Magick of the Night



Prologue

Scarla Stray Sun, a young girl nicknamed Scar, and her best friend Keoray, also young and nicknamed Keo were camping out with Dawnisty nicknamed Dawn. Dawn, another friend of Scar and Keo, was sitting there staring at the stars. Scar always loved to see the stars, so she had been the first one out there. Dawn and Keo had decided to join her. Suddenly they each saw a shooting star(s). They each saw a different star and made a wish on the ones they saw. So it is here our story begins…

Chapter 1: The Truth

“Wow. That was great, guys…and it’s the full moon, great luck for us tonight,” said Scar happily. “Yeah,” said Dawn and Keo at the same time. “We need to do this again another time. Except at a different house please!” said Dawn. They were all at Dawn’s house chatting about the unordinary teenager things. These were three VERY strange girls. One, the original of the three, Scar, came from a magick family. The other two came from foreign countries. Scar, who was the youngest and tallest, had the most respect of the entire group, in school and out of school.
“I think that would be fun guys,” said Scar tossing her golden hair, “Let’s do it at my house on the new moon.” She suddenly grinned, “Besides, my boyfriend, Daemon, will be coming over this weekend!”
“Wonderful! Will we finally be able to meet him? We’ve heard sooo much about him!” grinned Dawn.
“I’ll think about it!” grinned Scar. Scar was a tall girl with long golden blonde hair that changed in variations of color everyday, and season. She was the youngest and probably the most involved in magick, sports, hunting, and many other things. She had a bad temper and her eyes changed color according to her mood. Right now, they were a shining blue. She was easily the “oldest” of the group, not really but she looked and acted like she was. Scar always wore black, no matter what! She looked the part of the older teenage sister who was ready to go to college. She had a nickname from her “sisters” they called her a broomstick because of how skinny she was.
“Well, if I don’t meet him soon, I won’t believe he exists,” said Keo so suddenly Dawn and Scar jumped. Keo was tall too, but not nearly as tall as Scar. She had shoulder length hair that right now was pink, her bangs were cut at her chin and were purple. She loved to be a freak with her hair. The colors also suited her perfectly. She always wore red, like Scar with black. She had mood eyes as well, right now they were a dull green, because she was the shy, sometimes wild one. Wild because, “Hello!” the hair, which was done by Scar, the real wild one.
“Same here. Come on, Scar, just let us meet him!” said Dawn. Dawn, tall as well, had short hair, cut off right below her ears. She had soft brown hair, and mood eyes, which were an amber-brown color at the moment. She wore green all the time. She was the really shy one. She was having fun camping out at her house. She didn’t like her house though it was sooo small!
“Oh he’s real alright!” said Scar clearing her throat, “Trust me, boy is he real! I can’t wait…now what ritual are we doing tonight on the full moon. Should I call Adria really quick?” Scar asked in a “matter-o-fact” tone.
“Go ahead, we might need Adria’s help. I think we could call down the moon, but I’m not sure. Or we could do a ritual asking for true love from Venus.” “That sounds good to me!”
Dawn and Keo got the supplies while Scar was whistling a high-pitched tune. Suddenly out of the darkness came a swooping figure, floating on soft wings. The figure landed on Scar’s out-stretched arm and Scar stroked the soft feathers of her hawk. Her hawk started to click her beak worriedly.
Scar started to whistle slightly different…a more urgent way. The other hawks of the area started to come with that call. They started to perch on her until she looked like she was a hawk. Suddenly she was lifted. The hawks were carrying her to a safer place to talk. They set her in a tree and grabbed Dawn and Keo next. She was talking to them… listening to their sounds. She looked up, and saw her friends there too.
“Good, they all listened to me. I told them to bring you up here. They said that there were THREE shooting stars, not just the ‘one’ we thought we all saw,” said Scar. She started making clicking sounds like those that an owl does. She was calling her owl! She whistled and all but one hawk went away. That hawk hopped onto her left arm rubbing against her cheek. Suddenly out of the darkness on quiet wings came a figure. The figure clucked its beak and landed on Scar’s other arm, and rubbed its head against her cheek.
“There you are Karina! I was worried about you.” Said Scar affectionately, “Now you two, I need a favor from you,” Scar spoke while pulling out a piece of paper and a pen. She wrote a quick note to Gabriella Anne Bradley-Evans (Gabe) and tied it too Adria’s leg. “Be quick and take this to Gabe, she needs to know about this immediately! You will be rewarded! Good luck!” she said patting Adria on the head before raising her arm to let her fly.
She scribbled another note to Aria Lilliana Mason. She tied it to Karina’s leg, “Take this to Aria! Go on swift wings and bring her answer back quickly! You too will be rewarded! Good luck!” She said with a pat on the head for Karina. Karina took flight and was soon out of sight.
“Was that wise to send them to the girls? I don’t know Scar…maybe we had better check with Daemon, he might know something!” said Dawn, with a worried expression.
“I’m sure they will be okay,” said Keo. She had a slightly disbelieving expression though. “How well did you train them Scar? If you trained them how I think you did then we’re fine…but I’m not so sure you could do that. I heard it is VERY difficult to do…” She still had an awed face.
“Yeah, it WAS difficult…I had been working on it for about three years now. I don’t know why I did, I just felt I should do something to that extent. I felt as though it would be needed soon, that I should be prepared.” Said Scar, shivering in the wind, though not because of the wind. “I got a bad feeling guys…I’m not sure about what though”
“What did you say in those letters though? I’m really curious now you mention it,” said Dawn.
“OH! I’ll write them for you,” said Scar quickly. She wrote them on a torn piece of parchment with blue ink from a very old quill that she bewitched to always have ink of the color she wanted. The letter(s) read:

