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WHOOOOOO this is my longest chapter ever! I hope you guys really enjoy it and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review. I put a lot of effort into this chapter and if you like it I would love to know :)
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Lissa jumped to her feet as orbs swirled into the room, glittering slightly, before they reformed into Rose. "Are you ok...did you guys get the baddie?"
Rose nodded, "yep, we went all power of three on him and he went poof!"
Lissa hugged her best-friend, "I'm glad your not hurt"
"Uncle Leo healed me up...soooo I'm all good now".
Lissa chewed at her lip, "I wish I could help...but I'm not a witch like you...and I can't even help with research 'cos I can't read good enough".
Rose shifted uneasily, "um...Auntie Piper and Aunt Phoebe wanna know if you want to practice you elements with them...and learn potions with me. You won't be fighting demons...it would just be in case something..um..it's just 'cos we don't want you to get hurt...not that you're gonna...but maybe...um, I dunno".
A smile broke out across Lissas face, "I do want to...really really bad...so I can help you, 'cos you're always looking after me." Lissas smile faded slightly, "My elements won't be great 'cos I'm only five, Moroi don't specialize until we're older, before that we just have a little control over stuff...like putting out candles... freezing water and tiny gusts of breeze...and they don't even start teaching us that at school for another two years".
Rose nodded in understanding, "they just want you to have somefink to protect yourself with...Uncle Cole's been hearing rumours in the underworld about a Big Bad...and the Elders warned Uncle Leo...so...stuff could get...um..bad".
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"Aunt Piper are you and everybody definitely going to come and see the Christmas play?"
"We sure are Posy, we wouldn't miss it for the world...do you girls know what you are yet?"
Lissa and Rose nodded "yep...", the girls laughed as they realised that they had spoken at the same time.
Lissa continued "Rose is a Rat and I'm Narrator number 13"
"I get to squeak and run around the stage annoying the townspeople".
Phoebe laughed as she entered the attic, over hearing the conversation, "Well, that shouldn't be to difficult for you to manage Ladybug!".
Rose pouted and poked her tongue out at the witch in question.
Phoebe returned the gesture by crossing her eyes and baring her teeth, making the two girls giggle once more.
Piper rolled her eyes at her younger sister before bringing attention back to the matter at hand, "So...can either of you remember what ingredients go into a upper level demon vanquishing potion"
Lissa screwed up her face in concentration, she badly wanted to be able to help Rose and the sisters and potion making was one way to do this.
Rose bit her lip, "Mandrake root, Cardamom, Pigs foot...and...um"
Liss piped up, "Juniper berries...Carrot seeds and..."
The two girls looked at each both unsure on the sixth and final ingredient.
Rose suddenly smiled, "and a whole cockle shell".
Piper and Phoebe both clapped. "Well done you two. You're both doing amazingly well".
Rose and Lissa high-fived at the praise, pleased they had remembered the potion they had been taught two weeks before.
Phoebe looked down at her watch, "Now before we get Leo to orb you girlies back to St. Vlads...we have a little bit of time to practice using your powers. Rose your going to be with Piper and I. Lissa, Cole and Leo are going to work with you...is that ok with the two of you?".
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Lissa nodded as she listened to the instructions Cole and Leo where giving her.
Leo cleared his throat, "so last practice Phoebe had you putting out small candle flames, this time we are going to see if you can put out a slightly larger amount of fire".
Cole raised his palm and a small fireball, no larger than a golf-ball, floated above his hand, "we want to see if you can put out a few of these...so whenever you're ready, just give it a go".
Nervously, Lissa replied, "Yep...I can do that".
Leo smiled "we know you can, now just focus on your elemental control and do whatever feels right".
Lissas brow furrowed as she concentrated on the glowing ball of fire. Stretching her palm out, she slowly balled her hand into a fist. The glow of the fireball dimmed and its fiery heat diminished as the ball slowly shrank to almost half its size before sizzling out completely.
