"Where are they?!" A woman's voice, straining into a high octave, could be heard throughout the mansion. She raced down the marble stairs, one hand grasping her nightgown to her thigh while the other trailed over the banister. She stumbled, trying to take the steps two at a time. "Dipsy! Where are they?!"

"I dos not know. They is not in the house." A small creature with large, yellow eyes and long floppy ears raced to keep up, its shorter legs trying to match the punishing pace the woman set. Its thin lips were parted as gasps escaped the creature. "Mixen should knows, Mistresses, if they is on grounds."

The woman stumbled, her slippered feet slipping on the smooth stone of the entrance hall. Long strands of blonde hair swirled in front of her eyes, her fingers pushing the strands to the side as she raced for the entrance, her breathing come out in harsh pants. "Mixen!"

There was a pop followed quickly by a squeak and another creature running after her. "Mistress!"

The woman reached the front door and flung it open as she exited the manor, her hair flying out behind her. "Where are they, Mixen?"

She leaped down the stairs, nearly falling to her knees when her feet contacted with the cobblestone leading up to the entrance of her home. Her hand slapped the ground to keep herself from tipping over, using her strength to push herself upright and forced herself to keep running.

Where were they? She raced to them, but where was she to find them?

"Follows Mixen!" The creature she had called to her broke through her frantic thoughts, causing her to turn and follow where the creature went.

She quickly caught up to it. It wasn't moving as quickly as she needed so she swooped down and held it in her arms as she ran. "Where, Mixen, where?!"

"Into the woodses!" A long, thin, knobbly finger pointed the direction.

She ran off the path and onto the trail that Mixen led her to. The bottom of her slipper caught on a rock and she lost her balance, falling to the earth. However, she didn't land on the rocks and branches but on an invisible cushion, pushing her back to her feet.

The woman - once rightened - kicked off her slippers and continued on, her bare feet flying over the earth as she raced forward, ignoring everything but where Mixen was pointing.

Finally, finally she burst through the woods and into a clearing and found who she sought.

She ran into an invisible barrier, her body thrown back to land on the earth, jagged rocks digging into her back. She released Mixen and jumped back to her feet, rushing to the barrier. She struck her fists at it, screams slipping from her throat.

"Stop! No! Don't!" She dropped to her knees, tears slipping from her eyes. She pressed her palms against the barrier, "No! Break down the barrier, Mixen!"

Her husband's blue eyes looked over at her, his long, blonde bangs hiding his eyes from her view. But his mouth still continued to move, magic swirling around him and their sleeping child.

"I can't…"

"Stop," she whispered, squeezing her eyes shut for a moment before she opened them again.

Her baby, under his father's sleeping spell, was surrounded by a black mist that moved from her husband to her child. The longer her husband chanted, the more his magic seemed to be sucked towards her boy until there was only a mass of black surrounding his head.

"Stop. He's five. You promised." She bowed her head, her hair falling over her eyes and her hands covered her face as she sobbed. "You promised!"

She didn't notice when Mixen knelt by her side.

All she knew was that she was too late.

A/N IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Hi everyone! if you haven't seen my profile, then let me tell you what I'm doing. This is the first of 5 stories I'm posting today. I've been stuck on writing because I've been juggling between all the stories in my head. I'm going to focus on the story that gets the most views/follows/favorites/reviews ect ect. in the next week. I'll be doing a tally on 2-25-18.

Warnings and info are going to be in chapter one - which I will post... now :)

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