WARNING - THIS PART CONTAINS SCENES OF VIOLENCE, PLEASE IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE STOP READING.

                                                                                      Patrick

''Oh my God, and what was that?'' Lisa said,

''It was a glow that shone so brightly that it blinded me for a moment, i had to let Ingwë's hand to cover my eyes, i'm not sure how long it lasted but then everything went back to normal as if it had never happened, Ingwë was still on top of Jonathan's body but this time she had a different color skin it was like gray, all of his skintone was gone (...)''

"Isn't that normal? when we die our skintone changes because of the blood so why you were surprised?''

''It wasn't the case and i know what happens to the corpses you 'smarty girl' '' i said that last word with a sarcastic tone just in case she wanted to play that card again,

''Oh come on Dad, where did you get this 'smarty girl' ahahaha you're funny, you and your funny phrases''

I love her laugh and how she's a funny and witty girl, she always make my days better with her smile when she was little and now that she's a grown up girl

''Look at the time you 'smarty girl', you didn't see that coming'' Jesus, it was after midnight and i still have a lot to tell her,

''Ha-ha funny, i'm a little hungry and you? i can make some snacks, let me take a look in the fridge (...)''

''There's nothing there honey, i didn't had time this week to get groceries, but i have some fruit in the garden if you like'' i get up taking the fruit basket with me and go to the garden to pick some strawberries, putting them in the basket i come back inside the house,

''Oh that's great! i found yogurt and some granola, ok give me the strawberries i will wash them quickly so we can continue, why don't you go sit there while i finish''

''Aye aye captain''

I wait in silence this time, seeing her making things for me makes me happy, we do things for each other on a daily basis even if it's just a message, taking her out to lunch or bringing her coffee and desserts to work; we take care of each other doing things to show how important we are in each other lives, we don't take the present lightly,

''There you go, i hope you like it'' She said happily

''Oh, this seems like (...)''

''Like what?''

''An asterisk instagram photo i saw the other day''

''AHAHAHAH i AHAHAHAHA sorry, i just can't stop''

''What? did i say something wrong?''

''AHAHAH Oh my God Daddy AHAHAH *inhale* *exhale* uff, ok ok i'm fine now, dad, it's aesthetic not asterisk AHAHAH''

''Ok, go ahead, laugh as much as you want, before, i didn't want to ruin your 'aesthetic' yogurt but now i don't care''

*munch* *crunch*

''AHAHA i'm sorry daddy, it's hilarious how people misspell that word, i wasn't laughing about you it was about the word, i didn't hurt your feelings, right?''

''No, you didn't and the yogurt was amazing, now, can we continue?

''Yes dad, i'm trully sorry''

''Don't be honey, so, where we left it?''

''Ingwë's bright glow''

''Oh! right, she was color gray honey and it creeps me out it was if all the vitality dissapeared *puf* left her, trying to blink again i feel light and without any kind of pain, it was odd but i don't had time to think logically, that make me realize that i didn't saw the kids anywhere but then i could smell them and that take me to an old attic, i didn't know they had one, when i call his name he was in a dusty corner covered by a sheet, he was very injured, he had a sprained ankle, faiding wounds all over his body, a black eye and a couple of broken ribs, he was a total mess but at least the twins were safe behind him i remembered that he told me to stay put and rest because his mother's healing powers were taking effect not as quickly as they used to but slowly (...)''

''Holy fuck (...)''

''I know honey, i was atonished and i wouldn't believe it if I wasn't watching jaden's wounds heal (...)''

''She was a witch?''

''No, she was an Elf, at that time i didn't believe it but now that i know more about magical creatures i understood that she had powerful healing powers so the boys were half panther and half elf plus i discovered that Jonathan was a panther shifter because when i take the boys to the woods where the others were recovering, he shift and that blow my mind, because it makes sense that every time i was near them they smelled like a cat, not as much as one but a faint odor and they smell like something else too maybe they were trying to mask it with elf powers but who knows, and it seems that the glow reached the people outside the house all the way to the woods because some of them looked almost recovered, looking for a safe place i covered them with the sheet that was in the attic; knowing they were safe, i returned to continue helping the others, some of the shifters in the town seems healed by the glowing wave were still fighting against the creatures, so when i got to the Fowler's house on the corner of the block, i saw the house on fire, i smelled the sulfur but I couldn't see any of the infernal creatures and i feared the worst, i thought it was to late for them, i run around the house and went to the yard, that's when i saw this infernal creatures trying to drive a stake through Mrs. Fowler's heart but she was protecting her family with a shield made of soil or mud i still don't know, but when the hunters manage to break through the shield, they pierced Mrs. Fowler's chest, her husband, daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren ran towards her, the closest people to her were her son-in-law and one of the children, so at the last minute she open a big purple hole that led to who knows where and mistakenly pushing her son-in-law and one of the boys inside with her back to the hole closing it with the three in it; I was confused of what had happened just now but seize the moment to attacked the infernal creatures, they were just about to pounce on me when we hear Mr. Fowler crying and saying something in an unintelligible language and the infernal creatures began to wiggle in different poses, holding their necks and hands they seem in pain, until they sprouted flowers and their skin turned into the bark of a tree, then Mr. Fowlers daughter take a piece of burning wood from the house and throw it to the new trees on their yard, she quickly embrace her toddler in a hug and started to cry, instantly the ground began to tremble and fissures began opening where all the infernal creatures were in town, roots began coming out of the ground and penetrating into those creatures making branches sprout all over them, i run out of the yard to see if it affected all of them, i see some of them fleeing but those that were touched by the roots became trees.''

