The Golden Touch of Death

Growing Up

" Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick." I did it! I did it! I can talk normally!

I can walk on my own, talk on my own, and eat on my own. After all those excruciating years of understanding English, I can finally speak it clearly so no more god damn baby talk!

" Hey thewe wittle gwy, wut awe wu doing." She picks me up and starts hugging me."Pwobably sumting pwecious."

" Stop Katie *mmh*, I'm not a baby anymore *mmh*." I try to free myself but there seems to be no escape.

" Please you're not even four you can't even say magnificent."

" Magnificent. Now put me down." She still holds on tightly as she began to walk.

" Who's my smawt wittle bwother. You awe, oh yes you awe. "

" Please stop babying him Katie, also put him down." Thank you, God! Michael enters at the right time.

" You just want him to play with you because you're jealous." She turns away from him like she's being asked to share a doll.

" No, I was going to show him a grimoire to see what kind of magic he will be specialized in." She slowly sits me down and walks over.

" Isn't it a few years too early?"

" Normally yes but he's a special case. He can already read and write quite well though no one has thoroughly taught him." Did he see some of my practice? I try really hard to keep it secret and leave them in hard to find places.

" I have tried showing him before but when I finished I thought he didn't get it. You haven't been hiding this from your big sister, have you, Ethan."

" I tried to tell you I can but my e's look weird and letters are hard with fat fingers also scrumptious is not a fair word to give someone who is learning." I understood it but my mouth wasn't capable of saying it hence the tongue twister practice.

" Let's hurry and do it before mommy and daddy find out." She picked me up and rush me along.

Soon we end up at the library. I have intended to come here when I could push the heavy doors. There are a lot of heavy doors except my own and the front door I wonder why.

He goes through a few shelves then comes back with a black book with a gold lace cover.

" Okay, it's pretty simple to do if you're ready. You have to concentrate hard with your magic. When you feel a weird flow follow it in your mind a couple of times and after a moment start reading."

" Michael, I don't..."

" Don't worry Katie I got it under control." Michael places a hand on my head and I feel a strange flow and I focus on it. I follow it left and right as it goes from head to toe and back twice. " Okay I will do it again and this time when I go back to your head start reading."

" Maybe we..." We ignore Katie and start again and when the rotation was over I read.

" Scutum aureum luceat lux clara est." A huge rush fell over me and I could feel a huge concentration of energy flow into me a golden bubble appeared in my mind with a phrase.

" Stop Michael this is dangerous that's an intermediate grimoire and you're supposed to have more than an example before trying to read." If what she saying is true I should keep going and see what else I get. This is a huge step up.

" Tolle dolores et morboro et splendorem ignis lux misereatur illustris." The next thing is showing a palm glowing in the same golden yellow.

" Okay, Ethan you can stop the next one will be too hard." Too late to stop me. I will finish this page.