Chapter two - Unleashing the power within

The crazy part is they were in their 90s and still looked 45 and were practically the oldest in the room. Every other person looked 30.

This looked a little bit suspicious, but still, I didn't think too much of it.

Then my mum came and started the introduction and started introducing me formerly to strangers whom she said earlier were my cousins.

I later learned that the pervert earlier in my room was Aunt Everson's first child, and his name was Emerald after everyone introduced themselves.

We all went to eat the food my mum prepared earlier in the dining.

As soon as we finished the meal, my mum called me in a calm tone to the hearing of everyone.

"Evelyn Everlon" she called.

It sounded strange; why would she be calling me by my full name at this particular moment? I am supposed to be bathed with all kinds of pet names.

"Do you know why the whole family is here and not even one of your friends is present?" she asked.

I couldn't reply because I hadn't gotten a nice reply to that question; I have also been wondering why.

"No" I managed to reply.

"Well, I think this is the best time to let you know what you are meant to know". She said.

"We all come from a different bloodline called the 'Everlons'". She said.

"And we're one of the most powerful witches in the world". She added.

"We chose today to be special for you and to let you know this because it's a rite of passage for you to possess the type of power we have." She said.

"And your father didn't die in the military. In fact, he never worked in the army before".….….

I was astonished, this has been the story I have always believed.

"Wait mum, I'm lost bloodline? Witches? Rite of passage? I managed to ask.

"EVE LET ME SPEAK". My mum replied.

"Your father wasn't a human and so is each and every one of us here", she continued.

We're witches, and your father was different; he was a vampire, while I'm also a witch with a telepathic ability". She explained.

"My sole gift is to telepathically hear someone's thoughts and communicate with everyone, while others have different abilities." She said.

She pointed at the pervert and said he's primarily a pyromancer, he controls fire with his mind, she pointed at the next person and said she's a healer who heals with mind, she pointed at another person and said she's hydrokinetic she controlled water, she pointed towards the last person and said he's an earth witch he controls green grasses and trees and so on.

"But you're different". She said.

"The book chooses you. That dream you had isn't just a mere dream, and those people you saw were your ancestors, the previous handler, and only you can see them when you concentrate," My mum said.

"They can speak through you, and you possess all types of magic; I mean all, but your primary source is also telepath like me. That's why you are able to know when someone is lying to you," she explained further.

"You're not just a telepath, you're special, your father's vampire DNA came down to you which makes you a heretic the first ever vampire/witch in the history of supernatural, and unlike us when we cast spells and get weak, you have your vampire strength which serves you very well". She said.

I just stood still and was reflecting on all these she was saying. How possible is this I haven't been able to discover this myself.

I have to pay attention to get every piece of information my mum passes across; I might not get them again after now. So I listened.

"The way to unlock your vampire emotions and feelings is if you kill a human". She added.

I was terrified when I heard this. How can I kill, I thought?

"You're not just a heretic; you're a miracle baby." She added.

"Vampires aren't supposed to procreate, but somehow you managed to take your father's DNA which made you special, and with all that power comes great responsibilities. She said.

Everyone in the place was silent just her voice alone was heard echoing; no one was helping to interpret all she was saying to me, not even my grandpa.

"You're meant to be a protector; the reason why your grandparents call you princess is that you are chosen to be the queen of all the supernatural, the one who brings peace to all, and that's a great responsibility." She continued.

"I know it's too much for you, but you can do it, and tonight, under the full moon, you're going to access all that magic". She concluded.

"Now let's step outside". She beckoned on everyone in the room to come outside. We all left to our backyard.

In the backyard, I was gathered around, and they all circled around me with their hands held together.

My Mum still echoed in a tiny voice.

"Now, Clivo, do your thing." She said.

Immediately, a petite redheaded girl starts muttering a spell

"circulum arboris, forma virens, fronds rotunda, ad caeli vertens (circle of the tree, a form of green, round branches grow, reaching towards the top layer)."

Clivo is an earth witch, and soon a branch of trees started growing round around me as I stood in the center.

"Emerald you're next", I heard my mum's voice once again.

He stepped forward and his eyes started glowing yellow and he started his incantation saying

"ignis Luminis, formis arcana, pentagramma ardere (fire of light, the shape of the arcane, burning pentagon arise)"

As soon as he said that I started feeling hotness around and soon I saw a devil's triangle burning around me and then I heard my mother's voice

"Eve", she called out.

"Now concentrate and repeat after me with your eyes closed, raise both arms towards the moon, with your palms open and facing upward, and then visualize the full moon's light radiating down on you, filling your body with the power and energy and repeat after me slowly" she commanded.

"lunae fulgens, magicae mea, expanse arise! Noctis potential, lumen Arcanum, voco te (shining moon, my magic, expand, arise power of the night, secret light, I call you)" she said

"Now say it slowly with intent". My mum said.

I took a course in Latin, which my mother forced me to, so it was easy to follow up, and I started the incantations slowly. Soon, I started feeling dizzy, and my nose started bleeding. That was when my mother and my relatives started chanting a spell saying…

"per lucem lunae et gratiam astrorum, nunc congregamur in spatio sacro. Ex terra, igne et mari, vocamus vim quae eam liberabit (by moon's light and star's grace, we gather now in sacred space. From earth, air, fire and sea we call the strength set her free)".

They chanted in unison, and I started feeling a kind of energy building up in me. Soon, I felt myself in the room I was in my dream; everything felt the same.

"step forward, great-granddaughter," a voice said.

Soon, I started moving forward toward the room, and there was something different; besides the book was a jug that was filled with a purple liquid; it wasn't there in the dream.

"Now drink the elixir handler", the voice said again.