"A WITCH JOURNEY"

"Catherine, wake up! your first test is about to start and your Lola is waiting for you outside." The woman said who is also part of their coven.

"Lola said my training will start at six but what time is it Ate?" Catherine asks.

"Yeah, that's too early." The woman said while staring at the wall clock in Catherine's room, she waved her hand then suddenly, the clock went to eight in the morning.

"Ah, Catherine Darling. Did you say your training will be at 6 AM right?" The woman asks.

"Yes, Ate," Catherine replied with her eyes closed.

"What if I tell you, it's eight o'clock now." The woman said.

Catherine immediately got up from her bed with her eyes closed, and the woman was amazed at what she saw because she quickly fixed herself and went outside where her grandmother was waiting for her.

"You're just on time my apo," Nana Esther said and she threw a knife at her granddaughter as she saw that its eyes were still closed but immediately Catherine caught the knife.

"Lola, that was closed! Are you going to kill me?" Catherine said.

"No, but your enemy, yes. It would be best if you were on focus Catherine. How you can support the Sigbinan on his mission if his Alabay is not ready." Nana Esther said.

"Lola, what did you just call me?" Catherine asks.

"Alabay?" Nana Esther repeats.

"But~" Catherine will say something, and her grandma responds to her question immediately.

"As the new witch leader on this coven, just like you before. I am the handmaid of Ethan's father, Senior Lucas Sandoval with my friend Amelia. And now, you were tasked by the council of witches to do the duty of being an Alabay of a Sigbinan." Her Lola explains.

ON ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STORY, still in Elijah's Birthday party.

"I want you guys to meet, Soren, while this is my mom's cousin, Ethan, Baekhyun, and Akihiko," Elijah said as he introduced the guy that they saw earlier.

"Soren Legaspi?" Ethan whispers to Baekhyun.

"Ethan, stop! You're drunk!" Baekhyun said.

"It's okay, Now, I know that Ethan has a good sense of humor. He's funny." Elijah said.

"Nice to meet you guys," Soren said. While Akihiko quickly asked Soren about their relationship with Elijah.

"Are you guys, are~?" Akihiko asks but he doesn't finish what he tried to ask when Soren answers his question.

"Not yet, but I know he will say, yes soon," Soren replied.

"That's a song!" Ethan said then he started to sing the lyrics of that song.

"Ni nunape watjana

Naega yeogi itjana

Neoui ipsullo mareul haejwo

Say yes, say yes

Nado moreuge

Neoege gago innabwa

Buneun barame nae mam jeonhallae

Love is true"

"Ethan, stop! You're being mean now! Excuse us!" Baekhyun said then they walked away and Akihiko followed them.

"Excuse me, I need to check on Ethan. He's drunk. Nice meeting you Soren." Aki said and he immediately left.

When Ethan got away from Elijah and Soren, Ethan's drunkenness immediately disappeared and Baekhyun asked him what happened. Even his best friend Akihiko also questioned his behavior.

"I don't know. You know me Akihiko, I don't just get drunk easily except if I drink a lot but I only drink two glasses of wine~" Ethan said then he noticed something was happening.

"Can you feel that?" Ethan said when he saw that the other guests were going insane, some of the other guests were kissing and some of them were acting weird immediately Akihiko gave his observation as police he already encountered different cases and some individuals who were under the influence of party drugs.

"Some signs that someone may be under the influence of a drug which they have enlarged pupils, bloodshot or glassy eyes, and which I saw right now, their energy is increasing. This is a Party Drug" he explains.

"Really? I don't think so, If Miss Melody allows this or maybe they put some party drug on our drinks earlier." Baekhyun added. But Ethan becomes unconscious, and luckily Baekhyun catches him before he falls to the ground. At the same time, he lost consciousness, Catherine appeared and said.

"A blood of Tamawo," Catherine said.

"Catherine? How did you come up here?" Akihiko asks.

"What? A blood of what?" Baekhyun asks.

"Lola Amelia told me about the Tamawo, and they were part of the Encanto nation but who?" Aki said and they remembered the visitor of Elijah.

"Soren!" Aki said and he immediately went back to the place where they left Soren and Elijah but when they reached the place, they didn't see Soren and Elijah and a voice of a woman said.

"His target was son, please help me!" the woman said and when they turned around, they saw Melody who looked agitated.

"Miss Melody!" Baekhyun said. Before Melody fell, Catherine immediately supported her.

"Madame hold on we will ask for help," Catherine said.

"Wait for me Baekhyun and Cath, I will ask for help. Ninong Jeff is here let me find him." Aki said and his ears changed into a fox which immediately got him an extraordinary swiftness.

