Tracing Thalia- Prologue
Justin's POV
"What is she doing!?" Mum screamed so loud I could hear her from my bedroom. I had been peacefully reading a book before mum's ear piercing filled the halls. I had been in my room ever since the new baby girl, Thalia, was born. I just left mum and dad some space, you know so they could get to know the baby. It had been two weeks now and I still hadn't spoken to them. I wondered if they thought I was mad at them? I wasn't, I was just being polite. Being a nine year old boy I didn't know how to handle babies. Living in the middle of nowhere I didn't see any other human life. It had always been the three of us; me, mum and dad. Now the baby girl was changing that.
"Help me!" Mum screeched again. Put on alert that my beloved mother was in distress I decided to take action. I through my book on the bed and scrambled to my feet. I rushed out the open door and across the landing. I tuned a sharp left to scramble down the steps. Once in the hall I found where mum was by listening to her panicked breathing. Dad was out buying groceries so couldn't console her. I would have to do this independently. Taking a deep breath I walked into the lounge.
What I saw stunned me. What? Thalia, my supposedly human sister was hovering in mid air. I stood in the doorway, mouth agape. "Justin!" Mum just managed to choke out, just as a lamp flew towards her head. She screamed and ducked out of the way. Staring in horror as the lamp shattered against the wall mum drew her attention back to her levitated daughter. "I she possessed mum?" I had read stories about that before although I never though it could happen in real life. Mum laughed and shook her head. "No Justin, at least I hope not" she began to shake. I watched as her face changed, like she was thinking.
"We'll be fine, we've got you" she whispered to herself. Wait what? What was she thinking? "Justin, be a good boy and grab Thalia for me" she mumbled, so I could only just hear. Confused, I walked tentatively up to the floating child and put her into my arms. She stopped floating. It was then I realized she was still asleep. Had she really caused this? "Put her in the..." mum trailed off. Shaking her head, she pulled out her phone.
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An month later, me, mum, dad and Thalia were in the center of London, at a gas station. Thalia hadn't stopped doing weird things. We were now moving to a flat in London. However we couldn't take it anymore. Well, me and mum couldn't, dad was surprisingly calm. We all agreed it was the best thing to do. With tears in her eyes mum unstrapped her baby. She carried her over to the pump. "I am so so sorry" she whispered before running back to her seat. Thalia immediately began to scream. It broke my heart to leave the screaming baby like that but we were risking our own health if we kept her. Shaking his head, dad sped away. His eyes filled with regret.