Chapter 6

"Not really," Whit growled.

"I did!" Wisty chirped, teasingly pushed her brother over.

Zia interrupted: "I'm supposed to show you around, but first, there is someone you should meet." She turned and walked away, Wisty, Whit, and I following. Janine, the week's leader, came over to join us.

She led us to a girl who was digging around a box. Janine said, "Jamilla, meet Wizard Allgood and his sister Witch Allgood and Witch Waters."

The girl turned to us and smiled, saying, "Hi! I'm the shaman."

Whit shook her hand and asked, "The what?"

"The shaman. I'm an oddball like you three, but I don't do magic," Jamilla explained. "I just help people do cantrips, helping them hone their powers." She beamed at us and said, "I'm very curious about you three can do! The New Order's been spending crazy resources on you; we've never seen anything like it!"

Whit rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Well, Wisty and I do have some powers but it's hard to control. Not sure about Violet."

"What are they?" Jamilla pressed excitedly.

Whit glanced at me and I replied, "Well, I can change into a large she-wolf and a large kestrel." Jamilla's eyes widened with glee. "That's pretty much it," I admitted.

"Sweet!" She cheered than glanced at Whit and Wisty.

Wisty had her eyes closed and her fists balled together. "Like this," she said and set herself on fire.

"Show off," Whit teased. He then chuckled.

Wisty flame's suddenly disappeared and she opened her eyes and gasped, "I did it! I put myself out!"

Whit grinned and said, "High-five sister! You the witch!" They then high-fived each other.

"You did that on purpose," Jamilla asked.

Wisty beamed. "Yeah, totally! Usually it happens by accident-like if someone gets me really ticked off… …and then get a fire extinguisher."

"What else can you do?" Jamilla asked, glowing with excitement (not literally).

Wisty thought for a moment and replied, "Well, Whit stuck a hand through the wall, and stopped a gavel in midair. I sometimes float when I sleep, uh, unintentionally, and I froze a bunch of guard dogs at the hospital."

Whit nodded and added, "The leeches too, in the courtroom."

Wisty rubbed the back of her head and said, "Oh yeah! I made a bunch of horseflies, even though I was actually trying to turn that Judge into a cockroach…"

A weasel hopped onto her shoulder and sighed, "And then there's little ole me."

Wisty shooed him off and snorted, "He used to be a human. But this is his true form."

"My true form was the lion," he protested. Everyone, including me, gaped at them.

"What?" Whit asked, confused.

Jamilla turned to Janine and Zia and said, "Oh my God. I think this is them."

Janine frowned and asked, "Them who?"

"The liberators, the rescuers. There's a prophecy – and it's about the two of you!" Jamilla turned and dashed over to a blank wall. "Check this out," she called.

Walking over, I frowned and Wisty asked, "A blank wall?"

Jamilla replied, "No, no, give it a minute. It doesn't always do it."

Wisty stayed silent, confused.

"Doesn't do what all the time?" I asked, frowning.

Jamilla explained, "This is the prophecy wall. Messages will appear on it, usually its random store stuff like 'Huge sale in June!' But sometimes it's 'Go to Third Street. Rescue an orphan kid from house number twenty-three,' things like that." She suddenly pointed to the wall and cried out, "AH! THERE!"

Glancing at the wall, my breathe caught in my throat. Words started to appear on the wall. Everyone held their breathe, waiting to see what would appear.

'ONE DAY SOON, KIDS WILL RUN THE WORLD…AND DO A BETTER JOB THAN GROWN-UPS EVER DID', it read in all capitol letters.

We stayed silent for a minute before Whit said, "…Whoa, heavy." I murmured in agreement.

Ladder in my Tights: Violet has to chant a spell to change shape. The wolf spell is 'Powerful and free, let me take your shape, the masters of the hunt, let me take the shape of you'. And I'm working on the kestrel one. ;)

Toe Walker: I'm glad you like the story! :)