Leo and Cole whooped and cheered as the moroi succeeded. Lissa sat down, slightly drained as she smiled, pleased with herself, "Can I try again but with more fire this time please".
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Rose wiggled as her Aunt Piper tied a blindfold around her eyes, cutting off her vision of the room.
"Ok Ladybug...I need you to concentrate on your power of premonition. Really focus on what is going on around you and what might soon be happening around you...any changes in the rooms energy...".
Rose closed her eyes and pictured the room in her mind, reaching out to 'sense' the flow of energy in the attic.
"Good girl, Now all you have to do is avoid being hit, no freezing the entire room allowed, by the cotton balls Piper and I are going to throw. Do you think you can do that?"
Rose nodded.
Piper grinned, "Ok we're gonna start any-time from...Now".
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Lissa laughed as she looked at her friend. The cotton balls Piper and Phoebe had been throwing at Posy had been enchanted to stick to whatever they hit. Rose was currently dodging and freezing the remaining balls being thrown at her, whilst the thirty plus balls she'd missed at the beginning of the exercise clung to her hair and clothing. Lissa watched as Phoebe picked up the final ball and threw it at Rose, who froze it almost as soon as it had left her Aunties hand. Lissa clapped at her Besties success along with the rest of the room, then laughed at the expression on Roses face when she saw her fluffy, white accessories.
Rose pulled a face then smirked as she ran up to Lissa and hugged her, the balls sticking to both girls.
Leo chuckled as his niece and her best-friend groaned when they realised they were now magically stuck to each other. He waved his hands and orbed the balls off their clothing and into a bin-bag.
Piper smiled, "you two did amazingly today...we're all really proud of you both".
The other three adults nodded in agreement.
Rose looked at Lissa questioningly, "Can I see what you did today?"
Lissa looked over at Cole who nodded. He raised a hand a threw a fireball slightly larger than a tennis ball towards her. Before Lissa had a chance to do anything the fireball froze, motionless in the air.
She turned to Rose and rolled her eyes, "Unfreeze it and watch".
Rose raised her hands and the fireball started speeding towards Lissa, closely followed by several more Cole was creating. Lissa lifted both hands and in fast succession, quickly closed her hands into fists five times.
Rose cheered at her friends success as the fireballs fizzled out into nothing. "Whooo, that was awesome Liss!".
Leo smiled, "it certainly was...now I think it's time to orb both of you back to school, don't you have a dress rehearsal in the morning?".
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"SQUEEEEAAAK, squeak, squeak"
Guardian Alto rubbed his fingers against his temples in a lame attempt to stave off his oncoming headache. He glared at the three students causing him the most grief, "You three STOP making that inane noise or you will all be in detention...understand?".
Rose grinned at two of her fellow rats, Mason and Eddie. Before speaking up, "but you told us we where gonna to be practising our lines...Stan".
"Miss Halliwell, you will refer to me as Guardian Alto. And those who need to are practising ... you, Mr Ashford and Mr Castile are all very well versed in the art of being annoying little Rats...therefore I see no reason for the three of you to rehearse the behaviour that comes so naturally to you". Stan turned around and missed the three troublemakers pulling faces at his back.
Rose pouted and lay flat on her back, "being a rat is boooring...".
Mason nodded in agreement, "It's not fair, the Moroi got all the good parts".
Eddie sighed, "I wanted to be the Pied Piper...I got a recorder for my Birthday, sooo I practised reeeaaaalllyy hard...I could have been awesome".
Mason laughed at the idea of Eddie playing the recorder but nodded in support due to his status as Eddies best-friend, "You'd have been the bestest. Stupid Andre Dramogir is the Piper instead...it's only 'cos he's eight years old".
Rose rolled her eyes and scowled, "It's Dragomir dummy and he's not stupid...he's Lissas big brother".
"oooooooh Posys likes Andre...Posy likes Andre"
"Do not...and shut up or I'll punch you both" Rose threatened.
Eddie and Mason immediately stopped teasing Rose, she might be five and one of the only girls in their class but they knew she was top of kindergarten-combat for a reason. They both looked down, "Sorry Rose".
