"Azura?!" I called out as soon as I entered the house with the two books in my hand.

   "Camilla, where have you been?" Uncle Russell asked me, his face filled with worry, "what happened to your phone?, Why didn't you answer any of my calls?"

   "I'm so sorry" I said immediately checking my phone on to see that it was switched off, "I didn't know it was switched off" I replied, "I'll tell you everything after I meet Azura" I said running upstairs. I knocked on Azura's door and the door opened itself. Sean and Scarlett were right behind me and Sean was trying to poke his head into the room.

   "Come in" I heard Azura say and I entered the room along with Sean and Scarlett only to find Azura in front of a make up mirror with a lipstick in her hand. "Did you get the book?" She asked looking at us through the mirror.

   "Yeah we did but how come there are two instead of one?" I asked and Azura furrowed her eyebrows.

   "Two?" She asked turning to us, "let me see" she said and I gave the two books to her. The silence was disturbed by a familiar annoying ringing tone.

   "It's aunt Kharly, I'll be right back" Sean whispered leaving the room I turned my attention back to Azura and she was staring at the two books before waving her hand in front of the one on botany and the front of the book changed.

    "This is the book of hex" she said and did what she did before to the other book. "And this is a book I haven't seen in ages" she said looking at the second book. She then turned to Scarlett, " call your grandma"

   "I don't know how to call her" Scarlett said, " ever since I summoned you, she hasn't been around"

   "And you are not bothered" Azura said raising her brow.

   "She normally goes away for sometime so i'm not scared of her leaving. She'll be back" Scarlett said confidently and Azura nodded.

   "What's the book for?" I asked confused and Scarlett shrugged.

   "Let's call Yeong-joo first, she'll explain it more" Azura said, "repeat after me, ego invocado spiritus Kim Yeong-joo, videtur " Scarlett looked at her unsurely and Azura glared at her

    "Ego invocado spiritus Kim Yeong-joo, videtur" Scarlett said and I saw legs forming beside her followed by a blue dress then hands and finally Scarlett's grandma.

    Scarlett's POV

   "Yeong-joo, I thought you were with this book" Azura said showing my grandma the second book.

   "No, Kyra took it from me a long time ago. I haven't seen this book since then" grandma Yeong-joo said. Kyra is my mum, the mother I never met. All dad told me was that my mum was a historian, nothing else.

   "What's this book even about?"  I asked.

    "Is it some kind of family heirloom or something?" Camilla asked and grandma sighed.

   "This book contains the history of mages from the first mage till Kyra and their accomplishments" grandma said and I looked at her confused.

   "But you told me mum lived a simple life. If she lived a simple life as you said, why is her history even here?" I asked confused.

   "Who said your mum lived a simple life?" Azura scoffed, "your mum was one of the strongest mages in history. She even worked with..."

   "Azura stop!" Grandma warned and Azura rolled her eyes.

   "What are you hiding?" I asked looking at my grandma but she looked away. "If you don't want to tell me, then i'll find out myself" I said taking the book from Azura's hands and walking away.

   "What's going.." Sean started but I just walked past him. I heard footsteps after me but I didn't pay any attention to it.

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   "Dad!" I called out as soon as I entered the front door. Dad came out of the kitchen in his usual joggers and black tee shirt .

   "Scar, you are back. I was about to make an early dinner" dad said smiling. I just don't want to believe he was also hiding the truth from me.

   "Dad, mum didn't die when she gave birth to me, did she?" I saw dad's face change from being bubbly to confusion then to realization.

   "Where did you hear that from?" He asked coming closer and I felt tears cloud my vision.

   "What are you hiding?, What is everyone hiding?!" I asked annoyed, angry even. Why isn't anyone telling me anything?, I can't believe dad was lying to me all these years, the story of my birth he always told me, my mum's death..

   "Scar, I was trying to protect you" dad said sighing.

    "From what?!, From the truth?!" I yelled angrily.

   "There are many things that you don't know. Your mum was a.."

   "Mage?" I asked and he looked at me with wide eyes.

   "How do you know that?" I laughed in disbelief at the question. I looked at the remote, newspapers and magazines on the coffee table and they started levitating. " Scarlett.." dad started, I sighed and the stuff I suspended in air fell down onto the table.

  "I knew that all along. I know who I am so just tell me what you and grandma are hiding from me" I said sighing and dad looked at me confused, "I'll tell you about grandma later"

   "Your mum wanted me to protect you from this life. She didn't want you to find out about any of this." Dad said and I nodded.

  "I understand what you are saying dad, but at least I deserve to know the truth" I pleaded and he sighed.

  "Your mother was killed"

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   "These are all her stuff" dad said clearing his throat, "she asked me to burn everything if something happens to her but I couldn't bring myself to". I felt tears rush down my cheeks, I knelt down beside my mum's clothes that were packed neatly in a box together with her earrings, jewelries, pictures, everything I never saw as a child. I picked a picture of her in a graduation gown smiling widely at the camera. Tears rolled down my cheeks and I whimpered looking at my mum's picture. I felt dad's presence and he wrapped his hands around me and I broke out in a fresh set of tears.

   After sometime, I wiped my face and kept the picture back. "I'll go get you a glass of water" dad said and I nodded. He left the room and I kept on going through my mum's stuff until I found a book, I was about to open it when I heard my dad's voice.
  
   "Scar, there are two kids downstairs in the coffee shop that wants to see you, should i tell them to come back later?!" Dad said and my mind went to Camilla and Sean.

   "Let them in!" I shouted and I heard the front door open. "The last room at the end of the hall" I heard dad say. Someone knocked on the door and I discretely cleared my throat.

   "Come in" I said and the door opened revealing Camilla and Sean.

   "Um.. hey?" Camilla said nervously, " did you find anything? Like about your mum..?", Sean made himself comfortable on the chair beside the box I was sitting in front of and Camilla glared at him and he stood up immediately. Camilla and Sean are actually good people, they are the first friends I've made. Other kids at school normally isolated themselves from me and called me a weirdo but these two didn't even think twice before accepting me for who I am.

   "Yeah, I found out my mum was.. " I blinked my eyes trying to stop myself from crying, "my mum was killed" Camilla gasped and came to my side giving me a hug.

   "I'm so sorry" Sean said sitting beside me on the floor. The door opened and my dad came in.

   "I brought the.." he sighed, "I'll come back later". After I calmed down, Camilla let go of me and sat down on the floor.

   "Is this your mum's diary?" Sean asked holding the book that I saw in the box. I took it from him and went through it.

   "I think so" I said mindlessly flipping through the pages until I came across something.

   "I decided to work with him to achieve his dreams. Although mum is against it but I don't see any flaw in his plan. He just wants the best for the future and I want the best for baby Scarlett"

   
   What is she talking about?

I turned to the next page and Camilla and Sean came closer, they were probably interested in what my mum was writing.

   " It's been a month since baby Scarlett was born and she looks exactly like me even though she took her dad's pointy chin but that's not a problem. I'm happy she'll grow up to be as gorgeous as me" I laughed at that, she was one cocky woman. What caught my attention was her next entry.

   "I just found out what his plan was. He lied to me all along. Mum was right. I need to stop him before it's too late. I need to get the photocopying machine first, that's all Derek wants"

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