Parshawna Macduff- The greatest Witch of the Decade

Sleepless Nights

After the division and the meeting, we were asked to come back to our room. I said good night to my friends and left for my room, I found Jennifer on the stairs and smiled at her, I said-" Good night, see you tomorrow"

She ignored me and started taking back with Cresseda and Cassie. I waited for some time for her to reply, but she did not even look at me, so I walked back to the stairs towards my room. I heard their conversation on the way.

Cresseda said-" She is an outsider, she had stayed with humans, who knows who she is?"

Cassie replied-" Just because Queen Harney miss her granddaughter, she brought someone from the human world"

Jennifer laughed and replied-" I heard she is a mudblood"

I walked away from their conversation. And while I was rushing back to my room, I accidentally bumped into Priam.

Priam said-" Woah, miss, be careful. Oh, it's you princess Parshawna!"

I didn't replied him anything and rushed back to my room and closed the door. I was a little hurt and confused by the situation. I jumped at my bed and cried, and then I heard a knocking on my door. I got up and opened the door, I saw professor Dunston is on the door.

I exclaimed-" Professor?"

She replied-" Yes, my dear, sorry to arrive at this hour"

I replied-" No it's okay. Please come in"

She closed the door, and came in, she looked around my room and stood before me with a confused face, as if she was searching for something.

I replied-" Can I help you with anything professor?"

She hesitated before speaking but then finally she said-" No, nothing much, but I came to ask you that, do you came along with your, the... Uhm... Golden wand?"

I replied-" Oh, that... yes, Uhm... grandma told that the wand is some sort of entry ticket to this world. So I brought it along here too, maybe somewhere I might need it"

I opened the drawer and took out a box. " Oh, dear!!!" She exclaimed She took out the box from my hand, and she opened it and unwrapped the blue cloth. She was surprised to see the golden wand as if she was waiting so long to see this.

She said-" you know my dear, this is one of the most valuable wands in the world. This has a deep history."

I replied-" Oh!!! I had no idea"

She didn't move her eyes from the wand and replied-" I can understand, but let me tell you this is the most powerful wand in the wizard land history. This was created and made by the most powerful witch Lily. There was a time when we used to live with humans in peace. Nature had given us powers so that we can help others and so we lived happily with each other. Then, slowly humans started growing and very few were blessed with the powers like ours. They started to get scared and slowly they started hating us. Some peoples wanted us to tame and use for their entertainment or their means. But then we realized we have been used. So we rebel against them, but not to hurt them instead to let them know that we deserve equal respect and peace. Lily was born with great powers but was kept hidden from the world in fear that she would end up like others. By the order of the king, his father had to leave for the war between witches and humans, but he asked Lily to use her powers only to save her family. She was left with her little sister. They grew up and waited for their father to return, but he never did. Slowly Aya, her little sister learned about her sister's powers and she started feeling jealous of her. Lily who was living an ordinary life, had fallen for the prince of the kingdom. Prince, not knowing her identity, had loved her too. But there came the day when her own sister and her love had fought against her. She realized her kind was not safe there. Humans have greed and jealousy which makes them weak. So she gave up all her power to make this wand to help and protect her kind, her people. During her last breath, she asked to make a world with a better heart than humans. She died separating the worlds from humans, during the last days she had missed and cried for her love and her sister. Thus when she died the witches has restored a part of her in this wand. Very few people have used this, only those who are worthy."

I was listening to the professor very calmly and concentratedly. I never knew the story behind this wand, only grandma told me to keep this safe. But somewhere I could feel Lily and her story. I asked-" This has a part of her?"

She looked at me and replied-" Yes my dear. When she created this world, she had to give up her life to save her people. The witches try as much as they could to save her, but her destiny had something else. Her heart was made of gold. She was a diamond in the dark, so they tried to keep her part in this world with us."

I replied-" Wow, I had no idea"

She said-" But remember, as much as powerful this wand is, the more this have threat...Only a few great witches were worthy to use this wand."

I replied-" Oh you mean I am one of them?"

She looked a little concerned and replied in a hushed tone-" Don't be so happy on this..."

She stopped in between and she closed the lid. She handed it over to me, and said-" Oh, dear I must not say these, but remember you need to be very careful"

I nodded and replied-" Yes, I will, Good night professor"

She left with giving me goosebumps with her words. The story she said was really sad, somewhere I can relate to when I was in London. My mom died, but she was a good human. Not everybody is the same. Uncle Tom was a good human. But as for this wand, what possible threat might I get from this? I don't know but I have to know.

Professor Dunston came from my room and went to the principal's room. She knocked on the door before entering. She came inside and found Principal Malcom nowhere. And then the hawk flew over her head towards the table and turned back into Mr. Malcom.

He said-" Do you have any news so far?"

She replied politely-" I saw the golden wand with my eyes. It was the same as it was years ago."

He said-" Did you told her anything about it yet?"

She replied-" No sir, not yet"

He replied with intense-" Good. She must not know about it, She is too young."

She said with a pause-" How about we must keep it safe somewhere to avoid the consequences and give her some ordinary..."

He replied-" Professor, The wand chose her. But I will think about this, let me speak with Queen Harney about this once"

She replied-" Sure" And she left.

Back in my room, I thought to investigate a little about this. So I have to wait till tomorrow morning. That night while I was sleeping, I saw a weird dream, as if, the wand was talking to me. It was so real, I felt as if the wand was talking to me in real. I could see the dark all around and there was just a light when I followed the light I saw a lady, crying for help and she disappeared. I tried to hold onto her but I lost the grip. And then I woke up on the bed as if it was all real. I didn't know I was screaming all this time in my dream. Everyone came to hear my voice. Professor Dunston opened the door using her wand and saw me crying on my bed.

She asked-" What happened dear?"

I explained everything to her and everyone's face turned into shock hearing me.

Professor Dunston ordered everyone to go back in their room, she looked at me and said-" It's just a dream, nothing to worry about. Everything will be fine"

Hearing her words resemblance my mom's. It brought me a little peace. I agreed to sleep on imagining my mom's word.