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Authors: Bonnie Lamer
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“Keeping me here is a drain on your power.”
“No!” Mom and I both cry together. “Dad, that can’t be the answer.” Looking at Mom, I ask, “What about my power? You say I’m half Witch and half Fairy. Doesn’t that mean that I should have some sort of abilities to defend us against the Fairies?”
Mom shakes her head. “Your powers are too new. You need to grow into them and learn to use them as they come.” Turning to Dad with eyes burning with love, she says, “I will keep you here as long as I am here. I could never let you go.” I didn’t know until now that it was Mom keeping them both here as ghosts.
The depth of emotion passing between them is both beautiful and uncomfortable to watch. “Isn’t there anything you could teach me?” I ask breaking into their moment.
Mom turns her attention back to me. “I have given you some protection. The bracelet and the amulet you are wearing will provide some defense against the Fairies.”
I nod my head. “The amulet glowed when the Fairy touched me. He acted like it burned him.”
Mom looks pleased. “Don’t take either of them off. The amulet was forged long, long ago by some of the most powerful Witches who ever lived.” With a grimace, she adds, “If I had heeded my mother’s direction when she told me that then all of this never would have happened.”
I wonder if she really means that. “Then I never would have been born.”
Mom looks shamed by my words. She lays her ghostly hand on my cheek and the coolness of it feels good against my bruise and she says in a strong voice, “I would not change a thing. I would choose the exact same path as I did before to bring such a beautiful, intelligent and loving daughter into this world.” I’m not sure that I believe that but I appreciate her saying it.
“Xandra, will you please go make sure that Zac is getting ready for bed? Your mother and I need to talk.”
I look at Dad warily. “You’re not going to try to convince her to let you go, are you?”
Mom shakes her head. “You needn’t worry. He would never be able to convince me of that.”
Looking at them both skeptically before I leave the kitchen, I go off in search of Zac. He’s in his room and he already has his pajamas on. “Hey, munchkin. It’s time for bed.”
“Already?” he whines.
“Afraid so. Mom will be in in a little bit to say good night but I’m going to tuck you in tonight.”
“Okay,” he says as he climbs in bed. “Are you going to sing to me?”
I smile. “Sure, anything you want.” I spend the next twenty minutes with him singing and telling stories until his eye lids start to get heavy. Mom finally comes in and she looks worried but she’s smiling for Zac’s sake. I let her say good night to him and I slip out of his room and go to mine. I grab some pajamas and decide a hot shower might be able to calm my nerves a bit.
I stay in the shower until there’s no more hot water. When I can’t take the cold anymore, I turn off the water and step out to towel myself off. I pull my pajamas on and wrap my long hair in a towel to help it dry. Back in my room, I open the blinds to see if Kallen is still out there. He is and he’s back in his bird form. When he sees me, he tilts his raven head to the side and looks at me strangely. Geez, hasn’t he ever seen a person with a towel on her head before? I close the curtain and finish towel drying my hair and then brush it out. When I finally have all the snarls out, I lay down and try to read but my mind keeps wandering making it impossible to concentrate. In frustration, I turn off the light and try to go back to sleep.
Mom comes in a little later to check on me and I pretend to be asleep. I just can’t bring myself to talk any more today. There’s already too much to digest and I’m afraid
“No!” Mom and I both cry together. “Dad, that can’t be the answer.” Looking at Mom, I ask, “What about my power? You say I’m half Witch and half Fairy. Doesn’t that mean that I should have some sort of abilities to defend us against the Fairies?”
Mom shakes her head. “Your powers are too new. You need to grow into them and learn to use them as they come.” Turning to Dad with eyes burning with love, she says, “I will keep you here as long as I am here. I could never let you go.” I didn’t know until now that it was Mom keeping them both here as ghosts.
The depth of emotion passing between them is both beautiful and uncomfortable to watch. “Isn’t there anything you could teach me?” I ask breaking into their moment.
Mom turns her attention back to me. “I have given you some protection. The bracelet and the amulet you are wearing will provide some defense against the Fairies.”
I nod my head. “The amulet glowed when the Fairy touched me. He acted like it burned him.”
Mom looks pleased. “Don’t take either of them off. The amulet was forged long, long ago by some of the most powerful Witches who ever lived.” With a grimace, she adds, “If I had heeded my mother’s direction when she told me that then all of this never would have happened.”
I wonder if she really means that. “Then I never would have been born.”
Mom looks shamed by my words. She lays her ghostly hand on my cheek and the coolness of it feels good against my bruise and she says in a strong voice, “I would not change a thing. I would choose the exact same path as I did before to bring such a beautiful, intelligent and loving daughter into this world.” I’m not sure that I believe that but I appreciate her saying it.
“Xandra, will you please go make sure that Zac is getting ready for bed? Your mother and I need to talk.”
I look at Dad warily. “You’re not going to try to convince her to let you go, are you?”
Mom shakes her head. “You needn’t worry. He would never be able to convince me of that.”
Looking at them both skeptically before I leave the kitchen, I go off in search of Zac. He’s in his room and he already has his pajamas on. “Hey, munchkin. It’s time for bed.”
“Already?” he whines.
“Afraid so. Mom will be in in a little bit to say good night but I’m going to tuck you in tonight.”
“Okay,” he says as he climbs in bed. “Are you going to sing to me?”
I smile. “Sure, anything you want.” I spend the next twenty minutes with him singing and telling stories until his eye lids start to get heavy. Mom finally comes in and she looks worried but she’s smiling for Zac’s sake. I let her say good night to him and I slip out of his room and go to mine. I grab some pajamas and decide a hot shower might be able to calm my nerves a bit.
I stay in the shower until there’s no more hot water. When I can’t take the cold anymore, I turn off the water and step out to towel myself off. I pull my pajamas on and wrap my long hair in a towel to help it dry. Back in my room, I open the blinds to see if Kallen is still out there. He is and he’s back in his bird form. When he sees me, he tilts his raven head to the side and looks at me strangely. Geez, hasn’t he ever seen a person with a towel on her head before? I close the curtain and finish towel drying my hair and then brush it out. When I finally have all the snarls out, I lay down and try to read but my mind keeps wandering making it impossible to concentrate. In frustration, I turn off the light and try to go back to sleep.
Mom comes in a little later to check on me and I pretend to be asleep. I just can’t bring myself to talk any more today. There’s already too much to digest and I’m afraid
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