A/N: hello pplz! Thanks to all my fans and reviewers. Ok half of this chapter is dedicated to what the Cullen's and the Malfoy's and Snape's will do about helping Rin and the other is about what Rin is actually doing at the castle. On with this rollercoaster.
Chapter 7: stealth and allies.
Edward paced in front of the fireplace as everyone talked about how the search was going to turn out; they had gotten a call from Severus and were told to go to their place for information. He continued his pacing and didn't stop until Severus and Lilly had entered the room with everyone else.
'Everyone, we have pressing matters at hand. It seems that our party isn't the only magic that is involved in the situation.' Severus stated, Rosalie sneered in disgust but didn't raise her eyes from the floor.
'What do you mean?' Jasper asked, holding Alice's hand as she searched for Rin's current decided future.
'What Sev' means is that another wizard has aided James with getting to our daughter.' Lilly's voice shook in anger as she spoke; when she next saw the old fool, he was dead.
Edward snarled and continued pacing; there had to be a way to get to James without losing either his mate or his daughter. His brow furrowed in thought, eyes glowering in the firelight; his head snapped to Alice when she gasped.
Her eyes were glazed as she stared at nothing in particular; Jasper's hand tightened around hers as he spoke to her.
'Alice, Alice, what do you see?' he asked.
'Trees; very large trees. A forest! Rin is walking through the forest and she's in a clearing. She's surrounded by creatures and people and she's talking to them.' She said in a far away voice.
'Alice, what is she saying?' Edward asked as he knelt beside his sister, worry etched all over his face.
'Some thing about a Dark lord and an old fool. She wants them to help her regain balance to the world.' Her eyes cleared as the vision faded to grey.
Harry turned to Alice and everyone saw the seriousness of his expression; Draco had to suppress a growl.
'What did the forest look like?' he asked in urgency.
'Mist spread across the ground and the trees were covered in moss; it was too dark to see anything else.' She replied in confusion.
Draco turned to his mate and cocked his head slightly to the side; Harry began to pace, running his fingers through his untameable black locks.
'She's going to walk through the Dark forest and my guess is she's going to attempt to ally herself with all sorts of magical creatures against Voldimort.' He sighed, Lucius, Narcissa and Severus all visibly flinched at the name.
Carlisle stood and walked over to Severus; he laid a hand on the man's shoulder and smiled.
'Don't worry, we will help in any way we can. Who has helped James?'
'Albus Percival Wolfrick Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The old fool gave James a port-key that most likely lead to England, but how did he know that he would be hunting Rin?' Severus looked to the ground and thought.
Narcissa and Lilly held their grandchild between them as Draco held Harry; Rosalie and Emmett were cuddled on a love seat and so was Alice and Jasper. Jet looked at his hands in his lap and began bouncing on the spot. Lilly carded her fingers through his hair and pulled him toward her so that she could attempt to get him to sleep. Narcissa sighed at the tension in the room; you could cut it with a knife, chew on it and choke.
Edward shifted his weight and began walking toward the entrance hall; he ignored the curious and worried glances and continued until he walked up the stairs and into Rin's bedroom. No one knew, but he had come here to think ever since Rin had left . . . that was nearly a week ago.
He sat on the end of her bed and held his head in his hands, he sighed and looked around the room; he had never really noticed anything in it before, the baby grand piano glistened in the sun, the empty tank beside the bed that housed a very big snake, the doors that lead to her wardrobe and bathroom, the posters and the bookcases covered in CD's, the electric guitar and the desk. He spotted photos on the desk and got up, walking over to the desk he picked up one photo; his eyes were met with the moving image of Rin hugging a little boy and kissing him on the cheek.
'That's Dorian. When term started again and the kids were at school, Rin met that little boy and became so attached that she eventually adopted him. All of us grew attached to him, how can you not become attached to a child so innocent, so understanding. Rin misses him Edward, she doesn't show it much but if you look hard enough you can see it.' Lilly said as she walked into the door and stared at the photo from beside him.
Edward looked at her then back to the photo; a small smile tugged at his lips as the image moved over and over again. He looked to find that all of the photos on the desk were of Dorian and Rin.
'When the other people were here, the night that they all adopted the children; what did Rin mean by 'at least for a few more months'?' he asked, the older Fairy looked up at him and smiled.
