graduated high school and had normal problems like everybody else.”
“Look.” She leaned forward and patted my hand. “I know this is a lot to take in but you wanted the facts. I’m not a baker so I’m not about to sugar coat it for you. Thing is, there’s a reason this happened. You are the first imprint in twenty years in our clan. That’s a big deal. The fact that you’re human and incredibly young has to mean something.”
“This isn’t just because I saved him, is it? Some miss-fired imprint false alarm or something?”
Everyone laughed again, even Caleb beside me, I could feel him shake, and though I was slightly teasing, I was also dead serious.
“Caleb was right. You are fabulous.” I looked at him and he winked as she went on. “No, honey, no false alarms with imprints.”
“Ok. So, I’m not sure what it is I’m supposed to do. Or be. I mean, what happens to you after you imprint? Kyle said something about ascending and getting abilities. And if you don’t imprint you don’t ascend and you don’t get any abilities. That’s why this is such a big deal, right? Because no one is getting any of these...gifts?”
“Exactly,” Mr. Jacobson said.
Then I felt something. That little push I felt yesterday when Caleb was in my head. But this time, my mind didn’t welcome it. It didn’t hurt but it was annoying and fuzzy. I felt my brow furrow and something zapped in somehow. There were images moving in rapid form and fashion, images of kicks and punches and techniques. My eyelids fluttered and I heard my breath come in and out quickly. Then it all of a sudden just stopped.
Everyone was staring at me expectantly. Caleb had one arm around me and the other holding my hand. I looked up to his face. He looked a little peeved actually but waited for me to catch my breath.
“You could’ve warned her,” Caleb growled to someone and then looked back at me. Finally he spoke softly, though I knew they all could hear. “What did you see?”
“I saw...um, karate?”
“Very good, Maggie.” Mr. Jacobson scooted to the edge of his chair and smiled at me. “I was teaching you basic karate actually.”
“I’m sorry?” I squeaked.
“That’s my gift or ability or power; whatever you want to call it. I can learn at an exponential rate. Then, I can help my family by teaching them anything I’ve learned that they need to know to protect them or help them do a task by sending those images to their mind. I learn just as quickly as you just did and I then teach you that quickly as well. You for example, just learned basic beginner’s karate in less that ten seconds. I figured if I was going to teach you something, it may as well be something useful to you,” he said and smirked.
“You mean, I know karate? Like...real karate?” I made a wide motion with my hands to accentuate. “I don’t feel like I do. I don’t remember anything.”
“That’s because you haven’t used it yet. Right now it’s just an…imprint burned in your mind of my memory of how to do it. The first time you need it, it’ll fire your brain receptors and teach you along the way, but you’ll remember instantly how to do whatever your instincts thinks you need to at the time.”
“Ok.” I took a deep breath, taking it in. Trying not to frown or show discomfort at what he was telling me. “So, is that what everyone does? Is that everyone’s ability?”
“No. Everyone is different.”
“When will Caleb get his ability? And what will it be?”
“It usually doesn’t take long after the imprint. But as far as a what, we have no idea. He’ll show us when he’s fully ascended. And so will you.”
I looked up at him gaping.
“Me? You mean I’m gonna have some ability too?”
“Absolutely.”
I thought of something and fiddled with the hem of my shirt.
“This is what you meant by ‘easier for me’, that my parents aren’t involved because not only do I have to stay in physical contact with Caleb or I go
“Look.” She leaned forward and patted my hand. “I know this is a lot to take in but you wanted the facts. I’m not a baker so I’m not about to sugar coat it for you. Thing is, there’s a reason this happened. You are the first imprint in twenty years in our clan. That’s a big deal. The fact that you’re human and incredibly young has to mean something.”
“This isn’t just because I saved him, is it? Some miss-fired imprint false alarm or something?”
Everyone laughed again, even Caleb beside me, I could feel him shake, and though I was slightly teasing, I was also dead serious.
“Caleb was right. You are fabulous.” I looked at him and he winked as she went on. “No, honey, no false alarms with imprints.”
“Ok. So, I’m not sure what it is I’m supposed to do. Or be. I mean, what happens to you after you imprint? Kyle said something about ascending and getting abilities. And if you don’t imprint you don’t ascend and you don’t get any abilities. That’s why this is such a big deal, right? Because no one is getting any of these...gifts?”
“Exactly,” Mr. Jacobson said.
Then I felt something. That little push I felt yesterday when Caleb was in my head. But this time, my mind didn’t welcome it. It didn’t hurt but it was annoying and fuzzy. I felt my brow furrow and something zapped in somehow. There were images moving in rapid form and fashion, images of kicks and punches and techniques. My eyelids fluttered and I heard my breath come in and out quickly. Then it all of a sudden just stopped.
Everyone was staring at me expectantly. Caleb had one arm around me and the other holding my hand. I looked up to his face. He looked a little peeved actually but waited for me to catch my breath.
“You could’ve warned her,” Caleb growled to someone and then looked back at me. Finally he spoke softly, though I knew they all could hear. “What did you see?”
“I saw...um, karate?”
“Very good, Maggie.” Mr. Jacobson scooted to the edge of his chair and smiled at me. “I was teaching you basic karate actually.”
“I’m sorry?” I squeaked.
“That’s my gift or ability or power; whatever you want to call it. I can learn at an exponential rate. Then, I can help my family by teaching them anything I’ve learned that they need to know to protect them or help them do a task by sending those images to their mind. I learn just as quickly as you just did and I then teach you that quickly as well. You for example, just learned basic beginner’s karate in less that ten seconds. I figured if I was going to teach you something, it may as well be something useful to you,” he said and smirked.
“You mean, I know karate? Like...real karate?” I made a wide motion with my hands to accentuate. “I don’t feel like I do. I don’t remember anything.”
“That’s because you haven’t used it yet. Right now it’s just an…imprint burned in your mind of my memory of how to do it. The first time you need it, it’ll fire your brain receptors and teach you along the way, but you’ll remember instantly how to do whatever your instincts thinks you need to at the time.”
“Ok.” I took a deep breath, taking it in. Trying not to frown or show discomfort at what he was telling me. “So, is that what everyone does? Is that everyone’s ability?”
“No. Everyone is different.”
“When will Caleb get his ability? And what will it be?”
“It usually doesn’t take long after the imprint. But as far as a what, we have no idea. He’ll show us when he’s fully ascended. And so will you.”
I looked up at him gaping.
“Me? You mean I’m gonna have some ability too?”
“Absolutely.”
I thought of something and fiddled with the hem of my shirt.
“This is what you meant by ‘easier for me’, that my parents aren’t involved because not only do I have to stay in physical contact with Caleb or I go
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