Lizzie and the Bear

Lizzie was just walking to class, as she did every morning, when a guy stepped out of the shadows. He resembled that of a bear. At first she was scared to death that it might eat her. It extended it's paw as she shook with trembling fingers. "Don't be afraid," the bear told her, " I don't eat humans,; I'm a vegetarian." She immediately opened her heart to the bear. She said,"I'm going to class, and I can't have anyone see you. Will you hide in my place. They'll shoot you if they know your on campus." So she smuggled  the bear into her apartment. His belly growled and she knew he was hungry. She gave him some carrots; the only thing she had in her fridge. He munched vigorously. As soon as he was done chewing, she locked the door, and prayed he wouldn't mess up the place when she got back.  

At class, she couldn't think. She kept thinking "HOW THE HECK COULD A BEAR APPEAR ON CAMPUS?!" She realized her thoughts were spoken and the whole class was staring at her. AWKWARD! 

As soon as she left she went to the grocery store to get food for her and the bear. The moment she walked in papers were flying everywhere. The bed was broken from when the bear tried to take a nap! The bear blushed, saying, "He was SOOOOO sorry!" Liz felt a fool to hide the bear here. He ate her homework for ALL her classes. The only thing on the floor was her math test. "HEY! You can't do that you silly bear!" Lizzie shouted! She went to plug her IPhone in but the plug was ripped apart. "OUT!" Lizzie, shouted! The bear hung his head, and walked out of the building. Suddenly she heard a protest outside; he was spotted. She ran outside realizing her mistake and shielded the bear. A bullet went through her like a grenade. She was dying. The bear scooped her up and rushed to a hospital! The doctors had a hard time believing their eyes, but they saw the girl and rushed her into surgery. 

Several hours later , she woke. Her chest hurt, and when she looked to the chair, there was the bear snoring.  "Bear?" she called. The bear woke up, right away!He looked at her with his brown eyes in adoration. He let her pet his smooth fur. She felt comforted. Then their was a knock and in, rushed her parents, shooing the bear out! He looked at her and left with a tear in his eye. Her parents where furious! After she heard all there was to hear she was dismissed from the hospital. She went back to her place, and wondered where the bear was. At the same time there was a knock at the door. It was a boy she's never seen, but his brown eyes were familiar in a way she couldn't explain. She decided to invite him in. 

As she slept he used his large hands to type a document on her computer. She awoke later to find in his place, the bear! She uttered one word, and the bear turned to see her shocked facial expression. "I'm a shifter," he said, " but you must keep this a secret!" Trying to process all this was so hard, she immediately fainted. 

To Be Continued............

Mile's Has A Darkness Inside

Miles stared at the faces looking at him. They were all puzzled. He saw Melinda; the instigator. She started this lie! He couldn't have Darkness inside of him, thought he remembered when he was the Shadow's turned him. He thought he was healed by his Mom's balm. Could it be?! He closed his eyes, and thought he felt something lurking inside him; he didn't want this to grow.HE didn't want to fight his family. He didn't know when he stepped over the Shadow's threshold that it would change him. He ran out the door quickly thinking if he wasn't around that he couldn't hurt anyone. A danger to the heart would rid the world of this thing inside him. It had to be a special dagger; wouldn't kill him permanently, just the Darkness. He knew where to go,; he'd fix this.

Meanwhile his siblings were silent as he ran. Then Katrina spoke, "He's going to kill the darkness, but with a price. We need to get to him before he does this. Mama said we had to do this together, meaning WITH Miles too. The Seven can't be severed. C'mon!" She raced after him! Each sibling followed her. She was fast, since she was a child. But her speed increases. She could smell his scent even though he tried to wipe it away. She stopped for the vision that came. "What is it, sister?" Ella asked. "I know where he is! But it's risky; demons can't be trusted to remove Darkness. It's growing in him; he doesn't know what he's asking for. Hurry!"

Miles felt his sense of direction change. What?! Something was drawing him to a demon. He spat! It was growing in him; didn't want him to kill it. Drat! Miles stopped, feeling a pain in his chest. HE doubled over; about to throw up. No, he was changing! ?He thought of his siblings but saw them as enemy's  He cried out. He wouldn't fight them! Then the Darkness seized his mind again, altering his memories. His saw nothing but hatred. His siblings never truly loved him he thought; he was a black sheep in the family. Mama always suspected when he was up to something bad. She didn't love him. His eyes turned black. This wasn't Miles anymore. He picked up at a run.

