For the past hour I have been getting ready to go take a walk in the forest that's in the backyard. Dad thinks it would be a good idea to get some fresh air so I just agreed. It almost seems like he has something planned. As I finished tieing my shoelaces on my favorite hightops dad walks into the room. He asks If I'm ready and I nod my head we walk I listen to the birds chirping and breathing the fresh air that I can't breath in at the house.
We stop in the middle of meadow of lupines. They were in a variety of shades of blue to green. My favorite being teal because it's my favorite color. My father brought me out of my thought a minute later. "Lucy, I thought you would want to be in a peaceful setting where prying ears can't hear the conversation we're about to have," dad spoke.
Of coarse dad would have an ulterior motive for coming on the hike. He is a single parent trying to make ends meet. Which in theory should not be that hard considering it is just the two of us and he has a fairly good paying job. My father is a biology teacher for freshman at the high school. My father being my teacher isn't a bad thing per say it just means he can see everything I do with my (not so many) friends.
He is voice brings me out of my thoughts. He says, "The explanation I owe you. I can give it to you now. Your mother made me promise to not tell you this until you're 14 and now you're officially 14. Your mother and I have special abilities. Your mother was about to use something called archive. It's a type of a magic that allows the user to see where people are and information on anything and everything. I can manipulate lightning. Lightning bends to my will. It will flare up sometimes and that is the reason that I'm not home until early morning. I just don't want you hurt or have anyone get suspicious of us. I don't want to ruin our peaceful life that we have here. I know you have questions like do I power like like myself and your mother. Your answer to that question is yes but there is a difference between us and yourself. Keep in mind your mother and myself both were born with a different ability so that means you have both or a completely unique ability based on your personality. Any question that I know for sure I can answer." I shake my head no. This is a lot of information to absorb and my feet were getting tired.