Chapter 15 — Calder

I’ve been with my family for a few days now. It is strange being free. I’ve spent my whole life being a prisoner and trying to escape, but now I am free. The best part is that I’m with my family. Dad is spending time at the manor till I decide what I want to do.

Emmy is great. I am glad I finally got to know my little sister. Emmy really did look like our mom, but there are some differences. Emmy is a bit shorter, and I can see some of dad in her. We both really look like our parents. I look more like our dad and Emmy looks like our mom.

I don’t really know my mom before the Enchantress took over her body, but everyone tells me about her. I enjoy hearing stories about her. I hate that I didn’t grow up with my family and I can tell it bothers them as well. Dad seems even more upset and disturbed about everything than Emmy. I think Emmy is just trying to process everything. I know she has a lot on her mind.

My cousins tell me that Emmy was kept from the magical world as a way to protect her and she had to live with these people that were mean to her. Bex tells me that Emmy has had her world change multiple times in less than a year. Like me Emmy didn’t grow up with our dad, but at least Emmy had some time with our mom before the Enchantress took her away.

Bex and Brie are great; they seem like fun cousins. Alice is Emmy’s best friend, and she is funny. Avery is Bex’s soulmate and Carter is Emmy’s soulmate. The whole soulmate thing is interesting. Part of me wonders if I will find mine, but at the moment I am more focused on the fact that I am free.

I am walking the grounds with dad and Emmy. We’ve been trying to spend time together and get to know each other. It has only been a few days since I’ve been with them, but in the short time I have been with them I love them, and they loved me. I know my existence was unexpected but welcomed. I think everyone is trying to wrap their heads around me being real.

Like my dad I want our family to be whole and in order to do that we have to save mom, a task that is not going to be easy, but I think I might be able to help since I’ve spent my whole life with the Enchantress. I want to help my dad. I’ve made up my mind. Besides, Emmy has her team, and I don’t want to impose on them. I will serve more of a purpose if I am with my dad helping him with his research. I know he is in over his head trying to figure things out and I can offer insight that will be helpful.

I am going to leave with dad in the morning, so the three of us are taking the day together. I don't really want to say goodbye to Emmy, but I know I will see her again and probably sooner rather than later. With the war coming and the Enchantress still out there putting our family back together would have to take a back seat. Besides, we can’t really be a true family till we get our mom back. I will miss Emmy, but we can keep in touch on a regular basis.

After dinner I say goodbye to Emmy and the others. Dad and I teleport to his cabin so we can come up with a game plan. We both are determined to save mom. We all want to be a family again and in order to do that the first and most important thing we had to do was rescue mom for the clutches of the Enchantress.

While I spent some time at the manor, I got to know my grandma, my aunt, and uncle as well. I am glad to be with my family. It has been a long time coming. I am determined to save my mom and I know my dad is too.

Emmy was doing her own work with her team, and I know the three of us want to be a family again. The three of us will do anything to make that happen. I am also going to sharpen my skills with dad which I look forward to. My dad is a great guy and I know I can learn a lot from him. It will be nice to have my father as a figure in my life, something I have been wanting forever.

I am angry at the Enchantress for keeping me from my family. I hate her and I want her gone. I will do whatever it takes to take her out. I am determined to help my dad save my mom and help Emmy and her team take out the Enchantress.

The Enchantress has torn my family apart and she wants to destroy my world. She thought she had won, but she is wrong. The Enchantress wants to use me as a weapon against my family, but all she did was make me a great weapon against herself.