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( P.S. My old Chapter 3 got lost due to some very f***ed up glitch with the FanFiction system. If i manage to get it back I will include it as a deleted scene after the story is over. )

( HEADMASTER'S OFFICE )

Justin and Brooke entered the headmaster's office, Brooke still in complete and utter shock over what had happened, Justin helping her into the room, Princess Luna riding on Justin's shoulder. Headmaster Ambrose looked over at the two students as Justin helped Brooke into a chair. Once she was seated, he put a hand on her cheek, whIspered somethIng reassurIng to her, then turned toward Merle Ambrose, who, along with Mr. Lincoln, who stood behind the headmaster, clipboard in his hands, was looking at the two of them in confusion.

"Justin Soulhunter?" Ambrose asked, still watching him carefully. "What happened? And what's wrong with your little friend there?"

"Headmaster, we have a situation." Justin told the headmaster, cutting right to the chase. "There has been an attack on a student's castle. At least 12 students are now dead."

The headmaster and Mr. Lincoln both looked at Justin, with looks in their face's that told the young ice wizard they were not expecting that. "WHAT!? Are you serious?" Mr. Lincoln said, a slight hint of shock in his voice.

"Yes, you heard that correctly." Justin said, looking over at Brooke and making sure she was still OK, minus her current state of shock. He looked back at Ambrose. "Brooke here alone just barely survived." He reported to the two.

"Hmm. Most troubling." The headmaster replied. He looked at Brooke. "Can you tell us what happened, Brooke?"

She just looked up and sobbed, still unable to talk. Justin stepped up to the desk. "She's in shock right now cause of what she saw. I'm afraid she'll be a little, uh... "Defective" for a little while." Justin told the headmaster, air quoting the word "Defective".

"Hmm. Very well. Justin, how long ago did this happen?" Mr. Lincoln asked. Justin looked at him. "Not even 15 minutes ago. She came to me before we came here. She already told me what happened. I couldn't believe it when I heard it." He said to Mr. Lincoln, Unable to get that image of Brooke entering his home with that horrified expression on her face out of his mind.

'Will i be seeing that forever?' He wondered.

"Would you mind repeating what she said to us?" Ambrose asked. Justin nodded, then turned to Brooke again, making sure she was still fine. He turned back to the headmaster and Mr. Lincoln.

"In that case, you might want to pull up a chair, Mr. Lincoln. This might be a little long." He said, before looking back at Brooke again, then back to Ambrose and Mr. LIncoln. "You haven't had lunch yet, have you?"

"No. Why do you ask?" Ambrose asked him. Justin gave Ambrose a grim look.

"Cause what your about to hear might make you sick." He said, and he knew in his heart he meant it.

"Oh dear. Well, lets have it." Mr. Lincoln said, sitting down in a chair to the right of the desk.

( 10 MINUTES LATER... )

Both Ambrose and Mr. Lincoln were in utter shock over what they had just heard. Justin himself, having taken a seat next to Brooke, who still sat in complete silence, had thoughts of what Brooke had really seen running through his mind. He was sure this was no joke or prank she had pulled. He knew from the minute she told him everything that had happened this was the real deal.

"Justin, are you sure all this is correct?" Ambrose asked the young ice wizard, who simply looked back at the headmaster and nodded.

"Well, would it be alright if we went to the castle and took a look around? I'll need to know who died so i know who's names to put up in memorial." Mr. Lincoln asked Justin. The Soulhunter just nodded as he looked at him.

"I'm sure that would be fine. I want to get over there and see if this is true myself." Justin told them.

Brooke made a slight sighing noise, which turned Justin's attention back to her. She looked up at him and pulled out a small key from her robe pocket and handed it to him. "Here. It's the key to the castle. It'll let you in. Just... be careful. I don't want to go back there. I'm afraid... if I do..." She didn't get to finish her sentence, as her eyes then slipped closed and she started to fall off the chair, but luckily, Justin was there to catch her.

