Chapter Eighteen: Nightmares
Mildred was exhausted after the trials. She slumped against her Aunt.
"Time to get you to bed." Constance told her. Mildred nodded silently. She was Mildred Hubble the worst witch no longer, but Mildred Isolt Hardbroom-Hubble, Alchemist and student witch.
Constance tucked Mildred into bed and informed Amelia of the day's events. Amelia was stunned.
"An Alchemist?" She asked.
"Yes. She is an Alchemist." Constance replied.
"I had heard that the magic of an Alchemist is very powerful." Said Amelia.
"Mildred knows other Alchemic incantations, but the ones which made her a full Alchemist are the most powerful of all of them." Constance replied.
"Taho and Yhkamel?" Amelia inquired.
"The very same." Constance nodded.
Constance went to her room to nurse Star and start on their evening routine. She made sure Star was fed, winded, changed, had a bath (which Star still wasn't used to) andhad a bedtime massage to make her sleepy. The normal routine would start again every two to three hours. Star was sleepy after her bedtime routine just as Constance had thought.
"We should get to bed,hmm?" She murmured to the baby.
Mildred awoke in a cold sweat, trembling. She ran straight to Constance's room and pounded on the door. Constance opened the door and was about to yell at whoever was waking her up, until she saw Mildred trembling from head to toe and looking like she saw a ghost.
"Mildred, what is it?" She asked.
"I...I...had a nightmare." Mildred said shaking.
"Mildred, that is..." Constance began.
"It was about my parents." Mildred replied.
"Come here.." Constance told her. "Are you all right?"
"I saw what happened...the car collided with another car, or rather the other car hit it and there was an explosion. Mum and Dad were still inside." Mildred squeaked.
Constance's jaw fell.
"Th...That is exactly what happened...Miss Cackle was given the police report." She told Mildred.
"WHAT?" Mildred cried.
"You saw exactly what happened in your dream." Constance said slowly. "Perhaps this is another power of yours."
"If it is, I don't want it." Mildred sobbed. " I don't want to dream about how my parents,one of them being your sister, were killed."
"Mildred, calm down. I don't want anything to happen to you. If you aren't able to calm yourself, something will. I can't bear to lose you." Constance looked as though she was about to cry.
"All right, all right! I can't bear to see you cry. Yes, you have been the frightening Deputy Headmistress of Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but you are one of the most special people in my life now. You, Star, Miss Cackle and all my friends including Ethel." Mildred said as her sobs began to cease. She laid her head in her Aunt's lap.
"You know that I do love you, Mildred." Constance told her.
"And I love you, Aunt Constance." Mildred replied.