A/n: Well sorry the last two chapters have been boring, I was just using
them to bring you into the story, explaining the closeness of Morgan and
Hunter as a comparison of the later chapters.
Anyway, this chapter shall excite you more, promise.
Please read and review!
I woke up the next day feeling happy and safe. I turned around to face Hunter who was smiling at me.
"How long have you been awake?" I asked in my fatigued clouded voice.
"A while" he replied
"What time is it?" I asked, knowing he'll know the answer due to the mental clock in his head.
"About 9.45 am, give or take a couple of minutes"
I groaned throwing my head under the sheets and then immediately lifting them off again, "I told my mom I'll be home for 12pm, which gives me just over 2 hours for "living with Hunter" time, and then I'll be back to being, "Morgan high school senior, living with her parents"" I pouted which made Hunter laugh.
"Just lay with me for another hour and then I promise I'll let you get up and I'll drive you home" he smiled
Well how could I refuse that? I settled back down and felt his body close around mine.
As promised, an hour later we both got up, I fiddled around my duffel for some clean clothes, with not much success so I just pulled on what I wore yesterday.
When I carried my duffel downstairs, Sky, Alwyn and Daniel were sat on the couch talking they all looked up and smiled at me, they said goodbye and see you later, then Hunter took my bag from me and carried it out to his car.
I slid into the passenger seat, and Hunter climbed into the driving seat.
"Thank you again for everything." I said
"Morgan, you don't need to thank me,"
He drove off to my house and as it approached I realised how much I missed them, of course we'd engaged in the odd phone conversations, but I still missed them.
"Well here you go," Hunter smiled, I kissed him goodbye and promised I'd call him later, and then I grabbed my duffel from the backseat and walked up to my front door. I opened the door and walked inside, "Mom, dad, Mary. K! I'm home!" All the lights were switched off in the house I could sense them all in the dinning room, Aunt Eileen and her girlfriend Paula Stein were also here.
I opened the doors to the dinning room and they all jumped out on me yelling surprise! Although I knew they were here I pretended to act surprised.
"Hey, what's all this?" I asked giving each of the a hug and kiss
"A welcome home" my mom replied, "Didn't Hunter drop you off?" I nodded, "Didn't you invite him in"
I ran out to check if he was still there and wanted to come in.
Strange, he car was still there. . . but no Hunter, I cast out my senses and got nothing.
"Hunter?" I called out, I smiled, I bet he somehow cast a spell and got into the house to surprise me.
But then I realised the car door was open, now something was wrong; I walked over to the car. There was blood all over the seat, like there had been a struggle.
Then I saw the rune Yr had been drawn on the dashboard in blood. I screamed.
My family ran out to join me.
"Oh my god!" Mary K. screamed.
"I'm calling the police," My dad ran inside.
I broke down into tears; I tried casting my senses around to see if he had gotten away from whoever had taken him.
"Hunter!" I screamed, as soon as I had screamed a large bolt of crackling lightning lit up the sky, Mom nor my aunt and her girlfriend didn't think anything of it, but I felt Mary K's eye's on me, she knew it was me.
I screamed again, and fell to my knees clinging to the car.
All of a sudden I felt hollow, like half of myself had just died.
"No, no, no, no, no!" I yelled, "Hunter come back!" I screamed yet again, followed by an enormous crackle of lightning.
My mother and my aunt and Paula tried to help me off the ground, "Let's get you inside" I heard one of them say
~~~ What's going on? ~~~ I heard sky in my head
~~~ Get here now, all of you ~~~ I told her
"Hunter!" I sobbed, my mother tried to pull me off the ground but I shrugged her off me, and continued to sob.
Shortly the police arrived and none of them could pull me away from the car, I wouldn't let them.
"What happened here?" I heard Sky's voice behind me,
"Excuse me miss can you get back?" I heard the policeman say as he was putting that yellow tape around the car.
"Let her in!" I yelled at him, he did as he was told, and Sky, Alwyn and Daniel stood behind me, Sky crouched beside me and put her arm around me.
"Tell us what happened," she said softly
"Oh Goddess" Alwyn gasped,
Finally I stood up and I waved Mary K. over, "This is Alwyn, Hunter's sister, will you take her inside please?" I asked her, she nodded and they walked inside the house.
My mom and dad were stood outside the yellow tape and Eileen and Paula had gone home.
"Can you please leave now? We need to examine the scene, when we've finished we'll come in and talk with you, all of you" a detective told us.
I led Hunter's father and cousin inside; I pointed to the couch where the three of us sat.
"Mom, dad will you just leave us to talk for a couple of minutes alone?"
They nodded and did as they were told.
