairbrushes. Very helpful. I walked out of the bathroom to walk into the massive walk-in closet. My clothes can currently only fill a fraction of this. Mother and her ancestors lived an expensive life. How was I going to keep up? I''ll be needing a job to help me survive even though dad said he''d give me anything I need and want but I must do this on my own. Because I can. Chapter 14: My New Home Chapter 14: My New Home {Kelsey P.O.V} I swear to God. I hate Jacob, my little brother. He made a mess in the house, paint sshed against the walls, furniture scattered throughout the t. Dad and Jill will kill me. Especially since I was supposed to be home thirty minutes ago, that''s the time his nanny clocks out. I thought I could chill with my friends for a few minutes beforeing home. It wouldn''t make a big difference, but it did. I took off my shoes and hung my coat before I fully entered the living room area. The couch''s pillowsid all over the ce and the tv smoked. I couldn''t believe my eyes, it was a mess. "Jacob!" Hisughter could be heard throughout the apartment. He ran into the living room with a broad smile on his face. The first thing I noticed was that he had a wand in his hand. I don''t know if it''s dad''s or Jill''s, either way, a wand in the hand of a child is dangerous and even more dangerous if the child isn''t blessed with magic yet. My big sister rms ticked. He could kill himself or me. "Jacob, give me the wand," I asked. He stared at me in silence, then he shook his head. "No," the six-year-old spat. This both scared and worried me. I ran after him but he ran away. He was hyped up and very fast. He ran into dad''s office. Which was also a mess. His papersid all over the ce, his files, his furniture. This isn''t good. Jacob stood behind the curtain. He probably didn''t think that I''d know exactly where he''d be, but I did so I made my way slowly over the to curtain. I didn''t want to rm him before he makes an even bigger mess. I reached the curtain and quickly pulled it opened it. He giggled and the wand lit up and next thing I knew I was sted by it. He gasped and dropped the wand. He must''ve thought that he hurt me because he ran away. Thank God. I picked up the wand and went up to dad''s room and ced the wand on their bed. I turned around and looked directly in their mirror and screamed the second I saw it. My pitch-ck hair was hot pink. Hot fucking pink. I hate pink. "JACOB!" I love Jill''s child but he drove me insane and I couldn''t take it anymore. "KELSEY!" my father called from the living room and I was just as livid as he was. I rushed over to him with tears streaming down my cheeks. "I HATE THIS! I HATE YOU AND I HATE JILL," I let it all out in one breath and sighed, "dad. I got the calling this year and I''m moving to Meledsan, I''m moving into mom''s old house. It''s mine anyway," My dad remained silent. It seemed as If though he didn''t have anything say so he nodded his head. He opened his arms and I walked over into his hug. He kissed me on my head and pretty soon we could feel Jacob''s little arms forming a group hug. I giggled. I love that child so much. I released the hug to kiss him on his forehead and picked him up. "He found one of your wands and went crazy. I just came from school and found this mess," Dad sighed. He already seemed tired and now he has to deal with this mess as well but maybe there''s a spell that can clean this mess up. The thought of finally being able to use magic made me excited, I''ve been studying it through the books and mainly from mom''s grimoire and I even know what I want to major in. The book has many useful tips that I can''t wait to try. Many witches pass down their grimoire from generation and mom made sure that I get the book I so deserve. She had it in a box titled, For Kelsey, I was supposed to open it when I get to practise real magic but dad gave me the box when I was six. No one knew what was in that box, not even dad and it has nothing to do with him too. Now I''m going to move to Meledsan and live in mom''s old home. Maybe that will bring us even more closer. Dad did know a spell to make it disappear and had the mess restored to its original state, as for my hair? Unfortunately, it couldn''t be fixed and I''m starting school soon. I don''t want to walk around campus looking like a clown. I tried magic. I tried washing it. I tried dying it back to my mom''s natural hair colour but nothing worked. I''ve lost her ck hair and this wasn''t sitting well with me. I gave up. There was nothing that could remove the pink hair and I was going to have to work with it. I sat down on my bed looking for a spell from mom''s book but nothing in there covers this. We had dinner as a family that night where dad told Jill that I''m moving out. She is partially why I''m moving out, I don''t want her as a mother and I feel hurt and betrayed that dad would do mom like that. She''s irreceable and he just did that. Married another woman and having a child with her. Noted that he is the best but no, he came from a new marriage the one between my dad and Jill. Upsetting. A week passed by and I''m finally moving to Meledsan. I was waiting to get blessed with magic so that I can at least know which direction in life. Like always, the ceremony was held at school and many proud parents came to watch their children get blessed. I sat in the circle and watch my non-binary mighty one Gravak appear, I''m a huge fan and a personal follower. I''m looking at joining their coven so that I can be surrounded by likeminded people. They started blessing the students and my juice got poured in my ss. I looked over at my father, he''s a white which. So is Jill and so was mom so I hope that I get the real colour here. The water stirred and settled down. It turned into white juice and my heart sank in relief. I expected the juice to be sweet like everyone imed it was, instead it was bitter like they say the ck juice taste like. Maybe to each tongue, it tastes different. I looked over at my dad. He seemed very proud. Very pleased by Gravak''s choice. So was I. I walked up to them so that we could say our goodbyes. Dad kissed me on the forehead, I kissed Jake. I know I''ll miss him but it''s time to grow now and to meet new people. Saying goodbye was my first step as a witch and the first step in maturity. I held my blue suitcase and searched for Margot, she was supposed to take me around the campus and then homest week already but like I''ve already mentioned I wanted to wait until I get the magic. She greeted me with a warm smile and twirled her finger around my pink hair which caused me to chuckle. She mentioned before that she likes the beautiful mistake on my head. I disagree. I took her to the rest of my luggage, she used her wand to shrink it down and carried it in her jeans pocket. Impressive. Then we rode with the school''s mat. I''ve never ridden on a mat before but Margot assured me that she has done that many times before already. "Just hold on tight. Okay?" I nodded my head and sat down behind Margot and put my arms around her waist. She looked back at me and grinned and gave me a wink as the sign that she''s about to lift off. The mat slowly rose which made me clutch her tighter. Then once it was in the air it just gave a little kick and we were off. She didn''t drive too fast because she knew I was scared and besides I loved the view. We flew over the houses and finally made it to the area where mansions were stacked upon mansions. She stopped before a Victorian looking mansion. The yard was covered in thick grass that grew high, there were leaves all over. Flowers of the garden withered. The house was covered in vines. We walked up to the porch, it was covered in spider webs and dust. I removed the key from the chain on my neck and opened the door. We both coughed upon entry, it was covered in thick dust. "Wow," Margot said as she waved dust particles away from her face. "This is a huge ce. Cleaning it will be a bitch," Iughed. It will be. Margot dropped my things and waved her wand over it and it instantly started growing again. I had all my things in my house. That sounds so grown of me to say. Margot said she couldn''t stay any longer. She has other students to help out leaving me alone with my new mansion. I walked through the house. The entrance area was huge and impressive. The whole furniture was covered under white cloths and I took it off to see the most beautiful vintage sofas and tables. I opened the curtains of the lounge for natural light and looked at how neat the ce was, it was just the dust that was going to be a problem. I walked through the house getting to know each part of it. The kitchen was huge, it looked like a chef''s kitchen, my favourite feature was the pizza oven. I had tes, pots and everything else a kitchen would need. I walked down the hallway and saw many portraits of the women in mom''s family. Mom was also on the wall along with grandmother and so on. I feel like I should also get a portrait of myself and hang it next to mothers. I found my bedroom. It was bigger than my old lounge. There was arge Kingsize bed. There were bedside tables and a beautiful makeup table that had much perfume standing on it and makeup. There was a jewellery box with the most beautiful pieces in it. The room and an ensuite bathroom of course and it were huge. Arge bathtub and arge shower that I can''t wait to use. There was a closet with many towels, face cloths and so on. Toothbrushes, hairbrushes. Very helpful. I walked out of the bathroom to walk into the massive walk-in closet. My clothes can currently only fill a fraction of this. Mother and her ancestors lived an expensive life. How was I going to keep up? I''ll be needing a job to help me survive even though dad said he''d give me anything I need and want but I must do this on my own. Because I can.Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. Chapter 15: Grey Witch Chapter 15: Grey Witch I met with Margot the following day in front of the wand store. I don''t have a wand yet and I''m starting school in an hour which is a huge mistake because finding the perfect wand takes time. I saw her approaching me and gave her a warm smile because she''s always walking around with the brightest smile. She hugged me and took my hand walked into the shop. "Mr Dudgeon!" She called out and Jeff came to us. "Hello, Margot. Who do you have with us today?" "Jeff. This is Kelsey and she needs a wand stat," He grinned and gestured for us to follow him. He asked various questions to help us find the perfect wand. Do I know how to use a wand? Do I want a light wand? Which tree should the wand be made of? What magic do I want to do so that it canplement the wand? Crazy questions. He took me took us to the centre of the shop, there was a table with wands perfect for cooking but I couldn''t keep my eyes off from the table. There was a beautiful wand that was so disobedient. It didn''t stand still, it floated on a cute tiny little whirlwind. I walked up to the ss that contained those wands. Two were missing, three remained. I''ve never met Fire and Water but I''d love to. Margot walked up to me and I red at her with a small grin. "Can I have the flowing one?" Margot nodded her head and sighed. "I like the roses one. I''ve never seen a wand smell so lovely," Jeffrey walked up to us with a dark thick wand with a skinnier tip. He also looked at the three wands and sighed, "it''s unfortunate that they still haven''t been found," "Rumour has it that they''ll be found this year or next year because of the prediction of powerful witches that will be arising," I touched the ss which made the whirlwind wand go nuts. I quickly removed my hand from the ss and looked at Jeffrey with my apologetic eyes. "Sorry," "There''s literally a sign," he told. "I said sorry," He nodded his head. "Why aren''t these wands at their family''s? Like how did these girls lose their wands?" Margot asked. "The five of them went on a mission. Three died in battle. Their wandsid on the field and as the keeper of wands it was my job to take the wands and keep them safe," Margot nodded her head, "makes sense. So the descendants don''t even know their heritage," "Exactly. So how can they im their wands if they don''t know who they are? Here Kelsey, try this wand," I took the wand from Jeff but couldn''t stop looking at the whirlwind wand and sighed. This wand was as pretty but it felt great in my hand nheless. I swung it and felt the power building up in the wand and released it. A strong wind blew throughout the shop causing the other wands to blow all over. It was a mess. I looked at Jeffrey terrified. What have I done? "Jeffrey," He was furious. His cheeks turned bright red. He had to clean this mess up and it was my fault. Here are about thousands upon thousands of wands and then he still has to sort them out via type. I''m such an idiot. "Just...leave...!" He instructed through gritted teeth. Margot grabbed me by the arm and pulled me out of the shop. We walked a short distance before she started bursting into tears. I just looked at her and grinned. "What?" "That was incredible. What spell was that? I''ve never seen it before," I shrugged. I don''t even remember if I did a spell. I just did it. It was the wand, I don''t know why Jeffrey is made at me for. We went to school where I received my schedule. Monday Herbalism Essential Oils Cooking Protection Break Surviving 101 Broom training Gravak''s Hour I made it to my first ss. I was so excited I felt like I could just float away. I had nowhere to sit and saw a tall brown girl sitting in the back of the room in the corner so I took a seat beside her. She grinned when she saw me. I liked her instantly, her aura was beautiful. Warm, friendly, positive. She is the kind of person that you''d want in your corner and something just drew me to her. "I like your pink hair," she had the deepest, smoky, seductive voice I''ve ever heard mixed with a strong ent. She pronounced all her vowels. "Thanks. I love your ent," She giggled and shook her head. "I like YOUR ent. Where you from?" "Australia. You?" She took out her notebook, "Cape Town. I''m Tamzyn," That''s a lovely name. I gave her a small smile, I wonder if we''ll be friends, "Kelsey," The teacher entered the ssroom and introduced herself, Mrs Thatcher and she lives on Meledsan, always has and always will. Between the lesson, Tamzyn and I spoke and got to know each other a little. She is from earth and this is her first experience of everything magic. She says that she doesn''t know anything and just randomly chose subjects because she had to. I told her that it was my first time being blessed with magic and that I moved into my mom''s house. Mom passed away when I was just a few months old. Hers as well. Her father died when she was four. Poor girl. She says she chose this ss because she loves everything nts and flowers which reminded me of my yard. She offered to fix my garden. I said no because I know the mess it''s in. She''ll be at my house this weekend. So when she''s made her mind up it''s very difficult to talk her out of a thing. The rest of the day was wonderful. I spent interval with Tamzyn and her friend Aaliyah, they''re so friendly you have no idea. I stood somewhere in the hallway in what looked like a castle, trying to remember how I got here. I watched as students marched to the same direction flooding pass me. Someone grabbed me by the arm and turned me the way the crowd was walking, "silly. We should be going before we''rete," Spoke an olive girl with huge brown eyes. She was wless, her skin was smooth and there was not a spot that could be seen. Her ck hair hung loose passing her butt. She looked like a dream. She grinned and gently pushed me to an assembly. Students sat down and waited. The stranger waved at two girls and they made their way over to us. "Kelsey," she told me. I wasn''t surprised that she knew my name. Some witches are just more special than others, "this is my sister Nightskai," She showed me a dark-skinned girl with a strong bone structure, it looked like she contoured but it was all-natural. She had wavy ck hair very voluminous and it kissed her elbows. "And that''s my baby sister, Ceira-kat," Ceira was lighter-skinned than them both and she had a rounder face than the two of them. She had an orange bob with a thick fringe and a living ck mamba curled around her neck. She had beautiful round eyes that stood out against her small facial features like her small nose and lips. "I''m Danica," I was surprised that she didn''t have a crazy name, so I asked. She giggled and shrugged. "You''re going to have to ask my dad about it," I instantly noticed that she didn''t mention her mom. "Why not your mom?" They all looked at me, I knew that look. They lost her too. " My mother died when I was only three months old," Danica ced her hand on mine and nodded her head, "mine as well," A god came out. I know this because I''ve seen him in many books at home and at school. He''s a very private god they say and the people that make it into his coven must have something special about them because he doesn''t ept just anyone. He says there are many covens, many who ept N?velDrama.Org content rights. average magic users. So why should he? Ka-vu is his name. No one has ever heard his full name. He is mighty and one could always tell by his appearance. His deep-set almond-shaped eyes are always fears. He has thick brow ridge with bushy eyebrows, and he has a raven ck voluminous full beard hanging on his chest, his hair was also very thick in volume. The outside of his hair is as dark as the night sky and the inside as white as snow, he has huge strong horns that grow from the side of his head. He hardly ever walks in the form of man, he always has toe chest to chest with the building. He never