:For some reason I can't stop thinking about this story. It's so odd how I can't. But I love it! I hope you enjoy this chapter!:

By the way the two were staring at one another, I thought they were both going to break out into sobs and embrace while confessing their undying love and loyalty. Could you get a load of these two? Not even a full five minutes into the place and the two couldn't get enough of each other.

I was leaning against the door, silently watching the small little reunion. I had locked the door and, for good measure, leaned against it with my arms crossed. Sure, I had drawn Nathaniel's attention away from Kitty for a good, maybe, ten seconds. But soon he readjusted his eyesight to where she stood, effectively ignoring me.

I could not blame him for being surprised, it was one of my intentions of bringing him here after all. My intentions was not, however, supposed to allow them to eye the other up as if they had fallen in love at first sight. I wanted to wait patiently, but I was half tempted to walk up and blind both of the fools.

Honestly, I could hardly believe Kitty was acting like this as well. I suppose with all that had happened and been hinted I could get a brief idea of how she felt for him. (Funny this bit, I thought she would still hate him a ton, no matter how trusting in her Nat had became. But like I said a good amount of years ago, heads like theirs tend to gravitate toward one another.)

I felt uneasy with them acting this way. For one thing; Kitty never acted like this and two; Nathaniel usually never acted this either. What in the world had gotten into the girl?! (I understood why Nathaniel was like this, probably still held that old crush of his he had on her.) Where was the girl I had known? The Kitty I knew would never look at him with eyes like that. (This was because, although I knew she was containing feelings for him, she would never actually dare show it.)

She was staring at him, her eyes wet with unseen tears. She moved around the table, walking quickly toward the magician. She smiled, her face brightening with her cheeks colored rose red as she jumped into the arms of Nathaniel. How romantic! The sound of violins and loving music can be heard all around at this loving embrace!

Or that was what I thought was going to happen.

Instead, she had walked swiftly to him and with a loud resounding impact, slapped the magician with all her might. Now there's the girl I remember!

Nathaniel reeled back in pain, his hand shooting to his now reddening cheek. He narrowed his eyes at her; "What was that for?!"

She glared at him, the side of her eyes spilling small tears. "How dare you!" She began to yell. "How dare you not tell us you were alive! You had us worried sick! We had thought you had died inside that building with Nouda!"

"Wait I-"

"We never found your body, which made us even more saddened because we couldn't even hold a proper funeral for you!"

"Well-"

"We were confused for the longest time if you had survived or not and to top it all off, when we had finally gotten used to you no longer being alive, you're living here in Egypt as a guard!"

I was a little amused at this, watching them go back and forth, with the boy having absolutely no way to cut in. (I resembled Piper when Nathaniel and I had a screaming contest one time in his office, my neck was going back and forth between the two.)

Nathaniel had stepped back a little in fear at these sudden outbursts, his chest heaving heavily. I couldn't blame him, I would have stepped back as well. Girl was terrifying at that moment.

Nathaniel thought over her words, or that's what it looked like he was doing. He blinked for a moment, realizing something; "Wait, who's we?"

"You know who." Kitty snapped, lowering her eyes to me as she spoke. I backed as far as I could into the door I was against, holding out my hands in a defensive manner.

"Leave me out of this." I demanded. "I've been just fine without this pompous tart. You two can have your little moment, let me just watch and wait until you two are done gazing at each other with googly eyes."

"Come off it." She spat. "You've been just as miserable as I have with his disappearance."

"I have not. You were the one crying for two weeks."

"Yet, I'm not the one who decides to wear Nathaniel's clothes on a particular form."

I became flushed at this, surprisingly. (I never would become flustered usually, a rare occasion since Djinni have no need to be embarrassed.) I looked down at my body, to which Nathaniel had taken a look as well, and did indeed see a familiar looking attire that would relate to what the magician used to wear in his years as Minister.

I saw him become a bit red at this, turning his head away from me. I quickly changed my choice of clothing back into a simple loincloth. I had no idea as to why he was flustered, it was just clothes.

