Raven's POV
"Raven...I suggest you run a little faster..." my best friend yelled into my ear as he gripped the hem of the cloak covering the shoulder strap black dress I was wearing. I puffed out bridling "Shut up and let me concentrate." The shoulder bag I was carrying weighed heavy as I weaved and dodged through the trees. The howling only getting louder, I cursed "shit!" 'I gotta make this fast' I thought as I concentrated on making the ball of white light appear in my hands.
I hummed the song the hashain taught me and suddenly the forest I was standing in disappeared and I was back in the small city I called home. Alsupp was the name of the town and it wasn't much but it was home. I rushed to my cottage and through the cloak off and sighed letting the shoulder bag fall off and contents spill out...I looked in the mirror and saw the book and grimaced. 'What the elders want with this book is beyond me' I thought as I sat down and picked it up.
I was about to open it when my "mentor/elder" Ashwirth or father if you want to call him appeared startling me by banging his cane on the floor. "Jesus!" "Dad! What the hell?" I glared. He ignored my potty mouth with a glare and spoke instead "Ahhh, I see you were successful in getting the book from Luna Evealine." I snorted " Yeah sure this was after Alpha Lucas saw me and nearly choked me out and called the guards if it wasn't for Gordy I wouldn't have made it!" I huffed out and Gordy sat on my shoulder. Gordy is my best friend and a fairy and I love him dearly. My dad laughed and laughed.
"What could Gordy possibly have done?" "I bit him" Gordy replied showing his razor sharp teeth. My dad sucked his teeth "Very well then we have an assignment for you Raven dearie." I gawked up at him. "You cannot be serious? Now?! I just got home after being chased by werewolf guards and using my powers!" My dad hissed "Tomorrow then Raven, but nonetheless the council as well as I think this task is perfect for you." My "father" wouldn't look at me.
I glared at him. "What's this "task?"" I asked still keeping my eye on his bowed head. He sighed and said "You'll be babysitting a young girl with powers she cannot control." He looked up at me his eyes dark. "WHAT?!" I screamed. " I am not a babysitter!" "That's not all is it?" Gordy asked? I glowered at my father "Tell me. Tell me right now." My father slumped into my bed next to me and sighed "I didn't want to do it this way after today but I have no choice." "The little girl you are babysitting is Luna Evealine's daughter."
I'm pretty sure my jaw had gone through the floor. I was about to argue about how stupid that decision was when the rest of the witch council/ coven appeared in my small room. My father greeted them "Greeting gentleman and lady." He nodded to elder Catalina. She pursed her lips and gave a slight nod to him and walked ahead of everyone into the living room.
My father closed his eyes and sighed and he and the other two men walked out. I knew my father and Catalina had a past but I wasn't sure what it had consisted of, I wanted to pry but I was more upset I was going to be a babysitter. I walked into the living room to hushed voices "She doesn't have a choice! Ashwirth!" hissed Catalina. "You know who we report too..." Catalina looked up and saw me and smiled, "Come, come, you must have a lot of questions."
She sat and as I was about to say something Greg the blonde gentleman and Craig with just a bit darker hair his twin both cleared their throats, "Raven, it's a must you watch little Sarah." 'Sarah a pretty name' I thought. as I looked at Craig and Greg, "She's been unlawfully using her powers and her family has no clue and it's getting mass signals from some very bad, heinous, people, she's going to have to learn to control it. That is why we had you get the book..." Craig and Greg covered their mouths.
While my mouth hung open. My dad sighed exasperated. "That was a fucking secret boys!" He snapped then grumbled, "It's a wonder how you boys got into the council." "Daddy's money." Craig answered. Smack. Greg smacked his brother over the head and I giggled and then resumed my glaring at everyone.