Alexa

AMANDA

Faith found my wand under my clothes and she sneaked out to give me before the rest saw it. After much searching, they found the box that had my mother's wand which they gave to mother who in turn kept it in her safe. Aren't you going ask me what I did when I had my wand with me or why I let them take my mother's wand??

I never truly believed that they were real wands which means I don't believe it works and I don't even know how to use it even if it does work.

Weeks later, the mother arranged for a yard sale for no particular reason, not that we have enough but am pretty sure it's because of the wands.

YARD SALE

People troop in mostly from our parish to our backyard to see what we have to give out. Mother brought out both things we need to sale and those we didn't need to just to fill in for the sales. and my mother's wand was there.

"What is this box?" A woman asked, " It contains one of the finest wands we collected from an evil witch" Mother answered. "My mother is not an evil witch." I shouted but Agatha nudged me from behind "shut up brat" she said in an angry tone. "Thou shalt not call thy neighbor names" I hissed in her face. and she smirked.

" You took a wand from a witch and you want to sale it?" The woman questioned, "to keep it safe." Mother answered.

"To keep it safe, what if it falls in the wrong hands? that's outrageous, who does that. ( the look on mother's face changed irritatingly) I can't imagine what other things you sold out to people that happen to have gotten into the wrong hands.

"I'll buy the wand, how much is it?" a blond lady said while walking towards Mother. " you will??" Mother asked smiling, immediately ignoring the first woman " mind my manners, its 500 dollars won ".

"No problem, am taking it " the lady stretched the money while mother grabbed it in no time. "Aren't you going to haggle the price, miss?" Faith asked from behind mother as mother scowled at her and she ran off.

" Thanks," Mother said smiling at the lady who smiled back and turned to leave. I couldn't help but stand and watch as my mother's last property was taken away by a stranger. Tears dripped down my face happy to move away from its prison.

When the lady was out of sight, I ran inside and cried my eyes out at the same time begging the spirit of my mother to forgive me. Although am a christian, it doesn't mean that my last inheritance would get lost. I should at least get the chance to keep it and take care of it even if I won't use. It would always remind me that my mother was watching yet they felt no pity for me and took away my joy.

After my day's duty, I retired to my room feeling very tired. The moment I sat on my bed to untie my hair, I was greeted by a shadow standing right in front of me. My room never had light even if there's light in the entire house.

I moved back on my bed this time with my two legs on it preparing to run and shout 'ghost! ghost!, blood of JESUS' but the shadow spoke causing me to shiver " you've grown so big, my dear Bianca and pretty too" I stopped shaking and moved closer " who are you? nobody knows me by that name except my father or are you his ghost??" I asked.

"your foster father" the shadow corrected and stepped forward so that I could see its face. I gasped" my mother's wand works?" I asked " of course it does. Why, do you think its fake?" I shook my head negatively then I moved back on the bed as I spoke" If you have come here to ask me for some more trick then you are at the wrong place. am a Christian and I know nothing about the wand".

"Nope, I came to return the wand to the rightful owner," she spoke as she raised the wand up, waved it till it lite up and gave it to me. After collecting it, I asked her how she was going to get out of my home without the wand and she raised another of the same wand and waved it till it lite up, lighting the whole room. I gasped a second time that day and frowned at once as I said" you duplicated my mother's wand !" she said 'no' plainly and I asked again " why is there no difference? " she answered "because your mother's and mine are twins wand ", Shocked I repeated after her " twins wand. that means you're a ...." and she nodded "yes I am and I have been watching you since your mother dropped you off at this Godforsaken place"

"my home' I corrected" why did you waste such money on the wand only to return it," I asked as she sat down close to me yawning and revealing how tired she was then I realized that I didn't even offer her a sit