I was still flying around when the sun came up. I remembered Cassie mentioning that she liked waking up and seeing me, so I made my way over to Cassie’s room. I watched her sleep peacefully for a while, before her voice echoed in my head; ‘Good morning’. We spent some time just talking mentally to each other, until she went down to have breakfast. I stayed behind in her room, not ready to go home just yet. When she came back up to her room, she told me that she was going to spend the day with Abigail and Leah. I was happy that Leah was coming with them. It worried me that they were spending time with Abigail. Even though everything pointed towards the fact that she was just a human, I didn't trust her. Something was going on and my gut told me that Abigail was in the middle of it. I followed them around for most of the day, my senses on high alert. I was para

I'm making my way over to the field where the horses are grazing. I got a horse collar in my hand. Edmond, the farmer I work for, has requested me to get one of the horses back to the stable. As I'm walking along in the fields, I see a beautiful girl. She’s crying. I'm sure that she lives in the village, but I'm not supposed to talk to anyone in the village. Edmond has warned me about going into the village, as they will banish me if they find out what I am. Against my better judgement, I talk to the girl. I can’t stand seeing her upset. I ask her if she wants to come with me to try to catch a horse. While we are walking around the fields, trying to locate the horse I'm looking for, I keep telling her silly stories in an attempt to get her to laugh. It seems to be working. Eventually, we find the horse and I head back to the farm. As we get closer, the girl excuses herself and leaves. I’m happy because sh

Weeks went by. I didn't even bother to go to school anymore. I had promised Leah that I would stay away from Cassie. I struggled, but Leah said Cassie needed time and space, so that was what I was giving her. I thought about letting Nick know what had happened, but Leah had promised to keep Cassie safe, besides I didn’t want to tell Nick that I had failed him. There was still a chance I could fix this. I had been having more dreams about my past, from when I lived in the witch village, but as before in my dreams, I hung out with Cassie in the fields where we first met in my dream. I know the dreams weren’t real, but I cherished them as if they were long lost memories. It was the only time I got to see Cassie nowadays. In an attempt to think about Cassie less, I had kept myself busy by sorting out the house and th

For the rest of the day, I didn't know what to do. I walked around the house, then went back to my books. Failing to find anything useful, I got up and walked around again. I felt so powerless. This was so much worse than when I had to stay away from Cassie, at least then I knew that she was alright. Now I didn't know anything, I turned into my crow form and flew around for a while, it usually helped to calm me down and to sort out my thoughts and feelings.  Should I go and see Freya? Would she know where Cassie could be? No, she told me that she couldn't help. Should I tell Nick what was going on? I decided against it. I told myself that it was because I didn't want to waste time, but in reality I didn't want to admit to Nick that I had failed. Besides, it was my mess to clear up. I flew around until the sun came up before I headed back home. I knew I n

Leah came around the house the next day. I was excited and eager to share my plan, so before she even had a chance to say anything but good morning, I started talking. "I think I know how we can get to Cassie." "Really, how?" Leah sounded hopeful but at the same time she looked a bit sceptical. I walked into the living room and gestured for her to follow me. I approached the table, where I had left all the books that I had picked out the day before, and started showing her different pages from different books. "Maybe you can try to send me to Cassie, almost like a reverse summoning spell." Leah glanced at all the books and notes with raised eyebrows. "None of these spells seems to show you how to do that. And there is nothing in