The Gem

Chapter 4

"Mom I have one more question for you,"I stated.

"which is."

"What about Claira? Is she also a witch?"

"No. Tess I'm sorry to tell you this but you can't be friends with her anymore."

"WHAT?! WHY?"

"you see, Claira is a vampire. There are three mythical beings that are real: Witches, Vampires, and Werewolves. Claira's mom is a werewolf and her dad is a vampire. Vampires and werewolves have an alliance against us which is why they can be married and have children together but if they do have children then the males are the same being as their mother and the females are the same being as their fathers. they are also raised knowing what they are and about other creatures. if you don't cut off your friendship with Claira then she will most likely try to kill you." Mom explained.

"but what if I don't tell her?"

"that's not possible. you are both getting to the age where you know what creature everyone else is."

"Okay. I'll talk to her tomorrow." I said before a thought occurred to me. "Does this mean you're going to fire her?"

"I'm afraid so."

"Please don't. I'll talk to her and despite what you just told me I still trust her with my life and I don't think she would ever hurt me."

"I will trust your judgment only because I know how good you are when you judge people." Mom replied finally giving in.

"Thank you."

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*the next morning*

"hey, girl!" Claira said when she got in the car.

"Hey."

"What's wrong? You aren't acting right. What happened last night?"

I pulled into a nearby coffee shop. "Clair we need to talk."

"About what? Tess, you're kinda scaring me."

"I know what you are. I know that you're a vampire. I found out last night that I am also a mythical being."

"So you know my secret." I nodded, "okay I'll bite, not literally, what are you?"

"I-I'm a witch."

"No."

"yes. and not only that but you know the heirloom that I got yesterday from my aunt, who is actually my mom?" she nodded stunned, "It was given to our family so that the one who sees a ruby instead of a gold star will be protected because she is the most powerful witch to ever be born and is destined to be the queen of all witches and you can't tell anyone this but I see a ruby. When my mom explained everything she also told me that I should stop being friends with you and not tell you any of this because you would most likely kill me but I took a risk and trusted you... So now is when you do something. Try to kill me, run away screaming, get out of the car and never talk to me again."

Clair shocked me by doing the least expected. She hugged me.

"I don't care about our bloodlines. I care about our friendship. I would never try to kill you. My parents love you despite the fact that they knew what you were. I've known for years now, but I wanted to wait for you to say something. I was presented with so many opportunities to kill you but the thought had never crossed my mind. Why would i want to kill the one person who was with me through everything?"

"Clair I never knew. My mom wanted to fire you from the shop to protect me, but I wouldn't let her. I knew you wouldn't hurt me." I replied, "I think we should tell your parents who I really am and then because you said that they love me despite what I am, we should introduce our families. If I'm going to be queen then I don't want to fight with the vampires and werewolves. I want an alliance."

"You already act like a queen. And you're right we should create an alliance starting with our families."

"Okay then let's go," I said pulling out of the parking lot to go to Claira's. I'm glad it's a Saturday.