~the artful dodgeress
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Jewel slept over that night. We needed to talk about what the hell had just happened at the assembly only hours before. We were both really confused and kind of scared about the whole thing. Are we really Moon Goddesses? Daughters of the Moon? Did they really believe in this? I looked down at my necklace and held the worn velvet pouch in my hand.
"Who should we choose as out protectors or whatever?" Jewel asked, but we both knew who we were going to choose. Mike and Mason were always there for us already. I waved the door locked and conjured up my keepsake chest that I always hide up in the attic. I put the pouch in there and locked it before sending the chest away again. I know I could have just sent the bag straight into the chest, but I loved looking at that old chest that I had found at an antique shop when I was little and I kept all of my favorite things in it.
"We should get together with them tomorrow. My parents are going out and I could conjure them over or something like that. . ." I suggested to Jewel.
"Or we could call them and have them come over on their own so they don't have a heart attack by being zapped places. We can show them our powers before we sprinkle the dust on them. If they are really the guys that we think they are anyway. They'll still like us after we show them what freaks we are, right?" Jewel was sounding worried. That thought had crossed my mind too, but I knew that if they really like us for who we are, they wont care if we have powers or not. Right? I shook that thought from my head.
"Of course they'll still like us." I assured Jewel, but I was really assuring myself. We talked about the whole experience for a little while longer before going to sleep.
The next day, we called the guys and they came over as soon as they could, wondering why we had asked them to come over so quickly. Jewel and I had decided to talk to them separately. I took Mike into the guest room downstairs. But before i could even say anything he started talking.
"Maggs, damn this is hard, ok how do i say this. I know we have known each other forever and we've always been just friends and and, I, I . . .I mean, i don't want to ruin our friendship or anything, but would you, would you. . . do you wanna be my girlfriend?" He said quickly, blushing like crazy. I knew that this was a huge accomplishment for him. Mike was the most shy person I had ever met and he had finally gotten up the courage to ask me out. I threw my arms around his neck.
"Yes! Yes! I would LOVE to be your girlfriend!" I said, feeling happier then i had ever felt in my whole life.
"Are you serious?" Mike asked, looking slightly shocked but pleased.
"Ok, now its my turn to talk." I said, turning serious and pulling away. "Mike, theres something you don't know about me. I'm (pause) different. I can, Here. Let me show you." I said turning to the chair he was sitting on. I concentrated all my energy and my eyes dilated as his chair slowly rose from the floor and moved around the room. Mikes eyes got really big. I locked the door and conjured an apple which i also made float over my hand. Then i suddenly lowered them all to the ground, and sat down, slightly dizzy.
"Whoa." Mike said in awe. "Thats, am. . ."
"I know, please, I don't want this to change how you feel about me or make you scared. Last night Jewel and I found out that we are moon goddesses. I've had this power since i was born. Jewel is a shape shifter and can transform into any living creature at will. The moon goddess, Diana, said that we need to choose someone who we think is right and we can trust to be our protectors. You are my choice for that. Will you be my protector? Please?"