A/N: An story which will not be to much longer. Based on the stargate time traveler's last chapter of 'Trauma'. I hope you enjoyed.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Chapter One

Summer Day

Esmerelda popped her head around the corner and saw the coast was clear and then turned her head back to monitor to the girl stood behind her before walking around the corner and breathing a sigh of relief they had made it without getting caught. If they hadn't they would of gotten into serious trouble.

It was the summer holidays and the two blonde girls were glad to feel the July weather on their faces. Despite it being the holidays they had not gotten out much because their parents did not every take them out anywhere so Esmerelda and Ethel had sneaked out of their mansion. Sybil was young and didn't like to be out by herself and she was spending the night at Beatrice's house along with Clarice so there two elder girls used that day to sneak out. It hadn't being difficult either.

Mr and Mrs Hallow were working, not stopping for a second even during the summer holidays and they would be gone for hours as they had flown up north somewhere to have a meeting with a friend, it was a long trip so the girls had hours to kill. The servants were easy to sneak past as they were distracted so it had not taken them long to sneak out and after the year they had had they were looking forward to spending time together.

Esmerelda had magic again but she had taken it from the founding stone to rescue Sybil because she was about to fall of the roof. After this the stone died and the entire castle had started to freeze. Once everything was resolved Esmie and Ethie were so happy she had magic again but they both agreed they had enough adventure for around four years. Next year they were planning on the end of year being calm unlike the previous two.

Ethel smiled at her sister as she walked next to her on the pavement. It was bright and beautiful and people were walking around happily enjoying the sunshine in skimpy clothing and sunglasses. Even Ethel was put into a good mood by this weather and smiled at her sister.

"It feels so good to be out" Ethel said even if she was boiling to death as she suspected her sister was also. Mr and Mrs Hallow were strict. They did not like 'revealing' clothes not even something like bare legs was appropriate to them so the girls were in long formal dresses. Both girls wished they could be in a t-shirt and shorts like the girls around them but they didn't even own any they could of sneaked out of the house.

"Yes, we need to try do this more often, why don't we go to the park? It will be beautiful this time of year" Esmerelda suggested and Ethel nodded in agreement as they started to walk to their local park area.

It was full of families with little kids who were eating ice-creams and getting more on their face than in their mouths but neither girls mood dismissed by this. They found an empty area of grass and lay down, enjoying the feel of the summer sun. They both lay on the grass for a while, just enjoying being out in the beautiful weather when Ethel spoke up.

"Do you have any money? We need an ice-cream" Ethel said wiping sweat of her brow to prove her point of needing to cool down. Esmie reached into her pocket pulling out a couple of pound coins and then both girls rushed to the cafe to get their ice creams.

"Sybil is going to hate us for this" Ethel commented as they waited in the long queue for their ice-cream and Esmie nodded.

"I will buy her one some other time" Esmerelda said knowing Sybil will not be happy they had an ice-cream without her.

They waited for a good ten minutes and finally they were at the front. Esmerelda brought two vanilla ice-creams with flakes and sprinkles and then they sat in the shade to eat them.

"Mum and dad always buy me strawberry, I don't know why they think I like strawberry ice-cream, I never have" Ethel commented as she licked her ice-cream happy it was her favourite flavour.

"Mum and dad think we like a lot of food we hate" Esmerelda pointed out and Ethel had to nod in agreement. She thought of some of the dinners they were forced to eat and shuddered at the thought.

"That is a good point" Ethel replied licking her ice- cream and Esmerelda ate hers too but sighed.

"You know for all the money we have you would think mum and dad would get a swimming pool, that is the perfect way to cool off, I wish we had a swimming pool" Esmerelda said as she sweated from the heat.

"You know why we don't, mum and dad think swimming costumes are inappropriate" Ethel said before putting on a high pitched voice. "I mean imagine someone came over whilst you were in the pool and they saw you dressed like that, what would they think?" Ethel said doing a really good expression of her mother.

"Why do they have to be so strict?" It is stupid" Esmerelda replied annoyed as she knew Ethel was right.

"That is mum and dad for you, did you hear dad tell me off yesterday as he said my skirt was to short….it was at my ankles but he said no skin should be exposed" Ethel told her sister remembering that her father had being most displeased by that.

Esmerelda smiled then. She got an idea and as she finished off her ice-cream, she pulled her skirt higher, exposing her bare legs to the sun and sighing in relief as she started to cool off. Ethel saw what she did and copied her not caring if someone happened to walk past and see them.

"Can we stay here all day?" Esmie asked her sister as she lay down letting the breeze cool her legs down and smiling.

"Yes, let's not move, it is to nice to go home" Ethel replied lying next to her sister.

Esmerelda and Ethel stayed out for hours in the park just enjoying the sunshine and their summer holiday out together like normal teenagers. They stayed until six in the evening and would of stayed longer because it was so bright out it still looked to be only around two in the afternoon but then the typical British weather decided to kick in and it started to rain.

"Ahh" Ethel screamed as she felt a raindrop fall right onto her eyelid. She sat up, Esmie doing the same and saw it was starting to rain.

"If only we could be in Australia like Grandma Josephine" Ethel commented pulling an annoyed expression.

"Yes but our summer is their winter, so it is winter there now" Esmerelda commented smartly and Ethel smiled at her but replied.

"As if it being winter will make a difference, it will still be nice weather" Ethel commented and the two girls stood up and started to walk home. Esmie cast a spell over them when she was sure no-one was looking which would stop them getting wet.

"That was super fun, shame the rain had to come, we could have stayed out longer" Ethel told her sister as they started the walk home.

"Oh well, we can do it again, bring Sybil next time too, she will love it as well" Esmerelda told Ethel beaming at her.

In order to get home they had to walk past the corner shops. Walking past Ethel stopped dead and smiled.

"Look Esmie they are doing a special on chocolate...can we?" she asked her sister staring at the chocolate in the window and Esmie nodded and rushed into the shop buying a huge bar of chocolate for them to share and a bottle of water. They ate the chocolate as they walked, remembering to save some of it for Sybil.

"I think I am going to have an early night" Ethel told her sister as she hid a yawn. Tired from the heat and how long they had been out.

"Me too, we need our energy so we can do this again" Esmerelda told her sister putting her arm around her before they both stopped walking as they heard a noise behind them.

"What was that?" Ethel asked and the elder girl looked around to see who was behind them but saw no-one. She had a horrible feeling someone was watching them and she turned around and started to walk faster, rushing them home even if they still had a long way to walk. She tried not to show her worry to her sister.

As they walked she could still hear footsteps behind her and Esmie told herself not to panic. People walk all the time it is not that strange but it didn't stop the girls holding hands and starting to run as they felt a horrible fear someone was stalking them.

Suddenly out of nowhere, Ethel felt a strange sensation as she if someone had given her a sleeping pill and she was suddenly groggy. Ethel fell forward from the sensation.

"Ethie?" Esmerelda said trying to hold her sister until she felt the same sensation and her entire world went black.