A/N: sorry for any errors. It's really late here, and I didn't get chance to look over it more than once. I plan to go back and edit any mistakes later on, when I get time. Thanks again for awesome reviews. If you read it and like it, please let me know. I'm never really sure about my stories. I just write what feels right, I guess. The show kind of ruined some of my inspiration for this story, but I'm still trying.

SoBeyondTwisted - thanks for your reviews! and I'm sorry about the love triangle not happening. I hope it does not put you off the story. It's just that people hated Luka on show, because of the whole love triangle stuff. I didn't want people to hate him here too. Poor guy already gets enough hate in fanfic world xD.

- Preparation night -

We all sat down to a laid out table of Kai's delicacies.

All looked wonderfully prepared, and smelled delicious. I was sat next to Rai and Joey, while Jo was next to Kai and Luka . Still had yet to see Celine and Jack. From what I've heard of them, I was glad for their absence.

"So, I guess you don't all say grace?" they laughed at my comment.

"A bunch of witches saying grace, that would be kind of ironic." Kai smiled at me from his end of the table. Damn that boy and his heart-stopping smile.

"Well, there is nothing in the witch rules or politics, that states we can't give thanks," Luka replied. He held out his hand to Jo, and she grinned before taking it.

She held out her arm and linked her hand with Joey's. He looked annoyed at the thought of having to put down his mini computer-game. He held her hand, then she looked at me and Rai to follow suit. I reached out to to take Kai's hand, and felt that familiar electric jolt at his touch. It made me both excited and uncomfortable at the same time. If he felt anything, he didn't show it. Simply held my hand, while Rai held mine and Joey's hand. We all looked to Luka, expecting him to have something to say. Considering it was his idea. He coughed a little, straightening his tie in discomfort caused by our stares. Before smiling and giving his speech.

"We give thanks, for this blessed meal," his voice was soothing. I looked up to see Kai was smirking at Luka's words.

"Yes, we give thanks. We give thanks to Mr perfectionist, here. We give thanks for his amazing meals, that give us the greatest pleasure we have ever known," Kai declared. Speaking of himself in third person, like the arrogant jerk he was.

We all opened our eyes and glared at him, and he tried to hide his laugh. Luka rolled his eyes, before continuing.

"We give thanks, and we welcome Bonnie into our witch-circle. We hope that she gains all the strength she needs, to pass the hunt." He smiled at me, and I couldn't help but smile back. His words warmed my heart. It felt nice to be accepted, even if I was worried about this hunting business.

"Hear, hear!" Rai added.

"Can we eat already? I'm hungry," Joey sounded agitated.

"Help yourself. I recommend the tomato and basil gnocchi, followed by the classic French onion soup," Kai said, while passing the delicious pasta and soup dish to them.

We eagerly tucked in. I was on my second helping of garlic bread and onion soup, before I started to feel full. He wasn't completely exaggerating about his dishes bringing people pleasure. I was amazed at his cooking skills and presentation, but didn't want to inflate his ego further.

"So who will partner up this time?" Jo asked, between a mouth full of French toast.

"Well, Kai has the pleasure of being partnered with Bonnie. I thought you and me could pair up, and Rai can be with Joey." Luka sounded like he'd already assigned the groups earlier.

"I don't want to be stuck with her!" Joey whined.

"Shut up brat. At least I can take care of a few vampires, while you sit there playing your game. What use are you to me?" Rai added. Sounding equally peeved off about the situation.

"Come on you two, behave," Jo put on her best stern mother look. They seemed to back down.

"Fine, but if she starts talking to ghosts again, I'm out," Joey stated, glaring at Rai.

"They're not ghosts, they're our spirit ancestors! you idiot. It's not my fault I have to keep up to date with their rules, so our covens can operate," She sounded upset. I would be too, if I had that responsibility. The thought of seeing ghosts all the time, would freak me out.

"Guys, do we really have to kill them? I don't even like killing spiders. I don't think I can go around killing living creatures." I tried to change the subject. It also happened to be something I was worried about. Even if it was vampires, I didn't like the sound of killing anything. Not to mention, the thought of seeing vampire was scary as hell.

