A/N: Only one more day of break left..saddening. Anyways, thought I'd post
while I could. Again, anything in ~~'s are italical. Enjoy!
"Morgan!" Phoenix looked at me, crying her own little puddle.
"Lynx, get them out of here." Kieran ordered. Lynx instantly rounded up Phoenix, Hayley and Xander, and took them out of my room. I felt Kieran get closer to me, until I knew visually, that she was kneeling beside me. "It's ok Morgan." She said, trying to sooth me. I sat up, then picked my sorry ass off the ground.
"It's not ok. Get out. Everyone. Stay away from me, you could get hurt."
"Morgan," Hunter stepped towards me.
"Get away. Now!" I yelled. I could hear Hayley and Phoenix crying outside my door. "I'm lethal." I back into the corner or my room, and slid down the wall. Mrs. Davis took a step towards me. I flung my palm out. I watched a blue fog close in around me, blocking me from contact. Nothing could get in, nothing could get out. The coven left the room, leaving only Hunter, Peyton, Kieran, Luke and Holly.
I watched Hunter step cautiously towards me. He hunched down in front of my protective fog. "Morgan. Let it down." I avoided his eyes, instead watching everyone else but him scurry from the room. "Let it down." He said again. I shook my head, letting the tears slide down my cheeks.
"I could hurt you."
"I'm willing to risk it. Please! For me?" I finally let the shield down, slowly, but I let it down. He kneeled there, looking at me. Waiting for a response. I leaned forward, and let myself hug him.
"I don't want to do this. What if she come back. Takes me over again. What if I actually kill someone this time?" I suddenly pulled back and looked at him. "Why didn't you stop it?!"
His hands found their way to my hair, and he started toying with it. "Who gave your magick back to you? What happened?"
"Maeve. It was her. I never seen the face, but it had to be her. She said I needed it. I was supposed to help people."
"You and me both know that I could never stop Maeve. If your supposed to help people, you should Morgan. I told you before, it's your destiny to be a witch."
"Not at the expense of my family." I pushed him away from me again, and set the block back around myself. Hunter let his head fall into his hands. He ran them through his hair a few times, then stood. "Go back to Widow's Vale Hunter. Tell them you couldn't find me." I whispered to him.
"I wont leave you Morgan. Never." He turned, and left my room. I sat with my knees pulled to my chest, and my arms wrapped around them. I looked up to realize my puppy wanted in.
"I'm sorry Sage." I said, using her new name. "Go find Lynx, she has food." That usually made her run, but she just plopped down outside my shield, and looked at me. "Why won't anyone give up on me?" I let my head sink onto my knees.
I sat there, and sat there, for how ever long it was.
"Morgan?" I should have known they'd send Phoenix down. She was, and always had been my weak spot.
"Hey sweetie." I said softly.
"Are you okay? What happened?" She inched towards me.
"No. Stay there." I told her. She kept walking. "Phoenix, stop." Yet she continued.
"Morgan, why are you sitting in the corner? Did you do something bad?" She was dangerously close now, and I was afraid I'd hurt her.
"Yes I did." She walked right up to my shield. I widened my eyes as her tiny hand shot through it. She lay her hand on my forehead, and closed her eyes.
~~"Hunter run! Take everyone and..."my body went rigid. The only thing I could feel, was my feet leaving the ground behind. It was Hunter's birthday party, which was bring held at my house. Everyone was there; the coven, his sister and dad, my family excluding Killian, who was late and Alyce.
The pain enough should have killed me, but I'm stubborn. No hellbent spirit was going to kill the daughter of Maeve Riordan. The dream I had a week ago suddenly made sense.
' Six together, stand as one.' Alyce, Hunter, Alwyn, Daniel, Sky and myself. 'The sign of the gifted.' The pentagram. 'The innermost power will rise.' I ran through my mind. The six of us stood in a star, myself in the middle. 'The strong will weaken." I stopped being myself, and was nearly all her. 'The innocent will pay'
I could suddenly see through her eyes. The pain, the hate. The need to kill and cause hurt. The feel of amazing power. She flexed my outstretched fingers.
