Awakened

XI

"What?"

"Do they teach you anything here?" Saira huffed exasperatedly.

"She's hasn't had much time to master all her skills, Saira," Edward countered.

"Very well. It's quite simple, really. Your witch side is connected with the Earth. All you have to do is think of where it is you want to go and reach out to the nature around you and they will create a path to take you there. Lucky for you, I've showed you where they are."

I nodded slowly, comprehending what Saira said. In theory, it made sense. I had no idea I could simply think of a place and the Earth would take me there. I wonder what else I was capable of doing that I didn't know of.

"Ahem. Hope we're not interrupting but the sooner we leave the better," Saira cleared her throat loudly, bringing me back to reality.

"Wait, we're going now?!"

"Every minute we wait is every minute they could side with Edward. Time is not on our side," Edward explained.

Nodding, I closed my eyes taking a deep breath before picturing the shabby wooden cabin, protected by a canopy of trees in the middle of nowhere. I reached out to the Earth, feeling magic start to rush inside of me as the air around me started to swirl. I gasped, opening my eyes as I saw the air around me pick up speed. I watched in wonder as I saw the air clump together, opening up to create a portal. I could hear the whispering as the magic was calling out to me and I felt my feet start moving forward, towards the portal. I stepped inside of it, feeling the air being sucked out of me as I moved through it. I stepped out into tall, green grass on the other side recognizing it as the same tall grass I had seen in the globe. The cabin couldn't be too far away. I heard a thump behind me as I caught my breath, noticing Saira and Edward land behind me.

"I did it!" I yelled, grinning at Edward, feeling a rush of magic inside of me at my excitement.

"Hush, child. We don't want them to hear us yet," Saira scolded.

Nodding, I asked, "So what's the plan?"

"You haven't used up all of your energy, have you?"

"No, why?" I asked, cocking my head at Edward.

"If we don't convince them, we need to be prepared for a fight."

"A fight?" I asked, glaring at them in disbelief. They couldn't possibly think the three of us stood a chance.

"Are you expecting them to greet us with open arms and invite us in for a cup of tea?" Saira snapped, sarcastically.

I gulped, realizing she was right. I was naïve to think they'd want to have a peaceful chat after what I had done.

"So what's the pla-" I started before turning around to notice I was suddenly all alone. I spun around, focusing my eyes as I scanned my surroundings finding Saira and Edward nowhere to be found.

"What the hell?" I whispered aloud, my brows furrowing in confusion. The hairs on my arms start to spike up as I sense something approaching. I held my breath, staying still as I listened, my heartbeat racing.

I heard a faint snicker, cursing under my breath as I placed that high pitched, sickly sweet voice. They found us.

"Hey Bay. Long time no see," I called out, casually as I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand. If Bay had found me, the others weren't far behind. They probably snatched up Edward and Saira while I was distracted. 

I jumped as Bay appeared in front of me, smiling warmly before grabbing my arm and dragging me with her. Had she really been in front of me the whole time and I couldn't even sense her?