Katrina panted, " He's going Dark!" It was hard to track him. "Ella, do you have the book?" She appeared by Katrina, Dimitri behind her, as well as the rest. She opened it. The pages were alive, and suddenly stopped once more. She looked at the spell, and gasped. She started chanting without closing her eyes; she grew weaker and weaker. Dimitri held her in place. Charlie was silent as her sister was doing the spell. Alec held his held his breath, praying this would work. After the spell, Ella said she needed to sit. Dimitri let her lie against a nearby tree. Katrina got out a loaf of bread, "Take it, Ella!" She ate tiny bites, as Charlie found water from a nearby stream, and brought it to her sister's lips. She spoke, "I can see what he sees, I know how to find him." Dimitri said, " I'll carry you." Ella, replied, " Thanks, I see a demon pouring him something dark. If he drinks it he won't come back to us. The Shadow wants to break us apart." With her instructions, they ran.

Miles had a headache, someone was in his mind. "Hurry Up, Damon! We need to break the bond", Miles said sharply. He didn't know that Melinda was near by; hidden from sight. But he felt her. Miles, you are loved. Don't do this! Your not bad. Fight it while you have a chance to. He heard her words and it brought back a light inside him. But soon it tapered out like a candle being snuffed. Miles, you can do it. Your parents don't hate you. It's lies from the Shadow. He is deceitful  and wicked; that's not you; never was. A sensation came over him. The real Miles was surfacing. But he pushed him away. Melinda cried silently for Miles. Soon the siblings, came and saw Melinda. Ella knew. She stepped to touch Mile's on the shoulder. "Don't drink!" He shrugged her off. The demon couldn't see them because she made her siblings invisible. "Miles, your a good person", Katrina whispered. Dimitri saw the drink floating closer, in the demons grubby hand. He knocked it over! The demon saw them, then. "What are you doing here? You can't save him!" He kicked the demon in the stomach; his weak point. " Your not going to touch him!" Katrina shouted. They tied Miles up, so he couldn't hurt himself. Then Ella put her hand on Miles with Melinda's instruction  and chanted, while her siblings fought. Miles was falling asleep. Melinda then, picked him up to take him to the the Elders. They could heal him from this! She glowed and rose to the sky; wings appearing by her side. She would save him!

Meanwhile as his siblings fought, Miles woke in a bright room. His parents looking over him. He was confused. Melinda made him drink a white brew. "What is this?", He spoke. "You will feel better soon", Melinda is actually an angel, as well a Godmother to you. She's an Earth Angel. Sleep, son. Dream of the Light." As the brew touched his lips he slept; darkness leaving his body. He dream't, saying one word, "Mom" Katrina saw this vision and almost cried. She knew he was safe, now.

After Dimitri kicked the demon's weak point, he crumbled  to the floor, but rose up again! Dimitri was punched in the face. Blood dripped from his lip. A cry ran out. It was Miles brandishing a white sword. Melinda brought him back to us, Ella thought, smiling. The sword pierced the demon's heart, and he turned to ash, immediately. Miles helped Dimitri up, and the sword vanished. Melinda did too; not being needed for the moment. She'd be back; always watching over the Seven. Miles kept her secret, putting a finger to his lips; looking at Katrina. She kept it secret too. It wasn't theirs to tell.

That night they went back to the house, and were silent. Most of them slept hard. But Miles and Katrina talked.  Miles "I wish I could see Mom, again. It was wonderful."  Ella had stopped seeing what Mile's saw from the moment he had gone away with Melinda.. She knew that something good happened, though. She felt it in her dreams. She saw Mama, and as she spoke Ella's name, Ella cried. "Don't worry, my dear. The battle is halfway over. Be strong, my good girl. They'll need you and you'll gifts." Ella cried, " I miss you!" Her mom said, " We'll see you someday, but your purpose is still not finished." She faded out of Ella's dreams like that. Ella slept and remembered noting but the warmth of her mothers arms around her.

 Miles drifted off, as Katrina lay a blanket over him when they finished talking. Katrina wished for sleep to take her. For now she just watched Miles peaceful slumber, and a vision of what was to come. Lori stood by the stairs, watching, knowing when her sister was having a vision. "Don' worry, Kat, we'll win!"

The Calling

Ella had strange dreams in the nights after they went into the Darkness, and came out, again. These weren't Katrina's kind. Theses were normal scares passing through her mind. She shuddered in her sleep. The Shadow was laughing at her, saying she had more to be afraid of. She couldn't take it anymore, and woke up with with a cold sweat. She felt awful. Katrina was there beside her bed. This often happened. Katrina looked worried, "He's coming into the dream state, now." Ella looked shocked, " Was that real?" Katrina, replied, " He wants to scare us, but he can't physically harm you." Ella didn't think he's find a way to her this soon! She knew it wasn't over, but invading minds?! She got up and walked to the attic where their mother's book lay. The pages were turning and stopped dead in their tracks. She went up to where they stopped. It read: TO PREVENT EVIL FROM LEAKING INTO SLEEP. She chanting the spell three times, and turned clockwise. She felt immediately better! Ella went back to bed, and slept well.

