This choice: She gets Hayley, then talks to you • Go Back... Your mother quickly but quietly walked away from the living room and rushed to Hayley's room where she lightly but urgently knocked on her door. Hayley answered quickly.
"Hey mom." she said. her face turned to that of concern. "Mom? Why are you shaking?"
Your mother took a few breaths to calm herself as she was at the verge of tears. "Hayley, are you familiar with the term 'psudo magic'?"
"It's..." she paused, searching her memory. "It's an ancient term, used only in the witching world. It is a science so advanced, it becomes magic."
Your mother nodded, tears now flowing from her eyes. "Precisely." she said. "Your Uncle Jack was a master of psudo magic, he wrote a book on it called 'Chaotic Science'. It is VERY similar to our magic book. He confessed and demonstrated his power to my sister and I just a few weeks before he died." she then whispered. "I thought the secret of how he did it died with him."
"He was a master of psudo magic?" asked Hayley, surprised. "I mean he actually brought science to THAT high of a level?" she immediately understood the seriousness of it. "Mom, what happened? Did someone find his book?"
Your mother placed a hand onto Hayley's shoulder, more to comfort herself than her daughter. "It's far worse than that, honey. I discovered this only a few minutes ago... her voice dropped to a mere whisper... "Hayley, he gave his book to John!"
Hayley's eyes widened in utter shock. She knew that there were certain witches out there that would go to extremes to destroy that book and its secrets. She began to shake herself as your mother continued.
"I do not know exactly when he gave it to him but John has been studying and practicing it. He's become quite talented, from what I have observed."
"Well, that explains why he had volunteered to do everyone's laundry." thought Hayley. "It was to study and practice his Chaotic Science in private."
"It gets worse." said your mother. she swallowed hard. "I accidentally left my magic book in the living room..." she began to cry. "Hayley, John found it! He has it right now!"
Hayley half gasped, half screamed, raising a hand to her mouth. "Then... Then he knows! He knows our secret!"
"He suspects." replied your mother, calming herself. "The two of you are close. I may not be able to reach him, to make him understand, but I know you can."
"I get it." said Hayley, shaken. "I'll talk to him, make sure he keeps our secret safe."
"We must do more than that, honey." said your mother. "He and everyone else in this family must understand that his talents have to be kept a secret as well. If word gets out of his psudo magic, his life will be in GRAVE danger."
Your mother and Hayley quickly left the room and marched down to the living room. Upon reaching the doorway, they found you still sitting on the couch. You were so involved in the two books that the world around you did not seem to exist. Giving each other a concerned look, they took a deep breath and slowly walked into the room.
"John." said your mother, startling you. "We need to have a serious talk."
You stood up, gripping your book, shaking. You were half frightened because you realized that both your mother and Hayley were witches and that Mel and Hannah most likely were as well. You were also half angry because they kept it a secret from you all this time. Only half angry because you had been keeping secrets yourself.
"I agree, mom." you said, your voice quivering with your mixture of emotions. "We DO need to talk."
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