"Everyone into the Tardis!" I yelled. Everyone started running for it. In the background you could hear a giant explosion and screaming then hear the hissing, feel the heat as lava ran down the mountain.

Oh I guess I should introduce myself huh? The name's Kissara I'm female, 20 years old (for the moment) 5ft 10in tall and oh! I'm a vampire cat demon hybrid. Nice to meetcha.

"Look out!" yelled Reina. Uh-oh here come the flaming rocks better run faster.

"Vallum!" yelled Reina and suddenly a wall of earth rose to protect us from being hit.

That would be Riena, leader of the Raven witch clan. Age twenty, five ft tall, has a temper that you don't want to mess with.

One of the boulders made it past the barrier and headed straight towards me. I panicked and shifted into my feline form, thinking that being a smaller target would help. All of a sudden I was gripped by the scruff of my neck and carried away just as the boulder smashed into the ground.

"Foolish move Kissara," said Angelus. "Should've just ran faster."mumbled Demona.

Looking up towards my rescuer, I saw Seishin carrying me in their jaw.

Seishin is a half white, half black, fox made of Yin/Yang energy. Angelus is the yin energy, and Demona is the yang. When working as one their name is Seishin, the Japanese term for spirit. Fitting since that's where I found them.

While Seishin carried me I used one of the charms on my collar to contact Shadow. "Shadow! Bring the Tardis to the bottom of the volcano!"

"No need. We are on our way to pick you up! Once she felt you were in danger she ran off towards you guys." Shadow answered.

"Good, you're already on board then."

"Yeah she picked me up at the market. I'll be waiting in the med bay for you guys." "Right I see her now, see you in a sec."

Here she came, running along the ground to get us out of here. Pantera, a panther shaped Tardis that I built from scratch. My baby, hmm going to have to check her anti-gravity coils soon.

"heads up everyone Pantera is almost here, get ready to jump" I yelled.

Pantera, five feet away, opened her mouth wide and we all leapt into it. Just in time as well, she started to disappear as a wave of lava came upon us.

"All right everyone that needs healing go to the med bay I'll be there in a minute" said Reina.

We all complied though Seishin had to carry me do to the injury I got from the boulder. Once in the med bay we saw Shadow preparing beds and bandages. He saw us and hailed us over to the beds. Seishin and I shared one bed since we were small enough to do so. Soon enough Reina came in and checked us out.

"Seishin your good to go. Just be sure to soak your fur in medicinal water every six hours or so. As for you Kissara, please change shape so that I can see the damage in your human form"

I complied and she pulled the shrapnel out of my leg. After that, she wrapped it up in the bandages that Shadow had put out as well as layered the wrappings with medicinal herbs.

"That's that" sighed Shadow
"Remind me not to go to Pompeii for a while" I replied.
"How about we have a vacation, a peaceful one?" asked Angelus
"Yeah we could go to that New York place Shadow's been reading about" replied Demona.
"Alright how about hmm lets say around the 80's?" asked Reina
"I'll set it up in the morning. For now let's everyone have a rest" I complied.

Soon after everyone went to their rooms, and lay down for a well deserved rest.

A shadow flickered on the badly paved road, and the next moment a huge dog, black as night, carrying two passengers on it's back, appeared out of the air.

"I am never doing that again," said Noah vehemently, half sliding, half falling off the giant hell hound's back.

"You say that every time we shadow travel," said Sophie, sliding gracefully down and landing squarely on her feet. The hell hound lay down, head on it's paws.

"Then there is probably a reason," said Noah, holding his stomach.

"You know, you're looking a little green," said Sophie, tilting her head and squinting at Noah. "Are you sure you're all right?"

His only answer was a groan.

She looked ruefully down at her twin, bent over on his knees, holding his stomach. "Here," she said holding out her hand.

"That's OK, I think I'll stay here."

"Noah, come on," said Sophie, tugging on Noah's arm and yanking him up. "You know it's not safe here." She glanced around at the deserted street. Trash lay on the curbs, dirt and grime covering everything else. The eighteenth century houses crowded each other, leaning in on the street, blank windows staring like eyes.

"About that," said Noah, straightening up, hand still pressed to his stomach. "Why do we always end up here? Why don't we just go straight to Angela's and skip the danger?"

"You know why," said Sophie, frowning at him. "This is the only fault line that has enough power in this world to handle the shadow travel. The only accessible one, anyway."

They shared a grim look.

A few years ago they would have been able to use Grand Central Station. A major fault line ran beneath it, making it a hotspot for magical activity. Unfortunately, the entrance now lay buried underneath a few tons of debris. If they tried to use it, they would be crushed instantly. Not exactly the way they intended to die.

A loud whine came from behind them, jumping their focus back to the present. "What is it, Scraps?" asked Sophie, moving back to the giant hell hound.

He was a nicely sized hell hound, five feet tall when standing on all four paws, with soft brown eyes and a large pink tongue hanging out the side of his mouth. A moment ago he had been laying on his side, tired after the shadow traveling, but now he was sitting up, ears alert.

"We should get out of here," said Noah, looking around edgily.

"Oh, now you'll listen," said Sophie, patting Scraps.

"Well, Scraps can be pretty convincing."

Sophie just shook her head at him.