"It would be odd for a girl to take a dead man's clothes, so I would hope you wouldn't rummage through Nat's old dresser drawer just to wear them." I stepped away from the door. "And also, these are not actually his clothes, they just resemble them. Please do not take me for a scavenger of the dead, and may I note; I would never steal clothing from Nathaniel out of all the other magicians, plenty others had far better fashion sense than he."

The magician glared at me from the corner of his eye. "If that's the case, then why were you wearing it?"

"London's become a bit chilly. If there's one good thing about your like for long black coats, it's the fact that they guard against chilly weather."

Kitty narrowed her eyes at me, looking unconvinced. What? She really thought I enjoyed wearing this guy's clothing? (Actually, I wore his attire to honor his memory until I could actually take his guise. However, like I had said, oh so long ago, he hadn't been dead long enough for me to. But now I can't, since he's alive.)

Nathaniel simply shook his head, not bothering to talk to me anymore. (Which was rude, mind you. He should at least pay a little bit of attention to me, I led him here after all.)

Kitty crossed her arms, her eyes now drying from her outburst. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"Pardon?" Nathaniel said.

"Why didn't you tell us you came here?" Her voice became quiet. "You never returned to London, you even broke our promise..." She looked down at the floor, a silence enveloping the room. I waited patiently for Nathaniel to answer her, because sadly, I too was curious as to why he was here.

I thought that Nathaniel loved having control, and seeing how plenty of the stronger magicians were gone. He could rise to power easily with his knowledge. It would be like taking candy from a baby. I watched him sigh, running a hand through his hair as he began to think carefully.

"I'm sorry." He breathed out. "I didn't mean to break our promise." (This was a lie. A big one. I knew, mainly because him and I shared the same mind at the time, that the moment he knew what the situation at hand was, he was going to kill himself. I thought I was going with him, but no. He saved me, although seeing as he's here now he didn't need to have dismissed me in the first place. But, on his standards, it was a nice thought.)

"But I had no choice, I couldn't return to London." Kitty's shoulders slumped and shivered a little. Poor girl looked as if she were about to cry again. I sighed, I didn't know what to do if she started crying like this.

"Why not?" Kitty whispered. "You're of high status here, aren't you? You could have come back easily..."

The boy let out an airy chuckle. "It's not as easy as you think." He let out a forced smile and began to speak of the reasons as to why he had not returned and such.

The story was surprising all in itself, I found myself scarcely believing his tale. Apparently, from what he had said, he remembered that he had been transported a good way's away from London (To this I had begun to argue against him, saying there was no possible way for him to have left, he responded by saying he believed that too but here he was. So I had let him continue.) and that he had fainted from loss of blood, when he had awoken he was patched up and was on his way to a trader to be sold as a slave. I found this bit amusing, seeing as I could never see the boy as such a thing. He was moved from trader to trader, and soon ended up in Egypt. Here, he said that he was released by both the King and the princess, who took him under their wing.

"Why you?" I asked, slouching on the table. When Nathaniel began to talk, Kitty and I had taken seats, her taking the chair and me taking the table. (I could've taken the stool, but it was near the bucket at this time and I didn't want to approach that.)

Nathaniel stopped his talking at this, narrowing his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I mean exactly what I said." I answered. "Surely, with it being a slave trade, there were better, more fit looking men with you to take. If I was the king and I wanted a new guard, I most certainly wouldn't choose the scrawniest kid there."

If he was offended by this, he didn't show it. "The only two accompanying me were a small child and a woman. The other men had already been sold."

"Ah, you weren't picked. Figures. I assume the girl was no beauty and the kid looked like you, only even weaker, may that be possible."

I smiled to him, watching him roll his eyes in annoyance and pick up where he had left off.

"After they had taken me in, they allowed me to live with them in the palace." He looked down at the floor, he had refused to take a seat as he spoke. "They fed me, gave me clothing, and once I was fit to work they made it so I would be trained by their general. Within a year I had become well taught and, having been noticed for my improvement, set me as an official member of the guard. A couple months over that, the Princess requested that I be set as her personal bodyguard, I accepted the honor graciously, for she saved my life."

Kitty shifted in her seat uncomfortably. "So, the reason you wouldn't return is because you're repaying your debt to her and the king?"

