Carter
I just stared at him. I mean, he looked familiar but there was absolutely no way he was my cousin.
"Prove it" I told him
He handed me a papyrus scroll. I undid the string that held it together and read the content.
Carter and Sadie
I presume your cousin is handing this to you because Carter is standing there in utter disbelief. He indeed is your cousin. I sent him along with his friend here to Brooklyn House because I thought that if that anyone was best suited to teach them magic, it was you two. I am truly sorry for the short notice.
,Amos Kane
I looked up from the note.
"Well Carter? What does it say?" Sadie asked
I handed her the note. She looked intently at it and when she was done she gave the note back to me.
"It looks like Amos' hand writing but I'm not sure" She whispered
"We'll just play it out and if the letter's fraud we'll be ready" I answered
I walked over to my supposed 'cousin' and his friend.
"So, it seems that you guy's are staying. So what are your names?"
"I'm Takori, Takori Kane" My cousin answered
"And I'm Isabel Thomas" His friend supplied
"Well I'm Carter and that's my annoying sister, Sadie"
"Hey!" Sadie yelled
I ignored Sadie. (Yes Sadie you have become rather easy to ignore nowadays). I motioned for Takori and Isabel to come with me. They grabbed their bags and followed me into the living room. Zia and Walt turned our way while they were trying to get Felix to move his fort. They walked over.
"Two new initiates? That wasn't much of an emergency." said Walt
"Well, that's kind of ironic because..." I muttered
Sadie handed them the note and as they read over it they became surprised.
"Amos never told me he had a son." said Zia
"That's because he didn't know until now" said Takori
Everybody except Isabel was starring at him. Takori sighed as if he was wishing he didn't have to explain.
"You see, I wasn't supposed to exist. When my mom moved out of Brooklyn House and went to Louisiana. she found out she was about to have me."
"Why did your mother leave?" Sadie asked
Takori's expression turned dark and I gave Sadie a 'you had to ask him' look. Sure, I was curious myself but I wasn't going to ask him because one, it was rude and two, I didn't know if it would upset him.
"I don't know either" he replied dryly.
"Well, we better show you guys to your rooms. Walt and I will take Takori and Isabel will go with Zia and Sadie" I said eager to change the subject.
...
Walt, Takori, and I walked down the boy's wing of the house toward an empty room.
"Hey Carter?" Takori asked
"Yeah?"
"Is Sadie always this annoying?"
I chuckled at the question. Walt on the other hand was trying his best not to shoot Takori the 'death glare'.
"Most of the time...yes" I said
We arrived at the room and Takori set his bag down on the ground.
"Do you need help unpacking?" Walt asked
"Nah, I can handle it. Thanks though"
"Walt and I will be outside if you need us"
Walt and I stepped out and closed the door. Walt then gave me a concerned look.
"Do you really think he's your cousin?"
"I don't know, he probably is but I still have my doubts." I said
We both stood there silent for a few minutes until Takori came out with a pair of headphones and a book called Peace and War.
"So what's on the agenda now guys?" Takori asked
I looked at my watch. It was about 5:30 so the initiates would be gathering for dinner.
"I think it's time for the rest of the house to know your here"
...
We walked downstairs toward the living room to see Sadie, Isabel, and Zia chatting and laughing on the couch.
"So Isabel?" Sadie said slyly "Have you kissed Takori yet?"
Isabel's face turned bright red.
"What?! No...I...errrr...uhh...can we talk about something else?"
Sadie started laughing her head off.
(Takori is giving Sadie the evil eye. Well Sadie, I can't help you there because it was mean) Takori looked like he was going to pass out from embarrassment. Zia looked our way and waved. A lot of initiates had come into the living room to head out to the terrace to eat. Julian and Shelby were flying airplanes that must have been enchanted because streaks of neon light followed the planes as they flew. Felix was chatting with our head librarian, Cleo. After everyone went out to the terrace to eat I made an announcement.
"Brooklyn House! We have two new initiates. One of which is related to me and Sadie. Please welcome Takori and Isabel"
Everyone clapped. Some gave me confused looks. After dinner. Everybody filled out back into the house. People tried to talk and get to know Takori and Isabel but they looked tired so I warded everybody off and told them to go to bed. After everybody was in bed I went off to Takori's room to see how he was doing He was in bed reading his book and listening to music. He probably didn't notice me coming in or he just didn't care. He closed and when he looked up and saw me he fell out of bed
"Momantai!"He cried
I helped him up off the floor.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you there"
"Nah it's ok, I was about to ask you something anyway"
"What was it you wanted to ask?"
"What are we doing tomorrow?"
I thought of what to do. I guess I could get He and Isabel started on learning magic.
"Tomorrow we start training." I said
"Training? Uh oh..." He said
I grinned.
"Don't worry, You'll be pretty good by time I'm done with you"
Hey everybody. Chapter 2 has been posted and chapter 3 will be on the way. Hoped you liked it, please review it, Kaneboy signing off.