True Cyan

strange encounters p-30

No matter how hard she tried , focusing her energy into this spell was harder than she had imagined, unlike other spells that she could cast out of impulse , this one required more than just words ...it required someone who practiced magic.

she tried drawing energy from the land but it was pointless, these lands where not like where she came from this land was not filled with a lot of magic earth or dark.

Cyan did not want to give up, she closed her eyes again and spread her fingers through the grass, witches could draw energy from anything that had life, tress, animals and even humans..

this spell needed to happen no matter what her protection and that of those close to her depended on it , she did not care if it drained all her energy but as long she could perform the barrier spell.she tried to concentrate her mind on only one person.

The woman who raised her , she was a witch Cyan wanted to dig to the memories of her and see if she could find any help on how to do this.

She stayed still and focused her thoughts on her memories of the past.When she opened her eyes she was back in that place years ago. The place that was her first home ,the place where that woman raised her,

she walked towards the house , everything apart from the house was blurry, she got closer to it and walked inside. It was exactly the same as she remembered. The wooden door , that had a strange stem on it. The table that was in the middle on the room and the chairs, a small kitchen to the side and a couch this was once her home

She walked to the kitchen and saw the woman seated on the table, "don't be in a hurry now child...grandma will teach you everything you need to know....life does not end at death"

she was talking to a young girl seated on the table next to her , the girl was about 4 years old. It was her younger self. Cyan felt her heart ache when she saw the scene in front of her. She never thought she could ever get to see this woman again. never had she focused her energy and her magic onto one person like that .. never had she visited the memories of her past like this .She wanted to call out to her but she had no voice ...she walked over to the woman and the girl but they did not see her,...she was invisible to them. Cyan started to get emotional again she could feel her eyes getting watery

"grandma"she and the girl spoke at the same time. her voice could still not come out she called her in her head.

"control your emotions child, ....there is a lot to learn....be patient and calm your spirits this is just the beginning"

the woman spoke, even though she could not see her, the woman spoke as though she knew Cyan's older self was with them in the room.

Cyan wondered if the woman could feel her presence but that was impossible this was just a memory it had already happened.

but the words she spoke , Cyan felt like they where meant more for her than her younger self.

Maybe this woman knew she would come back to this memory one day maybe she knew the future long before Cyan was even grown up ..she was a witch after all and some witches where gifted like that.

And if that was the case then Cyan had a lot of questions to ask.

"Come let me show you what you need to know"

the woman said leading young Cyan out to the back of the house. Cyan also followed them .

the woman had a lot of magical items in her house ...and a lot of things she used to create all different kinds of spell.

Cyan watched as she picked what appeared to be dirt from the ground placed it in her hands and blew it in the air.

She grabbed a small bag filled with salt and mixed it with the dirt. Then after chanting a few words...the woman picked up a dagger and cut into her palm letting her blood drip on the mixture salt and dirt.

after doing that ..she used the same knife to cut young Cyan's palm as well. And let her blood drop on the mixture. Even as a child Cyan did not complain about the pain nor did she question the woman. Her wound healed in seconds.

after doing that she used the same mixture to draw a pattern on the ground ..Cyan understood what the woman was doing ..she was using her blood and a weapon mixing it with the soil of the place that needed protection.

the salt was a common thing used to ward off evil spirits, and mixing all three created one of the key ingredients to the barrier spell .

There was one more thing needed and that was the bond between earth magic and the witch performing the spell had to be pure and true if not then the spell wont work. That was what happened with most big spells.

Dark magic was dangerous and mostly required the sacrifice of a life, but earth magic did not , it was however the hardest to perform.

Cyan knew she had all the other things needed accept for the bond of the magic and the land, she struggled in that area when it came to performing big spells.

Even though she had never used dark magic before most people believed she was filled with it.she was doubting if she could even accomplish the task.

"Don't waver when it comes to trueness and magic ...the energy needed to do magic is just the same as the one needed to stay true to yourself and positive"

Cyan looked at the woman and the girl, they where also kneeling of the ground.

this woman always knew the right words to say to her whether to her young self of to her older self.they both chanted some words before lighting a candle in the middle of the pattern. the wind blew in all directions but the candle did not shake or dim its light.

they continued to chant the words till a force could be felt around them.

"its done" young Cyan asked and the woman nodded .

the spell was done.

young Cyan carried the candle back in the house and the woman walked behind her.

Cyan also followed too.

