Chapter 1: Introductions

Sam's POV:

My brother woke me up today by blasting music in his room which I could clearly hear in my room. He can be so annoying sometimes but what can I do, he's still my brother and I love him. He is the one person I trust with mostly everything. There is one thing I haven't told him. Something I have never told anyone but our father.

Our father had helped me control it but he died soon after I told him. He was involved in a car accident. At least that's what the police say but I don't believe them. They never showed us the car and it happened on a side road that was empty and had no cameras so you can see my reluctance to believe them.

My secret is that I have magic. It's not like having magic is different or unnatural, there are lots of people who have magic. It's just that where I live, like lots of places, it is outlawed so I am not allowed to use it. If the wrong people found out I would be in serious trouble.

My power is in basic terms being able to control living things like plants, trees, etc. I can in a way talk to them as well. My dad said he thought if I trained hard enough, I could maybe even talk to animals in the same way. He had the same power as me but he said mine was much stronger than his. He is also the one who told me to keep it a secret.

I hear our front door open and a girl shout Max's name. I was confused at first but then I heard him shout to them to go into the kitchen, so I take it he knows the person and I don't bother rushing down to see who it is.

When I hear my brother go downstairs I decide I should get dressed and see who it is. I get out of bed and put on my purple tank top, grey shirt with a rainbow badge, light black jeans, green and white runners and my purple cap. I always like to have something extra on like my rainbow badge. Sometime if I'm not wearing a cap I will have a flower in my hair or something like that.

I go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, wash my face and go downstairs to the kitchen. I don't see anyone but I think I hear someone in the backyard so I assume Max and the girl went out there since it is really sunny today. I go and grab some cereal and eat it before I go out into the backyard.

I see my brother and the girl reading a book together. As I walk up to them, they turn around and I recognise the girl from a video call my brother was on yesterday. When Max sees me, he gets up and gives me a hug.

"Hey baby bro. How was your sleep?"

"Stop calling me baby bro and my sleep was very pleasant until you started blasting music in your room."

The girl gets up from where she was sitting and hits Max on the back of the head.

"I told you not to blast your music in the mornings Maxi."

I start laughing so hard when I hear her say Maxi. Max turns to me and gives me a little nudge.

"Well now that you're awake, this is Danielle my girlfriend." he says pointing at Danielle.

"Nice to meet you Danielle, I'm Sam."

"Nice to meet you too Sam. I don't know how you can deal with Maxi over here" she says pointing at him, laughing.

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Danielle has been here for an hour now when she gets a phone call. She leaves the room to take it and when she leaves I turn to Max to talk to him.

"She seems really nice and you seem to be really happy finally." I say and he looks up at me with a smile.

Since our dad died everyone in our family have been super sad. He was the person that stopped all the arguments and helped whenever he could with anything. He was an amazing father and husband and his death hit us all hard. Even our neighbours where as sad as us over his death. Everyone loved him.

"I am really happy finally." he says and we both start smiling brightly. Danielle comes back into the room soon after.

"Would it be alright if my friend came over. He is a bit bored being at home alone." she says and me and my brother both say that it would be fine. She goes and texts him to tell him he can come over.

Within fifteen minutes there is a knock on our door and I get up to answer it. When I open the door, I freeze. Standing at the door is a boy with dirty blond hair that's styled in a cool way and deep green eyes. After a minute he coughs shyly.

"Umm is Danielle here?"

"Uh... Y-ya she is just inside." I say as I rub the back of my neck nervously.

Danielle comes running over and jumps onto him giving him a big hug. Max comes over to the door and stands behind me.

"Ohh sorry. Max, Sam this is my friend Noah. Noah this is my boyfriend Max and his younger brother Sam." Danielle says all giggly.

Max invites him in and when Danielle is passing me she winks at me which I find weird.

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At about 10 o' clock Danielle gets up off the couch and looks at us.

"Ok, Noah and Sam, you both have your first day back at school tomorrow so you need to go to bed so Noah and I are going to be taking our leave now". Danielle says sounding like a mom.

Noah gets up from the armchair beside me and follows Danielle to the door. They both go out to her car, and after saying goodbye they leave. Max turns to me and gives me a cheeky smile.

'Sooooo, what do you think of Noah?"

"He is nice but quiet" I say as I turn towards the stairs.

"You know that's not what I meant Sam" Max shouts at me.

"I know what you meant and I don't care" I say as I run up to my room.

I turn around before going into my room and shout goodnight. I turn back around and go into my room for the night.