Caroline left Ella by the platform and went to mingle with the witches as Ella scanned the room she saw a small group of girls that looked about her age so took a deep breath and walked toward them as she reached the group the five girls turned so they were all looking at her "hi I'm Ella" one of the girls smiled at her she had short blond hair light blue eyes she was wearing a pink dress and had her hair in pigtails "welcome Ella I'm Holly" Holly then walked round the other four girls first to stopped at a girl with black hair down to her shoulders brown eyes a blue dress on "this is Rosie" Holly walked to the next girl this girl had short brown hair and green eyes she wore a White dress "this is Katelyn" Holly walked to the next girl this one had long red hair brown eyes and wore a red dress "this is Emily" Holly walked to the last girl she had long blond hair and she wore a green dress "and this is Rose" Ella smiled "it very nice to meet you all I love your dresses" "these are our talent gowns" Holly said pulling the sides of her dress Ella looked puzzled at her "you don't know about your talent" "no" "how come?" "my family didn't understand my powers so kept it secret only they got out if control then they locked me away" "that's awful but at least you escaped" "not really I nearly hurt my sister and so I ran away" Ella felt a tear form in her eye "oh you poor thing" Holly said as she hugged Ella as she let go a bell rang and Caroline came walking toward Ella "come Ella" Ella looked puzzled again "it's time to find out that talent group you're in" all the witches gathered Ella could see now they all were wearing one of the same colours the girls had on and they all grouped all the people wearing pink in one corner all the people in blue in another all the people in white in another all the people in red in another and all the people in green in the centre of the room as Ella and Caroline reached the front of the room Claire entered the room and walked to the throne stood in front of it "my sisters behold our new little sister our dear Ella 15 years of age and her magic is untaught misunderstood but now my dear let's see which colour shall be yours pink for the magic over animals, blue for the magic over water, white for the magic over the air, red for the magic over fire, green for the magic over the earth or gold for the binding magic" Ella took a deep breath "how will I know what colour I am?" "by casting a very simple spell and closing your eyes as the spell is cast close your eyes and you will see a colour that's how you know" Ella nodded and the looked at Claire "how do I casted the spell?" "Ella you do not we do" Ella looked up to see all five groups had formed their own circle and holding each other's hands "now Ella close your eyes and find your colour" Ella closed her eyes a rainbow of colours rushed through her head then the six colours flashed before her then one by one the faded first red then pink then green then White then blue leaving only gold Ella opened her eyes "well Ella what colour did your power choose?" Claire asked "gold it picked gold" the room fell completely silent "Ella my dear gold the binding power is very special indeed but it can also be dangerous however we will be able to complete our youth coven girls come forward please" Holly Rosie Katelyn Emily and Rose stepped forward Ella smiled "now as a complete coven you must swear to help and protect each other your coven should be like a family with strong and equal love between all six of you all five of our magic elements are bound in a coven and they are bound together by the ever glowing light of the binding power Ella your power will grow through your coven as their powers will grow through you now girls answer these questions as a coven" the girls came to stand level with Ella "do promise to look after your coven sisters to use your magic together for the good of the wider witch family" "we do" the girls said together "and you promise to see each member of your coven as an equal and none above or below the rest" "we do" "well done girls now Caroline find a new dorm for these girls a coven should stay together" "yes Claire" Caroline left to room "now you girls come with me" Claire turned toward a hidden door behind a red curtain that was on the wall behind the throne the door lead to a spiral staircase that was leading down the girls followed Claire down the staircase it felt like it went on forever but eventually they reached a door with six coloured handles on it pink blue gold White red and green the girls looked at Claire "only a coven that is truly meant to be together can open this door this is where we find a covens place you each need to think of each other and your hopes for your relationship with each other and how you are as equals now each of you place your hands on your talent colour" the girls did as Claire said "now close your eyes and think" all the girls closed their eyes Ella felt her mind link with the other girls they were all seeing the same things in their minds it was a bit of a blur at first but they could just make out their own faces together happy looking after each other they looked a little older than they were now but they were together and strong each girl then slowly felt the door knob in her hand turn slowly under her hand they were doing it their minds still linked together they felt each other's excitement the image in their minds continued the girls were now in a battle outside the mansion all the other witches in front of them they could see themselves fighting understanding their powers as one each other just as strong then the next the door swung open but just before the image faded Ella saw what or rather who they were fighting humans normal humans then she saw his face Ethan was fighting against her Ella's heart sank as she opened her eyes "we did it" Emily said smiling and hugging the rest of the group "well done girls" Claire said clapping her hands "what now Claire?" asked Rosie "you find out what's inside" the girls wandered slowly into the room the room was filled with paintings of groups in each painting there was six girls all in different colours the girls looked at the pictures "these are the covens that protected us before you now girls follow me" Claire walked down the room to a round table with seven chairs around it "girls