A/n: Hunter's Alive! Are you all happy now? Well this isn't going to be my
longest fic, it's not the end of course but I think they'll only be like 10
chapters altogether or something, maybe more, I don't know yet. . . lets
just see how this goes!
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In the ride back to Widow's Vale we could both feel the tension in the car, not because we were reunited, but because of other things. . . seeing our families again, after I had ran away to be with my evil father, after we all thought Hunter's been dead for five years and last but certainly not least. . . Ciaran will be back; he knows we'll be ready for him so he'll be well prepared.
Hunter rested his hand on my lap, he was gaining more strength, he was beginning to look a little like his old self, like he only looked bad before because the effect of Justine constantly using his true name against him weakened him.
"It will be okay you know" Hunter said as if he were reading my thoughts, quickly giving me a smile and them turned his eyes back to the road.
"What will?"
"Everything" he assured.
I really hoped he was right.
"Morgan?" he asked
"Hmm?"
"Why did you go to Ciaran of all people?"
I drew in a deep breath, "I was hurt, I thought you were dead Hunter, and in some ways, I can't really believe your back, I'm just waiting to wake up, It just crushed me to even be in Widow's Vale, and I was drawn to him, I needed someone to depend on, my feelings and rage over what happened to you clouded my judgement, I wish I could take back every moment. . . but I can't" my voice broke as I tried to hold back the tears, "I am so stupid!"
Hunter pulled the car over to the side of the road and he held me, "It's okay Morgan, it's okay"
"No it's not though! All the things I've done people I've killed. . ."
I wept in his arms for a good half hour, after I calmed down Hunter pulled the car back onto the road and carried on.
"There's another 4 hours ahead of us, why don't you get some sleep,"
I nodded and sunk deeper into the seat and let the fatigue wash over me. . .
~~~ "Morgan?" I looked around the blinding whiteness and strained my eyes trying to see in the nothingness, "Morgan?" I turned around and saw a familiar being, the long brown hair, the green eyes, the golden dress; it was the woman I saw 5 years ago when I tried to bring back Hunter.
"Who are you?" I asked, feeling the awe wash over me like it had done when I had seen her before
"I am so proud of you Morgan" she smiled
"Why? Who are you? What did you mean last time I saw you about being you heir"
As I expected the woman didn't give me a straight answer, instead she smiled.
"You've found your feet again Morgan, but I am afraid the things you've done are still to come on you, threefold"
I hung my head, "I know I deserve it, but I was hurt I didn't know what I was doing,"
"I know my child, but that's they way it has to be, you have discovered the truth, and I know you were ready to hear it, even though it doesn't seem that way, Hunter was never dead, and your father is still the same evil person he always was, see how quickly he turned on you back there"
I knew what she was saying; this was my consequence, the pain returning back to me, I knew what I had to do. I had to kill my father.
"But who are you?" I asked the woman, again she smiled~~~
"Who are you?" I asked sitting up in my seat realising too late there was a seat belt around me, which dug into my neck.
Hunter glanced at me, "Morgan? Are you okay? Who's who?"
I shook my head, "It was a dream"
"A nightmare vision?" he asked
"No, not a nightmare, I was talking to a woman but she kept avoiding my questions, I know she was powerful though I felt awed by her presence"
"Maeve?" Hunter asked
"No, not Maeve, I don't know who she was, but she had your eyes" I said looking at Hunter's eyes who quickly turned realising he was still driving.
"My mum?" he gasped
"Did your mum have long brown hair with ringlets?" I asked
He shook his head, "No, I wonder who it was."
"How much longer?" I asked
"Another 7 miles"
I frowned, "How long was I asleep?"
"About 3 hours" he smiled
"I want us to make a stop first," Hunter said 15 minutes later as he pulled up outside Practical Magick.
My heart ached, how much I had missed Alyce, she was my dear friend.
We got out the car and Hunter took my hand.
Before we got to the door, Alyce came out the shop; she became pale and wide-eyed.
"Goddess!" she gasped
"It's okay Alyce, it's us" Hunter smiled
"But y-your dead" she put her hand on her chest, "Are you ghosts?"
