Seraphina's Pov
When one thinks of witches one would think of a wrinkly old woman in black robes with a broom stick, cat and perhaps green, ugly skin and a hooked, misshapen nose.
But alas my friends, that is simply not the case, my name is Seraphina Amaranth and I am a witch, I am the third of five sisters, our oldest sister is Brianna, she has powers over Earth, next is Lindsey, she has powers over Water, just after me comes Emberly, she, as one may guess from her name has powers over Fire, our youngest is Auraleigh, she has powers over Air.
And as for me? I have powers over the element called Spirit, we as a coven are called 'The Amaranth Circle'.
The five of us were born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts (yes, that Salem) by a Pagan priest called Erebus and a High Priestess called Nyx, our family migrated here from Scotland many years ago.
It's just after the vernal equinox and Auraleigh's birthday and Emberly is getting breakfast ready, Brianna is watching TV, Lindsey is reading, Auraleigh is still in her room and I am on my laptop answering emails from our friends and my boyfriend, then I hear Auraleigh come down stairs 'Good morning Sisters.' she says, rubbing sleep out of her grey eyes
'Morning Aura' Emberly says, using her nickname.
'Good morning Sis' Brianna says.
We sit down for breakfast and a bird flies over us, 'Oh my God, Misty, I told you to stay in your cage!' Auraleigh shouts at her pet budgie
'You better catch her before Alyssa does' I say, regarding my Persian cat
'And Crystal' Brianna says, regarding her Labrador. Auraleigh stands and says 'Misty, come here sweetie' and the bird lands on her shoulder.
Once we finish breakfast we plan out our day, 'I think we should just have a lazy day in the house, I really can't be bothered doing anything' Emberly suggests
'Yeah, after last night's Circle we could do with recharging our batteries' Lindsey agrees
'And we could have a movie-marathon night tonight' I suggest
'totally, sisters only so your boyfriends can't come over' Brianna says to Lindsey and I and we all break out laughing.
That night I sit reading in bed with Alyssa curled up in her cat bed, sleeping like a newborn kitten and my phone buzzes, I pick it up from my night-stand and say 'Seraphina, who is this?'
'Sera it's your aunt Artemis'
'Oh, hi aunt Artemis what's going on?' I ask
'The Coven think that there's something fishy about someone related to the Amaranth family' she informs me, I scratch at my neck (a nervous habit, I've had for years)
'Seriously? Who do they think it is?' I ask concerned
'We don't know that yet, but Sera we all need you and your sisters to stay safe' she warns me, my heart starts racing (and not in a good way either)
'We will aunt Artemis, goodnight'
'Good night Sera' I hang my phone up, turn out my light and lie down I say inwardly to myself 'spirit, please help me sleep and clear my mind' and lulled to sleep by the element I command, I am finally able to sleep.