Twice Told

...- In which there was a Witch-...

 I had my family beside me. That was all I needed. ¨An entire 8 generations of witches, you sure you want to go there¨"I stated as I freed myself from the handcuffs, and leg cuffs.¨I wouldn't go there if I was you, Ali.¨ Someone called out to me. 

I knew that voice, I had listened to it my entire life. But the sound was different mutilated, changed, and twisted. The sound of my guardian, my family's second way of contact with the living. 

Athena. My Great Great Great aunt. This voice was her's but it didn't sound like her. ¨Athena¨ My cousin Lilthiana called. ¨I'm, not Athena, the Athena you know is long gone, banished from her coven. For treason against all witches of our kind.¨

¨She wouldn't, I know her, she couldn't have. ¨ I paused ¨Killed a witch, her kind.¨  I  knew that I was right. I knew her. I hadn't seen her in a while though since 1970. So maybe I guess I knew who she was, not what she is now. Was now.

¨Myali, start the spell¨ My mother and sister called to me. My birth name is Myali. I love that name, but I like to have people call me Ali. ¨I'm not ready, I can't what if Auntie's still in there, I can't do that to her.¨I almost cried ¨ Darling, we're all here beside you, no matter what, but you have to do this. Please, baby.¨ Dracxlyn called 

That gave me a sense of relief to know that He was here. He held my hand as I started to chant. ¨Spirits give me power, spirits give me strength, to banish the curse from her fate.¨ I  whispered. ¨Keep going.¨ Someone said beside me.

¨Spirits give me power, spirits give me strength, to banish the curse from her fate.¨  I called louder, and soon the voices of my entire family joined in. ¨Spirits give me power, spirits give me strength, to banish the curse from her fate.¨ We yelled. 

I knew enough of curses, to know that once started, nothing can stop it.  A counter curse had to be performed. I almost did it, I started to call the counter curse, but stopped. I looked at Athena again, this was not her. This was a termite on her that needed to be removed. As the person who started the curse, I had to be the one to finish and bide the spell, so that it worked.

¨Spirits give me power, spirits give me strength, to banish the curse from her fate.¨ I called for the last time.