A new moon.
Tialisa,
Sorry we had to leave again. There is trouble up north. Hopefully we will be back tomorrow morning. Your mother should be back tonight. Don't leave the house unless it's an emergency. Remember Tom and Dave are just outside if you need them. Be safe.
Dad and brothers X
I put the piece of paper back on my pillow and rolled over on my four-posted bed. I groaned. We had only been living in Makah for three days, and my dads had 2 go were-wolf and fight a bunch of bloodsuckers because the wolves in that area couldn't handle it themselves. Ugh! how many blood drinkers were there in the world?! I shivered at the thought.
Mum wasn't going to be back till late. She was probably collecting herbs for the next full moon. She said I had to do another protection spell because my other one was wearing off. All our spells store in our pentacle; it's a five pointed star with a circle around it. Every witch has to wear one or her spells won't be as strong and she won't be safe. I wear mine around my neck on a silver chain. I only take it off when I'm positive there's no danger and I don't have to do a spell, so normally in my house.
The clock read 11.04 am. I got out of bed and went to my window. I sat down on my window seat and looked outside at the lush green forest. I sighed. I didn't like living in Makah because it was close to forks, and that's where my best friend Sophie had been taken. It happened seven years ago. We were only eight at the time. We had come from our schools and meet at our secret tree in the forest. That's where they took her. I was showing her one of my spells and three stupid, filthy leeches at the speed of light, grabbed her and ran.
My dad told me he and the pack would do everything they could to find her. But I knew what blood drinkers did. It's obvious.
So since that day I knew I would never see my best friend ever again. My eyes started to sting and I felt a tear roll down my face.
Then my phone rang and it made me jump.
"Hello?" I choked out. I hadn't realised how dry my throat was.
"Hey tia, er...Are you crying?" It was my brother Jordon and he sounded worried.
"oh, hey JJ" I cleared my throat,"erm...kinda. I was thinking about when we used to live here" I knew he would know I was talking about Sophie.
"Ah...that" we both went quiet "I err, left you 20 dollars in the kitchen."
"Aw thanks! But I'm not allowed out of the house or past the gates, remember?" I explained.
"Well, I wouldn't know if you went out so I guess that means the others won't either" he encouraged, I laughed.
"Why can't our other four brothers be like you?" I teased.
"Not everybody can be as amazing as me" we both laughed. "Hey listen I gotta run now, but if u need an excuse for going out just say Suki was in trouble and you had to help her."
"Kk thx!" I forgot about my Suki. Suki is my pet wolf. Whenever a witch is born, so is an animal. And that animal stays with the witch until she dies. The pets' duty is 2 keep the witch safe and give power. Oh and to be a best friend! I smiled. My mum's pet was a white horse.
"Call me soon T, bye, love ya!" Jordon said.
"I will! Bye, love you too!" we hung up. Jordon was always capable to put me in a good mood. He was right. I should go out! I will find Suki and we can explore a little. With that thought, I half ran to my on suite bathroom and started getting ready.
*
I almost tripped over my feet on my way down my massive, wide stair case; but caught myself on the smooth wooden railing. My house was four stories high, over 100 years old and painted a faded white. The walls and floors were both matching shades of dark wood, and hung on the walls were paintings of all sorts. The high beamed ceilings held massive, beautiful chandeliers.
I half ran to the kitchen and took the 20 dollars from the black marble counter. I slid on the white tiled floor to grab my keys from the light wooden cabinet.
I ran out the kitchen, into the long hallway. I grabbed my light grey, zip-up hoodie and kicked on my black dolly shoes; and rolled the ends of my skinny jeans up a little bit. My long, dark curls were tied back in a ponytail and my eyes were green since I was in a excited, happy mood. Oh that's another witch thing, eye colour changing. Weird huh? But not completely different colours, they are all kinda similar. When I'm in a fairly casual mood my eyes are hazel. When sad or scared they go blue-grey. When mad, stressed or annoyed they go dark brown. When doing a spell they go blue. (Or if you're powerful enough they go bright white!)
I opened the left side of the huge, tall dark wooden doors and ran down the stone stairs. The weather was cloudy, wet and cold. I started walking down the 3 minute long walk- drive thru. I got to the big black gates but they were locked. Great. I looked over at the white, brick walls, a couple yards away, surrounding my family's house and land. The walls were about 12 ft high and had trees near.
I had to get out! There was no way i was going to sit around waiting for my mum to get back. Hell no. But what could I do?
A spell?
Yes! Of course! I could do a wind spell to help me over the wall! ... But the wall was pretty tall and I didn't have that much power left. The only spells i had mastered was a protective spell, a healing spell, a luck spell, a blessing, and a call upon the spirits. But the last three had 2 be done in a ritual.
What the heck? I had my pentacle so i might as well try. I closed my eyes and focused my energy on the wind. I opened my eyes and the wind was blowing around like crazy! I felt the power of the wind and pulled it to me, and held it there. I bent my knees; put my hands on the ground ready to jump. I could still fell the energy of the wind that I was holding on to. I pushed myself off the ground and jumped; at the same time I let go of the wind and made it push me up. Then I was over the wall, i released my energy on the wind, and i landed on my feet, on the ground.
".god." I breathed. I felt a bit dizzy now. I hadn't done a spell without the moon or Suki for almost 5 weeks! I couldn't move. I was still trying to get inside my head that I had just done that! And I just broke one of my dad's main rules! Ok for me, that was pretty bad!
I shook my head and looked at the forest in front of me. There was a trail leading to the Makah village but I wanted to find Suki first. I took a step forward and two figures came out from the trees.