Rose glared once more but lowered her fists, "good...now I'm gonna go find Lissa...you two gonna come?".
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Lissa and Rose peered through a gap in the curtains that hid the stage from view of the audience. "There's my Mummy and Daddy, ooooh and Uncle Victor, Natalies Dad, he's sat near them...look Rose, there they are, right at the front!".
Rose smiled and nodded at her friend, "Yep, I see them...can you see my family anywhere?".
Lissa bit her lip and continued scanning the crowd, "No..not yet".
Rose was suddenly aware of a presence standing behind he, she slowly started to turn around, hands ready to blow up a demon if necessary.
"You guys spotted anyone you know yet?"
Lissa squeaked in shock and Rose rolled her eyes and lowered her hands before nodding and turning back to peer through at the crowd, "Yep...only Lissas family though".
Mason nodded, "budge over. Me and Eddie want to see".
Lissa and Rose moved over slightly, giving a little bit of room for Mason and Eddie to look through.
"Look Mase, there's your Mum"
Mason frowned, "Where? I can't see her".
Eddie tried to point to the place where Mrs Ashford was sat,
"I still don't see her..."
The sound of a throat clearing came from behind the four children, "None of you should be able to see anything, considering you've all been told that no-one is allowed on stage until after the show".
The misbehaving foursome shuffled nervously. "Sorry Guardian Petrov, it won't happen again".
Alberta nodded, "make sure that it doesn't. Now the curtain's coming up soon, so all of you should go get in place".
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"For the love of God...Leo...Leo"
Phoebe interrupted her sister, "um...Pipes...maybe we should just get Cole to Shimmer us three over and then Leo can orb in when..."
Cole finished off his wifes sentence, "...When he's finished with the elders".
The eldest Halliwell looked over at the pair and glared.
Phoebe shrugged, "or...ya know...not".
Piper shut her eyes and sighed before looking up, "LEO WYATT, if you don't orb your white-lighter butt down here in the next ten seconds...I swear to God...you will wish the Source was mad at you instead of me...Ten...nine...eight..."
Cole looked over at his wife and spoke sarcastically, "Phebes, your an empath, Is it me or do you think your sister's in a bad mood too".
Phoebe ignored him. Choosing to talk to Piper instead, "Honey, I really think..."
"Four...three...two...o..."
A swirl of orbs interrupted Pipers countdown. Leo looked at the three adults standing in the attic, "You three ready to go?".
Piper ground her teeth, "watch Posys show first...Vanquish husband later".
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"The Pied Piper has been really popular for schools to perform this Christmas. Daryl was telling me how his boys are performing it at their school as-well"
Leo sighed, "Unfortunately Phebes, that might not just be a coincidence, the elders where saying the same thing".
Piper scowled and looked at her husband, "I'm sorry...did you just say that you almost made us late for Roses first school show EVER...because the elders wanted to tell you that lots of other schools are performing the same fairytale?".
"Piper, he didn't make us late...the show doesn't start for another five minutes".
Piper huffed, "well it's his fault we've got bad seats at the back".
Cole interrupted the argument, "Why where the Elders telling you about school Christmas Shows Leo?"
Leo ran a hand through his hair, "Three other schools have performed the Pied Piper so far and in each show 13 of the children involved have gone missing and none of the audience have any recollection of watching the play. The Elders are worried it's linked to the darkness they've sensed coming".
Phoebe looked around, "Wait are you saying Rose and all the other kids are in danger?"
"I don't know Phoebe, I don't know. The Elders just want you to be on the lookout for anything strange and if something does happen Piper can freeze the room, then..."
"I'll freeze the room and then what Leo...we have no plan, no time to make a plan, no idea what we might be up against, no spell, no potion...what do you and the all powerful, all knowing, more important than your Wife and Niece, Elders suggest we do Leo, huh?"
Leo clenched his fists, "I'm sorry Piper Ok, I'm sorry we didn't get here super early like you wanted to...but I have a job that's important to me".
