A Trip Through Time - Sacrifice

I felt I was quite limited on my information yesterday let me explain what happened exactly:

I awoke to my mother hanging a witches costume at the end of my bed. "Is this some kind of Joke?" I asked her

"No! To understand the change you need to understand our history and why children cannot know of this history until the change. You will act as the false views of the town’s people." She said

"Mooooom! Must I really do this?" I whined

"Julia Marie Wholeheart, you get outta that bed right now. You have been telling me you do not understand what is going on and now that it is time to show you, you do not want to play along to learn." she said firmly

"OK! I will play along. It is a beautiful dress for Halloween!" I laughed.

My mom laughed too! "It is funny but that is how the people said we dressed." still chuckling my mom walked out so I could change. I got dressed and walked to the top of the stairs

"Mom I am ready!" She came around the corner from her bedroom.

"Mom you look beautiful." I said as I gasped.

She did she looked like a beautiful towns maiden, it was a blue old style long dress that went to the ankles with a white apron on. “Thank you, fortunately this is how we really dressed and when they would bear false witness to whom a witch was they could not see that we were truly one of them. Back when the Salem witch trials were happening they were also going on all over the United States. Here in Ohio you did not hear much about witches, but when one was called out the whole State came to witness the execution of the witch. You’re Great, Great, Great Grandmother Amelia Lynn Wholeheart is who you will learn about today." she explained to me.

I walked out the door thinking it was just going to be us when I turned to look, my grandparents, aunts, uncles and a few of our town folks were here dressed in their parts. I had to laugh because the people that were here from the town actually carried pitch forks and torches. There was a counsel that was made up of some teachers from my high school, and a judge who actually the Mayor was. My dad played the Sheriff "Go figure" I thought to myself. My family members actually played the parts as my mother’s family. She told me to go stand by the makeshift court room. I did as I was told and stood there as instructed.

A bell was ringing my father came around the house yelling "Witch, there Amelia Wholeheart you are under arrest for being a witch. There has been a complaint that you wore a witch’s garment and were seen in the woods conjuring spirits. Is this true?" I felt overwhelmed with fear as if I could feel my Great, Great, Great Grandmothers fear.

"No Sheriff, what are you speaking of! Please search my home you will see that you are wrong." my mother said. As I watched the reenactment of the story I felt as if I was falling into a different realm. I closed my eyes to stop the dizziness and when I opened them I was my Great, Great, Great Grandmother Amelia.

I looked around for my mother she is supposed to be this part how did I get into her costume.

"Help!” I yelled, “You have the wrong person." I heard myself say. But it was not me saying this she had total control, I was just there to view and experience the past.  The Sheriff appeared in front of me "Answer me Witch" he smacked me hard I hit the ground.

"Where is your garment for conjuring the spirits?" he asked again.

He bent down to my grandmothers’ ear and whispered "Amelia my love I do not wish to have to do this!”

“This is the only way to save the coven my dear. I Love you my forever and always my eternal mate!" Amelia whispered. What! The Sheriff is my Great, Great, Great Grandmothers’ eternal mate. Why? Why must he do this? I could not stop trying to scream at him "THEN WHY MUST YOU?" But he could not hear me because I was truly not there. I was crying uncontrollably for my Great, Great, Great Grandmother.

"Josiah my eternal mate, it is our fate to save this Coven so that future witches will have a safe haven for their covens. Our children will have some of the most powerful witches Good witches that will heal and protect our coven. On this day we will truly be together forever. Now finish this!" My Great, Great, Great Grandmother told him. As a tear, ran down both of their faces. I do not understand why they are sacrificing themselves for the towns people the ones that persecuted our people. Josiah Stood to stand above her "She has admitted that her garment is in the barn." He yelled to the town’s people they were screaming and throwing things at Amelia. He grabbed her and lipped to her "I love you forever and always my eternal mate." when he was sure no one could see him. "Now show us where this garment is?" he yelled again. Then took her by her upper arm and dragged her to the barn. Josiah threw Amelia to the ground and told her “Point to where the garment is.”

Amelia stood pointed to the top rafters’ one of the towns folks climbed and brought that ridiculous dress down that my mother made me wear. As he brought it out he grabbed the broom that lay next to the door. "I have heard that they use these to fly on! That is the word from Salem." my grandmother laughed to herself because that was the most ridiculous thing she has heard. Amelia yelled to the town’s people "That is right believing everything you hear from Salem, they know the truth right. All you women get rid of your brooms that you do house work with because you to might be a witch." The towns women started to listen to her and question if she truly was a witch. For a few seconds she thought she might not have to die on this day. But that was short lived when the Mayor came around the barn and yelled "Burn the witch she is getting into the heads of all of you to make you change your mind so she might live on this day, this day of her execution". They through the dress to the Sheriff “Place the garment on her to prepare her for the execution.” The mayor said.

Josiah looked into Amelia's eyes and spoke to her in his mind and said "We can run! You do not have to do this Amelia!" she responded

“Then what my eternal mate keep running and then our people will never have a place to be safe. We must see this through my love!" He lowered his head as if he was saying a private prayer.

"Do not waste a prayer on the witch she is damned already she cannot be saved." The mayor said.

"There is a chance that everyone can be saved." Josiah said

Amelia stepped back from her eternal mate shivered and said in her mind for the final time "My eternal mates just know that we will be together at the end of this. You as my eternal mate cannot survive without me for too long as I die you die with me so are you ready?"

"Yes, let’s get this over with!" Josiah took her by the arm placed her on the pile of wood.

The mayor says aloud "Amelia Lynn Wholeheart you have been found guilty of witchcraft do you deny these charges?"

"I do not! Do what you will but just know that I am the only witch in a 200 mile radius that if you need me for any reason you have unjustly persecuted me." She said with her head held high.

The other warlocks and witches in the crowd watching told Amelia and Josiah they will never be forgotten and thanked them for saving their families. The mayor throws the torch on the pile of wood and Amelia was burned alive. As Amelia burned Josiah started to scream as his skin bubbled like he was burning also. The mayor told the townspeople that she cursed him and now because he has touched the witch he dies like she dies. I could not stop screaming I really thought I was on fire.

"Calm down Julia, it is only a dream." My Great, Great, Great Grandmother was speaking to me.

"You were born with great importance; you are a very great and Powerful witch. Do the right things with this knowledge and power you are going to be given, it is a great gift. I love you my child."

I awoke with a jolt and I was screaming and my mother grabbed me "Julia, where have you been too?"

"I was Great, Great, Great Grandmother Amelia and I saw how she sacrificed herself and her eternal mate Josiah for our people to have a safe Coven for all to live." I told her. She looked at my father.

“That is impossible! Only one other witch has ever been known to relive the past!" I remember her telling my father before I passed out.