Disclaimer I do not own anything from Fablehaven, Brandon Mull does

Chapter 1- They're back

Kendra was walking through a beautiful land of light, with fairies,unicorns, and dryads roaming around, when an inky shadow overwhelmed her. She heard the roar of demons, the sounds of buildings crashing to the ground, and the screams of her family and friends, Alyssa, Bracken, Seth, and so many others. Then she felt something shaking her and she heard Tanu's voice saying, "Wake up, Kendra, wake up!" she opened her eyes and saw her new room in the Fablehaven main house, (the playroom didn't offer any extra protection anymore, now that she was 16. So her Grandpa Sorenson gave both Seth and her a different room.)She looked up and saw the gargantuan Samoan looming over her, she'd had a large growth spurt but he was still much, MUCH taller than her.

"Get yourself ready as fast as you can, it's an emergency." he said as he left the room. Kendra jumped up from her bed, put on a t-shirt and jeans, brushed her hair and teeth, then ran downstairs. When she got to the kitchen everyone was around the table, even Seth, who looked really mad at being woken up at 7:30 in the morning, during summer break. Grandpa Sorenson's face was sodden and Grandma Sorenson looked on the verge of crying.

"what's wrong?" Kendra asked.

"The society, well, um, err," Grandpa Sorenson started, but was inturrupted by Warren.

"they're back aren't they?"

"how, what, how'd you know?"

"well, it was bound to happen, i mean they were gonna come back, whether in my lifetime or not"

"he's not wrong" said Kendra, "They aren't stupid, they knew we'd be more vulnerable if we thought we were safe."

"now, they're stronger than ever before, and we all know we can't ignore this." Grandpa Sorenson said., with murmers of aggrement from the others.

"We can't just wait in the sidelines, they know where we are , they know our weak spots, and they know how to fight us." said Warren, " we're gonna have to fight them sooner or later, prepared or not. And i'd rather us be prepared."

"TO THE ATTIC!" exclaimed Seth putting one fist in the air.

"i've got hotcakes, " said Vanessa, walking in with a plate of steaming pancakes covered in syrup.

"nevermind" said Seth, sitting down.

"so, what are we gonna do about this?" Tanu said, his mouth full of pancakes.

"Well, i'm going to contact the Knights of Dawn and get some information," said Grandpa Sorenson, "and if we'll need them. reinforcements."