This chapter might be a big longer, since we find out more about this strange witch girl. Anyway, here's chapter 2. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Merlina's Brother
It was three hours later—around late afternoon—that Starfire came out of her room hearing piano music.
You see, Merlina had already told everyone who she and her cat were, where they came from, how they got here, etc. The Titans agreed to let her stay for a while.
They also learned something else about her: She was a very powerful witch, she trained in Malaysia with the Shaolin Monks, had a black belt in Master Style Kung Fu (so did all her brothers. They trained together), and was on the run from the witch hunters of her village.
She had three brothers: By age order of oldest to youngest, Jonathan, David, and Daniel. Daniel was her best brother. He was 17; she was 16 and the youngest of the four kids. Her full name was Merlina Diana Rose.
One cool thing about her I want to point out: She had a golden bracelet with 5 golden removable charms, each a different instrument: a piano, a harp, a violin, a banjo, and a guitar. She liked to play her piano and harp the most often. The banjo actually belonged to her brother, Daniel.
But getting back to the story, Star followed the piano music up to the roof, where she found Merlina back in her clean blue dress, playing her piano. It was actually a keyboard, but it sounded like a baby grand (it had magic settings). Her cat was with her.
Merlina was singing an Elton John song called "Daniel". Not wanting to interrupt, Star stood there and listened as Merlina sang (with her cat as her back up!)
Daniel, my brother
you are older than me
do you still feel the pain
of the scars that won't heal?
Your eyes have died,
but you see more than I.
Daniel, you're a star in the face of the sky.
When she'd finished off with "Must be the clouds in my eyes" Star applauded her. Merlina turned and saw her. "Oh!" she said, "Hey!" Star knelt next to her and said, "You sing and play beautifully, Merlina! I did not know your cat could sing!" "Thank you", said Merlina as the cat, Umbra, jumped on her shoulder.
"Is the Daniel of whom you sing the same as your brother?" Star asked. "Well, no" answered Merlina, "I sing it because it's the same name, and it reminds me of him. The Daniel in the song is someone who has die, I think. But I don't think my brother's dead".
"Do you know where he is?" asked Star. "That's just it", said Merlina as she pressed some keys on her piano in harmony, "I don't. My brothers and I are all on the run. We were separated. I don't know where he is".
Stay tuned, y'all!