Magic is not everything

CHAPTER 10

Kasandra recounts

I hear the alarm on the nightstand, but I decide to ignore it I don't want to go to school, I don't want to wake up, I don't want to do anything, I just want to sleep, so I stop it.  Then I hear the phone ringing, how crazy it would be to call you at this hour, then I have the phone on the nightstand and I see Zoey's number on the screen, I decide to answer.
" Morning, Sleeping Beauty , how did you sleep?"
In response to her question, I decide to mutter something that sounds like a protest.
" I'm glad you're in such a good mood, more infected me , seriously."  Obviously she is ironic, as is characteristic of her and of course her grandfather.
" What is it, Zoey?"  I say reluctantly.
" Well, as you last announced when I spoke with you last time, I promise you to  wake up because you knew very well that you would not be able to wake up with just a simple alarm, but rather with a fanfare, and because you are  my best friend I made this commitment, so move your cute little ass to school until you're late and look I don't want to think that  I'm bad I promise that if you come before me i'll tell you everything I know about  your famous friend,  Dire Magnus, but you have to admit no matter how beautiful he is, he has an uninspired name especially part with Dire , but we'll discuss these details later. Bye!"
And she close the phone  without giving me a chance to answer.
What had she said?  That she had information about Magnus?  Had she found anything in doctor Hugo's books?  What time was it?  Zoey really knew how to motivate me, so I jump out of bed without feeling tired and I go to the kitchen since I leave the room I smell scrambled eggs and bacon if my mother had woken up before me, if my grandmother had returned but when I get there I realize that none of what I had imagined was true.
" Uncle Bettles, what are you doing?"
I see my uncle cooking the omelet in the pan.
" I'm preparing the breakfast, what do you think I'm doing? "  He said it was the most obvious thing in the world, and I was a crow.
" In my kitchen?"
" Well, since you notified uncle Derek that we were both starving, he took matters into his own hands and ordered Beetles to stay here with us and be our personal chef."
I hear my mother's answer from behind me.
" No kidding, Kate, why didn't you tell me earlier that you were in trouble, and besides, you would have thought I wouldn't have accepted. How can I let my niece starve, you two should open a store for you, the store..."
" Without uncle Jake here I don't think you can set up any store, how to do that without a missing founder, don't you think he'll be upset?"
" You're right," said uncle Bettles. " Without my friend here, the store wouldn't be any fun, so we'll talk when I meet him at work."
" Bettles, I think you have better things to do than stay with us, haven't you really met a nice girl to take care of?
" You know it's not Kate, I didn't find the right girl for me." He says, putting the omelette on his plate.
" What a pathetic excuse." Says my mother.
I sit next to them and the rest of the breakfast runs quietly, then I look at the clock on the wall realizing that I had to hurry if I didn't want to be late, so I leave the table thanking uncle Beetles for the breakfast, and in my running I almost hit the closet.  Now the biggest problem of the day is what I wear?
I'm starting to throw my clothes out of the closet all over the room, hoping to find something nice and comfortable, and low temperatures in New York have been announced lately
" Why are you in such a hurry to get to school?"  My mother's voice interrupts my thoughts.  " Somehow the Demon resigns, and you don't want to miss the moment when that happens?
I'm starting to laugh.
" No, it's too good to be true, only Zoey helps me not to be late."
Mentioning my friend's name makes my mother seem worried  I wonder why?
" Zoey, she's a very good friend to you."
" Mom I never doubted that."
My mother approaches me and takes me in her arms and crushes me on her chest, and I don't know how to react to her gesture.
" You know you're the most precious thing I have in my life, you know that, don't you?"
I take her in my arms.
" Mom, I'm sorry about what I said last night."
" It's okay," she said, stroking my hair, "I understand, and I promise I'll tell you all the things you want to know when I'm ready."
" Everything?"
" Yes."  She strokes my hair and for the first time I see tears streaming down his cheeks and my heart breaks, maybe I wasn't the only one who felt the missing of the people he loved and I realized she was right, maybe I should wait a little longer,  I have to trust her.  Mother wipes the tears from her eyes and begins to smile.
