Kindred Spirits

The early morning rays of the sun poured through the curtains and into Nena's room. The young girl was still asleep with the Psammead beside her. She hoped it hadn't been a dream but knew it wasn't. She smiled as it woke up.

"Good morning." he said. His voice was soft and gentle just like his father Dreamaz J Nassicus.

She smiled as she stroked his soft grey fur. "Good morning to you too. You forgot to tell me your name.

Mine is Nena." she said.

"It's very pretty. Mine is Makai. I'm a Psammead. We grant wishes to people and other creatures but they sometimes go wrong and last until sunset." he answered.

"That's a neat name. I already know about Psammeads because my Aunt told me stories about them. She said my Mom befriended one when she was my age." Nena told him.

"You don't want to use my magic to wish, do you?" Makai asked her.

"No. I'm not greedy. There is something I want but I think I might've found it." she answered him.

"What is it?" he asked curiously.

"All I want is a friend, somebody who doesn't think I'm weird and who wants to play with me." she answered. Makai smiled hearing that.

"That has been my wish too, to have a friend. You see most humans only use us for our magic but if we don't, they throw water on us and it's bad for our kind. We catch cold and die if we touch water. Only my father and uncle Izz don't." he explained to her.

"Why not?" Nena asked him curious.

"They gave up their magic so they could stay in this realm. They also had people they care about." he answered softly. Chrisa heard him and smiled. She looked human by day but was her Psammead self by night and during the day, she visited Elissa along with her husband Izz while Nena was at school.

"Honey you'd better get dressed.

You're going to be late." Chrisa called from downstairs as Nena got dressed.

"Don't worry Makai.

I'll be back in a few minutes, okay?" she told him as she closed the door. He understood as he sat on the bed thinking. Chrisa smiled seeing Nena enter the kitchen and sat down at the table.

"Morning honey.

Breakfast's ready.

I'm going to your Aunt's for a little while, okay?

Just don't be late for school, okay?" Chrisa said.

"I won't Mom." she replied seeing her mother leave. A bowl of warm oatmeal was there with pancakes. She smiled as she took the pancakes upstairs.

She saw Makai smile as she entered her room.. He seemed happy as he ate.

"Thanks.

Who were you talking to?" he asked her.

"It was my Mom. She went to visit my Aunt Elissa.

But I've got to go to school soon. Until I get back, stay in here, okay? If other people see you, they might want to use your magic.." she said.

"I understand." Makai answered sadly as she left and locked her bedroom door. She then left the house and walked to school. She hoped that Makai would be okay until she got back. She hoped her mother wouldn't find out about Makai. She knew she'd befriended a Psammead too but things had changed since then. But Elissa smiled seeing Izz making coffee. He and Dreamaz had adjusted to the human world very well because of her and Chrisa. Dreamaz was reading the paper when he saw the door open. Elissa was happy to see Chrisa.

"What brings you here sis? You haven't been here since last week.

Is something up?" she asked her.

Chrisa laughed at that as Izz kissed her, his soft rat like whiskers tickling her face.

"I wanted to visit. Besides something's up with your daughter. I think she might've found a Psammead for a friend. I heard her talking to it this morning." she answered. Izz was very curious.

"It's not that odd but I thought Dreamaz and I were the only Psammeads living here. Maybe he's lonely just like I was when we met.

I just wish I could talk to her.

It's hard not being with her since she was a baby." Izz replied sadly. After Nena was born, Izz had only seen and helped Chrisa raise her but then Chrisa knew that she wouldn't understand her father being different so she and Nena lived in a house not far from Elissa's house and Izz lived in the house with Dreamaz and Elissa. It was hard for him not to be with his daughter but he understood why. It secretly hurt him.

"I don't know.

I'll try asking her when she comes home from school. At least she has a friend huh?" Chrisa answered him.

Izz nodded in reply but he was curious about this new Psammead. He wanted to meet him but knew he couldn't go to Chrisa's house because it was a bad idea.

Nena sighed as she was in the playground. The other kids were avoiding her as usual but it hurt but thinking of Makai made things a little better. She hoped her mother hadn't found him yet.

Later Makai was in Nena's room. He was reading some of her books and stories the girl had written and liked them. He then saw somebody appear. It was a member of the Magical Council. They made sure Psammeads did their jobs but it meant they couldn't be attached to humans unless......

"Makai J Nassicus we need to talk." he told the young Psammead.

"Yes?

Can I help you?" Makai asked him.

"We've noticed you have become attached to a human. You know that Psammeads can't do that. We are meant to grant wishes and to help humans find their way through magic but if you want to be with humans you must give up your Magical License.

Would you really do that for a human?" the Magical Council member told him.

"How long do I have to make up my mind?" Makai asked him.

"Sunset." he replied to him leaving. Makai looked worried hearing that. He really liked being in the human world and being Nena's friend. He didn't want it to stop because of the Magical Council.

"What should I do?

I love being here and I have my first friend in a long while here and I don't want to give it up because of the Magical Council's dumb rules." he thought as he heard the door open and Nena come in. She seemed a little down but hid it as she did her homework before her mother came home to start on dinner.

He then saw her drawing after finishing her homework. Nena then heard her Mom enter the house.

"Nena I'm home!" she yelled.

"Excuse me Makai I'd better go see what my Mom wants." she said leaving the room. He then came over to the desk and climbed onto the chair. He looked at the drawing.

It was of a Psammead and a human girl that looked like Nena. He smiled.

The Psammead in her drawing was him.

"Wow she's really good." he thought hearing Nena come upstairs and got back onto the bed. He saw happiness in her eyes.

"Why're you in a good mood all of a sudden?" Makai asked as his rat like whiskers tickled her.

"My Aunt Elissa's coming over with Uncle Izz. I can't wait for you to meet them.

Why do you look so sad?" she told him. Makai's bat like ears drooped sadly at that. "The Magical Council say I have to leave this world unless I give up my Magical License but I don't want to leave.

But I'm not sure." Makai explained sadly with tears in his snail like eyes.

"Don't worry Makai we'll ask my Uncle Izz.

He knows how to deal with this." she told him wiping away his tears.

"Thanks Nena I'm glad we're friends." Makai replied as they hugged but then lay on the bed drawing.......