Dearest Gabriella/Aria, 10-21-01

We are in a great deal of confusion and trouble! We need your help sister! I am sending this owl Karina/ hawk Adria to you in hopes that you get this letter. I need you to show you face in my left/right fire at 1:00 a.m., on the date of 10-28-01. I am hoping that you will also be able to be at my house on the 31 Halloween. I have many things to discuss with you and your best friend! Meet me there on that time, I will be with Keo, Dawn, and Daemon. You must remember Daemon, his is one of the most important in this meeting. Send answer back with this owl/hawk. L.Y.L.M.S!

Love always,
Scarla Stray Sun

“That’s all? I thought there was more! What do you need to talk to them about? Why must we be there? Daemon will be there too!” Scar was bombarded with questions by both of them. She looked a little stressed with all the questions. Suddenly there came a voice from below.
“Hey what’s with a the questions guys? Leave her be a little while, she’s just been through a bad expereince!” Scar looked down as relief swept over her face. She turned into a rare one-of-a-kind white hawk and flew down into the speakers arms and turned back into a human. She kissed him soundlessly on the lips and smiled.
“That’s better!” The speaker was a tall dark man. He had short black hair. He had brown eyes and stood almost a head taller than Scar and was holding on to her lovingly. “It’s okay now Scar, I’m here for you.” He kissed her once more before she smiled up at her friends and told them to get their butts down there. They hurried down to meet this guy she kept kissing so lovingly.
“Guys, meet my boyfriend, Daemon,” she said breathlessly as he had just kissed her again. He grinned and said, “A.K.A Demon” he said smilling. Scar was resting her head on his shoulder thinking of all the things they had been through and how close they were.
Dawn started whispering to Keo…while a hawk had landed on her shoulder listening. The hawk flew over to Scar after they were done whispering. It silently clicked it’s beak in her ear so she alone could hear it. She griined and nodded her head at it and it took flight after she patted it’s head.
She looked at Dawn and Keo. They looked beffudled at her expression. She grinned wider and whispered in Daemon’s ear. He too grinned and nodded his head. He gave her quick hug and walked over to the other two and put his arms around them. Scar, still grinning, just nodded as he made eye contact with her. He swopped down and gave each of them a kiss and walked back over to Scar. Dawn and Keo were blushing up a red storm!!! It was hilarious!
Daemon then grabbed Scar dipped her and frenched her so passinatly that she starting blushing up a storm. When they came up she was redder than Dawn and Keo together! She just said one word. “Wow!” Daemon knew he rendered her speechless. He said a single word and congered a tent right there and said.
“You two girls get the other tent, me and Scar will be in this one if you need anything.” Then he picked up Scar in his arms and carried Jher into the tent. Leaving a pair of disbelieving girls staring after them.
A few minutes later…“Wow! I see why she likes him so much! He’s a great kisser…I wish that I were her!” said a blushing Dawn.
“I know,” said Keo, “Crud! Are we gonna draw down the moon or not?! Go grab Scar”
“I ain’t going in there! Not with those two left together…” Said Dawn.
“Fine!” said Keo. She walked over to the tent Daemon and Scar were in and tapped the side and said, “Come out! We’re supposed to be drawing down the moon!” A red-in-the-face Daemon came out shirtles, carrying Scar in his arms. Scar had her blouse un-done and her undershirt was showing. She also had her hair REALLY messed up! Daemon had the drawsting of his pants slightly looser.
“What?! What do you need? What’s happening?!” asked Daemon slightly befuddled.
“I bet I know,” said Scar, “They want to draw down the moon with us…” she coughed “Do we have to do it tonight?” The look on her face was of of longingly as she gazed at Daemon. She hugged him closer to her. Keo whispered to Dawn real quick as an owl flew over-head, the owl swooped in on a snake. The owl clicked it’s beak and stopped swopping down on a snake. It told the snake what they said. The snake was Scar’s very own Kesian. The snake crawled up onto her shoulders and hissed in her ears. Scar nodded that she understood, and tossed her arms protectivley around Daemon.
She whispered in his ear what they said. (They were talking about what had happened in that tent!) Daemon grinned and nodded, and tossed his arms around her again.
“That ain’t gonna work you two! That ain’t gonna happen with you!” said Scar and Daemon together. They ginned at how red Dawn and Keo got. They went into the tent and came back out 5 minutes later FULLY dressed (Scar’s hair was back in place.) They grinned at each other… giving a peck on the cheek of each. “On with the ritual. Come on, you stopped our fun for it!” said Scar. She had all the supplies in her arms. She set them down and started getting some things ready.
“Let’s cast the circle! All together the mist circle. Say the color you will do and let’s see how it turns out” said Daemon. They each said a color. “Black! Red! Blue! Green!” So they imagined that color of mist as they wove the circle. Finally it was done, and each could see the different colors shimering in it.
“Now let’s draw down the moon!” Said Scar. They each slowly chanted their parts. Scar was the High-Priestess and Daemon, of course, was High-Priest. They called down the goddess and each saw her differently. Scar saw a beautifull amazon warrior Queen. She had long black hair and wore a black gown. Daemon saw an english type of person. She was Scar’s height, she had blonde hair to her ankles, and startling green eyes in a blue dress. Keo saw a red-haired, short, skinny young girl in a red dress. Dawn saw a middle-age woman with brown hair, wearing a green dress.
“Wow, she was pretty!” said Scar. They all nodded their heads in agreement. Then they each told the other how they saw the Goddess. Finally they all went to sleep. Keo and Dawn were the first ones asleep, For I think Scar and Daemon were busy, Keo and Dawn heard periodic thuds from the tent.

