Change Happens

A Chapter by Lyna_lane

Becca and Malachi are walking toward the skating rink in town. Malachi is one of the town’s champion speed skaters, so he has to go to the last official meeting.

“Bec, you don’t have to come. I know you hate sitting through meetings.” Malachi has been acting so strange lately and Becca can’t figure out why. Usually he says that her sitting through his skate meetings is revenge for him sitting through her shopping. “You know I’m find sitting through meetings. That’s why I brought the book.” She shook the book.

“Okay.” At that moment she receive a text before she could say anything else to Malachi. She glances at her phone and sees that it is her mom,

Mom: Bec. Come home for a sec. Plz.

Normally, a teenager would be like ‘Mom, but...” Becca is a Witch so she doesn’t exactly have an excuse. Becca pauses and pretends to study a store for a minute.

“Actually, Malachi, I’m going to step in here for a sec. There’s this dress I’m trying to find. I’ll meet you at the rink, unless you get out first.” Thankfully they were passing a clothing store because any other store in this area would be car parts or some kind of voodoo and Malachi might have questioned it.

Malachi barely stops as he replies, “Okay. Sure.” Once he disappears out of her sight, she runs into the side alley. She vanishes right into her room.

Rebecca “Becca” LeAnne Wynn is a full blooded Witch. She, along with her twin sister, Jessica Ann Wynn are the protectors of the city of Amina. It sounds like a lot of responsibility for a couple of 17 year olds, but together they are virtually unstoppable. When a Witch has a twin, their power is doubled. When they are triplets, their power is tripled. They can tap into each other’s power. They get their powers fully and to their knowledge when they are 11 to 12 years old. Becca and Jessica are kept separate. They are the best friends ever, but they live in separate cities and go to different schools. Becca has always lived in Amina, but Malachi moved there when they were in the 8^th grade. Becca is the epitome of loner. She stayed to herself and dressed in not popular clothes but, for some reason the stunning and gorgeous James Malachi Smith noticed her and they have been best friends ever since. By stunning I mean, Malachi is like Adam Lambert hot. He has black hair, grey eyes, nice build. He should have taken to the cheerleaders.

Becca walks to the kitchen where her mother is. “Yes, mom?”

“Becca you need to be really careful.” Jessica walks into the kitchen as well. “There’s something really off with Malachi.” Becca knows something is wrong because Jessica is there already.

“You need to listen to Mom. I did a Sensing on him. He’s very confused and angry. She caught him training with his father the other day.” Now I’m confused.

“What are yall talking about? I mean Malachi has been acting really weird. Do you know why?” Becca watches her mom and Jessica exchange a look. “What is it?”

“Malachi’s father is the Witch Hunter we’ve been looking for. He’s the one who tried to kill Mom. We can’t figure out Malachi’s place though. He’s not a full Witch Hunter though. I would have felt it with the Sensing. We don’t think he knows. His father has been watching us carefully. He knows you are a Witch Becca, so you cannot go over there. Not by yourself.”

“Malachi wouldn’t let anything happen to me.”

“We hope so, but Becca, one trick employed by Witch Hunters is having their child befriend a Witch that’s close to their age to earn their trust, and when they get invited over one day, the Witch is never seen again.”

“Jessica! You’ve met Malachi, so have you Mom. Why are you letting Jess say this stuff?” Becca is in disbelief.

Malachi: Where r u?

“It’s true. I’m sorry Bec. Be careful.” Oh no. It is true. Her mother would have never said that.

“Okay, fine. I’ll be careful. I gotta go though.” Becca poofs back to the alleys and scopes out where Malachi is. He’s in front of the clothing store.

“Hey, sorry. I decided to see if there was anything in that store. I started just window shopping. I must say car parts….not interesting.” She laughs a little and quickly turns the conversation to Malachi. “That was a quick meeting.”

They start walking to the theaters, which was their next stop. “Yeah. Mostly just congratulating us and handing out the T-shirts.” He holds up the shirt but I noticed the choppy sentence. Becca Senses danger, so she pauses for a minute. She glanced around and saw nothing that seemed dangerous. “What, Becca?”

