-Favors-
Seth rowed his boat to the island in the middle of the lake. He was on his way to see the singing sisters...again. On his way to make, yet, another deal. Seth Sorenson, at 16 years old, was drowning in owed favors, but this one would be worth it. Because it would help him find his sister, who thinks he’s dead, and Seth would pay any price if it meant he could get his sister back. Warren, Vanessa, and Bracken were more than wary about him going to the sisters for help, but they all obviously wanted to find Kendra too. Calvin had needed to leave the search a year ago to help his people, Seth missed him but understood why he left. Still everybody missed Kendra and they would all do anything to get her back. And for Seth that meant yet, another deal, so they had let him go, not even knowing what it was Seth was going to ask for.
Seth was knocked from his thought by his boat hitting land. Seth got out of the boat and tied it up so that it would still be there when he got back. Already knowing the way Seth set off to the entrance of the cave that led to the sisters. When he got there it was as if they were waiting for him, of course, they probably had been considering they could see the future.
“Seth Sorenson, we’ve been expecting you,” The one who Seth knew to be Berna said.
“Hey, long time so see, huh? So, I guess you probably know why I’m here,” Seth replied.
“You wish for us to help you find your sister? Is that correct?” The second one, Orna asked.
“Yes, do you know what I want?”
“We have our theories,” Said the third one, Wilna.
“I want you to make me immortal,” Seth said, trying his best to sound confident.
“So that you have more time to find your sister. Are aware you are only sixteen? You have plenty of time.” Orna said.
“Yes, but I don’t know how long it’s going to be until I even get a lead on where to find her. So if I can stay this age for a few years, or however long I need, I can keep looking for her.”
“Answers might come sooner than you think,” Orna said.
“Shut up Orna!” Berna said.
“What does that mean?” Seth asked.
“No free predictions!” Wilana said.
“And what would we get out of this?” Berna asked, changing the subject.
“I was thinking, for every year you keep me at this age, I’ll owe you a favor,” Seth said, deciding there’s no going back now. And by the looks on the sister’s faces, Seth had guessed the right price.
“I believe that is an acceptable offer, what do you think sisters,” Wilna said.
“Yes!” Both Berna and Orna said, which should probably concern him because they rarely all agreed on something.
Then the sisters ordered one of their goblins to bring them something. When the goblin returned the witches started to chant something and that’s when Seth’s vision started to turn black. He felt his head hit the ground and he could still hear the faint voices of the sisters but even that soon faded as Seth lost consciousness.
Seth heard a scraping sound on what sounded like wet dirt, then he noticed the sound of water.
Confused about where he was and what happened, he started to sit up to find he was in a boat.
“Seth?” Seth looked up to the sounds of his name, it was Warren. “Did you fall asleep or something?”
“No, at least I don’t think so,” Seth tried to remember what happened, all he remembered was reaching the island and seeing the sisters, he didn’t remember their conversation at all.
“Seth! What happened?” Bracken said, running over as Warren helped him out of the boat.
“I don’t know, I don’t remember anything.”
“What do you mean ‘anything’?” Warren asked, looking worried.
“Not like last time, I just don’t remember my conversation with the sisters.”
“That’s not a good sign,” Bracken said.
“We’ll have to worry about it later,” Warren said, starting to walk towards the car.
“Why?” Seth asked, starting to follow Warren with Bracken at his side.
“We’re trying no to get our hopes up, but we have a lead,” Bracken said.
“Really! Where are we going?” Seth asked.
“New Orleans,” Warren said, as they got in the car.
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