The Witches

{Kelsey P.O.V}
I swear to God. I hate Jacob, my little brother. He made a mess in the house, paint splashed against the walls, furniture scattered throughout the flat.
Dad and Jill will kill me. Especially since I was supposed to be home thirty minutes ago, that's the time his nanny clocks out. I thought I could chill with
my friends for a few minutes before coming home. It wouldn't make a big difference, but it did. I took off my shoes and hung my coat before I fully
entered the living room area. The couch's pillows laid all over the place and the tv smoked. I couldn't believe my eyes, it was a mess.
"Jacob!"
His laughter could be heard throughout the apartment. He ran into the living room with a broad smile on his face. The first thing I noticed was that he
had a wand in his hand. I don't know if it's dad's or Jill's, either way, a wand in the hand of a child is dangerous and even more dangerous if the child
isn't blessed with magic yet. My big sister alarms ticked. He could kill himself or me.
"Jacob, give me the wand,"
I asked. He stared at me in silence, then he shook his head. "No," the six-year-old spat.
This both scared and worried me. I ran after him but he ran away. He was hyped up and very fast. He ran into dad's office. Which was also a mess.
His papers laid all over the place, his files, his furniture. This isn't good.
Jacob stood behind the curtain. He probably didn't think that I'd know exactly where he'd be, but I did so I made my way slowly over the to curtain. I
didn't want to alarm him before he makes an even bigger mess. I reached the curtain and quickly pulled it opened it. He giggled and the wand lit up
and next thing I knew I was blasted by it. He gasped and dropped the wand. He must've thought that he hurt me because he ran away. Thank God. I
picked up the wand and went up to dad's room and placed the wand on their bed.
I turned around and looked directly in their mirror and screamed the second I saw it. My pitch-black hair was hot pink. Hot fucking pink. I hate pink.
"JACOB!" I love Jill's child but he drove me insane and I couldn't take it anymore.
"KELSEY!" my father called from the living room and I was just as livid as he was.
I rushed over to him with tears streaming down my cheeks. "I HATE THIS! I HATE YOU AND I HATE JILL," I let it all out in one breath and sighed,
"dad. I got the calling this year and I'm moving to Meledsan, I'm moving into mom's old house. It's mine anyway,"
My dad remained silent. It seemed as If though he didn't have anything say so he nodded his head. He opened his arms and I walked over into his
hug. He kissed me on my head and pretty soon we could feel Jacob's little arms forming a group hug. I giggled. I love that child so much. I released
the hug to kiss him on his forehead and picked him up.

"He found one of your wands and went crazy. I just came from school and found this mess,"
Dad sighed. He already seemed tired and now he has to deal with this mess as well but maybe there's a spell that can clean this mess up. The
thought of finally being able to use magic made me excited, I've been studying it through the books and mainly from mom's grimoire and I even know
what I want to major in. The book has many useful tips that I can't wait to try. Many witches pass down their grimoire from generation and mom made
sure that I get the book I so deserve.
She had it in a box titled, For Kelsey, I was supposed to open it when I get to practise real magic but dad gave me the box when I was six.
No one knew what was in that box, not even dad and it has nothing to do with him too. Now I'm going to move to Meledsan and live in mom's old
home. Maybe that will bring us even more closer.
Dad did know a spell to make it disappear and had the mess restored to its original state, as for my hair? Unfortunately, it couldn't be fixed and I'm
starting school soon. I don't want to walk around campus looking like a clown.
I tried magic. I tried washing it. I tried dying it back to my mom's natural hair colour but nothing worked. I've lost her black hair and this wasn't sitting
well with me.
I gave up. There was nothing that could remove the pink hair and I was going to have to work with it.
I sat down on my bed looking for a spell from mom's book but nothing in there covers this.
We had dinner as a family that night where dad told Jill that I'm moving out. She is partially why I'm moving out, I don't want her as a mother and I feel
hurt and betrayed that dad would do mom like that. She's irreplaceable and he just did that. Married another woman and having a child with her.
Noted that he is the best but no, he came from a new marriage the one between my dad and Jill. Upsetting.
A week passed by and I'm finally moving to Meledsan. I was waiting to get blessed with magic so that I can at least know which direction in life. Like
always, the ceremony was held at school and many proud parents came to watch their children get blessed. I sat in the circle and watch my non-
binary mighty one Gravak appear, I'm a huge fan and a personal follower. I'm looking at joining their coven so that I can be surrounded by likeminded
people. They started blessing the students and my juice got poured in my glass. I looked over at my father, he's a white which. So is Jill and so was
mom so I hope that I get the real colour here. The water stirred and settled down. It turned into white juice and my heart sank in relief. I expected the
juice to be sweet like everyone claimed it was, instead it was bitter like they say the black juice taste like. Maybe to each tongue, it tastes different.
I looked over at my dad. He seemed very proud. Very pleased by Gravak's choice. So was I.
I walked up to them so that we could say our goodbyes. Dad kissed me on the forehead, I kissed Jake. I know I'll miss him but it's time to grow now
and to meet new people.