walked, always hovered as a light fog, never shows his legs only his top part. His lower body looked like thick grey fog disappearing. He always wears ck leather gloves with his sharp white nails breaking through it. Everyone got to their knees and bowed low before him. I included. He deserves all our worship and praise. He raised his hands in the air and we all took a seat. He adjusted his ck silk gown. That''s all it looked like he wore, silk gowns exposing his rock hard chest covered in a few hairs. I have never seen him smile before, nor do I ever think I''ll ever do. He always looked so serious. He cleared his throat and looked at his well-behaved coven. "Good evening my little ones. Many of you by now know why you''re here because some of you are in my coven. Some are not however and this is about them..." He continued his speech that left me confused. He said that we''re grey witches. What the hell is that even? Is that why the white juice was bitter? I don''t want to be apart of this, this is crazy. I woke up drenched in sweat. Thank god it was just a dream because if it wasn''t I don''t know what I would make of it. Chapter 16: I Need A Job Chapter 16: I Need A Job I made my way through the hallway over to the library when I saw Tamzyn walking my way with a little girl wearing a long ck dress and a ck headband. I stood before the library door and waited on her to make it up to me. She grinned when she reached me and pulled me in for a hug which I returned. "Kelsey. This is my baby sister, Jade. She''s not my biological sister but I sure do love her like she is," I grinned. That''s cute. Everything about Tamzyn was so refreshing. I looked at Jade, why is she a ck witch when Tamzyn isn''t. Some ck and white witches still don''t mix because this is all too new for everyone and so no one trusts the other. And where do I fall? ck or white? Last night''s dream had me fucked and I don''t know with whom to share it. I low-key feel embarrassed to go to Mr Winston or Mrs Voss because I don''t know what to make of myself. "Nice meeting you, Jade," I grinned at the little girl who stuck her tongue out at me, it came as a surprise. "Jade!" "I''m on my inside. I wanna use the Jay-Moon to find a job, I live alone and want to find a way to make an ie so that I can take care of myself," Tamzyn raised her eyebrows and leaned closer to me. "What''s a Jay-Moon?" I couldn''t help but let out a small smile. "It''s initials. Lemme show you," I led they followed. "If it''s initials," Jade replied, "then I''m Jay-Moon too," We walked in silence. The library is huge, eight storeys high and very wide. It has a variety of magic books, different types of magic including magic from the other dimensions including earth. I''ve never had an interest in another type of magic because it''s useless studying it. Many witches can''t even do it because we''re built different or just different in general. How on earth can I do gnome magic? I''m not a gnome. We walked to rows upon rows ofrge tables each having a built-in Jay-Moon, many students sat there and did their research. I sat down a grey block. It looks like a neatly carved block-shaped stone. Tamzyn and Jade sat down next to me and I proceeded to start the Jay-Moon. I pressed it down and a On the screen was the guide, Jay-Moon, she was inspired by the real Jaydan Moon whose idea the whole thing is but she couldn''t create it so she told the other Mayhems to make it for her. They even named it after her and built it up from her essence. Jay-Moon greeted us like she is supposed to. Jade greeted back which caused Tamzyn and I to chuckle. ''How may I help you?'' "I''m looking for work. No experience. I''m Fifteen if that''ll help," ''I''m on it,'' She did her twirl which causes a whirlwind to blow on the soft screen. The gentle breeze blew on our faces which seemed to intrigue Tamzyn, I personally love winds. Especially strong ones. The whirlwind ended and Jay-Moon stood there with her hands behind her back wearing a soft pink maiden dress. "Why don''t youe work with me at the orphanage?" I sunk into my seat and looked at her. Visible disgust on my face. "Not only do I hate children but I hate charity type of work. I''m too selfish for that," Tamzynughed. "Wow. At least you can admit it," I nodded my head. "Yeah. I don''t like helping people unless it works out in my favour as well," I looked at Tamzyn and grinned. She is going to love the next part, I would know because Ie from earth and not many local witches know that this technology doesn''t exist there. I stuck my hand through the screen. It is always so soft and feels cool and slimy. I pulled my hand back and pulled out a list of all the jobs that I could apply to. When I turned to look at the two their eyes were huge. "What the fuck?" Jade asked me. "I second that," "If you really wanna deep search you can even go into the screen where Jay-Moon will guide you from there. Others also send posts and emails by putting it in the screen," Tamzyn shook her head and scoffed. "That''s impressive." The bell rang which rmed the little one. "I must leave!" She stormed out without a goodbye which made Tamzyn giggle as she shook her head. Jade is a character. "Can I share something with you? I don''t have friends and don''t know what to do," Tamzyn held my hand and nodded her head. I could feel the warmth radiating from her which made me Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. feel at ease. "I had a strange dream where I woke up at a school for grey witches. But I know dreams aren''t just dreams. They never are," Tamzyn looked past me. Like she was thinking back on all her dreams as well. "Every single dream aren''t just dreams?" I nodded my head. "They''re spiritual and spirituality is real. It is everything and you must understand spirituality, just letting you know since you''re a beginner," She nodded her head. "So what do you think your dreams are?" I shrugged because I honestly had no clue. I sighed and looked back into her brown eyes, "my juice was white but tasted bitter," She furrowed her brows and scratched her head. "That''s not right. Is it?" I rose to my feet and shook my head. "Not one bit. Are you stilling over to my ce this weekend?" She lit up and rose to her feet as well. We should start heading to ss. "Good. I was thinking maybe you cane sleepover sometime. I don''t like being alone in that big house," She grinned. "Yeah. Why not this Friday? Then I''ll be there Saturday," I liked the sound of that. I would have to n an epic sleepover because I would love for her to return shortly. We headed to our ssrooms and only saw each other at lunch again. Chapter 17: A Balance Chapter 17: A Bnce Danica pulled me in for a hug and had a smile on her face. She just looked at me as if she''s expecting me to say something but what could I say? Here I was again. Where are we? I looked around. The hallways here are always dark although there are small ceiling lights they''re just very dim. Danica and I stood in front of a ssroom, some students entered the ss while we waited on God knows what. "You seem a little lost," she spoke. I was. Will this be a habit? I just wanted to know where we are. "I am, Danica. I don''t know what''s happening," Danica gently grabbed my arm and pulled me into the ssroom. There was this onerge desk that stood out, it stood in the middle of the ssroom with the other desks packed around it. It was painted green and had green cushions forfort. Danica sat down on one side and patted the other side as she looked at me. Everyone around me stared curiously. I wondered what that was about and took a seat next to her. Some students began whispering which made Danica frown a little. She cleared her throat and ced her bag on the seat and took out a book. She nced at me sideways and doodled circles in her notebook right until the teacher came in. It was an older woman with a real witchy appearance, I mean she has a humpback with the whole pointy arched crooked nose with a mole next to it and her wild brittle white hair. She raised her hand to silence the ss and they instantly did. "She''s twenty-five years old," whispered Danica. "ss. I''m Routa, and I''ll be teaching you everything about the perfect bnce between good and evil. Between wrong and right between the dark world and the light. This ce is different from beyond the fog wall, each student is currently is having the same subject but in different ssrooms. I''ll be your Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. personal teacher up until you graduate and be teaching you everything you know," I leaned into Danica''s ear, "what does she mean?" "Sshh..." Miss Routa''s eyes fell on mine. She stared at me until I felt guilt consume me. I gulped and looked at the desk and only looked up once I could feel her eyes, not on me. "Take out your wands!" We all listened and took out our wands, we held it in our hands that we''re