" I'm taking you to school today. "
And without any sign she leaves the room.  I wish I could be as strong as her one day.
After rummaging through the closet, I found something suitable to wear black jeans, a gray blouse and I put on natural makeup and put on some gold jewelry.  I went downstairs and hugged uncle Beetles before leaving , when I go out I see  mother in the car.
After a few minutes of driving, my mother parks in front of the school before  comes out  I kiss  mother's cheek and I take her in my arms.
" To have a good day!"
" So do you, Mom."
Then I get out of the car and head to school at the highest speed, I've never been so happy that I got to school in my life after I walk in I go to Zoey's locker and look around she still hasn't come. Good.
" Hello, Kasandra!"
I shudder and look behind me when I come across a pair of sea-blue eyes and brown hair.
" Zoey, tell me what you found out?  What do you know about Magnus?  Do you know why it appears in my dreams?  Can we defeat him?" I ask her in the most enthusiastic voice and shake her shoulders as I ask her.
Zoey pulls away from my cock and pulls her brunette strands to one side of her face.
" Hi Zoey!  How are you?  How are you feeling?  Did I ever tell you that you are my best friend and that I love you so much?"
I roll my eyes, and Zoey starts laughing.
" I was just kidding you, Kasandra."
" Looks like you're in a good mood for jokes this morning.  Now tell me what you found out?  I basically ran to get to school, so it would be worth it."
Zoey wrapped her arm around me and we walked down the hall.
" Is Kasandra a chance your family wants to adopt me?"
I look at her puzzled.
" Did it go so badly?"
Zoey looked at me.
" Let's just say that I didn't approach the subject too well compared to grandfather Hugo, at the breakfast I told him that I found something in the books I brought him about a certain Dire Magnus , and because I asked him directly because I don't understand of detour. Grandpa blushed and told me that there were better things in this life that I cared about, such as the weather or the lessons I had to learn for the damn school of non-magicians I go to but not about Dire Magnus and when he said his name he was very scared, and after the breakfast he and my father quarreled over this subject, and my mother tried to reconcile them and I heard them to the my room arguing, so I ask you again if there is a chance that your mother will want you to adopt me because as I angered grandpa Hugo I am sure he will want to give me to adoption, I make sure I get somewhere I like. So what  you say?"
I start laughing and take her hand.
" I'd love to be my step-sister."
Zoey laughs and then asks me.
"Kasandra, have you seen Magnus lately?" She looked worried.
I nod.
" No, but I dreamed something else...I'm starting to worry and my voice is shaking...I dreamed of grandpa Pym's death.
Zoey's eyes widen.
" What ? "
" I know what it sounds like, but I need to talk to someone."  I stop Zoey from the road and stare into her eyes, then take a deep breath and close my eyes, I see everything with great accuracy even now.  Then I take courage and look into Zoey's eyes, " it was so real everything grandpa was at Magnus' feet and he was hurt, they confronted him and he lost...and there was mom and aunt Emma and uncle Michael...and the garden was on fire, everything was on fire, it was a fight and grandpa didn't win it, then he started to be surrounded by light or rather he became light...and...and then disappeared before my eyes...and...and..."
I feel Zoey's hand grab my arm and I see so much compassion in her eyes, then she says:
" It's ok, you don't have to tell me now, you  could tell me another time." And she grabs my hand and I realize that I was shaking all over and it was definitely not because of the cold and  when I told her my voice it was a weeping and pathetic little girl, and that annoyed me louder, I have to be strong just like my mother, I have to fight like aunt Emma, I couldn't lose my courage not now when I'm sure I need him more than ever.
I wipe the tears from the corner of my eye and look at my girlfriend again. I have to keep going.
" The idea is that in my dream I saw someone, someone I don't know, there was another boy, he was in pain and I heard him shout after his grandfather, he said he wanted him back, that he didn't want to be left alone and  for a moment we crossed our eyes and he looked at me just as curiously as I looked at him and before he could say anything I woke up.
