Chapter 2
Daniela’s POV
Charlie and I watched Nicholas leave the room and I knew exactly what was going to be happening but Charlie seemed a little nervous.
“He’ll be fine Charlie.” I say.
“He’s thirteen and he’s going out to where we were brought in from to face whatever is going on. How are you so calm about this?” He asked.
I stood and moved over to one of the ‘windows’ before tapping on it a few times. I heard Charlie get up and come over to see what I was doing and the gasp as soon as he saw the screen was worth showing him our secret.
“Is that Nicholas?” He asked.
“Yeah. Keep watching.” I say.
Nothing else was said before I tapped a few more things and another scene popped up.
“Is this happening right now?” Charlie asked.
“No, these ones are recordings although if you want we can take a peak at what is going on.” I say.
“How old are they?” He asked.
“The first one I showed you was from last summer. This one is from when we were home for Yule. Nicholas came into his abilities when we were nine and I came into mine a few months after him.” I said.
“Why don’t either of you do anything like this at school?” Charlie asked.
“Because magical Britain is dangerous for people like us. We are seen as evil and dark even though most of us would only harm someone or something if it came after us first. That is also the reason that Nicholas said it was a struggle for people like us to not let it be known that we are different. People with our kinds of powers are either killed or treated so badly that the child will either leave the first chance they get or they kill themselves to get away from the treatment that they endure. The school that we go to here lets Nicholas and I use our abilities without fear. It is also where we have been learning to control our abilities so that we don’t use them while in Britain unless we don’t have a choice. We are safe here in Romania and in most places around the world. Britain is really the only place that people like us need to hide who we are in order to survive. While at school I have noticed a few others that might hold similar abilities but whether they have come into them yet or not is another issue all together which is why schools like the one that Nicholas and I attend here exist. It’s to give the mystics that leave Britain and discover their abilities at an older age a place to gain the control over their abilities that they should have already had.” I explain.
The door to the room banged open and I could already feel Nicholas’ anger before he was even all the way in the room.
“Speaking of people that need to learn to control their abilities… I’m going to kill Nigel the next time that I see him because that is the fourth time in the last two and a half years that he has put this place in danger because of his refusal to take any sort of classes.” He says stepping into the room and brushing his clothes off.
“Nicholas Preda. Nu vei ucide pe nimeni, am trecut deja peste asta. Lăsaţi-l pe Nigel lui Luca să se ocupe, acesta a fost deja avertizat după ultimele două ori că a trebuit să salvaţi rezerva de la distrugerea completă. Luca nu va lăsa asta uşor, mai ales că ai încă mai puţin de cincisprezece ani.” Antoine says coming into the room just as Nicholas finishes talking.
I saw Nicholas look a little guilty but I knew he was still plotting murder when it came to Nigel.
“Charlie, meet our older brother Antoine. Antoine, meet Charlie Weasley one of our friends from Hogwarts and one of the older brothers of our other friends.” I say shifting things so that my brothers don’t get into an old argument that should really be kept among the family.
“Nice to meet you Charlie. I was actually just speaking with the head of the reserve about you as he has put me in charge of any and all training that you will be requiring as he is sick of sending British witches and wizards back to Britain in boxes because they don’t have all the necessary training to take a position here without endangering themselves or the others around them.” Antoine says.
“Well, we should probably get going so that we can pick up Harry. Can we have the keys now Antoine?” Nicholas asked.
Antoine nodded and tossed the keys at Nicholas who caught them easily before hanging them off his belt.
“Bring Charlie over for dinner when the two of you are finished with whatever it is that you need to do so that we can give him a proper welcome to Romania.” Nicholas says as we gather our things to leave.
“Somedays I swear he forgets whose supposed to be in charge.” I hear Antoine tell Charlie as we leave the room.
Nicholas and I walked through the reserve to the other entrance that led to the village before he grabbed his ID card out of a pouch on his belt to let us through so we could head to the school to pick Harry up and head home. Harry was practically vibrating when we arrived to pick him up. The three of us talked while we walked home and we informed Harry that one of our friends from Hogwarts had just graduated and got a place working at the reserve and that we had invited him to dinner. By the time we got home we had told Harry some stories about a few of the things that happened this past year at school.