"Looks like your all helpless now." She turned my head to find my parents. "Ahh, the little bitty mortal ones." My fingers flicked, and my parents were sent sprawling to the floor. I heard Sky quietly mumbling a spell. "Can't have that now can we?" My arm snapped forward, fingers curled as if I was trying to grab a hold on something. That something was Sky's neck from afar.
"Morgan, quit it!" Without letting my grip on Sky go, I found Mary K in the crowd. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"Don't like what you see missy? I can fix that!" With a wave of my hand, Mary K dropped, hands covered over her eyes. "Hmm, let us see, who is next? Who indeed?" I could hear Sky gagging. I fought with every ounce of strength in my body, and gained control of my un-used arm. I shot it out towards my other one, knocking it away. "Well, well, the bitch fights back. For that, she's down." Bree clutched her leg, and hit the ground. Robbie rushed over to help her. "Tut, tut. None of that." My arm raised, and Robbie raised with it. "What to do with this one?" She teetered my arm back and forth, making Robbie swing. "Oh, I know." Robbie smashed through the glass window.
Finally, Killian burst through my front door, and was able to stop her. Not before Ethan and Sharon were sent hurdling towards the wall. Jenna and Raven both were scrapped up, and bleeding badly. Simon, Thalia and Alisa were slammed into the ceiling, then left to fall to the ground, and Matt collided with a wooden panel to the head.~~
I shook, seeing it all again. This time, I had seen and felt everything I had tried to do to stop her. It really wasn't my fault. Hunter's voice slide through my head. There are no coincidences.
"You weren't bad Morgan. She was." She stepped through my shield, and hugged me.
"How did you do that?" I asked in awe. She just continued hugging me. I let the shield down and called out, "You guys can come in." They timidly peeked out from behind my door.
"Did it work?" Kieran smiled at me. I rolled my eyes and nodded. "I knew it." She said smugly. "So what did she do? Cry? Beg?"
I raised an eyebrow, "Knocked into my brain, and made me relive the past. Showed me what I need to do."
"So, your still coming with me then?" Hunter asked me.
"Figured otherwise?"
"Well.."
"Yes, I'm still coming. I feel like I need to." I picked Phoenix up as I stood. She was giving me a confused look.
"Where are you going? Can I come with you?" A trace of excitement crossed her face. I looked away from her, and seen Peyton giving me a sympathy look.
"Uh, maybe we should go upstairs. I'll tell everyone at the same time."
The Tierk family gathered around the table. I looked at the faces of my second family. More familiar then my own right now. "I'm, uh...going back with Hunter. I don't know for how long."
"Going where, Morgan?" Hayley asked, from Peyton's lap. I smiled weakly at her. Xander was standing beside the chair with his arms crossed. He suddenly let his arms drop.
"Don't you get it Hayley? She's leaving us. She doesn't want to be here anymore!" He stormed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. I frowned, and then looked back to Hayley. Her bottom lip was trembling. Beside her on Luke, Phoenix had already started to cry.
I bit my bottom lip. Don't cry. "Girls, come on, I'll explain it a bit better. Go up to Xander's room, and I'll be there in a second." They looked at me for a second, then jumped down and left the room. "You all understand why I have to do this right?"
"Of course we do Morgan. Its your home."Dante said gently.
"This is my home too."
"We know dear, but you need to do what's right and go back," said Aden quietly. I nodded, then headed for Xander's room.
I knocked on the door, then walked in. Xander was laying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. Hayley was perched on the floor, hugging on of his pillows and Phoenix was sitting by his feet. I walked slowly to the edge of Xander's bed, and sat down.
"I thought you were leaving?" Xander said curtly, without so much as looking at me.
"Xander..." I took a deep breath. "It's not that I don't want to be here." He sat up.
"Then why are you leaving?" Hayley and Phoenix looked at me, like Xander, waiting for an answer.
I looked at each child, weighing my words. "Phoenix, remember what you seen downstairs?"
She nodded. "Lots of people getting hurt."
"I have to fix that. All those people you seen, they are...were my family and friends. I just left them, but now I need to go back and fix them."