Zoey said nothing as I talked, then asked,
" Do you know him?"
Shake my  head no.
" Wonderful other prince charming about whom we know nothing or how he found you." She says, rolling her eyes.
I'm starting to laugh.  Zoey smiles.
" I knew I could make you laugh again.  Zoey, the dose of happiness is here." She says and takes me in her arms.
I hug her even tighter.
" Let's go to class."
In a few moments, the biology teacher appears in class and that's how the class starts, but I couldn't concentrate in any way. I was still thinking about my dream and it was not a pleasant one.  Aunt Emma was a prisoner, I had heard her scream, I had seen her pinned to a chair against her will by those monsters and that giant bald man, Rourke, who had told her to trust his master's power, then I had heard Magnus's voice telling aunt Emma that  it just helped her fulfill her destiny and his, and then I yelled at aunt Emma not to trust him that he was a liar and then I yelled at Magnus who didn't seem to be there, that he was a coward and to go out of hiding, that if he felt like a fight I was ready to show him what I'm capable, I was just hoping to leave aunt Emma alone.  Then grandpa Pym, uncle Michael, and the rest of the team tried to save her, at first they seemed to succeed, but Magnus had emerged from the fire in the middle of the garden and could look at her with satisfaction when he saw uncle Michael next to aunt Emma, then turned his gaze. to grandpa Pym, that look I could see the flames in his eyes burning like the fire next to him, it was revenge and it was so wild and then I could only scream at grandpa Pym to be careful, but it was too late.  I honestly didn't know where to turn my attention to Gabriel and Rourke, grandpa Pym or mom who had appeared in the middle of the disaster to save my aunt and uncle when they were about to leave Magnus had threatened to kill my grandfather if I left  it  blood was boiling in his veins,  dick.  Their conversation had once again drawn my attention to the fact that my grandfather had arranged the death of my family, and Magnus had promised my mother the guarantee that her family would live, and I could see hope on my mother's face when she looked at him, but I do not understand why.  Grandpa's voice had broken the spell between them that there was a way for them to survive and Magnus to be defeated, then I see him grandpa's whole body becomes light and disappears, and my soul breaks in two, and then my family and Gabriel disappear from me sight.. and then I see that boy looking at me and I realize that he had noticed me from the beginning before I realized, his gaze fixed on me and I could see the tears in his eyes and I realized that he was  in the same situation as me, then I woke up.
Our classroom window suddenly opened because of the wind, at least that's what the rest of my classmates thought, except for Zoey who knew me, uncle Derek had told me that when a wizard felt an emotion like fear there was a chance his magic wouldn't work, but if  they were nervous or angry, the consequences could be as devastating as they are now.
Kasasndra what's the problem?
What is the problem?  The problem is that I trusted appearances and was fooled, and instead of giving Magnus a fist when I saw him, I took him in my arms and trusted him.  He who is the enemy of my family and the reason why my grandfather died and my aunt suffered and in those moments she needed my mother because she was afraid.  Next time I meet  teh Dire Magnus, I'll make sure he understands what happens when he causes my family suffering.
It wasn't your fault, you had no way of knowing, Zoey said.
That's not an excuse because I was gullible.
" Good morning, children, excuse me for bothering you."  The headmistress's voice catches my attention and I return to my biology class again.
After the teacher manages to close the window, he says:
" No problem, Mrs. Sperry, please."
And my gaze shifts from my notebook to the headmistress and I feel my blood freeze in my veins, the boy of my dreams, the one who had screamed for his grandfather, who had looked at me before I woke up, I look into his eyes gray and I can see on his face how he recognizes me and I can only be perplexed, how such a thing could be possible...
" Kids, I want to introduce you to your new colleague, Eric Williams, Eric, greet your new colleagues, I'm sure you'll understand very well."
Eric didn't say anything,  he just looked at me.

If you can read my mind. Who do you think is the mysterious guy?