Novel: Night World Series

Genre: Romance and Adventure

Characters: Delos and Maggie

~ I do NOT own the Night World Series… I wish I did though

*Italics signify they are speaking to each other mentally!

A trip to remember

It had been months, almost a year, since Maggie and Delos had escaped the hostile situation that occurred at the castle in the mountains and they'd settled in one of the safe houses (a massive mansion) that circle daybreak set up for them. Delos had objected adamantly to the new arrangements but somehow Aradia convinced him that it was safer for Maggie to stay in the outside world and he buckled. It was awkward at first for Maggie to be given the royal treatment by the other members of the former Night World but for Delos however, it was just normal treatment. People bowed down to him, vampires twice his height and buffed to the extreme kneeled before him and Maggie. It probably had to do with the fact that Delos was the Vampire prince and he happened to have the power of the blue fire. He wasn't the only one with this power; there were three others, two of whom Maggie had met several times before.

Somehow the witches had convinced Maggie's parents into to letting her stay with them and once they had given consent both Maggie and her brother, Miles, were whisked away. Maggie, however, ended up going off to the vampire head of the circle daybreak, Thierry. Once she'd been taken away from her mother, father and brother poor Maggie had felt alone and scared even with Delos by her side; she was in an unknown place and still had very little understanding of the feared Night World. For the first few days she had refused to leave Delos' side as they were transported to Nevada by car, which took a while since they were in Washington after all (about 16 hours drive but they drove only in the morning to minimize any chance of attacks).

New faces and voices bombarded her as she and Delos traveled onward to meet Thierry and his soulmate, Hannah, at their mansion. They were nice to the both of them, very helpful, but busy. That was where the other girl that possessed the blue fire, Jez, met Delos and Maggie for the first time and even others who had set up circle daybreak in different states. During this time Hannah tried to give the scared soulmate a crash course on the Night World with as much knowledge she, an old soul, could give but the auburn haired girl was too confused and scared to really hear everything she said. The others had seen this and were sensitive to her situation offering her everything she needed while in their care. It was a nice stay at Thierry's mansion but the visit didn't last long and after four days they were finally taken to the mansion they would be living in.

The new abode was impressive to say the least with high ceilings, which gave it an almost medieval feel to it. Large couches and chairs where set by a fireplace and long tables made of the finest of stone were scattered about. It was a bit scary that the house was filled with all stone furniture since Delos was a vampire and couldn't have wood around him, but Maggie didn't think too much of it. She just took to enjoying her days with her soulmate whether they rode horses together or just lay there on the large couch side-by-side talking. It was like a dream for the human girl who was only recently worrying about schoolwork and the soccer team. Everything she once believed in was a lie and although she could feel her world crumbling just being with Delos helped hold all of the pain back. The pain could not be brought out to spoil the time they had together and so she hid the emotions deep inside of her as she relished in living. This however was short lived because after a total of two weeks of living in the mansion one of the maids, a shape shifter, handed Delos a letter that would change things drastically for Maggie.

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It was on the first week of being left alone in the empty mansion that she and Delos had been given that Maggie had all of the fear and loneliness pour out all at once. She sat there in the living room floor letting the tears she'd bravely held back flow out knowing no one would see her. She felt ashamed at her weakness now, where was Steely Neely, the liberator from the prophecies? Now that Delos was temporarily gone she could feel herself crumble little by little and she couldn't stop herself. Unfortunately Delos had been taken to a training camp in a remote area with the other wild power (at that time it just Jez and Delos) to learn control and managing the affects of using the blue fire power. It was vital for him to go especially with the problem he had with his arm every time he'd used his powers.

He had insisted that Maggie be taken with him but the elders automatically rejected that idea preferring she stayed away from any harm that the other untrained wild power posed. Unlike Delos, Jez was new to the power they possessed and was still learning how to control it. It was said that she didn't even know she had the power until just recently and found out about it accidentally. Also it wasn't like she was the only one left behind; Jez had also left her soulmate behind to go training. Before Delos left he stared into her wide honest eyes, golden eyes softening as he saw Maggie blush at the sudden closeness.

"I'll be back as soon as possible" he whispered into her ear as he pulled her into a tight hug. "Sorry I couldn't take you with me but the moment they let us go I'll head right over" his silky voice reverberated in her mind making her shiver at the sudden contact. Smiling the sorrel-eyed girl nodded and made to kiss him but stopped short.

"Can you make sure I'll be alone here until you're back?" She asked silently with her forehead pressed against his. "I'll hold you to that promise" She linked her arms around his neck and smiled sadly.

