Chapter One: The Beginning

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Growing up in San Francisco, California I always felt like I was a huge imposter in my own body. My mom died last year in an accident which I can't explain it, but really brought these feelings out. I love my dad to death, ever since the accident he took on the role of "mom" and "dad." After he dropped me off at school my best friend Liza Matthews swung the doors opened and squeezed me for a hug. Liza is the blonde with blue eyes cheerleader that all the guys want to date, but they can't because she is with the Kevin Roberts, head quarterback. Kevin is like my big brother, he always tries to tell me what to do, he messes up my hair just to tick me off, he even tries to but in my love life. All three of us have lockers together, which is great, but also sucks when you try to talk to them without them slobbering all over each other.

As I was getting my Chemistry book out of my locker, Kevin pulled something out of my hood. "Tes, Why do you have a key in your hood?" I thought he was trying to be funny, but turns out he wasn't, he was holding the key in his hand. I was very confused, but I didn't think anything of it, I decided to put the key in my locker and head off to Chemistry. The second I stepped foot into Mr. Rodriguez's class the temperature dropped to almost freezing, I decided to zip up my jacket and shiver to my seat. Josh Wyatt, the guy I used to copy the homework assignments off of, nudged me in the arm. Annoyed that he had the nerve to do that to me, our eyes met, then my eyes shifted to the piece of paper he put on my desk.

"WHY R U WEARING A JACKET? IT'S FREEZING IN HERE!!!!!" is on the note he wrote to me. Confused, I look around the classroom and all I see is my classmates either fanning themselves or drinking water to try to cool down. Everyone looks like they have been in a sauna, but I'm freezing? Thinking that my mind wants to play tricks with me, maybe taking my jacket off would be a better idea, as I was taking my jacket off, I looked at the window for a second and all of a sudden I see this blue and white swirling light sort of sway back and forth to me, almost like the light was taunting me. Automatically assuming my mind loves to play a practical joke on me, I nudged Holly Jenkins in the back just to see if she can see what I'm seeing. Holly looks at me, mouths the word "no" and goes back to the lesson.

I decided to brush it off as the need to stop talking to Liza all night and actually get some sleep. The bell finally decided to ring, thank god, saying to Mr. Rodriguez hope you have a great day when he decided he wanted to have a chat with me. Did I think I was in trouble for not paying attention? You bet I did. He's a fair teacher but he doesn't like it when you aren't paying attention during his lessons. "Ms. Jameson please sit down," the second he pulls out the chair I'm trying to come up with the perfect excuse, "How are you? it's been a year since the accident and I wanted to see how you were feeling." A major sigh of relief, my heart started beating back to normal.

Instead of telling him how I actually feel, lying through my teeth was the answer I choose to do. "I'm fine, thank you for asking. I have to get to Health class, I need to get an excuse from you if you don't mind?" He looked at me and nodded his head, "You know you can talk to me anytime you want, you are very special." Creeped out on the inside, polite on the outside is pretty much how I was at that
particular moment. Going back to my locker to get ready for Health is always the highlight of my day, because after we finish our work Ms. Johnson allows us to pretty much do whatever we want, which is perfect for my drawing. All of a sudden I hear "You are Anointed Tessa find out with the key," the exact moment I dropped my sketchbook.

I was so terrified that I ran right into the bathroom and called Dad to come and get me. He managed to calm me down before agreeing to come and pick me up. Thank god Ms. Johnson gave me my work and my excuse to go home, otherwise I would have lost it. Waiting outside for ten minutes, my dad pulls up in his car that I'm pretty sure is older than me but he won't admit it. Getting into his car made me break down in tears, "Honey what's wrong?" Dad hugged me tight, so tight that I smelled his aftershave. On our way home after ten minutes of telling him everything that happened, giving him the key Kevin pulled out of my hood, we were in our driveway when Dad looked at me and said "Tessa, you are a witch. You and your two sisters, Mom had to give away are the Anointed Ones. If you are reunited with your sisters, all of your powers will be received and you will fight evil all the time."

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