6 Chapter 5

"I'm sure you have a lot of questions, but we have to ask you what happened last night before you passed out" looking at Buford still, we take a seat in the chairs in his house office.

I told her about the vision again I had of Gary, and what happened in the alley. They both looked at me with serious expressions, and a few questions as to what the hooded figure looked like, and if I knew who the other body was on the other side of the alley.

I answered them as best I could, and Buford looking at me like I was wonder women or something, what's up with these weird moments lately. "What were you doing near the alley Mr. Nolan?" he bristles.

"Call me Buford from now on Acadia, and I was headed back home from a meeting when I've seen you passing out" Doubting his huge loft is anywhere near my house or the alley.

"Is Gary dead? You know he works with us as a temp right?" Zaline answers this time.

"Yes he is dead, are you ok?"

Contemplating the question, I'm thinking back to what I heard them talking about earlier "Yes and no actually, it's tragic with what happened to Gary but it felt as if I already went through the emotions in the vision, but what I want to know is who you two were talking about before I knocked and what is this vision stuff I'm having? I know weird stuff is possible because of you" I said looking at her "but does this mean something I need to know about?"

They both look at each other with a grimace and then towards me, neither could form words at the moment until finally, Buford spoke up "As you know that Zaline and I have known each other for a long time, and she has a form of magic that is tied to the spirit world, what I'm going to tell you might freak you out and you have to promise not to run away without hearing us out first" sitting on the edge of the chair now, do I want to know what's going on, I knew she had spirit guides as she called them but magic? magic is not a thing other than that, is it?

I nod in agreement for him to continue "our families have been friends for as long as we can remember. We are in a group of people that have types of magic that are more than voodoo" Did I hear him correctly?

"Our parents have gone searching for our leader J'havia, leaving us with the responsibility to maintain, protect and control our group. We were once a large group with all types of magic, that was controlled by J'havia, which was the most powerful of us all, Our leaders produce an heir with similar ability's if not stronger, with determination, she kept us all together without the threat of humans knowing who we were and doing any harm to them" thinking that maybe should be in the looney bin also, sure this is believable, but deep down something is tugging at me to listen.

"She disappeared fifteen years ago with her young daughter, the next heir, without a trace of where she went, the group starting getting out of control without her leadership, We split into two groups, one that still believes in our leader's values, and the other trying to destroy them. We are on the side of protecting humans and our secret"

Holding up a finger for him to stop for a second sinking back into my chair. So magic is real, I have all these questions as they spiral in my head. I've always known something was up, I feel it deep in my bones and soul. "Am I the person you're supposed to protect from your conversation earlier?" I ask out loud before I knew it.

Zaline finally pipes up "Yes Acadia, from the first day you came in the shop, I knew you had abilities, I could sense them. We were to watch over you until you manifest them, and bring you into the group. That is the way of us, to bring anyone with magic into our group and help them before the other group found you, which are called Merdique"

My head is spinning with information overload but I know they are telling the truth, and I'm a very accepting person. I've learned how to accept and adapt to things quickly. I'm not going to scream and run away, I'm more curious now than anything since the shock wore off. The only other question is to wonder is What kind of magic do I have?