Spark of Flint

Chapter 11

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Kaiden's P.O.V.

I know Janet is peeved about being up early as I am. 3 nights in a row we had that dream. We woke up at 8. I have my coffee and I am sitting on the patio out behind the cabin. It is right in the middle of the guest house and cabin. It has a fire pit in the middle of the furniture. The fire crackles as I feed it more wood. I started it up so it would keep most of the bugs away. Janet sits in a chair coloring. She is stressed because of the dream. Coloring helps keep her mind from going into a panic and focused on the task at hand. Sally comes over in light green summer pj's. Her hair is a mess and her face looks worn out as mine is, if not worse. She plops down in a chair with creatures behind her. Zesty hands her a mug with what I assume is tea, from what I saw yesterday morning she needs tea as well after the dream. I find her very beautiful. I am captivated with her. 

Janet gets up and hands Sally a coloring book she has been hanging on to. I was wondering why Janet had a second coloring book. Sally took it and started to color. Janet then changed her spot to be next Sally so they could share the colored pencils. This is the first time ever seeing each other and are acting like best friends that have known each other for years. My sister is not the outgoing type either. I am blown away. Looks like I am not the only one, Zesty has a shocked look on his face too. All the dogs are out here and seem to be ignoring each other. I say that is better than them trying to kill each other. Comparing Rusty to the wolves, I am starting to believe he is one. Mimi is fearless. She was grooming Rusty and now working on one of the wolves. They seem to sense not to fight back or they will get hell from her. It's funny to watch. It's one of the 2 that don't like me. That is even better.

A figure sits next to me.

"Josh, what are you doing here?" I asked surprised.

"Crimson-"

"Scarlett" I quickly corrected him.

"Scarlett told Zesty to bring me here. I called my mom and told here you invited me up north again. She was okay with it."  he said.

I wonder why she said to bring him? Was it because he saw her use whatever voodoo, last night? I am getting more confused and no answers to my questions yet. 

Grandpa Dale got out here a little after us and brought out extra chairs for everyone. Slowly everyone gets here. Grandpa Dale starts breakfast over the fire. He is a large sturdy man with wide shoulders with grey hair. Grandpa is in his late 40's and grandma is in her early 50's. They work well together. Grandma comes out with toast, butter and jam. It is enough for a small army to have some. Same thing with the sausage, eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy. I know we have more people and they like to make enough for everyone to eat but this is crazy. Before we can get our food grandma stand and says something.

"Alright, Janet, Sally, Kaiden, Josh and Annalise. What is about to happen is very real. It is time I introduce you to our hidden world. We have 2 weeks, give or take to have you all ready for the battle that is to come. I wish I could ease you into this but yesterday forced my hand."

Grandma turns to the 2 canines that were close to each other. They were Rusty and that one that likes me

"Now, boys change into your human forms." commanded grandma Mari. 

Scaerlett put a towel on each one. Then they start to shake, twist, and bend. The front and back legs bend backwards. The long faces slowly vacuumed inward. The hair is pulled into the skin and their bodies start to get longer. You can hear the cracks and pops as they change. Wolf ears are gone, replaced with human ones. The hair on their heads changes texture. One has a buzz cut like the army would give you and the other has longish shaggy hair. In the same place as the wolves were are now 2 grown men with towels covering their waist.

"Oh shit on a stick, that fucking hurt. That was my fifth time doing that. When will it not hurt like  hell?"

I recognize that voice! Their head looks over and that confirms it. 

"Hey, long time no see. I am now a yellow pepper." he laughs.

Me and Josh said at the same time.

"Brother?"     "Marco?" 

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8 o'clock in the morning sirens ringed loudly waking some up. A man dressed in casual formal black clothes sits in his black mid size SUV down the street watching 2 houses burning. Firefighters trying to put out the fire. The few that got woken up are outside watching it happen. The looks on their faces say it all. What is going on with 2 big things happened in a couple days of each other? The people right next to the houses stand looking nervous that the fire will get their homes.

 As he watches his handy work be magical, he holds a worn out bear that echoes attachment from a family of 6. The man has a creepy grin. He questioned the neighbors all over the street a while after the sun came up. He went into the house before the sun came up and came out as it was peeking through the trees. Finding the bear underneath the couch as if they were in a rush. The houses burst into flames as he was walking to his car. The witch with the human familiar must have cleaned the houses of any attachment so I could not find them. Too bad I did find something. That witch must have that human familiar illegally. It was banned 2 centuries ago. That witch is average, too.

"Atlanta, Georgia. I will make sure you have a nice welcome party waiting and you, lovely dear sister, will be mine. The twins are spoken for otherwise I would take them as my own. Father said it is about time you come home. I must punish you for using me."