Sorry for the time between updates, I was ill for a couple of days then I got lazy not going to lie, but here we are :) enjoy!
Emily's pov
This has definitely been the strangest night of my life so far. It's just not really sinking in yet I mean how am I supposed to process the fact that my mums a witch, my brother has dormant magic powers and I'm some sort of super being whose job it is to 'protect folk from the bad guys' as Cook put it. And Naomi and Jasper, they're off somewhere with swords (yeah swords) dealing with god knows what and I'm going to have to learn to do that too.
So here I am, packing up whatever I can to go stay at the cabin for my protection. I don't really believe that my mum, no matter how much of a bitch she is, would actually harm her children (well not Katie and James anyway). At least I'll have Katie and James there, Cook and Maxxie said that they'll be there if we need anything and Jasper and Naomi are going to move into the cabin with us so that they can protect us in case something happens. Markus said that it was just a precaution for when James' and I's powers come in but I could tell from the look in her eyes that Naomi was concerned about my mother and what she was capable of.
Cook was through helping James pack while Markus was putting some sort of charm on the house to alert him if anything suspicious was happening since I asked about dad being safe. Maxxie was in mine and Katie's room helping us, well mainly Katie but I'm more than capable packing a few things by myself.
"We're ready" came Cooks voice from the doorway "gonna go downstairs and wait, hurry up yeah."
"No worries Cook we're almost done" Maxxie replied then turned to us "ready ladies?"
"Yeah" I said throwing my backpack on my shoulder and trying to lift the gym bag containing most of my belongings.
Noticing my struggle Maxxie took my bag in one and Katie's in the other and winked at us before disappearing down the stairs. Katie stood there looking impressed for a moment while I shook my head at her and we both joined the others downstairs.
Markus, Cook and Maxxie stood at the door and waited while we said a tearful goodbye to our dad and Markus promised him that he'd be able to visit which made him smile. We started to make our way to the cabin, not that I knew where the hell it was, and I noticed we were heading back towards Jasper's house but thought it better not to ask since they were the ones who knew where they were going. Once we got to his house Markus opened up a gate into the back garden and we went down the path right to the back fence where he opened another gate and lead us through into the woods. Katie grabbed my hand and squeezed it, obviously still not a fan of the dark Katiekins I thought to myself. We must have walked for a good ten minutes with Markus leading us before we saw it. It was a large lone standing house made from wood. Markus opened the door and ushered us in before turning to Cook and Maxxie.
"Put Emily's things in Naomi's room, Katie's in the room next door to Effy and James' in the room next to that" he told them, they nodded and headed upstairs.
"Effy lives here too?" Katie asked.
"Quite often" Markus replied "now you three I have to cover some ground rules" he explained "don't go into the basement without supervision, especially you young man" he looked directly at James "wouldn't want any of you to get hurt, you may read the various books and scrolls in the living room and library area as long as you return them to their proper place. Always read labels when in the kitchen, you might end up eating potion ingredients and that wouldn't be good, also the small fridge in the corner is full of blood so best not touch that" Katie grimaced as he said that "we sometimes have guests in the attic so refrain from going up there on your own please and under no circumstances go up there during the full moon and try your best to ignore the werewolves up there."
"Werewolves" James said with excitement in his voice "brilliant."
"Yes well, Christopher and Mr Jones stay in cages in the attic every full moon for their own safety and the safety of others, so do not go up there when they are in there."
"Mr Jones?" I asked "you mean JJ?"
"Yes, lovely boy" Markus replied "now follow me and I'll show you to your rooms."
We followed him up the stairs and onto the landing, the long corridor to the left had eight doors and to the right were two doors.
"To the right are two bathrooms, boys on the left girls on the right, there are separate bathrooms for no other reason than trying to keep the place tidy" Markus explained "to the left are the bedrooms, on the left are Cook's room, Maxxie's room, Jasper's room and Naomi's room, to the right Effy's room, Katie's room, James' room and a spare room" he turned to me "Emily I thought it best if you stayed with Naomi for at least a few nights so that you are properly protected."
"Is she alright with that?" I asked not wanting to intrude.
"Yes she is perfectly fine with it" he answered a smile playing on his lips "now I will leave you to get settled if you need anything Maxxie and Cook will help you since I'm off to do some research" he turned to leave "oh and Naomi and Jasper shouldn't be long, goodnight" and with that he disappeared downstairs and out of sight.
"Night bitches" James said then disappeared into his room.
"I don't want to be apart from you Emsy" Katie said her voice making her sound like a small child.
"I'm only across the hall Katie and if you need someone James is right next door you could always ask Jasper is you can room with him for a couple of nights I'm sure he'd be fine with it" I said trying to reassure her.
She sighed "okay" she said as she hugged me tightly "night lezza."
"Night Katie" I replied as we separated and went into our separate rooms.
Naomi's room was fairly simple. A double bed, sofa, bookcase, chest of drawers and wardrobe made up the room with a few photos and weapons hanging on the walls. I looked around taking in my surroundings, I took a deep breath and the room smelled distinctly of Naomi, I wished she'd be back soon. I looked at the double bed and then it hit me, we're going to be sharing a bed, I was sure I blushed as I felt the heat rush to my cheeks. I shook the thoughts from my head and decided sorting some of my stuff would be better than just sitting waiting for her to come back because if I was being honest with myself, I kind of missed her.