mostfortable in doing magic with and awaited for further instruction. Miss Routa picked up her wand thatid on the desk and looked at the ss. "E-Sha Buhee," she swirled her wand and a tiny sun appeared and soon after a ck moon. The two danced around each other and merged. Then a light grey cloud appeared and hovered in mid-air. "This is the most important spell you could learn. It ys a big role in who we are. There are many witches, so there are various career paths and there are many who y different roles. Our role is holding Meledsan together because without us it could rip apart or particles of it could collide and shut tight. Like Ka''vu''s kingdom is hidden from the rest of Meledsan. Say the spell until you can hear yourself saying it correctly," "E-Sha Buhee," the whole ss repeated. At first, I was reluctant but what could the harm be? So I joined in and once we got the hang of it Miss Routa raised her hand again. We all instantly kept quiet and she nodded her head. "I would love to show a live demonstration of this spell," She walked over to a cupboard and took out a tray and ced it on her desk. She looked at the ss. She touched the tray and half of it started changing, green grass started growing and an ocean appeared. The sun was out and it glowed. Some animals native to Meledsan walked around but started dying. It is well known that when the dimension was split up the bright sunshine side formally known as Mele was very bright and warm that it killed the native animals. They burned out. The only animals that can survive in that weather are the ones from other magical worlds. Miss Routa touched the other half of the tray and it also formed life. The dark side which was ''San, the ocean appeared and so did the grass and trees but soon the water dried up and the greenery withered. There was nothing but cold which also caused other native animals to die. Crime also raised on that side since the people could not be seen due to all the consuming darkness. In the middle of the two sides, however, it met and the sky is dark grey. This is the centre of Meledsan, this is the current state of where the academy is. I also thankfully live in that border. "Now, let''s say the spell again this time while swirling our wands," We did as she asked and watched the tray. A wind blew over the tray and when it stopped the tray expanded and hidden ces came out from everywhere. Underneath the ground, from the sky, from the ocean and from inside other ces and from empty fields. The weather became normal. She told us to feel the normal temperature and see how the animals revived and lived in peace with nature. "That''s our roles as grey witches. ck and white witches are too busy conflicting to keep a healthy bnce and it''s our jobs to take care of ourselves and everyone else as well as Meledsan. Now, I know most of us are selfish and most of us feel like doing the right thing but just end up doing the wrong thing, and that''s what makes us different. It''s not ck or white with us so we can look in from the outside." Chapter 18: Not Fog Land Chapter 18: Not Fog Land I stood before the broom shop. It is arge shop and it had Turnilupo''s broom hanging over the door. Her broom is the most magical broom ever created and very beautiful, it is smooth like silk and it not only looks likevender but smells like it as well. Her full name is engraved on it in gold glitter and when she flies glitter falls from it with the strong scent ofvender. I took a deep breath in and swung the double door open. The owner was behind the counter and grinned as I walked in. She seems friendly Mrs Lucas, waiting for me to make it up to her. "Kelsey, am I right?" I nodded my head. "Wee to my broom shop. I''m Esma, the owner of this brilliant broom shop," bragged an elderly woman. She had white hair but her face wasn''t so wrinkly, I reckon she''s in her early sixties maybe mid, but she had the curvaceous body of a woman in her twenties. Esma''s brag wasn''t even a lie either. There are many broom shops but none has The Turnilupo''s broom hanging around. That''s special since Turnilupo isn''t just any witch, Esma''s great-great-grandma made the broom, especially for Lupo. History says that she was the only parental figure in Lupo''s life. Turnilupo was unbearable they say. I walked up to Esma who guided me behind the counter by the till where I ced my school bag. I came here directly after school. She showed me the ropes and told me a bit about the different brooms and showed me where the different brooms could be found and then my day started. I am slowly bing a woman and it was exciting. My first day wasn''t exactly the best, it wasn''t easy and I messed up orders a lot, the supervisor had to correct me constantly until I got a hang of itter on. Tomorrow will be better. *** Tamzyn entered the house. She wore green overalls with ck gloves. Her overall was covered in dirt and so was her forehead and cheeks. She took her boots off and the gloves and looked at me, a smile made its way on her face. She seemed thankful that she could get the yard looking great again. She says it''s the only thing that makes her feel at home because back on earth she used to nt flowers and prune people''s gardens for extra money. Something about her having magical fingers when it "I made some tea," She nodded her head. "Thanks. Lemme just change my clothes," She went upstairs and I went outside to see what she did so far. She removed the wheat roots and all and cut and watered the grass. She said that she''ll start early even though she was supposed to work tomorrow. Tomorrow she wants to start nting flowers and trees she told. She said she wants to nt a garden as well, it will be useful she told me and will do well since I do take Kitchenery as a subject so she''ll make sure to nt herbs as well. She returned from upstairs, this time wearing a floral dress looking like her old self. Her hair was nearly pulled to the back, opening her face exposing those high cheekbones of hers. She went with me into the lounge and three sugars into her tea with lots of milk. "You have a lovely home. I have never seen a ce this huge before," I chuckled. "Thanks. It gets lonely. Anyway, are you going to The Horror Ball?" She took a sip and ced the cup down on the coaster and looked up at me. "I''m fourteen, so maybe next year," I giggled. I didn''t know she was so young. Well, younger than me. I''m Fifteen so I get to legally go. "How about I get you a fake ID? But I don''t think they''ll check for any because you look of age," She bellowed, "not sure if I should take that as apliment," I chuckled. "No, but for real, Kelsey, that''s wrong and illegal. We can''t do that," I shook my head. "No one will know. Come on, it''ll be fun. I know a guy, Billy, he''ll totally help out. You muste, who else will apany me?" She didn''t say anything like she was consulting herself on the matter. Then she sighed and rubbed her temples, "fine. Something tells me that there''s no say I have anyway," I took a sip from my tea and nodded my head. "Nope. It will be epic and you''ll thank me afterwards," *** I woke up Saturday morning feeling a whole lot better than the rest of all my mornings, it''s just knowing that I''m not alone that calms my nerves. I''m afraid that dark witches coulde at night and taunt me. That''s all they ever do, taunt people. And it gets annoying but the more annoyed you are or the more scared you are, they love it. Tamzyn was already up when I got downstairs and had prepared some pancakes for us. When I searched for her she was busy nting the seeds and flowers that she bought with her ie. Which reminds me that I have got to pay her back, life is expensive here and she needs all the money she can get. We didn''t spend all day at home, of course, I took her to Billy''s. I couldn''t find him on Meledsan mainly because it''s Saturday and so we had to go to his home back on earth. He lives in a small town called Crystal Moon, I''ve read about it in history. The town has ties to Meledsan since four of the Stones established it. The portal had usnd in the woods. Keeping it very safe. I''ve never been in Crystal Moon so our main focus was getting out of these woods especially since we don''t know what''s lurking in them. I had to pick up a stone and ce sticks on it and do a spell. Tamzyn watched in awe as the sticks became one with the stone and became a navigator. "Find Billy Wright''s home," Tamzyn and I followed the directions and reached a small double-storey home. The fence wasn''t state was worse than mine. I saw on the top floor a broken window and it wasn''t even boxed or nothing. "Wow," Tamzynmented, "They need my magical touch as well," I giggled and lead the way. Billy and I aren''t friends, I got introduced to him through a friend when I needed tickets to The Valentine Lake Dance, she told me that he has many connections and would always have what I need. I''ve used him