A/N: Well, this took longer than I expected. I had a bit of a writers black because I didn't know how to end this chapter. I might redo the entire fanfic, but that's stretching it.

Chapter 11

"I'll understand if you don't want to see me again after the spell wears off…" Femi wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her robes. "In fact, I'm surprised you bothered to come here and save me from… well, nobody actually."

She continued. "Yes, I did steal The Book from you Joe… but I felt as if I had no other way to make you stay before I could tell you…" (A/N- NEWSFLASH! ABDUCTION DOES NOT EQUAL…Y'know what? I'm not going to say anything…)

Femi paused, unable to continue speaking to the unresponsive statue in front of her. For a minute, she saw a small glint in Joe's eyes. Crap, the spell was wearing off already… The Book knew its new owner anywhere and it must have purposely weakened the spell. Panic rose up though her body, her neck closed up. Now she needed to quicken the pace, Joe would wake up any moment now.

She threw herself onto Joe's body, burring her face into the crook of his neck. "I never meant for any of this to happen, please forgive me."

Her hand gently stroked Joe's face, her gentle gaze bore into Joe's green eyes. "I was to lure you here and clear your memory about The Book so you wouldn't leave for Brooklyn… I couldn't do it. I felt very guilty…"

The figure from the corner of her eye moved restlessly. Femi shot back a glare and turned her attention back to Joe. Her lips brushed over his and for a moment, Femi felt a spark of energy. It wasn't the same type of shocks The Book threw at her. It was a sweet sensation, and if she didn't watch herself, she could soon grow too attached to that type of energy.

Her voice lowered to a soft, almost sensual tone.

"But now I must follow orders…" She purred. "I'll remember this moment forever…"

Femi slowly shut her eyes and placed her lips over his. The spark intensified and Femi threw her head back with a small gasp of bliss. She pulled out the glowing dream catcher and held it over Joe. The energy intensified and filled the cave with a blinding light.

"Mendax recordation!"

"He'll come around in ten minutes," The energy surrounding the dream catcher dimmed when she lowered it. "That's more than enough time for you."

"I know it's enough for me, but is it for you?" The figure in the dark corner called out. "I mean, everything HAS to be perfect."

Femi shot out an orb of magic to the figure. The figure flipped gracefully out of the way and landed to the left of her. The blast made a hole over several meters wide.

"Keep the past in the past!" Femi's voice sounded nervous. "You already won, so why are you still bringing it up?"

"I have more important things to do than answer your questions," The figure chuckled and pulled down the hood. "Let's get this over with!"

Femi held out her hand and out of a dark green mist a silver goblet appeared. The inside of the goblet was filled half-way with a light green liquid inside. The figure reached from the shadows to grab the goblet, but Femi's reflexes were faster.

"If you want to get this over with, I suggest you do things correctly!" Femi scolded. "Now, your goblet please…"

The figure cursed under their breath before coming out of the shadows. Long, dark wavy hair, full lips, light bronze complexion, the beauty mark below her eye… she was no stranger to Femi…

The Femi from the shadows extended her hand and her goblet materialized from a pool of mist. Her goblet was the same as Femi's, except that the liquid in her goblet bubbled violently and red smoke floated from the goblet's edges. A cauldron formed in between the two Femis.

"Just like old times, right Femi?" The Shadow Femi prompted.

Femi didn't say a word and poured her green liquid inside. A sickening green glow filled the cave and Shadow Femi smiled. Femi got on her knees and handed her empty goblet to her other self. Shadow Femi's eyes widen madly. She held the two goblets above the cauldron and watched as they started to emit a red light.

"If you would let me do the honors, Femi…" Shadow Femi cleared her throat.

Though an impulsive decision

She begged and pleaded for,

One became Two

And Two will become One.

For now she can no longer dominate

Her once proud role

Step aside Fool, and let this One take control!

Shadow Femi threw Femi's goblet into the swirling concoction and watched as it burst into flames. Femi screamed in pain and fell to the ground, her body withering and thrashing around as if it were set aflame.

'Don't worry Femi; the pain will soon be over." Shadow Femi said in a mock reassuring voice. "Now you know what it feels like to have a piece of your soul unwillingly bound to an object like I was forced to…"

The goblet finished sinking to the bottom of the cauldron. On cue, an evil-looking ax appeared in Shadow Femi's hands. She was ready, it was time to make sure that pathetic Femi would pay for having her chained up to that barren wasteland for eternity.

"It's my turn to take control Femi!" Shadow Femi said with glee and hacked Femi's chest with the ax.

"Femi? Femi!" A far away voice called to Femi.

Femi slowly, but painfully opened her eyes to see Joe standing above her with bandages in his hand. He helped her sit up by wrapping an arm around her shoulders. The Book was safely tucked inside his satchel, back into the hands of its rightful owner.

"Joe," she said softly. "You came for me?"

"Of course! You'd think I'd let a friend of mine in danger?" Joe smiled.

Femi gave a small smile as well. She placed her head on his chest and shut her eyes tightly. "I never doubted you, Joe. That's all you need to know."

Joe ran his fingers gently over the burn marks on her arms. "That jerk held you in front of me and threatened to hurt you if I tried to attack him. He started burning you and you fell unconscious after he did it the first few times."

"He doesn't know that the memories are false…" Femi thought to herself. She wrapped her arms tighter around Joe.

"Please stop, I don't want to remember anything about it!" She gazed into his eyes. "Let's leave this place and never come back."

Joe picked Femi up bridal style and the two walked out of the dark and into a new bright beginning for the both of them.

A/N: One more chapter left and this story is done! I have another TWT fanfic idea in the works. FYI, it won't be Canon to my series, just an idea I wanted to use in-series, but didn't know how to execute it. A review and constructive criticism is always welcome.