School was finally over for the day, Aires, Elena, Vanessa and Jason decided to walk home together like they usually do so that Jason, or the new him will not get suspicious or go psycho. Elena trying to break the silence as they walked, started a conversation about a holiday she had spent with Aires and Jason together with her father. They had visited the new Chinese Mall on the day of it's opening, and decided to set a record of being the first to taste every food their restaurant had to offer. "Yo Aires let's tease this guy a lil, do you remember when he mistook the fried frog for a chicken.? " They all burst into laughter when Elena brought it up, "I knew they were frogs immediately I remembered chickens couldn't be this smallish even to a pandemic of shrinking" Aires added to the laughter party, Jason just stood there, looking at them in the dumbest way possible, but his three companions pretended it was not weird at all for him not to be laughing at something so funny as that. "When the waiter came, and we asked about the content of Jason's plate, the look on his face was priceless when he realized he was going to become king of croaks" Elena added, the three wouldn't stop laughing, Elena's psychic's forced her to look in between Jason's eyes, that's when for the first time in a while she saw her old friend, the real one within smiling at her, yet there was a bridge between him and the creature in control, he looked at her but reduced his brows when he realized Elena had been staring at him constantly for milliseconds. Elena looked away and pretended she hadn't seen anything, then the other Jason ended the laughter by asking, "Why not we do it again? I would love to meet your father again, he sounds like a good man, I mean he is.... Taking into consideration all the fun we had together." He sounded like a robot saying all that, it sounded almost like he was reading or repeating the words of someone else, they were words but empty ones. Aires prompted Elena and Vanessa telepathically saying "Don't change your moods, El, agree to him meeting your Dad, I have a plan" "Hey why not we all go to my house and visit my old man some time, he will be leaving on Sunday and might return around December you know?" Elena suggested, "I will be glad" Jason replied almost too quickly, frightening Elena on the inside. Vanessa had joined them in laughing but had uttered not a single word throughout the conversation so far, probably because she is still the new one among them and knew not much about their past, "We have come to the end of the road guys" she said, "don't forget to invite me over when you set a date for the visit " "I think this Saturday is perfect for it, or?" Aires chipped in before Vannie could conclude, "yeah, I'll tell my parents about it" Elena supported, "it's a date then" Vanessa smiled, "I can't wait to meet an old friend" Jason muttered but to everyone's hearing, if only they knew the magnitude of what he said. Like they usually do, they hugged and kissed each other's cheeks and said goodbyes.
The next day, just as Mr Stawicki had said, training commenced, but a little while after first break to prevent students from fainting during training sessions. Aires decided not to partake in anything despite the fact that she used to be part of the sprinters in her former school , Elena was in the female's football team and Jason was a b-ball player, Vanessa was still a cheerleader with Perry as the leader of the club. Each one of them went their ways, leaving Aires who spent the rest of her day at the library reading her spell book as well as the other book which was given to her as her guide to defeating the demons. She spent her time practicing how to draw the magic circle and as well as mastering the spell she was to use once she got has the demons in sight.
After school, as they approached their breakup junction, Elena announced that her parents had agreed to her inviting her friends over, so she told them to come at eight on Saturday, morning of course. "That's really cool!" they smiled at it, "Dad said he got some plans for it, hope it's going to be fun like the last time " Elena added before the hugging culture went on.
Saturday came in fast, the meeting at Elena's was on, together with Elena's parents the friends sat at a table to eat. Vanessa being the newbie was asked to pray, "Dear Lord" she began, "thank you for this beautiful big happy family, thank you for this day, thank you for this meal and though it's a prayer for this amazing meal, I pray that may all our worries, our burdens be lifted, may we have good things coming our way, not next year or a couple of years from now, but in a few days. Thank you for everything, amen!" "Amen!" They responded and commenced eating. " That's one hell of a prayer Vanessa" Mrs Morrison complemented, with no intention of getting Vanessa shy but got her, she nodded her thank you and continued eating. Halfway through, Jason made a request to speak with Mr. Morrison in private, and when asked what this was about, he laughed saying "It's a convo for men" Vanessa bent slightly with a piece of meat in hand to lure the kitten to herself, then she looked deeply into its eyes, both their eyes turned brownish, then she whispered to it, "come with a report of every word" The kitten turned in the direction of Mr. Morrison, and followed him while the rest of them dined on.
