Cassandra

LAST NIGHT I couldn't stop thinking about that coin. Was someone was trying to warn me? Or was it a curse for me?

I didn't want to tell my grandmother, but I had to. I couldn't sleep at all. I decided to go to the woods and visit my grandmother house.

I lit up fire in my hand as I began to walk. I didn't like to be outside at night. It was a lot of wolves at night, and I didn't want to run into them.

It took me a couple of minutes to get to my grandmas house. I knocked on the wooden door. But no one answered. I waited for a minute and knocked again.

After a long time, my grandma opened the door. She looked tired like she hadn't slept in a long time. "What are you doing here this late at night?" She questioned.

"Oh—I just came here to check up on you" I say, lying to my grandma. I couldn't tell her directly that I opened my shop in the village yesterday, putting potions in peoples foods, almost got caught that I was a witch, and now it's a coin that has an evil aura.

"It's too late to be checking up on me. You must've had a bad dream or something. Either way, you know it's unsafe at night" She scolded me. My grandma pulled me inside and closed the door. "Have you been eating all your vegetables? You're too thin" she said, tapping me on my stomach. "Maybe I should feed you more."

I laughed awkwardly and began to change the subject. "What were you doing up so late, grandma?"

She walked past me and grabbed her tea. "I had a nightmare. It was pretty bad..."

I was surprised, my grandma wasn't the one to have nightmares. "What was it about?"

"Oh dear, it was about you. Whenever I have a dream about something... it always comes true" My grandma sighed.

I stayed quiet for a second. Did my grandma already figured out what I was doing? "What was I doing in your dream?" I asked nervously.

My grandma takes a sip of her tea before talking again. "It was really much of a blur now. Some men... they took you somewhere. I didn't know where I was. It was almost like I was watching from your perspective. I saw blood and crying... it was awful. I'm hoping it was just a regular nightmare and not a sign of anything."

I was scared if this was true for me. I nodded and tried to act normal, not wanting to worry her anymore "It was probably just a scary dream."

My grandma smiled and patted my head. "Perhaps... so how's everything else?" She asked, her voice was calm.

"Well everything has been good for me. But I have a question for you." I paused for a moment, thinking for the right words. "Have you ever seen, or touch a coin that might be a curse? Like a dark aura?"

"A cursed coin?" My grandma repeated, her tone becoming serious. "Why do you ask such a question?" The air in the room suddenly felt heavy.

I put my hair behind my ear, coming up with another lie. "I had a nightmare tonight and it was about this coin. I had touched the coin and it made me feel uneasy."

My grandma was silent for a few seconds , her face looked to be filled with worry. "No I haven't..." she hesitantly said.

I could tell she was hiding something. Did she had knowledge about the coin? "Are you sure?" I questioned, trying to push for some answers.

"Yes I'm sure" my grandma sighed, not liking where this is going. But I still wanted answers, I felt like she was lying. "Grandma please... tell me if you know anything about that coin" I say, keeping my tone calm and persuasive.

My grandma hesitated yet again, then sat down at the table with a deep sigh. "Alright... I'll tell you what you want to know... but you have to promise me you won't get scared. You must not tell anyone else about this." She gave me a serious look, "It's dangerous to do so."