"What happened here lass?" Daniel Niall asked me.
"I don't know," I said breaking into tears again, "I just came inside to see my family, then I went back outside to invite him in and he was gone, the car was there but the door was wide open and there was blood all over the seat and on the dashboard the rune Yr was drawn in the blood."
Sky put her arm around me, "Is there anything else?" she said trying hard not to cry herself, she and Hunter were raised practically as brother and sister.
"Well I cast my senses and felt nothing, and I felt hollow, empty." I knew what that meant, but I wasn't going to admit it aloud, I wasn't ready for that.
"OH Goddess!" Sky said finally breaking down.
"Not my son" Daniel sadly shook his head.
"It was a witch, and whoever it was I will track them down and kill them," I growled.
"Do you really think it wise calling the police lass? What are they going to do?" Daniel said
"My dad called them, I was in too much shock."
Soon Alwyn stormed down the stairs followed by Mary K., "I don't need babysitting! Tell me now! What is going on?" she demanded.
Daniel sat her in his lap and stroked her hair, "I'll tell you when we get home sweetheart" he promised.
Mary K. took a seat on the armchair, "That was you wasn't it?" she asked me, I looked up at her.
"What?" I asked
"The lightning" she said
"You?" Daniel said, "I knew that wasn't natural, Morgan you know weather magick is forbidden"
"I didn't mean to, I just screamed and it happened," I said honestly.
"She is prodigy girl, Wiccan superstar" Sky said, I wish she didn't say these thing while my sister was in the room.
"What is she talking about Morgan?" Mary K. asked me
"You're sister is an extremely powerful witch, more powerful than most witches, in fact one of the most powerful in history."
She looked at me confused, I wasn't sure but I think I may have saw a flash of pride for me.
But I was too tired too hurt.
"Miss Rowlands?" said the detective, knocking on the open door.
"Yes" I said without feeling, as we all walked outside the house standing outside the front door.
"I'm Detective Morris, would you come down town with me, I need to ask you some questions"
"Can't she go in the morning?" Sky said, "Come on look at her, she's a wreak, no offence Morgan" she said quickly
"No, I'm afraid it can't," he protested
"Leave me alone" I growled
"I'm sorry, I really am, but if you want me to help you then you're going to have to. . ."
"I said LEAVE ME ALONE" I screamed at him, suddenly the wind grew and lightning streaked across the sky.
I pushed him out of my way and climbed in Das Boot and drove off.
I woke up the next day feeling happy and safe. I turned around to face Hunter who was smiling at me.
"How long have you been awake?" I asked in my fatigued clouded voice.
"A while" he replied
"What time is it?" I asked, knowing he'll know the answer due to the mental clock in his head.
"About 9.45 am, give or take a couple of minutes"
I groaned throwing my head under the sheets and then immediately lifting them off again, "I told my mom I'll be home for 12pm, which gives me just over 2 hours for "living with Hunter" time, and then I'll be back to being, "Morgan high school senior, living with her parents"" I pouted which made Hunter laugh.
"Just lay with me for another hour and then I promise I'll let you get up and I'll drive you home" he smiled
Well how could I refuse that? I settled back down and felt his body close around mine.
As promised, an hour later we both got up, I fiddled around my duffel for some clean clothes, with not much success so I just pulled on what I wore yesterday.
When I carried my duffel downstairs, Sky, Alwyn and Daniel were sat on the couch talking they all looked up and smiled at me, they said goodbye and see you later, then Hunter took my bag from me and carried it out to his car.
I slid into the passenger seat, and Hunter climbed into the driving seat.
"Thank you again for everything." I said
"Morgan, you don't need to thank me,"
He drove off to my house and as it approached I realised how much I missed them, of course we'd engaged in the odd phone conversations, but I still missed them.
"Well here you go," Hunter smiled, I kissed him goodbye and promised I'd call him later, and then I grabbed my duffel from the backseat and walked up to my front door. I opened the door and walked inside, "Mom, dad, Mary. K! I'm home!" All the lights were switched off in the house I could sense them all in the dinning room, Aunt Eileen and her girlfriend Paula Stein were also here.
I opened the doors to the dinning room and they all jumped out on me yelling surprise! Although I knew they were here I pretended to act surprised.
"Hey, what's all this?" I asked giving each of the a hug and kiss
"A welcome home" my mom replied, "Didn't Hunter drop you off?" I nodded, "Didn't you invite him in"
I ran out to check if he was still there and wanted to come in.
Strange, he car was still there. . . but no Hunter, I cast out my senses and got nothing.
"Hunter?" I called out, I smiled, I bet he somehow cast a spell and got into the house to surprise me.
