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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7

I was wrong, so wrong. I think that I'm crazy. No I think I just have really bad luck. Last week I got kidnapped and this week I find my mum. Well let's start from the beginning. It was the 1st of December and I got kidnapped. On the 8th I was rescued. On the 12th I went back to school and made new friends. It was like being the new girl. On the 13th I had biology last lesson. We got a new teacher for it. She was only about thirty. She even said that she was thirty-four. She looked familiar. It's properly because she had a tiger as her spirit animal. Babe knew it imminently when we walked in. Let me take you back a bit first. I'm a spirit talker. I can see my spirit animal Babe and she can transform into a Katana. It's one of her abilities. There are others like me. We can only see each other's spirit animals and not people's that can't see their own. It's due to our senses being heightened so we can see on to their plain. It's one of the reason's I was kidnapped. That and knowing Charlie. He was the new boy that started this all and he's a spirit talker too. Alex is my child hood friend and has no special powers at all. And Nick is someone that scared me when I was in year eight but turns out he's a healer. Someone that can't see their own spirit animal but can see other spirit talker's animals and can heal anyone. Anyway Charlie could see the spirit animal too. Babe told me that she was my mum. When everyone was doing the do now, I called her over and tried to talk to her telepathically. Babe gave it up mum. I said. She looked at me and then looked at my feet where Babe was. "Reece, I don't think I've met you yet. After school I would like to help you catch up on some of the missed work." She said and got on with the lesson. So I got through the lesson. At the end, Charlie asked how I was doing. I told him to go and tell the others. I didn't care anymore. I wasn't on speaking terms with the three boys. They had all lied to me and I couldn't handle it at the moment. They left me alone. He sighed and went. I sat down on the table and faced my mum. "What are looking at me like that for?" She asked.

"I don't know. It could be because I've never seen you but everyone seems to have met you or heard from you at some point." I shouted. I felt anger and sadness sweep over me. Without realising it Babe was in my hand as a Katana, which is her weapon form. My mum looked at me and sighed. "Put it away." She said and turned her back on me. I did let go and Babe de-transformed. She sat at my feet again. I looked at my mum's tiger. It came over and saw Babe. They looked at each other and hugged. You should be hugging your mum. Let go of the past. They lied to you for a reason. Babe said telepathically. We've been over this. I'll forgive them after I've had some time to calm down and my mum doesn't seem to care. I replied. I grabbed my bag and left. Alex was waiting by the stairs for me. He took my hand and told me to stop and calm down. I pushed him away and ran down the stairs. I walked past Charlie and Nick and went to Alice. She asked why I was kept so long and I told her that she knew something about my mum. I had told Alice and everyone that I was adopted because they all thought that Rosie and Cameron were my real parents. My mum must have been about seventeen when she had me. I wondered what her element was. It didn't matter though. My mum wasn't far behind me and my friends. She walked through the gate after us and went over to a man standing by a car. It was my dad. I could tell by the way she went over and kissed him and Babe said he was my dad. I wanted to run over to them and hug them and get to know them. I couldn't do that though. My mum made it clear that she didn't want anything to do with me. Alice pulled at my arm and I followed her. We went to my house and Rosie said that someone was here that would make me lose control. Alex was already there and he had a letter addressed to me. I told Alice that I would come up in a minute; I just needed to deal with something. "Go away Alex. I don't want to talk about things." I said in a calm voice.

"Fine. Just read this letter. It's from the group I work for, SWP." He replied and left. I took the letter and went upstairs. For a few hours I just talked to Alice. She wanted to know what was going on with Alex and Charlie. I kind of told her the truth. I said that Alex didn't like Charlie and in the end I started to go out with Charlie. After I was kidnapped and rescued I found out some things and I needed to think about those things before I could talk to them again. Alice smiled and laughed. She said that I was lucky to have two boys fighting over me. She didn't know that they literally fight over me sometimes. When Alice went I looked at the letter. This is what it said:

Dear Reece,

We understand that you now know the truth about three of our agents. We also understand that you must be very confused about what's going on. We also know that you have discovered you spirit animal's weapon form. Please be careful when using it. We would like to invite you to try out our special school for spirit talkers, healers and protectors. We call this group of people Spirit Walkers. You can also attend normal school, as this school is in the evening for a few hours. We would like to ask you to try it and if you like it to carry on. You will learn everything you want to know about spirit talkers and spirit animals. I would also like to personally invite you to meet with me. Once you have decided, please tell one of our agents. Thank you and be careful,

Chloe, acting head of SWP.

