LOGINBECCA'S POV
I stood in front of the old house where we had come to a halt. It was a mansion made of antique bricks. Beautiful lawns lined up like ushers in front of the house, heading to the front entrance. It was significantly larger than our previous wooden home.
Looking about, I saw a short path that led to the back door. I ended up in a garden after following the route. When it leads
right into the woods, I couldn't call it a garden. Who knows what lurks beneath the surface?
“I see you've found the garden,” my mum said creeping up behind me.
“I won't call it a garden mom, looks like we need a fence around here”
“No, we don't. The forests are for practicing”
Right. I forgot I was a witch.
“C’mon, let's get inside” mum pulled me away from the garden into the house.
I felt a lot of familiarity with a place I'd never been as I walked into the house. I never wanted to leave because I felt at ease. It was a satisfying sensation.
I looked around the house; the chandeliers were all perfectly aligned, and the living room, which was decorated in white and blue, looked more like a bar than a living room, horrible! I'm hoping my room isn't that color of blue. Before reaching my room which is the last room upstairs, I had hardly seen all of the rooms in the house.
It was blue! I was itching to get that color off the wall. Maybe I'll tackle it after school this weekend. It's Sunday, and classes will resume on Monday.
I need to gather my belongings and get ready for tomorrow. I never have a problem starting a new school since I am good at making friends; after all, I am the queen bee at every school I attend. Because I never lose in my game, I smiled and headed downstairs.
My mother was sitting in the living room, her hands raised to the sky, as items flew around looking for a home. This was the kind of enchantment I'm used to seeing in movies.
I never imagined it would happen in real life. I watched as she closed her eyes and chanted spells, and objects moved in response; it was both amazing and terrifying. She came to a halt a few minutes later and grinned at me.
"Let's get some food ready," she suggested as she made her way to the dining room. We prepared blueberry pancakes with oatmeal, which is my favorite meal.
We sat down at the dining table when we finished cooking.
Everything was calm, and I had the impression that we were in the middle of nowhere, which we were. My mother coughed loudly, disturbing the silence and taking my attention away from my thoughts.
"Baby, I know things have been rocky between us, but trust me, I want this to work out, and who knows, we might end up calling this town our home."
"I wish this would be our home too mum, I am tired of moving around, which is why I am pleading for you to be patient before getting a new boyfriend," I said seriously.
She looked at me with surprise on her face, "of course baby, I will," she added after a few moments.
Instantly, I was terrified of this place; everything about it gave me the creeps, and I couldn't stand it.
I closed my window, pulled the curtains closed, and turned on the light. I'm not going to sleep in this creepy house in the dark. I took the pen knife my father gave me out of a box that housed one of my belongings.
This appears to be my best pal these days. Oh and speaking of best pals, I've never had one.
My mother does not like living in the same town as her lovers,so everytime they break up, we relocate.
I sighed when I thought about going to school the next day.
I'm not sure how I'll be treated, but one thing is for certain: I must be the queen bee. I need to take over that position from whoever it belongs to; it's the only way I've been able to survive all the home difficulties I was facing.
I couldn't get any rest. I got out of bed and walked over to the mirror to sit. I was 5"9 tall and had a bikini physique that I had worked so hard for.
I am aware that I am attractive. In the glass, I smiled and was enchanted by the dimples that marked my cheekbone.
As my long straight hair dropped barely above my 26-inch waist, I moved to my side, catching a sight of my round booty.
It was a stunning sight. It would be simple for me to make friends because I am attractive, seductive, and intelligent.
My milky skin screamed for it to be flaunted.
I went to bed minutes later, eager to be in a new school.
