Grey – Chapter 6

Cassern

Julian's POV

I'm still sitting in the living room trying to calm down but I can't. I hear the front door open, I guess my brother finished his shift at work "What the hell?" I hear him say. Logan sees me, he can tell that I'm angry "What happened, Julian?" He asks, I don't answer "Was it Wayland?" Logan asks, I turn to look at him "Don't say his name." I say deadly calm "What did he do?" Logan asks.

I tell Logan about how I got on the list and that it was Wayland's fault that I was even on the list, Logan's face turns to stone "I'll kill that brat." He said, I chuckle "Don't worry, I already told him off but I know it won't be enough." I say. Logan is thinking "How about a restraining order? I know it won't be much but he'll keep his distance or he'll have to answer to me." He said, I nod "Can you reinforce this barrier around the house?" I ask "Sure." Logan answers.

There's a silence "I'm sorry." Logan said "It's all right, maybe it's better this way." I say, then I'm pulled into a tight hug by Logan, it lasts for a few moments "I love ya, Little Bro." He said, "Love you, too, Logan." I say back. He lets me go and sighs looking at the mess I made in the living room "Alright, clean up this mess, Little Bro." Logan said as he goes upstairs to his room, I give him a look and scoff "I was going to clean this up anyway." I mumble.

The next day, I decide to stay home today with Logan's permission, of course. I didn't want to go to school I'm still mad about yesterday and I didn't want to bring that to school, I decide to grab my grimoire and look through it, maybe brush up on some spells, maybe think of a new one. Later, I hear a knock at the front door I get up and answer the door, it's Stiles "Hi, Stiles. Why are you here?" I ask him "Um, you weren't at school… again." He answers "And you were worried. Well, I'm fine." I say, there's an awkward silence then I sigh "Would you like to come in, Stiles?" I ask, he nod and I let him in.

I sit on the couch and Stiles sits next to me, I go back to reading my grimoire "What'cha reading?" Stiles asks "My Grimoire." I answer "Cool, can I see?" He asks, I sigh again and hand him my grimoire. Stiles reads my grimoire, his eyebrows started furrow as he reads it "You can read this?" Stiles asks "Yes, it takes practice." I answer "So, can anyone learn witchcraft?" Stiles asks.

I think for a moment "I'm not sure, as far as I know it's always been bloodlines of witch families that practice." I say "Hmm, well, Deaton said something about how all humans have a 'spark' and a person would need to believe. Whatever that means." Stiles said "The veterinarian?" I ask "He's a druid too. Anyway, awhile back I used some mountain ash to trap a Kanima and Deaton told me I needed to believe in order to surround the building with ash and I did." Stiles explains.

That sounds familiar, I think Logan told me something about if a witch doesn't believe in the spells they perform it could go wrong and backfire or your spell just wouldn't work. I look at Stiles for a moment then a thought pops into my head, I get up "What?" Stiles asks startled "Just… stay right there." I say, he nods then I go upstairs to my room and look for… ah there it is.

I go back to the living room and give Stiles, a talisman "What is it?" Stiles asks "It's a talisman. It was mine, I used to use it to channel my magic before I discovered I was a siphoner and saw no point in using since I would only siphon the magic away. There's still magic in it." I explain. Stiles gives me a look "Okay, but why are you giving it to me?" He asks "Oh, right, sorry… seems I got ahead of myself. I want to test a theory if you're willing to help?" I ask, he nods "Well, your druid said you had to believe to make the ash work, Logan told me something similar when it comes to performing spells. I like to call it the power of belief, I know it sounds ridiculous but hear me out. I want to see if a human can learn magic. I want to teach you a spell or two and see want happens from there but only if you want to." I say. Stiles is surprised and excited at the same time "Dude, that would be amazing, yes. So, where do we start?" He asks.

I spent a few hours trying to get him to do the motion spell "Motus." Stiles chants and still nothing, he sighs in disappointment "It's okay, Stiles, just keep practicing. I didn't get it the first either. Practice and keep this a secret please, I don't anyone to know about this." I say. Stiles looks at me for a moment "You mean, you don't want Wayland to know." Stiles said, I glare at him "I don't give a damn about what he thinks." I snap "Woah, dude… sorry… um, what happened…?" Stiles asks, I sigh deeply.

I look at Stiles for a moment then I tell him what happened between Wayland and I "Oh, wow… I'm sorry, dude." Stiles said "Don't be, I should've known… I mean…" I say then I sigh again. There's an awkward silence "So, you coming to the game, tonight?" Stiles asks "Nope, but good luck with it." I say. We both get up from the couch, I walk him to the door "Remember, keep practicing and you gotta believe it. Also, don't try any other spells without me and keep the talisman hidden." I tell him, he nods "See ya later." Stiles said "Yeah, see ya later, Stiles." I say.

I watch Stiles' jeep drive away, I notice an expensive black four-door sedan across the street, I'm pretty sure it's Wayland. My phone rings, I answer it "A restraining order, really?" Wayland questions over the phone "Is that you across the street?" I ask back, ignoring his question, he doesn't answer, so I'll take that as a yes "You know this order won't last, I'll get rid of it and you'll stuck with me whether you like it or not." Wayland threatens. I chuckle at what he said "Okay, you do that and I'll just kill you like I originally planned." I threaten back, there's a pause "Okay… I'll give you some time until you don't feel the need to kill me." Wayland concedes "Good, bye." I say then I hang up and go back into my house.

The next day, there's no school but I decide to go because I need to catch up on some work. As I work in the school library, I hear growling and against my better judgement, I go and check it out. I'm walking through the hallway when I see Lydia crouched next to a student "Lydia?" I ask confused, she turns around surprised to see me "Julian, what are you doing here?" She asks "Studying, what are—" I say but I hear a growling sound, I turn around and see a bone-like creature standing before us "What is that?" I ask "Run!" Lydia shouts as she grabs the student off the floor and starts running, I run after them.

The creature chases us to the school basement, I create a barrier as the creature tries to strike us but the barrier stops it "Woah, how did you do that?" The Student asks "Magic." I say a bit sarcastically. Lydia grabs a bat from a basket, The Student and I her a look "Are you serious?" He asks "Very." She answers "A baseball bat? Against this guy? Thing? Or whatever it is?" He asks "My friends are in trouble. And so is Liam, your best friend, Mason. They need me. I'm going for it." Lydia said "Wait, hold on, Lydia. Can we just think for a minute?" I say trying to reason with her.

But she wasn't having it, Lydia starts marching towards the creature then suddenly Mason charges the creature with a bat but is swatted away by it. Then Lydia charges at it and get swatted away by the creature as well, I sigh and walk towards the creature "Motus." I chant, pushing it back away from Lydia and Mason "Excuse me." I hear someone say. The creature turns to the voice "Catch." The person said, Lydia and Mason take cover and I take cover with them then an explosion happens, the creature is in pieces. It's the Sheriff and my Brother "Logan." I say "Hey, Little Bro. You alright?" He asks, I nod.

Logan takes me home "Are you sure, you're alright?" He asks me again "Yes, it's just I didn't expect my afternoon to be ruined by some… bone creature." I say. Logan had to go back to work, which leaves me alone with my thoughts. This town is trouble magnet, I was hoping to get by and finish school with no trouble, but I guess I was wrong. I'll have to brush up on defensive spells if I don't want to get killed. Also, the pack in this town, I look around for Wayland's list of the pack, he gave it to me before he pissed me off. I look at the list, I didn't know kitsunes were real, Malia's a were-coyote; Scott has a weird pack but I think I'll stick with them for now.