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chapter one

❝ I REFUSE TO GO BACK TO THE OLD ME. I'M BECOMING A BETTER PERSON USING MY PAST EXPERIENCES AS LESSONS ❞

— anonymous

 CHAPTER ONE

[ BEACH SIDE SEVEN ]

      EMBER RUNS HER fingers through her wet hair and ruffles it up. It had been probably twenty minutes since she had ordered her lemonade, and she was still waiting. Ember was always known as the patient one but it was difficult for her to stay patient when she was slowly melting into a puddle of sweat from the heat. She wanted a lemonade, and she wanted a lemonade asap.

Her mouth was suffering from dehydration the longer she continued to sit there. Her brown-mahogany eyes look at each table that surrounded her. Every single table around her had already gotten their food and drinks served to them. Even the guy who ordered after Ember had his food and drink. The impatient teenager had finally had enough and decided to go up to the booth to complain.

She storms up to the booth and slams her hand on the desk.

''Hey!'' she calls out. ''Where's the manager?''

The anger inside her began to bubble up as she received no answer, but before she could express her anger, she spotted her server at another table, just standing there with his notepad and pen in front of his face. She huffs impatiently and walks straight up to the waiter.

''Excuse me dude,'' she says, finally reaching him. ''I ordered my lemonade probably twenty minutes ago and no I am not being dramatic! But I'm pr– dude! Look at the person who's talking to you!''

Ember whacks his shoulder but he still gave her no movement at all. His eyes were still focused on his notepad. Ember had the urge to shove him until she noticed something that was off. She noticed that he wasn't focusing on just the notepad, his entire body was completely frozen. His hand, the pen inside his hand, everything. She quirks an eyebrow and snaps her fingers in front of his face.

''Hello?'' she asks. ''Helloooo?'' she sang, continually snapping. ''What is going on?''

Ember had always heard that Miami was a weird place to live, but not this weird. Ember scans the rest of her area, gasping as she realized that everyone around her was frozen. She didn't know what was going on, but Miami was beginning to freak her out.

''PROXY!!!''

Ember jumps in surprise as the high-pitch cry pierced through the air. She spins around with wide eyes and sees a blonde haired girl briskly walking around the small area you were eating in. Ember was getting more confused by the second, it seemed not everyone was frozen. A chill ran down Embers spine as the blonde girls forest-green hazel eyes made contact with Embers dark-brown eyes.

The blonde young lady pressed her hand against her chest and inhaled a wide gasp. Ember closes her lips into a straight line and gave her an awkward wave.

''How are you moving right now?!'' she exclaimed. ''Only wi– who are you?!''

''Look girl, I'm as confused as you are,'' ember declares. ''so I'm most certainly not the one to ask why everything is frozen and why we're the only ones moving.''

''Well I know why I can move,'' she told. ''the thing is.. I don't know why you can move.''

''What's your reason?'' ember asks eagerly. ''Because maybe the reason your moving may be the same reason I'm moving.''

''Well um,'' the blonde looks down and began to fiddle with her fingers. ''I'm a witch.''

''Um, I'm sorry, did I hear you right?'' ember tips her head and began to hit the side of her head, thinking she had a ton of water still left in her ear. ''Did you just say a witch?''

The blonde nodded.

''As in the green-skin, pointy-nosed, wart-covered people?'' ember asks, raising her eyebrows. ''Because obviously you're not green.''

''Of course not!'' she squeaked unhappily. ''That would be gross,'' she said softly. ''anyways! The only reason everyone else is frozen is because their human, so the only people who can move are Witches and Kanays.''

Ember opens her mouth to speak but the blonde girl lets out another over-dramatic gasp.

''What if you're a Kanay?'' she asks. ''Well, that can't be because Proxy is the only Kanay left,'' she said to herself. ''but if you were one, that wouldn't be much of a competition.''

Ember rolls her eyes. ''What the heck is Kanay? And who's Proxy?''

''Proxy is my boyfriend,'' she smiled brightly. ''and if you want to know what a Kanay is, you'd have to ask that to Diego.''

''Who's Diego?''

''Oh, my boyfriend.''

''So you have two boyfriends?''

''No! Of course not!'' she denied angrily. ''Diego is my boyfriend but I call him Proxy.''

''Okay, whatever,'' ember sighs. ''this is sort of a weird question but, do you know any other witches or something like that?''

''Mmm, yes,'' she nodded. ''her name is,'' she paused as if she was about to barf. ''Emma,'' she gagged. ''yeah, she the Chosen One.''

''The chosen one? Oh my gosh,'' ember scoffs. ''okay, whatever, maybe she might know how to unfreeze everything.''

''She was probably the one who froze everything in the first place,'' she theorized. ''the Chosen One hm,'' she snorted. ''they could've chosen better.''

''As much as I enjoy you insulting this Emma girl,'' ember sneers. ''I would like to know what your name is.''

''My name is–''

''MADDIE!!''

The blonde turned around and shrieked in excitement as she saw the boy who was sprinting up towards her with his arms wide open.

''PROXY!!''

Ember nodded in assurance as she watched the two run into each others arms. Ember thought it through and knew that the blonde girls name was Maddie. And the boy she was hugging was Diego, or in her words, Proxy. Ember looked away in disgust as she watched the couple share a kiss together. She couldn't bare to witness anymore romance happen in front of her eyes, it sickened her.

''I'm so happy that you're here!'' diego exclaimed happily. ''I thought that–''

He suddenly paused as he saw that Ember was moving. His eyes widened and he moved Maddie aside to get a closer look at Ember.

''Proxy!'' maddie squeaked. ''Why are you staring at another girl?!''

''No Maddie it's not like that,'' he assured. ''but.. Is she moving?''

''Yeah, I am,'' ember answers, knowing that he was speaking about her. ''apparently I'm a witch or a Kanay.''

''Well, it has to be one of those two,'' diego said. ''because only those types of people are the kind that can be moving right now.''

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