The next morning Emily was the first of the girls to wake up she sat on the end of her bed crossed legged she looked up and saw the picture Ella had drawn of the whole coven pinned on the wall Emily smiled she still did not know what to do about what she had seen the night before, but she knew Ella was her friend her coven sister she had to speak with her first before she spoke with the girls. Just as Emily had finished her shower, she heard the others starting to wake up she quickly got herself ready and left the bathroom for the rest of the girls to use. Emily had decided to speak with Ella alone about what she had seen and as luck would have it today was an individual magic day where the girls focused on their own abilities, not as a whole coven which meant Ella would practice alone first then after lunch with each girl in turn to strengthen her bonding magic, Emily decided to wait until lunchtime and ask Ella to practice with her first then they could talk. The whole morning all Emily was thinking was what she should say to Ella she still was not sure what to say when lunchtime arrived when Emily arrived in the hall to collect her lunch, she could see that Katelyn and Rosie had already claimed a place for the coven to sit she could see Holly and Rose ahead of her in the cue and as she scanned the room for Ella, she saw her with Caroline just entering the door. Emily's heartbeat quickens at the sight of Ella she had no idea what to say to her. As Emily sat down next to Holly the only seat left that table the girls had saved was on the end next to the seat Emily had chosen. When Ella arrived, she greeted the girls with a warm caring smile she asked the girls one by one how their individual practice had gone. When she got to Emily, Emily told her she was attempting to make a larger fire that she could control as a weapon for the battle they all knew was to come "Wow Emily that sounds great". "It would be, but I've been trying all morning and I don't think I'm strong enough so Ella if you don't mind could you practice with me first after lunch and see if your help makes it easier for me to do?" "I'd be happy to help if it's ok with the girls that I help you first" the girls all nodded and Emily smiled now all that was left to do was find the right time to bring up what she had seen.
When the girls all parted ways after lunch Ella and Emily decided to practice outside Emily found a spot in the large gardens far away from the earth garden where she knew Rose would be. Emily attempted to make a large fire twister but even with Ella there she could not focus enough to hold the fire and control it "Emily are you sure you're ok?" Ella asked Emily hung her head a little "No not really Ella there's something I really have to talk to you about". "You can talk to me about anything Emily you know that". Ella said in a loving caring tone Emily's throat went dry she licked her lips and swallowed before taking a deep breath to build up her courage "Ella I saw you last night in the garden with that boy" Ella's heartbeat quicken for a moment only silence passed Ella dropped to her knees. she looked up at Emily "I can explain everything Emily" Emily slowly moved to sit beside Ella. Ella told Emily everything who Ethan was, how she knew him, how he had found her and everything that had happened since. When Ella had finished telling Emily everything silence fell over them for a few moments Ella began to fear what Emily was going to do next. After a few moments, Emily took a deep breath and smiled at Ella "so he's your friend" "yes he was the only friend I had before I came here and meet you and the girls" "and you trust him?" Ella thought for a moment she remembered Ethan's face from the vision and the possible risk of Anna telling her mum and dad. But she also remembered all the months of friendship they had shared and how happy she was when Ethan found her and how he accepted her for who she truly was. "yes, Emily I trust him Ethan would never do anything to hurt me or anyone I care about" "then I trust him to" Ella smiled "thank you Emily" "why did you hide this from me and the girls Ella?" Ella's took a deep breath before she spoke "at first I wasn't sure you'd accept him since he doesn't have magic but then I got to know you all and I knew you would never treat someone like that and I wanted to tell you all about him but then I got scared cause cause..." "cause what Ella what could possibly scare you about telling us" Ella looked up at Emily tears building up behind Ella's eyes but she fought to hold them back with another deep breath Ella confessed "Ethan is in the vision dreams that Holly and I had. I got so scared that when this battle comes that I'd have to choose between my friend and family and my coven" "hang on friend and family?" "yeah the other human Holly and I saw grab me was... will be my father I've gone over and over that moment in my head but I can't see past them grabbing me so I don't know who or how I choose my side of this fight" nothing but silence passed between the two for a few minutes until suddenly Emily quickly wrapped her arms around Ella and pulled her into a tight hug "I'm so sorry" Emily slowly said into Ella's shoulder "what are you sorry for I'm the one that's been keeping things from the coven" "because you felt torn between the two halves of your life which means you've been unsettled and we haven't noticed" Ella cut Emily's words off by tightening the hug "it isn't your fault or any of the other girls the fault is mine you all have been amazing accepting me into the coven but a small part of my heart misses the few small good parts of my old life but I know this is where I belong with you and the girls you all are my family now" the girls pulled back from their hug