"You also have a Wife and Niece...aren't they important too?"
"Guys..."
Piper and Leo both ignored the interruption
"Of course you and Rose are important to me, but I'm not just a husband and an uncle, I'm a white-lighter as well Piper"
Phoebe snapped her fingers in front of the arguing couple, "Guys...the show is starting".
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Piper raised her camera, quickly snapping a photo of Rose in her costume as she raced across the stage and around the 'townspeople' squeaking like a Rat.
Phoebe lent over and whispered, "Ladybug looks so adorable up there. Look at her being all cute and mouse-like...she's so good, she should have a much larger part".
The elder of the two sisters grinned, "I agree but I think we might be a little biased Phebes".
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The audience clapped as the curtains closed signalling the end of the first half and the start of the intermission.
Phoebe clasped her hands to her chest, "awww did you see her, wasn't she brilliant, she looked so cute up there in her ears and tail. I could've run right up onto the stage and just hugged her".
Cole laughed, "Well I'm sure she's glad you didn't Love".
Phoebe pouted at Cole before turning in her seat to face her sister. "Piper, I think we should enrol Posy in acting classes, clearly she is incredibly talented...Oh, maybe she could star in a remake of 'Kill it Before it Dies'".
Piper laughed, "Phoebe, Rose was a very good Rat but she didn't have any lines...I don't think we should be calling her the next Jessica Alba or Grace Kelly just yet".
Leo looked up and shifted uncomfortably in his seat, "Um Sweetie...now that the Pied Piper has led off all the Rats...does that mean Roses part is all finished?"
Piper eyed her husband suspiciously, "Yes...I guess so. Why?"
Leo sighed, "the Elders are calling me and I..." He stopped talking as he saw the expression on his wifes face, "Piper I..."
Piper clenched her jaw and swallowed, trying to hold back the hurt and disappointment she felt, "Do your precious Elders not take anyone but themselves into consideration. Do we not get one day...just one day to try and be a normal family?" Piper sighed and looked at her husband, " I don't even know why we try and do stuff like regular, normal people any more. Just go Leo...just go".
Leo lent over and kissed Piper on the cheek, "I'm sorry Piper...we'll have to talk ab..."
Piper interrupted and finished the phrase regularly spoken between the two of them, "...about it later, I know".
"Bye Piper, I love you...see you back home". Leo smiled sorrowfully before standing up and walking to the exit, heading somewhere he could orb from undetected.
Phoebe gave he big sister a one armed hug, "You know he wants to be here. It kills him when he has to leave...but being a white-lighter is who he is Pipes, he'd clip his wings for you...but you've told him many times that you don't..."
"...want him to", Piper finished Phoebes sentence, "I know Phoebe...and I love Leo for being who he is. I just wish the Elders didn't demand so much from him, so much from all of us...is one uninterrupted evening so much to ask for?"
"No Piper of course it's not...that evening just doesn't happen to be tonight that's all...maybe you'll get lucky tomorrow night..." Phoebe waggled her eyebrows,
Piper elbowed her sister in return.
Phoebe laughed, "...Sorry, Be lucky tomorrow night instead!"
Cole lent across, "hate to interrupt ladies, but the second half is about to start".
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Lissa squeezed her brothers hand, "I can't do this Andre, I'm too nervous. What if I go wrong and all those people laugh at me?"
Andre winked at his baby sister. "Your gonna be super good Vasya'". Andre gave her a small push, "Your lines are really soon...go Vasilisa. You can do this".
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Lissa stood at the front of the stage, ready to say her lines. As she had rehearsed she joined hands with the other twelve Narrators and spoke,
"His siren song the townsfolk found
Lissa started to feel nauseous as the room began to spin and a sweet humming filled her ears,
Summoned children from all around
Lissa felt herself begin to sweat but the soft song filled her with peace, joy and happiness,
Their souls he threatened, he would take
The room was now spinning so fast that everything was a blur but she couldn't stop herself from speaking, despite the fact that all she wanted to do was listen to the beautiful melody that was echoing through her mind,
Leaving mourning families in his wake"
As the final words left her mouth, Lissas legs gave way beneath her. The last thing she saw before her world went black was a terrified looking Rose run forward, arms reached out towards her.
