After pushing open the old gates in front of the driveway, I was able to drive up on this gravel road and there was weeping trees planted alongside. I love them…they're my favorite trees in the whole world. As I drove up to my mother's house, I gasped in surprise. It wasn't a regular house like I thought, but it was actually a huge white mansion…almost like a plantation if you think about it.
I got out of the car and stared at my house in awe. I started to talk to myself. "Holy crap…it's huge. What the hell am I going to do with all the empty rooms in the house? Okay, I'm not going to panic now. I am just going to have a look inside, then panic later."
I locked up my car, and then started to walk up the stairs at the front of the mansion. I could tell the house has been taken care of all of these years. There were boards covering up the windows though. "I'll have to take those boards down tomorrow," I make a mental note for myself.
I take the key out of my bag and put it in the lock, turning it. I heard it unlock and I push the door open slowly.
It was pretty dark inside so I took my cell phone out and used the flashlight app to see where I was going. From what I could tell, the furniture was covered up by the white blankets. I decided to go down to the basement to see if I could turn the lights on.
As I walked downstairs to the basement, it was very dusty, causing me to sneeze a couple of times. I explored around in the basement until I finally found the fuse box. I went to it and opened it quickly, pushing all the buttons in the house until the overhead light in the basement came on. I smiled and turn the flashlight app off.
I went back upstairs and was surprised to see that the house was not dusty at all. It looked like that it has been kept clean for a while. I explored the rest of the house and was overwhelmed. I realized that there were about six bedrooms and six bathrooms, the ballroom, the library, the biggest kitchen I have ever seen, the dining room and finally, the living room. Man, it's going to be a bitch to clean the house every day.
I rubbed my eyes and took a look at my watch. It's midnight. I walked to the front door and left it wide open so I could bring the boxes in from my car. After getting the sixth box from the car, I put it on the ground so I could shut the trunk.
I had this feeling suddenly that someone was watching me so I turned around to look around and I couldn't see anything. But the feeling was still there and I didn't like it at all. Not one bit. So I quickly pick the box up and walked quickly inside, shutting the door with my foot.
I then locked up the door and peek out of the boarded up window to see if someone was there. There was no one there.
"Okay, Kayla… you're tired and you are imaging things already… all you need is get some sleep." I murmured to myself.
I turned all the lights out downstairs except the hallway to the stairs. As I climbed the stairs, there were old pictures on the wall along the way so I look at each one as I climb the stairs until I reached to the final step and the last picture was my grandmother with a little girl on her lap. It must be been my Mother when she was a little girl. I smile softly and felt a lump in my throat as I stare at my Granny. I sniffed softly as I walk away from the picture to my new bedroom.
I took the covers off, leaving the silk sheets alone on the bed. I took my t-shirt off and my jeans, leaving me with my hipster underwear and camisole on. I crawl into my bed slowly and lay my head onto the pillow. I sigh contently and closed my eyes for a few minutes, then I woke up and turned the lamp off. I went back to sleep.
A woman in her late 20s' storms into the kitchen, looking for something. She lets out a sob as she found a book and started to search through it….it looked like she was looking for an answer in the book. She had a long, wavy black hair and light green eyes. She had fair skin with freckles on her nose. She looked up quickly and let out a whimper. "Oh god…what am I going to do? What am I going to do for my baby girl? She doesn't deserve this." She lets out a sob, covering her eyes. A black woman walks in front of the sobbing woman. She is wearing some kind of black gown with a purple headband wrapped around her head, leaving some curls out. She stares at the woman and held one of her hands.
"Sarah, don't worry. I promise you, I will take care of this," the black woman responds, comforting her. Sarah looks up with more tears in her eyes and nodded. "Do you promise me, Agnes?"
Agnes smiles gently. "Yes, Sarah. I promise that your daughter will be taken care of, no one will hurt her…not even them."
Sarah let out a heavy sigh, looking relieved.
"Agnes…if you do this…thing, will it hurt her?"
"No, it won't hurt her, in fact, she won't feel a thing."
Sarah closed her book and walked to Agnes, facing her closely. "Agnes….will my daughter be normal?"
Agnes looks over to me and looked back to Sarah. She then whispers to Sarah. "If I do this, it's not like it's a permanent thing. The spell requires one powerful woman, which is me and it requires a witch relative or you. IF both of us die, the spell will be lifted and it will reveal her true nature."
I didn't understand what was going on and looked in the mirror that was beside me and saw a little girl with a short brown wavy hair and green eyes. She was staring back at me.
I woke up with a loud gasp from my nightmare and sat up quickly, covered in sweat. I was breathing heavily and looked around my room,then remembered that I was in my new home. I cover my chest, feeling my heart pounding heavily. I fall backward against my pillow and turned over to glance at the clock. It was about quarter to 7 in the morning and I could see that the sun was coming up slowly, the sky changing from black to purple then orange.
I stared at the ceiling until I could breathe easily and my heart went back to normal. I thought about going back to sleep, but I kept thinking about my dream and it was really disturbing. Who are Sarah and Agnes?
I got up and grabbed my gray sweatpants and old T-shirt. I threw them on and walked downstairs to the kitchen.
I went through the cupboards until I found a mug and turned the stove on, putting the kettle on. As I waited for the kettle to warm up, I walk around the house slowly, exploring. I eventually walk into the library and looked at the old books. I picked out one of the old books and open it gently, seeing the signature on the front.
Alaricus Pepin
"Alaricus Pepin….hmm." I whisper, turning the page and the first page was full of cursive writing, dated from 1800s'. It appears to be a journal.
The kettle started to whistle, startling me from the journal. "I'll read this later," I whisper, putting it down and ran quickly to the kettle and pulling it off from the stove.
I pour the hot water into the mug and took a tea bag, dipping it in. I walk out to the front porch, drinking the tea as I observe the beautiful sunrise.
I held the mug to my chest, observing the surroundings around my house. The house seems to be in good shape so all I have to do is take the boards down from the windows and maybe does paint job for the shutters eventually. I took myself inside and changed into my old clothes so I could clean the house, take care of the covered furniture and also the boards.
After I did all of that, I plopped down on the couch, exhausted from all the activities that I did this morning.
There was knocking on my front door and I groaned, not even wanting to get up. "I'll be there in a second!" I yell out, still resting on the couch.
Another knocking on the door and I got very annoyed. "I am coming for god's sake!" I snapped, walking to the door.
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