Xander gave me a sturdy glare, then it softened. "So you do like us then?"
I laughed, and pulled him closer to me. "Of course I like you all. I love you all. But I love them too, and right now, it's where I'm needed." Hayley and Phoenix sprung, hugging me so hard, I feel backwards on Xander's bed.
"So," Xander said, standing in front of me. "You're coming back then, right?"
"Who would be here to tell your dad what you were up to?" I said, reaching out to ruffle his hair. He smiled, and jumped on me.
"We love you too." Xander said laughing.
Two days later, I was rushing around the house hoping I wasn't forgetting anything important. Hunter had already put our luggage in his rented car, which we would be returning shortly.
I had talked to all the people I usually worked with, telling them I would be gone. I didn't actually have a job, just worked for random towns people. Told them I would be gone, but for how long I didn't know.
The Tierks and I spent some quality time together. Phoenix, Hayley and Xander had been attached to me both days, rarely leaving my side.
"Hunter do you have the plane tickets?" I asked, as I rushed past him to my closet.
"Yes Morgan."
"What about a ride to my house?"
"Yes."
"What about..." He caught me as I tried to rush by.
"Calm down. Deep breath." I blinked. "Ok, are you ready to go now?" I slowly nodded. "Ok, let's go then." We walked upstairs, and entered the full family room.
"Thank you for letting me come into your home." I said, and I hugged Kieran and Luke.
"It's not home without ya Morgan." Kieran said. Next Hayley, Xander and Phoenix.
"Lots of letters." I told them They all nodded, and hugged me and Hunter. Phoenix hung back as Hayley and Xander went to hug their parents.
I picked her up, and hugged her tight. "Bye's u twos." She said. Her hands slipped down to my stomach, as I put her down.
"Bye." I said finally, choking back tears. "Bye."
Hunter and I sat side by side on the plane. He slept most of the way, but I couldn't bring myself to sleep. My nerves were on high rev. I tried meditating, but I was to side tracked, so I just stared out the window.
"Are you ready to do this?" Hunter asked me, as we pulled into my driveway.
"I don't have a choice now. We're here."
"Welcome home."
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"Morgan!" Phoenix looked at me, crying her own little puddle.
"Lynx, get them out of here." Kieran ordered. Lynx instantly rounded up Phoenix, Hayley and Xander, and took them out of my room. I felt Kieran get closer to me, until I knew visually, that she was kneeling beside me. "It's ok Morgan." She said, trying to sooth me. I sat up, then picked my sorry ass off the ground.
"It's not ok. Get out. Everyone. Stay away from me, you could get hurt."
"Morgan," Hunter stepped towards me.
"Get away. Now!" I yelled. I could hear Hayley and Phoenix crying outside my door. "I'm lethal." I back into the corner or my room, and slid down the wall. Mrs. Davis took a step towards me. I flung my palm out. I watched a blue fog close in around me, blocking me from contact. Nothing could get in, nothing could get out. The coven left the room, leaving only Hunter, Peyton, Kieran, Luke and Holly.
I watched Hunter step cautiously towards me. He hunched down in front of my protective fog. "Morgan. Let it down." I avoided his eyes, instead watching everyone else but him scurry from the room. "Let it down." He said again. I shook my head, letting the tears slide down my cheeks.
"I could hurt you."
"I'm willing to risk it. Please! For me?" I finally let the shield down, slowly, but I let it down. He kneeled there, looking at me. Waiting for a response. I leaned forward, and let myself hug him.
"I don't want to do this. What if she come back. Takes me over again. What if I actually kill someone this time?" I suddenly pulled back and looked at him. "Why didn't you stop it?!"
His hands found their way to my hair, and he started toying with it. "Who gave your magick back to you? What happened?"
"Maeve. It was her. I never seen the face, but it had to be her. She said I needed it. I was supposed to help people."
"You and me both know that I could never stop Maeve. If your supposed to help people, you should Morgan. I told you before, it's your destiny to be a witch."
"Not at the expense of my family." I pushed him away from me again, and set the block back around myself. Hunter let his head fall into his hands. He ran them through his hair a few times, then stood. "Go back to Widow's Vale Hunter. Tell them you couldn't find me." I whispered to him.
