Hi! My name is Christy! My story is about me and my mother who did
something wrong to me but… at the end it turned out that she was absolutely right. I‘m already twelve, but my Mom still thinks
that I’m a little girl. If I even make one little mistake, she criticizes
me saying that I behave “like a kid.” And after that she wants me to talk to her! Well, we talk to each other, of course, but
when my mother asks me to tell her my secrets, I get so annoyed! I have one person that I share my thoughts
and problems with. It’s one of my classmates, her name Mary. You know, we're totally inseparable, just
like sisters! And there are no secrets between us! Actually, it was Mary who drew me into this
story. During that day we had a literature class
together and Mary was completely ENTHRALLED by something on her smartphone, so much so
that she did not even notice that the teacher was talking to her. So the teacher got mad and confiscated her
phone 'til the end of the school day. Mary was on pins and needles all the way through
the end of the lesson and barely waited for a break to borrow my phone. Well, Mary is like a sister to me but... my
phone?! It’s hard to imagine anything more personal
than that. So I agreed, but only if she explained to
me why she needed it. Mary replied that she would tell me everything,
but only if I promised not to laugh. Of course, I agreed. And then Mary told me that about a week ago,
she had gotten a letter from a witch. THE. REAL. WITCH. I did not think that this was funny. I actually thought that my Mary was going
nuts. Well, she explained that she was not going
crazy or dumb enough to believe that someone who just signs letter “Witch” is the real
thing… But she offered Mary a fortune-telling session!! Absolutely free and online! Mary did not believe her but got curious about
what she might say. “Past or Present?” – the Witch asked
and Mary choose her past. The Witch got silent for some time and then…
she told Mary some things that she could not have known! For example, that Mary’s mother is British
and that she is still Her Majesty’s subject. It’s not a dark secret… but Mary’s family
doesn’t talk about that at all! Mary was a little stunned and not knowing
what to do next, she asked the Witch to tell her something about the future… And at that moment the teacher confiscated
her smartphone! I was very intrigued and asked my friend if
I could join their conversation. The Witch did not object and soon… she'd
made a prediction for both of us! It said: “The surprise that you are preparing
for someone dear to you will be spoiled for reasons that are out of your control.” We were shocked! The thing is that we have REALLY been preparing
a surprise for her little brother’s birthday – we were going to take him to the amusement
park. We decided to just wait and see whether it
was a joke or if the Witch from the internet was really… a witch? And she was not wrong! On the day of Mary’s brother’s birthday
there was a storm warning and the park was closed! So Mary and I were now believers in the magical
powers of this stranger. And thankfully the Witch promised to help
us realize our deepest dreams. But we had to do exactly as she told us and,
of course, nobody was supposed to know that we were performing a ritual, otherwise the
magic would fail. We willingly promised her to keep everything
a secret!" "The ritual involved some good deeds that
Mary and I had to do - your dreams only come true if you are a good person. The first task was “to give a new life to
an old thing.” I went searching in the cellar in order to
find something suitable… but my mother is so thorough! She had literally found a purpose everything
that she considered not useful. I could not think of anything better than
to take a plastic bottle and make a flower out of it. The Witch repeated several times that we had
to do everything exactly as she said, otherwise nothing will happen. And just to be on the safe side, I painted
my plastic flower." The Witch said that the energies were starting
to align.Which meant we were doing everything right, but now, in order to perform the second
part of the ritual, we had to refrain from eating meat and sweets… for a week! I have to admit, this was much harder than
cutting a flower from a plastic bottle, but Mary and I were determined so we successfully
completed this part too! And then the Witch told us that now we deserved
to receive the final instructions for completing the ritual. I was ready for something really spooky, but
it turned out that we just had to bring a box with something valued by adults, who had
lost their belief in magic and think that money is more valuable than dreams, to a special
remote location. It could be cash or some gold jewelry. We had to “bury” these false valuables
in order to free the energy of the fulfillment of our dreams. Of course, Mary and I were scared that our
parents would find out and punish us… but the ritual had to be completed!" When my box was full of “false valuables”
and I were ready to sneak out of my house, my mom suddenly grabbed my hand and told me
that she knew everything. I was frightened to death. But she said that she was not going to punish
me, she just wanted to prevent me from making such a huge mistake. "It turned out that she had noticed that I
was behaving strangely – not eating my favorite foods, cutting things from plastic bottles,
even though I was never fond of crafting. My Mom saw that something was bothering me…
but she could not ask, because she knew I would never tell her the truth. And so, she took my phone. MY PHONE! I was getting furious and was about to make
a scene, but my mother said: “Listen to me, Christie! This Witch is not a sorcerer! She is a fraud!” And then my mom turned on our computer." "She showed me all of Mary’s reposts about
the amusement park events on her brother's birthday. And that there was a high possibility of a
storm that day. She showed me the personal page of Mary’s
mother, who was posting a lot about social and cultural life in Great Britain. And the same thing went for everything we
had discussed with the Witch! Mom told me that all the “magic” that
was being predicted by the Witch was simply found out and exploited based on our families’
profiles on the internet." I was crushed. It turned out that I had almost robbed my
family because I was deceived as a little kid! And my mother just saved me from some serious
shame. Yes, she intruded in my private life, but
I could not be mad at her. And she also promised to not do this in the
future if only… I would start to share my problems with her. "We then jumped in my mother’s car and went
to Mary’s house. I talked to Mary and my Mom – to Mary’s
mother. After that we all called the police. Together with the authorities we agreed that
we would still bury the boxes and after that they would set up a stakeout to catch the
fraudulent ""witch."" And you know what? The mighty Witch turned out to be a fat, middle-aged
man who came to the remote location with a garden shovel. After that I remembered for the rest of my
life that you shouldn’t trust strangers on the internet!" Tell me if your parents have ever read what
was written in your smartphone? Was there a good reason for it? Please share your opinion in the comments.
