My Jade

ch. 4 the vision

Ch. 4  

Are you serious?  

Well, if that isn't shocking then I don't know what is. I read and reread the letter over, and over again. What could this possibly be about? Was my dad crazy maybe? This just isn't plausible! No way do I have powers!  

"Yes, you do. I could hear you all the way down the hall. Geez, your definitely going to have to learn to control that somehow." Startled, I turn to see the owner of this voice is a girl. Almost my age, I'd say, maybe a little older with long black hair and the same emerald green eyes wrapped in gold as the small girl on my flight.  

"Wait, who are you and what do you mean you could hear me down the hall?" I ask  

"Well you've definitely got witch in you thats for sure. My name is Clara Ann. I believe you met my brother Charles already." She said as she starts to walk around my room studying me.  

"Yeah, he was very nice."  

"Oh, don't give me that you're only saying that because you think he's hot. You're not the only one with powers either by the way. I'm a witch as well. Hardly as good as you will be though, my bloodline isn't as pure as yours is."  

''What are you talking about powers? I don't have any powers. Until five minutes ago I didn't even know powers existed."  

This is so weird, are they all crazy maybe? I think I might need to just go back home. Home yeah that sounds like a good idea. Back where I can have the perfect summer with Cassie where nothing is going to try and hurt me!  

"Leave f you want," the girl says sarcastically, "you'll just be signing your own death warrant."  

Death warrant? Why would I have to die if I just decided I didn't want any part of this? Ugh. Then she begins to explain everything to me. Only she isn't talking. Its like telethapy or something.  

The story begins. Its long ago probably a few hundred years ago. People are fighting and dying all around me. Out of nowhere, its like a type of force-field goes around each individual person. I look up to see the picture suddenly changes. Im in front of an alter, and there are two people standing there. They look young, very young, younger than me. They look just like my mom and dad. That is so weird. They look just like my parents. Then a large commotion goes on all around me people are hugging and cheering. It's an actual wedding reception I guess. From the front row, I see two women stand. Both of them are wearing crowns and long dresses made of a very delicate silk and lace. The two grasp hands and reach for the adoring couple.  

"Finally, our families and races are united. This is a day, that will live prominently in our history and never be forgotten. This is a pact that we will have no more bloodshed. No more hatred among the immortals and witches." The lady grasping the hand of the man that looks like my father says.  

The families leave the alter and the couple go to their home. Then the story fasts forwards nine months the young girl is having a baby but it doesn't look like it is going well at all. Just as the baby comes out you see the pale white-blue face of the young girl fade to a non- existant stare. The baby isn't crying either. Someone from the hall shouts abomination and men storm the room. They grab the baby and go to throw it out the window when someone grasps the arm of the man that is holding her.  

"Don't you think a sacrifice of this abomination would be better? If this marriage wasn't meant to be we should make right by it by spilling the infected blood of the innocent child." Another man interrupted.  

"This child isn't an innocent. It is cursed with the unforgiven blood of her father. The monstrocity killed my daughter. This truce is over. It was their plan all along to make my family weak by having my strongest daughter marry the son of the immortal queen."  

"We will have our vengeance one day brother, but now is not the time."  

Out of the shadows walks an ancient looking woman, with grey white hair. She looks very fragile. With her fishnet- white shawl and puka shell necklace. Wait, this is the same woman that was on my plane! Omg! This can't be real!  

"Great. Way to go you broke the connection." Clara says to me kind of irritated, "you didn't even get to hear the prophecy."  

"Well can't you just redo the connection thing and let me hear it again?" I say back to her  

"Our powers don't exactly work that way, well mine don't at least. I can only tell you what I know happened after that because, I have been told through stories that have been passed down. But I cant tell you the prophecy. Ive been waiting a long time to see you to show you that because I have wanted to hear it myself, but I guess its too late now." She sounded really disappointed.  

"I'm sorry. I just got really excited. Ive seen that old woman before. She was on my flight on my way here."  

Clara goes on to tell me the woman I see is an ancient voodoo prophet, and that somehow after she said the prophecy she murdered the baby in front of all present. The man in the story was in fact my father, but the woman wasn't my mother. My mother is a reincarnate of her, and that's what made my dad fall in love with her. Of course I represent the baby, the abomination. So, I am half immortal and half witch. Well this is great I wonder what else I can do than just mind abilities.  

"Oh I'm sure you can probably do anything you could imagine a witch does. Casting spells, controlling elements, just don't say fly because that's definitely a myth no we don't fly." She says to me, "You just have to let them come on their own, you'll get all your powers by the time your eighteen, if you last that long anyway."  

"What do you mean if I last that long? Why wouldn't I?"  

"Because, if the thoughts you constantly hear don't drive you mad, the fact that you can hide your thoughts will get you killed. Sooo many sisters, will easily be able to break into your thoughts and find out you are the outcome of an unnatural manner and try to kill you." She says without pause  

"Oh." I mumble.  

Great, so lets see. Checklist for the summer so far. One find another secret with my key and combonation my dad left me. Two, learn to hide your thoughts. Three, hope none of my other powers decide to make itself known before I can control the first. Oh and last, try not to fall for Charles, since he is suppose to be the one training me..... Wow this might just turn out to be the worst summer ever. I wish Cassie was here!