Chapter 12

Savannah's POV

As we stepped outside I was stunned to see a crowd outside. They were looking at Sandra and me back and forth. I looked around, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Of course I haven't seen the place before, so it might not be the case.

“Uhm…Sandra, who are these people?”

“They live nearby and must have heard the explosion.”

“Is everything the way it's supposed to be?”

“I can't say for sure. As far as I can see everything is okay here, but magic is unpredictable. Especially if you're new to this whole thing. Don't worry, whatever exploded can be replaced or repaired. This blast was stronger that's why people came. They're used to hearing all these crazy noises coming from my house. This was new to everybody.”

“Okay, I'm relieved a little more. Where should we go to check what happened?”

“It's hard to tell which direction the noise came from. It had to be somewhere near though or we wouldn't have heard it. Scratch that. It can be anywhere if your powers had collided with something huge.”

“Do you have a spell or something for this?”

“I can try and track down the energy's remains. I need your help though. I need to draw some of your magic because you're not officially part of the coven. Just grab my hands and do nothing else.”

I did as Sandra asked and put my hands in hers. She tried helping me to the best of her ability and it was my turn to help. At first nothing happened, but then I felt some energy leaving my body. It wasn't too much and a few moments later it returned to my body. It was truly fascinating. Sandra didn't even chant or anything. She was silent. I guess movies aren't that authentic. Her facial expression was troubled and I didn't like that at all.

“What's wrong?”

“I have good news and bad news. Good news is I found the place where your powers caused the explosion. Bad news is that it's the castle.”

“Okay and crap. I didn't even know that there's a castle. Is it far?”

“About ten minutes on foot. I don't know the extent of the destruction though. There should be a protective shield around the castle in case of an attack. The boom might have been the result of your magic colliding with the shield. It might have also been that it shattered the shield and collided with the walls.”

“That's bad, Sandra. Do you think my magic is so strong that it could've shattered the shield?”

“It's a strong possibility. I saw with my own eyes minutes ago how strong you are. The barrier was made with the help of the witches who live in this realm. It's about forty people or so. They'd lose their minds if they see that a single person destroyed the shield that provided protection for the past five years. Every time a witch comes to live here, the shield is renewed and contains the new witch's magic too.”

“What do you mean only forty people? Aren't we in the witches' realm?”

“No, we're in the fae realm. Now let's go and see what happened.”

Sandra totally ignored the people who gathered in front of her house. I gave them a nervous smile and followed Sandra. When the castle came into view a loud gasp left my mouth. There was a ginormous hole in the wall and part of the roof was missing.

“I guess the shield is no longer in place.”

“Yepp. At least the picture is starting to clear about your actual strength. Let's hope nobody got hurt. No matter what you see, it wasn't your fault, you hear me? In this early stage your powers cannot be controlled. Hell, how could you control it if I wasn't able to do it either? What happened, it's already done. All we can do is damage control.”

“I feel so bad. I should've stayed with Maddie. We were in the middle of nowhere. At least there nobody would've gotten hurt.”

“You would've died then. Yes, nobody would've gotten hurt apart from you. Tell me honestly, would that have been better?”

“I don't think so.”

“That's what I thought. Now get your head out of the gutter, take a deep breath and let's go. Blaming yourself for something you can't control leads you nowhere.”

“You're right, Sandra. Let's go and help.”

I liked her from the first moment. She didn't have a filter and said everything out loud. As we neared the castle we saw that people were running everywhere. They were panicking and I totally understood their reaction. I caused quite an uproar. I literally made myself known with a bang.

“Sandra, what did you do this time? Are you out of your mind? You destroyed the shield and part of the castle.”

“What happened is nobody's fault and we'll restore everything. Was anybody hurt?”

“Just scratches. And what do you mean it's nobody's fault?”

“We have a new witch among ourselves and her powers are unique and things got a bit out of control. Let's be grateful that nobody got hurt or died.”

“You brought a witch here and she's responsible for the destruction? How could you?”

“I'm not the one who brought her here. You should be questioning the king, not me. I guess you won't do that though.”

“What? Why would he bring a witch here? On top of all that a witch who has no fucking clue what the hell she's supposed to do?”

“I didn't question him. It's not my place and I believe it isn't yours either. Now, if you excuse us, we have to go and help.”

“Thank you Sandra.”

“For what? I didn't do anything, I just told her the truth. She has no place questioning someone else's decision. She's always been a busybody who wants to know everything and educate everyone. Just ignore her and sooner or later she'll leave you to be.”

“If you say so, but I have a feeling she'll never leave me in peace. What should I do?”

“Whatever you think you should do. Take care of the people, help outside or inside. It doesn't matter.”

“I'll head inside and see what I can do. Will you wait for me here?”

“Of course. If I have somewhere else to be, I'll make sure that someone escorts you to my house.”

“Thanks again, Sandra.”

With that I headed inside. I was in awe when I entered the castle. It was modern and they had the same technology as we did on Earth. I saw a corridor on my right and followed it. A few twists and turns later I arrived at my destination. Some people were already cleaning up the mess. I noticed that they had powers too and that made their jobs easier. They easily reached higher places too to collect the debris.

“Can I help somehow?” - I asked no one in particular.

“Sure, we need some extra hands anyway. What are you?”

“I'm not sure how to answer that question. For now let's just go with human.”