We shook our heads, "We're as real as you are, it's a long story" she invited us in and closed the shop and took us upstairs.
This place brought beck many memories.
Alyce kept her eyes locked on us, so we told her everything.
"Oh Goddess" she gasped after we told her.
"We came here basically so we know what to expect" Hunter said, "We knew we could trust you" he smiled
"Well of course you can," she smiled, "But I don't think you can just turn up like this for them like you did for me. We had a funeral for you and everything Hunter, you have no idea how sad everyone was."
You have no idea. . . I thought.
"Alwyn refused to go back to London and lives with your father and Sky, your fathers still travelling with his lectures, Sky refuses to believe your dead, she would go to the funeral, she always scrys for you, I guess with Justine having your true name she blocked anyone from finding you, no matter how much we wanted to believe her, we never did, everything pointed to saying your dead"
I gave Hunter's hand a little squeeze and he squeezed mine back.
"After you left I become good friends with your parents Morgan, I went round to ask if they were okay and if they needed anything."
I looked up at Alyce.
"You mom isn't the same person she's never at home anymore, she's always working and when she isn't she's down in some bar drinking"
My mouth twisted into a wide 'O'
"Your father is always having to look after her, your sister is a single mother"
"She's 19! What happened?" I asked
"Well when you left, she threw herself into Catholicism, and she was walking home from an evening mass and she was raped by a boy called Bakker Blackburn, he was locked away for 10 years, he got her pregnant and she didn't have the heart to get rid of the baby, she ad a little girl and called her Caelan Michelle she turns two in a couple of weeks."
If I weren't already sitting down, I would have collapse into a chair, Bakker Blackburn! He already trued to rape her twice! And without me around her succeeded! Well he went too far. . . I'm going to kill him! No Morgan! That's how the old you would have behaved; he's in prison where he belongs.
"Oh God" I hung my head, "Why was I so stupid, why didn't I just stay here?"
Alyce put her arm round me.
"I think we better go now," Hunter said quietly
"I-I can't" I stuttered, "How can I face them! Did you hear what I've done to them?"
"Morgan" Hunter said softly, "We must do this"
I nodded eventually and hugged Alyce goodbye and Hunter and I climbed back into the car and headed to Hunter's house.
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In the ride back to Widow's Vale we could both feel the tension in the car, not because we were reunited, but because of other things. . . seeing our families again, after I had ran away to be with my evil father, after we all thought Hunter's been dead for five years and last but certainly not least. . . Ciaran will be back; he knows we'll be ready for him so he'll be well prepared.
Hunter rested his hand on my lap, he was gaining more strength, he was beginning to look a little like his old self, like he only looked bad before because the effect of Justine constantly using his true name against him weakened him.
"It will be okay you know" Hunter said as if he were reading my thoughts, quickly giving me a smile and them turned his eyes back to the road.
"What will?"
"Everything" he assured.
I really hoped he was right.
"Morgan?" he asked
"Hmm?"
"Why did you go to Ciaran of all people?"
I drew in a deep breath, "I was hurt, I thought you were dead Hunter, and in some ways, I can't really believe your back, I'm just waiting to wake up, It just crushed me to even be in Widow's Vale, and I was drawn to him, I needed someone to depend on, my feelings and rage over what happened to you clouded my judgement, I wish I could take back every moment. . . but I can't" my voice broke as I tried to hold back the tears, "I am so stupid!"
Hunter pulled the car over to the side of the road and he held me, "It's okay Morgan, it's okay"
"No it's not though! All the things I've done people I've killed. . ."
I wept in his arms for a good half hour, after I calmed down Hunter pulled the car back onto the road and carried on.
"There's another 4 hours ahead of us, why don't you get some sleep,"
I nodded and sunk deeper into the seat and let the fatigue wash over me. . .
~~~ "Morgan?" I looked around the blinding whiteness and strained my eyes trying to see in the nothingness, "Morgan?" I turned around and saw a familiar being, the long brown hair, the green eyes, the golden dress; it was the woman I saw 5 years ago when I tried to bring back Hunter.
"Who are you?" I asked, feeling the awe wash over me like it had done when I had seen her before
"I am so proud of you Morgan" she smiled
"Why? Who are you? What did you mean last time I saw you about being you heir"
As I expected the woman didn't give me a straight answer, instead she smiled.