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Well finally it was the big day. Daemon and Scar (who now had black hair because she dyed it) were sitting in front of the fireplace(s). Keo and Dawn were in two chairs behind them. It was a Saturday, and it was almost time for Aria and Gabe to show up. Suddenly the fires died down, Gabe and Aria stepped out of the fireplaces. They were both covered in soot they laughed at each other. Gabe was slightly taller than Aria. Aria was 5’2 and Gabe was 5’5. They both had blonde hair, Gabe’s long, Aria’s short and she had tried to die it red. They were both dressed in black hip-huggers, black tank-tops, and their black boots. They looked like twins. They had both been adopted by their neighbors, and had been best friends ever scince they could remember.
“Finally, I was worried you might have gotten lost girls!” said Scar ressting her head on Daemon’s shoulder.
“Nearly did,” said Gabe, “How long has it been scince you had us come that way?”
“Sorry, I was…preocupied.”
“I could see that the moment I walked in. Oh and by the way nice hair.”
“That obvious?” asked a concerned Keo.
“Duh, Keoray! Weren’t we just sayin’ that?Yeah i really like the hair Scar.” said Aria.
Gabe tapped Aria’s nose, much like one would do to a puppy.
“Be nice, Aria. We are the guests!” Gabe said sternly. Keo, Daemon, Keo, and Dawn all laughed. Any one could walk in and see a group of teenagers and three almost adults. But it wasn’t true! Gabe was younger than Aria though she acted older than even Scar did. Gabe sighed and sat down.
“So, sup my friends?” asked a buffudled Aria.
“Oh not much, you know the usual. Check the book of shadows, supernatural things happening, talking to Adria. Possibly havein’ to save the world.” Said Scar like she was stating the obvious.
“Explain it please…I might be able to help” said Gabe and Aria at the same time. They too came from a long line of witches.
So Scar took the liberty to explain things. Some things were ommitted, like what happened in the tent with Daemon, and the others would add stuff where she forgot it. When she finished Gabe sighed very heavily and got up and started to pace.
“Lemme get this straight. There were THREE unschedualed comets, shooting stars, what-ever you want to call it. Then these weird things started to happen. I think I’ve read something about this before. Aria correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that I’m remembering a long forgoten prophecy. ” Aria nodded that Gabe was correct. “Now if I can find that prophecy again then we will be fine.”
She stopped pacing and looked out the window. She seemed to look within then and not without, she disappeared, suddenly she reappeared with her book of shadows (BOS). She started to flip through the pages looking for the prophecy. Finally she gave up and muttered a choice oath and said a spell. The book flipped open and sat open to the prophecy.
“That’s better.” Said Gabe, “Here we are. It’s called ‘magick in the night’. Sounds familiar.” She read through it. “AH-HA,” she yelled, “Found it guys. ‘In the year of the snake the chosen one(s) will see the meteors once more. These meteors will start a chain reaction to destroy the world. The chosen ones must save the world from a town in which they live. They cannot back out once these has happened. There are some shadows in the chosen ones futures, even in the chosen ones themselves. These shadows are people whom we do not know. We can see how-ever that there are the lovers, the twins, and the followers. Those whom cannot be told will find them in time.’ Sounds familiar doesn’t it guys? Like, how shall I put it, US??” she sighed again. “Why is it ALWAYS us? Just tell me that Adria!”she set the book down.
“There is one part I don’t understand. They said the lovers, those must mean Daemon and Scar, the twins and the followers…who are they? None of us are twins…” they all looked at Gabe then at Aria. They were both adopted, both almost identical, both best friends. They put two and two together. But they didn’t say it yet.
“Well, shall we see if this is really us? I DO know a spell to figure it out. Gabe, hun, hand me the BOS please… Thank you. Now as for that spell it should be on page 6…Here we are.” Aria pointed down at one of the pages labeled “Find the truth.”
“What do we need, I should have most the stuff here.” Said Scar.
“We need, rose petals, salt, sugar, vinager, vegetable oil, 7 black candles and 7 white candles. We can add some red candles to even it out.” Said Gabe from memory while Scar was writing it down. “A’right… stand back guys this is kind of hard.” Said Scar. She laid the list down and muttered a rhyme. Shimering slightly like through a mist the items needed appeared on the floor ontop of the list. The list suddenly caught fire and burned up fufilling it’s purpose.
“Lemme see my BOS please… why don’t you guys also get your BOS and see if we all have the spell.” Scar said this as the others called their books there. Scar found the spell that she wanted. The others started to flip through their books. Eventually they all had the spells (Daemon looking at Scar’s.)
“Who wants to cast the circle?” asked Scar. Gabe and Aria offered to do that together. As they cast the exploding circle they others figured out what the were going to do. Keo and Dawn were to call the elements, while, of course, Daemon and Scar were high-priest and high-priestess, and had to call Aradia and the Horned god.
After all that was done they started to chant in unision the beginning of the spell.
“Truth be told
Truth be here
Truth must know
Truth be near
Now has come
The time of fear.”
So now they were ready to have Gabe and Aria cast the complete spell. Scar forgot to grab a caldron full of water though so she had to go and get that. After they had the caldron Keo, Scar, Dawn, and Daemon started to chant that chant above. While they were chanting it they were grounding and centering the whole group. That was finally done and Gabe and Aria started to talk in unision.

