Episode 1

My powers manifested themselves shortly after my eighteenth birthday, and it was a source of joy and celebration for my family. I, Ella Thompson, come from a family of old and powerful witches who are strong but forbidden from practising witchcraft in the city. For the past month, the city has been overrun by dangerous musical creatures who have cast a spell over every corner of the city, including the streets. People fear even stepping out of their houses; it's either they end up dead or lost in the forest. My parents never fail to tell me stories that happened in town, and as a child, I was made to believe that they were monsters in the shower when I happened to be one of them, the monster controlled by the order.

Wake up, Agatha, and get ready for school."

Mom woke me up with a bucket of ice-cold water, meant to get me started for the entire day and harden my bones.

" Oh my god! Mom". I exclaimed in anger.

But she was too engrossed in getting me ready for my new day in my new school after what happened at my previous high school.

It wasn't anything serious, but I somehow managed to conjure the entire school in the middle of a forest _ the students were lost in a forest until we were able to contact my parents and with the help of the others, the school was conjured back into their original position, no one lost and the Government " didn't find out about it.

The government are people who work for the same people who kill us; they have been in power for the past two decades.

"Don't you dare, Get dressed and leave "

She left my bedroom with the bucket in her possession.

I came down from the bed, went into the bathroom, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, dressed and joined my parents for breakfast.

" Good morning, my baby girl".

Dad's thoughtful gesture always puts a smile on my face.

" Good morning, daddy". I sat on the chair, giving my mom a strange look.

She saw that and chose not to say anything about her behaviour this morning...

"Agatha, did your mom wake you up with a bucket of water?".

My dad noticed the eyes I gave his wife.

She tried to cover up but I wasn't willing to let it slide, at least not this time around...

"Hey! Please, stop baptizing my daughter with a bucket of ice-cold water".

Dad confronted his wife, and I didn't have to say anything about the issues that happened not long ago.

"Oh please! Then teach her to wake up early and not sleep like a pregnant lady".

Mom responded to Dad and went into the kitchen.

If there's one thing I don't like about my mom, it is the fact that she doesn't like being shouted at by her dad and also told not to do something she feels would help me.

How does pouring her daughter a bucket of ice-cold water help me in life?....

Has my mom turned me into a laughing stock..

Dad gave me lunch money before letting me leave for my first day in school. Tristan High School is one the best schools in the city, and my parents had to kill someone to get me enrolled, or perhaps Dad sold his kidneys, and he was able to afford the outrageous amount of fees; maybe it was Mom?

I arrived at the front gate, and everyone was asked to walk through some scans Outside before entering; the last time I came, no one informed me about walking through a full body scanner outside the school gate.

"Wow! I hate this thing".

I heard a girl complaining at my back.

She had a headset around her neck and looked like those kids brought out by the system...

"Hey, is today also your first day?".

I looked at her face and smiled.

"Yeah, and you're?". She went ahead and asked me, and I immediately responded, "My name is Agatha Chrysler, and what's your name!". I asked her as well.

"Oh! My name is Christa, but you can call me, chrisi". The girl responded to my question as we emerged from the full-body machine at the front gate of the school.

" Agatha Chrysler?".

The lady holding a long note called my name.

"Yes, ma'am" I stepped forward, and the machine scanned me, including what was inside my school bag.

Christa and I joined the other students in the assembly hall for important information; we were there when a well-dressed lady walked in and looked like the principal of the school.

" Good morning, students, and welcome to Tristan High School". She looked into her already-made speech and started to talk.

She was still in her welcome speech when a group of students barged in and interrupted her from finishing her long and exhausting speech.

" Wow! Jackson and his best friend friend, how do you wish to be punished?"

She turned and spoke into the microphone and everyone laughed.

" Ma'am! We can explain". The one she addressed as Jackson stood forward and wanted to say something, but his friend beat him to it...

"Ma'am! We had important things to take care of". His friend said to the principal.

" Something important? Like what?".

The principal asked more questions.

She wanted to get to the bottom of the truth, trying to see if they were telling the truth.

"Homework, something you asked Jackson and me to take care of, Mrs Nina". The response of the best friend sparked a strange reaction from the principal. No one must've noticed that but I knew something was wrong.

"Wow! Isn't Jackson handsome". Christa drooled over the students we only just met from her chair.

"Really! Is this how love works?" I teased her as she was seated beside me.

Mrs Nina allowed Jackson and his best friend to find a seat, and then she resumed her speech for the new intake of the school.