1. The Move
It was almost a typical day for me. I had finally accepted my powers as a witch and was now practicing them. I woke up and got ready for school. I arrived at school and discovered I had a pop quiz on the play Macbeth in my English class, biology was boring as usual, we had to watch a video on DNA and genetics can we say boring.
I wasn't feeling very good so for lunch I grabbed a soda and a sandwich. For some insane reason I had a bad feeling about today something bad was going to happen. I hadn't gotten the hang of premontions so I was really worried. The bad thing is when I get home from school I have to go to school for witches. Not really a school so much as my mom was making me read up on making potions, and reading up on my family history, for something to do that would help me learn about my powers.
My older brother Marcus was as usual bragging about his own power, to be able to shift into four diffrent animals, even though Marcus could only shift into the wolf and falcon forms as he is still practicing the other forms. My youngest brother Ricky hasn't got the power yet, he wont until his sixtenth birthday which is a year away, and even then wont be able to shift intil he learns a forms identity. everything about that specific form.
Well anyway my bad feeling got worse after lunch, it was a constant tingle with the hair raised on the back of my neck. Spanish was my favorite class, it was the only class I really liked here in Austin Texas. After spanish let out I went to my trig class to take a test that I probably would fail miserably. After school finally let out, I caught a ride with one of my friends named Amber. All the way to my house she talked about her new boyfriend Martin. I told Amber thanks for the lift and told her I would see her tomorrow.
I went into the house to find my mom, and dad sitting on the couch. When they saw me they asked me to sit down, they wanted to talk to me about something. The bad vibes got much worse.
"Marrissa your mother and I have decided that we're going to move. We need you to go ahead and pack a box or two of nothing but essential items. We're going to have movers pack and box the rest. Your brothers are already packing. Try to fit everything into one or two boxes. We are leaving in three hours."
"Well where are we moving to?" I asked now knowing what that bad feeling was.
"Well Marrissa I've owned a house up in Sitka for a while now, your mother and I have decided we would like to try it out. Honey the thing about it is,Sitka is located in Alaska."
"Alaska!" I shouted "that's in the middle of nowhere. What would possess you and mom to decide to move to Alaska?"
"Believe me Marissa it's for the best, and for our families own good. You really want to know? Well honey your mom has been followed around for the past couple of days and I think the people following her may be hunters. We witches and shifter's we do not need to get caught up in a hunt. Your aunt has decided to tell her son Tuck to come with us. She's mortal but her son Tuck is not, he is one of us. One who will soon be discovered when he recieves his powers in just 2 weeks."
"Okay" I sighed. "I guess I can't blame you for being careful then. If it was me I would do the same. So are we driving or flying? What is Aunt Mariah going to do with no one here with her?" I asked sadly.
"Were going to be flying. I'm going to sell the car and buy another one in Alaska. I already have a dealer going to pick it up at the airport and transfer the money into our account, or he might just swap us a car from his dealership in Alaska, he hasn't really decided yet. For Mariah I don't really know what she plans to do. I asked her to come with us but she said she wants to stay here to mislead them and make them think we are still here." Mark, Marissa's dad replied sadly.
