This choice: They don't act on your comments • Go Back... The next morning, mom and Hayley were talking in private about how to make you believe them without going to extremes as they do not wish to make you feel threatened in your own home. Their conversation is cut short as you walked into the room, glaring at them both. You were completely furious and on the boarder of becoming irrational.
Hayley gave you a worried look as she noticed that the veins near the surface of your head and neck were pulsing. Mom also looked at you worried, seeing your fists were clenched tight enough to shake. She remembered you being this furious only once before when your dad was killed by a drunk driver in a car accident. It took everything she physically had to stop you from killing the drunk who decided to drive.
"What happened, John?" she asked you, carefully. "Tell us about it."
"I believe you, mom!" you hissed, clearly angry with her. "You are a witch, so is Hayley, Mel and Hannah will be soon."
Mom now looked at you, both disturbed and confused. "I'm glad you believe me, John." she said. "Because it is the truth, but I do not see why you are so completely furious."
"You don't!?!" you asked, now becoming enraged. "Let me enlighten you!"
You then opened your hand and a sizable but harmless flame ignited in the palm, causing mom and Hayley to jump, startled as you then screamed, "TURN THIS OFF!! It's driving me CRAZY!!"
You had expected mom and Hayley to both laugh at your expense but, to your surprise and horror, they instead both gave you a sad look. It was obvious to you that they knew what was going on and, from their expressions, you were not going to like it at all. Finally, mom spoke up.
"John, I hate to be the one to say this to you but what you are experiencing is called the flame test." she said. "It is proof that magical power is starting to take root inside of you. Once it is done, you will be a witch."
"But before you smile, John, there is one other thing you need to know." said Hayley, jumping in. "Even though magic does exist in both witch boys and girls, only the girls can work magic. It remains dormant inside boys until they are transformed into a girl." she swallowed hard. "You are experiencing the flame test as a boy... that is a very rare and very unfortunate occurrence."
You began to worry. "What do you mean?"
Mom sighed. "It means that..."
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