Magic As A Whole

Chapter 7

"So who's Lula May?" I ask sitting at Dylan's dining room table in his apartment looking at files that were laid out.

"What?" Dylan says walking through the front door in his work outfit.

"Lula May, who is she, you've got files about her magic tricks and stuff all laid out here" I tell him only for Dylan's eyes to go wide.

"Wait, when did you get in here and how...?" he asks pointing at the door, which was locked then at me.

"You don't think I know how to get into your apartment?" I say shaking my head in amusement. "You leave your keys around when you stay over at Danny and my place so I got a copy of your key, not that hard to get in" I shrug, "Now stop trying to change the subject. Who. Is. Lula. May?"

"She's a potential Horsemen" Dylan says after a pause knowing I wouldn't let him try and change the subject.

I raise my eyebrow, "I thought since Henley left that Jack would be coming back in, and we don't really need another horseman do we? Danny is just getting over Henley leaving so adding someone new might not work out" I say and Dylan sits next to me.

"You've been saying you need 'girl time' with someone so I thought finding a new Horsemen would be a good idea, plus we still need Jack in the background" he explains.

"But the Eye still hasn't got anything for us so why add someone knew without them being able to do something?" I ask and he grabs my hand.

"Well, she won't be added until we have something to do, but since you know about her I think visiting her might be a good idea to get her here before we start to plan something when the Eye has something for you to do" Dylan says and I shrug.

"I guess I can do that, where is she anyway?" I ask and Dylan smiles with a look that I didn't really like, "oh no what did I just agree to" I groan out laying my head on the table.

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"I hate rain" I mumble out my jacket covering my hair and an umbrella over me as I sat and watched Lula May perform at some place somewhere in Louisiana. Though I had to say her magic tricks weren't that bad, she was more of a fake death or injury type magician according to what information Dylan gave me, but she had a few other tricks she was doing.
Once she was done with her magic tricks, which ended with her 'mauling' herself but being fine I just stalked around hoping she wouldn't notice that I had been there for the same amount of time she was.

"Yo Hoodie-Girl!" I hear her yell out just as I was about to leave.

I sigh but turn to her, "Yes?" I ask trying to act like I was in a rush but she wasn't buying it.

"Are you here because I'm a magician and that you are looking to offer me a spot in the Eye? Or like you really like my stuff and have been watching me for a while. I always though it was a guy who picked people to come into the Eye but you are clearly a girl and and..." Lula rambles whatever she can think of.

"Whoa, whoa calm down, uh yes and yes?" I say trying to figure out what she was saying since she was talking so fast.

"Cool, hey aren't you part of the Horse...?" she starts to say and I cover her mouth with my sleeve

"SHHH!" I shush her glaring at her. "Do you have somewhere we can go to just talk where no one will be listening?" she just nods her head but starts talking through my sleeve and I frown. "You really like to talk"

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"I knew if I practiced enough that the Eye would see what talent I have" Lula says as soon as we get into her apartment.

"Well the Eye does watch almost every magician that comes to surface, including your trick from way back pulling that hat out of the rabbit?" I say cringing at how disgusting it was when I saw it taking off my jacket and hanging it up on her hook near the door.

"That was eight years ago, I've gotten better than that!" she says defensively and I raise my hands in surrender.

"I know I know, you're show earlier was great though!" I say and she looks at me squinting her eyes then her mouth opens agape.

"No way, you are...you're...you're" she says not completely forming words.

"Harmony Turner?" I say with a chuckle and she nods.

"But, your hair?" she asks and I shrug.

"Needed to be able to go more out and about and the ginger would have been a dead give-away" I say, "but enough about me I need to get you filled in, that is if you want to be apart of the Horsemen that is?" I say and she snaps out of whatever she was thinking.

"Do I want to be a Horsemen? Of course I do, but why would you need another Horsemen, there are already five of you?" She says and I raise my eyebrow.

"Well no there isn't you should know about Jack..." I start to say but she cuts me off.

"He totally faked his death, so don't give me that bull-shit about it. Believe me I know how to fake a death way more than most" she says and I chuckle knowing she was going to go off on another rant if I didn't stop her.

"Alright, alright. Jack is alive, and you can't tell anyone. But the reason we need another Horsemen was because Henley couldn't wait anymore and wanted out so the Eye gave her an out which left us a Horseman short not including Jack still being behind the scenes. So Dylan our leader has been looking with the Eye apparently to find someone to ad to the group so it's more even. Plus I really need a girl friend to talk to seeing as I can only handle the guys for so long before I just want to throw them out for a while and have me time. Which I have done a few times with Daniel and he's had to bunk with Merritt and Jack back at their place." I say and Lula just gets an extremely happy look on her face.

"When do I start?" She asks and I give her a small smile.

"Whenever the Eye has something for the Horsemen to do, one of the reasons though is that you get to come back with me to New York and we get to hang out once in a while, but the guys don't get to know about you just yet" I tell her and she give me a disappointed look.

"They just might not react well, Daniel took Henley leaving rather hard and adding someone new so soon to Henley leaving might cause more problems that he already can be" I say, "good news is we get to do a road trip back to New York!" I say happy I finally can talk to someone that's not a guy for once in a few months.