'When Harry and Rin were little, their birth father and I were murdered. Last Christmas, Rin found my grave and brought me back to life and just this past summer she brought Sirius back. She can only bring a person back once a year, and the next year starts on the first of January; so that means that she can bring back someone on the very last day of a year and bring another person back the next day as it is the next year. She wants to bring Dorian back.' She explained; Edward looked astonished.
He smiled at the photograph and ran his fingers over the two faces in it; he placed it back on the desk and looked over the others, Lilly looked at him softly.
'I want to make her safe; I won't be able to live with myself if anything happened to either of them. Lilly, what can I do? How can I stop James if he's got an aged wizard on his side?' Edward's voice shook as he gripped the desk, leaning on it for support.
'Your love for Rin and Evee will help you greatly Edward, remember that. As for Dumbledore; Rin and Harry can take care of him, my daughter is strong but she won't be if anything happens to you or Evee; she'll die if she loses you both.' Lilly said as she placed a hand on his shoulder, he looked at her and she smiled reassuringly.
'Now, we have to find a way to get to England and to James without Dumbledore finding out.'
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Edward and Lilly walked back into the living room and everyone sat down comfortably so they could discuss how they were going to help Rin.
'What if we fly in,' Narcissa was cut off but her mate,
'Honestly Narcissa, how are we going to get non-magical Vampires on a broom?' Lucius attempted reasoning.
'I meant by plane. If you would have let me finish, I would have explained.' She snapped back, Severus and Carlisle chuckled under their breath but it wasn't exactly subtle.
Carlisle and Severus nodded in agreement to the idea, it was perfect. Dumbledore wouldn't know, the Ministry wouldn't know nor would Voldimort. They both left the room and began working on the plane tickets and the times for the flights.
'So who's going to get Grace, Sirius and Mary back?' Draco asked the remainder of the rooms occupants.
'Already working on it.' Harry replied, closing his eyes and opening the connection to Grace and Mary through the necklace that they gave him.
'Grace, Mary. Pack your things.' He called through the link.
'Why, what's wrong?' Grace answered, slightly drowsy as Harry had woken her up.
'We're going back to England to help Rin, we all know that you both want to help hurt someone; get a move on.'
'No need to tell me twice, as long as the weasel is mine.' Grace called excitedly.
'What the fuck is going on? I heard something about England . . . . Weaselette is so mine to deal with.' Mary's voice rang through both of their heads and both mentally smirked.
Harry opened his eyes but kept the link open and relayed that they were coming. Draco wrapped his arms around his mate and Jet climbed on Harry's lap, snuggling into him. Both teens smiled and slightly began to doze off.
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Mary had told Jacob of the plan and now they were getting ready to leave.
'So who's Rin's mate? I smelled a scent on her the last time I saw her but couldn't figure it out.' Jacob asked both of the female teens that temporarily resided at the house.
'I think you know him, Edward Cullen.' Grace replied as she packed the red Volvo with their bags and shut the door.
Jacob tensed and looked at his Mate; she shrugged and picked Demitrios up, balancing him on her hip. Slowly, he relaxed and went to jump in the driver's seat.
'What do you think you are doing, Jacob Black?' Mary asked, glaring at the werewolf slightly.
'I'm driving.' He said; a curious uneasy look on his face, Grace laughed.
'You may be her mate, but she's not going to let you behind the wheel of this car; heck, she won't even hand the keys over.' She giggled, trying to calm her fit.
'Got that right. Passenger's side, you're holding Demitrios.' Mary stated firmly, handing her mate the small boy.
He walked around the car and opened the door, Sirius reached into his jacket and mimed a whip; Jacob snarled and got in the car.
'Daddy, what are we doing?' Demitrios asked, the two had really become close over the week and they were as close as Father and Son.
Jacob smiled at the little boy and shrugged his shoulders, causing the cute puppy pout to come out full force. Demitrios crossed his arms and stuck out his bottom lip and it began to quiver, Jacob looked away before the effects could take hold.
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Rin walked down the halls of the great castle, curfew was a glorious thing. She looked out each passing window as she made her way down the castle and out the front doors, walking across the grass barefoot. Her black leather jacket pulled tightly around her.