"Brooke?" Justin asked, still unaware of her condition. He put her back up in the chair and checked her breathing. She was still taking slow, soft breaths. He let out a sigh of relief, she had just fallen unconscious. The stress of what she had seen must have been to much for her to handle. On top of that, she had just told him that she had broken up with her boyfriend a few days before, and last time he had seen her, she was still suffering from that a great deal.

'Its amazing how much something as simple as stress can affect the body.' Justin thought to himself. He looked back at Ambrose and Mr. Lincoln.

"She's OK. It seems she's passed out." He told the headmaster and Mr. Lincoln, who had gasped when Brooke started falling over.

"Hmm. Very well. As long as she's not hurt. Professor Wu is busy today." Ambrose replied. He then turned to Mr. Lincoln. "Shall we go to the castle and see what has happened?"

"Yes. I say we should. We need to make sure this isn't some kind of prank." He replied.

Justin tossed the key to the castle to Ambrose and Mr. Lincoln. "Here. You go on ahead to the castle. I'm going to take Brooke here to my castle. She'll be safe there." He said, grabbing his bow and putting it on his back, then picking up Brooke gently in his arms. Princess Luna flew up and landed on Justin's shoulder. "I'll catch up with you soon."

"Very well. Make it quick, though. We don't need two more students going missing on us." Ambrose said, as he picked up the key and handed it to Mr. Lincoln. " Mr. Lincoln, go on ahead of me and wait by the world gate. I want to write a notice for the teachers and students to be on the lookout for this dark Death wizard." He said, pulling out a fresh roll of parchment and dipping a feather into his ink well. As he started writing on the parchment, Mr. Lincoln went out the door and headed for the World Gate in Ravenwood, Justin already long gone, having teleported back to his castle, Brooke ( out cold ) and Princess Luna in tow.

( AS JUSTIN'S ROYAL ESTATE )

Justin quickly went inside the house, closed the door behind him, and went up to the third floor, where the bedroom was. Two beds sat close to each other, one in the corner, with an Ice plague above it, the other closer to the stairs, with a Fire plague above it.

Justin put Brooke on the bed with the fire plague, making sure to put her hat on the bedside table and her wand next to it. Justin couldn't help but notice how cute she looked laying there, taking slow, steady breaths. But as much as he wanted to stay here and admire her beauty, he had a job to do.

"Don't worry, Brooke. I'll figure out who did this. So please rest for now." He told her softly. He stood and grabbed his bow ( which he had put down by the bed ), then turned to Princess Luna, who had landed next to Brooke's hat and wand.

"Princess Luna, stay here and watch over her, OK? I'll be back soon." He told her, as he hurried for the stairs.

"OK. Be careful, Justin!" She told him as he hurried down the stairs and ran out of the house, closing and locking the door behind him. Luna flew over and landed on top of the bed board, looking down at the sleeping Brooke.

"Don't worry, Brooke, you'll be OK. Justin will be back soon." She whispered.

( AT BROOKE's ROYAL PLAYHOUSE )

The headmaster, Mr. Lincoln, and Justin all stepped out of the world gate, taking in the horrid sight before them. Ambrose gasped, Mr. Lincoln's eyes widened, and Justin was sure his eyes were deceiving him. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Both buildings were burned to the ground, only the foundations remained. The 12 or so dead students still littered the ground, unmoved and unchanged since Brooke had left here not to long ago.

'Mary, mother of God! Who in the world could have done this?' Justin wondered to himself, as both Ambrose and Mr. Lincoln went forward and started checking the dead bodies. Ambrose glanced at the somewhat big hole in Alex's chest, which punctured his heart. Mr. Lincoln was examining the young Myth girl who's blood the Death wizard had tasted. He frowned and put the young girl down.

"Headmaster, who could have done this?" Mr. Lincoln asked, unsure who would be cruel enough to do something this awful.

"Somebody who has no regards for causing such horrid pain to innocent people. I just know it." Ambrose replied, who had stood up from Alex's corpse. Mr. Lincoln just stood in place, unsure of what to do beside write on his clipboard.

