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::Chapter 7: Explanations::
"Explain? Honey what are you talking about?" Carolyn Fletcher asked her daughter, Emily.
"Mom I know you're hiding something," Emily replied, seriously.
"What do you mean?" her mother asked, nervously tucking a loose strand of her short auburn hair behind her ear. She paused for a moment. "Alright, Leanne, Alaina (A/N: okay I don't really know what Kara and Adriane's mom's first name is so I just made it up) and I were friends when we were younger. What more do you want me to explain?"
She didn't get it! "Mom. Maybe this will clear things up a bit." Emily rolled up her sleeve just enough for her magical rainbow stone to be visible.
"Oh my. . ." Carolyn replied. She stared at the stone in disbelief for a moment. "Honey. . . where did you find this?" she lifted Emily's wrist up to her face to get a better look at the stone. It started to pulse with a steady beat of light.
"In the Ravenswood forest. That day Adriane rescued that cat a few months ago. Do you remember?" Emily asked, looking up at her mother.
Carolyn nodded. "Yes. . . I do. . ." She sat down. "Honey, have a seat. I have to tell you something."
Emily obeyed her mother's command. She stared into her eyes.
"Emily. . . this stone you're wearing now. . ." she paused and looked down at the stone on Emily's wrist again. "I thought I'd never see it again. This stone. . . It used to be mine when I was your age."
Emily's eyes widened. "The same exact one?"
Her mother nodded. She stared past Emily. "I remember that day clearly. It was a beautiful day. Leanne, Alaina- Kara and Adriane's mothers- were pretending to hunt for treasure in the Ravenswood forest."
Emily listened carefully.
"We found the stones at this magical glade." She eyed her daughter.
Emily nodded. "I know where you're taking about."
Carolyn continued. "After finding the stones we figured out it gave us abilities so one else had. Like talking to animals." She paused for moment to think. "One day while we were in the forest. . . I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but somehow me and Alaina dropped our stones. We never found them again."
"What about Mrs. Davies stone?" Emily asked. "Did she lose it too?"
Her mother shook her head. "Not that I remember. She treasured those kinds of things very dearly. For all I know, she probably still has it."
Emily's eyes widened. That was why Kara never found her own stone!
"Mom," Emily said. "Adriane. . . she has a stone too. The tigerseye. She calls it her wolfstone."
Her mother nodded.
"Mom," Emily continued. "Does Aldenmore sound familiar? Or Avalon?"
Mrs. Fletcher's eyes widened. "Aldenmore. . ." she whispered. "I've always longed to see that land. Alaina- Adriane's mother- went there once. She said it was the most amazing place she's ever been in her life."
"What about Avalon?"
"Avalon. . . the home of all magic. . ." her mother said softly. She smiled gently. "I'm not sure if that place even exists, but that's the place we spent our whole time searching for."
"So then what happened?" Emily asked. "After you lost your stone."
Her mother's eyes softened. "We searched for them for days. We never did find them. I was devastated. We could no longer communicate with the animals or anything like that. It was as if the magic had never been a part of us. Eventually we gave up and continued to live a normal life."
Suddenly Carolyn looked at her watch. "Oh! I'm late. It's time for me to work already!" she said. She gave her daughter a hug. "See you later." She left.
Emily sat there. Things were getting complicated.
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::Chapter 7: Explanations::
"Explain? Honey what are you talking about?" Carolyn Fletcher asked her daughter, Emily.
"Mom I know you're hiding something," Emily replied, seriously.
"What do you mean?" her mother asked, nervously tucking a loose strand of her short auburn hair behind her ear. She paused for a moment. "Alright, Leanne, Alaina (A/N: okay I don't really know what Kara and Adriane's mom's first name is so I just made it up) and I were friends when we were younger. What more do you want me to explain?"
She didn't get it! "Mom. Maybe this will clear things up a bit." Emily rolled up her sleeve just enough for her magical rainbow stone to be visible.
"Oh my. . ." Carolyn replied. She stared at the stone in disbelief for a moment. "Honey. . . where did you find this?" she lifted Emily's wrist up to her face to get a better look at the stone. It started to pulse with a steady beat of light.
"In the Ravenswood forest. That day Adriane rescued that cat a few months ago. Do you remember?" Emily asked, looking up at her mother.
Carolyn nodded. "Yes. . . I do. . ." She sat down. "Honey, have a seat. I have to tell you something."
Emily obeyed her mother's command. She stared into her eyes.
"Emily. . . this stone you're wearing now. . ." she paused and looked down at the stone on Emily's wrist again. "I thought I'd never see it again. This stone. . . It used to be mine when I was your age."
Emily's eyes widened. "The same exact one?"
Her mother nodded. She stared past Emily. "I remember that day clearly. It was a beautiful day. Leanne, Alaina- Kara and Adriane's mothers- were pretending to hunt for treasure in the Ravenswood forest."
Emily listened carefully.
"We found the stones at this magical glade." She eyed her daughter.
Emily nodded. "I know where you're taking about."
Carolyn continued. "After finding the stones we figured out it gave us abilities so one else had. Like talking to animals." She paused for moment to think. "One day while we were in the forest. . . I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but somehow me and Alaina dropped our stones. We never found them again."
"What about Mrs. Davies stone?" Emily asked. "Did she lose it too?"
Her mother shook her head. "Not that I remember. She treasured those kinds of things very dearly. For all I know, she probably still has it."
Emily's eyes widened. That was why Kara never found her own stone!
"Mom," Emily said. "Adriane. . . she has a stone too. The tigerseye. She calls it her wolfstone."
Her mother nodded.
"Mom," Emily continued. "Does Aldenmore sound familiar? Or Avalon?"
Mrs. Fletcher's eyes widened. "Aldenmore. . ." she whispered. "I've always longed to see that land. Alaina- Adriane's mother- went there once. She said it was the most amazing place she's ever been in her life."
"What about Avalon?"
"Avalon. . . the home of all magic. . ." her mother said softly. She smiled gently. "I'm not sure if that place even exists, but that's the place we spent our whole time searching for."
"So then what happened?" Emily asked. "After you lost your stone."
Her mother's eyes softened. "We searched for them for days. We never did find them. I was devastated. We could no longer communicate with the animals or anything like that. It was as if the magic had never been a part of us. Eventually we gave up and continued to live a normal life."
Suddenly Carolyn looked at her watch. "Oh! I'm late. It's time for me to work already!" she said. She gave her daughter a hug. "See you later." She left.
Emily sat there. Things were getting complicated.
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