a couple of times after that as well. I rang the doorbell but nothing happened. I rolled my eyes before I started knocking and not even a secondter Bethany opened the door. It felt like my chest was caving in. Bethany Wright stood right before me. I mean I''ve always known that they''re siblings, everyone knows them in general. They''re the Wright''s. But more importantly, she has the affinity for fire which I think is badass. I turned to face Tamzyn who seemed unbothered by Bethany''s presence. I get it. She doesn''t know what she looks like. "It''s Bethany Wright," Her eyes twinkled. She did know who Bethany is she just didn''t know the face. "Y''all came so far to fan out?" I felt like pinching myself. I felt this strong force pulling us together, I think I''m just way too much of a fan. More than I even knew. "I''ve always wanted to meet you since I''ve read about you in the school''s history," Tamzynmented, "you and Sindra. But I''ve briefly met her, you''re so beautiful," Bethany giggled and couldn''t help but turn red, she ran her fingers through her hair, bit her lower lip and looked Tamzyn in her eyes, "um... thanks man. Wow. I''ve never heard anyone say that," she covered half her face to only show her eyes as she batted her eyelids, "I''m blushing," She''s so funny. I thought she''d be more uptight. "Is Billiam home?" N?velDrama.Org content rights. She nodded her head and turned her head to the house. "BILLY! GUEST!" She looked back at us, "he''ll be down shortly but if you must excuse me, I was on my way out," "To Sindra?" Bethany giggled and nodded her head, she bit her lower lip, "yeah. To Sindra, I''ll see you guys around sometime okay," We made way for her so that she could carry on and go to her friend. Billy came down the stairs putting on a red T-shirt. He grinned when he saw me, "Kel, what can I help you with?" I told him the situation and he said that he''d have her things ready on Monday and will give it to her there. We didn''t leave immediately, we toured around town. We both read about Crystal Moon and was curious. In the centre of the town was a fountain of the four Stones holdingrge crystals above their heads. It looks majestic. *** I updated my journal when it happened. Tamzyn was in in the guest room and I was in my room. My head started paining and I ignored it, my head pains now and then like every normal person''s head does. But this one turned into a migraine real quickly. I rose to my feet, the journal fell out of my hands. I was looking for help, tried calling out to Tamzyn but as soon as I opened my mouth I fell hard to the ground. I opened my eyes and Danica offered me water, many of the witches gave other witches water to drink. We stood in rows and this arose my curiosity. "Danica, what''s happening?" Danica smiled as she stroked my pink hair, "you were brought to our world. Meledsan glitches and then it brings all the grey witches here to our world," I looked around at the other students like me and back at Danica. "What do you mean Meledsan glitches?" She shrugged, "it''s part of the unbnce. Oh don''t worry, you''ll love it here," "What do you mean? When will I wake up from this dream?" Danica snorted. "No honey, that phase is over. This time you can''t leave. You''re like us now, stuck here forever," Chapter 19: First Love Chapter 19: First Love (Sindra''s P.O.V) Dear Diary: I could get lost in Derek''s sky blue eyes, I can''t believe he''s mine all mine and I didn''t have to use any magic. His lips are enticing, pink and so soft. He kisses like the fairy that he is, his hugs feel like a dream and he is the definition of perfection. From his golden locks to his permanent rosy cheeks and from the way my ears lock into his long pointy ears whenever we hug. I looked at him as I put on my school skirt. He remainedying in the bed for a bit, I don''t really like making love in Mrs Greene''s house, Paul''s mother. Paul is very scary and even though his mother isn''t like him maybe she could be a little like that. After all, he is scary because he''s a werewolf and must have inherited it from his werewolf parents. For now, Derek lives here, when Mrs Greene heard that he sleeps in the woods she convinced him to stay with them for a while since he doesn''t want to stay here permanently. So he''s staying here for a while as he is preparing his original home to make more eptable. That''s the only condition Mrs Greene will allow him to live in the woods again. He watched me put my blue gem tiara on my head. He knows that I''m a witch, he caught me watering flowers using my hands and not to make me nervous about my secret being exposed, he confessed then and there that he''s a water fairy. We''re practically made for each other. I walked up to him and gave him onest kiss on his forehead before I opened the portal up and left to Meledsan. Our school day starts with lunch and so I went into the cafeteria and stood that long line. My eyes were looking for a ce to sit, any ce. Bethany or Margot, anyone will do. I saw Margot. She already had a seat and waved frantically at me. I nodded my head and walked up to her. "Hey," we greeted together. Margot and I have been friends for as long as I''ve been attending school here, in other words just as long as I have known Bethany for, and she''s just as popr. She had a naughty grin on her face that raised my curiosity. I sat down and unwrapped my cheese sandwich. "What is it, Margot?" She giggled. "No ''hi'', first?" I rolled my eyes and took a bite, "hey Margot, how are you?" She grinned. "Hey, Sindra. I''m doing just fine. A handsome stranger asked for you," I twisted the water bottle open and took my first sip and looked at Margot. What could she be talking about? "Who?" She shrugged. "His name is Jared, he''s new here," I nodded my head and took another bite from my grilled cheese sandwich. "Maybe he''s a fan," She nodded her head. "Yeah. I think you should ask him out on a date," I chuckled. I was surprised that she''s still on this. "Margot, you know I''m dating Derek," She groaned and took a sip from her water. "He''s not like us, Sindra, he''s worse than us. He''s a fairy. They''re weak, you need someone strong by your side," I hate when she throws these words. She sounds like my parents, they all want me to date a witch because that''s how it is traditionally. I sighed and looked at her digging into her sd with her fork. "Don''t go there. You''re a lesbian you should''ve been very supportive of my rtionship," Sheughed and rolled her eyes. "This isn''t the same thing. Fairies are NOT even right. They''re weird and icky and dating one is wrong," I folded my arms. Bethany sat down next to us with her tray, like usual, she was with Marisa who Margot and I got to know well by now. She read the tension, she looked at me and then at Margot. She frowned and held my arm. "Fuck Margot. I think you and Derek are the cutest thing ever," I looked at Bethany and gave her a small smile. I am thankful for my friend and love that she always knows what to say to cheer me up. N?velDrama.Org content rights. "Yeah," added Marisa, "isn''t she gay? That''s not even normal, you should at least go on one date with a guy. I know lots of those," Margot raised her eyebrows, "yeah... I don''t want too," Marisa shed her a warm smile. "You don''t know what you''re missing," Margot muttered something that we couldn''t hear and continued eating her sd. It''s no secret that she doesn''t like Marisa, I feel like I don''t know much of Marisa to judge her right away. But her response to Marisa as a whole got me wondering if she likes Bethany? I would hate it if my friends didn''t like each other. Bethany started a topic about the other three elemental witches, she seems to be nervous about meeting them. Maybe she''s afraid that once we all know each other we can''t get along and that will mess up a beautiful working space. I''m nervous about that too. What if we don''t like the others? We''re partners and will be paired until the day we bore our first daughters. And even then we ought to stick together. Once I finished my sandwich I asked Margot where thisd said he''d be so I wiped my mouth and walked over to Mr Winston''s office. That''s where I''ll find him. I knocked on the door and waited on Mr Winston to call me in. I entered his office wearing a bright smile. I hate the principal''s offices, makes me feel like a bad girl. I saw a tall guy pouring coffee out into Mr Winston''s mug and automatically assumed that it was him. He wasn''t facing me so I couldn''t see much, just that he is tall and slender. His brown curly hair hung on his shoulders. He wore a ck cape with glittery golden stars on them that sparkled when the robe moved. "Sindra... how are you?" The mention of my name had him turn around. His small pink lips let out a huge smile, his blue eyes pierced into mine. He walked over to Mr Winston and gave him his coffee, his eyes remaining