"Fear is on the inner mind, taking over all the time. Fear is on the inner mind but it's taking over all the time..." ~Evanescence

Nearing eleven, Sarah looked up with a start when she saw Jamie appear at the door.

"I didn't know where else to put her." he said, and Sarah saw that a passed-out Lynn was slung over his shoulders.

She sighed, then helped him heave her on the couch. "Disappointing," Sarah said. "She knows better than this."

Jamie shrugged. "I couldn't do anything."

"It's fine, thank you."

As he left, Sarah attempted to wake Lynn. When she shifted, she turned to face the couch. "Leave me alone Mom."

Sarah stopped, Mom?

Lynn usually called her Auntie Sarah.

"Mommy?"

Phoenix appeared, coming down the stairs, her hair wild. Rubbing her bronze eyes, she went over to the couch. "What happened to Lynny?" she asked.

"She had a long night...now go back to bed, alright?" Sarah explained.

Nodding, Phoenix slowly made her way back upstairs.

Sarah watched her up, then looked back at Lynn. Now she was curious...

Putting a blanket over Lynn, Sarah stopped when she heard footsteps. Turning around she saw Juliet at the top of the stairs.

"You okay?"

"...do you have a night light?"

Sarah smiled. "I think so, come on." she went for the basement.

Afraid for a moment, Juliet made herself follow Sarah down the basement steps, where it was freezing cold.

Rummaging through some dusty boxes, Sarah finally pulled out an old Winnie The Pooh nightlight.

"Lyra used to love this." she remembered. "Is this okay?" she asked.

Juliet nodded, smiling along the way.

Back upstairs, Sarah checked on Lynn once more, who was still long out, and debated on whether or not to call Jackson.

Hoping she wouldn't wake up, Sarah searched her pockets and found her cell. Going the the flood amount of contacts, she found his name and pressed the call button.

"Lynn?"

"It's Sarah. She's at my house...collect her in the morning, let her sleep."

"Oh! I see. Thank you Miss Agate."

Sarah blinked; for a demon he was real polite.

Putting the phone back, she flipped off the light and trekked upstairs for bed.

Juliet was having that dream again.

The one with the man in the suit, with the gray-whitish hair.

She liked him in that form- his real appearance was scary; a being with six wings and four faces, one of a lion.

Juliet wondered what the heck he wanted from her. Nearly every night she'd see him. But right as he was going to speak, she would wake up.

When she first told her mother, Autumn, about him, nearly a year ago, she was scared when Autumn freaked out.

But she never explained why.

Suddenly waking up again, Juliet looked to the door where she could hear noises from downstairs.

She then wanted her mommy, but knew she wasn't here. Fighting the urge to cry she looked down over at the nightlight to distract her.

Learning from what Phoenix explained, she teleported herself into her room. Quietly going over to her pink princess bed, she slightly shook her.

Phoenix opened her eyes. "Juliet?" she was still for a moment.

"I hear something downstairs." Juliet whispered. Phoenix sat up, and stared over at her window, seeing it was still dark out.

"Maybe it's my mommy." she suggested, climbing out of bed. Juliet followed her to the door. With fairy steps, they slowly walked down the dark hall towards the stairs that went down.

At the edge, they both froze.

In the living room, though it was dark, they saw a shadowy figure peering over Lynn's sleeping body. Judging from her height, Phoenix knew it couldn't be her mom.

Then she recognized the way her hair was-

"Addy?"

Phoenix went down the stairs and flipped on the light. It was indeed Adena: her hair and eyes still darker than they usually were.

"What are you doing?" Phoenix asked curiously.

"I wanted to see my sister. Is that so wrong?" Adena explained with a scary tone.

Juliet was fear-silent. There was something about Adena that scared the crap out of her.

Something bad...