Chapter 7: Caught
Immediately, I unlit the fire so that the couch returned to normal and turned around to see my mom's shocked face. I panicked, and totally forgot about my powers as I ran to her and said, "You did not see what you saw!!!"
My mom countered with, "Yes I did."
I panicked inside my mind, I did not know what to do. I can't tell her the truth, but I can't lie either!!! She already knows too much!!! Some part of me just wants to melt or run away from the misery my mom's going to give me for this. Some part wants to stay. But I was too panicked to go anywhere!!! My foot was glued to the floor and my mouth was shut together. My mind was all clogged up.
Suddenly, I slapped myself on the forehead, duh, I have like a gazillion powers!!! Why don't I use them??!!
Thinking fast, I summoned Cole's power and waved my hand slowly over my mom's face and said in a demanding and stiff voice, "You did not see what you saw."
Suddenly, my mom's eyes crossed as if in a trance, then she seemed to be out of the trance almost immediately. Whoa, you gotta admit, that was pretty freaky, I thought to myself.
"How was your day!!!???" My mom said in a bright voice, making me jump a feet. It seems as though she doesn't remember what she saw at all. Good.
"Oh, yeah, fine, you know, the usual," I said, giggling sensation arose inside of me, my day was far from usual. But I had to keep a straight face.
To my disbelief, my mom saw through the façade. "Hey, what are you smiling at??" My mom said in a fun manner.
I tried not to burst out laughing but I had to keep up the act, "Oh, it's just…your…hair!!!!" Then I burst out laughing, though I'm still acting, I'm actually laughing at something else. Then I escaped upstairs to keep from being questioned while my mom went to check her hair in the bathroom.
Up in my bedroom, I settled into deep thinking. The questions that used to burst in my head were no longer there. I was overwhelmed by my thoughts of what I can actually do with my new powers. It's not everyday somebody receives a power as powerful as this!!! I thought about what I could do, then I thought about what I wish to have, then I thought about how could I do it. In the end, I came upon the thought of Yami. I was stumped. I didn't want him to die, but how could I cure him?
"Duh!!! I could just wish him alive!!!" I said to myself as I got up from my bed and went downstairs. I didn't know why I actually went downstairs. Since I'm down here, I might as well get the mail, I thought and went outside to get the mail.
I got a few envelopes out of the mailbox and went inside the house. I put the ones that are not mine on the counter in the kitchen and took the rest upstairs.
I opened letters from my high school, some from my pen pal. At last I came upon a irregular shaped package, I opened it and there was a single letter inside. It read:
" Dear Aetha,
I have recently heard that you just found out about your new power. Just to be sure you don't destroy the world or anything, I gave you a list of rules about your new wishing power. Here it is:
-You may NOT destroy the world.
-You may NOT tell somebody who does not believe in magic at all about your power.
-You may NOT mess with somebody whose defense is above 15 at a situation (explain later.)
That is all. About the last one, let me explain. At each single different situation or problem, each person has a defense level. You can summon up that number whenever you wish. Some people's defense number for a situation may be higher than for another situation. That always happens, that's because their free will for one situation is stronger than the free will for another situation. So, if you controlled anybody's brains, or erased their minds, or something similar, and it actually worked, that means you've been lucky, for the people who you did this on have really low defense level for that situation. If you DO mess with somebody's defense level who is 16 or higher, or if you break the rules, you will get a random punishment from this list:
-Bad luck for one day (70%)
-Bad luck for a week (20%)
-Bad luck for a month (10%)
-Bad luck for a year (2%)
-Get embarrassed greatly (30%)
-Get killed slowly (0.00000009%)
-Get killed fast (0.000000001%)
-Somebody who's close to you moves away (60%)
-Somebody who's close to you dies (23%)
-Lose items continually for a week (20%)
-Lose items continually for a year (5%)
-Something/somebody important to you breaks down/ gets sick (12%)
-You get sick (43%)
-Greatest fear comes true for one day (0. 000000009%)
-Lose all your hair (10%)
-Lose a body part but regrows later on (2%)
-Lose a body part permanently (0.001%)
-Lose a sense (0.0001%)
Even though this is a lot, there are more. At least 10,000 more punishments are added each day so don't disobey the rules!!!!
I also need to warn you about one more thing. Each person's mind, for you, is digitalized. So, you can simply call up a screen and time will freeze and you can access their personal files. There are different kinds like, physical, emotional, what they are thinking about, past memories, future plans, etc. But you can only do this with people who has a overall defense of less than 50. Average person's is 49 (lucky you.) For more information on this high-tech "traditional" magic power, please look at the PS. =D
Sincerely, with luck,
WISHMAKER
PS If you would like, simply order (telepathically) and you can get a free 111,189 page book on how to use your power!!! ^_^
PPS Sorry to bother you again with a PPS but don't try doing anything stupid like freezing time yet because it'll drain a lot of your magickal power when you are not experienced enough yet, if it gets drained down enough, you may never be able to use this power ever again.
