“Wait- Momma? What do you mean by executions?”
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My Momma withdrew a stick from her dress’s pocket, pointed it toward her hand, a small brown pouch appearing thereafter. “Woah- Mom?” Noah asked, the severity of the situation slipping from him, “How did you do that?” Momma took a deep breath before responding.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq7tg70jWk
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“Magic. How’d you think I snuck this stuff in?” She said, gesturing absentmindedly at everything we had, before rushing off and returning with a roll of paper. She shoved the paper into the pouch, which took it in like it had nothing in it. She waved the stick in her hand, a compass and my eight ball flying out of their hiding places and into the pouch, followed by folded clothes, while the pouch still looked like it had nothing in it.
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She then spoke, turning toward us. “You two can’t stay here. You have to leave, it’s not safe.” I looked at her, tearful. “But- but- Momma, why can’t you-.” “Loycelynne, I cannot come because they are not targeting me. They are targeting you, and you two must understand that-”
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Knock.
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Knock.
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Knock.
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My mother stared at the door, apprehensive and alarmed. She forced the pouch she wielded into my hands and looked at us, on the brink of tears. It was a state we never saw her in before. The door was knocked again. “Loycelynne, Noah, take care of each other. No matter what happens, know I’m with you-” There was knocking again. Momma paused. “-and Sol is with you too. Stick together, for your sake-” There was a rattling of the handle, and I could see the alarm in Momma’s eyes.
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“You must go, I love you both.” She raised her stick- no, wand, and murmured, “Aurora Portalis” under her breath. The last thing we saw was the door opening and our Momma smiling sadly at us, before all at once being surrounded by green.
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We now saw the camp’s fence at a distance, out of sight from the patrol. We slumped onto a tree, sad beyond measure. I held Noah’s hand as he burst into tears, then pulling him close, crying silently myself.
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I miss my Momma.
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