Now that the bus has stopped, I got off from it at my stop. However, I am afraid to go home. It has been two days since I secretly left the house to visit the witch. My mom has never restricted me to search for the truth of my origin but she is afraid that I will get hurt in trying to find the truth. She believes that a baby found in bruises in bushes would surely would have been in danger. Thus, she always advises me to take my sister with me because two people are better than one. However, I don't agree with this. If, by any chance, these journeys are dangerous I can't risk life of my younger sister too. My sister's name is Lydia and Hi! I am Laura.
Ok, here goes nothing. Now I am going to enter the house and I can already imagine my mom's scolding, anger and worry. Oh! I am so worried about her.
As soon as I entered the house, my mom came running towards me. First, she hugged me and checked if I was hurt or not. Then she started scolding me again for not taking my partner a.k.a my sister. This happens everytime whenever I go on any journey.
After scolding me for half an hour, my mother gave me dinner and yessss!! she has prepared my favorite dishes for dinner. She does this always but will never acknowledge that she does this for me, only in front of me.
After dinner, we all sat in the living room and I told them about my journey.
"I reached the coven where I heard that I will be able to find the old witch but I got an eerie feeling at the entrance." I started, "I was about to return but suddenly a young girl came in front of me and asked me, 'Are you Laura? '.
I was surprised but told her, ' Yes, that is me'. She took me inside the coven where I met the Old Witch. Do you know mom, how she reacted" I asked my mom mysteriously, leaning forward, whispering softly. I did it just to tease Mom a bit. Mom got frustrated. She folded her arms, looked at me like she is about to lose her patience.
She said angrily , "HOW WILL I KNOW? Now continue, what happened, how did she react".
I said, "Wait mom, Have some patience. Sooo..."
At this she became more impatient and screamed, "HURRY UP, WHAT HAPPEND? TELL ME. TELL ME, NOW. QUICK."
Ha! My mother's impatience and curosity for my journey always entertains me.
"Ok fine, I am telling" , I said, " So, she held my hands in hers and said, 'Yes, you are feeling like Laura, our Laura and then she suddenly pulled my hand and dipped it in a boiling potion".
"WHAT!? Did she hurt you? Show me. That is why I told you to take someone with you" my mom said taking my hand and looked all over.
"Mom, don't worry. She did not hurt me. She was very good and nice to me. When she took my hand out from the potion, we saw a strange mark on my hand. On seeing that mark, she started crying. I was taken aback by this behaviour but, I did not know what to do. So, I just stood there. After crying for sometime she said, 'I am sorry, Laura. Please forgive me for my outburst.'
' It's alright. But, how do you know my name?' I asked her.
She said, ' I am a witch, sweetheart. I already knew that you were coming but, I don't know the reason for your visit. Why are you here? What do you want for us? '
I said, ' I want to know what type of supernatural creature I am? Do you have any idea? I came across a number of creatures but, I still don't know what am I? Can you help me? Do you think I am a witch? '
She laughed and said, 'Oh no my child you are not a witch but I can't tell you more than that.' Then I asked her why she cried but, she told me it was nothing important.I also did not pry anymore. I was about to leave the coven, but out of nowhere, she requested me to stay for the night. I refused at first but, she looked at me with pleading eyes and I could not refuse.
So, I agreed and she handfed me the food, prepared my bed herself even though she had many witches to do it .I even tried to refuse such hospitality but she did not listen. Mom, like you, she took care of me for a night and gave me this potion as a gift".
I showed mom the potion and Mom said, " What is this? What is this used for? ".
I said , "This is an invisibility potion and the old witch told me to use this at the time of extreme necessity. She gave it to me as a gift".
After narration of my journey, my mom asked me, "What do you want to do for your 18th birthday? "
I said, "It is one month away. You can do whatever you want. I will just invite my friends. Now I am going to bed. Good Night, Mom. Good Night, Lydia." And then I went to bed.
One thing that I did not tell mom was that when I was leaving the coven the Old Witch said to me, "My daughter,your quest will end soon and you find out your purpose. On your eighteenth birthday you will get a huge surprise. Here this potion will help you and is my birthday gift to you. Happy Birthday in advance, sweetheart ". And then she gave me the potion. I did not tell this to mom because I felt this will worry her because I am also afraid now.
What did she mean by purpose? Is my existence for some purpose? I wondered before going off to sleep.