Episode 3

Jackson and his friends waywardly went back inside the room and continued their ritual; it was only a matter of time before someone got a whiff of his this and went ahead and reported to the council. The witch council governed my old and arrogant wizards.

It was almost midnight, and I needed to go home; I went back to the party in search of Christa, but she wasn't anywhere near the party grounds, and the more time I waited, the quicker everyone here got killed by the witch council ( the system).

And so, since I couldn't find Christa anywhere at the party, I decided to leave without her, after all, we don't stay in the same house.

My parents were asleep when I arrived home, and the windows of the room were opened, and that gave me access without getting caught.

The following day, I went to school and was hoping to find Christa, only to hear that there was an accident at the party last night.

Some students got into an accident, and Christa was one of those students who got into a problem at the party...

"Jackson, can I talk to you?".

I grabbed him away from his friend without realising he was talking with the principal.

"Hey! What happened, ?" He pushed my hand away when we got the chance to speak.

"What happened, last night?".

I asked, anxiously waiting for an explanation.

"I don't know, but we were attacked".

He responded to my question.

"Attacked? What attacked you?". I asked again.

" I don't know, but we believe it's from the council". He walked away after responding to my question.

The incident caused a lot of disputes in the school, and it also attracted the council's subordinates to the school. If only Jackson had listened to me, all this wouldn't have occurred.

"Agatha, Can I talk to you?".

Mrs Nina walked into the classroom and took me away from my lesson.

We got to her office.

" Ma'am, Is everything alright?".

I sat on the chair and asked her.

"Agatha, where were you at the party last night?'.

She placed an empty jotter on her table with a pen.

" Yes, ma'am but I had to leave on time "...

I responded to her question.

"Nice! But before you left, did you see anything strange?". The questions kept on coming.

" No, I didn't". I replied to her question.

"Okay, thank you". Mrs Nina sent me back to my lessons. But before I arrived, the class were all right over.

Everyone had their bags packed, and a few were headed to the cafeteria as I was.

I came here, and Mrs Benita, the Cafeteria Lady, gave her condolences to me for Christa's death. Till now, no one knows what happened at the party of Jackson, what attacked them and why?..

The news got to my parents, and my dad yelled at me for leaving the house without his or mom's permission, and trust me? Mom's was worse because she threatened to lock me up for the next full moon for the witch's ball happening in three days.

I went upstairs to my room and shortly after, my dad visited me. He had already calmed down from being angry with me.

"Hey! Why haven't you eaten?'.

He brought a tray of mom's hot chicken soup.

When they call a woman who knows how to cook. My mom would stand up and be proud. Dad doesn't argue with the kinda a meal prepared by his wife; it's either he didn't do anything, or he knows how terrible of a cook his wife is.

"I'm sorry, I am not hungry". I looked elsewhere and frowned my face.

"Really? Don't decisive me, little witch".

He grabbed the tiny stool beside my bed and then forced me to eat with the iron spoon.

I tried not to, but no matter what; he wasn't willing to take no for an answer..

I had my meal and shortly after that, I was downstairs to keep my plates in the kitchen, and on my way back to my bedroom, I overheard my parents arguing for the first time...

" You cannot be serious, don't you dare". Mom warned her husband without mining the consequences of her rude behaviour.

But then again, it's normal for couples to argue.

" I am serious; Agatha needs to start her training immediately". Dad reasoned with her question. But Mom was not willing to listen. Where was I being taken to, and why?

The following day, I met my parents seated close to each other on the couch; they usually sit romantically but not with serious faces.

"Agatha, please have a seat". Dad started the conversation as he offered me to sit on the couch.

"What happened, you'll are acting strange?". I said, ogling at the both of them.

Looking at Mom's face, I could tell that she had something important to share with me, and so did Dad, but what were they going to tell me?..

"Agatha, we know that you're young but there's something you need to know". Dad continued from where he stopped after offering me a couch.

"Something I should know? What is It?". I rephrased my previous question, and he responded, " Agatha, you will have to begin your training immediately".

"Training, what training?".

I kept on repeating myself.

Dad wasn't telling me the exact truth, and he kept on beating around the bush.

"Daddy, what's happening?". I asked again, and this time, Mom responded, " Agatha, you're going to ascend the leadership of your grandmother".

My Grandmother was one of the most feared and powerful witches; her power reigned supreme before she was brutally killed by the system _ Hybrid Zandor.

Zandor was the son of one of the witches in the council, but when his father was accused of performing black magic, Zandor swore to make the lives of everyone living and that of the council ( the system) for unjustly accusing his father of black magic; which eventually took his own life.

"Dad, did you forget what happened to Grandma?". I reminded him of her unjust death caused by the system. After Zandor forcefully took over the system, everyone in town now lives under the order rules; we have to live in hiding and pretend with the rest of the People as if we were human.

How does taking over from my grandmother's coven, protect us from the unruly trace of Zandor..