Nathaniel nodded to her. "Precisely."

I grabbed a nearby book, placing it in my lap and playing with the bindings. "You could have still left." I argued. "A year is plenty of time to repay someone for saving you, and with your duty you obviously have access to money. Or is it that you're staying for a different reason?" I lifted my eyes from the book I was toying with. "Do you prefer this job to your previous duty as minister?"

Nathaniel's eyes widened, seeming taken back by my words. He shook his head. "To be truthful, I do not." He admitted. "I prefer my role as minister greatly, although I am treated with high respect here, I was treated with the same respect there." (No he wasn't, sure some respected him, but his fellow magicians just wanted his downfall.) "I just wish to repay the King and Princess fully, they saved my life from becoming something much worse, to this I shall repay with my service."

"Even with the risk you'll die soon?" Kitty asked. Nathaniel looked confused at this. Ah...I forgot.

"Risk that I'll die?" Nathaniel let out a stiff laugh. "The moment I became a guard, I've been at risk. When I was minister, I was at risk."

"No. Soon. You're likely to die soon." Kitty shot a glance in my direction. "Did Bartimaeus not tell you?"

At this, I spoke up; "Before you say anything, I couldn't tell him, because this fool," I jabbed a thumb at him. "threw a disc at me the moment he had seen me."

"Now wait just a moment, I had no clue it was you." Nat pointed at me, glaring daggers into my skin.

"So you're saying if you knew it was me, you wouldn't have hurled silver at me?"

"That's beside the point."

"Well, then-"

Kitty stood up, slamming her hands on the table near my hip, effectively jarring me and Nathaniel out of our argument.

"Shut up, both of you!" She ordered. "If Bartimaeus didn't tell you, then I will." She sighed, slowly resting herself back into her seat. "Although, I did tell Bartimaeus to warn you, that was the reason as to why he went to look for you in the first place."

"You told me to warn Drake." I countered. "Not Nathaniel."

"I am Drake." Nathaniel grumbled.

"We didn't know that at the time, now did we Kitty?" I smiled at her, earning the look that wanted me to be quiet. So, I did as indicated and allowed her to speak.

"It doesn't matter, whether we knew it was him or not, we still need to warn him." She said. "Nathaniel, we believe your life is in danger here."

"I know that." He replied. "I'm a guard with a good reputation, it's no wonder my life is at risk."

"No, it's not-" Kitty groaned, finding this harder to word than she thought. I decided to help her out.

"We're saying you're going to get kidnapped, Natty boy." I announced. Kitty regarded me with grateful eyes. (To tell the truth, it wasn't hard to say, she just probably didn't want to say he was going to get kidnapped.)

This got his attention to focus. "Kidnapped by who, exactly?"

"Not who, but what." Kitty corrected.

I put on a expression of sorrow. "Well that's not very nice, now is it? My kind are not its, you know."

"You two are saying that a demon is going to kidnap me?" I glowered in his direction, did he not remember that I hated being referred to as a demon? (Not that he was talking about me, of course.)

Kitty nodded.

"Well, I've already been kidnapped by that one." He pointed at me.

"I did not kidnap you, I chased you." I said. "And I am not a demon, I am a noble Djinni from The Other Place."

He ignored me, moving onto further business. "Well, before I have to get into this..." He ran a hand through his hair. (I wanted to cut it, I much preferred the style he had before he died. It wasn't the greatest look, but it was better than the shaggy mane he had now.) "Why are you here?"

This caught Kitty and I off guard. It made sense as to why he wanted to know, we had asked him why he was here, it was fair that he'd want to know the same.

"We were ordered to come here, this being that wants to kidnap you has killed many and we've been instructed to get rid of it." She explained simply.

This made Nathaniel look at her with admiration. "Oh? What high power are you now?"

If I hadn't known any better, I could have sworn her cheeks had become red. "I took your place..."

At these words, he had smiled and his cheeks too became a brighter color. "I see, I expect you are handling the position well then?"

She nodded. "It's nicer than I thought it would have been."

"I am glad."

