In two days, Gloria came to see us.
"The attack went well. We need more witches and wizards for their magic. There will be another attack in two weeks. Nothing has happened to Bon or James. Don't worry. I've got an eye on them."
Three days passed. We didn't know what to do. We met Pam and Lona at Pam's house. Her parents are all for the Creatures to win their freedom. People did have to be nosy and bring them here, so why not be nice?
"Can we do anything to help?" Lona asked.
Pam and Val shook their heads, but I nodded.
"Yes, we can. Val, remember Gloria said they needed more witches and wizards? Well, why can't we become witches secretly? We can meet here and no one will find out." Everyone was looking excited, but Val, being the smart one who thought things through, asked who would help us.
"James can help us. He must have witch friends that he trusts. You can ask him tomorrow, Val, when we meet them."
We all agreed this was perfect. We were devoted to this cause and no one could change our minds. Bon couldn't change mine when he tried to unconvinced me the next night.

"You can't join in! You aren't capable of helping us. I told James going out with you was a bad idea."
"So it was a set up all along. Just break up with me and go. You don't really love me. All you cared about was yourself and your stupid control issues!" I yelled at him. He flinched.
"If it will keep you safe, I'm breaking up with you. You're right. I never loved you. It was because of my stupid control issues." He said mocking me. I was so angry that I punched him the stomach and in the face. He pushed me so hard (vampire strength) that I hit the wall and slid to the floor with the wind knocked out of me. He bent over me and slowly went for my throat. Just then, James came banging in with Val right behind him. James tore Bon off of me and flung him outside.
"I give you my permission to go on with your plan. Tomorrow someone will go to Pam's house." James said. He kissed Val and ran after Bon who was running away.

I was crying by that time. Val hugged me until I stopped. We went inside again and to bed. I had the strangest dream. The witch we were supposed to meet was saying a prophecy about four witches. I don't know why she was reading it to us but then she changed into Bon who was going to tear my throat out. Then Bon changed into James who said, "Tomorrow someone will go to Pam's house." I woke up then. It was 11 a.m. I got a shower and got dressed. Val was already awake. Val and I walked over to Pam's house after we picked up Lona.
"Okay, girls. Upstairs is the witch we need to see. Follow me." Pam said. We followed her upstairs into her attic.

The witch was sitting Indian style on a rug that must have been hers. There was a fire in front of her that must have been magic, because it was floating and it didn't make the room hot.
"Come in and sit down around the fire, ladies." The witch said. After a better look, the witch was around 30 years old and she had a clear voice.
"I understand you want to be witches yourselves. It won't be easy teaching you all you need to learn, but first I need to tell you of a prophecy. It is this: ecaep ekam llahs yeht dna. tsom ot detoved era yeht tahw evas llahs yeht. hcae ot eno. htrae dna, ria, retaw, erif. scigam ruof eht thguat eb lliw yeht. sehctiw emoceb llahs ruof. hctiw a kees llahs ruof."
All of us were asked, "What," except Val.
"It's backwards and the sentences are backwards as well. It really says: Four shall seek a witch. Four shall become witches. They will be taught the four magics. Fire, water, air, and earth. One to each. They shall save what they are devoted to most. And they shall make peace."
"Very good, Val. You shall be first to look into the fire and see what magic you shall learn."

So, Val leaned closer to the fire. She was an inch away when there was water coming out of the mouth and nose. I started freak out, but the witch shook her head. When Val finally leaned back she said, "Water."
The witch said it was my turn next. I took a deep breath and leaned in close like Val. I saw fire destroying a village, then the picture changed. I saw people cooking over a fire. I felt the fire in my veins. It was moving to my head. Then it poured out nose and mouth like lava. I leaned back and said, "Fire." Pam was next. After she leaned forward mud started coming out of her nose and mouth. She leaned back and said, "Earth." Lona leaned forward and a gust of wind came out of her nose and mouth. She leaned back and said, "Air."

