Soul Mate

Chapter 1

There I was again, in front of that huge mansion. Night had fallen, the wind was chilly and the white curtains were fluttering in the house. There was not a single star in the sky and the only light was coming from the mansion.

It was the only house on that street. Like every other night, I made my way to the front door of the mansion. There was a very beautiful garden in front of the house and beautiful flowers along the alley to the front door. There was one fountain with the design of a mermaid in the middle of the garden.

In the dark, the mermaid looked terrifying. Once in front of the door, I noticed for the first time that there was a design of the head of a lion above the knob. I knocked once and then twice. There was no answer.

I was about to leave as usual, but this time the door opened to reveal a pair of caramel brown eyes. It was those of a man. I must agree that he was handsome, with a defined face and black hair.

"Who are you?" I asked him and suddenly I felt myself shaking.

What was happening to me? I thought to myself.

"Are you okay?" the man asked me. No not asked, he spoke in my head. Was that even possible?

I was still shaking but this time, I heard someone calling out my name.

"Alyssa! Alyssa! Wake up!"

And I finally drifted towards unconsciousness.

When I opened my eyes, I expected to see the mansion and the man once again but it was my mom, Samantha Blake, who was shaking me to wake me up.

"Wake up Alyssa!" she said.

"I am awake mom and Stop shaking me like that." I told her and pulled myself in a sitting position.

"Sorry, I was trying to wake you up since the last fifteen minutes." she said and picked up a bag and handed it to me "Happy birthday Alyssa."

I completely forgot my own birthday. Great! "Thanks mom" I told her "You did not have to buy me anything".

"It's not every day that someone turns nineteen." she told me "Open the gifts now."

I opened the gifts and found an i-pod which made me smile instantly as the one I had was broken. The second gift was from my dad, John Blake, and it was a set of keys for my new car, a blue Audi A4 Sedan. The third gift was from my mom again which was a white gown, seeing it made me groan as it made me remember tonight's ritual. And finally the last gift was from my sister, Diana Blake, which consisted of some charm necklaces and bracelets which I loved.

"Get up now and get ready, it's your last day of college today. And I have made breakfast and maybe a chocolate cake." Mom said smiling at me.

The word 'chocolate cake' made me rush to the bathroom and get ready. I wore a pair of black jeans, a blue top and a pair of black converse. I was ready for my last day at college.

I had my breakfast and grab a few pieces of the chocolate cake to bring for James and Lorena who were my best friends since kindergarten. And since I will be moving to New York to go to university, I intended to spend the whole day with them as I did not know when I would them again since they were both going to different universities.

"Happy Birthday Alyssa!" both James and Lorena shouted as they saw me in the corridor. They both hugged me and gave me two bags full of gifts. As I was in a rush to go to class to collect my reports, I put them in my locker.

"Your face tells me that you had the same dream again babe." James told me while he hung his arm around my shoulders.

"Yes. You look awful." Lorena added.

"Thanks for the compliments Lore" I glared at her "And yes, I did have the same dream again except that there was two new things in the dream." And then I told them what I had noticed for the first time.

"The guy seemed to be handsome Al" Lorena told me while grinning "but maybe you need to take this as a warning and be more careful. Can't you do some magic for protections?"

Lorena and James were the only one that knew I had the ability to do magic apart from my family. My parents said that we come from a line of powerful witches and our family is pure bloods.

The legend for witches say that once a witch turns nineteen, a ritual needs to be done to initiate the witch, as nineteen is the age where witches are considered adults. It is said that the powers is to be used for good purposes only and to destroy darkness. We can't use our powers for our own personal benefits.

It is said that some witches have vampires, werewolves or even warlocks as soul mates and in some rare occasions, human soul mates. We are considered to be normal persons but the only difference is that we have powers. Our powers mostly consists of the four elements and as I the cases for pure bloods, we are telepathic and can use powers described in the witch grimoire. By telepathy, I mean we can speak through our minds to other witches only and for some special cases, to our soul mates.

"My mom does enough of protection spells for the whole family Lore" I told her.

"Hey tonight is your initiation ceremony right?" James asked me.

"Thanks for reminding something I don't want to remember James" I told him.

The last time I went to this ceremony was two years ago, when Diana was initiated and I hated it. They make you kneel in the center of a circle and each member of the coven chants powerful spells which help to make your powers more powerful.

It is said that every witches have powers, but once initiated, those powers become more powerful as the witch is now an adult.

My grandmother, who is no more now, used to tell me that I was a powerful witch. She always said that I would accomplish great things and would help two different races get along. I always thought she said those things to make me happy as a seven years old kid. Thinking about that now, make me laugh as I am sure that I am not that great witch. I have always been reckless and I have the tendency to prove people wrong.

For instance, one day my cousin came home and I was copying my English notes in a copybook. She told me that I would not be able to complete everything in one night. So I stayed up the whole night to prove her wrong. Do you get my point now? I don't like it when someone tells me that I can't do something.

I, Alyssa Blake, have the habit of turning the IMPOSSIBLE into POSSIBLE even if that got me in trouble.

This chapter is quite long as i had to introduce Alyssa, her family, her friends and the history of witches. I ca't promise, but i will try to make the following chapters as long as possible. I hope you like it.. <3