"Consider it done" Delos pressed his lips softly against Maggie's and took absolute pleasure in the feeling of absolute peace as their minds melted into each other. An explosion of colors erupted except for one spot in Maggie's mind that remained gray. Delos tried to pry into the problem but Maggie covered it desperately.

"What is it? What's wrong?" concern had taken over the prince as his hold on Maggie tightened protectively.

"Nothing, I'm fine" Pushing the gray area in, the area disappeared and although Delos was still worried he took her word. He deepened the kiss until she broke it off for air. "Be careful when you train" Maggie warned as she stared down at his arm that had been almost completely healed. The witches had sent their best healers to help Delos and it helped to have Maggie there to stop the ruthless prince from using his power without probable cause.

"Do not worry about such trivial things, I'll be fine" Once again his striking golden eyes stared into now half lidded brown ones as he hugged her one last time before he walked out the door with Maggie a couple steps behind. Getting into the spotless white stretched limo he could see his one and only soulmate waving from the door with a sad smile on her face that had his heart tighten quite a bit. "Please don't look too upset, I'll be back," Delos said through their connection as the car drove off into the secluded place.

Slowly Maggie walked back into the mansion her heart heavy and eyes slightly wet but no tears were running. She locked the door behind her and went into her room to lay there on her bed. Staring up at the ceiling she marveled at the mural painted elegantly with soft shades of pink, white, yellow and green. The garden of soft flowers and warm sunshine looked down on her reminding her that she couldn't return to see those scenes with Miles or her parents. It wasn't their faults or anyone else's; fate had just been cruel in some aspects. As the hours passed she continued to lay there refusing to eat when lunch time came and even as dinner time rolled around she merely shook her head when asked if she was hungry. She had continued to stay as a zombie for the next few days only speaking when spoken to and leaving her room to use the facilities.

Delos had called her every night, which had helped ease the pain that grew in her heart. His silky voice had sung her to sleep a couple of times and had comforted her when she'd told him of the nightmares she'd often get. Although she tried to put on a brave face and sound chipper Delos could tell she wasn't fine. In fact he knew she wasn't, the maids had told him she wasn't eating before they'd left as he promised. They even told them that at night Maggie would cry out for her parents and brother in her sleep, but they couldn't do anything for her. Upon hearing this Delos had almost ran over to the mansion from God only knows where they were keeping him but he was held back by the witch crone who was visiting the area to see how the progress was going.

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"Where do you think you are going young prince?" an old strong old voice asked effective stopping Delos from leaving. The elderly woman's white hair seemed to move about randomly as the wind began to pick up.

"I'm leaving" Delos simply answered as he continued walking away not even turning to regard her properly. His hair was tousled and dark as a wind blew over him.

"Giving up this early? I thought you were trained since a young age but I guess this was too much for such a young man" the old witch used her teasing voice as she saw the young man stop once more and turn.

"This is not too much for me and do not speak to me in such a manner. The witches may be on our side now but that doesn't mean you can speak as you see fit." Delos' eyes glowed a bright yellow as his anger escalated as she merely shrugged and walked over to a boulder.

"Child you have not lived long enough to know what you're saying, but I will forgive you this time. Is it your soulmate that is making you go on edge?" Grandma Harman asked as she saw the look of longing on his face. She chuckled as she saw him bristle knowing she was right.

"This does not concern you Witch Crone, I will go to her. She needs me." He was suddenly stopped by the woman's cane as he took a step forward.

"You need to stay here; you won't be much help to her when the apocalypse comes if you can't perfect the powers you possess. She needs you to stay here and get stronger. Do not leave the compound, especially if you want to protect her. If it makes you feel better I will go to her and help her" she replied in a low voice.

Delos stared into her wrinkled old face and knew he could trust her but the heaviness in his chest never ceased to burden him. Trying to reason with himself his logical side finally won and he only nodded his reply. This earned him a chuckled from Grandma Harman as she retracted her cane and began to walk away.

"You need to keep practicing dear vampire prince, the time for the inevitable is quickly approaching. Be careful Delos, do not worry about her, for now concentrate on bettering yourself." With that said a young assistant wearing a suit with black sunglasses led the old witch away into a waiting car.

'What a strange old woman' Delos thought to himself before anger got the best of him. He turned around once more slitting his wrist with the dagger he kept by his side and with a flick of the wrist a whole wall was taken down from the mountain in the distance. 'I'm still not strong enough' he mused as he saw the amount of destruction left after his attack, he was hoping the whole mountain would fall but only about a quarter of it did.