on mine. He smiled, I didn''t but I did forget how to breathe for a second there and had to remind myself. "I''m fine.... Mr Winston, and yourself?" Mr Winston chuckled and looked over at the boy. "Noints. I have a little helper, Jared. A transfer student from Tah-bani, also one of the youngest wizard," I snickered and shook my head. I was honestly impressed. I''ve never seen a wizard before and now here''s one right in front of me and he''s so dreamy. He has a soft face, no strong jawline, no cheekbones just rosy cheeks and his big dark blue eyes and bushy eyebrows. Mr Winston looked at Jared, "Sindra. Our elemental water princess," He nodded his head and bit his lower lip. "Yeah. I''ve heard about her," Mr Winston turned to face me. "What may I help you with?" "Jared asked for me," Mr Winston was acting weird. He looked at me with a big smile stered on his face and then at Jared. He pouted and raised his eyebrow. I''ve never seen him act so humanlike before. As the headmaster of all dark witches, I was expecting someone more stone-cold and expressionless like my friend back on earth. Jason. "Well," Mr Winston told, "he''s all yours," Jared patted Mr Winston on the shoulder and proceeded to make his way over to me, I made my out of his office and walked pass the secretary whose office is outside the doors of the headmistress and master. Right behind a giant window. We stopped and he looked at me. He didn''t drop his precious smile once, his eyes were wide open. I didn''t mind him acting so weird, it killed me to say it''s because he''s so adorable. "So," I broke out silence. Otherwise, he would stare at me forever. "Are you a good wizard or an evil one?" He chuckled. It sounded like a baby''sugh. He was cute. I couldn''t keep my eyes off from him. "Depends... which are you into?" I couldn''t help but giggle and look at the floor. My cheeks burned, I tucked my blonde hair behind my ear and looked up into his mesmerizing eyes. Take me away you perfect dots of blue. "Aww," he said cubbing my face and stroking my cheek with his thumb, "you''re blushing," I couldn''t contain myugh. He was right. My face was burning. I was blushing but so was he, we were in an endless loop of giggles. I don''t know him but already I''mfortable with him. He has this energy that instantly calmed me and drew me into him. "Shouldn''t you be asking your girlfriend which type of wizard she prefers?" He grinned and shrugged. "Not sure I want one of those. You are my soul mate after all and you''re all I''ll ever need and want, and what say you?" Chapter 20: An Earthquake Chapter 20: An Earthquake Dear Diary: Do I even tell Derek about Jared? Of course not. I have no idea how he might react and telling him might change the dynamics of our rtionship and I don''t want that. I love Derek and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. But Jared though. He''s so wonderful, I''d lie if I said that there was no connection because there is. I have never felt whatever it is that I feel with Jared. Not even with Derek. And we''ve only met once, what if we get to know each other? It makes me nervous to think about that. It drives me mad that Jared drives me mad. I had a dream about him. We danced on the frozen waters. And dreams are real which meant that he came in my dreams just so that we can dance. That''s sweet I must say, his strong soft man arms around my body. His blue eyes shimmering as he looked in mine, not once dropping his gaze. It makes me mad that I can''t wait to see him today. What will I do? "Try not to think too much about it," Margot tried consoling me. We were in a storage room cleaning up with a few other witches. De-clutter. I looked over at her, she was packing crystals in a box while I was N?velDrama.Org content rights. rubbingmps with a white cloth. They''re covered in dust. I sighed. How couldn''t I think about it? This is my future. I picked up anothermp and started rubbing it with the cloth. "I can''t just stop thinking about it, Margot," I sighed, "I just wish that there could be a pause in time so that the three of us can work through this together and I can make the best decision for myself and my partner," She smirked and poked me. "So you''re saying that there might be a possibility that you and Jared could end up together?" I rolled my eyes and ce themp into a box with the othermps. I double-checked when it seemed to me like themp had an orange glow to it but it didn''t. It was still golden. I picked up anothermp and continued with my work. When the bell rang I made my way over to Fairy Godmother Lessons. I don''t know, I want to one when when I grow up, it feels like the only upation that makes sense to me. Helping children who need it the most. Sounds wonderful. I felt someone gently grabbing me by the arm, I turned around right into Jared''s eyes. He smirked. So did I, he looks like a dream. Pinch me. "Hey, Sindra," I giggled. "Hey, how are you?" "Better... now, you?" I nodded my head. "Yeah," "I was thinking... maybe we should go on a real date and n our wedding?" I was taken by surprise by his statement. I know traditionally this is what happens. Soulmates even marry the same day they meet but no. I''m not sure I want this, not with him anyway. I shook my head and took a deep breath in and exhaled shakily out, I looked right into his eyes. "I''m... um... I have a boyfriend, back on earth," He shook his head as if trying to wrap his mind around this. "What? You knew that you have me, you knew that you''re destined to be with me. Why are you with someone else? Is it serious?" I nodded my head. He lowered his head, his whole face pink. He looked back into my eyes, "I don''t wanna be ''that '' guy but you need to sort this shit out. Break up with him and get back to me, and don''t keep me waiting too long," He told and stormed off. I''ve hurt his feelings, I hated seeing him look so sad and mad and then it''s my fault as well. I love Derek, but I''m tied to this boy and I need help. I''ve already made history once, helping to unite our worlds but this seems too much. Marrying someone from a different magical type isn''t normal but I want my adorable blond for myself. School wasn''t as uplifting as it used to be, I hardly spoke which had Bethany worrying about me. She''s the cutest thing ever. But I''m fine, this is my problems and as Jared said, I caused them myself because I knew from day one that I have a soul mate. This is my fault but how do I get out of this problem? I even struggled to do my homework. Both from earth and Meledsan but I had to push through. Many teens are going through difficult times, many going through worse than what I''m going through. I have no right to moan. A sharp yellow light shone at my bedroom window. It looked like a flying bug. I instantly knew it was Derek. So I rushed over and opened the window so my tiny fairy can fly in. Once he was in I closed the window again and looked at him. He changed right back into his normal human form. Not as bright. He came over to me and pulled me in for a hug and a short-lived kiss. "Hey, beautiful," "Hey," I walked over to my bed and sat down, he joined me. "How are you? It feels like you were avoiding me today. Why?" I sighed. I don''t like lying and I''m not about to lie to my lover. I looked him in his light blue sparkling eyes and bit my lip. "I have something important to tell you," He nodded his head and grabbed my hand. "I met my soul mate, his name is Jared and he''s expecting us to break up so that we can get married," Derek shook his head and scoffed. His pink cheeks turned red. It''s the first time I saw his cheeks turn darker than they were and so it was surprising to me. He held my hand tighter like it was me who upset him. I wriggled my hand free from his and looked at him. "Who does he think he is? If anything we''re soul mates," he let out a shaky breath. "What will you do?" He was acting surprisingly mature about this but maybe he''s madder than he makes it seem. I shrugged. He scoffed and shook his head. "What do you mean you don''t know? I''m your boyfriend!" It was the first time he yelled at me. It was the first time I heard him yelling in general. That''s not how he normally acts. But he won''t get it, he has never met his soul mate so he doesn''t know how it feels. The room started shaking. I jumped up and into his arms, he held me tightly as the walls started cracking. We looked up at the ceiling when we heard it cracking and watched as the roof came to lose and fell right on us. Chapter 21: Where Is Here? Chapter 21: Where Is Here? I loved waking up and Derek is just there next to me. His curly blond hair a ruffled mess. He wasn''t wearing a shirt so I was blessed with the sight of his golden healthy skin. I wrapped my arms around his soft body and rested with my head on his back. He felt like pillows. Iid a kiss on his body that soaked into him. I froze up when I felt arms around me. I