Aurora Mary is the one of the one few who know what it is to be hidden from the world just because of what her parents were, her father was a warlock, her mother was one of Klaus's hybrids who died too soon, and all of this pressure on one girl? Eve...
I looked up from my hands to see my father behind me "you look like her y'know, your mother" I told myself that it was just a side effect so I didn't speak to him "I know you probably don't want want to talk to me but I needed to see what had become of you" I leaned my weight on the basin "you should've asked your brother" I saw the hurt in his eyes "You've stopped visiting him" I sighed "things got complicated and I needed to cut off ties" I kept telling myself he was just in my head "He says you can play the violin well" I turned to him "so you did talk to him" his smile suggested he saw something in my eyes "you think I'm just a side effect don't you? You think I'm only in your imagination" I nodded "only reasonable explanation"
He winked at me confidently and walked out the bathroom so I followed confused "If it isn't Merlin Alatar" I heard Magnus's excitement "what brings you here to our big city?" He gestured to my confused face "I came to see my daughter, considering last time I saw her was the day she was born" I face palmed "I was never imagining him was I? You guys can see him as well?" They all confirmed "if this was a dream,Merlin and I would be making out on a glitter unicorn naked and covered in nothing but sweet caramel and frosting with pancakes. Time to face your daddy biscuit" he gestured and cleared the room "I have one question about your vampire boyfriend out there?" I nodded and sank into an armchair "does he treat you well?" I rolled my eyes at the typical fatherly question "dad!" He surrendered playfully "he does, he keeps me from klaus and he's a gentleman, and if it matters to you or not, he was raised a wonderful catholic....about 78 years ago" I saw him smirk "just out of interest, what's your main song on the violin?" I laughed "it's stupid, really" he came closer and sat on the arm of the sofa grinning "I'm genuinely interested, I wanna know. I don't care if it's 'Ba ba black sheep' or 'Mary had a little lamb', I wanna know"
I played with my fingers embarrassingly "...Pirates of the Caribbean main song..." I bit my lip as he stared and clapped "see? That's a really complicated one... it's uh...uh-"" you don't know it so you?" It was his turn to get embarrassed "I haven't had the time, the warlock baton is being changed and as high warlock of Mississippi, I must attend to watch Magnus step down, I was hoping you'd go with me, your uncle loves these events so he'll be there, don't worry, we still have a few months to go"
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I contemplated "I would love to but I'm not exactly a warlock" I suddenly spotted Magnus in the corner "you did magic didn't you? Warlocks do magic" he wasn't making this easy "first time magic. The plan didn't exactly go according to how we wanted it to" Magnus stepped forward " that wasn't your fault biscuit, pretty boy broke the circle but you kept it contained" my father dipped on his tea then gave a confused face "what do you mean 'first time magic'?" I guessed he'd expected Mama Sofia to teach me some "Mama Sofia didn't teach me anything, didn't even mention she was a warlock herself, you left, so did mom leaving me without anything" I could tell he was annoyed "the old bat swore to me she'd teach you magic, remind me never to trust her again if we have any future Alatar generations" I was so confused "mom died didn't she?" H e shook his head violently "she's definitely alive, voluntarily working for Klaus even though he gave her a chance to come find you, she wants you to also serve him so she keeps requesting you, personally I think you'd be better off with your boyfriend and Magnus, less restrictions in travel and more club nights, don't get me wrong I love your mother with all my heart but she's too loyal to him"
I looked down and smiled "one thing I wanna know is what is your warlock mark?" I gave Magnus questioning eyes "last time I showed it, Magnus got nightmares" I saw Magnus shuffle out the door quietly "you, gave the high warlock of Brooklyn nightmares?!" I nodded and showed him "extraordinary, you have my wings and your uncle's formalities, then you have your own touches, your so beautiful" I closed my eyes and changed back "it's a curse" I sighed as he walked over crouching " you,Aurora are one of the most beautiful creatures I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of beautiful things" I smiled blushing slightly "he's right, you need to see that" I hadn't heard Raphael step back into the room "I can't when it scares those I care for" Raphael gestured to everyone in the room "as far as I can see, no one here is scared"
I jerked my head towards the door "Magnus, Cassie, Even mom was scared enough to give me away. Not even to her neighbor but borders away. I'm the demon that hides under kids beds and watches them scream" I watched them look at each other not knowing what I meant. I sighed and cast a memory spell over the room. I stood from the chair as it disappeared "you wanna see why I'm afraid to be 'that' version of myself?" I watched a younger version of myself peek around the corner of a door. Mama Sofia was rocking her own child on her lap.
In the mirror, I saw a demonic child where my younger self was, a younger version of cas glanced in the mirror "¡Mamá! el monstruo ha vuelto ¡mátalo! ¡mátalo! (Mama! The monster is back! Kill it! Kill it!)" Sofia covered the mirror up with a cloth as 'I' hid behind the corner "¡Se ha ido mi hijo! nunca podrá lastimarte de nuevo ni volverás a verlo. Es solo una figura de tu imaginación. (it's gone now my child! it can't ever hurt you again nor will you ever see it again. its just a figure of your imagination)" that was the moment that I decided I would never be that again.
"The hag!" I wrapped my arms around myself for protection against my low self esteem "that was the day I chose to never be 'that' again" I undid the spell and returned the room to normal "I'm gonna turn in" before anyone could stop me, I rushed to my room keeping my head down "I'll make sure she's ok" I tied up my hair, took off my clothes leaving my underwear and crept under the covers. And that was that.