I coughed loudly, wanting their little talk to end. I sat through this kind of thing about thirty minutes ago, I didn't want to sit through it again. My actions roused both of them and made them look away, as if embarrassed. Lovely. Somehow, I wished that I hadn't led the boy here.

"Any idea as to why the demon is targeting me in particular?"

Kitty sighed, her cheeks now returning to their former color. "The being only goes after young males, they kidnap them and after a duration of time, kills them in only two matter of ways; To choke or to poison."

The boy took this in carefully, nodding. "And the reason?"

"We are uncertain."

"Do you have an idea as to what the demon looks like?" (Hearing him say demon over and over again is starting to get under my skin a little, again, I know it isn't toward me. But one would think he would have stopped by now.)

"Sadly, no." Kitty rested her head in her palm. "That's what we've been trying to figure out. We could only assume it'd take form of a human though."

There was a sudden silence in the room, the three of us trying to think of someone who might be the spirit. I thought of the only people whom I've met or heard of, these people being; Martha, Liz, Becky, The King, and of course Princess Amelia.

The three girls couldn't have been the target, they were humans on all seven planes and I could not detect any magic on them. I tried to worm through my brain, thinking of where I had seen magic. There was only two times when I had sensed magic; Whenever Nathaniel was near and whenever I was in the palace. But then again I sensed the seventh plane also being disturbed when he was walking with-

I finally began to think a little.

It could just be chance, but Nathaniel was walking with a girl and he was subjected to guard the princess. More than likely, the girl he was walking with was no other than the Princess. Whenever I had went into the palace, the princess was there and the seventh plane was disrupted. When Nathaniel and the girl was walking together, it was disrupted again...

The princess had only been there for 3 years...There was a chance that I could wrong and I'd look like a fool, but it was a lead none the less.

I decided to inform them of my thoughts. "I think I may know a suspect of who the being might be, although it may not be likely. But since she's only been here for three years..." I trailed off, letting Kitty understand what I was saying.

"Bartimaeus, no." She said. "There is hardly any chance that what you're saying is true."

"But there is still a chance."

"It is unlikely-"

"May I know of the girl you are talking about?" Nathaniel asked politely. (Here, I would like to mention that Nat only becomes polite when it comes to business about either one; Regarding his job, or two; Regarding his life. Just thought I'd like to mention it.)

Kitty was about to speak, no doubt about to say that I was speaking nonsense. (Which is a rare occasion this, she usually takes what I say into consideration. But since this is a princess we are talking about, she might not want to believe it's her.)

"I believe the being is no one other than little Princess Amelia." I smiled innocently, enjoying how Nathaniel seemed to be shocked at my words.

"What?" He whispered.

"That's right." I said cheerfully. "I think your very own Princess is the one who is going to kidnap you."

"You're horribly mistaken." His voice rose. "There is no possible way that she is a demon."

"May I suggest that you stop using the word Demon, It's quite rude, even if it's about someone who wants to kill you."

"The Princess would never want to kill me."

"And why's that?"

"She ordered me as her personal guard, she saved me. What reason would she have to kill me now?"

"Maybe that's her sick little game." I began to swing my legs back and forth. "She takes in little boys, makes them think your special, and right when you think you're something she'll never leave behind, she-"

"Shut up!" Nathaniel snapped at me, his voice carrying over harshly. "The Princess would never wish me ill, nor would she wish anyone ill at all!" (As he screamed, I detected a bit of doubt in his words when he said the latter part, obviously he thought that she would wish some kind of evil upon others.)

"I understand that you two have come to possibly help rid this place of an evil creature, but I request that you leave the royal family out of this." His eyes contained a newly renewed hatred, he directed this at me. "And further more, I ask that you leave me out of it as well."

Kitty rose. "Natha-"

"Worry not." He interrupted. "I can protect myself. I won't get caught easily. Now if you'll excuse me." He turned away from the both of us, his hands grabbing his hood and placing it over his head. "I have a Princess to protect."

And with this, he unlocked the door and slammed it on his way out.

:Nathaniel calm down. Jesus Christ, they're just worried about you, or Kitty is at least. I hope you enjoyed this Chapter, because the next one is going to be a little interesting. Please look forward to it!: