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“Yeah, well forget bears, I'm just hoping there are no witches in there wanting to eat us,” I added, now poking my head inside.
“Nah, look, there's nothing sweet about this house, trust me… come on, Gretel, it looks empty,” Pip added with a wink, now inviting us all in with a roll of her outstretched arm.
“Yeah, well it doesn't mean it'll stay that way for long,” my mother muttered as she took my hand before stepping inside.
“It’s also filthy,” Sophia complained, being a total germaphobe and now looking at everything with utter distain. The four of us took a moment to take in our surroundings, seeing that Pip was right, it may have been creepy, but at least it was empty…for now.
There wasn’t much in the way of furniture, as everything seem to centre around a rickety table with two dusty chairs either side. There was a stone fireplace, a side table that looked to be used as a kitchen area, and some earth ware pots and bowls left on the side, with some tankards hanging on hooks over a stone sink.
“Well, first things first,” Sophia said, walking up to the fireplace and after rubbing her hands together, creating fireball in her palm before throwing it toward the kindling. However, it was at this point that Pip gasped, making us all turn to see a horrified expression to the window. This was also just in time to see a man’s shocked face disappear from sight, as he started running after witnessing Sophia's power.
“Oh dear, well that's one way to scare the locals,” Pip said, and I had to agree with her, as he had definitely started crossing himself and praying to God while he legged it. As if God could save him from the wickedness inside that was four wet women in need of a fire. However, this was the least of our issues as I turned to my mum when realization hit.
“I didn't hear him… did you?” She shook her head, now looking thoughtful.
“And I thought my eyes were just tired, but the more we have walked the less I have been able to see without it all going blurry.” She released a deep sigh and I had to say, it was not a happy sound.
“What is it?”
“I probably should have mentioned this before we decided to time travel,” my mum answered, making me suddenly realise why she had insisted on me taking my glasses and contacts.
“Oh no… are we…?”
“We're both back to being mortal,” she replied solemnly, making me gasp as I took a step back in shock.
“We are? But how, why… I mean I didn’t feel any change at first but now I’m really tired and starting to feel different,” I admitted and I had to say, my mum looked even worse, as she was fully leaning her weight against the back of a chair now.
“It happened the last time… it was as if… I was stripped of everything that had ever happened to me. As if I had never met your father which makes sense it happening now, as neither of us has even been born yet.”
“Which means no powers,” I concluded in what I knew was a dejected tone.
“Exactly… we're going to have to be careful, Fae.” I nodded in a disheartened way, knowing that this complicated things somewhat. Hell, it complicated things a lot, as I was kind of relying on my invincibility to get me through this without getting me killed. It made me wonder about Lucius and if he did find out I had left before I managed to get back and tell him… would he would know about this too? Something that would only be harder for him and give him more to worry about.
However, I was at least comforted to know that in all probability, he wouldn't have to wait long. My mother had already told me that the last time she did this, it was only minutes that she seemed gone for. Meaning that if we did get back to our own time, for Lucius it would be no time at all. That thought did bring me some bit of comfort at least, despite our dire circumstances.
“Do you think that was the guy who lived here?” Pip asked now picking up a pot, lifting its corked lid and smelling inside before making a gagging face.
“It doesn't exactly seem like there's a woman's touch here,” Sophia said dryly, still clearly not wanting to touch anything.
“And what exactly would a woman’s touch look like in this time period? One I will remind everyone, that we have no idea which one we are even stuck in?” I said, making a point to which Pip shrugged her shoulders and made her own point,
“Wildflowers in a vase.”
I said nothing to this, but instead looked to my aunty Sophia, who looked as if she had a lot on her mind and was now currently staring out the window. I walked over to her and placed my hand at her arm, making her flinch.
“Hey, are you okay?” I asked, and I watched as it took seconds before the mask slipped into place and veiled her worry.
“I'm fine,” she said tensely.
“We are all fine,” my mother added in more of an encouraging tone.
“Look, we are all together, that is the main thing,” she said again when no one else filled the void of silence.
“Why, what happened last time… did you not all arrive together?”
“Let's just say that it took a while for us all to find each other again,” my mum replied, trying to see the best in our situation. And well, considering what she just said, I had to agree with her, at least none of us were alone in this. But then I felt guilty even being thankful for this, knowing that Ella was no doubt all alone and scared out of her mind. I mean, I knew my cousin was tough but this… well this was something else.
“The sun won’t be up for a few hours yet, so there's no point going out there again until we have daylight on our side and not until the rain has lightened at least… and even though Pip and I can see better in the… well, never mind about all that…” my auntie Sophia said, not needing to finish that sentence, hence why she didn't. Because they wouldn't have needed to worry about getting cold or sick, or falling over in the dark breaking an ankle. However, now they had two mortals to worry about. Both me and my mother looked at each other, nodding our heads as we both thought the same thing.
