CH 21, I'm on a roll! Might not sleep tonight so I can get this done! Well enough chit chat, here is the next installment!

Raven's POV

I was back in my room, it felt so empty without Jack, but I did the right thing. Defeating Yumiko came before my love life. Besides my next move I had to make alone, and I know Jack would strongly be against me doing this. First I have to take the kids home, and have Siba watch them.

I walked to the main chamber just as Jamie and Siba walked in the room. "Great timing, we're leaving soon. Jack went on a head, he'll meet us at our next stop." I just lied through my teeth, but it was the only thing I could do to get them to come with me. I dispelled all the luxuries I'd made and then got them together so I could teleport.

When we stopped in front of their house, Sophie and Jamie started to complain but I hushed them and sent them back to their family. "Siba I need you to stay and protect them. They might be attacked again, so could you switch to a different form that will allow you to stay by them?" You heard that right, Siba recently regained his powers to shape shift and to communicate telepathically. He just tends to stay as a silent tiger because he's so used to it.

I watched as Siba's shape changed and became smaller until he was a white house cat. 'Please be careful, this is your last life, don't waste it!' I smiled at him and patted his head.

"I'll be fine Siba, worry about yourself more." With one last smile I went on my way to my next stop. I was in the middle of North's abandoned workshop. Yumiko had moved everyone to the garden where my grave stone stands. I walked to my old room to find it trashed, my belongings were scattered everywhere. Luckily for me they didn't know about the secret compartment I have under the floor boards. In the compartment I kept a small silver key and the dagger used to carve up Jack's back and stab the former me's side.

I placed it on my belt just in case things grew dire. I slipped the key into my pocket, it goes to a silver box I'd hidden in the garden one time when I was alone. After I looked around to make sure no one was left here I teleported to the place the silver box was hidden. I had to be quiet because it was close to the castle, close to the Guardians, close to Jack, and worst of all, close to Yumiko.

I slowly opened the box to reveal the treasures inside. The first was a locket with a picture of the Guardian's on one side and me on the other. I read the inscription North had carved for me, 'To Little Bird, you always family. I slipped on the locket and pulled the next item, it was a charm bracelet with everyone's weapons as charms. Sand gave it to me, it had his golden whips, Jack's staff, Bunny's boomerangs, North's sabers, Toothette's bow, and my wand and dagger. I put the charm bracelet on my right wrist and pulled out the final item. Bunny, Tooth, and Jack made it for me, it was a hand woven belt with a silver and blue buckle, and laced through the belt were frozen flowers that would never melt.

I put on the belt and thought of the day I received these gifts. They were sad I didn't have a birthday so Sophie made one for me, I didn't know what to expect but I love the gifts.

The time for reminiscing is over, I have a battle to win, hopefully. With a quick fluid movement I ran towards the castle and teleported right before I would have hit the wall. It's been hard without my flight, I had to train so I wouldn't accidentally rely on it.

I walked to the door and opened it slowly, this is my only chance, and I'm taking it.

Well we'll come back to her later, now back to our good friend Siba!

Siba's POV

I sat on Sophie's window sill watching for any shift in the shadows, indicating an attack. There was nothing, and my thoughts began to shift. I thought of my life before, I'm around three thousand years old now. My life was dull, I'd forgotten much and at one point started to believe I really was a tiger. Raven gave my life purpose again, she is my only reason to live. I love her like she were my daughter, and I'll do what I must to protect her. But here I am protecting the kids and letting her run off into danger.

Yes I knew she just wanted to keep us safe, so she had me watch the kids. It's ridiculous to think someone would attack Jamie or Sophie at their home. It didn't matter what I thought, Raven was gone and I had no way to help her.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of orange and black. I turned but my reaction was too slow, before I blacked out I heard Sophie scream and an evil cackle.

Toothette's POV

Jack and I had just finished discussing our plan when a thunderous laugh shook the castle. Quietly we went to the cause of the noise to find North and Nightmare each carrying a wriggling sack. "What did you get?" I asked them, North smiled at me and emptied his sack, I was shocked to see Jamie tied in ropes with a piece of duct tape over his mouth. Nightmare did the same with his sack and Sophie fell out looking just like her brother, but a white cat fell next to her. "Where did you get them, and what about Raven?"

My voice shook a little but they didn't seem to notice, Jack on the other hand was tensed. "She dropped the kids and this cat off at their house, then we lost her. Mistress Yumiko will be pleased to have them, we will bait Raven into a trap.

And this is it, hope you like it!