"You've found your feet again Morgan, but I am afraid the things you've done are still to come on you, threefold"
I hung my head, "I know I deserve it, but I was hurt I didn't know what I was doing,"
"I know my child, but that's they way it has to be, you have discovered the truth, and I know you were ready to hear it, even though it doesn't seem that way, Hunter was never dead, and your father is still the same evil person he always was, see how quickly he turned on you back there"
I knew what she was saying; this was my consequence, the pain returning back to me, I knew what I had to do. I had to kill my father.
"But who are you?" I asked the woman, again she smiled~~~
"Who are you?" I asked sitting up in my seat realising too late there was a seat belt around me, which dug into my neck.
Hunter glanced at me, "Morgan? Are you okay? Who's who?"
I shook my head, "It was a dream"
"A nightmare vision?" he asked
"No, not a nightmare, I was talking to a woman but she kept avoiding my questions, I know she was powerful though I felt awed by her presence"
"Maeve?" Hunter asked
"No, not Maeve, I don't know who she was, but she had your eyes" I said looking at Hunter's eyes who quickly turned realising he was still driving.
"My mum?" he gasped
"Did your mum have long brown hair with ringlets?" I asked
He shook his head, "No, I wonder who it was."
"How much longer?" I asked
"Another 7 miles"
I frowned, "How long was I asleep?"
"About 3 hours" he smiled
"I want us to make a stop first," Hunter said 15 minutes later as he pulled up outside Practical Magick.
My heart ached, how much I had missed Alyce, she was my dear friend.
We got out the car and Hunter took my hand.
Before we got to the door, Alyce came out the shop; she became pale and wide-eyed.
"Goddess!" she gasped
"It's okay Alyce, it's us" Hunter smiled
"But y-your dead" she put her hand on her chest, "Are you ghosts?"
We shook our heads, "We're as real as you are, it's a long story" she invited us in and closed the shop and took us upstairs.
This place brought beck many memories.
Alyce kept her eyes locked on us, so we told her everything.
"Oh Goddess" she gasped after we told her.
"We came here basically so we know what to expect" Hunter said, "We knew we could trust you" he smiled
"Well of course you can," she smiled, "But I don't think you can just turn up like this for them like you did for me. We had a funeral for you and everything Hunter, you have no idea how sad everyone was."
You have no idea. . . I thought.
"Alwyn refused to go back to London and lives with your father and Sky, your fathers still travelling with his lectures, Sky refuses to believe your dead, she would go to the funeral, she always scrys for you, I guess with Justine having your true name she blocked anyone from finding you, no matter how much we wanted to believe her, we never did, everything pointed to saying your dead"
I gave Hunter's hand a little squeeze and he squeezed mine back.
"After you left I become good friends with your parents Morgan, I went round to ask if they were okay and if they needed anything."
I looked up at Alyce.
"You mom isn't the same person she's never at home anymore, she's always working and when she isn't she's down in some bar drinking"
My mouth twisted into a wide 'O'
"Your father is always having to look after her, your sister is a single mother"
"She's 19! What happened?" I asked
"Well when you left, she threw herself into Catholicism, and she was walking home from an evening mass and she was raped by a boy called Bakker Blackburn, he was locked away for 10 years, he got her pregnant and she didn't have the heart to get rid of the baby, she ad a little girl and called her Caelan Michelle she turns two in a couple of weeks."
If I weren't already sitting down, I would have collapse into a chair, Bakker Blackburn! He already trued to rape her twice! And without me around her succeeded! Well he went too far. . . I'm going to kill him! No Morgan! That's how the old you would have behaved; he's in prison where he belongs.
"Oh God" I hung my head, "Why was I so stupid, why didn't I just stay here?"
Alyce put her arm round me.
"I think we better go now," Hunter said quietly
"I-I can't" I stuttered, "How can I face them! Did you hear what I've done to them?"
"Morgan" Hunter said softly, "We must do this"
I nodded eventually and hugged Alyce goodbye and Hunter and I climbed back into the car and headed to Hunter's house.