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Rose felt the familiar sense of foreboding trickle down her spine. She looked around the room trying to pinpoint what could have set her 'spidey senses' tingling. Seeing nothing suspicious she ventured closer to the edges of the wings in an attempt to get a good enough view of the audience to scan for anything demonic.
Roses eyes widened as she saw the entire audience (including her family at the back) with their eyes shut, heads lolling, locked in some kind of enchanted slumber. She looked around, positive that the demon responsible had to be in the room. Her attention was instead drawn to the stage where Lissa stood, apparently unaware of the sleeping audience, delivering her last two lines. Rose stood terrified as streaks of Black, Red and Grey circled the thirteen oblivious narrators. The streaks multiplied, blurring as they circled faster and faster until all you could see of the children in the centre of the mass was the light reflecting off Lissas shining platinum hair.
Rose suddenly sprang into action and darted forwards, grabbing hold of Lissas shoulder just before she was swallowed completely. Almost instantly an immense wind hit Rose, pulling her backwards. The force of it ripping her hands off Lissa and hurling her far away from the other children. Rose was spun uncontrollably by the wind for what felt like hours. Finally the air calmed and an unconscious Rose was dropped to the floor.
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Roses was confused the last thing she could recall was being thrown about by a whirlwind of red, black and grey...which explained why her stomach was churning and her head spinning. Her eyes snapped open as she remembered Lissa and the other children being taken. Blinking several times to clear her vision, Rose realised two important things...One-She was in a tunnel and Two-She was alone, this left her with two goals; Find Everyone, then Find a way out. Ignoring her nausea, Rose stumbled to her feet, keen to locate her missing friend. Immediately she fell to her knees vomiting. After she finished expelling the contents of her stomach. Rose used the sleeve of her costume to wipe her mouth clean before pulling herself back onto her feet and heading off to find the missing group of Narrators.
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After fruitlessly wandering around the maze of tunnels for almost an hour. Rose sat down on a rock in a concealed cave, that would hide her if any danger came around. "I'm never gonna find Lissa...I need Aunt Phoebe and Aunt Piper, but they're under a spell...I need help, but no one can here me calling...not even Uncle Leo". Tears of frustration and fear dripped down her face. Rose absent-mindedly twisted the gold ring, on her left hand, that had begun to tingle slightly against her skin, whilst hot tears continued to run down her cheeks, "I need someone to help me...Aunt Olly, Yeva...'Mitri".
Rose fell off her rock, startled as a sudden blinding flash of gold light filled the small cave she was sat in. A few seconds later, when the black dots that danced across her vision cleared, Roses jaw dropped.
"um... how did I get here Roza...and where exactly is here?"
After recovering from her moment of shock, Rose flung herself, now sobbing tears of relief, at Dimitri who wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly before raising his hands to her face and wiping the tears from her cheeks.
"Shhhhhhh...don't cry. I'm here now. But first you need to answer my questions and tell me where we are...Ok".
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It took Dimitri several minutes before he had managed to calm Rose down enough for her to explain what had happened. At the end of her story, Dimitri squeezed her hand, "You're not alone any more Roza...I'll help you and I'm twelve, so I'll look after you and we'll find everyone together...alright?"
Rose nodded, her hand tightly clutching Dimitris, "How are we gonna find Lissa and the others 'mitri?"
Dimitris brow furrowed as he thought, "Could we write a location spell...kinda like 'To Find A Lost Witch'... but not" he finished lamely.
Rose nodded, "that's a really good idea...I'm not very good at writing spells yet...cos I'm still learning to write...so how is it gonna go?"
Dimitri bit his lip, " How about it starts like...um...", he opened his mouth to start a spell, then closed it again. Before opening it...then closing it again. "I don't Roza...you don't have any ideas?".