I went downstairs and showed Rosie the letter. She told me that it was up to me on what I wanted to do. I said I would chose later on. I didn't choose later that day. I had dinner and went upstairs. I had a missed call from Alex and a voice mail. Hey, Reece I know your upset and hate me at the moment, but I want to talk to you. I want to know if when I tried to kiss you, I ruined everything. Please, can you just call me back? That's all he said. I sat on my bed and Babe came and sat next to me. I don't know what to think about. The lies, the kiss, my parents the letter and attending the school. It would be good to see people like me and not be afraid or worried about them finding out about my abilities. But Alex, Charlie and Nick go, I think. I try to avoid them as much as possible at school so I would be spending even more time with them. The door opened and I didn't even hear it being knocked. I looked over the edge f the stairs and saw it was my real parents. Rosie let them in and I went downstairs. The letter had been left on the side and my mum saw it. She picked it up and looked at it. I ripped it out of her hands and put it in my pocket with my phone. We all sat down at the table and I took hold of Rosie's and Cameron's hands. They could see the two tigers and were surprised by it. My mum was the first to speak. "You are not going to accept that invite. We are here to protect you so you can be home-schooled and move in with us." She said it like it was already set in stone. "What she means to say is we are very happy that you know the truth now and we can all be a family." My dad said quickly. Family. The one thing that every care kid wants. To be with their real family or to find a new one and forget about the past. What I wanted since I was born. But every time I thought I had a family, something would happen. They would have to move away, or they said that I was too old and had to be with kids my age. They would have another child of their own. Time and time again for four years I was moved around. Then Rosie and Cameron adopted me. I finally had a home. I finally had a family. In all that time, my parents never once cheeked up on me. I never got a card from them or a phone call or anything. And now they appear out of nowhere telling me that I have to go and live with them. Telling me what to do. They couldn't do that. They weren't my legal guardians. As far as I was concerned they weren't my parents. I took my phone out of my pocket and dialled Alex's number. He answered straight away. "Alex, I don't want to talk about anything at the moment, just tell Chloe that I accept. Can you give her my number and address? Thanks." I said. He said he would and my mum looked at me angrily. I started back at her. She put her hand under the table and came out with a Katana. I did the same. Her element was fire. She sat fire to the curtains and I put them out before they could start a really big fire. She tried to attack me to scare me but I defended and took it seriously. She was surprised and was even angrier. My dad shouted at her to stop and she did. I told them to leave. They did. Rosie made herself a cup of tea and I asked them what they would have said about me living with them. "We would have said it's up to you." Cameron said. I hugged them both and went back upstairs. I had agreed to go to the school. I had accepted the invitation. What had I just done? I hit my desk with my head and took out the letter. I had done it to wind my mum up. I had to see her three hours a week though. She wasn't going to quit her job, and she was going to be really mean to me from now on. I was going to fail biology now. I turned on my laptop and logged on to Facebook. I had a message from Alex on it.

Why did you accept, what's going on?

None of your business.

Reece, trust me. I can help. Please forgive me.

This is what I wanted to write: I already forgave you and I want my best friend back. I'm sorry for everything. Please don't be mad at me for doing it.

This is what I actually wrote: I don't need you to help me. I'm a big girl and I can take of myself and this school can help me now.

Fine be like that.

He went offline and left me regretting what I had just done. I was the one that was destroying the friendship we had now. I wouldn't be able to get out of this mess easily now. I wanted to be his friend. I wanted to tell him my problems. I wanted to walk home together and walk to school together. I wanted to sit next to him and talk to him. I wanted to trust him. I did trust him. I think I trusted him more then I trusted myself sometimes. But I kept pushing him away. It was like I had a pain in my chest every time I said something mean to him. He had saved me. I should be grateful to him. So why was I so angry he kept a few secrets to from me, to keep me safe? If I had known Nick didn't mean to hurt me, I would have hated myself for not trusting him. If I held his hand I would of scene he was no threat and that he was a healer. He's healed me a couple of times. I could trust him now. I didn't have to hate him or be scared of him anymore. Then there's Charlie. He started a fight with me and burned me. He did it to prove a point that didn't get proved. He tried to prove that I wasn't strong but I only proved that I was strong. I proved that I could be strong. I got a new message from Chloe and it said that tomorrow after school there will be a car waiting to take me to meet her at the school. Well, there was no harm in trying out the new school. And there's no guarantee that the boys will be there or be in the same classes as me. What was the harm in going?