sit down in this order fire water binding earth air animal" the girls did as Claire said Claire took the seventh chair between Emily and Holly "now when you linked yourselves to open the door did you see the future of your coven?" all the girls nodded "Ella the binding power is strongest tell me what did you see?" Ella swallowed hard "there was a battle like scene we were stood on a hill above the other witches protecting you all it seemed we used our powers together working with each other to make us all stronger" Claire hung her head slightly "right did any of you see who we were fighting?" Ella's heart snack again she remembered Ethan's face the anger that was in his eyes "it was normal humans Claire" Ella with a growing ache in her stomach "right thank you girls right this room is yours if you wish a quiet place to practice your spells or to bond more as a coven it up to you but the only thing I ask of you is none but your coven comes in here" "we promise Claire" the girls said together Claire smiled at them and lead them back to the ballroom as they re-entered the ballroom Claire used her magic to light all the candles in the room as she did all the witches looked at her "my sisters our new coven has great power they linked their minds together and their link showed them our families future my sisters our fears are true we don't know when but the girls have seen our battle the humans are going to find us we must prepare to fight for our lives" "excuse me, Claire?" Ella shouted "this may not be my place as I am new here but surely it will be safer to leave before the humans find us" "Ella this is our home we were born into this world just as the humans were why should we hid away I know you have spent most of your life scared of what your powers can do but I promise you your powers are nothing to be scared of" "ok sorry if I spoke off of place" "not at all my dear we all have the same rights here" Ella smiled "now you six off to bed Caroline will you show the girls their new room" the girls left the platform Ella began to look around "Ella what's wrong" Katelyn asked her "I don't know where toby is" "it's ok Ella his in your new room" Caroline said placing her hand on Ella's shoulder "oh good" Holly look at Ella "Toby?" "he's a puppy I found in the woods you'll love him Holly he is so cute" Holly smiled at Ella "come on girls" Caroline said leading them out of the room Caroline lead them to their new room the door was a large wooden door that was a dark brown in colour as Caroline opened the door the girls saw all their belongs were already in the room the beds were the same colour as their talents the girls smiled Ella looked down to see Toby sat at her feet wagging his tail his fur was no longer tangled and matted he was clean and brushed "I took the liberty of bathing him Ella" Caroline said from the doorway "aww he is so cute" Holly said bending down to stroke him "have fun girls" Caroline said closing the door "this is awesome" Rose said sitting on her green bed each of the girls walked over to their beds as Ella sat in her bed she noticed that Toby had his own golden basket "so Ella tell us your story" Rosie asked "there isn't much to tell I've had my powers since birth and my family kept it hidden until I turned 15 that was 6 months ago I couldn't keep them under control anymore so they locked me away in my room never letting me see anyone not even my twin sister and i stayed there under lock and key until two nights ago my sister came to talk to me but my powers spiked the door flew off its hinges and hit her that night I heard my dad say I had to be dealt with I didn't know what he meant but I didn't what to find out so I ran away I went through the woods and then Toby here found me and wouldn't go so I kept him with me then I saw Caroline picking flowers and she brought me here that's it really" "your mum and dad locked you in your room?" Emily said as she tied her long red hair into a ponytail "yeah they put chains on my door so I couldn't open it from my side they only opened it to bring me food" "that's awful" Rose said as she ran a brush through her hair "so what about you guys do you parents know your here "yeah" the girls said together Holly walked over and sat next to Ella on the bed "you'll be ok Ella like Claire said a coven should be like a family we will make sure your happy and unafraid of your powers" Ella smiled "thanks" the girls all got ready for bed and then into their new beds all six beds were lined across the room Katelyn was next to the window in her White bed then Rosie in her blue bed then Rose in her green bed then Holly in her pink bed then Ella in her gold bed then next to wall was Emily in her red bed with Toby's basket between Ella's and Holly bed Ella was very tired but even though this bed was so much nicer than the tree she had slept under the night before she still couldn't seem to sleep every time she closed her eyes she saw Ethan's face from their vision so much hate in his eyes she felt tears fall from her eyes then she heard her bag fall on its side then the table next to her bed moved 'oh no not again' she thought to herself she tried so hard to calm herself down but it was no use she was losing controls again she looked over at her new friends sleeping soundly the last thing she want was to hurt them she tried to move off the bed but all her strength was in trying to hold back her power then suddenly she saw Emily sit up in her bed Emily ran over to Ella's bed shouting at she ran across the room "girls wake up wake up" as she reached Ella's bed the others had woke up they could all feel Ella's fear through their link Emily and Holly grabbed Ella's hands and then Rose grabbed Emily's and Rosie's then Rosie grabbed Katelyn's then Katelyn grabbed Holly to make a circle then Ella felt her mind clear and her power die down she opened her eyes to see her five new friend with worried looks on their faces "Ella are you ok?" Holly asked still holding Ella's hand "yeah just sometime my emotions trigger my powers and no one has ever taught me to control them" "well Claire and Caroline will, rest now" Rose said smiling "guys I don't know what you just did but thank you all" "it's ok Ella like Holly said before we are family now all of us" Ella smiled as she pushed her head into the pillow and slipped into a peaceful sleep
