The Witches

What does Mrs Voss even mean? This is illegal, what they did to me and all these other "students" is illegal and they should be in jail for this.

My family will miss me, will wonder where I am. Didn't they think about that? Think that maybe someone's family is worried sick that their child disappeared and most probably went to the police by now.

I'm going to do something about this. I don't belong here, despite the kak that Mrs Voss told me.

Ugh.

"It's in your genes, "

Genes? It's in my fucking genes? Sure I don't know who my parents are. I mean I know their names and what they look like. I've seen them on pictures, they always looked so in love whenever they're together in shots. They received me at a young age, mom was my age when I was born, fourteen.

They say I look a lot like her, I don't mind when I hear that. Mom was very beautiful I have yet to see beauty compare to hers. She had that strong high cheekbones and small eyes, and she had that golden yellow healthy skin us coloureds are known for and beautiful long lustrous pitch-black hair.

And dad, he wasn't bad looking himself. He was tall, and like Cape Coloureds he didn't have front teeth. He was more brown than yellow and had big almond-shaped eyes. Aunt says all the girls wanted him when he was still alive but the love he had for mom made him blind.

But to say that they or at least one of them is a witch is a horrible thing to say. How dare Mrs Voss.

Okay, the way I came here was strange, very strange. I was sitting in front of the tv doing my homework when suddenly the whole house vibrated.

I freaked out, but I didn't scream or anything like that. Yeah, my eyes bulge from my skull but I was in shock. There aren't any earthquakes in Cape Town, so I didn't know what this could be.

My whole body was vibrating when suddenly a white light surrounded me and the next thing I know is that I am here.

"03 January 2015"

"Welcome to Meledsan Academy. I'm Mrs Voss, headmistress and this Mr Henley, headmaster."

The students have been waiting in the cafeteria for hours on end for something, anything because we were scared and nervous. Not all of us seemed unfamiliar with this place. Some seemed to be happy that they've received what they call around here, "The Calling, "

'Not many witches get them,' Margot told me as she gave me a mini-tour after Mrs Voss's welcoming speech.

'What do you and Mrs Voss mean? Witches? Warlocks, those things are fictional, '

Margot gave me a bright smile, revealing her big beautiful white teeth. She tucked her purple fluffy pen behind her ear so that it can rest between her ear and her red hair. "Tamzyn, isn't it?"

nodded my head. I gave her my name

you come here, and since

her in her big deep-set green eyes and

to look

Academy is a busy place. Some students were flying on brooms, others were playing with wands that spat actual magic out. They seemed okay with

I mean yeah we were stuck indoors and all these fictional things happened outside, but still, there

it's in my genes. My mom or dad or both was a witch. Who hides something so big from their family? Does my aunt know? Is my

this is way too much to take in. I can't

yesterday. "It is when we are being tested

to say the ground I'm standing on is alive? I didn't want to ask her

how wide it opens for her laugh. It makes it so much more precious than it

are normally evil people, they wouldn't

a witch. This

shoulders and sighed, 'I felt out of place the first time too. But you have

have no roommates yet. My room is large, and there were four double beds in there. Already covered with black pillow covers and a white duvet. I chose the bed in the far corner. Each bed has a large brown bedside table with a dairy on it, this one I'm writing in right this moment. I'm not even sure why we

to take me to a wand shop today because I need to start practising soon. She told me to wait for

broad smile

to show another student around. Kelsey, she has accidental pink hair that she can't get rid off

so I still feel out of place and I hate how that makes me

you mean by, 'accidental'

magic yet and so him playing with magical instruments could get dangerous. He doesn't know spells so he

ease me up a bit. We reached the shop. It was a huge

me that different magic users and depending on

she wants to be will

want to compile something here.

walk around because the wands normally pick out their owners. I walked around the shelves of wands. I never realised that one could get different wands. They were in their boxes and he suggested that I feel some

of which were gone.

"They're beautiful, "

me from taking one. It wasn't allowed,

followed me. There was a grey wand, transparent. It looked like trapped