Once that was determined, the witch said, "You now know your talents. Watch out. You don't know how to use them yet. But you do have the power in you now."
"But I don't feel any different. I mean I'm still myself, at least." Lona said.
"Once you have been trained, you will feel the power rushing through your veins," the witch said.
"This has been bugging, what's your name?" I said rather bluntly. Val glared at me.
"I'm sorry, I didn't make proper introductions. I'm Redd. James said you girls were of prophecy material. I just had to see who you were." she said.
"Okay. You know, you could go for a new outfit." Pam said. She was always the one who loved trying on clothes in a store.
"Do you think? I don't know what witches wear in this world." Redd said.
"First of all, there were none before we discovered you. And secondly, if you wore normal clothes people wouldn't have suspected you of being a witch." I said bluntly again. I hated lying, but the truth hurts, too, sometimes.
Redd sighed, "I know. Well, let's go shopping tomorrow, then. After you guys go to school, of course."

So, we became friends after that. Monday, after school, we went shopping with Redd. She seemed to like clothes just as much as Pam. They bought a whole wardrobe for her. (Pam is rich.) After that, Redd taught us how to use our powers. For water, Val needed to use fluid movements. For earth, Pam needed to use jerky movements. For air, Lona had to use fast movements. For fire, I had to keep moving no matter what.

We also learned other thing used in witchery, like spells and amulets and poison sewing. Pam loved the poison sewing. She just couldn't wear the clothes she made. Lona loved charming the amulets so they would do different things. Val and I liked working on spells. We learned a lot in the following week.

One day, I made a fire dome around myself. The fire dome was invisible, so no one saw a flaming dome on the ground and it also turned me invisible. Or so I thought. Someone was coming towards my dome. Then they just walked through the flaming side and walked up to me. It was the last person I wanted to see, Bon. So, naturally, the first thing I do is lunge at his throat. He didn't try to stop me. One thing I wouldn't want to do is strangle someone to death, so I just took my hands away and lay down on the grass with my hands behind my head.

He asked, "May I join you?" I grunted. He lay down with me and stayed there.
"What do you want?"
"To say I'm sorry for what I almost did and have done."
"Yeah, well, I'm not forgiving you. You lied to me, you said you didn't know what dating was, but you did; you told me you didn't love me, which I assume was not correct, and-and you're just a lie yourself. You said you wouldn't come back, but, unfortunately, you did." I said out of breath.
"One: James explained in more detail what dating was. Two: that was to keep you safe. I didn't want you to get hurt, so I said I didn't love you. Three: I came back to check on you."
"When you tried not to hurt me, you hurt me. It was deeper than a cut. You know where it hurt? My heart!" I yelled sitting up. He sat up too, but I wasn't finished, "And then you just run away like everything is okay. How could you? I loved you..." I was crying silently. He hugged me and kissed me even though I backed away. His Speed was really fast. I knew he was trying to force me back to him by showing how much he loved me but I wasn't going to give in...

"I'm sorry I yelled at you." I said as I gave in.
"I'm sorry I ran away." He said.
"Why are you here, though?"
"To bring news. Gloria couldn't come to see you because she is in hiding," I gave him a look that said, 'What about you?' but he just kept talking," and I couldn't stay away from you. And I came to check if you are- um - doing well with your new power." He looked up over our heads at the dome.
"Did it make me invisible? I can't tell because I'm on the inside."
"Yes. It did make you invisible it's just that I can see through
things like that."
"That makes me feel loads better. Vampires can see through my best defenses. I have to think up a spell now..." I said deep in thought.
"We have to go."
"Why?"
"The oxygen in this bubble is low. You might pass out." He looked concerned enough. I made the dome disappear with a twist of my wrist. We walked back to Pam's house to see what everyone else was doing. When we were inside, I saw they were working on a puzzle. Val kept putting down pieces one after the other but Pam and Lona were just
staring at it trying to think of a way the piece would fit. James was next to Val with his left arm wrapped around her stomach and his head on her right shoulder.