had no idea that someone else was in this bed and when I turned around I saw Jared looking at me. He bit his lip and leaned forward and nted a kiss on my forehead. I quickly sat upright and studied the room. It was my room. The same bedding, the same blue butterfly wallpaper on the walls. The same pictures on my white cupboard and bedside table. The only difference is that Derek and Jaredid next to me. "What''s going on here?" "What do you mean?" Jared asked. Derek stretched out and rubbed his eyes. "Morning lovelies," He sat upright and gave me a kiss on the cheek then leaned over me and locked lips with Jared. I shook my head and got out of bed, I grabbed my gown and ran outside. I wasn''t in my house anymore, what the hell? It looked like a dorm, there were many other students walking around in the hallway. Comfortable with each other. Why am I here? I ran outside and asked a girl where I can find any form of authority around and she guided me to the main building where I can find the headmaster. Mr Fernandez. There was a teenage girl with hot pink hair shouting at him, demanding that he release her. Mr Fernandez rubbed his temples and looked at her. "Kelsey, I''m afraid my hands are tied," "What do you mean your hands are tied?" I asked, "you tryna tell me that we''re stuck here?" Mr Fernandez and Kelsey looked at me. He nodded his head and sighed, " Yes. But you two weren''t supposed to know, normally when students get transported here they forget where theye from and adjust to their new lives perfectly. I don''t know what happened with you two," Kelsey looked at me. "If we can remember our old lives, maybe we can set everyone free. We just have to know what''s happening here," I sighed and nodded my head. She started walking over to the door and tucked at my gown and gestured for me to follow her. I walked out with her and she walked in silence for a short while. "My new friends also remember everything and they know a lot about this world," "I''m Sindra by the way," She turned and faced me. "You''re wearing your pyjamas," I giggled and gained up on her who was walking in the lead and so fast as well. "I''m Kelsey," We walked and got to know each other. Like I now know that she''s new here and she lives in her mother''s old mansion. She is interested in Kitchenery magic and she has made two friends. Tamzyn Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org. and Aaliyah. Kelsey didn''t know me at first and nearly stopped breathing when she learned that I''m SINDRA Sindra which I always find so cute. We approached a gothic structured deep purple castle with a ck roof and many guards. I was a bit nervous getting closer but Kelsey seemed a bit confident. The guards already seemed to know her which helped calm my nerves, we then walked up therge ck doors and were met with more ck leather wearing guards who opened up for us. We stood in therge entrance area. I couldn''t see nothing but it''s ck marble tiles stretching as far as my eyes could see. Who lives here? The walls are grey and had lit torches hanging against, I guess for the aesthetics, andrge portraits of various pets but the favourite seemed to be a wrinkly furless cat. "DANICA!" Kelsey called out and in a cloud of purple smoke three girls appeared. I instantly knew them and took a step back as fear washed over me. Danica stood in the middle, as usual, with her sister behind her. Nightskai on her right hand side and Ceira on her left. The two behind wore ck skinny jeans and leather demonia boots that reach just a hand space under their knees. Nightskai paired her jeans with a ck leather jacket and a ck oversized, ''F*ck*n Scream'', tee shirt. I have no idea why all the young ones love that band, even Bethany''s into them. I have no desire for music of some people screaming into my ears about their pain and misery. Ceira on the other hand had on a ck tank top that drew her big breast perfectly, it was v-cut so it even showed a bit of cleavage and like you would expect her, she had her ck snake crawled around her neck. I looked over at Kelsey who genuinely seemed happy to see them and wondered if she knew what danger she has put us in? Then I averted my attention back on them. "The Terrible Triplets?" Danica parted her dark brown smeared big luscious lips and widened her eyes with joy as I recognized them. One could tell that she could tell that I''m a little afraid of being around them. She folded her arms and cocked her head to the side and studied me. She always wears something different from her sisters who always matches. I don''t know if it''s like a Terrible Triplet rule. She wore a skin fitted ck dress that met the floor, the dress went around her feet cut in style of a spider web. She hasrge curves, like her sisters, their curves looked strange because it was very round andrger than their shoulders. They''re not built like most woman I''ve seen in my life. Their top bodies are much shorter than the bottom bodies and they have smaller shoulders that slop. They have tinier hands and their torso isn''t straight like ours, it''s more curves which gives them actually tiny waists. I mean of course they''re shaped differently, walking breathing Bratz dolls. They''re different from you and I, they''re extraordinary witches and everything about them they say is special. She bounced her head, her hair sprayed stiff. My god her hair was amazing. It stood asrge as a lion''s mane and twirled and kisses her hips in mesmerising waves. "Sindra, am I right?" I nodded my head and swallowed. "Oh rx," she looked over her shoulders at her sister''s, "we won''t bite. No, not yet," They started giggling and what I''m 70% sure is not a joke. Vile rumours floats around about not just these specific three but about all the three''s before them. I gave her a sarcastic smile and looked over at Kelsey. "Kelsey!" She turned and faced me. "Do you know who this is?" Kelsey frowned and huffed. "I didn''t right up until you callled them on their title, how could I have been so blind? We''re doomed," Chapter 22: A Wish Granted Chapter 22: A Wish Granted "Oh rx," Danica spat and rolled her big brown eyes. "If we wanted to hurt you we would''ve by now. Heck, if we wanted to hurt Kelsey she would''ve been your witness. But we didn''t, nor will we," Kitty nodded her head. "Yeah, she''s our first friend. It''s not like we''re afraid of her, we''re The Terrible Triplets after all," I nodded my head. They''re right. The generational Triplets have a horrid reputation and them being so open to talk is a good sign, they even seem to be friends with Kelsey. N?velDrama.Org content rights. "What can we help you with?" Ceira asked us but Kelsey gave them a stern look and they could tell instantly what the problem was. Ceira sighed, the snake around her neck hissed as she buried her face in her hands. She looked up at Kelsey while her sisters were still groaning, "for the hundreth time, Kelsey, there is no leaving this ce. You''re stuck here forever now," I shook my head. "I will not have this. There must be something we can do?" Danica raised her shoulders and shook her head. "I''m afraid there isn''t much we can do, but there is this other option but it''s a long shot," Kelsey bit her thumb nail and looked into Danica''s eyes, "we''re all ears," Danica and her sisters took us to their entertainment area. There were thick leather couches and a whole gaming system, there were books and even a karaoke stage. It seemed like a lovely hotspot for youngins. She sat down on the singr couch and her sisters stood next to her, Kelsey and I sat down on the two seated couch and looked at Danica who settled both her arms on the couch''s armrest. "You know Earth? Everyone knows the element Earth right?" We nodded our heads. "Well, think about it. The Earth is trapping us inside of itself and if there''s one person that can set us free it would be Earth herself. She can talk to Earth Meledsan and convince it to set us free but there''s a tiny problem," Danica exined and looked over at Ceira who nodded her head and went ahead and poured us all some whiskey. "What''s the problem?" Kelsey asked as she received her ss and took a one big sip. "She is new," Kitty told us, "she doesn''t know her identity and doesn''t know her powers, ability and how special she is. To her she''s just a normal witch and that causes her to not receive most of our calls," "That''s true," Ceira said. "We''ve tried for years tomunicate with her but she wasn''t in Mele or ''San so we figured that she''s on earth. Which she was," I nodded my head. This means that she''s here now and could still help us. We should just try harder. "Why''s everyone here?" "We''re in between good and bad, rejects," Kelsey exined. "I refuse to believe that The Terrible Triplets are between good and evil," They all giggled on cue and ended together as well. "Don''t worry about us, sugar," "But I''m not between good or bad, I''m a