.Hykife Hummins: Family Ties

Hykife's parent has always been open tho thier children about the heritage. His parents sat him down when he was maybe 13 to explain there family secrets.

He remembered how shocked and excited he was.

" Son, your mother and I want to tell u something. " His father had said. He looke wide eyed at his parents. Wondering what this meeting could be. Da last meeting was his bnb pa8tell him he was goin be a older brother to twins.

" Dont tell me u guys are about to have another baby." His spoke the thought out loud.

" I told u he was think that." His mother laughed.

" No son , your mother is no pregnant. " His father assures him.

He exhales the breath he didnt realizes he was holding.

" Well what up than ."

"We want to talk about our family and our heritage and culture. " His mother explained. "You're old enough now to understand the depths of this new." She plused nd llooked at her husband. He nodded. Encouraging her to go on. " Have u ever wondered how I always know when u doin something dangerous in your room or out back in da yard. " She asked him. Hykife thought it was a strange question. He always thought it was a mom intuition.

" I mean grandma use to say the woman in dis family has eyes in the back of the had." He shrugged his shoulders. " I thought it was a mom super power."

She smiled at him. " Well how about your father seeing things befor it happened. " She said. " We would jus say it was a big coincidence."

" Well son that not da exact truth." His father cut in.

" You see son thousands of years before slavery, our ancestors were kings nd queens. They had more thank gold and money though. Our ancestors were one with everything around them. Thoey didn't jus use the land for sources of living off of, but also spiritual purposes. " He pulsed to let that information sink in.

"Our ancestors developed many different abilities to help the survive. Through nature forms of energy, our ancestors mastered spiritual magic, for lack of a better word. " He plused again, giving Hykife a chance to speak. When he jus staring at his parents,blank expression. His mother spoke than.

"This " spiritual magic " is how our ancestors nd so many other of our people survived slavery. To escape and protect there families .To keep the will to live. Some families to this day dont know they have this power. However ur father great great grandfather didnt let it die out of our family. We passed through history and time, making the changes necessary to sustain our culture and belief. " She pules look at her husband worriedly because their son still just looked at them,with blank eyes. The father understand the reason. He also has the gife of sight, spiritual provision. Not only could his son see things befor time he could also live it was ...I'll be as if it's a dream.

"Son.." his touch his shoulder. " We know how crazy this . We both found in completely different ways and we didnt want it to happen that way with you."

"We are born with this power, how6they are not active till your 18th birthday. " He explained. "As my grandfather told me ' One can not know true power , unless one with their own powers' ."

Hykife took it all in. He knew there was something special about his family. He looked at parents with interest eyes. " So what ate we actually ?" He waited for the answer.

"In modern times we are witches nd warlocks. To our ancestors we are Spiritual beings with special abilities. Nothing more nothing less. It's not important what we are but what we do and how we do it. How we choose to use our abilities. "

"Think that enough family ties for night. " His father said.

his morh looked as if she wanted to stay but her husband had her elbow...urging her from his. "Let let him think for a while. Let this part of the information sink in." He closed the door behind them leaving a 13 year old Hykife in complete shock.

It wasnt hard thing for him to get use too. He often remember catching his grandparents in som wired moments, neither actu6 explained. They just said " You'll learn when you're older ,booba ."

That next morning morning he told his parents he wanted to start taking lessons too. He than found out his father held classes with other children from their families. His mother tought a class too.

He started join the class for his age that week,after school of course .

It wasnt til 18th birthday he found out abou the spiritual life love part of it all. From that day on he had frequent dream about a woman of earthy lavender .