Talking about Tamawo, let's go back to the village where Jasmine and Ambrose finally introduce themselves to Ara Choi.

"What is happening to her?" Jasmine asks when she sees a young lady lying on a bed with a Banig.

(A Banig is a traditional handwoven mat of the Philippines predominantly used as a sleeping mat or a floor mat -source: Wikipedia)

"She's been in bed for a couple of days and we don't have any idea what is happening to her after she went missing for two days, we saw her in the woods," Dory said as she wiped her cousin with a clean rag who at that time was burning with fever again. Then Ambrose and Jasmine remember the woman who they encounter earlier.

"The Tamawo, they take my daughter and we just recently recovered her from the woods." The woman said which immediately left them.

Ambrose and Jasmine immediately looked at each other when they remembered that incident.

"If only Catherine were here, she would know what to do and how to treat this young lady," Jasmine said. But Jasmine was surprised when Ambrose held the child's hand and suddenly, he said something strange.

"Where am I?" Ambrose said and she remembered that Ambrose came from the family of clairvoyant and not only that she had just recently discovered that Ambrose was also part of a Babaylan clan in the Philippines.

And then suddenly, Jasmine also remembers what Catherine did when she lost control of her powers as a Banshee.

"Remember Jasmine, you need to follow our voices" Catherine reminds her and she follows the example of what Catherine did to her.

"Ambrose, I want you to listen to my voice, where are you? Can you explain to me the place? The surroundings? What can you see?" Jasmine said while holding Ambrose's hands.

GOING BACK TO ELIJAH'S PARTY

Soren took Elijah to a place where the people living in that place were strange and the young man was amazed at what he saw. All the houses and buildings in that place were beautiful, even though the place was developed it still smelled how fresh the air was, no pollution.

"Where are we?" Elijah asks.

"We are here on our place and that castle you see, that's the place where I lived," Soren said.

"Really? How cool! And I already know you are a prince because of your elegance and handsomeness. And why did you bring me here?" Elijah asks. Soren smiled before he answered and because of his smile, the two dimples appeared on both his cheeks.

"I want you to meet my parents, as they were excited to meet you," Soren said and he kissed Elijah's hand, and the young man thrilled even more.

Meanwhile, in the human world, the police search the whole mansion as they are looking for Elijah but the police officers fail to find or get any clue about the disappearance of Elijah.

"Don't worry Miss Melody we will do everything to find your son." Ninong Jeff said.

"But Jeff, my son was not here in this realm he's been abducted by the Tamawo," Melody said and Ninong Jeff whispered to her and said.

"I will recommend this case to my godchild and Nana Amelia don't worry," Ninong Jeff.

"Thanks, officer," Melody said.

GOING BACK TO CATHERINE'S TRAINING.

"You're first task was knowing your element; every witch has their elements." Her Nana Esther said while lighting the Tobacco with the fire on his index finger.

"On that table, you can see the four elements with their symbols.

Stone is for the Element of Earth, Water in the bowl is for the Element of Water, Fire in the candle is for the Element of Fire while these dried leaves are for air, once you have the element of air, these leaves will float in the air. so please grab one and feel the energy flow on each element to your body." Nana Esther's assistant said. And Catherine immediately chooses the fire element which she knows as the holder of the heart of Hestia when she was a cat before as part of her task to secure the heart of Hestia. But instead, she's her thumb gets burned.

"That's what we thought my grandchild," Her Lola said

"Try another element, Catherine, don't lose hope you have three more" Lola's assistant said. Catherine tried the next element when she touched the stone but the stone got broke into pieces.

"What is happening Nana?" She asks.

"Catherine, please continue, Try the other element." Her Lola said while looking at her seriously. Then Catherine touched the third element which is the water in the bowl but nothing happened and she proceeded to the last element which was on the dried leaves but still the same nothing happened.

"I'm done, I can't be the witch leader Nana. I am sorry!" Catherine said when she tried to leave on the table the four symbols of the element floated in the air.

"Catherine, hold on!" Her Lola's assistant said.

"Apo, look at the elements," Her Lola said. When she turned around, she saw the stone floating in the air with the dried leaves while the candle was surrounded by the water.

"What does it mean, Nana?" she asks.

"It only means one thing, you are an elemental witch who controls the four elements, fire, water, earth, and air." Her Nana replied. They were both shocked by what they saw.

"But why?" Catherine asks.

"The elemental witch who can control the four elements was Calista..." Nana Esther said.

TO BE CONTINUED...