A/n: Thanks again for the reviews guys but hey I know we can do so much better so please keep them coming in! Anyways heres what you were waiting for the next chapter of Twisted Reality!
Hunter repeated it again, this time so much more quieter as if repeating it to himself, "I remember"
He then released a pain filled cry and he grabbed at his forehead and his neck snapped back, he lost his footwork from his crouched position and ending up writhing in pain on the floor on his back.
Morgan and Cal crowded around him, unsure what to do or how to deal with him, he started convulsing and his nose bled.
"What the hell do we do Cal?" Morgan cried above Hunter's moans and cries.
"Nothing, it's his memory re-writing itself, give him a second," Cal replied calmly
" Cal! He could be dying!" Morgan cried,
"He's not!" Cal assured her
Ignoring him, Morgan placed her palm on the top of his head and muttered some spells to ease the pain, he stopped writhing and crying out but he was still convulsing and his nose still bled, covering his white shirt in flecks of blood.
After a moment or two Hunter lay still on the ground and then burst into tears.
" Linden, Alwyn" he sobbed, "Mum, dad" he was choking on his words, "They're all gone,"
Morgan helped Hunter to his feet
"Lets get you cleaned up," she said softly, she helped him out of his shirt and handed it to Cal, "put this in the washing machine please Cal" she said
For a second it looked like he was going to argue back but instead he just nodded slowly and headed into the kitchen.
Morgan lead Hunter into the bathroom, she ushered him to sit on the toilet seat as she started to dampen a wash cloth and gently cleaned up the blood on his face.
"How are you feeling?" she asked,
"Better," Hunter said
"We'll need to talk about what you remember, Hunter." Hunter nodded
"But just to you, not Cal, it's too painful to talk about this to anyone else," he said, "It's to painful to even think about,"
Morgan nodded sympathetically
Once she'd cleaned Hunter up they headed into the living room Cal had started up a fire in the fire place and on their coffee table was a tray with a teapot and three mugs sitting on it.
"Thank you Cal," Morgan said, then she pulled him to aside as Hunter took a seat on the couch, "Would you give us a couple of minutes, he want's to talk about what he remembers I think it'll best if there were no more people here than needed,"
Cal just sighed and muttered a 'Whatever, see you later' and grabbed his jacket and headed for the door
Morgan didn't have time to argue with his childish behaviour that would have to come later, so instead she just shook her head and joined Hunter on the couch and poured steaming tea into two of the mugs
"Whenever you're ready Hunter," she said gently
"I had a pretty normal childhood, studied the craft since birth pretty much, I remember all that but then something happened when I was eight, my parents disappeared with no warning, I was never told why but you filled me in there. Linden, Alwyn and I were sent to live with my uncle Beck and aunt Shelagh who continued raising us in the craft. When I was 10, I was determined to find out once and for all what happened to them so stupidly I raised a taibhs, I didn't really know what I was doing, my brother tagged along and I didn't care, it wasn't a strong taibhs at all, it was such a spontaneous thing that I didn't have time to research what I was doing so it pretty much dissipated as soon as it was raised, I gave up sunk to my knees and cried,"
"Then what happened?" Morgan asked
"I remember that night when we were leaving the woods that I raised the spirit Linden had a look in his eyes and I couldn't put my finger on why or what it was, but I was too upset to care. A couple of months passed Linden had completely changed he was totally reserved and engrossed in books all the time, making notes in his book of shadows, this went on for about 6 months and then one night after that I woke up from a squeaky floorboard and I opened my eyes and Linden was sneaking out of his room with a huge book tucked under his arm, I wanted to follow him but he'd spelled me to my bed, and this had gone on for about two weeks, his eyes had become hollow and sunken and he had bandaged up his hand and wouldn't tell anyone why,"
"Did you not tell your uncle Beck or aunt Shelagh?"
"I wanted to, but Shelagh would have told Beck and Beck had a nasty temper, if he found out he would have beaten him, I didn't dare say anything to Linden because he had become a little freaky and snappy, but one night, that fateful night… he didn't bind me to the bed, I don't know why, maybe he was drained or something, he left the house and I followed him, I watched the whole thing, I just didn't count on Alwyn following me out, she got in the way and distracted Linden, the taibhs broke out of his boundaries and killed them both,"
Hunter's eyes watered and Morgan could tell he was trying so hard to stop breaking in to sobs,
"and I just ran" he said, he held his hand over his face to hide his tears, "I ran and that's when I told him everything, Beck beat me so hard but I deserved it, Beck feared the courts wanted me on trial if they found out and thought I couldn't hack it so he said he was going to hide me away and say I died with my siblings, next thing I knew I'm in a care home in New York with no memory and a family signing contracts to adopt me. I guess the council found out I'm still alive and sent you to look for me,"
Morgan nodded, "I guess so," she said her eyes too were watering,
Hunter's eyes widened " Cal's my half brother," he stated, Morgan nodded, "That's why he'd been giving me weird looks, he knew"
Meanwhile somewhere across town a bitter Cal was sat in a bar where he had met up with the delightful Raven who was pining over him.
"So she's over then now talking to that prick, who by the way is my little brother and he's probably trying to get with my girl,"
Raven who was thrilled to be spending time with the hotness that is Cal at first especially a drunk hot Cal who would be easily influenced now had a bored look crossing her face.
" Cal it's great that you love someone really it is, but don't you believe in the saying an eye for an eye? If she's cheating on you cheat on her, I'll make myself a test subject if you wish, I don't mind at all!"
Cal laughed, "It's okay Raven, I'll give it a miss this time, besides I don't have any real proof, I don't want to fuck things up with Morgan, she's special"
Raven rolled her eyes, "I better get home," Cal said getting up to leave, much unlike her character Raven got up and followed him out to the car park, "Have you drove? You're too drunk to drive, I could give you a ride if you want,"
Cal shook his head, "Not necessary little one!" he said he chanted a small spell and he completely sobered up and gave Raven a cheeky grin leaving her speechless, he climbed into his car and drove away.
Raven's dumbfounded look turned into a grin "Magick is awesome!"
