unknown magic
Chapter IX - The past [part3]
Written by Tadi
“I can show you more” said Edith. I looked at her with a smile and she
offered me her hand once again. The sensation of being pulled to another time
felt different now that I’ve already experienced it.
I opened my eyes and an old house stood
before me. Everything was still black and white but the sun wasn’t shining. It
was dark and foggy and rain was pouring over me but I didn’t care. I was
focused on the younger girl walking on the sidewalk. She hid under her umbrella,
her steps were graceful and it was like she was dancing in the rain. She looked
around before turning right at the house and walking behind it, I followed her.
She stopped and looked around again before pulling apart a bush with her hands
and stepping through it. I hesitated for a second but then followed. I tried
touching the bush but my hands went straight through it, like a ghost. I took a
deep breath and stepped through the bush. On the other side was a door, I
stepped through it. I was now in small room with nothing but stairs leading
down. I heard movement at the bottom so I walked down. A room appeared in front
of me, I saw the girl walk to the centre where five other people were sitting
on the floor. They were chatting about something until she interrupted them. I
walked closer to have a better look at her and realised it was my mother, Mary.
She was much younger than before, around my age.
“We shouldn’t be doing this” said a girl with short hair.
“Don’t be such a coward, Lily” said the girl next to her with slightly
longer hair. My mother watched them as they yelled and insulted each other.
After a while she finally spoke.
“Stop it, all of you” she said “we all agreed we’d do this, so let’s do
it.” Everyone nodded and she sat down. The boy with short hair swept to the
side lit the candles in the middle and they all held hands.
“From air to water to earth, give us fire, give us fire” said Mary and
everyone repeated after her. They kept chanting until the small flame on the
candle in the middle exploded and a huge fire appeared. Lily gasped and let go
of the other girl’s hand, causing the fire to disappear.
“What did you do?” yelled the girl.
“Calm down, Victoria” said Mary. I saw the rage in Victoria’s eyes, she
was intoxicated with the power, and she would do anything to have it. They all
tried to calm down Lily as Victoria kept yelling.
“Shut up” said the tall guy “someone’s coming.” They threw away the
candles and hid just as someone opened the door on the other side of the room.
I had to put a hand over my eyes because someone pointed a flashlight directly
at me. When they turned and the beam travelled to the other side of the room I
could finally see again. It was an older man, wearing a police uniform. He
walked around the room, listening to any sound of movement and when he was
convinced no one was there, he walked back outside and closed the door behind
him. I felt a pull and the next second I was looking at Edith.
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