Chapter 10.
Hello all! I'm so sorry for the lack of updates on here. Life has gotten pretty busy recently and I've been suffering from complete writers block. I'm also starting a new romance story which I want to get right as I want to eventually make my outlander story romance books.
So as I said in my last chapter these story's will be on very slow burns as it takes me a while to make the chapters. Thank you for your patience. :)
Chapter 10.
I woke up to Laura standing near the window of my room looking out into the hills. " Laura...What are you doing?..." I stopped as I saw that she had the saw the book, and the letter in her hand.
" so this is it then aye? This is what will become of Prince Charles?"
" Laura... you shouldn't have read That!" I said getting up to try and snatch the book back, luckily the shirt I slept in was long enough to appear respectable.
" ye must help us" she said, I stood still.
" I haven't read all of this, but I've read the end, Charles an exile, our people defeated, dead, ye must help us!" She said waving the letter in front of me " this letter says the witch will use dark magic, why not join with her?"
" because, if you'd read the end of that letter it says the future would become even darker, I have to stop her... someway, and besides that she's a murderer, who knows how many people she's killed before I arrived here" I said trying to reason with her.
" it doesn't matter!" She yelled back " if this is our future then I say let her do it!"
" because if I let her I'm altering history itself!" I said, not really believing it myself, "would saving hundreds of people be a bad thing?" I thought.. "Yes" History was history, nothing could be done to stop it.
" then yer selfish!" She yelled throwing the book and letter at the wall.
" selfish! Christ Laura! Selfish! Four days ago I was planning a day in Scotland! Then I'm ripped from everything I know and now I'm stuck in a place with nothing! All i want to do is just go back home but no! I have to defeat a fucking witch and I may actually die during it but do you seem to care about that! No!"
Laura stood very silent, just looking at me.
" I may not even live to see my own family again Laura... I can't have the whole of Scottish history on my shoulders to..." I said sitting on the end of the bed.
" I'm...sorry" she said and sat next to me.
" I'm sorry to... I wish I could help.. I really could, but history can't be changed, I'm here to defeat the dark witch... Will you help me?"
" Yes, yes I'll help ye... but ye must promise me that ye'll think about what I've said... I'll help ye defeat the witch... but you have the knowledge to save the rebellion... ye must be able to do something..."
Before I could reply there was a knock on the door and Mrs Fitz walked in.
" come laddie, I have news of the witch" she said.
After I had gotten dressed and packed my bag again Mrs Fitz turned to me.
" I would've preferred ye to stay here a little longer but there isn't much time, the witch has been spotted near an inn called the Broken Horse and ye need to go, luckily dougal is heading in that direction so ye will travel with him, I've asked him to continue yer training for however long the journey takes"
" and I'll be going with ye" Laura said.
" are ye sure ye want to? I willna stop ye Laura but ye have to be sure... this could be very dangerous, the other travellers.. they didn't..."
" they don't have me, I can help him auntie.. trust me?" She said slyly smiling at me.
" I trust ye... well ye'd both better get packing, the group leave at sunrise" she said and with that, left us alone.
" why are you coming with me?.. really"
" because yer right, the witch must be defeated... but that doesna change what I've said.. ye have knowledge that can change history... and I'm going to convince ye that it will help" she said as a matter of factly and walked of before I could even retort.
PRESENT TIME.
Tracy hadn't stopped holding the seeing stone since she and the witch had left the castle and headed home.
" I'm a witch... but I can't travel instantly... I'm not from Harry potter" she'd said, so they were forced to endure an immensely long car drive.
Not that Tracy really minded, it gave her time to properly think, and to watch her son, who seemed at the moment to be packing for somewhere.
" please God...keep him safe" she said " and give me the strength I need". She took one last look at her son.
" tell me, if he fails, if...if he dies... what happens then?"
The witch didn't take her eyes of the road as she answered.
" then the next chosen will be sent"
" and who will that be?"
" his brother" she said calmly as if ticking of a shopping list.
A deep anger swelled in Tracy as she resumed looking into the seeing stone.
" over my dead body" she thought