The Witch and The Ghost

Reincarnation

Freya's point of view

I had no trouble finding the shop this time. Angelique was not surprised to see me return.

"Back again, I see. I knew you'd be back. Honey, you look exhausted."

"I am, she won't let me rest. Please help me, I need her out of my head."

"It won't be easy, a vengeful witch, dead or alive, is hard to get rid of. You'll have to be taught and trained on how to use the gift you have been given. If you go down this path, your life will never be the same, you won't be considered normal again."

"What do you mean?"

" People, animals, and spirits will always be able to tell you are different and will either come to you for help or cast you out. You will have to learn to protect yourself, your home, and anything or one you love. Negative things, like the witch in your home, will try to prey on you and any child you have."

"Any child?"

"They will have your gift, but you already know this, it is why you have come."

"How..?"

"Never you mind that now, come you need rest. Selena can show you to your room."

"Selena? Who is Selena? I see no one here but you, me, and the cat."

" She is the cat, she is my familiar and knows many things."

The large, sleek, black cat with green eyes at my feet, looked at me and then to the stairs. It was like she was trying to say this way, please. I followed her upstairs to the guest bedroom. She must have visitors often to have a guestroom. It was a beautiful room, purply, with a floral design to it. It must have been designed solely to cheer people up because it instantly lifted my mood. I also thought to myself, that I must bring Lily here, she would love it. As soon as I made myself comfortable on the bed, I fell asleep, and Selena stayed by my side. A day and a half later I awoke to the smell of jasmine tea and cinnamon rolls.

"Good morning, little witch. Did you sleep well? Have a cinnamon roll, I know how much you like them."

"Thank you, yes I slept very well, wait! How did you know I liked these?"

"Because you are open to reading. Don't worry, over time and with training, you'll be able to close yourself off and read others."

"I didn't know you could do such things. Is that why she gets into my head so easily? What else can we do?"

" Patience, yes that is why, but it also isn't. You learned her name, her story, his story, and this gave her control. It is all in her curse."

"Is there any other way to get her out?"

"I'm afraid not, she must be brought back and killed by a white witch. You were chosen by destiny to do this. It will be difficult and challenging, but I believe you can beat this. I believe your soul was meant to find him once again."

"Again? What do you mean again?"

"If two souls are meant to be but cannot reunite in the afterlife, reincarnation happens. Your soul is the other half of his, and I guess it got tired of waiting for him, so you were born. If she ever figures this out, she will not hesitate to kill you."

I sat puzzling over what she had said. It didn't make any sense. If I was reincarnated, who was I to him? Cordelia was the only woman he had spoken of in his life, was there another? Did he love her? What happened to her? Why hadn't he said anything about her? Did Cordelia kill her? All these thoughts bouncing around my head were beginning to make it hurt. Why now? Why me?

"Drink some tea and calm your mind. These things cannot be rushed. Everything will be explained in time."

"Please, do not tell me to be patient, I have no patience, and my children are in danger. I am ready, please, start my training."

"Alright, alright, first go find a crystal, any crystal, one that speaks to your soul. Do not dwell on the thought of beauty or function, go with instinct."

It was a drastic change of subject and I thought it was weird. It didn't seem to fit in with what I asked, but slowly I began to walk around the shop and look. A lot of things caught my eye, she had many beautiful crystals, but I found myself returning to a simple necklace. Well, it was more of a choker than a necklace, but it had a small dragon made of tiger's eye hanging from it. Anyone else would have passed on by it for it was simple, but I finally picked it up and took it to her, after all, I wanted to know why I needed to do this anyway.

"Tiger's eye, very beautiful and yet simple. It goes well with your zodiac or star sign. I had you choose because a witch has to choose her protective item from the heart. This stone will be filled with your happiness, wishes, and your heart. As long as you wear it no witch will be able to enter your mind again. This is mine, a simple yet elegant lapis lazuli ring."

"It is beautiful, but how does it not break or chip?"

"With magic my little witch, with magic. When the witch in your home attacks you, have you seen an item like this?"

"Now that you mention it, yes, a bracelet on her right arm. I think it's made of amethyst."

"Good, that is a good place to start. I will teach you how to break it, that way when you return home you can find her body and destroy it before she comes back. It will make her weak and easier to kill. A witch without her protection is a dead witch. These things protect us from most harm, unfortunately, we are not immune to everything, so guns, knives, and swords can kill us. However, things like strangulation, fire, and drowning cannot. Sickness will never touch you again. You will not age a day unless you want to that is. I have been alive for 400 years and have watched many witches die and be killed, but we learn and evolve with time and practice."

"This all sounds lovely, and a little too good to be true, but I have been raised as a Southern Baptist. While I may not attend church anymore, I consider myself a Christian. Does this change that? Do you know if God is real? Do we count? Do we go to heaven? Hell? What are we? Do we matter?"

"Of course, we matter, we have been chosen by God to fight the wicked and unjust. White witches do God's work while dark witches have been corrupted by the devil. All of us start as white witches, but as some seek power or lose faith, the devil creeps in with promises and lies. It could also vary on time and religion. I cannot personally begin to know, I have never died nor have I been spoken to. Although, I believe I am still here and doing this for a reason."

"I guess in that aspect, that makes us like everyone else. After all, no one truly knows until their time comes."

"True. Alright then, let's begin."