"Honey! Food's growing cold here" Mrs Morrison called out to her husband, he and Jason by now had spent almost twenty minutes for what was supposed to be a short men's talk, "just a minute" he shouted back, suspicions by now were all over the air like the aroma of the food in sight. "What do you think they're talking about ?" Vanessa asked, "shoosh" Mrs Morrison hushed "it's men's talk " they all laughed " But seriously what do you think they're doing because I don't think it's only talking they're doing" Aires whispered telepathically, aiming at Elena and Vanessa but unfortunately she missed, including Mrs Morrison since she, Aires couldn't keep her focus away from her"Jesus what the hell was tat?" Mrs Morrison shouted alarmingly, "What's wrong?" Elena asked, frightened by how she threw the sausage in midair, making it bounce in her plate, "Sorry" she apologized, "I thought I heard someone speak, it was horrifying" "haha" The girls laughed at the expression on her face while she spoke, "Careful now, it was just Aires, didn't you see her talking?" Vanessa framed trying to make it seem like Aires spoke through her lips, "Growing up's really messing with my mind" Mrs Morrison acknowledged. As they talked Vanessa noticed the kitten coming towards them, so she quickly stood up, "Can I use your washroom please? It's urgent" She requested, "Err sure, Ella why don't you show her to your room, so she can use yours!" Mrs Morrison agreed, Vanessa eyed Elena to pick up the kitten by blinking twice and looking down at the kitten. Elena read correctly and picked up the kitten into her arms, and the three climbed upstairs to Elena's room. "What's up?" Elena asked shutting the door behind her, Vanessa sits on the edge of the bed and signals her to bring the kitten, "I don't know " she replied, "Steph, what happened there?" "Wait! hold on, how did you know her name? I don't remember telling you" Elena chuckled, "Duh, I just survived a horrible looking combined eggs of all animals and you're asking me that" Vannie joked, "Are you two done cos you summoned me" the kitten voiced, it had a super sweet voice that got Vannie screaming an OMG. "What did say ?" Elena asked curiously, "err shorry girl, Mrs Cat whisperer and her kitten are talking, don't ease drop. But honestly she sounds so sweeeeeet " she added with the intention to get her friend much more curious. "Okay go on-" she said to Steph, it cat walked towards and sat on Elena's pillow then asked Vanessa to look into its eyes without blinking. Vanessa sat up erect, setting her gaze straight into the eyes of the little kitten. Vanessa's pupil turn brownish, then she began to see and say everything the kitten saw and heard.
STEPH'S P.O.V
As I walked into the room following master Morrison and his companion, I got myself a seat next to him, playing dumb as I could by rubbing my body on his trousers. Jason started the conversation by asking if he remembers the rituals his mother made for him while was little. At first, he was hesitant, he pretended he knew nothing about what Jason was saying, so he rubbed Jason's hair and asked "Are you okay son?" Jason pushed off his hand with a frown on his face, then he replied with a voice deeper than how the Jason I know speaks "I'm not Jason, I have come for you, grace period is over" "what the hell are you talking about?" Master Morrison replied, still trying not to fall for the prank he thought Jason was making up. "You are one of us" Jason continued, "You are the last descendant of Ursula and the time has come for you to serve your purpose " "I have a family okay? And I don't believe in any of your voodoo stuff, my parents did but I don't, leave the kid alone!" He ordered, by now he had realized that there was a demon speaking through Jason, Jason's eyes had turned fiery. "Look" Jason called his attention "you may be from a royal blood, but I have my job cut out for me, you either come with me or your wife and daughters will be taken from you, am I clear?" "You keep my family out of your filthy mouth or else.." "Or else what? Huh! What are you gonna do? You are weak, your powers are dyeing out what can you possibly do?" Jason replied, he wasn't trying to start a conflict for sure, he was trying to push his buttons to revive his inner being. Master Morrison's eyes began to glow a little reddish but the more it did the quicker it died out. "Jason began to laugh "Yes just as I thought, look at you, you think you're better? You think you can babysit these weaklings and leave us behind?" "I said shut up!" Master Morrison screamed, keeping his tone in check but grabbing Jason by the neck, his eyes were now totally lit "There you are fella, you have always been one of us and will always be" Jason replied, "I am not one of you" Master Morrison said, pressing on to his neck, at once Jason began to cough, his eyes turned brownish, the color of the real Jason's eyes, immediately Master Morrison let go off him and smiled "Unlike you I don't harm innocent people, but your selfishness is why the creator left you without bodies" he laughed, "Don't flatter yourself, these people will stone you to death like they almost did Ursula your great grandmother when they found out she was sorcerers. Remember that "witch" whom the people of Rocksville almost killed many years ago? She was your great grandmother Ursula, why do you think she was almost killed? These people you call family will reject you when they find out who you really are, I can't wait to see the look on that face of your daughter who think she's favored. How about I tell her now-" before he took a step master Morrison grabbed him by the neck and pushed him firmly against the wall, then I purred, that's when Mrs Morrison called out to say the food was growing cold. "Listen to me demon" Master Morrison began to threaten, "get away from my family if you want to live the rest of your miserable life in peace. I'm of a royal descent, even though your troops haven't seen me yet, they will obey me once they come to know I'm of royal descent so watch how you speak to me or else I will kill you" "Lemme tell you something Mr Innocent, if you don't come with me, it means you lose your leadership, and guess who becomes your replacement, me, according to custom which you know nothing about. Let me brief you on this, since I have been the most loyal of all the soldiers to your grandparents and their parents for the last three hundred years, now that their last descendants wants nothing to do with the throne of darkness serving the grand master, I will gladly take it, and I will make you regret choosing these weak people over us." "I will come, but if you dare hurt even a hair on her head . I swear you'll be sorry."
Steph got off the pillow to indicate she was done and walked out from the presence of Elena and Vanessa. "Wow Ellie this is crazy" Vanessa whispered with a look of concern for her friend, "No, this can't be happening, he should never sacrifice for me, I won't let him" "Ellie calm down !" "Shut up, you think it's easy? You think we can just 'calm down ' It's not your father, you can 'calm down' and get yourself outta my family property, pretend friend-" Vanessa pulled her into a tight hug, leaving her to sob but eventually calm herself " he said he will go, so that means he won't go right now you can make him stay, maybe you can stop them or use your father against them" Vanessa suggested, "Okay " she agreed "thank you, for being here".