"Well it's a good job they're technically dead, then," Kai added. Smirking at me with a self-satisfied look. He clearly found his own jokes humorous.

I glared at him, and he still continued to look at me smugly. Luka decided to intervene.

"I know this is a lot for you to take in Bonnie. We were all the same way when we did it, but it is a coven tradition. It has been done by witches for centuries. Originally created by a bunch of young witches, that wanted to prove themselves. They loosely based it on the legend of the wild hunt, that they had picked up from the druid circles. The hunt is supposed to be a supernatural force that sweeps across the land at night. They adapted it to a sort of purge night, where we cleanse our lands of vampires. Seeing as vampires are the enemies of witches in the supernatural-world." Luka informed me. I was intrigued by this information. I could imagine it in my head, the legendary stories of my fellow witches. I never imagined their history would be so interesting. Nor had I imagined that vampires were real.

"So Jack and Celine don't have to do it?" Joey spoke up again. Still sounding unhappy about the situation.

"From what I've heard, your siblings have opted out. Young Davina expressed her interest in participation, but she might change her mind. It's more important that I, and all of you participate. It's tradition for ruling witch families to join in," Luka replied.

I had not expected him to mention Davina. I was not overjoyed at hearing she might have to do the creepy-hunt thing. She seemed too young for that. Then again, she was not young when it came to magic and knowledge of witchcraft. She had clearly mastered her witch powers, unlike myself.

"Well me, Kai, Joey and Rai will definitely be attending. Jack and Celine never want to do it. We can do it without them." Jo sounded unhappy about her siblings clear lack of enthusiasm for the hunt. I guess it was usual for them to not do it.

"I will perform the tracker-spell, after we finish here. Just give me an hour to prepare," Luka sounded tired as he said it. It must have been from having to perform this thing every year.

"All our modern day technology, and you're telling me witches haven't invested in a vampire- satellite-navigation, system?" Kai asked. Sounding annoyed.

"Kai, it's essential for witches to be able to sense vampires. The spell was created for this purpose. I doubt any navigation system, would be as effective. As much as I and other witches appreciate modern technology, it's not always reliable," Luka spoke, as if he was talking to an unreasonable child.

"I still say your coven needs to upgrade. I mean your sister set up that electronic library for our grimoires, can't we get more of that?" what Kai said sounded reasonable, and I found myself nodding in agreement. Why were witches so backwards when it came to magic?

"Because, my father still lives in the stone-age when it comes to magic. He's all about the Martin-family traditions. Which involves sticking to ancient spells and rules, leaving no room to break them. Much like your own, father," Luka pointed out.

"Please, you don't want to compare Daddy-issues with me." I noticed Kai's tone and features turned grim as he said it. As if the very mention of his father, caused an allergic reaction.

"Believe me Kai, I'm not. My father is a kind man, albeit strict and pushy. He has prospered our coven since he took over from his own father. He's getting tired though, I can see it. That is why he's pushing me to take on all coven responsibilities." Luka rubbed the bridge of his nose in tiredness. Jo placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"Me and Kai understand coven responsibility. Is he planning to retire? he has looked very tired, as of late," Jo sounded worried.

"If only. No, he's still very much involved with our coven business. It's just that more of the leadership and responsibility now falls on me," He didn't sound particularly happy about it.

"What about Lucinda? can't she take over? she is older than you," Jo added her suggestion.

"Who is Lucinda?" and why isn't she doing this hunt?" I asked. Wondering why other witches didn't have to participate.

"Lucinda is my sister. As you probably guessed from our names, both meaning - light .I guess you can see where our coven got our name 'lux' from," he smiled at me, looking less tired.

"And I'm sure you can guess where we got the name Gemini, from," Rai added next to me.

"I'm guessing it's not because you all share the same star sign?" they laughed at my comment, and found myself laughing with them.

It was nice to get some good humor back in the room.

"It's a twin thing, that involves a special tradition in our family. Our family are known for having twins." Jo smiled as she explained, but she didn't sound as happy as she made out.

