Charming Acquaintance

By Septemberlily

Chapter 1

"Kimberly have you ever thought that the world outside is not as bad as your perceiving it as?" my best friend Matthew Green said while stirring the SpongeBob macaroni and cheese. It was his turn to make dinner and like the majority of the time he made food that could be done within minutes. I stepped away from the edge of the balcony and into our shared wing of his parent's mansion. Although it really didn't matter since his parents were never home long enough to be actual parents to him.

"Says the one who has full control over his powers" I said making my way to the center dinner table.

My dinner levitated in front of me, "Well, it's easy for me only on account that my powers don't grow off of my emotions like yours do."

I looked down at my hands which were the power source to my powers; yes these were the main reason why I didn't take classes at the college. Instead I took all the internet classes I could manage and deal with it because I knew that it wasn't worth risking the lives of innocent bystanders. But it's getting harder to find classes when I've taken the majority of them already. Even when my emotions were always leveled it was when I bottled my emotions up to long that it becomes a danger to me and others. "Matt, do you understand if I take the risk that your advising me to that I can possibly hurt innocents rather than helping them."

He waved his hand and our empty bowls made their way to the sink. "Kimberly you can't be helping innocents when you're shutting yourself away from living life."

I nodded knowing that he was right yet again. Tomorrow would be the start of a new chapter in my life.

Tomorrow I'm heading to college.

********BREAK**********

"Wyatt, you will be partnered with Kimberly. Make sure you include a very descriptive family tree along with your paper. Oh, and class flip a coin if you cannot decide which partners family will be used for this assignment." Our teacher, Mr. Newton, said.

I walked over to my new partners desk who was also a new student which I overheard was in the top five in qualifying for the trip to England in the spring. I could feel the aura off of all the envious students who had been working there hardest to only have a first day student in the running. "Hey, my name is Wyatt Halliwell. I hope your first day of school is going fine."

"Hi, I'm Kimberly Green and yeah thanks it'd been going fine I guess"

I was blown away the second our gaze met; before I knew it I was lost in her deep green eyes. It wasn't long until I felt a barrier forming around her; something was different about her than any girl I met. I know that may seem like a cliché but it was true. The strength I felt coming off her aura felt familiar like those of my mother and aunts. The charmed ones and this made me want to find out more about her. She didn't seem like a witch, I couldn't sense any power. Maybe she was an innocent in need…

I sat down across from her, "Uh, oh so we should do your family because mine is kind of a drag"

She shook her head looking down at her book; it was as if she was avoiding my gaze for a reason. "I don't think that's such a great idea. Besides you seem like a great guy so your family shouldn't be that bad."

"Well, my family is too big…" I said not finding a better excuse then telling her the truth. The truth being that my family was made up of all witches and magical beings. My mother would kill me for yet again breaking the first rule and my father was getting tired of erasing memories. So, that meant that I couldn't let our secret get out. Even if it wasn't my fault since the last four innocents I saved had friends with them.

"No, we can't do mine!" she shot up from her desk running out into the hallway. I ran after her only to be shot up into the desks. My peers crowded around me asking me the same questions over again.

"I'm alright!" I ran out the door glancing both ways only to realize that she was no longer on campus. I could no longer feel her presence…how someone could leave campus that fast. I walked back into the now empty classroom gathering my stuff when I saw her backpack under the desk.

I picked it up along with my stuff and headed home, hey maybe I would find something new about her after all.

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