PPPS Just so you want to know, changing yours or somebody else's destiny will not work because destiny and fate is meant to be, it can never be changed. So even if you do change somebody's destiny, it'll only work for a little while before reverting back on track of that person's destiny.
PPPPS Sorry if this is getting annoying, but just so you know, WE ARE WATCHING YOU…and we saw what you did to your mom!! ^^"
"Wow!!!! This must be like a company who does this stuff or something," I said to myself in a surprised tone. I was glad that somebody could help me. But I still don't know if I should order the manual. I also already suspected that they know what I did, so I wasn't surprised much by the last sentence.
Confused and at a loss of actions, I went downstairs and got ready for dinner.
When I was in the bathroom getting ready, I thought about Yami. Since I have a lot of power now (I can feel it), I can just go over to the hospital to visit him. And heal him, I added. So, immediately, focusing my power, I froze time. Then, I shimmered to Yami's room and wished him to be well. Instantly, his eyes opened. Even though he is conscious, I could tell there was a lot of pain on his face when he cracked me a smile. I stood facing his bed, and smiled.
"It's okay," saying exactly what he said to me just a few days ago. Then I closed my eyes and healed him. Soon, he was right as rain. He got up from his hospital bed and stood up.
Then he smiled at me, "Thank you," he said kindly.
Without a reply, I tip-toed a little and kissed him instead. This time, the kiss was full of warmth and gratitude and something else. Finally, Yami broke away from it. He smiled at me again, and said, "You have to go, you know, time can't keep on being frozen forever."
I nodded and smiled back. Once more, I looked up and kissed him again. Then I shimmered away, leaving him at the hospital.
Right when I arrived, I unfroze time at my household and thrust open the bathroom door.
When I got into the dining room, I felt something was wrong. I looked around and saw my mom and dad waiting for me at the table. But what caught my attention was their eyes. They looked blank and it seemed like if you stare long enough, you might fall into them. A flicker of concern crossed my face as I sat down.
"Are you okay?" I asked both of my parents, they simply nodded and told me that they have something for me after I eat.
They kept saying that every ten minutes until I was finally done with dinner. Annoyed but full, I said, "Okay, what do you want to show me??"
They motioned me to the door, slowly, both my parents stepped outside the door and told me blankly, "We are going for a drive."
I got into the car quickly and my mom drove with my dad sitting in the passenger's seat. They drove recklessly, I had to protect our car with my powers every step of the way with a bubble of protection.
We drove for about twenty minutes, nobody talked and I didn't dare to. Finally we stopped. The place we stopped at looked like a warehouse except there was no light. I could not see well. What I saw were rows and rows of warehouse and big boxes stacked up by the walls.
My mom got out of the car and so did my dad. Then he opened my door and took me by my arm and yanked me out.
"HEY!!! Watch it!!!" I yelled out of instinct, even though I know it was my dad. But still, he dragged me painfully and finally we got to the door of the warehouse.
"WHAT??!! What are you doing???!!! I'm your daughter!!!??? You can't just leave me here!!!!!!" I yelled and shouted and thrashed. Even my powers were useless because somehow, there was protection around them and around this place, I couldn't use any of my powers.
"Open the door," said a dead voice, then I realized it was my mom's. The door opened and my dad shoved me painfully inside. The door closed immediately after I got inside.
"HEY!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!" I shouted in the darkness. I realized they weren't coming back. Then did I start noticing my surroundings.
I was inside a dark room. I could also sense that it was big, really big. I got up from the floor and took a step, my step made an echoing sound throughout the whole building. The building reeked of dampness, and not only that, it was hot and stuffy!!
The silence in the warehouse was eerie.
"Welcome!!!!" said a voice out of nowhere. I looked around but I see nobody in the darkness. Suddenly, bright light lit up the entire building, blinding me momentarily. When my eyes finally adjusted, I opened my eyes. Then I found myself staring at a pair of lavender eyes.
"WHOA!!!! Marik!!! What are you doing here?" I burst out, but he just sneered at me.
Before he replied, he immediately grabbed me by my arm. I struggled but he was much too strong for me. He seated me on a chair and tied me up with a chain.
"Sorry Aetha, this building is impossible to penetrate with your powers. As long as you are in this building, you are powerless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Marik exclaimed then followed by a sinister laugh. After surveying me and making sure that I was tied up, he turned and left. But before he left this room completely, I decided to do something about this situation.
"Wow, Marik, how would you know that? I could already sense that this whole building can be penetrated, either you are trying to trick me or you got tricked, Marik!!!!" I said dryly followed by an ironical laugh. Hmm, I hope this is working. Immediately, Marik stopped in his tracks and started to turn around slowly.
The look on Marik's face was priceless. His eyes were wide with shock and he just totally froze.
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A/N:
Sorry for the long update, I had the story in hand but I didn't have time to update. I'll be faster now…PLZ REVIEW!!! ^_^