Magic High

Chapter 17

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Gray's POV)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I woke up and got out of bed with out waking up Nixon. I walked into the living room and over to the kitchenette. I started cooking and in the middle of my flipping pancakes I heard a familiar voice say, "Morning Gray." I finished what I was doing before turning around to see Rachael sitting at the counter. "Good morning Rachael. If you want you can call me Pebbles like Velcee and Nixie. And can I call you Rache?" I said. She gave me a tired smile before saying, "Go for it, Pebbles." I smiled back at her. I turned back around to start cooking before I heard a grumbly boy's voice, "Why do you have me up this early?" I heard a wide awake and slightly cheerful girl's voice say, "Because I smelled Pebbles' cooking." I laughed and said, "I'm glad to know my cooking is more important than me actually being here." "Of course you being here is important!" I just laughed at, I knew, Velicitee's response. I heard a low groan before Velicitee said, "Go sit on the couch grumpy pants." Rache and I laughed. Then we heard a low chuckle, we turned around to see Quinn standing in the door to his room. Then, Velicitee's dad walked out say, "Can y'all be any louder." Velicitee was the first to answer, "Yes, you wanna see?" Her dad chuckled at her and sat on the couch next to a grumpy Maddox. "Food's done." I announced. Vel got an evil glint in her eye before saying, "I'll go wake up Nixie." She ran off to Nixie and my room. Then, I heard a loud groan and Nixon shouting, "Stop bouncing on the bed!" Then I heard Velicitee yelling, "Get up Pebbles cooked breakfast for everyone and it's ready." "Why didn't you say that in the first place?! Get out of my way!!" Nixon responded with, then I heard fast paced foot steps. I laughed and started making plates. I finished making plates to turn around to see them all sitting down in the living room. I brought out the plates before saying, "How about we stay here and learn more about each other? Damon you don't have to stay here for it if you don't want." Everyone nodded. Once, we finished eating, Nixon's dad left. We all sat in the living room and Velicitee said, "I'll go first, what do you guys want to know?" Quinn popped up with "Did you ever self harm if so, where, why and how?" She tensed before slightly smiling. "Yes. I had a boyfriend and he kidnapped me and him and his friends hurt me in more ways than one, sexually assaulted me multiple times, and caused me to self harm. My scars from them are on my back and the ones I did myself are on my hips." She finished. His eyes widened and nodded. Then Rache said, "I think we know all we need to about her now so who has any questions about me?" I asked, "What about your family?" "Well, my mom travels because of her job, and my dad is a very successful relator here." I nodded and Velicitee said, "What does your mom do?" "She's a necro hunter." We all nodded. "I know basically everything else about her so if anyone else has questions about her please ask me at another time." We all laughed and I said, "Well everyone can ask me something if you want." "What about you're family?" "Well my parents don't have powers. Mine came from generations back. And, my parents didn't like that. So they abused me everyday of my life until I left to go to college at 17. I still haven't heard anything from them." Everyone nodded. Then Nixon popped in, "Well since we're bringing in pasts it's my turn. I grew up being bullied for being a necromancer, I never used my spirits to fight my battles, we had to transfer to different schools around the state though. And the most recent one I went to my bully broke my charmed necklace and then I went all evil for three years and here I am today." Everyone nodded and Quinn tensed up. "I guess it's my turn...." Everyone nodded. "Well I'm going to start out by saying; don't look at me any different once I tell you this." Everyone nodded. "Well my biological dad always abused me and my mom all through my childhood. When I turned 8 I finally got sick of it. So I used my magic. I used his greatest fear against him and made him go insane... Now, he's him a mental hospital somewhere." All of our eyes widened. "Then, my mom married Maddox's dad and after a few years here we are." Everyone comprehended what he said and Velicitee said, "It's not what you did in the past that decides who you are now. And we all love who you are now." Quinn smiled and thanked Velicitee. Then Maddox said, "And now it's my turn." Velicitee placed a hand on his knee. "Quinn's step dad is my foster father. My real parents died in a car crash that I was also in but I didn't die. I was taken in by my aunt and uncle and abused until age 10 where the cops found out and after 6 months in an orphanage Quinn's step-dad took me in. And after a few years here I am." Everyone nodded. "Looks like I'm the only one with an easy childhood." Rache said. We all laughed at that. "Seems so." I said back. Then I see Vel playing with a necklace in her hand. "What is that?" I asked her. ""It's my mom's charm. I fixed it. I'm hoping I can get her back one day." We all nodded and that. "Let's be more cheery now." Nixon stated. We all nodded and started cracking jokes and told funny stories to each other for the rest of the day.