“Sacred spell, Sacred day
Show us now, The prophets way
As we see, The prophecy
We know now, What must be.
Reveal in water, Whom we are
Reaveal our spirits, show them by far!”

As they had finished that last line the chanting stopped. Suddenly the water swirled and words started to form. “The lovers” it showed a picture of Scarla and Daemon. “The followers” it showed a picture of Keoray and Dawnisty. “The Twins” it showed a picture of Aria and Gabriella. Gabe and Aria gasped, they didn’t know they were sisters! The water seemed to have a sense of humor because it “said” to them, “Yes… you ARE sisters, Aria, Gabe.” Then it showed “The helpers” as all the girls boyfriends (except Daemon and Aria’s because Aria didn’t have one.) They Were named Brandon (Dawn’s), Jared (Keo’s), Micheal (Gabe’s).
Well, that was all it could show because it said “The rest are clouded by no future…” and it went blank. “Well, that helped alot” said Gabe. She was looking at her sister.
“My god… we’ve been together for how long and we never knew we were sisters?!” said Aria.
“I know. Isn’t it great though? I mean…we can both look for our mother together. We were planning on looking for our mothers but not mother…” said Gabe. She was clearly as surprised about it as Aria but she wouldn’t show it.
“Of all the things…just call you boyfriends girls! We got work to do now.” Said Daemon. He put his arms around Aria and Gabe and kissed Scar. “Now, have I got your attention???”