She walked into the thicket of tall trees that was the Forbidden Forest and continued her path, passing many a creature; they all followed her to her destination in curiosity.
The Fairy came to a stop in a large clearing and waited until all species of magical creatures came to her presence. She smirked and looked a few in the eye, she turned on the spot.
'You all know of the tyranny that both Dumbledore and Voldimort have inflicted on this world,' most of the creatures nodded, 'it's time we put a stop to it.' He sentence stirred up whispers and a centaur stepped forward.
'And what do you, a mere Blood Fairy, propose we do? They are more powerful than us!'
'First off, I'm an Elemental Blood Fairy, and second; my brother and I are more powerful then both combined, now that we have found our mates.' She bit back at the centaur, causing it to step back.
A figure stepped forward and removed a cloak that it was wearing; revealing a very handsome teenage boy. His eyes were like Onyx glistening in the slivers of light coming from the canopy above, skin as pale as chalk and hair as black as jet. He inclined his head toward Rin and she returned the gesture.
'I am Azriel, of the Veela clans scattered around Europe. I offer you our assistance, young Fairy.' His rich Romanian accent carried around the clearing and a number of whispers began.
Seven more figures stepped forward and either nodded or bowed to the Fairy before them; each offering their clans help.
'I am Draven, of the Were-Fox clans. Accept our assistance in your time of need.' A teenage boy with waist length green-black hair and dark emerald eyes said; a fox tail twitched in anticipation.
'I am Lucas, of the werewolf clan. You have our allegiance in this time of war.' A man of about 20 years said, his amber eyes glowing.
'I am Anya; the Elves are with you in this battle, little one.' An Elvish woman said.
'The Vampires will aid you, as you are already aided by some of our brethren and our Prince Draco and King and Queen.' A vampiric man said; Rin's eyebrows shot into her hairline.
'You have our respects and therefore our aid; my armies will await your orders.' A blond Fae said, his mismatched eyes glistening with mischief. (Think Jim Henson's)
An elder of the centaur clans offered their allegiance, all offers were accepted with relief but when Rin turned toward the last of the figures, she noticed that they hadn't risen from their low bow.
'Who are you and what is your clan?' Draven snarled, causing the figure to flinch.
'My name is Mashira; I come from the council that holds the Fairy clans together. I offer our assistance in exchange for your name.' the man said, not taking his eyes from the ground.
'I am Rin Lillian Snape, once known as Potter.' She said, warily eyeing the man bowed at her feet.
Mashira's eyes widened as he heard her words, the council had been waiting for their return to the magical realm for years. He bowed further than his current level. Rin tilted her head slightly to the right and her brow furrowed in confusion; the Fairy at her feet lifted his head slightly and began to speak.
'Your Highness, please forgive the council for our ignorance and neglect to your family; we couldn't find you or your brother and without our Queen to guide us, we have fallen. We will help your family restore order to this world.'
Rin nodded as the Fairy looked up at her, she turned to the others in the clearing and smiled; each in turn returned it.
'For now; relax in your realms, I will call when you are needed.' She said as she turned and walked away.
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Dumbledore paced his office; a week has passed and the infernal Fairy was still walking around the castle. At least no one knew she was here, at least that was what he thought. He glared into the flames of the fireplace and barely noticed that two people had climbed through one of his windows.
'Old man, you never said anything about her knowing these grounds like the back of her hand.' Victoria spat, startling the wizard from his musings.
'The things I have not told you are either unimportant or they are what I myself do not know. Hold you tongue or I'll bind your mouth closed.' The twinkle in his eyes danced with the threat.
Victoria glared at the man but otherwise stayed quiet. Dumbledore turned to James and smiled.
'Somehow, the girl knows you, can you explain how?'
'We've met before. She doesn't completely remember yet but she will soon enough.'
Dumbledore smiled wickedly as both Vampires left the way they came, leaving him to plan the downfall of Voldimort and Harry Potter.
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Rin walked down to the potions classrooms, she continued passed the doors until she came to the last door on the corridor; she opened the door and looked around sadly. She walked into the room and sat in the same spot that she sat in as she waited for the news of her little boy. Tears fell freely; she could almost see everything that happened in those heart-wrenching hours that she spent sitting there. She jumped when she felt a small hand on her shoulder.
'Mummy? Are you ok?' Evee asked, Remus standing behind her.
Rin looked at her and smiled; she wrapped her arms around her little girl and whispered in her ear.
'Mummy's just remembering someone very close to her.'
Evee smiled sadly and nodded, she hugged her mother tightly and let her go; sitting beside her, she held her hand. Remus walked in and sat in front of Rin, smiling reassuringly at his goddaughter. Rin smiled back and looked around the room again, more tears falling. She bowed her head and whispered to the wind that she was sorry and she wanted her little boy back; she jumped when she felt a cold sensation on her cheek, like a hand whipping away her tears.
Her head jolted upward and she looked around the room; nothing and no one but Remus, Evee and she were in the potions lab. She felt the sensation on her cheek again, only this time it felt like a small kiss to her. Remus looked at her worriedly.
'What's wrong?' he asked.
'I felt something, like a small, cold hand whipping my tears away and a kiss on my cheek. I think I'm going insane with grief because nothing is here but us.' She replied.
Evee smiled as she seemingly stared at the wall around her mother; but what she really saw was a scared, little boy. He looked at her and smiled shyly; she got up and walked over to him. He spoke to her in her mind.
'Hello, I'm Dorian. Who are you?'
'I'm Evee; are you lost?'
'I was, but not anymore. I've missed my Mummy so much.'
'Who's your Mummy?'
'You were sitting next to her; I'm the one she's crying for, can you tell her that I am here and everything is going to be ok?.'
Evee nodded and turned to the worried faces of her Mother and Remus; she smiled and explained.
'Someone is here mummy; he wants me to tell you that everything is going to be ok.'
'What do you mean sweetheart? Who's here?' Rin asked, her eyes darting around the room.
'Dorian.'
Rin gasped, eyes welling up with tears. She looked around the lab franticly but her eyes met nothing; looking back at Evee, a confused expression covered her face. Evee felt a tugging in her sleeve and she turned back to Dorian.
'Tell her to close her eyes and relax.' Evee nodded and did as she was told; soon enough Rin was in a trance.
*dream-like sequence*
'Hello mummy.' Dorian said, causing Rin to open her eyes.
Rin came face to face with her little boy; tears fell from both their eyes as she pulled him to her, hugging him tightly.
'Sweetie, I'm so sorry. I tried to save you, I tried. . 'She cut off, sobbing as she held him.
'It's ok mummy, I know. I didn't want to leave you but I was so tired; I tried to wake up but I couldn't.' he replied.
They sat there for what felt like an eternity, just holding each other. Rin carded her fingers through his hair and smiled contentedly. She looked down and smiled at him.
'Mummy, you seem happier.' He stated.
'I am, I have you back in a way, I have Evee and I have Edward.'
'Who are Evee and Edward? Will I like them?' he asked innocently, Rin nodded and laughed.
'You met Evee; she's the little girl you talked to. She's you new sister. Edward is my mate, he's going to be your father.' Dorian's lifeless eyes lit up like lights.
He hugged his mother close; thanking her silently for giving him a family to come back to when the time came. Dorian looked away from Rin, he looked off into the distance and heard a voice that she couldn't. He stood up sadly and waved good-bye and began to fade. Rin began to panic and screamed for him to stay.
'I'm sorry mummy, but you have to wake up now. I'll be with you; so don't cry.' He said as he whipped a tear from her cheek before completely fading.
Rin screamed and began sobbing again before she was pulled back into the reality of life.
*end Dream-like sequence*
Remus held her in his arms as she woke up crying; whispering words into her ear to calm her.
'It's ok; everything's going to be alright.'
'I saw him Remus; I was holding him. Dorian was in my arms and he was talking to me.' He cried; clutching to his robes, his eyes widened in shock before he stood.
He helped Rin to her feet and calmed her down more; Evee stood off to the side, talking to Dorian. Rin looked to her daughter and she came over, hugging her broken mother; Dorian also hugged her, crying for what he had done. If he hadn't have told her, she would have been alright. Rin felt him and she calmed slightly.