But then I realised the car door was open, now something was wrong; I walked over to the car. There was blood all over the seat, like there had been a struggle.
Then I saw the rune Yr had been drawn on the dashboard in blood. I screamed.
My family ran out to join me.
"Oh my god!" Mary K. screamed.
"I'm calling the police," My dad ran inside.
I broke down into tears; I tried casting my senses around to see if he had gotten away from whoever had taken him.
"Hunter!" I screamed, as soon as I had screamed a large bolt of crackling lightning lit up the sky, Mom nor my aunt and her girlfriend didn't think anything of it, but I felt Mary K's eye's on me, she knew it was me.
I screamed again, and fell to my knees clinging to the car.
All of a sudden I felt hollow, like half of myself had just died.
"No, no, no, no, no!" I yelled, "Hunter come back!" I screamed yet again, followed by an enormous crackle of lightning.
My mother and my aunt and Paula tried to help me off the ground, "Let's get you inside" I heard one of them say
~~~ What's going on? ~~~ I heard sky in my head
~~~ Get here now, all of you ~~~ I told her
"Hunter!" I sobbed, my mother tried to pull me off the ground but I shrugged her off me, and continued to sob.
Shortly the police arrived and none of them could pull me away from the car, I wouldn't let them.
"What happened here?" I heard Sky's voice behind me,
"Excuse me miss can you get back?" I heard the policeman say as he was putting that yellow tape around the car.
"Let her in!" I yelled at him, he did as he was told, and Sky, Alwyn and Daniel stood behind me, Sky crouched beside me and put her arm around me.
"Tell us what happened," she said softly
"Oh Goddess" Alwyn gasped,
Finally I stood up and I waved Mary K. over, "This is Alwyn, Hunter's sister, will you take her inside please?" I asked her, she nodded and they walked inside the house.
My mom and dad were stood outside the yellow tape and Eileen and Paula had gone home.
"Can you please leave now? We need to examine the scene, when we've finished we'll come in and talk with you, all of you" a detective told us.
I led Hunter's father and cousin inside; I pointed to the couch where the three of us sat.
"Mom, dad will you just leave us to talk for a couple of minutes alone?"
They nodded and did as they were told.
"What happened here lass?" Daniel Niall asked me.
"I don't know," I said breaking into tears again, "I just came inside to see my family, then I went back outside to invite him in and he was gone, the car was there but the door was wide open and there was blood all over the seat and on the dashboard the rune Yr was drawn in the blood."
Sky put her arm around me, "Is there anything else?" she said trying hard not to cry herself, she and Hunter were raised practically as brother and sister.
"Well I cast my senses and felt nothing, and I felt hollow, empty." I knew what that meant, but I wasn't going to admit it aloud, I wasn't ready for that.
"OH Goddess!" Sky said finally breaking down.
"Not my son" Daniel sadly shook his head.
"It was a witch, and whoever it was I will track them down and kill them," I growled.
"Do you really think it wise calling the police lass? What are they going to do?" Daniel said
"My dad called them, I was in too much shock."
Soon Alwyn stormed down the stairs followed by Mary K., "I don't need babysitting! Tell me now! What is going on?" she demanded.
Daniel sat her in his lap and stroked her hair, "I'll tell you when we get home sweetheart" he promised.
Mary K. took a seat on the armchair, "That was you wasn't it?" she asked me, I looked up at her.
"What?" I asked
"The lightning" she said
"You?" Daniel said, "I knew that wasn't natural, Morgan you know weather magick is forbidden"
"I didn't mean to, I just screamed and it happened," I said honestly.
"She is prodigy girl, Wiccan superstar" Sky said, I wish she didn't say these thing while my sister was in the room.
"What is she talking about Morgan?" Mary K. asked me
"You're sister is an extremely powerful witch, more powerful than most witches, in fact one of the most powerful in history."
She looked at me confused, I wasn't sure but I think I may have saw a flash of pride for me.
But I was too tired too hurt.
"Miss Rowlands?" said the detective, knocking on the open door.
"Yes" I said without feeling, as we all walked outside the house standing outside the front door.
"I'm Detective Morris, would you come down town with me, I need to ask you some questions"
"Can't she go in the morning?" Sky said, "Come on look at her, she's a wreak, no offence Morgan" she said quickly
"No, I'm afraid it can't," he protested
"Leave me alone" I growled
"I'm sorry, I really am, but if you want me to help you then you're going to have to. . ."
"I said LEAVE ME ALONE" I screamed at him, suddenly the wind grew and lightning streaked across the sky.
I pushed him out of my way and climbed in Das Boot and drove off.