Jayln is a young adolescent who has both a gift and curse. She is able to see events that have taken place in the past as well as the future through mirrors, when her parents decide to move out of state to start a new life she meets a boy named Terr...
I sit in the backyard near the porch and continue painting the picture I've been working on for the last week. Since Jayln was learning how to control her emotions as well as her powers I wasn't allowed to see her because I was a distraction according to Macon.
I dip my paintbrush in the small cup of water in front of me then into some black paint.
I don't even understand what keeping me away from her would do to be honest. Wouldn't that effect her emotions? She's upset on the fact that I can't be with her so she let's her emotions get the best of her. But none of that matters to Macon, he doesn't understand love but hell, neither do I.
I just hate how I feel like I'm losing her, as if we're drifting apart from one another and it's not my fault nor hers, its her family that think they're protecting her when they're not.
I did talk to her on the phone yesterday for about 15 minutes, she explained to me that she had a month left until she would be claimed, turns out the 17th birthday of any female caster from the Anderson family is the day the claiming will take place. You either choose the light or the dark. Jayln was terrified that she would turn dark but, I didn't. I believe that she has the potential and free will to claim the light but I need to be by her side to encourage her.
I place my paintbrush down when I hear a knock at the door. Grabbing the small towel beside me I wipe the paint residue off my hands and go inside.
Approaching the door I see my English teacher. Since I wasn't attending school she'd come by every week and drop off the work I needed to do. "Hey Mrs. Stevens, didn't you drop some work off Monday?" I question looking at her through the metal screen door.
"I did, but Amma told me to stop by and drop this off for her" she points down and the glass plate of food she has wrapped in plastic wrap
"Oh okay well let me get that for you" I try unlocking the door but for some reason its stuck I try to play it off by laughing as I jiggle the knob. "We just got the locks fixed last week. I don't know why this one is messed up"
"That's fine take your time" she says sending me a warm smile. I continue to mess with the doorknob until it shocks me.
LeaveitaloneTerrance.
Jayln warns, the more she practiced her powers the stronger they got. She was now able to communicate with me telepathically without having to be right in from of me.
As she said, I stop messing with the lock, "You know Amma should be home in an hour, maybe you came come back then" I tell Mrs. Stevens. A frown appears across her face and she glares at me. I take a few steps back and glance at her, there had to be a reason why I wasn't able to open the door and a reason why Jayln told me to leave it alone so for the first time in months I decided to not be curious.
"Mrs. Stevens, I think you should go home"
She tilts her hand, "Did I hear you right?" I nod, "I drove to the other side of town when I didn't have to so I could give this to Amma and you have the audacity to tell me to leave!" After she says that the plate shatters in her hands, the door beings to glow as volts of electricity run through it.
Looking up at it, Mrs. Stevens laughs then looks back at me, "Aw Jayln used a protection spell to bound your house. My darling daughter, too bad its not strong enough" I watch as her appearance changes, her voice became deeper, the sundress she was wearing turns from a sunny yellow to a dull white and black bolts of electricity start to leave out of her body as she broke the spell and stepped into my house.
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I waste no time running out the house through the back door. I run over to my car but realize that my keys are in my bedroom so I have no choice but to book it to Jayln's house.
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Arriving at her house, I run up the porch steps and open the door without even knocking, I'm taken back with I see that their front room floor has all black tile when it use to be white. I look up and see Jayln sitting on the stairs with Del and Tiffany standing beside her. Once they see me they quickly step away from her.
"Jayln we need to ta-" I stop in mid sentence when I try to step forward but can't. I look over at Del and Tiffany and see that the both of them have their hands open with their palms raised to the ceiling, I figured they were casting a spell that was a force field of some sort.
"Get out of this house" I hear Macon say as he steps into view. I ignore him and try to step forward. "Jayln can we please go to your bedroom and talk?" I ask. She stands up and takes a step then sits down while I take in her appearance. She has definitely changed in the last week, she didn't look like herself, she looked evil. Her eyes were slowly starting to change from green to gold, as if they were in the middle of the transformation. Her makeup was dark as well even what she was wearing looked evil.
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"Terrance leave please" Del asks calmly but I ignore her.
"Jayln we need to talk" she stands once again and stares me down, I give her a pleading look until she disappears but then appears right in my face.
"You should listen to them" she says in a deep voice which took me by surprise.
"No!" I yell, she jumps at the sound of my voice and the force field around her breaks. "I'm sick of listening to your family" I say through gritted teeth as I step closer to her, she steps back and just looks at me.
"I have been possessed, paralyzed, spun around, had hallucinations, killed people and even had my best friend killed because of your damn family! I've been losing my mind for the las week worrying about you and now your mother shows up to my house and almost gives me a damn heart attack but you know what, I don't care about them or the curse you are not going dark and you are not losing me. No matter what they do to me I'm still here so what does that tell you!?" After my rant I stare down at her and wait for her respond, she cups my face as I see tears welling in her eyes.
"I don't want to hurt you" she mumbles as a tear slips down her cheek, I tilt her head up and make her look at me.
