Hidden Mysteries: Soulforce

Chapter 2

                                                      Chapter 2:

                                                       Alexa

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island…to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.” –Baltasar Glacian

Six weeks have passed since my birthday. Nothing weird has happened, my milk hasn’t rose up like I’m Houdini or something, my thoughts haven’t talked back to me, everything’s like it was before. Normal.

As I’m laying down on my bed, my phone starts ringing. I stretch and somehow I knew it’s Blaise.

“Hey Blaise!” I say as I pick up the phone.

She’s startled, “Hi…how did you know it’s me? Are you a…” she stops short. “No…never mind.” Something’s troubling her. Her voice doesn’t show it, but…I can feel it. Wait – I can feel what she’s feeling? How’s that pos –

“Alexa? We…need to meet. My – please try to understand. My parents say… well, I’m a witch – with spells and potions and everything!” she added quickly, holding her breath and almost whispering.

I felt her feelings somehow, but I didn’t dally on the “how” for long. She was telling the truth, she believed what she was saying, not like one of those prank calls she sometimes does. This wasn’t one of her tricks to either scare me or see how gullible I was…somehow this was different. I nodded, but then I realized she couldn’t see me nodding.

“Sure! Now?” I said, feeling that she needed to talk about this to someone…and fast.

“Yes, now! I’ll be right over!” she said hanging up as I say,

“Ok…” I closed the phone, pondering about how I had felt this. I shook my head…surely it was my overactive imagination. I mean, this doesn’t exist, and…my best friend…a witch? Surely, there has to be…a logical explanation…

‘There isn’t a logic explanation for everything, little ‘un…’ my thoughts spoke to me again.

“This…this isn’t happening! I’m acting as if I have a double personality…in a while I’ll be talking to myself!” I say hitting my head lightly.

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“And…then they explained that it skips generations. My great, great grandma had this…and she was a great healer in her village. My grandma had a sickness…she lost her memory…and she couldn’t learn magic. Now…it’s passed onto me…” Blaise looked at me with her deep brown eyes as she whispered, “I…I know you think this is…crazy…but, it’s the truth…”

I looked at her. Her words sounded so true – so sincere – her feelings had the word “TRUTH” written all over them with capital letters. I still don’t know how I could feel other people’s feelings. I replay everything she had said – every single detail in my mind. There was a long pause of deafening silence between us. Finally, I slowly nod. I believed her. I don’t know why, but I felt as if I had to – as if I were meant to believe her.

“I…believe you. So, you’re a…” I look at her carefully as I pronounce the last word in a whisper, as if it’s forbidden to say it aloud, “…witch?”

We are both stunned by the word, by the power hidden behind the word. This isn’t a childish game anymore – we could both feel it – although part of me wanted her to burst out laughing, saying, “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you believed me! You are so gullible!” But she didn’t. Part of me knew this was the truth and that part knew I was to play a role in this game we call life.

Blaise nodded slowly and looked down. I put a hand on her shoulder as I lock eyes with her. Should I tell her about what happened on my birthday? About the dream I had? I take a deep breath, convinced that she wouldn’t believe me, convinced that she would burst out laughing since I believed her, convinced of all of this and more.

So, with a deep breath, I tell her. We kept staring at each other, starting to realize, despite everything we’ve been through together, we were in for so much more. She didn’t burst out laughing, she believed me, just like I believed her. We started realizing that this world, the world we had been living in for fifteen and fourteen years…was nothing. We both knew, deep down in our hearts…there was so much more that we didn’t know. There was so much more that we had to find, to reveal, to unearth…

“So…” Blaise started slowly, “…I’m a witch…Do you think you’re one too?”

I slowly shake my head, sure of it. She understands. We then look at each other one more time.

“Whatever this is…we’re in this together, right?” I say unsure as our future unravels in front of our eyes, unknowingly. Blaise nods and we shake hands, silently agreeing an unknown deal. A deal…with destiny, and fate, and everlasting friendship. Our bracelets tangle together as we shake hands – a sign. Now, it’s confirmed: there is no going back and we support each other. We both realize this as we untangle our bracelets, smiling.

‘Friendship…one of the greatest treasures. Few are lucky to have it…’ my thoughts speak to me again. In that moment, I didn’t care if I was going crazy or insane, I simply nodded.