Devastating News
Raine Le Rouge was your average young teenage girl with no problems to worry about. She loved to sing and dance, and was the most popular girl at her school. She lived with her mother and her stepfather in their two story house, with a front and back garden. Every day after school Raine would come home, go straight to her room to try and complete her homework. Most of the time that was supposed to be spent on homework she would be focusing on texting her new boyfriend. Recently, Raine had started dating Aaron Mightstar, both of them supposedly deeply in love with each other.
On the morning of May 18th, in the year of 1984 Raine was walking to school. Her day was going to finish at two p.m., as her drama class had been cancelled due to her teacher being sick. This meant that she was going to be able to spend her afternoon with Aaron because he didn't have many classes on Fridays. Raine had decided to surprise Aaron with a date in the park. She didn't expect him to do anything for her today, but she was hoping he would. When Raine finally managed to get to their favourite part in the park, she found a picnic basket, candles and rug all set up. There was Aaron, sitting there waiting for her.
"Hey, how long have you been waiting here for me?" Raine asked.
"Not long, just been setting up here anyway." Aaron replied.
"Can I ask you something, I mean what made you want to do something like this all of a sudden?" Raine asked.
"Actually, I have something to tell you." He paused. Then began again "Raine, I really thought I loved you but something is really going on with you, and don't feel like we're the same anymore." He finished.
Raine had nothing to say to that, and decided to get up and leave. Aaron made no move to stop her, and so Raine left. After walking home, - which seemed like it lasted for hours to Raine – Raine ran straight to her room and fell onto her pillow crying. Even though Raine was very popular, she felt like she had no real friends. She wanted to talk to someone but couldn't. Raine still had at least two hours before either of her parents were going to get home, but resisted the urge to call them.
"What did I do to deserve Aaron breaking up with me?" Raine said out loud.
Within minutes of putting her phone onto charge, it buzzed leaving her speechless.
"So sorry for what I said earlier, I really need to talk to you. It's really important." Aaron's text read.
Instinctively, Raine grabbed her phone and went to text him, but stopped herself.
"I'm giving him the silent treatment, and I need to be strong." Raine thought to herself.
When her mother finally arrived home, Raine couldn't wait to talk through what had happened on her terrible day to her mother.
"Raine, sweetie, I don't want to talk right now, can you just order dinner for us please." Maria – Raine's mother – replied.
"But, Mum, I really have to talk to you." Raine said.
"You can tell your father, when he comes home." Maria replied.
Being totally upset at her mum, Raine ran to her room without even bothering to call the restaurant where they usually ordered their tea.
Without hesitating, Maria picked up the phone, and dialled her husband. Instantly, she hears the calming voice on the other end.
"Maria, what's the matter hunny?" Xavier asks.
"Raine has stormed off to her room again, and completely disobeyed what I asked her to do." Maria replies.
"Alright, I'll be home in ten, and we will tell her everything then." Xavier answers.
The phone line goes silent, and Maria puts the phone back onto the port, she now knows she will have to confront her daughter about the news she has denied telling her for sixteen years.
At five o'clock on the dot, Xavier drives up the driveway. Maria answers the door letting him in and hugs him, sobbing into his arms.
"I feel that I've pushed Raine around too much." Maria says.
"What do you mean, you've pushed Raine around." Xavier replies.
"When I got home, Raine wanted to tell me something but I pushed her away, telling her to talk to you when you got home." Maria starts. "I also told her to order dinner for us; which may have made her feel like I was pushing her away."
"Well, the best thing we can do is talk to her now and explain everything." Xavier replies.
"You're right." Maria says. "Raine, can you please come down here, your father and I want to talk to you."
"No I don't want to talk to STEP dad." Raine yells downstairs.
"Can you just go up there please?" Maria says, tiredly.
As Xavier walks upstairs, he knows that sharing the news is going to be really hard.
"Raine sweetie." Xavier begins as he sits down onto her bed. "The news that we have to tell you should be shared between both of us. I don't want to tell you, without your mother here." Xavier finishes.