Chapter 2: The Meeting

So they they were, in the woods at 10:00 pm, waiting for evreryone to show up. They were in a little clearing about 10” by 20” with trees surrouding the area except on one side where there was a creek. In the center of the clearing (with no grass only rocks) was a bonfire that only they could see and feel. Surrounding that bonfire was Scar, Daemon, Keo, Dawn, and Gabe. Aria went to her house to grab something before they started.
“What time did you tell them guys?!” asked an impatient Scar, “We could have already started by now if you told them the correct directions and time! I’m sick of this hold on guys.” And with that she faded out saw where they others were and created a lighted path only they could see to giude them because it seemed they got lost. Also in front of each of there faces were the words “Hurry up slowpoke!!!”
The people that saw this ran along the path knowing it was ok, Scar always led them along the best way! In a few minutes there in they were all in the clearing. Now stading in the clearing was Scar, Daemon, Keo, Dawn, Gabe, Aria (of course those six!) and Brandon, DJ, and Jerry. Everybody got introduced to everyone else (as if they didn’t know each other gawd!)
Now they were sitting in a specific order: South was Daemon and Scar (Scar on the left), North was Gabe, DJ, and Aria (Gabe on the left, DJ middle, Aria on the right), East was Dawn and Brandon (Dawn on the left), and (FINALLY!) West was Keo and Jerry (Keo on the left.) Scar and Daemon were the High-Preist and High-Priestess.
They called their quarters together, envoked Spirit, envoked the God and Goddess, and began the ritual…
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A.N: Now you’re probably wondering what this ritual is for, right? Well don’t ask me, how should I know? I’m not a character… read on and find out people! Author out.
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Scar glances upward at the author and scrunches her nose. “Do you haaaave to write this down you annoying lil’…” Daemon covers her mouth before she could finish. She glares briefly at him, and now ignores the author. I sniker (as the author of course!) and write down what I see.
They have a cauldron of the creek water and start to cast the truth spell again, to show the new-comers. When it shows “The Twins” Aria and Gabe smile at each other. Now they get on with the serious stuff.
First the guys with their lower voices will be chanting/singing the started spell. They sing over and over again (having to change the tempo periodically.) “We call you…ancient spirits…”
“As we call thee ancient spirits, we ask that you show us the way. We need guidance all the way. WE envoke thee ancient spirits. WE envoke thee into us, as we need your help dear spirits, guide our hands to you. As our voices ring out to you, wake from your sleeping slumber. As our voices ring out to you, wake and guide us yonder.” Sings Gabe and Aria their voices ringing pure and true in a slow haunting melody.
“Wake we call, wake we call, as I see you true. WAKE we call, WAKE we called, as we need you too. Sing with us ancient power. Sing to us the truth. Speak in my ear ancient power. Speak only truth.” Sing Scar picking it up where they left off with a surpirising saprano voice to a much faster melody.
