Chapter 7

Cally's POV

Sometimes I feel like a liar, one lie is all it takes, but I have said so much more. I'm not sure if I have literally lied but I deffinatly have hinted at lying or agreed with lies. I'm not mortal, but Sophie assumed I was and I never told her she was wrong. I'm not sure if this is a true friendship, Sophie's always so truthful and I'm not, I can't ever be. I am the daughter and sister of her worst enemies. I am the daughter of the man they destroyed, I am the sister of the boy who stole their spell book and attacked their school. That's who I am. I can NEVER tell Sophie. I can never be who I truly am, I can never be everything I am and still keep Sophie as a friend, yet on the other hand keeping up this lie will ruin our friendship too. I have no idea how this will all work out. I care about her too much to lie but too much to tell the truth.

"Hey I'm back with the cookies and milk" Sophie entered her bedroom with a smile implanted on her face. She had a glass of milk in each hand and a package of cookies under her right arm. I smiled and arose from her bed where I was waiting; I grabbed the cookies so she could stop her amazing balancing act. I set them down on the floor as she sat down the milk and started the movie.
We were at the climax of the romantic comedy movie we were watching when TAP TAP TAP. There was a knock on the door.

"AWWW! What she say!" Sophie and I echoed, she grabbed the remote and put it on pause.

"Come in" She said to whoever knocked on the door.

"Hey Sophie, just wanted to say hi, Haven't seen you in a while. Sorry for interrupting the movie." I was in shock but trying hard not to show it. Sophie ran up and gave him a hug.

"Is Marnie here too?" Sophie asked. "Oh where is my manners, this is Ethan Dalloway, my sister's boyfriend." Wow, I haven't seen him since he and Cal pulled their last prank, before we had to leave Halloweentown. He was (and according to Cal still is) Cal's best friend, his fellow prankster and gamer, his only friend. I smiled and acknowledged him accordingly as we had just been introduced.

"Hi. It's a pleasure to meet you." I said.

"Same here." He stared at me for a second, he has to recognize me please please please don't say anything. "Marnie's in her room she'll be here all break."

"Oh! You grew up in Halloweentown right?" Sophie said, she had suddenly gotten really excited.

"Umm yeah why?" He answered.

"Well we heard Cal has a sister who may be a threat, do you know who she is? What she looks like?" Sophie asked eagerly, my thoughts right now are "crapcrapcrapcrapcrap, pleeeeeese don't say anything Ethan…..please."

'Which one? He has two?" He answered as am trying to look as curious as ever, not nervous at all.

"Ummmm, her name is Callisthenes Rosaria Kalabar. He has two sisters?"

"Yeah Callisthenes is the older one. Umm she has blonde hair, green eyes, sweetest girl in the world, I don't think you have to worry about her. She was always a goody two shoes." I was relived on the inside. I'm glad he's being honest.

"Do you have a picture or anything?" Sophie asked. I am so panicking on the inside

"Yeah."He pulled into his wallet and pulled out my 1st grade picture taken in Halloweentown Elementary, luckily I looked pretty different so I should be safe. Sophie took a magical copy of the picture, she handed it to me.

"here, she's suppose to be our age so we better look out." Sophie said. "What if she goes to our school that would be sooooo scarey."

"Sorry Soph I got to get going, see ya later." Ethan said

"K bye, Thanks."Ethan smiled as he left.

"Does she look Familiar? Do you think you have seen her around?" She asked me. What was I suppose to say: Oh yeah, I've seen her around, everyday in the mirror. We both know I couldn't say that. Should I come clean? NO! What about my dream? What if she never speaks to me again! What would I do then, I don't think I could handle that. Watch I'd probably be uber depressed for months. I've never had a friend like her before; I've never really had a close friend. I was too nerdy, or too much of a tattle tale. "Even if we did know her, that picture could be anyone. How many blondes with green eyes do you know?" Sophie had a face saying that she was considering it and saw my point.

"But, we have a picture; I'm sure now we could probably recognize her now. I mean, we also know the nose shape, cheek bones etcetera." She defended; I couldn't help but roll my eyes. I was actually rather surprised, how could she not recognize me. That is my picture she's holding. How can she trust me (Cally) so much not to even be suspicious, yet not trust me (Callisthenes) I am the same person, and I am not a threat. I probably could pose as a threat if I wanted to, but, that is never where my heart is. I don't like anyone getting hurt.

"Okay that's it what was with the eye rolling?"

"Sorry, I know you were excited, but we still got nothing. You said she's our age right? Do you look like you did when you were 6? Besides all we know about Cally-sthenies is that she's Cal's sister and what she looks like. For all we know, she could be nothing like her family. Do you know many teens that want to be like their family?" I said trying to pretend I didn't actually care either way, like I was just laying things out on the table.

"First off," Sophie said with a smile, "its Cal-li-thenis not Cal-lee-sthenies" we both laughed, its too weird being corrected on your own name. "2nd, we can never be too careful. We don't want anyone getting hurt. Especially not you, you have to know you are the most vulnerable in this house." Now her voice had a hint of pain. "I really don't know what I'd do if you gt hurt because you're friends with me." This was starting to get to serious; my eyes had a tear-river that the dam would break to soon. I gave Sophie a half smile.

"I feel the same about you." We both reached out and gave each other a hug. What we had just said made me think. Here this girl I was hugging, I don't know what I would do if she got hurt, and its WAY more likely that she'll get hurt because of me then the other way around, I don't know how I'd live with myself. That's when the river-dam broke the tears fell steadily down my face. As my tear seeped through the fabric of her shirt she squeezed me tighter. I returned the embrace. What if Sophie gets hurt because they find out she's friends with Callisthenes Rosaria Kalabar, the most wanted witch, the most feared, the youngest feared, the the the the….Should I be doing this? Should I be putting her at risk? I loosened the hug and pulled away I quickly used my hands to wipe the tears off me face. I gave her a half-smile.

"We should get back to the movie, rewind it a bit would you?" I smiled bigger than previously and she returned the gesture, adding a giggle into the mix. She jumped onto her bed and grabbed the remote. I joined her and stared at the TV as it rewinded to before we were interrupted. I wonder how I could have been so lucky to have a friend like Sophie. To have her accept me, or at least what she knows about me. Our movie continued.