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room. I already made some camouflage for it. I can hide it well so that if someone does stumble near it, they will never find it,” Alexander confirms.
    “ I have to ask, what is so special and magical about the clearing? It’s got to be more than the spells…I mean what will draw them there rather than into town? How can we know they will sense it?” Danika releases her concerns.
    Isaac smiles and says, “We suspect that one of the leaders can sense powers and magical or supernatural energies, so if we all congregate there it should draw them to us.”
    “ Also my dear, the clearing was once used as a magical ritual ground, and many of the area witches have chosen the area to cross from the mortal life into Summerland,” Ms. Edwina explains.
    Danika looks even more perplexed now, “What is Summerland?”
    Ebony sits next to Danika as Ms. Edwina continues, “Summerland is where we witches go upon our demise, our death until we are chosen to return to the Mother Earth.”
    Potions and spells should be organized into different categories such as power enabling, protection, healing, freezing, binding, and enhancement. Matilda suggests we color code the vials as an extra safety measure. We have to ensure all enhancement potions were kept in different vials as to not throw them at the Cerberus…we don’t want to enhance their strength or powers. Ms. Edwina will control these during the fight. The girls also made her a protection broach; she can’t fight at her age, and we need her protected just as Matt and Nathanial are by their watch and wrist band. As she is very old and we fear for her, she will be put in a type of bubble for protection. The rest of us can’t use such protection because it does affect our powers as we suspected and we are unclear as to how it will affect us while fighting.
    The girls made protection potions so that if one of us gets injured and needs time to heal, they can hit us with one and the Cerberus will not be able to get to us. This might help, but unless I am near the injured when the protection spell was thrown, I won’t be able to get to them either. That is why they also made healing potions to enhance the increased speed of healing. I feel confident that all our bases are covered. As vampires we can heal and regenerate, but the length of time depends on the severity of the injuries. My power or ability allows me to speed the healing process to only moments.
    Nathanial is pleased. “Thank you for involving me so much in the planning, but I’m still not happy about having to stay home when you are risking everything.”
    I feel bad because he has no one to talk to about all this. Matt has no clue about the supernatural and anyone else that does know has supernatural abilities. I can only imagine that it would be nice for Nathanial to have someone to talk to and confide in.
    “ I've been thinking of confiding in Matt. He means so much to me, and was there for me when I first found out I was a witch . Everything that happened at school, with my powers, well he didn’t even react to it. He has been nothing but patient and supportive. I just don’t want him to think I’m a freak,” Ebony says nervously.
    “ Wow, that was good timing,” I chuckle.
    “ What was?”
    “ I was just thinking about Matt not knowing and how it would be nice for Nathanial to have a friend to confide in.”
    “ I guess great minds do think alike,” she laughs.
    I encourage her, knowing how hard it is to have a secret like this. I have a really good feeling about Matt; there is just something special about him, and Matilda sees his and Ebony’s two souls fitting together. Alexander still can’t read him and although he finds it frustrating, he believes it’s for a reason. We all know he’s good because of his soul. When we first met Matt, Matilda said he has a white soul, something she has only seen once before.
    “ Ebony, if you want help talking to Matt we can be there for you. It may be good for