Rose shook her head.. "No".
"ok, here I go...
Children Vanished before our eyes
A demon plotting their demise"
Dimitri hesitated at a loss as to what to say next.
Clearing her throat, Rose hesitantly said two final lines to finish the spell,
"My friend is gone, I really miss her
So Please, take us both to Vasilisa".
The two stood anxiously for a second before they both disappeared with a small pop.
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The two young Wiccans looked around the otherwise empty cavern the spell had placed them in.
Dimitri sighed, "I guess the spell didn't work then...we're gonna have to come up with another plan.
"Dimitri...look up there, near the roof...there's a hole...maybe it..."
"...leads to a tunnel. Awesome, well spotted Roza". Dimitri then pursed his lips, "but how are we going to get up there?"
Rose rolled her eyes before bending her knees slightly and jumping into the air.
Dimitris cheeks flushed with embarrassment as his friend rose 20 feet into the air, "Oh yeah...I..um, forgot you could levitate". He raised his hand and with a twitch of his fingers, propelled Rose forward into the entrance of the hole, "Well, can you see anything?"
"there's a tunnel...I'll go look...hold on"
Dimitri watched as his friend disappeared. Then waited nervously for her to return. The breath he didn't realise he'd been holding was released in a whoosh, as she came into view.
Rose nodded, "yep...I can see Lissa and the other narrators".
Dimitri grinned, "Great, lets get them and then get out...now how am I supposed to get up there..we can't all levitate!"
Rose chewed at her lower lip, "um, 'mitri...it's weird they're all just standing there in some kinda daydream...and there are some demons too".
"How many?"
Roses brow furrowed as she thought back to what she had seen in the cave at the end of the tunnel,"um..ten that look kinda like really ugly giant Rats and one in a Pied Piper costume like Andres, but different colours. So eleven".
Dimitri ran a hand threw his hair, "govno...Ok Rose, lets just worry about getting me up there with you, then we'll worry about the demon problem...and the Narrators...So..how can I get up there?".
Dimitri let out an undignified yelp as he found himself floating up towards the hole in the wall, where Rose was cheekily smiling at him as she used her telekinesis to pull him threw the air.
Dimitri scowled at her as his feet touched the floor of the tunnel, "a little warning would be nice next time Roza," then he reached out and gave her a hug, "great idea though!"
Rose returned the hug before releasing Dimitri and towing him to the tunnel exit.
Dimitri stopped them both from continuing on when they were just a few feet from the cave entrance. Slowly he edged the two of them forward until they where in a position where they could see the cave occupants, but couldn't be seen by them. After a few minutes of watching the area he squeezed Roses hand and led her back to where the tunnel had 'started'. "Ok...here's the plan".
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Rose reached out her hands to freeze the cave,
Dimitri watched as all but the demon in red, black and grey clothing froze "Why isn't it working on him?"
Rose chewed on a lock of her hair, "I don't know...he might be too far away".
Dimitri shook his head, "No, that's not it...look the two Rat-like demons behind him are frozen...try to just freeze just him this time...quickly before he realises everything else in the room is frozen".
Rose raised her hands and tried unsuccessfully to freeze the remaining demon, "Aunt Piper said some demons are amune...imenu...immune to molecoolar imoblation...um, she said it means they don't freeze".
Dimitris face fell, "but our whole plan was based on you being able to freeze everything...what are we going to do now?"
Rose shot Dimitri a nervous smile, before running out into the cave. "Make it up!"
Dimitri froze for a split-second, transfixed as a bolt of electricity flew threw the air towards a unsuspecting Rose, who was already busy fighting two of the now unfrozen rat demons. Dimitri acted on instinct, running forwards and sent a wave of energy out of his palms, vaporising the bolt and throwing the demon it came from a good ten metres across the cave. He turned to face the two of the three Rat-demons who where leaping towards him spitting streams of acid. Dimitri flicked a wrist, causing the jets of acid to deflect back. Vanquishing them.
