Secret Supernaturals: The Witch

Bad News

- CASSANDRA -

It was an unusually sunny October morning, which was such a big contrast to the mood I felt right now. Althea and I were in their house’s backyard garden, with me sitting on one of the garden chairs while Thea was crouched over some of her mom’s plants, closely inspecting them. I didn’t know what she was looking for exactly but it looked like it was helping her in some way so I just watched her do her thing.

We’d just finished eating lunch, and decided to go outside to get some fresh air and sunlight. I leaned back into the comfy garden chair, trying to relax after what had happened this morning. I had a feeling that Thea was starting to get suspicious after our reaction to her being gone this morning. Even Mr. Williams and Ms. Davis seemed to be picking up on me knowing something, so I was trying to act as casually as I could.

I picked up my phone and continued to scroll down my feeds, trying to distract myself and act as chill as I could. An alert slid down from the top of the phone screen, indicating a new message. My eyes went over to read it through the preview, and I almost hopped off my seat. This was bad, really bad. I tapped the notification and looked down at the message displayed on the screen, making sure that I read the texts correctly before I freak out completely.

(Mom: They’re gone.)

A gust of cold wind passed by and a shiver ran up my spine, but it wasn’t just because of the chilly air. My eyes immediately went back to my best friend who was sitting on the grass. “Althea! Let’s go back inside, it’s too cold out here!” I whined, hoping she would go with it.

Thea turned back to me, eyebrows pulled together. “But the sun is out and the breeze is so calming.” She complained but she got up anyway and took a seat across from me..

“What were you even doing?” I asked, trying to stay calm and collected. She leaned back into her seat, looking all around their estate happily. She had no clue what was happening yet, and I hoped to keep it that way.“I was talking to the plants.”

I raised an eyebrow at her questioningly. She laughed at my reaction.“

That’s because you don’t know what I know. Guilt started creeping up my throat, rooting me to my seat. Should I tell her?

She stood up from her and seated herself across from me, looking up at the weirdly clear skies. “You can go ahead if you want though, I’ll just stay for a few minutes more.” I gripped my phone tighter and remained seated. I wasn’t going to leave her alone now.