"Right, special," Kai said in the same grim tone from earlier.

"My sister Lucinda will be there Bonnie, it's just she has to take care of things when I'm busy." Luka quickly brought up, as if trying to change the subject. I'm guessing 'Gemini traditions' was dangerous territory when it came to conversational topics.

"Luka, you should prepare for the spell. Bonnie, Rai will show to her room. Me, Kai, and Joey will clear up." Jo gave me a reassuring smile, as she took our plates.

Joey groaned, but decided to do as his sister asked. I felt Rai take my hand, leading me upstairs. On the way to her room, I saw the library Jo had mentioned earlier. It reminded me of grams mini library. Where she had stacks of old books, that I now recognized as 'grimoires'.

We entered a small room, that I guessed was Rai's. The walls were covered in posters of various bands, and one big one of Leonardo DiCaprio.

"You like him?" I grinned. Admiring the poster, as I was a fan too.

"Of course! he's mega hot. Too bad he's not a witch. I could have asked my father to set up an arranged marriage." We both laughed

"Don't worry too much about the hunt," she tried to reassure me.

I was about to ask her more, when we heard Jo calling us from down stairs.

"Both of you come down, Luka's about to perform the spell," she yelled.

I could feel my face and palms grow sweaty, as nervousness took me over. Rai smiled at me, before leading me back down the stairs. I hated how calm everyone was, compared to me. We entered a dark room. All of the lights were off, other than the lighted candles that were burning on the floor. They formed a pentagram. There was salt scattered around the outside of the candles, forming a circle.

Jo and Rai were now stood, holding candles. Luka approached me, and I could feel Kai as he stood by my side. I wanted to ask what was supposed to be happening, but everyone was silent.

"Okay Bonnie, all you need to do is stand there and accept the spell. It might feel strange at first, as the spell merges with your energy field. Are you ready?" he looked at me, waiting for my reply.

Kai had his arms crossed, and was looking very impatient. I really didn't understand why I had to be paired up with him. Of all the creepy-clan members I could have been paired with. I nodded my head in hope that we could get this over with.

He took out a little bottle of some type of oil, that was covered in herbs. It looked like one of Tessa's concoctions. I was fidgeting, trying to calm my jittery nerves. I could see Kai's cold grey eyes scanning me. His handsome features illuminated by the candle-light.

"You scared Bon? want me to hold your hand?" Kai asked. He was smirking in amusement. I wanted to slap him.

"Shut up Kai." I tried to ignore him. Instead concentrating on Luka, as he came towards me.

He placed some of the oil on his fingers, and pressed them against our foreheads. Dabbing some of the oil on our skin. At least the oil smelled pleasant, but the whole thing was strange as hell. He backed up a little, and held out his hands. He faced his palms towards us, and began to chant in Latin.

Kai closed his eyes, groaning in impatience. He was obviously used to this weird ritual. I closed my eyes too. I didn't feel anything for the first few minutes. Then it hit me, that electrical-burning sensation. My body started to feel warm, and my head became dizzy. I could hear this buzzing noise, like bees were surrounding me. My body felt slightly shaky, and I was having trouble standing up. I felt myself wanting to faint, till a hand lightly touched my own. I opened them to see Kai. He was scanning me with his cold eyes, before nodding at me. He looked at me as if he was trying to tell me 'it's alright, I'm here'. His touch made me feel a little better, as my mind became cloudy.

"Done. You should be able to sense when vampires are near, and how far away they are." Luka announced. I looked at him then.

He didn't look that much better than me at this point. His face was covered in a sheen of sweat, and his breathing was slightly ragged.

"Thank you." I felt the need to say it. He had become exhausted helping us, with whatever this ritual was.

"You're most welcome Bonnie. The hunt will take place tomorrow night, so all of you be ready," he said. He went off to take the towel that Jo held out for him, cleaning off some of the sweat.

I looked around the room. Kai seemed to be smiling in his usual cocky way. I guess I was the only one apprehensive about the hunt. My friends would be coming, and I will be meeting vampires for the first time. Things were certainly about to get more interesting.