Nightmare 1

" I admit that practicing black magic is against the law but this punishment is too absurd. Are we really overlooking all that she's done for our clan. I suggest we exile her from Dark North Clan or burn her alive but Burying her alive is never our law Louis."

"All I know is for us to do the right thing and if you all are in this treachery together then am out of here. I can never be a part of this!"

"You okay...?" Lucas's voice snapped Kimberly to reality.

Looking at the man in front of her. He neither aged nor changed a bit for the past five years. Kimberly recalled how he interceded on her behalf when she was victimized. She had thought that since he intercede on her behalf, the supreme witches council would be wary of him. Thus, obviating him from Dark North clan. She couldn't help but be thankful that he's been alive and well for the past five years.

How could she forget such person?

She is going to repay him for interceding for her when everyone else was against him.

"I wasn't able to thank you properly... but I promise to repay your kindness to me. Thank you Lucas." Kimberly said inwardly as she stared at him in a grateful way.

"Yes... I am, Mr. Stone." Kimberly said with a smile.

Lucas wasn't surprised as to how she knew him. Being a member of the supreme witches of Dark North clan was enough to make him popular and adding to his powerful figure and indifference, he was bound to be known.

"Helena's daughter... right? The resemblance is clear...." He said.

"Yeah... Am Kimberly... it's a pleasure meeting you sir. My mother told me so much about you...." Kimberly said offering him a handshake.

"Really... She did?" Lucas asked as he narrowed his eyes slightly at her taking the handshake she offered him.

"Yeah.... but don't worry she only told me good things about you.." Kimberly said noticing the awkward atmosphere.

"Well then..." Lucas said as he turned and left, not without taking a last glance at Kimberly who turned the other way going back into the hall.

However..

After that day's party, Kimberly busied herself at her place with work for a whole week. She was taking her time, laying low. But that doesn't mean she was scared.

She had just finished having a meeting with the shareholders of her different companies. And lastly with Camilla and her parents, who wouldn't stop ranting of how they were missing her. And she couldn't deny the fact that she misses them so much too and she wishes that all these will end in a twinkle of an eye so that she can finally be at peace. They had become a part of her and she really appreciate it.

Suddenly, her mind drifted to Mr. Mysterious man. Remembering the card he had given to her. And she thought of giving him a call. She took the card from where she kept it and typed the number into her phone. Immediately she finished typing it and wanted to dial it, she decided against it.

"Not yet..." She thought and put her phone aside.

Moving to the bed, she threw herself on it and slowly adjusted herself before pulling the quilt over her body.

Few minutes later, her soft snores filled the room.

However....

"Aaah! ahahahaha...."

"I swear to you, just pray I don't survive or get reincarnated after all of this because if I do, am going to make sure that I make all of you pay and this is not a mere threats. It's a promise!"

"Seize her!"

"F...Finally, the sheep have grown a fang..."

" is this... is this it?"

"Hhhh...!!"

Kimberly woke up frightfully and breathing heavily. Beads of sweat could be seen on her pale face as she inhales and exhales large amount of air to calm herself down. She had been having the same nightmare since that incident five years ago. And it's the only thing that could make her weak.

Slowly, she stood up from the bed not giving a care if the quilt was dropped on the bed or on the floor and she made her way into the bathroom.

Subconsciously, she on the tap of the hand wash. Dipping her hands into the cold water, she brought her head down and splashed some water on her face. She close her eyes not wanting the water to get in her eyes. Letting the water droplets drip down, she stretched her hand to grab the face towel kept near the hand wash mirror.

Grabbing it, she wiped her face and hands but then she paused her actions when something caught her sight.

The hands...!

The hands holding the face towel was not hers..!

Wait...! What..!

Immediately, she snapped her head up to the look at the mirror and what she saw momently took life itself out of her. Her eyes widened at who she saw looking back at her from the mirror.

"Mum...?!"

Looking back at her was none other than her mother's reflection. Kimberly stood awestruck staring at the reflection in the mirror, not understanding what was happening at all.

This face...!

This face she had missed for so long. Kimberly touched her face and the image from the mirror did the same.

"Huh?!"

Even her voice sound's like Helena's.

"Wait... this is me?!" Kimberly asked rhetorically as she stared eye widened. She was totally shocked and this thing happening right now took her unaware.

"Just... what happened?!" She screamed inwardly.

"How come I slept, waking up to look exactly like my mother....??!" Kimberly asked as stared at the reflection not taking her eyes off it and not believing what was happening.

"Then.... Where is me?!" She reasoned.

"Oh... wait. Cam's gonna got a better answer for this..." Kimberly muttered as she fled back into her bedroom looking for her phone. Immediately she sighted it, she took it and dialed Camilla's number immediately.

Camilla didn't pick on the first ring but on the second ring, she picked.

"Hey... what's up with the call by this time... are you ok?.... your nightmares?" Camilla's voice ranged as she asked like a worried mother. She knew that Kimberly was supposed to be asleep by that time of the day. And she also knew of her nightmares.

"Am not ok Cam.... and I don't know if this is better or worse than my nightmare..." Kimberly said.

"Are you alone? I want to face time you..." Kimberly added.

"Sure..." Camilla replied.

Kimberly switched to face time and immediately Camilla saw Kimberly's face,

she froze.

What the hell?!

Wait...! She knew this face..!

"How come you are looking exactly like your mom...?" Camilla asked gobsmacked.

"I don't know Cam... I just slept and as you know my nightmare woke me up and then I saw this..." Kimberly said all in one breath and all Camilla did, was just staring at her eye widened. This is just too surreal.

"What should I do Cam? You better have an idea..." Kimberly said a little scared.

Camilla couldn't help it as she ransacked her brain for something. She was brainy, yes! But not to supernatural things!

To her Kimberly is a witch and witches are supernaturals!

And supernatural things happens to supernatural people!

"Wait... a minute?! Camilla said as realization hit her.

"Kim.... your powers.." Camilla said wide eyed.

"What powers...?" Kimberly asked not understanding where the question was driving to.

"Your powers.... dummy!! I think your powers surfaced..." Camilla said excitedly.

"My powers..? How come i didn't think of this? But what type of powers changes people to other people?" Kimberly asked still not believing what she just heard.

"don't know... never heard of that..." Camilla said.

Suddenly, her mind drifted to her laptop and immediately she started surfing the internet.

"Found it...!" Camilla said few minutes after she began the surf.

"It's a being with the ability to change their physical form at will. And..."Camilla said.

"And....?"

"And it called.... a shapeshifter." Camilla stated.

"A shapeshifter?"