She stood and held onto Evee's hand, feeling Dorian gripping at hers, she closed her hand around the feeling; they walked out of the lab and up into the main body of the castle, anyone that looked at her would think that she balled her fist in anger, not that she was holding the hand of a dead person. They continued until they reached Remus' quarters and entered, Phoebe ran up to Evee and held her tightly then she stared at the space that Dorian's essence stood. Rin looked at her then the space next to her and smiled.
'Can you see him too Phoebe?' she asked, the little werewolf nodded and smiled at the dead boy.
Rin smiled and looked out the window and to the sky; she wondered how the hunt for James was going and decided to call Edward. Pulling out her phone, she looked through her contacts until she came to Edward's number and hit call. She paced the room in front of the fireplace for a few seconds before she heard it.
'Rin? Are you alright?' Edward's voice was worried but relieved at the same time.
'Yes Edward, both Evee and I are fine; I was wondering how everything was.' She replied, closing her eyes in bliss at the sound of her mate's voice.
'Rin, there's a complication. James is in England.' He stated.
Rin froze, her body felt so numb and the phone slipped out of her hands and landed on the carpet with a thud; Evee looked at her mother when she heard the phone land and rushed to her side as she fell to her knees. She picked the phone up and spoke into it.
'Hello?' she asked, waiting for a reply.
'Evee, honey is that you?' Edward asked, Evee gasped and started to ramble on about how much she missed him.
'Evee, stop. I miss you too but I need you to tell me what happened to your mother.' He stated evenly.
Evee looked at her mother and she noticed the fear on her face; that scared her, she heard her mother whispering to herself and that scared her even more.
'She's on the floor. She dropped the phone and fell to her knees, Daddy; she's scared and talking to herself. What's going on?' the fear was evident in the small girl's voice.
Edward hissed to himself and soothed his daughter; telling her that everything was ok and that he needed to talk to Rin, Evee handed her mother the phone and she took it numbly.
'Edward?' her voice shook with fear.
'Rin, we're coming. Don't worry, I'm coming to take you and Evee away and we're gonna hide. He won't get you I promise. I'm going to make you safe again, just don't worry.' He reassured.
'I love you Edward. Please hurry.' She whispered.
'I love you too, I'm coming.' He replied.
Rin hung up and drew her knees close to her chest, staring into the fire. Evee sat beside her and Dorian sat on her other side. Rin shuddered at all of the possibilities of James being in England. 'Does he want to kill me that badly? What if he comes here to Hogwarts, what if he kills innocent children because I'm hiding here?' her thoughts became frantic scenarios of death and torture, all at the hands of James.
Dorian and Evee rubbed her arms and leant their heads against her shoulders, silently contemplating on what's going on. A house-elf arrived with a sounding pop and alerted them of dinner. The House-elf set out a plate of berries, rare cooked meat and some bangers and mash for each of the occupants. Evee and Phoebe sat at the table and ate their dinner while Rin continued to sit staring at the fire; apparently too numb to register anything.
After dinner, Remus walked in through the portrait and noticed that Rin was sitting by the fire and that Evee was asleep with Phoebe. He became worried after Rin didn't answer when he called out to her.
'Rin?' he asked, kneeling in front of her.
'He's here Remus; he's here.' She stated flatly, her voice dead with fear.
Remus began to slowly process the information and his eyes widened in shock. He held his goddaughter in his arms and rocked her back and forth to calm her fear; it seemed to be working until she screamed when her phone began ringing. Remus picked it up and pressed 'answer'.
'Hello?'
'Who's this?' a female voice asked.
'Remus Lupin. Who's this?' he replied.
'Alice Cullen, can I please talk to Rin, it's important.'
Remus nodded to himself and handed the phone to Rin.
'Hello?' she asked as she held the phone to her ear.
'Rin? It's Alice; I need you to do something.' Her voice rang in her ears like a slightly comforting melody.
'Ok . . . 'she replied warily.
'Go into your godfathers' daughter's room and tell me what you see.' Standing up, Rin walked over to the room that housed a young werewolf and her daughter; turning the knob and pushing the door open she looked carefully.
'Alice, I don't . . . Evee?' she started and she looked around the room again and noticed that her little girl was gone, the window was open and Phoebe looked as though she had been hit with a tranquilizer.
'Rin, are you there? What's going on?' Alice's voice could barely be heard as the phone flew over to the other side of the room in Rin's panic.