"Why does Maria always have to be involved in everything that she asks you to do?" Raine asks.
"Don't call your mother that, and the news we have to share is really on your mother's side of the family." Xavier said.
"Oh yeah, well of course it's on my mother's side because, you're not even my real dad." Raine screams.
Being fed up with the conversation, Raine storms out of the room and runs outside knowing she has to talk to Aaron about everything. As if he knows something is wrong, right as Raine goes to call him, he calls her.
"Raine, are you ok?" Aaron asks.
"I'm not ok, I feel like my parents are turning against me and my boyfriend breaks up with me, with no reason at all." Raine replies.
"About that, I made the biggest mistake of my life, but I see now that I was just confused about everything. Raine will you be my girlfriend again?" Aaron asks.
"… … Yes … I will." Raine finally answers.
"I didn't even think you would take me back, but I'm glad you chose too." Aaron said.
"That solves that problem but I must be getting back to my parents, apparently they have something to tell me. See you Monday." Raine says.
"I won't be there Monday or Tuesday, we are going on a family trip that's leaving tomorrow, but I will see you Wednesday. Love you, bye." Aaron said.
The phone line ends, and Raine puts her phone away, walking back into the house. She knows that her mother is going to yell at her for storming out of the house, but she has to face her. She reaches for the door handle, but it opens before she touches it.
"Raine, I'm glad you're ready to come inside now." Maria says.
Raine follows her mother into the lounge room, where her father is already sitting. Raine sits down across from her parents; she looks at them strongly not wanting to take her eyes off them. The news has to be very important as both her parents are involved. The last time both her parents were involved it was when her mother was getting a divorce on her real father. While in the middle of her train of thought, Maria slides a piece of paper across the table.
"Please read this, and take everything into consideration, before you jump to conclusions." Maria said.
The note read:
"We've only ever had one wish for you, Raine. That was for you to live a normal life for as long as possible, but it seems that normality has to be shortened. We had some strange reports of things going on, and we need all the help we can get. Raine, your ancestry is part of the secret coven of protector witches. Our race is dying, and we have a looming battle approaching, we need every witches help."
"Well, sweetie what do you say?" Maria asks.
"What do I say, what do I say, how could you lie to me my whole life? How could you keep this big of a secret from your own daughter? I thought I could trust you, just goes to show I misplace a lot of trust in people." Raine yells.
"Hunny, you have to understand, we only meant what was best for you." Maria replies calmly.
Raine knows that when her mother calls her hunny, she means business. So she gives in and stops screaming.
"Thank you, now please you have to understand we only meant to keep the secret until you were at least sixteen when we could choose to tell you the truth." Maria repeats.
"Ok, so what does this all mean?" Raine asks slowly.
"It means that you have strong witch blood in you. That's why you always seem to fit in but never really fit in." Maria answers.
Raine knows that her mother is talking about how she has a lot of friends but never seems to actually talk to them or ever have them over for sleep overs.
"What powers do I have?" Raine finally brings herself to ask.
"That's what we don't know, sweetie." Xavier answers.
"Oh ok, so I'm just to believe I am some magical witch with unknown powers and that I am to save the world somehow, from this looming battle between a dying race and an impending force." Raine said.
"I know you're all new to this but you're powers will come to you eventually on your eighteenth birthday." Maria replies.
"I have to wait until I'm eighteen to know what I am able to do." Raine says raising her voice slightly.
"Well, that goes for most cases, but with the protector witches everything is different." Maria replies.
"I need some fresh air." Raine answers, while she walks to the door.
Once outside, Raine starts to cry. She knows that she will no longer have a normal life, and now her boyfriend has left for the weekend, so she won't be able to even talk to him.
"I don't want to be who everyone thinks I am, I just want to be a normal kid with a normal life." Raine thinks to herself.
All of a sudden Raine sees a shadow move in the hedges. She doesn't say anything, she doesn't move. For once she is grateful for the porch light being broken.