Rose was tiring quickly, her attention was split between holding her shield over the group of kidnapped children, defending herself from the Pied-Piper demon who refused to freeze and vanquishing or freezing as many Rat-Demons as possible. Rose raised both hands and used one to blow up a Rat-demon that was sneaking up on Dimitri and the other to deflect a stream of acid to another. Whilst simultaneously levitating high into the air to avoid a bolt of electricity thrown by the Pied-Piper wannabe. Rose let out a agonised cry as a searing pain suddenly bit into her side. She fell from the air as the pain from acid melting her clothes and eating into her flesh drew her focus away from levitating.
"ROZA", Dimitri screamed as he saw his friend fall threw the air. Just before she was about to impact with the ground he thrust out a hand and held her centimetres from the cave floor. Dimitri directed a wave of energy at the Piper Demon and his few remaining Rat-demon. Buying himself enough time to run over to Rose. "Roza..are you alright?..Can you stand...open your eyes...please, just...look at me. Let me know your ok?" As Dimitri helped Rose stand up his expression changed from one of fear, to one of horror as he caught a glimpse of the damage the acid had caused. The skin was raw and blistered at the edges, while the part that had been directly hit by the acid was still being eaten away at and was bleeding copiously.
Rose was aware of nothing aside from the burning pain in her side as she clutched at Dimitris arm, tears of pain escaping from her tightly shut eyes, as the acid ate at her flesh. "'mitri, 'mitri".
Dimitris heart ached as Rose sobbed his name. A strange anger caught hold of him. How dare this demon...this foul, evil, low-life, twisted Monster, make His Roza cry. Dimitri hugged Rose closer to him as tears fell down her face. "shhhh Roza...shhhhhh, I'll get you out of here and then I'll call a white-lighter to heal you. Shhhhhh don't cry". Dimitri smiled as Rose opened her eyes. Before frowning as she suddenly pushed hard against his chest, throwing them both onto the ground. They slid along the floor for several metres, the sharp, loose stones cutting and scraping at their skin, before they came to a stop, slightly behind a Large Rock formation. Dimitri looked up and his eyes widened as a bolt of electricity flew straight at where his head had just been, "thanks Roza...can you...?".
Rose interrupted Dimitris question with a small nod, "Is Lissa ok?".
Dimitri was stunned that Rose was still thinking of her friend when she was badly injured. "Your friend is fine, she's protected by your...shield".
Roses eyes widened, due to the acid her focus had broken and her protective shield had dropped. She whipped around quickly just in time to see one of the Rat-demons about to plunge a ebony athame into Lissas chest. Instinctively Roses hands came up, freezing the demon and her eyes narrowed – the shield reappearing over the children. "How many demons are left 'mitri?"
Dimitri peered around the edge of the Rock, "four, including the one you just froze and the one that can shoot electricity".
"M'kay, so only three we need to worry about right now...and if I freeze the room..."
Dimitri nodded in agreement, "then we only have to worry about the main one...are you sure you're gonna be ok to fight?"
Rose shrugged, "Lissas in trouble, I have to save her...she's my bestest friend...along with you".
Dimitri smiled, "ok...So, we need another spell..."
He was interrupted by the soft crooning hum of the Piper-Demon. Dimitri found himself smiling giddily and suddenly thinking that, Yes...they should just go out towards the source of the song and follow the beautiful melody forever, it made him feel so peaceful, calm and happy. He was just about to crawl out from behind the rock when he was snapped out of the trance by the true cackling voice of the demon. "Come out little children...If you come out now, you can join your friends...and you'll souls will get to stay with them forever...you can't hide much longer and help isn't coming...I can promise you that".
Dimitri felt a flicker of fear as he listened to the demons words, "...and we don't have long to come up with a spell Roza, that demonic Pied-Piper wannabe is gonna get here sooner rather than later...or he's gonna manage to make us go to him!"
Rose bit her lip, "How about this...?"