Saying goodbye was my first step as a witch and the first step in maturity. I held my blue suitcase and searched for Margot, she was supposed to take
me around the campus and then home last week already but like I've already mentioned I wanted to wait until I get the magic.
She greeted me with a warm smile and twirled her finger around my pink hair which caused me to chuckle. She mentioned before that she likes the
beautiful mistake on my head. I disagree.
I took her to the rest of my luggage, she used her wand to shrink it down and carried it in her jeans pocket. Impressive. Then we rode with the
school's mat. I've never ridden on a mat before but Margot assured me that she has done that many times before already.
"Just hold on tight. Okay?"
I nodded my head and sat down behind Margot and put my arms around her waist. She looked back at me and grinned and gave me a wink as the
sign that she's about to lift off. The mat slowly rose which made me clutch her tighter. Then once it was in the air it just gave a little kick and we were
off. She didn't drive too fast because she knew I was scared and besides I loved the view.
We flew over the houses and finally made it to the area where mansions were stacked upon mansions. She stopped before a Victorian looking
mansion. The yard was covered in thick grass that grew high, there were leaves all over. Flowers of the garden withered. The house was covered in
vines.
We walked up to the porch, it was covered in spider webs and dust. I removed the key from the chain on my neck and opened the door. We both
coughed upon entry, it was covered in thick dust.
"Wow," Margot said as she waved dust particles away from her face. "This is a huge place. Cleaning it will be a bitch,"
I laughed. It will be. Margot dropped my things and waved her wand over it and it instantly started growing again. I had all my things in my house.
That sounds so grown of me to say.
Margot said she couldn't stay any longer. She has other students to help out leaving me alone with my new mansion. I walked through the house. The
entrance area was huge and impressive.
The whole furniture was covered under white cloths and I took it off to see the most beautiful vintage sofas and tables. I opened the curtains of the
lounge for natural light and looked at how neat the place was, it was just the dust that was going to be a problem. I walked through the house getting
to know each part of it. The kitchen was huge, it looked like a chef's kitchen, my favourite feature was the pizza oven. I had plates, pots and
everything else a kitchen would need.
I walked down the hallway and saw many portraits of the women in mom's family. Mom was also on the wall along with grandmother and so on. I feel
like I should also get a portrait of myself and hang it next to mothers.

I found my bedroom. It was bigger than my old lounge. There was a large Kingsize bed. There were bedside tables and a beautiful makeup table that
had much perfume standing on it and makeup. There was a jewellery box with the most beautiful pieces in it.
The room and an ensuite bathroom of course and it were huge. A large bathtub and a large shower that I can't wait to use. There was a closet with
many towels, face cloths and so on. Toothbrushes, hairbrushes. Very helpful.
I walked out of the bathroom to walk into the massive walk-in closet. My clothes can currently only fill a fraction of this. Mother and her ancestors lived
an expensive life. How was I going to keep up? I'll be needing a job to help me survive even though dad said he'd give me anything I need and want
but I must do this on my own. Because I can.