Thank you all for you patience! I really want to get this done as soon as possible and my editor is much slower than me when it comes to getting thing done. Please note that this story does contain non consensual themes, drugs, and violent acts if you find this upsetting, please exercise caution. All characters are fictional and 18+. This chapter does have more explicit content but there is mostly story. The next chapter is going to be where more things happen. Thanks and enjoy!
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4 years later...
Mia's flight had just touched down, it had been 4 years since she had been back. Winston would be picking her up from the airport. She would be attending Solaris in a matter of 2 weeks! She was so thrilled to see her brother again, the last time she saw him was right after his college graduation. She had gotten sick and had to miss the ceremony but he had come and visited her and their uncle right after. Lucas had been working for their dad's company for the past year while he was a senior and would be taking over full time now that he was out of school. Lucas had lived at Solaris and their family home was empty during that time. Lucas had decided he would be moving back home full time to keep their home in their name. Mia would be staying for the two weeks before school started. She was nervous to be back, afraid how she would feel seeing their old home.
Winston stood at the gate waiting for Mia to arrive; it had been over four years since he had seen the kind young transmuter. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw her, she looked like the spitting image of her mother. She had lost the extra weight she had when she was younger, a lean curvy figure, her honey blonde hair in waves, her green eyes sparkling like they had before her parents death. She was taller now too, at about 5'4 she looked like her time in the Maldives had done her very well. Her skin had a healthy glow and her once braces filled mouth now gave way to a dazzling smile. Winston smiled and nearly choked up thinking how proud her parents would have been to see their daughter all grown up.
"Mia! Oh my goodness you're all grown up now" Winston said wrapping her in a hug.
"I'd say the same to you old man!" She laughed, Mia had missed Winston, she knew he wasn't the family driver anymore but he had done this special just for her.
Winston began catching her up on all the happenings in their community, Winston's mother had been divine and while he didn't have an ability he was still in the community and worked with or for a divine.
They chatted on the drive to Collymore manor and Mia caught him up on her life since moving. That she had honed her abilities more and was ready for college at Solaris.
"Mia, just be careful when you're at Solaris. Not every Divine is good, a lot of them are power hungry and will do whatever it takes to climb higher even if it means stepping on necks." Winston warned.
They had arrived and Mia stepped out and felt tears prick her eyes. She knew this would be hard, it was her first time back since the death of her parents. She straightened her spine and started up the steps, just as she was approaching Lucas came out. He smiled so big and ran to hug his little sister "Hey kiddo! I can't believe you're finally home" he tussled her hair like he used to do when they were young. She shook out of his grasp "Lucas! I'm not 5 anymore, do you know how much goes into my hair?" Mia laughed. The pair walked inside and Mia gasped, it had been redone. The inside had been updated since the last time she was here, new flooring, new furniture, the walls were repainted. It looked organic and honestly out of an Architecture digest magazine, it was beautiful but it no longer looked like her childhood home.
Mia was frowning as she looked around "I know what you're thinking, but I had to change it. It felt like I was still living with them, as if at any moment they were going to walk into the kitchen. I felt like I was living in their tomb." Lucas was looking dejected.
"It's beautiful Lucas, I'm just happy that you're living here. If you're happy, I'm happy for you. But when did you get taste? This place looks like it was designed!"
"Oh I had Mrs. Ellis come in and redo it. Those enchanters can really work magic. I had never seen it before but it was impressive. If this impresses you just wait till you go to Solaris in a few weeks"
Mia went up to her old room and just the same as the other parts of the house it had been redone, she had essentially cleaned it out when she left so it wasn't like anything sentimental was taken. The new room was beautiful with cotton linen bedding, a four poster canopy bed with gauzy drapes on the top and sides. The room was repainted a lovely shade of green and the furniture was all natural oak with a light finish. There was a bay window with a seat and a built-in bookcase filled with some of her favorites and even a few she was meaning to get for herself. A small cream couch and tv mounted with a cozy plush rug, her room had never looked so good. The walk-in had been refinished with all new lights, storage, and floor to ceiling mirrors. Her bathroom had new tile, in a lovely shade of blue. The tub had been replaced with a clawfoot tub and a waterfall spout, her vanity was also new with loads of drawers and space for just about every type of product she needed. Her brother really did an amazing job with the house.
Just as Mia was getting accustomed to the new space her phone rang, Lissa's photo lit up the screen.
"Helloooo" Mia answered.
"Hello my ass! Mia, why did I have to find out from my house keeper that you had just arrived??" It just so happens that Lissa's housekeeper Lynn was dating Winston. Word traveled fast around them.
"Calm down, I literally JUST got here like 30 minutes ago, oh and the house looks amazing. Tell you mom thank you and say hi for me. Are you gonna swing by?"
"Yes, I'll be over in 20. See you soon!" With that Lissa hung up.
Mia sighed and laid on the bed. She was still quite tired from her flight and was beginning to feel some withdrawal from the pixie. When she first moved to the island with her uncle she would hang out with some of the older divines on vacation at the resort. One night she was introduced to Pixie, a drug that was created by some conjurer. It gave intense feelings of euphoria, she took some one night after hanging out with a group of divines that were on a gap year. It was the only thing that made her forget her parents death, she began to buy her own and keep a secret stash for the days that the depression and anxiety ate away at her.
Mia knew she would have to detox before school started, Solaris had a no tolerance policy on drugs. She just hoped that the nightmares would stay away while she detoxed. Just as she was slightly drifting she heard the door open and Lissa's harmonic voice talking to her brother.