Stark

"Where are you going?" I asked Zoey as she pulled her hand from mine.

"To the dinning hall. I'm hungry. I'll meet you in the common room." She replied, keeping her eyes away from mine.

"Ok then." I said recalling she hadn't eaten today.

I watched her walk off, I admired her. After all this turmoil she was still strong. She held her head high, though she didn't meet anyone's eyes. Her long black hair swayed as she walked, then turned around the corner out of sight.

I felt a tap on my shoulder so turned around to see the gang. Stevie Rae had tapped me, she said, "Stark, is Zoey going to be alright on her own? I mean she's been through a lot today." She said.

"She'll get through it. She's strong. The strongest person I've ever met." I smiled at her. "Come on, lets go to the common room she said she would meet us there.

She nodded ad we set off. Darius and the twins took off to see if Stacy's threat had been true.

Zoey

In the common room that me and the gang shared, I collapsed on to the couch and put my head in my hands. I felt the dip as Stark sat next to me and laid his arm on my shoulder. "Z?" Stevie Rae asked.

I looked up, "Yes?"

"Darius has told me that Stacy wasn't lying about the three more dead fledglings, but in fact she had under exaggerated, there was four." She told me sadly.

"Oh goddess." I whimpered and put my hand to my forehead. I will not cry anymore, I will not cry anymore, I chanted in my head.

"Who?" Asked Stark quietly.

Stevie Rae looked at her feet. "Michel, Candy, Evelyn and Tristan." She said miserably. "I was their red priestess!" She cried. "I should have protected them, I-I-" She broke, I quickly got up and hugged her.

"Oh Stevie Rae, it's not your fault! I'm all of your' priestess, if it's anyone's fault it's mine. It's not your fault." I told her.

"It's not yours either Zoey." She said quietly.

Erin and Shaunee ran in followed by Darius. The twins were panting as Erin said, "Zoey! It's terrible!" She cried.

"What? What now?" I asked. This had turned out to be the worst day of my life. I couldn't see what else could go wrong.

"Marley, Travis, Wolf, Jaime and Cooper! Five more red fledglings are in our room! Dead!" Shaunee cried.

"What?" Me and Stevie Rae said at the same time.

"But Stacy's dead! She can't be killing from the grave!" I said frustrated, balling my fists tightly. I started quivering with rage. "It's just not possible!" I yelled to myself.

We all stood there in silence for a few seconds, taking in my words. Stevie Rae said hesitantly, "Neferet did."

We looked at her gaping, Stacy couldn't have been trapped where Kalona and Neferet had been, taking the role of someone else? No, it's not possible. Neferet and A-ya only could do it because of my link with A-ya. If A-ya didn't make the connection between us that made her be able to get into my body, Neferet wouldn't have been able to make one of her own because she wasn't my ancestor, she just used the same connection for herself. And Stacy definitely wasn't my ancestor so she couldn't have made a link. And A-ya hadn't been able to re-connect herself to me so Stacy couldn't have.

But if Stacy somehow had made the connection, that would mean I had killed the five red fledglings. Or that she was someone's ancestor and had made a link to someone else and made them kill. But she wasn't an ancestor. She wasn't that old, right?

"No, it can't be her. Maybe Trinity stopped by on her way to Kalona." I spat. "Either that or Stacy is over a hundred years old and is someone's ancestor. And we all know that isn't true."

I saw Stevie Rae and Aphrodite look at each other. Then suddenly they were frantic they ran towards me and grabbed an arm each. They hauled me up, me still in shock at what they were doing, and passed me to Darius.

"Hey! What's going on?" I gasped.

"Yeah what the hell guys?" Stark asked and stood to walk over to me but the twins and Damien stood in his way.

"Wind." Said Damien then put his arms out and his hands upright so his fingers pointed upward. He pushed the air slightly and Stark was lifted into the air, and gently placed back on the couch. He tried getting up but the wind pushed him back.

"Hey this isn't funny. C'mon." He complained.

"If I let you go you have to promise to leave us o handle Z ok?" He asked.

Stark frowned but nodded, knowing they wouldn't hurt me.

"Thank you wind." Damien said politely as the breeze disappeared.

"What's going on guys?" I asked cautiously.

"I have a feeling about something bad. I just want to see if I'm right." Stevie Rae said. I saw jack run out after Darius whispered something to him.

Aphrodite brought a wooden chair from under the table and they sat me down on it. Across from me a few feet away, Stark stood in front of the couch watching me anxiously. Although he knew my friends wouldn't hurt me, he knew something was about to happen that could be bad or good.

Jack returned carrying, and dragging some silver, heavy looking chains. He was panting as he dropped them at my feet. "Damien," He panted, "You could have used air a little more to make them even lighter! I mean I know you made them lighter but not by much!" Jack complained as he collapsed on the sofa.

Damien raised an eyebrow and sat down next to him. Darius took my wrist gently and clasped the shackles around it. Then did the same on my feet and other wrist. He tied me to the heavy weights he put on the floor so I couldn't move. I tried to pull my arms up and then my feet, but to no avail. The twins, Stevie Rae and Aphrodite joined Damien, Jack and Stark In front of me on various sofas, and Darius then too.

Aphrodite stepped out in front of me and place her hands on my cheeks. I was wide eyed as she stared at me, like looking through me. Having a vision.

A few moments passed and it was deadly silent. Then suddenly her eyes re focused. "It's true." She whispered. That was all it took for Stevie Rae to put her hands to her mouth in horror.

"Not again." She said sadly.

"What? What again?" asked Stark frantically.

"This!" I laughed, but it wasn't me. It was Stacy's voice coming out of my mouth. We had connected.