As Lilly just sat on the floor her mom got up off the sofa and walked over to her daughter, “I’m guessing the date went well?" Miss. Davis said with a smirk.
Lilly picked herself up off the floor and began gushing the details to her mom “ Oh my god mom it was amazing! Abby was soo nice and she didn’t let me pay for a thing and said it was her treat and she was so nice and just ahhh!”
“Well dear I’m glad that you had a fun time but since you seem so full of energy I think now would be a good time to teach you magic or rather explain the basics, Miss. Davis said “ Go change now if you want to. I will not have interruptions during magic lessons.”
Lilly ran upstairs changed into the same pajamas from the past two nights and walked back downstairs ready to learn.
“I should start With what magic is, the best way to describe it is an energy that flows throughout your whole body and when you cast a spell you use some of that energy but it can be replenished by your soul however after a certain age the replenishing slows dramatically and if you use too much at once it will be gone for good.” Miss. Davis said, “Furthermore if your soul is removed and somehow preserved then you lose all magic and are an empty husk, conscious but empty.”
Lilly sat with an open jaw as she processed what she was told and explained it to her mom
“Vey good dear know it can be a little hard to understand at first so think of it as a second skin if you will while it's not directly attached to your soul magic energy comes from the soul losing that and you aren’t morally you” you ready for the next lesson?” Miss. Davis asked her daughter who just looked up at her mom with a smile
“Of course I am, whats next basic spells?” she asked excitedly.
“No it's a way to mask your magic energy because other witches can see it and not all witches are kind dear, now I want you to just breathe slowly and concentrate on kind of putting a lid of sorts on it if that makes sense.” Miss. Davis said
“But how does this contain my magic?” Lilly said, confused.
“Because it allows you to turn off the tap so to speak and actually regulate the magic energy you need at this moment and will allow you to regulate when you replenish it instead of being an overflowing container.” Miss. Davis explained. Lilly did as instructed and focused but it took a lot longer than Miss. Davis expected and by the time she was able to mask her magic it was almost one AM
“Dear it’s getting pretty late, maybe we should continue in the morning.” Miss. Davis said concerned
“I’m sorry mom,” Lilly said in a sad
“Oh sweetie that's okay you had a big day today it's honestly fine just get some rest.” Miss. Davis said in a motherly tone.
“Good night mom, I love you,” Lilly said sleepily as she walked up the stairs
“Good night sweetie Love you too.” Miss. Davis replied
Lilly crawled into bed and drifted off to sleep meanwhile her mom took out her cell and dialed a number
“Hello? Is that you Jeniffer?” a voice said through the phone
“Yes, Danielle dear it's me how are you doing?” Miss. Davis said
“How have you been? How is my former little sis doing?” Danielle said
“She’s good though she does miss you and wishes that you were still her sister, I want to help her deeply but can’t.” Miss. Davis said
“I’m guessing the fact that you are using your phone to talk to me means that your magic really is gone?” Danielle said.
“Yes but I would do it all over again for Lilly, she is happier than when she walked into my class on Monday and she is a wonderful child.” Miss. Davis said happily
“That's all I ever wanted for her and Lilly is a cute name she always liked it,” Danielle said happily
“Yeah she loves life now and whenever someone says her name she smiles a little it's adorable.” Miss. Davis replied
“Can I see what my little sis looks like now?” Danielle said happily, Miss. Davis lowered the phone from her ear and sent the picture from earlier that night to Danielle
“Wow! My sis is quite the hottie and is that Abby?” Danielle asked
“Yep, Lilly had her first date tonight and that's what she chose to wear.” Miss. Davis said happily
“She sure did pick a cute outfit, and Abby did too, I never thought I’d see them together,” Danielle replied happily
“Yeah, she is in love with fashion and wakes up early to make herself beautiful.” Miss. Davis said
“ Just like me huh, I wish you could tell her why I was kicked out and that you know me and everything about the sisterhood,” Danielle said sadly
“ Oh honey I’m sorry, but she is not ready to be thrust into the world of magic quite yet and is still in training.” Miss. Davis said sympathetically
“How is that going by the way?” Danielle said in a curious tone
“We just started and she has an immense well of power and I’m afraid that she’ll be targeted by the black veil and I won’t be able to help protect her.” Miss. Davis said trying not to cry
“If you need help the sisterhood is a call away,” Danielle said
“I know but still I wish I wasn’t helpless.” Miss. Davis said
“I know but that's what the sisterhood is for and to stop the coven from enacting their plans,” Danielle said.
“Yeah you're right, I’m going to bed, tomorrows going to be a long day for both me and Lilly bye.”
“Okay, I hope I get to see her someday bye,” Danielle said before hanging up and going up the stairs and into her bed for the night.