Dawn doesn’t like to sing so her voice is a good sound but not very smooth singing in a steady rythym, “I open our arms to you, I open our hearts to you. We call from hearts so pure, We ask if you’ll help to cure, this world of ours, this beaut’ful thing, this strange wonderous place, in our place, we open ourselves to you!”
Keo with a slightly deeper voice picks it up to a middle tempo, “WE call you, into our arms, we call to you, asking what we need. We’ll take what you can give, we’ll take what’s truly needed. Please o’ SPIRITS hear my call, please o’ SPIRITS answer me! We only ask what we think we need…”
They all the girls pick up Keo’s tempo and melody and sing with her, “Please o’ SPIRITS hear our call, please o’ SPIRITS answer us, We’ll only take what we think we need.” They hold that last note and everything around them wavers slightly. Finally their voices fade one by one (or two by one) until Gabe, Aria, and Scar are the only ones left, then they too fade out of the song.
Once they fade the guys are each staring at they girls and they all appluad expcecially for Gabe, Aria, and Scar. The fire suddenly grows large and almost too bright to stand and out of it comes the Goddess, some of her children, the God, and a spot of collored haze.
The goddess smiles and introduces herself as Aradia, the god as Amen, says “my children too many to name right now…” and she looks with respect towards the red haze spot and simply says, “Spirit.” Now on with the important stuff.
She looks at the teens and speaks. “That was an impressive song young ones, and strong I do imagine! It’s just it was so strong it didn’t call YOU’RE ancient spirits or ancectors…well it did kind of…how do I put this?” Suddenly she changed into a teenager with black hair and bright green eyes. The guys thought of her as beautiful! Scar stepped on Daemon’s toe…he was looking a little TOO close!
Scar looks at herself and grins, the goddess was an older version of HERSELF! She says simply to the goddess, “May I ask why you chose that par-TI-cular form? I do believe I recognize it.” She grins at Aradia. The others look at Scar then at Aradia and make the conection.
Aradia laughs and says, “I was wondering who would get this first. Of course it would be you Scarla. Well this was ME when I was slightly older than you guys, scary isn’t it? Well maybe now I can explain. “First I was once human contrary to popural belief. I DO speak slang like you guys…I have to keep up with the language of my children don’t I? Now, I do have sisters, they are all inside of me, or me inside of them. That’s why each person usually see’s the Goddess differently. Her sisters are also showing. “Like this” suddenly she looked like older versions of each of the girls, and she was back as Scar. “Now you girls are my decendants. Of the same blood, but then aren’t all girls? What I am trying to say is, if you save the world, when you each pass away, at the same time, you will become the new Goddess, in my place.
“As I said ‘scary isn’t it?’ Well you may have to save the world once, maybe more. No one truly knows. All we know is that you are the chosen ones, to follow in my footsteps if you make it, if not then we know of others.
“You are allowed CHOSEN help on your quests. This time it is your boyfriends girls. Oh and it’s them because when they die, guess who becomes the new God. And Aria don’t worry, you will have a boyfriend to help you, without knowing it, ok?
“Well, my children, it is time for us to depart. Merry meet, merry part, and Merry meet again!!” and with that she gave each of them a hug and was gone…

Chapter 3: The Change.

