Death and Magick

"Don't forget you have to stop by Broomstick sometime today Fallon."

My mother walked pass me and all I could smell is the herbal tea she loves to drink. She hates coffee and all she drinks is tea. Groaning under my breath at her request. Really I don't want to go to Broomstick. The place gives me the creeps and that's just from the outside. If I walk into that place I will be even more creep out.

"Don't you groan at me missy." Mum points her index finger at me and I couldn't help but duck when she did it. Natural reaction when she points her power finger at me.

Come on, if any witch or warlock points that finger at you, you duck for cover your flick your own out but since I'm only a witch in training my finger isn't that strong. Hell all my magic pretty much sucks. My mother just thinks I need to stop worry about outside factors like school and friends then I should be more better to teach. Her words not mine.

That's why she is sending to go see Brenna McCloud at Broomstick. She thinks I need to find my familiar. My animal to call. She thinks if I have my familiar I might be more focused or something. Personally it will just be something else I will have to worry about and not be able to focus on my magick.

"You can come back up." I could even hear the eye rolling without even looking. Poking my head back up. She has lowered her finger. I've seen my older brothers on the end of that finger and I don't want to be on the end of it.

"Come on mum we both know that if I pick my familiar that it would just be something else I will have to worry about. How will I ever learn my magick?"

"Don't you use that line on me missy. Your familiar will centre you and help you focus. You better come home with something today or there will be hell to pay." She waggled that finger of hers at me which made me flinch. Turning around with her black straight hair flying around her.

Wanting to poke my tongue out at her back but knowing she would probably know it. Shoving my own black curls back out of my face. Grumbling to myself about having to get a familiar. Personally I think it's a big responsibility and I just don't know if I could handle that. I have school, my part time job and social life. It wouldn't be fair on whatever I pick but no my mother won't take no for a answer. She thinks she knows what will be best for me. I can't even convince my dad the same. He totally agrees with my mother. Even while I talked to him his raven familiar Jinx sat on his shoulder as he stroked it's chest.

Can't seriously win with my two magick parents. Why did both my parents have to be the same? Some of my other witch and warlock friends only have one parents who can do magick. No, of course I'm not that lucky. Fallon Danika Rowan is never lucky.

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I totally get that Brenna makes the place look creepy because she doesn't want to many non-magick people coming into her store but does she really have to make it look this creepy and feel foreboding. Chipping white paint, cobwebs covering a fair bit of it and we are talking huge ones with just as big spiders. The word Broomstick wearing away just as much as the building itself which I know is a illusion but still.

"Come on Paddy. Pretty please come in with me." Begging one my close friends as he looks down at his mobile.

"Hell no Fallon, I'm not going in there. I already have my familiar plus Ana just texted me and I'm heading the movies with the others." He smiled and started walking away.

"Traitor." I yelled at him which just made him laugh and wave his hand back at me.

Mumbling under my breath as I pull myself together and walk through the front door. Ding goes the bell above the door. Stepping into the place that smells of all different incenses and other herbs. Also the faint smell of musty old books which line one wall of the store. Candles of all colour burn around the room. All different things a witch could possibly want for spells and what nots.