''Holy fuck, what were th (....) wait a minute, hold on hold on (...) are they the Fowler's? the same sweet Fowler's that we know? are they witches or what?'' Lisa got up from his chair again and started to muttering something

''AHAHA hold on darling, yes, they are the same Fowler's we know and i learn that they aren't witches, they are sorcerers, as you know that day hit us all very hard honey (...) they were never the same after that (...)''

''Oh shit (...) i'm (...) jesus, and what happened next?''

''The infernal creatures were gone, the fire were gone, it was as if nothing had happened but the disaster remains; 

I gave them my condolences and left the yard, i walked until i reached the wounded people i left near the woods, they were standing among the trees watching in alert, when they saw me they ran and asked me what had happened, what was the reason for the quake and why were trees where there were none before, i felt i couldn't betray the secret of the elf and the sorcerers so i told them i didn't know but that i was glad it had chased the creatures away and that's when i hear Brimm and his pack coming, some of them came on horses with carriages others came in their shifter form; Brimm was dumbfounded to see all the horror scene, he took me by the shoulders and told me he was glad i got out alive and then he asked me where you and your mother were, I told him I was worried because I didn't know anything in all the confusion; he ordered his men to help our pack to lift the bodies from the roads and the town in order to clear the area to sort the bodies and deliver them to their relatives, so we set out to look for you and your mother, we went through the pack lands but we couldn't find any trace so we decided to shift and search with the scent trail, it never fails''

Lisa said nothing, i can feel her anxiety starting to build up

'' 'Maybe she took that passage through the forest to get to my land, we should head there' Brimm said in an anxious tone, and the tension between us; On the way to the passage we smelled sulphur and a slight trace of your mother, my suspicions grew, the hunters had followed Amanda, trying not to think the worst as we were approaching the clearing that leads to the entrance of Brimm's pack lands, we were close and we both felt it, we shift to our human form and as we entered the dense forest we could smell the trail of Amanda and yours of course; Observing the few footprints on the ground and smelling the scent in the air the thought that came to my mind was that they hadn't made it, i closed my eyes and try to stay positive but I think Brimm felt my sadness and fear because he put a hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me and told me that it was possible that they were in his pack lands but it seemed illogical, i wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt but I had a hunch that something really bad had happened to both of you''

It wasn't normal of Lisa to stay quiet but she still seems anxious, she was grabbing her cup of tea with both hands so hard that i'm afraid she can break it and get hurt in the process but decide to continue,

''When we reach a part where it was too dense and the mist didn't allow us to have much visibility I heard some small grunts, we approached with Brimm quickly and when we reached the source of the noise i fell to the ground tripping over a hole, to my surprise there was a white small blanket, it was yours, i freeze i can't move because of the dread of lossing any of you, i was trying to got up when i catch a shade moving very fast to my right and jumping on top of me, at that moment i knew it was you and realized that something had happened to your mother, i embrace you as much as if my life depend on it, searching for Brimm i call him a couple of times but he didn't answer me, so i looked around the woods and found him standing in one place frozen, looking from a distance at a body lying on the ground in a pool of blood, i immediately covered your eyes and put your head on my shoulder so that you wouldn't see the scene, he couldn't take his eyes off what he was seeing and couldn't believe it until he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said: 'My little sister is gone' ''

Lisa break the cup and started crying, she couldn't stop, she cried for a long time and when she stopped crying with her puffy and teary eyes she embrace me very tight,

''Poor you and Uncle Brimm, both of you lost so much that night'' she was trying to dry her eyes with her tshirt

''You too darling, you lost your mother don't exclude that fact'' i said as i clean the mess,

''When i came out of my stupor i knew i had to go get Amanda so i put you in Brimm's arms and told him to go on ahead to town that i would come later and i did, when i saw her on the ground she had a sad look on her face, i guessed it was because she had to left you, i carried her in my arms but before i went to town i went to the lake and cleaned her up, i couldn't change her clothes until i got home, but then i remembered that we didn't have a home anymore, so i left with her in my arms and as i walked towards the town I began to remembered all the years that we were happy and thanked her for being your mother and my best friend''