“Like, wow guys... us godesses and gods? Yeah right...i can barely program a VCR now I have to help keep the world working? Yeah...” Said Dawn barely able to stand up.
Scar was thoughtfully tapng her lip staring at the fire. “Guys?” she said slowly.
They all turnes to her expectantly.
“I’m not ready for this... this responsibility. First we have to save the world right? Then we might have to keep it going for thousands of years. How can I help do that? I’m just not cut out for it!” Scar said sounding like she was about to cry.
“Don’t EVER say that!” Keo said fiercly. “NEVER AGAIN! Do you understand me?!”
Scar looked at her shocked, but she shook her head and simply said, “Well, I’m sorry Keo, but it’s TRUE!” “No it’s not,” said a quite voice. Everyone turned to stare at the speaker who was hidden in the trees. Slowly a young girl stepped out of the trees. She was slightly shorter than Scar, but she had the same sharp features but slightly sofened, her hair was a beautiful red, and she had the most amazing green eyes that right now were narrowed slightly. Her hands were balled into fist at her side and she looked very grim. When Scar saw her you could hear the sharp intake of her breath.
“K-K-Ka-Katie!” Scar studdered. Her face looked shadowed like she was in pain. But it was the rememberance of this beautiful quite girl. All the people around the circle gasped and turned to stare at the girl. They had all heard who Katie was and what had happened to her. Katie just nodded solemly and looked around at the group.
“Yeah it’s me, and remember what I said. What you said is not true! You can handle this, you CAN! I know you can! If nothing else do it for me!” “But I CAN’T do it! I’m not ready for this!And HOW can you show up now?! After all the time...” sobbed Scar.
“Fancy little group you got here, sis. Took long enough to get the prophecy’s ones’ together though didn’t it? I missed ya girl... why’d you guys leave me?” Katie spoke softly, looking around the group again, and knowing that it hurt her sister to see her again.
“Yeah it took a while but I knew it needed done...Mom, Dad, and I all thought you were dead, little sister... I missed you too,” said Scar shocked that her sister was back. Add that to becoming the Goddess and you got a winning combo!
“Who told you I was dead? The police? Yeah they would, since they tried to kill me!” Katie laughed scornfully, “They learned their lesson though, they aren’t coming after me or my family ever again.” “I’m can’t handle this...I’m not ready!” sobbed Scar colapsing onto the ground.
“Wrong again, Scar!” said a deep voice from in the trees behind Katie.
“Micheal?! Oh god Micheal! How...What...oh god!” Scar colapsed into sobbing again. Daemon looked across the clearing at Micheal.
“Hello, Micheal. I’ve heard alot aout you. My name is Daemon, I’m Scar’s fiance.” Daemon said stiffly holding out his hand. Micheal just shook his hand and went over towards Scar. The group heard a slow howl and then a seires of howls reapeting and coming closer.
Slowly a large silver wolf pads into the area, and speaks to Scar in the language of the wolves. Scar wraps her arms around the wolfs neck and slowly her sobbing diminishes. The wolf speaks again to her and she nods. The wolf shimmers into a human form so the others could understand him.
“Welcome pack mates. I have conversed with your apha-female and she wishes me to stay with her in this tragic time.”
“What might your name be?” asked a slightly startled Keo.
“What use is a name to a wolf? You could ask all One’s pack and never find a name.” Said the wolf/man tilting his head.
“Well we humans tend to need to use names to attach to one another. It’s a humane thing for us.” “Of course it’s humane, thou is human are thou not? If it bothers thee all that much call One Eric. One wonders why thee have come to One’s forest”
“One’s didn’t mean to invade in One’s forest. Thou wilt find the reason soon enough for thine intrusion” said Scar to the wolf.
“One truly wishes you would douse thy fire before it catches to One’s forest. But that can happen later, revered sister.” Eric said helping Scar up.
“ Thine companions wouldst do that as soon as they’re able.” Said Scar, “Shall One and One’s go on the hunt? One can teach One’s companions the secret of the change.”