'He's making a list of the dead student's names.' Justin told himself.

Justin then took a closer look around. The table which held the party cake was smashed into pieces, the cake itself splattered all over the grass, the candles all scattered about. Some of the trees were burnt to ashes, and the grass around both buildings was brown from being burnt. The other plant life around the castle was completely burnt and charred, a sign that a horrid fire was just burning here. The air was thick with the foul smell of death and blood, and smoke continued to rise into the sky. Blood was splattered all around the party table.

'If only Matthew could see this.' The Soulhunter thought.

Justin was unsure of what to do. He remembered what Brooke had told him. As he looked over at the burning buildings, he suddenly realized this was the work of a crazed madman, somebody who had lost all the ties they had once held with normal human emotions. This was the work of somebody who knew not the meaning of the words "Pain," "Suffering," or "Death." He also knew that this man was after somebody called "The Shadow Princess", and he was willing to go to any length to find that person.

"We need to get back to the school and report this. The student's must be warned that there's a crazy murderer on the loose." Ambrose said grimly, stepping toward Justin, who appeared to be lost in thought. "Justin? Are you with us?" He asked the young wizard.

Justin immediately snapped back to his sense's. He looked up at the headmaster. "I think I know what this madman is after." He said quietly, unable to raise his voice any higher.

"And what might that be?" Mr. Lincoln asked, stepping closer. Justin looked at him.

"Do you remember what Brooke said? He was after someone called The Shadow Princess. That's why he attacked this place. And why he kidnapped that Rebecca girl." Justin said, recalling what Brooke had told him. "He's after the Shadow Princess, whoever that is."

"Hmm. It would make sense. And it appears he won't stop until he finds whoever that is. Don't you agree?" Ambrose asked Mr. Lincoln, who nodded at the headmaster in agreement.

"So what do we do?" Justin asked, clearly at a loss over what to do next.

"Notify the teachers to be on the lookout for this man. And warn the students of the situation. They need to be sure to lock their doors at night." Ambrose said. Mr. Lincoln pipped up. "In that case, I better go round up the teachers. Justin, what are you going to do now?" He asked the ice wizard.

Justin turned to him. "For now, go back to my castle and watch over Brooke. She shouldn't be left alone at a time like this." He said to both headmaster Ambrose and Mr. Lincoln. "I'll come by later to hear the announcement, after Brooke wakes up."

"Hmm. Very well. Let's be off then. Mr. Lincoln, go ask some of the teachers if they can help you carry the bodies back to Wizard City. We need to prepare for a funeral service." Ambrose said, before looking back at the dead bodies. "Correction: Make that several funeral service's." The headmaster added.

"Right away, headmaster." Mr. Lincoln said quickly. And so, with goals in mind, the 3 set out for there destinations, the headmaster back to his office to finish his notification for the school, Mr. Lincoln to fetch help with the bodies, and Justin back to his home to check on Brooke. He wouldn't leave her alone now, in her time of need, especially after what had happened.

'Don't worry Brooke. I won't let them have you. I will protect you, at any and all costs.'

( EMERGENCY NOTICE TO ALL RAVENWOOD STUDENT'S BY HEADMASTER MERLE AMBROSE! )

A recent attack on a fellow student's castle has left 12 innocent student's dead and 2 more missing. A lone survivor has been recovered

and any and all information she may have on this horrible happening is being collected as we speak. In the meantime, all student's are

advised to stay in there home's whenever unoccupied with other business, with all doors and windows firmly locked. If you must travel,

travel in groups of 2 or more, and remember to lock your door's before you leave home. Service's for the deceased will be held on Friday

at 3:00 PM at Golem Court. Please attend.

( Author's Notes )

Whew! The plot thickens! So yep. Looks like Ambrose is taking action to find whoever attacked Brooke and everyone else at the party.

The next couple of chapters will feature Brooke recovering from her state of shock, as well as Justin looking for more clues on this dark wizard who did this horrid act of violence, as well as looking for clues about The Shadow Princess.

Be sure to stay tuned for Chapter 4!