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"Whoa, we're getting good at this spell writing, plan making, demon fighting thing...So your sure you can fight...and are we ready?"
Rose nodded.
Dimitri hesitated before quickly pressing his lips against her temple, "We can do this Roza...Ready, Three...Two...One".
Both of them jumped out from behind the rock, Rose raised her hands and instantly freezing the room and the three remaining Rat-demons. Dimitri threw an arm out in the direction of the still moving Piper-demon, causing a wave of energy to fling it back several metres. Unfortunately the Piper-demon recovered almost instantly, responding by shooting bolts of electricity at the two witches. Rose froze some of the oncoming bolts whilst Dimitri used his telekinesis to fling them back, but the Demons own power seemed to have no effect on itself.
"Say the spell with me 'mitri...
Nasty Demon, with evil breath
The Piper-demon froze as the Rose and Dimitri started to chant before joining in with its own siren song.
With his song he calls our death
Dimitri stopped chanting, as he was enchanted by the demons bewitching melody.
With all our strength, we fight this fate
Seeing Dimitri falter, Rose ran up in front of him and moved her hands from covering her own ears to cover his. No longer able to hear the song, Dimitri snapped out of the trance. He quickly placed his hands over his own ears, leaving Rose able to cover her own and they finished the spell together.
Make this evil obliterate"
With the final word of the spell the Piper-demon exploded, leaving nothing but a scorch mark on the cave floor behind.
Rose quickly turned and blew up the three remaining Rat-demons just before they unfroze.
Dimitri looked at her with concern, "Rose we need to get you back, you're really hurt".
Rose stuck out her chin, "I'm a Halliwell, saving people is what we do. Uncle Leo will heal me...I'll be ok. Why are they still under the trance-thingy...is Lissa gonna be ok?".
Dimitri looked at his still bleeding friend, unsure as she wobbled slightly, what he should do. "um, I'm sure she'll be fine. Lets get back and maybe your family will know how to sort out the rest...ok...do you know a spell to get us out of here?".
Rose nodded,
"Take us Back
No Need to Roam
The Demon's Gone
So Send us Home"
Small white orbs swirled around the fifteen children and then with a small pop they all disappeared.
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They reappeared on the stage at St. Vladimirs. As they landed Roses legs gave way beneath her as she finally succumbed to the blood loss.
"Leo..LEO..", Dimitri shouted calling for Roses Uncle to come and heal her. A swirl of orbs signalled his entrance. Dimitri immediately grabbed him by the wrist, pulling him over to Rose. "Heal her...Now".
Leo paled at the sight of his blood soaked niece and quickly set to work healing her.
Dimitri gave a sigh of relief as Leos hands lit up golden and Roses skin started to knit back together.
Both males hugged Rose tightly when Leo had finished healing her.
Rose giggled, "I'm fine now...how do we wake up Lissa and everybody"
Leo shook his head, "I don't know. You two are going to have to explain exactly what happened first".
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"the Elders warned me about this, they just warned me to late. Well done you two, I'll tell you everything I know later back at the manor, so your Aunts and Cole know what happened...let's just wake everyone up first".
Dimitri tapped Leo on the shoulder, "Um, I need you to orb me back to Russia as well Leo".
Leo ran a hand threw his hair, "ok Rose...you remember the spell to break sleep and remove trances that I just told you?"
Rose nodded
Leo smiled "Good, I'll orb Dimitri back and you can say the spell after we've gone...that way no one will be here who wasn't before they fell asleep". Leo put a hand on Dimitris back, before speaking to Rose again, "just remember to stand where-ever you were standing before you got pulled into the underworld". With those final words Leo and Dimitri orbed out.
Rose ran back behind the curtain, crossed her fingers and started to chant,
Let those who are in Slumber Deep
At Once Awaken from their Sleep
And any Trance will now be Broken
As my Final Word is Spoken
Rose watched grinning as the audience, teachers, Guardians and cast awoke. The play restarted immediately, as if it had never been stopped by a demon at all.
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