Remus caught the phone and demanded to know what was happening and the teen in front of him wasn't going to be saying anything in her panic.
'I saw Rin doing what she is doing right now; and I saw her find something.' That was all Alice could supply before Remus covered his ears.
Rin had almost turned Phoebe's room upside down in her panic until she came across a rolled up piece of parchment. Unrolling it and reading it caused her to scream; she had been so caught up with innocent students, she never thought of this.
Dear my little prey;
If you are reading this, then you will have found your daughter gone and will start to panic. I hope I am correct in this assumption. I will not harm your precious little girl on the following conditions:
#1. In a week's time, you are to walk, unaccompanied into the forest; my mate will follow you and make sure that you are alone.
#2. No one is to try and save you, take you away or try and save the girl in that time or I'll break her neck.
I hope you understand the implications of what I am telling you, until then.
Tears streamed down her cheeks and landed on the carpet at Rin's feet; her mouth forming silent words as her voice was lost to her horror. She walked out and stared at Remus; sobs wracking her body.
'Rin, Remus, are you there?' Alice's voice carried in the silence, Remus raised the phone back to his ear.
'Tell Edward to get his arse here. We have a problem.' His scathing tone spoke volumes of his anger.
Rin fell to her knees as Remus hung up; he raced over to her and held her as she cried. She clutched the front of his robes so tightly that her knuckles turned white and his movability was reduced a small amount. Dorian's hand stroked at his mothers arm as she cried and she felt a small fraction of comfort.
'Rin, look at me. She's going to be fine, I promise; we'll get her back.' Remus soothed, Rin shook her head ferociously in objection.
'N-NO! He l-left a l-let-tter s-sa-aying that i-if I d-don't d-do as he asks, he k-ill her.' she cried, holding the letter up for him to read.
Remus nodded his head and held her close; he looked to the window and into the distance, 'get here soon Edward, she needs you now; more than ever.' He thought as Rin's sobs died away and she fell into a fitful slumber and the fire did little to warm the chills of the horror that had fallen into their lives.
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Edward and his family all walked through the customs department of the Los Angeles international airport (if it exists Yay 4 me, if not don't hate me). Alice had called Rin and spoke to her and he was now on edge because she wouldn't say why his mate screamed. Every time he tried to pry into her mind, she would block him with Arabic translations of AFI songs.
'Where are Severus and the others?' he asked to keep his mind at bay.
Carlisle turned toward his son and placed a hand on his shoulder.
'They caught an earlier cab; by the time we get through here they should be waiting for us on the other side.' He understood his nerves and sympathised; if anything had happened to Esme, he would do the same.
After checking their passports and luggage; all twenty members of the little newly formed family gathered near the gate and waited. Finally, after nearly two hours of pacing and waiting, the plane was boarded and took off.
'Rin, if anything has happened to either you or Evee; I'll save you both.' Edward thought as the flight attendants began patrolling the isles. Severus was seated next to him and he pulled out a black leather bound book. Edward quirked an eyebrow and Severus showed him the binding of the book.
'Knightshade?' Edward asked, seeing Severus nod at his translation of the gold French lettering on the spine.
'A novelist by the name of Paul Féval wrote it in 1860, quite an interesting piece of vampire literature.' Edward chuckled and turned toward the window (he is seated in a window seat); his face fell as he drifted off into thought.
Carlisle and Esme sat behind Edward and Severus, holding each others hand and silently comforting one another. Esme promised to help her son and new friends, as did Carlisle; now they could finally finish the family and extend it to others.
Jasper sat next to Alice and held her; she was watching out for Rin's possible futures and in the last five minutes, she had seen over thirty possible futures and half of them scared her. She kept Edward out of her mind so that he could not know what she was seeing because the last thing they needed on an international flight was a pissed off and scared vampire.
'Oh Rin; please don't set your mind on anything drastic. Just wait a few more hours please.'
A/N: ok guys; that's it for chapter 7. I know it's a little shorter than the others but I'm having writers block in most parts of these new chapters. I'm debating whether or not I have the next one in a characters first person (Evee) or just keep it as I am. If you have any ideas please say so in a review, it would be great to have someone's input in the next chapter. Love all, Tsuzuki's-luva