When morning came so did training. Miles suggested they be prepared. She went downstairs and ate breakfast first. Then she went in search of Miles. He was in the garden with Katrina. They turned heads to look at her. Training was strenuous! They worked on physical training first, like punches and kicks, then came the magic exercises; her favorite! She passed the second part of their training. She literally froze Miles in place. Reversing was hardest! After training her muscles were aching with exerting her powers. She learned you could only used but so much til your were drained. Later she went back to look in the book, again. The book always knew what to look for. Miles came in, and said, "I think the book has a mind of it's own!" Ella agreed. She didn't see much, so she adding the protection shields again so it was safe from intruders.

Once the book was safe, Ella asked Miles if he wanted to go to the market and buy charms, and other oddities. He declined saying, he had promised Charlie to teach her how to use a bow and arrow. Ella was disheartened, but nodded politely. She was always being turned down and spent much time as a child focusing on her charms, expect when Mama and Daddy would take them to the theater to watch plays of all kinds. She memorized the lyrics and music tones. Her favorite was a play about a young woman who was haunted  by a  phantom who'd come and sing to her in her sleep. The phantom was in love with her beauty but obsessed when she met up with a long-ago fling. She imagined that the phantom was good deep down, and his intentions were based on his past of rejection by his face which was masked.

At the market, Ella past a old man selling love potions. She didn't believe in trickery being used to find true love. The man was creepy too. He had one eye missing, and crooked teeth; very long black nails too. He asked, "Do you want help in your beloved? These potions are buy on, get one free. Come on, and buy them, girl." She said "No thanks!" The next booth was set up neatly by an old women in a red hood. She was pouring  her attention on a crystal ball and writing down things on parchment. Ella went up to check on her, "What are you selling?" She didn't hear at first,but looked up, "Eh?" Ella repeated herself three times before she caught the woman's attention. She looked at Ella strangely. " You carry a bright purple aura. Your future is an important one, and you have powers growing day by day." Ella was taken aback at this. "I knew your mother, we went way back. She was a friend of mine. I see her in your eyes." Stammering, Ella asked, "Who are you?" The seer replied, " My name is Melinda, deary." Ella was surprised, but unsure of this women. "I won't bite, you'll learn that I can aid you on your travels." Ella walked to the next booth and but turned back to Melinda, although she was gone. No trace of her remained. She looked for hours but knew it was getting late. She arrived home before dark, and ran into Katrina. She wasn't surprised to see her sister. "You met someone?" Ella nodded. Katrina asked, " I had a vision earlier, a woman in a red hood was talking to you. You turned your back, and she just vanished." Ella thought, " Maybe she has powers like Mama; She said she was a seer. Do you see anything about her?" Katrina dragged her sister to the attic and they leafed through the book. They pages went wild, and stopped on a portrait of the women whom Ella met. Her likeness was very well displayed. In big bold letters, it read: MELINDA SAGE. Ella read aloud from the passage. " She's famous for the ability to see auras, and also gave aid to those who were poisoned by the Darkness. She's a friend of the Good Witch, and her husband. On their death she vowed to help look after their children, and was named "Godmother" in the will. She can be called by the spell below. Read carefully."   Katrina gasped, " We should call her. I feel it's important. We need every one for this spell."

Later on, Everyone gathered in the attic. Anxiety was on their faces from what they heard. Miles fidgeted, but remained calm. Ella and Katrina lit the incense to drive away evil spirits that the book called for. Charlie lit four candles and placed them around the circle they drew on the floor. Fire burned from the candles, as Ella told them to hold hands. The blessed each element of magic, then the chanting started. As soon as they finished, Ella proclaimed in a voice loud enough to echo around them, " We call Melinda Sage to the Circle." Soon the candles wavered, and smoke filled  the center. Everyone watched as the smoke cleared. Melinda was standing inside the circle. " Hello, darlings, I missed seeing you. Your parents raised you well. What is your concern, dearies?" Melinda looked to Ella, and she spoke for her brothers and sisters. "We want to know why you showed yourself to me." Melinda spoke, "Your parents wrote in their will that you'd need guidance and for that, I am here." Miles squirmed, and Melinda gazed at the boy. "You have Darkness in you, I'm afraid." Everyone looked at their brother in the corner. Miles showed fear. He couldn't speak.