MLS ch 12

CHAPTER 12

Amy DeLuca checked in on the girls at around four in the morning. She knew the girls were getting excited about finding out about their new powers. But they didn't know the evil side, the side that had ripped her family and other's apart. She wasn't going to let what happened to so many others, happen to Maria and Liz. Even Liz's parents were intrigued by the idea of their daughter learning the art of magic. They were actually happy about receiving the letter from Hogwarts two weeks before. They had tried to talk to Amy about letting the girls attend the wizarding school together, but she wouldn't hear of it. She crept into her room and walked into her closet. Tapping the wall three times, a small panel opened up. She reached inside and pulled out a worn leather bound book and something she hadn't touched in 15 years, her wand. Opening the book, she found the spell she was looking for. Nothing could harm them for now, as long as she was near by. Chanting the ancient words slowly she flicked her wand here and there and little sparks ignited at the end. What seemed to look like fireflies flew out of the room and cast their spell upon the girls. She put a safety charm on the girls. Satisfied, Amy replaced the book and wand back into the safe keeping place. She slipped into bed and fell into an exhausted sleep.

*There he was. Her first and only love. He looked the same as he did the first night they met. He took her hand and they danced under the stars in the forest clearing. She threw her head back and laughed. He spun her around and let her go. Amy stumbled backwards a few steps and looked up at him confused. He lost the warmth in his eyes. "I'm coming for her Amy. Don't try to stop it. You know you can't. I have more power than you ever dreamed of" She let a tear slip down her cheek. "Why Brian? She's your daughter" He knelt down in front of her, "Exactly, that's why she belongs on my side". He stood up and walked into the dark forest until she could no longer make out his form*

Amy woke up in a sweat. They weren't safe here. He was right, he did have more power than she could have. "Mom!" "Oh my god!" Amy jumped out of her bed and ran to Maria's room. Both girls were sitting up and were a ghostly white. "What is it?!" she asked hugging both of them. "Mom, mom those eyes. They're always there. Every time I close my eyes they're there" Liz looked like she was holding back tears. She had seen the eyes too. The red snake like eyes. They seemed to taunt her and Maria relentlessly. This was the first night she herself had seen them first hand. But from the way Isabel had reacted when she dreamwalked Maria, she knew they must be frightening but she didn't know how much. "Shhhh, it was just a dream, just a dream" cooed Amy nervously. She knew it wasn't a coincidence that she'd had that dream then her daughter and Liz waking up at the same time from nightmares. Frightened, she knew she couldn't keep them safe. There was only one place that she knew they'd be safe for sure. The one place she'd promised herself never to send Maria to. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.