Red Witch

Chapter 7

Silence.

We both stood there in pure shock, our heavy breathing and shaking bodies timed together. I blinked and wiped my head, the heat radiating from me seaming extremely high.

"Wha......." I whispered and stared down at my palms. My hands vibrated along with my whole body and I just stared in horror and fascination as Tia stood to the side carefully examining me.

"Blaise?" I didn't want to here it. I ran out of the room and pounded up the steps, not stopping when I heard my name being called.

Just when I thought everything was going to be just fine and I might have a chance at a semi-normal life, the major flaw had to be revealed the hard way, by myself. I continued up to my room, slamming the door shut before a gut wrenching sob echoed across the room.

"Why!" My mind yelled, anger poured into the word as it repeated. A million questions and a few choice words filled my mind.

I heard a hard knock on the door but ignored the persistent person behind it. I clutch my hair and fall onto my bed, Exhaustion sweeping over my body. I laid there and let the warm tears pour down my face, the only sounds coming from the door.

After a while, the knocking stopped knocking and I looked up from my bed. I waited for Tia to come through the door but it remained shut. I looked down at my hands, inspecting every inch of the soft, red palms. Hesitating, I slowly recalled the warmth and surge of power I felt before, pushing it from my feet and towards my palms but nothing happened. Frustrated, I got up from the bed and moved towards the mirror. I examined my reflection, my tired green eyes staring back at me. My hair was slightly disheveled from my previous crying and the bags under my eyes were evident.

I took in a deep breath before holding my palms up to the sky. I tried again with more confidence, starting from the soles of my feet and pushing it towards my palms. Nothing.

"ARGH!!" I yelled out. I ran a hand through my hair and stomped over to my dresser. I grabbed a hair brush and ran it through my thick hair, carefully brushing out any knots I may have missed. I stood in front of my dresser, running the brush through my hair over in over again, letting the rhythmic motions calm my frustration and anger.

Once I felt calm enough, I set the brush down on the wood and went back over to the bed. As soon as I sat down, a hard knock rang through the silent room. I looked at the door knob, wandering if I should open it.

"Blaise?" a tiny voice called. I relaxed my muscles some more before walking to the door. Cali stood there with her backpack on and ready to go, only thing missing was her usual peppy smile.

I pasted on a smile and bent down to her eye level.

"Hey Cali-bear" She stared at me with big innocent eyes.

"Were you crying?" I sighed and reluctantly nodded my head. There was no getting around this toddler.

"Yes, I was. But it was only because I'm sad that I have to leave." I said, which wasn't a lie. I was still pretty upset about having to leave Cali, Jake and Lucy behind.

"You're leaving?" Her big doe-like swelling with salty tears. I frowned, not liking the tears that were forming.

"Cali, my mommy found me. My mommy is Tia, so she's taking me home." I whispered. It felt weird to say I had a mom but it was just something to get used to, like my new found powers......

"Why can't I go? We can be one big family and I can be your little sister." Her lip trembled as more tears started to drop out of her eyes. I took in a shaky breath and tried to stop my own tears from falling, pushing aside my hair.