“Nothing. I just had a funny feeling. Ready for the movies?” She quickly changes the subject. Malachi’s shirt had rose when he showed her the T-shirt and she noticed the new pocket knife clipped on his pants. He quickly adjusted his shirt when he saw her looking.

“Actually, would you mind just getting something to eat and heading home? I feel kind of sick.” Malachi has never tried to blow her off like that. She doesn’t have the heightened Senser that Jessica has, but she easily Sensed that lie. Almost like he didn’t care if she did.

“Sure. Where to?” Malachi has his hands in his pockets and it is obvious something is bothering him. He won’t meet her eye either.

“How about Jen’s? It’s right there.” He shrugs and we head that way. The silence is so weird. It’s as far from normal as it can be. “Malachi, what’s bothering you?”

Becca startled him, so it takes a second for him to answer, “Nothing. Like I said. I don’t feel good.”

Jess pops up beside him. She’s invisible so Malachi shouldn’t notice her. He rubs his arm next to her, so I know he Senses something. “He’s lying Bec. I don’t know why, but he’s fine.”

“Okay Malachi. Don’t tell me. We can just reschedule this. Go home and ‘get better’ so you can be okay for school tomorrow.” His face doesn’t change, even as she uses air quotes, which he really hates and she only does when she’s pissed. He knows it too. Jess is right.

“Sounds good. I’ll text you later.” He slinks off down the street without as much as a goodbye. Jessica comes out of the alley where she made herself appear. Her hair is long and bleach blonde today.

“That was really weird. Jessica, what do you think?” Becca is looking at Jessica’s confused face.

“I’m not sure, actually. He has a lot of confusion going on, like I said. I figured he was just wanting to break away from you. I mean most guys want to leave their first friend in a new town eventually, but that’s not the case. He doesn’t have that kind of anxiety, unless he never cared about you at all. The problem with that is I know he did.”

“Well we need to figure it out. I don’t want him hurt in the crossfires if he’s innocent.” I look at my new text.

Mom: Home now, Bec. Time for homework.

Yes Becca is a Witch, but homework is still important as her mother constantly reminds her. The problem is….it is summer break, so something is up. Again.

On my way, Mom.

“Let’s walk home.” Jessica nods and falls in step next to Becca. “I’m trying to figure this out. I mean Mom, saw Mal training, but you said you don’t Sense strong Witch Hunter in him. Unless he took after his human mother more?”

Jessica is already shaking her head, “No, Witch Hunter is dominant over human. Demon isn’t hereditary, neither is werewolf or vampire. The only other this I can think of is his mother was a Witch, but why would a Witch Hunter be with a Witch?”

“Maybe he didn’t know?” They’re almost to Becca’s house, now. “Maybe it was a dare or rite of passage?”

“Becca, you’re hilarious. I’ve studied this already, there is no way that’d be a rite of passage. Killing her maybe. If he didn’t realize she’s a Witch then he’s a bad Witch Hunter.” Jessica stops for a second and looks at her. “Unless they were testing how strong Witch blood is. Then Malachi could be in some major danger if he shows any Witch blood.” As Becca walks inside she thinks about what Jessica said. She could be right. What if Malachi is an experiment?

“Mom?” Becca walks into the living room and sees her mother watching TV on the couch.

“Becca.” Her mom sits up and points to the chair in the corner, which meant sit. “Mom, if I had went to the movies with Malachi, like I planned, he’d think I was psycho with my having to go home early.”

“Becca, Malachi’s dad came over….”

Jessica pops in. “Sorry. I had to use the bathroom.”

“What’d he say?”

“He told me, that he knows. About us being witches and that we need to watch our backs. Becca I don’t want you going over to Malachi’s without Jessica. Okay?” I nod. “I don’t know what to expect. I’ve never personally dealt with a Witch Hunter. The Salem Trials were the last of them, until recently.

“How about I talk to Malachi? If it doesn’t work, wipe his memory?”

“No. No. Too risky.”

Jessica is intently thinking, “How about I hang out with Malachi, as Becca of course, and see if I can read him?”