white witch. Straight up," They all looked at me curiously. It seemed like they were as lost and confused as I was. "You know I''ve heard of a case like this before, you can ask dad," Kitty said, "some witches are brought here through punishments or lessons that they must learn," "Lemme see if I can help you!" Ceira stated and walked up to me. She opened my hands and held them in hers. Her eyes turned bright orange and a gentle breeze surrounded her. She reopened her eyes with arge smile on her face, "I could trace whatever brought you here. It''s my mentor, she''s a genie. Have you made a wishtely?" I wrecked my brain. But there was not an incident that I could of thought about that involves me and genies and or wishes. So I shook my head in confidence. "Are you sure?" Danica asked. "Positive," "Maybe you just didn''t know. Maybe you rubbed amp and said your wish, sometimes wishes are so know," Ceira shared. "Yesterday I cleaned a storeroom. We dusted offmps, I used a cloth to thoroughly clean it and I might''ve said something... but I''m not sure," Ceira nodded her head and stepped away from me. "Okay. Well the good news is that I know her, her name is Moxie. The bad news is that... there''s probably nothing that she could do, wishes are like that you know," I shook my head. No. "I didn''t sign up for this. She didn''t even introduce herself and make it known to me that she would be taking my wishes," It wasn''t right. I''ve always wanted to meet a genie but not in these circumstances. We need to fix this, I have to get back to my perfect world and poor Derek and Jared that I''ve dragged into this mess as well. "I could call her and schedule an appointment," I grunted and took a swig of my drink. "Great, so she''s a busy genie," Danica nodded her head. "Yeah. She''s a professor and teaches young up anding genies," Ceira took out her orange crystal slide and the stone picked up that she wanted to call Moxie. One can send messages via the crystal slide by just thinking about it and holding the stone in your hand. The same when dailing someone. Someone answered. I heard her scheduling the meeting with Moxie but she''s not avable today but we can be squeezed in tomorrow evening. That''s the only time she''s free so we''d be with her off duty. She''s only doing us that favour because she personally knows Ceira. "Well then, we''ll be on our way. Thanks for the help guys," Kelsey said. Her friends nodded their heads. "We''ll be here at eight tomorrow, let''s go Sindra," I greeted The Terrible Triplets and we were off. We hailed an orb that took us to the hostiles, the students weren''t panicking. They really don''t know that they''re missing so then why do Kelsey and I remember? We went our different ways, luckily I still remember where my room is and opened the door. Derek and Jared didn''t seem to miss me much, making out in their PJs under the covers. How could they be so okay with all this? I cleared my throat and they both stopped and looked at me. "Where have you been?" Derek asked me. I shook my head. "Do you guys know where we are?" The boys looked at each other and shrugged. "In our bedroom?" Replied Jared but it was more like he asked me. "Since when do we sleep in the same bedroom? You need to remember," "We sleep in the same bedroom ''cause we''re dating," Derek replied, "nowe here and join us," He kissed Jared on the cheek who blushed and bit his lower lip as he giggled. I rolled my eyes. Their memories can''t be jogged, there''s nothing I can do so I might as well join them. Chapter 23: Meeting With Moxie Chapter 23: Meeting With Moxie Dear Diary: I watched Jared open the curtains, he was sofortable to stand there in the window naked. I don''t have that kind of confidence. I must admit this kind of life has its perks but I''m mature enough to that I should put an end to this. For Derek and Jared and of course me but I''m in a world where I don''t have to choose between the two and I can have them both. Why must I give up on such a great life? And the sex between the three of us is phenomenal. We showered and when I came out Derek was already dressed. Jared went to ss, how can anyone just carry on like normal? How could he forget that he doesn''t belong here? Derek and I decided to not go to ss so we went to a Chinese restaurant. He looked at me with his sky blue eyes, they have a way of soothing me. I giggled and picked up my spoon and started finished thest bit of my hot pot but my eyes remained on my main man''s. He already finished his food and cracked a fortune cookie open. He read it and chuckled, then he looked right into my soul and bit his lower lip. "There are endless possibilities for every decision we make. So take note. Because not everyone is yours," "What do you think that means?" He shrugged. "Dunno, we''re too young for this," he chuckled. "To think that we''re only fifteen, there are still many lessons in life that we''re yet to learn," I nodded my head. The waitress came and ced the bill down and couldn''t stop smiling. "This is so cute," she said, "I just love seeing two soul mates in love," I giggled and shook my head. "No, we''re in love but we''re not soul mates," She furrowed her brows and looked at us individually. "Have either of you met your soul mates?" I raised my hand. The woman sighed and tucked the pen behind her ear. "Then you know how it feels to be around him, right? It''s magical. He''s yours and you''re his," I held both Derek''s tiny hands. Mine is bigger than his and I think he''s is just so cute. "This is my lover. I love him and him only," She chortled. "You''re so young and naive. The universe paired you and your one and only, and the universe will make sure that the two of you end up together. No matter what, I speak out of personal experience. You can''t cheat your fate," Derek cleared his throat like he finally wanted to step into the conversation. "Our love burns stronger than our fate, we''re destined for each other because we''ll make it so," She nodded her head. "You''re both too cute and so wise, is there anything else you need?" We both shook our heads. I just wanted to leave. I don''t have time for strangers toe and tell me about my love life. Butt out and mind your business. I love Derek a lot and nothing can change that. Not even Jared. We went back to the hostels and squeezed in our other subjects. Normally I attend my regr subjects back on earth because I live there in a town called Crystal Moon. But here I had to go the witch academy like a local and when that was done it was my magical lessons. Then we had an hour to ourselves before eight, Kelsey knocked on my door and we made our way over to The Terrible Triplets. They grabbed their coats and their chauffeur drove us over to Moxie''s. She lead us into her dining N?velDrama.Org content rights. room, she had prepared an entire full course meal. We sat down and first just gotfortable with each other until Ceira cleared her throat and looked right into Moxie''s big natural orange eyes. "Right," Moxie said. "Why are you here?" I cleared my throat, "I think you granted a wish of mine that brought me here... don''t I get three of those?" Moxieughed for a long time and then finally looked at me. "Yeah, thest time I granted a wish was a few days ago, you wanted to sort out your love problems and here we are," "I wanna go home... Moxie, I wanna be with my friends and family where I belong," Moxie sighed ced her spoon down on her te and pushed the te back. "I''m afraid I can''t do that, you''re the only one that can get yourself out. You have to decide between the two and not just make any decision. You have to make the right decision, even if that means putting your heart aside because sometimes love makes us do stupid things that aren''t good for us," "I don''t love, Jared though," Moxie nodded her head. "I know child. But you never gave him a chance, you''re pushing him away because you''re afraid. You love Derek or at least you thought you did, and then Jared came along and he made you feel a way that Derek never made you feel and you two are yet to hang out one on one. I get it... It''s scary because you don''t know the extent that your love can go and you''re not ready to dive in and allow yourself to be fully loved," I sighed. "What if he hurts me? As you said, I love Derek but I''ve never felt what I feel when I''m with Jared... that''s too much power, too much of myself that I could give anyone and what if he hurts me?" Moxie shrugged. "At some point, you have to put Sindra first. Why do you want to be with Jared? Why do you want to be with Derek? And how does that turn out for Sindra? When your old wrinkly and your hair is grey, and you''re sitting on your porch watching the sunset and hearing the sound of your grandkids echoing in the back... who''s hand are you holding? Whose hand are you realistically holding?" The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!