“That would be wonderful, revered sister. One will meet One at the lake of diamonds?”
“One will be there, revered brother. At the human time of midnight.” Promised Scar. Eric shimmered back into his shape and lopped off, sending one long eirily echoeing howl hanging through the forest.
“Now for you guys.” Said Scar lopsing back into reagular speech. “Get the picture of the wolf in your mind. I will travel to each of you in turn until you get it right okay? Now Katie come here you first!”
Katie walked over to Scar and got the pictures of a dark brown wolf in her mind. “Make the hind legs slightly longer...there, now make the tail nice and bushy...” Katie heard the voice of Scar in her head as clearly as if it was spoken aloud. She made the neccesary changes till Scar said it would do.
“Now when I say ‘Go’ to each of you in turn you will direct your thought and know you are the wolf, pretend you are the wolf. You won’t feel a thing, but if you pretend and know you are the wolf, you will BE the wolf. Understand?” They all nodded and Scar said “GO!” to Katie.
Slowly Katie shimmered into the shape like she wasn’t sure about what she was doing, she almost faltered but Scar said, “Keep going, ” and she finished the change. Now before the group was a small dark brown wolf. Scar looked at her critically and said, “You look more like a fox, you made the nose too pointed! Fix it!” Katie slowly fixed the nose until Scar said, “I guess it will have to do for now. Next!”
So it went for the next half hour, until in the clearing where there had stood eleven kids there was now a pack of eleven wolves. There were 5 smaller wolves varying in gray colors, then there were 4 slightly larger wolves also varying in gray color, 1 slightly larger white wolf who was the alpha male, and finally the alpha female a large black she-wolf.
The black wolf looked over each of the critically and said, the wolfish way, “It will have to do for now. Come along.” So at a trot she led them off through the woods. Finally she came to a lake which sparkled in the full moon like it was made of completly diamonds. Slowly the alpha female stopped and howled greetings to the pack wating for them.
The large alpha male from the pack howled his greeting back and barked at the alpha female of his pack. Slowly the alpha female a grayish wolf stepped foward and touched Scar’s nose shyly. Scar simply licked her face and whined, “Why so shy, little sister?”
“One does not know thee, One has never met a human before, revered sister.” Whined the other wolfess.
“No need to be shy, little sister. For now One is as much wolf as you, and no wiser. Shall we hunt?”barked Scar laughingly.
“One shall lead you, if thou doesn’t mind?” whined Eric.
“One never minds when in anothers territory!” whined Scar back as the pupies from the other pack came up and started to sniff at her curiously. “Why hello, little ones! Aren’t you cute. I guess I don’t smell the same in this body as in my other.”
One puppy looked at her and tilted his head, “One wants to play with thee, thou is one of us now, so play, Revered Older Sister!!” He jumped on her head and nipped at her ears. Scar laughed and started to play with the puppies, rolling and jumping and laughing. Finally, Scar ended up on her back with the puppies nestled and laying on her stomache nuzzling her.
“One believe’s the Little Ones like One better in this form.” Sayed a still laughing Scar. “Shall we go on the hunt? One is eager to see how the puppies react.”
“One would be over joyed if thou is finished laying on thou’s back.” Said Eric.
“If you all don’t mind. One would like to run beside my revered pack leader,” said a wolf of a very dark gray to Daemon. Scar noticed that the wolf speaking to Damon was one of her own pack, and was larger then the females of her pack were.
“One will consent to thee running beside Ones leader.” Said Daemon formally.
“One thanks you” said the wolf simply, trotting up to Scar with his tounge rolling out in a wolfy grin.
“One will be right back , as One would like to speak with thee now. Please will the packs pardon One and One’s campanion?” Said Scar taking firm hold of the gray wolf by the ear, in a disiplinary way.