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After meeting with the ice prince of the vampires the witch crone set out to the mansion where she knew his soulmate would be staying. After checking with the werewolves sent by the head quarter to stay with Maggie (hiding outside) she found that the girl had not left the house in days. She frowned upon hearing this and called her teenage granddaughters Blaise and Thea to get some information on what teenagers nowadays liked. Although they were surprised by the sudden question they both honestly answered the witch before hanging up.

"Children these days are very strange" the old woman commented as she hung up the small black cell phone and returned it to her young driver and assistant. "You should probably park away from windows, she shouldn't know we're here just yet"

A curt nod was her only response back as the young man pulled the car over to a tree by the mansion covering the car from view by the shrubs surrounding the trees. After parking the man quickly got out of the car and helped Grandma Harman out and led her across the clearing to the door. He then stepped aside and allowed the witch crone to ring the doorbell. At first there was no answer to the bell but moments later the door opened just a crack and small voice called out "who is it?"

Snickering at the irony of the situation the old witch opened the door further and walked in. Inside she saw the rather small girl dressed in a loose fitting dark blue pajama pants with a long sleeved white shirt. Maggie looked absolutely horrible with unkempt hair sticking out in every which direction and dark bags under her eyes.

"You seem to have had a bad week" Grandma Harman replied airily as she took a seat on the large couch sighing at the feel of the comfortable material under her.

"Uhm- who are you?" Maggie asked staring at the elderly woman sitting across from where she stood. Afraid the woman was a werewolf or vampire sent to kill her now that Delos was off training, no longer able to protect her.

"You must be Maggie Neely; it's a pleasure to meet you dear. I am Edgith Harman, you may call me Grandma Harman if you'd like." The elderly woman sighed as she sat up and grabbed one of Maggie's hands and sat her down on the couch. She was getting a bit tired of watching the girl stand there looking like a poor doe in headlights, she was under the impression the girl was tuff and self-dependent. The girl she was looking at was broken and well weak looking.

"Grandma?" Maggie asked unsure of the title she was giving this complete stranger who had just barged into the mansion and got comfortable on the couch. "Okay, I'm confused, how do you know who I am? And why are you here?" Upon the silence following her questions Maggie raised an eyebrow before weakly adding "No offense"

"No that's alright, I should have known better than to wait this long to explain things" Grandma Harman set her gray/purple eyes onto Maggie's caramel brown ones and sighed. "I came to check up on you since you obviously haven't been taking care of yourself since Delos left" the old woman bluntly replied as she patted Maggie's leg.

"Look, I'm perfectly fine-" Maggie began before she was silenced by a wrinkled old hand. She was then helped up and the old lady led her through the house until they ended up in the bathroom staring at the mirror. The human's eyes widened as she took into view the knotted hair that seemed even more disorganized than the time she pretended to be a servant and her sickly pale skin. Her hands automatically went to her dry chapped lips feeling the drained skin rub against her fingers. She looked horrible to say the least and she felt a bit embarrassed to be seen like this in front of the Witch Crone (she had been told about her during her time with Thierry).

"I assure you now that you're not fine." Grandma Harman spoke in a stern tone that made Maggie blush a dark crimson. She sighed before picking up a discorded hair band and began to tie the brunette's hair into an appropriate pony tail before opening the different cabinets in an attempt to find any beauty care items.

"Middle left drawer" Maggie pointed to the drawer as she began to rinse her face in an attempt to look a bit more presentable.

"Good" Grandma Harman pulled out a bottle of skin lotion as well as some chap stick before smothering a good portion of the lotion onto her palm. She waited until Maggie had dried her face before smothering a good amount onto Maggie's face. Once the face was sufficiently moisturized the old lady began to assault the young girl's lips with the stick of balm.

"That wasn't really necessary you know" Maggie muttered as she was finally left alone. The old woman had pushed a fluffy white towel and some change over to the stunned brunette after rummaging through the girl's closet for a while.

"I know, but we've got to get you back together" the crone replied making Maggie sigh as she closed the door and began to shower. 'Well I guess things are going to get interesting' Maggie thought as she closed her eyes as hot water shot onto her body.

A/N: Hey I've been working on this for a while and have finally decided this is probably a do or die moment. It was either put this up now and face the comments that will probably criticize the Maggie I've imagined or delete it. Well, this is the first chapter of this story and I hope you like it. If you'd like please leave a comment and tell me what you think… just be merciful. XD TheRussianGaaraKid out!