"I wont leave you Morgan. Never." He turned, and left my room. I sat with my knees pulled to my chest, and my arms wrapped around them. I looked up to realize my puppy wanted in.
"I'm sorry Sage." I said, using her new name. "Go find Lynx, she has food." That usually made her run, but she just plopped down outside my shield, and looked at me. "Why won't anyone give up on me?" I let my head sink onto my knees.
I sat there, and sat there, for how ever long it was.
"Morgan?" I should have known they'd send Phoenix down. She was, and always had been my weak spot.
"Hey sweetie." I said softly.
"Are you okay? What happened?" She inched towards me.
"No. Stay there." I told her. She kept walking. "Phoenix, stop." Yet she continued.
"Morgan, why are you sitting in the corner? Did you do something bad?" She was dangerously close now, and I was afraid I'd hurt her.
"Yes I did." She walked right up to my shield. I widened my eyes as her tiny hand shot through it. She lay her hand on my forehead, and closed her eyes.
~~"Hunter run! Take everyone and..."my body went rigid. The only thing I could feel, was my feet leaving the ground behind. It was Hunter's birthday party, which was bring held at my house. Everyone was there; the coven, his sister and dad, my family excluding Killian, who was late and Alyce.
The pain enough should have killed me, but I'm stubborn. No hellbent spirit was going to kill the daughter of Maeve Riordan. The dream I had a week ago suddenly made sense.
' Six together, stand as one.' Alyce, Hunter, Alwyn, Daniel, Sky and myself. 'The sign of the gifted.' The pentagram. 'The innermost power will rise.' I ran through my mind. The six of us stood in a star, myself in the middle. 'The strong will weaken." I stopped being myself, and was nearly all her. 'The innocent will pay'
I could suddenly see through her eyes. The pain, the hate. The need to kill and cause hurt. The feel of amazing power. She flexed my outstretched fingers.
"Looks like your all helpless now." She turned my head to find my parents. "Ahh, the little bitty mortal ones." My fingers flicked, and my parents were sent sprawling to the floor. I heard Sky quietly mumbling a spell. "Can't have that now can we?" My arm snapped forward, fingers curled as if I was trying to grab a hold on something. That something was Sky's neck from afar.
"Morgan, quit it!" Without letting my grip on Sky go, I found Mary K in the crowd. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"Don't like what you see missy? I can fix that!" With a wave of my hand, Mary K dropped, hands covered over her eyes. "Hmm, let us see, who is next? Who indeed?" I could hear Sky gagging. I fought with every ounce of strength in my body, and gained control of my un-used arm. I shot it out towards my other one, knocking it away. "Well, well, the bitch fights back. For that, she's down." Bree clutched her leg, and hit the ground. Robbie rushed over to help her. "Tut, tut. None of that." My arm raised, and Robbie raised with it. "What to do with this one?" She teetered my arm back and forth, making Robbie swing. "Oh, I know." Robbie smashed through the glass window.
Finally, Killian burst through my front door, and was able to stop her. Not before Ethan and Sharon were sent hurdling towards the wall. Jenna and Raven both were scrapped up, and bleeding badly. Simon, Thalia and Alisa were slammed into the ceiling, then left to fall to the ground, and Matt collided with a wooden panel to the head.~~
I shook, seeing it all again. This time, I had seen and felt everything I had tried to do to stop her. It really wasn't my fault. Hunter's voice slide through my head. There are no coincidences.
"You weren't bad Morgan. She was." She stepped through my shield, and hugged me.
"How did you do that?" I asked in awe. She just continued hugging me. I let the shield down and called out, "You guys can come in." They timidly peeked out from behind my door.
"Did it work?" Kieran smiled at me. I rolled my eyes and nodded. "I knew it." She said smugly. "So what did she do? Cry? Beg?"
I raised an eyebrow, "Knocked into my brain, and made me relive the past. Showed me what I need to do."
"So, your still coming with me then?" Hunter asked me.
"Figured otherwise?"
"Well.."
