Demish schreef:
As the birds around her sang quiet songs, Avia’s thoughts drifted away from the world she was in, even though she wasn’t quite sure what world that would be.
Normally, kids grew up with fairytales. Everyone knew the story of Cinderella. How she had become a handmaiden, someone who had to do all the cleaning of her stepmother and sisters. But then, a fairy godmother came along and she poofed all her troubles away with a little bit of magic. Another story that all small children knew, was the story of Hanzel and Gretl. In that story, magic played a less happy role. The so called witch was evil and tried to take the children hostage, so she could eat them when they would have enough fat around their bones. Avia knew the stories too. She had always liked them, knowing that there was this fantasy world where magic existed and where princes came to rescue their princess.
However, now she knew that some of those stories were true. Well, not everything. There probably wasn’t a house of candy hidden in the woods and she knew that there would never be a prince who would do anything to find her because she lost her shoe, but magic was real. She had never believed any of it, but now, she knew. She knew that magic existed and even worse: she could practice is. She would still need a lot of lessons, since she was clueless of the things she could do, but there was magic in this world. Witched existed and Avia knew what else would be hiding in this crazy world. The worst part was that she couldn’t share this was anyone. Her friend would probably think she was crazy if she would tell them that magic was real and that she wasn’t just a human, but also a witch.
But she wasn’t crazy. And if she would be, her parents and the whole coven would be too. When they had first announced that Avia was a witch, she had actually thought the same thing. She had thought that it must have been some sort of a prank, that it was just a stupid joke. But then they had started showing her things. They had lit up candles, they had caused random objects to float. They had shown her wat hey could do, what she was able to do if she would open up her mind and accept that she was special, that she had a role to fulfill in this world. What that role exactly was, was still a riddle for her. That was a shame, because she had never been particularly good at solving riddles.
She sighed again, knowing that she would never be able to erase this part of her life. Now that she knew what she was, what her family was, she had to accept the consequences. The consequences consisted of her, going over to the same house she had been last night and taking lessons. She had to learn how to use her magic. She had to know how it would feel to have so much power. Her dad had given her the family spellbook when they had gotten home, so she could already prepare herself for the first lesson. Avia had taken the book with her, but it was still safely hidden in her backpack. She wasn’t even sure if she would start reading it today, or any other day. The news was still a lot to take in.
She opened her eyes and slowly got back up. Form the cornor of her eye, she noticed something. She turned around, with her head over her shoulder, so she could see what it was.
About thirty feet away from her, sat a boy. He seemed to be about the same age as her, which meant he should have been at school. But then again, so should she. The boy had an unfamiliar face, which was almost hidden by his dark hair. Still, his pale skin stood out like snow on a winter day.
Avia wasn’t sure how to act, because she had never met the boy and that was something quite peculiar for this town. She also thought it was kind of strange that he was here, but this place was public property, so she couldn’t tell him to go sit somewhere else, just because she had been her first. So she decided to do nothing about his presence. She just smiled at him and turned back away, so she could continue her endless chain of thoughts.
@SeriouslyLisa