I do not own the OC, Amy, or Kane's outfit both of which are the creations of pinksakura271.

On the day of Halloween, everything was going normally. Past the fact that nobody had seen Ciara in two days and both Amy and Jordan had taken to carrying their swords with them. Everything was going relatively well. Aziz was in the medical bay again since Jordan had nearly killed him for asking her out again, and the rest of the school had heard him screaming from everywhere on campus. Even Ben heard and found himself in the form of a border collie puppy, seeing that the sound had spooked Mal, who was working on a transformation spell and had missed her target.

"Oops, sorry Ben. Let me-"

Before she could even finish her sentence the entire school rumbled and shook. The spires of the castle the school was built in swaying.

"What was that?"

Mal asked, quickly returning Ben to his human form and running down the stairs. It didn't go well considering the school shook and rumbled again as a powerful blast of magic went off and all of a sudden the stairs and rooms in the school started shifting and moving, Ben and Mal tripping and rolling what they thought was down the steps, but found themselves on the top landing back where they'd started.

"What the? Whose magic is this strong? They managed to redesign a 200 year old castle and break the laws of physics and gravity with a single burst!"

Mal shivered.

"I'd say Ciara, but she'd never do something like this. Besides, I'm pretty sure she has to be in direct line of sight to do something like that."

They heard an annoying little laugh behind them.

"That's where you're wrong deary. There's a good reason for the sudden change of space!"

He said, giggling madly. Mal looked concerned.

"Great Uncle Rumple? What's going on then?"

Rumplestiltskin laughed a little longer.

"Why, it's Walpurgis Night tonight deary. The night when souls become restless and demons are at their strongest! And most violent..."

He said, his chuckle turning dark. Mal figured out what he was talking about relatively quickly.

"Oh no…..she said she didn't even need to be in this country to hurt me since her magic came in full. If it really is Ciara, she definitely doesn't need to be in this country to take down the school, even without meaning to!"

Ben looked confused, having a generally bad understanding of magic.

"And how's that?"

Mal looked at him.

"It's because the school is a way bigger target for a lot more magic."

Rumple leaned against a wall.

"Seems to me she's holding back. Which isn't good."

Ben looked at him.

"Seems like a good thing to me, she's trying to minimize the damage. Right?"

Rumple giggled.

"You have to remember Beast Cub, even she doesn't know what's going on. And she's only minimizing the damage for now. Trust me, she should probably start her destruction streak now. I've seen what happens when our family holds back on Walpurgis Night. Does the Bubonic Plague ring a bell? That was Malignancy."

Mal shivered.

"Do you know what Ciara's capable of?"

Rumple shook his head.

"If I did, I sure wouldn't be here. Best bet is to evacuate the school. And even that may not work. Could always just kill her. Or find a way to temporarily drain away her magic."

Ben looked at him.

"Why not drain it permanently to avoid this happening again?"

Mal slapped him the second he offered that plan and knocked out a tooth.

"What's wrong with you?!"

Rumple stopped her from hurting him again.

"Now little purple one, remember, humans fear what they don't understand. And to answer your question, because she'd die. And a rampaging young genie is almost as bad as a rampaging dragon."

Mal said nothing as Ben rubbed his aching jaw.

"Any ways to stop it?"

Rumple looked at the boy, then at his great niece.

"Didn't think you'd hit him that hard deary."

Mal looked at Ben and her eyes glowed green.

"Neither did I. How do we find her?"

Rumple hummed.

"I'd say a tracking spell, but demons auras overwhelm them and you'd get nowhere, of course, demon blood can be used to track the demon. But only if it is in the hands of the one person the demon trusts the most."

Mal nodded.

"Let's go find ourselves a demon then!"

Rumple stopped her.

"Not that simple deary. She's not even in this realm of existence. And if she's where I think she is, only three of you can go after her. Amy can not go anywhere near Ciara right now."

Mal tilted her head, trying to figure out why Amy wouldn't be able to go near Ciara.

"Why, is she somewhere high up?"

Rumple shrugged.

"Part of it. Think of another reason Ciara wouldn't want Amy to go after her."

He said, turning serious. Mal thought about it and almost wanted to puke.

"The amulet. She put herself in her amulet."

Rumple nodded.

"Yes. Maleficent was right, you are a bright one. You may want to find any clues she left as to how to get her out though. Most likely in a place very few people would think to look."

Mal instantly guessed where Ciara would leave a clue and sprinted back to her dorm, thankful that Amy and Alexander had left to check on the other students as she opened her sister's diary to the first page and found a note from Ciara herself.

I'm pretty sure Mal's the one who's going to find this, so hey Mal. Amy, if you did notice this, give it to your sister. As much as I trust you, this is not something you can do without getting hurt. Now, Mal, I'm only going to say this once. I may or may not be able to recognize you when you come find me, but do not worry about getting me out of the amulet. Worry about what happens when I break myself out. The ruby is strong enough to contain tortured souls, but not me. Not for long anyway. When I do, find something to drain my magic into. I hid the ice heart Queen Elsa gave me somewhere in the woods, so you should be able to find it. It might work. I'll try to control myself for as long as I can, but by the time night falls, I cannot promise your safety. Best of luck, and if this goes sour, please tell Jordan that I am sorry and that everything I have goes to her. Rumple knows what I mean.

Mal tilted her head.

"Why do I suddenly get the feeling Ciara hid so much from us we really know nearly nothing?"

Rumple appeared in the room in a cloud of black and red smoke.

"That's because that assumption would be correct."

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