Lilly was awoken by her mom shaking her to start magic training, the room was still dark but not as dark as it was when she first woke up in it and assumed that it was early morning dawn
“It’s too early, can’t I sleep five more minutes” Lilly ground sleepily
“No you need to get up, the more you learn the safer you will be if dark witches attack you, it shouldn’t come to that but I want you to be safe now get up and get dressed.” Miss. Davis said sternly.
Lilly groans and rolls out of bed and begins getting ready, she showers and washes her hair.and blow dried it and then walked over to her closet still wrapped around her body and began deciding on an outfit and after fifteen on a green sweater that pulled slightly over her hands, black leggings and a pair of tan Ugg boots for the somewhat lazy Saturday but also a cute outfit. Lilly walked down the stairs into the kitchen to see her mom had breakfast ready to be eaten.
“Well it’s about time sweetheart, you sure took your time but my you sure look cute as always dear now have some breakfast you’ll need your strength for the training.” Miss. Davis said happily while gesturing to the table. Lilly sat down at the table and got one serving of eggs, bacon, toast, and the smallest pancake and was finished and cleaned up by seven-thirty.
“You ready to start lessons sweetie?” Miss. Davis asked sweetly.
“Sure am mom, what is up first?” Lilly asked eagerly.
“How about we start with just a simple review of what we talked about last night.” Miss. Davis said.
“ Magic is produced by the soul but only if there is magic energy left, the older you get the less magic you produce and if you use it on a powerful spell when older you lose magic completely.” Lilly summarized.
“Good now let's see if you are canceling your magic any easier than last night.”
Lilly did exactly as instructed and Miss. Davis could feel the energy in the room get lighter as Lilly concentrated.
“Very good Lilly I don’t have magic anymore but it is still noticeable that you just concealed your magic.” Miss. Davis said with a beaming smile.
“Thanks, mom, that means a lot,” Lilly said
“ I’m your mother dear, it's what I'm here for.” Miss. Davis said happily
“Well, what's next? What spell am I going to focus on first?” Lilly said eagerly
“Hmm, how about we focus on something super simple like levitation, but first we’ll start with objects then work our way up from there.”
“That sounds amazing!” Lilly said
“ yes well, first you’ll need this dear” Miss. Davis said as she pulled out an old wand that was made of an old tree and had mysterious energy about it but wasn’t quite identifiable
“What's that? An old stick?” Lilly said quizzically this caused Miss. Davis to let out a slight chuckle “No child this is a wand but not just any wand, it's a special wand because it was MY wand and more importantly it was made from one of the top branches of the world tree and it can amplify a witches power while also using a lot less than normal but it couldn’t help keep my magic because the rules of magic still apply if you are older and you use a powerful spell even with a wand, it'll be intensely magic consuming the wand is more of a conduit which will amplify a spell but also keep magic as long as you are young enough.” Miss. Davis explained which caused Lilly’s jaw to drop as she took the wand in hand.
“I-I-I don’t know what to say, thank you so much, mom!” Lilly said trying to hold back tears
“Oh dear it’s okay you don’t need to cry this wand was passed down from mother to daughter for years and I’m finally able to continue the tradition and you’ll be able to do the same regardless of adoption or biological.” Miss. Davis said holding Lilly in a loving embrace.
After a short time, Lilly regained her composure and began the levitation lessons on the apple that was set on the table by her mom. It was a hard lesson that made a big mess with apples ending up all over the place but by lunchtime, Lilly had the hang of levitating objects and Miss. Davis thought it was time for a break before the new lesson.
“Dear let's take a lunch break before we start working on the spells having to do with the elements okay?” Miss. Davis said
“Okay, mom can I have a grilled cheese and tomato soup?”,Lilly asked
“Of course dear anything for my little princess.” Miss. Davis said as Lily smiled at that comment once lunch was finished they retreated to the basement to focus on water and wind magic. The rest of the day consisted of Lilly practicing these two types of magic and by nine Lilly was exhausted.
“Dear I think that enough for today we worked on some intense spells and magic, in general, you better go get some rest tomorrow will just be a review of what we did today, oh and you can call Abby now I bet she is worried sick about you” Miss. Davis said to her daughter
“Oh crap, I was so busy today that I forgot I hope she isn’t upset with me,” Lilly said worriedly before calling Abby.
“Hey, Abbs sorry I was busy all day with my mom please don’t be mad at me I will let you know next time sorry again,” Lilly said in a panic.
“Lil you are fine I trust you you don’t need to apologize.” Abby said “But I think you'll want to talk more tomorrow because you sound super tired”
“Nope, I’d much rather fall asleep talking to my beautiful girlfriend,” Lilly said smiling
“Oh, who is this beautiful girlfriend should I be jealous,” Abby said slyly
“I guess I mean she took me to the movies yesterday and showed me a really good time,” Lilly said
“Guess I’ll have to keep you on the phone so you can’t talk to her then,” Abby said smugly
The two girls talked on the phone until they both fell asleep and Sunday passed with nothing eventful happening and before long it was Monday morning the day the cheer results would be posted.