Skye’s POVThe world came to me in blurred shapes, slowly, as if a camera was gradually being pulled into focus. Sounds filtered into my ears, indistinct and spaced out– ringing in my ears at intervals. I strained his ear by tilting my head to the side and closing my eyes.I heard nothing except for what sounded like a drop of water touching a large pool of water.I looked around and saw that I was surrounded by tall trees towering monumentally above me.I realised that he was muddy and moist — my feet sogged in mud and dead vegetation.Becca! I yelled.Sam! Cole!I moved slowly through the damp grassland, feet sticking in the mud with each step.Then suddenly I stopped, my progression halted by realization.There are no animal sounds, this is a forest, there should be animal sounds .It’s all quiet except for that annoying trickle‘Where am I?” I muttered.“Becca!”I stood still, trying to get a sense of my surroundings. Trying to figure out where to go. The trees all looked th
BECCA'S POVThe Librarian snapped her fingers.The world didn't fade or blur or dissolve. It simply stopped existing. One moment I was standing in the warm, golden glow of the Library of Lost Things, surrounded by my friends. The next, they were gone—vanished like they'd never been there at all."Wait—" I spun around, searching frantically. "Where are my friends? What did you do with them?"The Librarian stood with her back to me, those mismatched eyes—one gold, one silver—studying something I couldn't see with intense focus. "Somewhere they can't interfere," she said, her voice carrying that musical-thunder quality that made my bones vibrate. "This is something you must do alone.""Bring them back!" I demanded, my voice cracking with fear and fury. "Bring them back right now!"She didn't even turn around.Panic clawed up my throat. Sam, still weak from blood loss. Skye, drowning in guilt and hunger. Cole, unconsci
BECCA'S POVWe stood at the edge of the monolithic structure, staring at the reality-defying landscape before us, none of us daring to speak. The wind whispered through the golden grass in a language I didn't understand, and the mint-green trees swayed without leaves to rustle. Everything about this place felt wrong—beautiful, yes, but wrong in a way that made my witch instincts snatch at my guts."We need to move," Cole said finally, his voice rough. He'd shifted back to human form and was using torn pieces of his shredded clothes to maintain some semblance of modesty. "Standing here leaves us exposed. Visible.""Visible to what?" Sam asked, wrapping her arms around herself. Despite the mild temperature, she was shivering. "What could possibly live in a place like this?""Nothing good," I muttered, scanning the horizon. The curved sky made everything feel claustrophobic despite the open space—like we were trapped inside a snow globe. "This isn't Earth
Becca’s POV‘They won’t stop coming, ' Skye yelled while plunging fist into the throat of a creature that looked like a rabbit-toad hybrid.‘We’ll take them, we can take them,” Cole rasped back with a wolfish snarl.“Bad idea wolf boy” Skye retorted,fizzing through the arena with the speed of a man bullet.”They won’t die. If we continue like this, we’ll be the ones to die here”I looked around to see all kinds of abominations coming at us from all sides relentlessly–jaws wide open,claws locked and loaded. Desperate to protect us from what looked like imminent death, I closed my eyes and imagined us being safe and warm and protected. As if responding to my thoughts and desires,a warm energy swirled from the pit of my stomach–moving like a spirally swirly pool. It reached for the crown of my head before exploding outwards from me,creating a chilly windy blast that cascaded into a warm pulsing energy.I opened my eye
BECCA'S POV The drive back to Crestfall was suffocating.Skye gripped the steering wheel with a tension that made his knuckles bone-white, his jaw clenched so tight I could see the muscle jumping beneath his skin. Every few seconds, he'd wince like something hurt, then force his expression back to neutral. But I saw it. I saw the way his hands trembled slightly. The way he kept licking his lips like his mouth was unbearably dry. The way his eyes—when I caught glimpses of them in the dashboard light—seemed darker somehow...Deeper."Skye," I said for the third time since we'd left the city. "What did my mother do to you?""I told you. She did what she needed to." His voice was flat, emotionless, so unlike the warm, genuine Skye who'd held me while I cried just hours ago."That's not an answer!""It's the only answer you're going to get." He pressed harder on the gas, the speedometer climbing past eighty. "Your mother made me promise. She said if you knew beforehand, you'd try to stop u
BECCA'S POVThe antique shop in the city was nothing like Mrs. Wonders's place back in Crestfall. Where that one had been dark and mysterious, dripping with a dark dull vibe and secrets, this location was bland—almost sterile. Fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting everything in a harsh white glow that made my head ache. Shelves lined the walls in neat rows, each item carefully labeled and priced. It looked more like a storage facility than a magical repository.I hated it on sight."Your mom had two very different approaches to business," I muttered, watching Skye lock the front door and flip the sign to "CLOSED."He glanced back at me, and I caught a grief tighten his face. "Mom always said the city shop was for paying bills. The Crestfall shop was for paying debts." He paused, his hand still on the door. "I never really understood what she meant."The weight of everything that had happened washed al







