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Lucy’s stare go from our joined hands to my eyes. Her own having a knowing look in them.
         She sat back in her chair and made herself comfortable before speaking. “Our witch bloodline goes back many generations, before our ancestors ever thought about leaving Ireland. Back when magic was known, respected and feared. Legend has it that while traveling through Ireland, a wizard named Myrddin came upon a beautiful fairy named Bianca. It was pretty much love at first sight. The two would find time everyday to sneak away to be alone together. When Bianca found out that she was with child, Myrddin wanted the fairy to run away with him to where we know now as Wales and start a new life together. Bianca did not want to part from her family, but after five full moons she knew she could no longer keep the secret of the baby that was growing inside of her. So, she reluctantly agreed to leave Ireland, her home. Myrddin didn’t know where in Wales they would be going, all he knew was that he was being pulled there. They traveled aimlessly, stopping to rest and enjoy each other and their surrounding. Each day Myrddin could feel that they were getting closer to where they were meant to be.
        “They found themselves in Wiltshire. Myrddin searched the green, grassy, rolling hills until he found the spot that had been calling out to him. He used his power to obtain the land, and luckily someone before him had already started on a stone structure. It was his plan to complete it and turn it into a sanctuary for Bianca, himself and their child. Bianca fell in love as soon as she stepped foot on the soil. Her connection with the earth told her that magic ran deep there. She told Myrddin that their magical baby must be born there, even though she knew it would not be finished in time.
        “To make a long story short, she went into labor the very night that the queen of the fairies found out where Bianca had ran to and, more importantly, why. It was forbidden for a fairy to be with anyone except another fairy. The fact that Myrddin was a wizard made it ten times worse. The Fairy Queen was convinced that Myrddin was tricking Bianca to obtain her powers. So, she sent out her army to find and destroy Myrddin and Bianca. Myrddin, basking in the new joy of fatherhood, did not s ee the fairy army coming until it was too late. Myrddin and Bianca took their daughter to the nearest village and gave the baby girl to a family that Myrddin foresaw would love and take good care of her. Myrddin gave them a note to be given to the child on her sixteenth birthday. Bianca’s only request was that they would keep the name that she had given her daughter- MacKenna. Bianca and Myrddin went back to their once hoped sanctuary to meet their fate with the fairy army. That very spot is now known today as Stonehenge, and Bianca was right, power does run deep on that land. It is the very spot of the solstice axis, where the earth and the heavens meet.”
        She smiled warmly at Jaycee. “That is something you and MacKenna share. You were born on the winter solstice and MacKenna was born on the summer solstice.
        “MacKenna’s adopted parents told her of her biological mother and father on her sixteenth birthday, and gave the letter as requested by Myrddin. MacKenna grew up to be the most powerful witch ever known. She searched to find out more about her biological parents, only to be disappointed with the lack of information. She knew no more than what I’m telling you now.  Once she was older she moved back to Ireland to punish the fairies by casting a spell to shrink their size, thus their power, cursing them and every generation after. She never expected to feel such remorse over her vengeance on the fairies. She vowed to never use her power again to gain revenge.
        “ MacKenna had a son and named him Aidan MacKenna. She never told the identity of the father, not even to Aidan, she said that some things were better