The Baby Witch

Chapter 13.

I woke up on Christmas morning at 8:30 am, I had lunch at grandma's which ended up going into the late afternoon like the usual. I got this amazing greek mythology book from my Dad in New Zealand and read it at the start of the day, showing it off to my family members there on the day. It had a sky blue cover with ancient Greek patterns in a shiny film with little silhouettes of characters featured in the book, quotes of praises to the book and a cutout in the middle, a circle showing off Hermes winged sandal. The title 'Mythos' and author 'Stephen Fry' in all capitals. With stories about the titans, gods, giants, and goddesses gracing the pages.

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After a day-long of swimming eating and laughing, I went home from spending 8 hours with family from my grandma's side, tomorrow would be my grandad's side of the family. I ran a cold bath and started thinking about the ancient Greek goddesses, how I wanted to be them. As I laid in the bathtub that was starting to become smaller and smaller for my growing body I decided I would offer a part of me to the goddesses I most valued and knew the most about. ( I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS AT ALL) I called out to Aphrodite, Freya/Freja, Artemis, Athena, and Minerva and offered them fractions of me, Aphrodite claiming the biggest. I didn't offer all of me away that was impractical, I remained myself but also had the power and fraction of the gifts each goddess had. I thanked them and wished them goodbye politely. I felt empowered and beautiful like the start of something new and wonderful. I got out of the bath and pulled the plug and watched the water sloosh down the drain almost gracefully and thought of what I would do next once I got dressed. 

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After I got dressed in my summer pajamas I decided I would write about my favourite goddess, one I didn't offer myself to, Persephone. I stayed up late that night writing about my beloved goddess, how she apparently looks, her characteristics, to what she likes and dislikes. Then to end the night I prayed but not to an ancient Greek god to the Christian god. I was trying something new and thinking about my religion.

This morning I woke up to a blue flower on my bed and I knew in my heart it was Persephone, I knew that she had put the flower there. I knew the flower was special, it meant something to me. The day I got my Book Of Shadows I went down to the park on my street and went to the flower beds and picked flowers that stood out to me, then I placed them in the book where they have stayed even now. And the flower that lay by my feet on my queen size bed was the small blue pansy I had picked months ago. I thought about all of the coincidences that it could have been like had it fallen out of my book and landed on my bed but I had only noticed til now but then I thought of how I opened my book in the dining room where I filled it about Persephone and how there isn't a chance it could have fallen out. So I reach over and text Annabelle about it and asked what she thinks about it, just as I pressed send I noticed my earphones on the floor by my bedside table, the ones that had been missing for a week and I prayed to god about. and only god about. I added what just happened and sent it below the previous message on snapchat, I plugged my earphones in and played my favourite song Babylon (live~ cause, in my opinion, it's better than the studio) - by 5 seconds of Summer.

I danced around my room headbanging, playing air guitar and singing along to the lyrics while jumping up and down to the beat. The next song came on and luckily it was another one of my favourite songs, Never Enough - by Rex Orange County. I sang and sang and sang with my earphones in masking my actual very out of tune voice while I got ready to see my other side of the family and my cousins. I didn't eat any breakfast since i knew we were going to have a big lunch, as i finshed getting ready in blue, pink , white and black thin stripped dress and checked my phone to see that Annabelle had replied. She offered the theory that maybe God and Persephone may have been trying to win me over and I thought about it agreeing that it may be possible but still unsure. 

I get a message from Zali. It's a video of her saying:

"oh my god! look at all these games. and now that I have an Xbox we can play together. you'd love these games they are sooo good." the video shows her Xbox and all the games laid down and one playing on the screen.

I reply with a video of me saying:

"Yeah, maybe but I never go on mine other than to use it as a DVD player or the occasional Forza match. I'm so tired! I socialised a lot yesterday than last night I didn't go to sleep till later and then woke up early."

'that sucks. whats your Xbox account?' she replies with captioned on a photo of her pulling a weird face.

"I don't know, I'll tell you later tonight when I get home I'm about to leave again to go to grandma's. But at least I get to see all of my little cousins talk to my cousin's wife (she's my favourite she's so funny and chill and nice)" I say in a video and send it to her not being bothered to type it all out.

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All of my grandad's side of the family is at his and my grandma's house. the adults and me at the massive table decorated with cheeses and dips with carrot and tomatoes while Lilly is in the pool with Lulu and Francesca while sid is out the back in the field with the park with Fred and Rupert as Angus watches over them riding their bikes and playing with remote control cars.

I got pestered throughout the day to hop in the pool but too be honest I just didn't want to. Being sticky from the chlorine, my hair as dry as hay just after I washed it and being splashed and deafened by the 9 other humans in the small pool. then my Aunt and Grandma tried guilt tripping me into feeling bad and hoping in the pool but I'm too stubborn. As I look at my second and third cousins I notice how there are 2 main hair colours and 1 minority. Brunette - my Mum, Aunty Chelsea, Grandma (naturally), uncle Andrew, Maggie's husband, Angus' wife, Francesca, and Fred.  Red/Orange hair - myself/Ariel, my two cousins Maggie and Angus, my great uncle's hair is white so is my grandad's from aging. (red hair goes white instead of grey) and the smallest fraction is Blonde - Sid, Rupert, Lulu and great aunt Anne. After lunch is eaten, it's present time. Lilly, Audrey and I all got perfume, socks, a bracelet, and a notebook as well as a novel, I got The Hate U Give. I had watched the trailer for the film adaptation of the book and couldn't wait to read the book then watch the motion picture.

Everyone starts to leave not soon after I go home and fulfill my promise to Zali, finding out my Xbox account's username for her. then I go through this year Christmas presents and try to put some away, my body was too tired to last much longer so i went to bed early that night.

{A/N}

i thought it was only fair that i add another chapter while i'm active haha but i hope everyone enjoys it sorry the last chapter was boring i thought i'd spice it up this chapter. everything is based of real life events and would highly recommend not to do what i did but i did that a while ago and the flower and everything all happened to me but i love you all <3