SALEM

Chapter 9

Annie

"So what's next" I asked after Blaine had drawn a pentagram on his bedroom floor, they were some existing lines already probably from old ones he drew.

"Well I'll need to go into your dreams and try find meaning to what ever is in there" Blaine explained.

"In there?" I asked

"In your head, I can tap into the spiritual energy...let me just get on with it, it's easier done than said" Blaine chuckled.

I sat on the bed and Blaine placed his hands on my forehead and uttered some strange words like what you would naturally hear in a magic film.

I felt cold, the feeling was surreal but I couldn't tell exactly where I was or what was going on but there was this inner piece I felt like the flowing of water. It felt right in here but that's until I turned and came face to face with my Dad.

My dad face looked calm but there was also this yearning in him that I could feel, he still looked the same since I lost saw him, the day he left for work and got into a car accident, still wearing the same plain pants with a matching long sleeved shirt with black and white stripes. His piercing blue eyes looked dim and he didn't say a word when he saw me but I could see his eyes widen with surprise to see me.

I tried running towards him but it seemed there was a barrier stopping me from gravitating towards me and he kept trying to tell me something but I can't make out the words. It felt like hell right now and everything turned and black and breathe in large amounts of air into my lungs as I opened my eyes and I saw Blaine do the same.

"What happened, my Dad is stuck there, we need to go back Blaine" I could feel the tears rolling down my eyes as my voice I got higher filled with pain.

"I can't continue with this" Blaine muttered lowering his gaze

"Is something wrong" I asked with panic laced in my voice

"He doesn't want us- you there" Blaine said

"I don't understand, why's he there, why's he in my dreams" I was confused about the whole thing

"Your Dad, I think he's stuck in Limbo" Blaine offered

"Limbo? What does that mean" I asked confused. My dad died. "My dad is dead, I said out loud"

"I know but I think he's spirit is stuck in Limbo, Limbo's like a realm where spirit stay stuck when they're unable to leave this world."
Blaine explanation just confused me the more.

" I don't understand, my dad is dead but he's spirit is still stuck in this um... Limbo?" I asked wanting for him to explain more

"It's either his spirit has some unfinished business or he was purposely put in there by dark forces preventing his spirit from either coming back into his body or leaving the material world for good" Blaine explained his theory.

"But that don't explain the nightmares I keep getting and are you saying it's possible someone tried to kill my father" I asked as the knowledge of my father being killed rushed over me

"I can't be 100% certain but I know for sure that your dad is trying to contact you but there's a force blocking him and we can't rule out the possibility that your dad might have been attacked and placed in Limbo" Blaine explained everything to me.

Blaine keeps trying to hide some things but he's face betrays him, he's hiding something and I can feel it but at least I know the reasons for my nightmares now. I can't believe my Dad has been trying to reach me all this while.

"So what can we do, how can we help him, can my dad come back to life" I said all in one breath

"Slow down, first I doubt if it's even possible to perform a resurrection spell on someone who's died for a over a year now and second there might be a way to free him from Limbo but I'd have to speak to my aunt about the spell and how to go on about it" he rambled on about the process it'd require to free my father.

"Okay, thank you so much Blaine, it's best I get going, its getting late" I observed the sunset from outside his window.

"You're welcome and you're strong taking all this in, I admire your strength" he said.

"Thanks but I'm not sure if I'm strong at all" deep down I felt like a mess, I just wanted to curl up into a ball and cry. My dad has been dead for over a year and had being trying to reach me all this while and I never even noticed. What kind of daughter am I?

I don't care what it takes, I need to free my dad front that prison.

I slept peacefully and woke up feeling light as a feather, I guess there was this sense of relief knowing the truth about my father and I didn't even have a nightmare, seems like things are finally gonna get better.

"What do you mean we are gonna walk?" I asked my brother Max as we got ready for school

"Listen Annie, May's not here to pick us up and besides you've always walked to school" he chided

"Yeah, but that's before I got used to being a car and what's up with May, did you guys break up or something?" I asked cause May's always ready to pick Max ever since my Dad died and mom decided to sell the remaining car we owned.

"No we are not broken up, she's- we are just taking a break that's all, everything's perfectly fine" Max said to himself than to me.

"That just sounds like you're trying to convince yourself" I said giggling about the whole thing.

I really wanted to tell Max about the whole dad stuff but that would lead to me exposing Blaine and I promised not to mention a word about him being a witch to anybody but I desperately wanted to tell someone especially Max since we're trying to get dad's spirit out of Limbo.