" I want to be a strong witch like you grandma"

The woman smiled at her before she responded to her patting her on her head.

"no Cyan you will not be strong like me ....you are already stronger than me and anyone else, ...trust your blood and your heart and know that wherever you go ill always be here..."

Cyan's heart pounded hearing her words. She was only young when they killed this woman and could not remember many things about her very well , but now she wanted to know more about her..she wanted to stay here in this place watching these memories forever.

"Ill never leave you grandma "

her younger self spoke again while she hugged the woman.

"sweet child ....don't be silly ...you can not stay forever in a place where you don't belong..he is waiting for you"? She said while holding onto her locket necklace.

He is waiting for you ?? Cyan had a lot of questions this was the first time she ever heard this woman mention someone else .

who was she talking about , who was waiting for her .

"go now child"

young Cyan run towards her direction outside to play. The images in the place started to get blurry and where slowly disappearing.

she did not want to leave she wanted to stay her.

"grandma" she could only call out in her head. Cyan had a lot to say to the woman she had a lot to tell her , a lot of things happened to her when this woman died and she needed her advice on a lot of things.only she could truly know what to do , only she could help her but she was already gone out of this world all that Cyan had left of her where her memories.

something kept on pulling her back to the surface something was bringing her out of this place and she did not want to she wanted to fight it and stay with her grandma.

the image disappeared like they never existed., she slowly opened her eyes and saw Aidden looking at her with a worried look on his face.

when he saw her ..he pulled her into his embrace and held her tightly. He rubbed his hands on her back.Cyan did not know when Aidden arrived she looked ahead and noticed that it was already dark. When she got here the sun was still shunning brightly.But now it was completely dark only lights from the house where shining.

she did not realise she spend so much time in her memories when she was in them, it only seemed like minutes. Was this another price of magic loosing time to the past.hours lost in the real world to a few moments of a memory , magic took a lot from everything. Even though it did she did not mind Cyan got the information she needed and she got to see her grandma again , that was a price she was willing to pay. even though it broke her heart,.

"are you okay..."

Aidden asked as he held her, she did not understand why he seemed so worried ."Yes ...i am"

she hugged him back and buried her face in his chest, her sadness disappearing in his arms. He continued holding her and stroking her hair.

Aidden came back from the hospital after attending to his patients not a lot happened while he was away and his staff managed to take care of things. Usually he would stay and work on a few things from there but he was eager to be with Cyan again. he missed her during the hours he was away and he wanted to see her and hold her. When he got back to the house no one was home except for the house keeper. Rose and David had not returned yet. He went up stairs to find Cyan but he did not see her. The feeling that she had left again was slowly enveloping him till he saw her through the window . He remembered she told him about casting a spell around the premises.

He decided to go check on her .

it was already twilight , when he reached to where she was seated , he saw how quite she was and so focused. There was a strange cool air around her blowing lightly lifting her hair in the sky and the grass danced to it . She did not have that aura that only appeared when there was danger. Her energy here was calm and he could feel it .it made him calm also just being around her , he did not want to disturb her he sat down next to her and watched, an hour went by but Cyan did not move, two hours , three hours but she still had her eyes closed he did not know what she was doing .was she casting the spell? "grandma",he heard her speak after a long time,.

Aidden noticed the sadness in the way she spoke , he looked around checking for who she was calling grandma but it was just the two of them near the trees , "grandma " she said again and what followed where tears falling from her eyes slowly, Aidden had never seen her cry as an adult only her younger self, he wondered what she was feeling at the moment.

it made his heart sink when he saw her tears falling, Cyan looked like she was watching a sad move. He saw how her eyes shut even tighter and her breathing became heavier, Aidden was frightened that something was happening to her. he called to her but she did not respond ..

he held her shoulders and shook her lightly but she was still deep in her trance. "Cyan wake up "

the girl still had her eyes closed.

Aidden panicked and did not know what to do to bring her back from this .

he went closer to her and kissed her on her lips, he stayed there kissing her for a while , he pulled his head away from her and whispered to her .

"I love you...please open your eyes"

immediately he said those words she opened her eyes and looked at him, he felt like a heavy stone had been lifted from his heart. The thought of losing her scared him even more ...but he was happy she opened her eyes, her grey silver flames.He just held her into his arms for a long time , till he was sure that she calmed down.

he pulled her head from his chest and looked at her face, it was still wet with her tears. Cyan cried , what made his savage pet cry like this.

"Don't cry ...what happened"

he asked as he wiped her tears with his hand.