Free Timespell by Diana Paz Page A

She felt so weird and groggy.
    They must have drugged her.
    No other explanation made sense. These bitches had drugged her.
    “What did you give me?” Rage poured out with each word. “You’re going to pay. You have no idea. If I OD—no. I won’t let this happen.”
    “Wait.”
    But Kaitlyn wasn’t waiting. She shoved at them and rushed through the locker room.
    And froze.
    The whole room was full of girls, some half-dressed, some smiling, mouths parted as if they were talking, but all of them stood as still as statues.
    Kaitlyn stumbled backward, almost falling into the row of sinks behind her. She turned to face the school’s tired-looking mirror. She had no reflection. Not even the watery outline that surrounded her when she glanced down at herself.
    She was absolutely invisible.
    She stood there, staring at her lack of reflection, surrounded by frozen statue-people, and it was all too much. She started to scream.
    “Kaitlyn,” Angie called. “It’s okay, I promise!”
    “I know it sounds crazy,” the other one said, “but the three of us have magic.”
    Kaitlyn clutched the sink. Magic? Are you effing kidding me?
    But she had felt the power. It had been a real thing inside her, too much to handle until she held hands with the other two. Was it possible she wasn’t high on some drug? Could they be making some kind of sense?
    “Here, take our hands,” Angie said.
    She stared down at the translucent, outstretched hands.
    “Come on!” the sidekick yelled. “Do you want to be invisible while we explain everything?”
    Kaitlyn grabbed their hands. “Now what?”
    “This was your power,” said Angie’s calm voice. “So, you’re the one who has to make us visible again.”
    “Would you care to explain how?”
    “Draw out the power from us,” Angie said. “Let it build until you feel the urge to release.”
    “The urge to release?” She laughed in her invisible face. “Are we using magic or the toilet?”
    “Fine, don’t then,” the sidekick said. “Let’s just be invisible the rest of our lives. I’ll unfreeze time.”
    “Julia, calm down.”
    “You’re always telling me to calm down!”
    “This is so stupid,” Kaitlyn muttered, but she yanked on their arms. “I’m doing it, just shut up already.”
    She felt the power pour in from their hands. She let it build, the burn on her arm coming alive with pain, but not as bad as before.
    “Now what?”
    “Release,” Angie said.
    “What does that mean?”
    “What do you think it means?” said the sidekick, Julia. “Let go. Don’t try to hang on anymore.”
    Kaitlyn couldn’t figure out what to do with the power they had given her. It moved inside her, warm and waiting. She pushed against it, felt it retreat back into the other girls before seeping into her again.
    “You’re not doing it right,” Julia said. “Don’t give it to one of us. Release it into the world.”
    “I can’t figure it out, okay? Lay off!”
    “You did it before,” said Angie, her soft voice more irritating than usual. “It feels scary, but it’s okay. Just imagine the power leaving your chest. Like you’re shooting it forward.”
    The pressure built up again as the other two sent her more of their magic. Her chest hurt from it. She didn’t know what they meant by letting it go, but she couldn’t do it. Whatever. Let themfigure out what to do with it. She pushed the magic back at Angie, crying out with the effort.
    Both girls appeared in an iridescent glimmer. “I did it,” Kaitlyn gasped, almost smiling at them. They had given her power and she knew how to use it.
    “Good,” Julia said. “Now we can get on with our lives.”
    Angie groaned, her eyes huge and glowing white as she sank to the ground. “Kaitlyn you can’t just push your magic into me.” She broke off with a cry.
    Julia took Angie’s hand and glared at Kaitlyn. “You shoved all your magic into her, jerk. Hurry up, take her hand again.”
    Kaitlyn took it as Angie’s head