"Yes, I'm still coming. I feel like I need to." I picked Phoenix up as I stood. She was giving me a confused look.
"Where are you going? Can I come with you?" A trace of excitement crossed her face. I looked away from her, and seen Peyton giving me a sympathy look.
"Uh, maybe we should go upstairs. I'll tell everyone at the same time."
The Tierk family gathered around the table. I looked at the faces of my second family. More familiar then my own right now. "I'm, uh...going back with Hunter. I don't know for how long."
"Going where, Morgan?" Hayley asked, from Peyton's lap. I smiled weakly at her. Xander was standing beside the chair with his arms crossed. He suddenly let his arms drop.
"Don't you get it Hayley? She's leaving us. She doesn't want to be here anymore!" He stormed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. I frowned, and then looked back to Hayley. Her bottom lip was trembling. Beside her on Luke, Phoenix had already started to cry.
I bit my bottom lip. Don't cry. "Girls, come on, I'll explain it a bit better. Go up to Xander's room, and I'll be there in a second." They looked at me for a second, then jumped down and left the room. "You all understand why I have to do this right?"
"Of course we do Morgan. Its your home."Dante said gently.
"This is my home too."
"We know dear, but you need to do what's right and go back," said Aden quietly. I nodded, then headed for Xander's room.
I knocked on the door, then walked in. Xander was laying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. Hayley was perched on the floor, hugging on of his pillows and Phoenix was sitting by his feet. I walked slowly to the edge of Xander's bed, and sat down.
"I thought you were leaving?" Xander said curtly, without so much as looking at me.
"Xander..." I took a deep breath. "It's not that I don't want to be here." He sat up.
"Then why are you leaving?" Hayley and Phoenix looked at me, like Xander, waiting for an answer.
I looked at each child, weighing my words. "Phoenix, remember what you seen downstairs?"
She nodded. "Lots of people getting hurt."
"I have to fix that. All those people you seen, they are...were my family and friends. I just left them, but now I need to go back and fix them."
Xander gave me a sturdy glare, then it softened. "So you do like us then?"
I laughed, and pulled him closer to me. "Of course I like you all. I love you all. But I love them too, and right now, it's where I'm needed." Hayley and Phoenix sprung, hugging me so hard, I feel backwards on Xander's bed.
"So," Xander said, standing in front of me. "You're coming back then, right?"
"Who would be here to tell your dad what you were up to?" I said, reaching out to ruffle his hair. He smiled, and jumped on me.
"We love you too." Xander said laughing.
Two days later, I was rushing around the house hoping I wasn't forgetting anything important. Hunter had already put our luggage in his rented car, which we would be returning shortly.
I had talked to all the people I usually worked with, telling them I would be gone. I didn't actually have a job, just worked for random towns people. Told them I would be gone, but for how long I didn't know.
The Tierks and I spent some quality time together. Phoenix, Hayley and Xander had been attached to me both days, rarely leaving my side.
"Hunter do you have the plane tickets?" I asked, as I rushed past him to my closet.
"Yes Morgan."
"What about a ride to my house?"
"Yes."
"What about..." He caught me as I tried to rush by.
"Calm down. Deep breath." I blinked. "Ok, are you ready to go now?" I slowly nodded. "Ok, let's go then." We walked upstairs, and entered the full family room.
"Thank you for letting me come into your home." I said, and I hugged Kieran and Luke.
"It's not home without ya Morgan." Kieran said. Next Hayley, Xander and Phoenix.
"Lots of letters." I told them They all nodded, and hugged me and Hunter. Phoenix hung back as Hayley and Xander went to hug their parents.
I picked her up, and hugged her tight. "Bye's u twos." She said. Her hands slipped down to my stomach, as I put her down.
"Bye." I said finally, choking back tears. "Bye."
Hunter and I sat side by side on the plane. He slept most of the way, but I couldn't bring myself to sleep. My nerves were on high rev. I tried meditating, but I was to side tracked, so I just stared out the window.
"Are you ready to do this?" Hunter asked me, as we pulled into my driveway.
"I don't have a choice now. We're here."
"Welcome home."
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