It's finale time! You are officially reading part one of three(we think.)

I got braces on today and they hurt. Good thing I wrote my part yesterday!

And just so you know, we did NOT forget about Megan. She's officially back this chapter!

I woke up to silence. In case you didn't know, when you live in an apartment with three other girls there's never silence. Ever.

I knew Carmen had been missing for a while, so that was one less person to make noise. Taylor was kidnapped, which left me with Annette. As much as I liked her, she wasn't really the quiet type. I checked my clock; it was ten o'clock on a Saturday. She usually didn't sleep in because she wanted to go shopping. I ran to the bathroom and no one was there. As if the silence was weird, an open bathroom was next to impossible. Shrugging, I decided to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

After taking a long, relaxing shower, I dried my hair off and changed into a t-shirt. There was still no Annette to be found. I went through my daily morning routine of shoveling sugary cereal into my mouth, feeling guilty and eating an apple, and then brushing my teeth. By then it was 11. I decided to stare at a wall to cure my boredom.

"I can't take this!" I yelled to no one in particular after ten minutes. "I'm. So. Boooooored."

No one responded, but was I really expecting someone to? I got up and huffed, feeling tired and cranky. I decided to go see if Annette had left any clues as to where she had gone. Besides, and you can call me a stalker, reading her diary was hilarious.

Her room was neat and orderly to the point where it made me laugh. A picture of my room came into mind, with shirts strewn all over the floor. I reached under her mattress and grabbed her diary, looking for the most recent entry. I found one dated 2/10, which was today. It read:

I'm really worried about Carmen. She's been gone for a long time. I'm worried she's sick, or even worse: dead. Why did she go after Equinox on her own? More importantly, why wasn't I there helping her? I'm such a horrible friend. The guys are making noises now, I'm going to go check on them.

That must be where she went! I needed a human being to talk to aside from myself, so I decided to go find her. As I opened the door, I realized it was silent out here as well. The protesters were even gone (I had told them weeks ago that Carmen was gone, they didn't believe me). Curiously, I stepped into the hall and gasped.

Massacre. That was the first word that came to mind. Debris was thrown across the hallway. It looked like a war scene, with explosion marks to prove it. How had I slept through this? I slowly walked forward, looking at the boys' doorless room. Something had blown it up... I turned and looked at half the door. It was crushing a dead body. Or so I thought.

I gently poked the girl with my foot. She bolted upright. "What happened? How long have I been here?"

I bent down next to her. "Honey, it's okay. Just breathe." She took a deep breath. "Now, who are you? What's your name?"

"Olivia." She said. "Olivia Harvey."

I nodded. "Good. Now, do you remember why you're here?"

"I think..." She said. "I had something important to tell someone. Something that could save someone else's life. But I don't remember who."

"That's okay." I said soothingly. "Do you know anything about what happened before you blacked out?"

"I was walking." She said, seeming unsure. "I had important news for someone who lived around here. I remember a crash. Five boys screamed and ran out here. Then I saw a man." She began to shake. "Demon. He was a demon. He flung the door at me."

I hugged her. "Shh... It's alright. Let's go back to my apartment and let you rest."

She nodded and I helped her up. We hobbled back to my apartment and I let her lie down. I gave her a cool washcloth and she smiled in appreciation. "Thanks for all your help, um... What's your name?"

"Megan." I said. Her eyes widened.

"I think I remember what I needed to do. Do you know Carmen Paige?"

"She lives here." I said, not sure if this girl was joking or not.

"I need to speak to her. Can you get her for me?"

My expression became saddened. "Olivia, Carmen's been missing for
weeks."

Her eyes seemed angry. "She left? I told her not to!"

This girl must be crazy. How on Earth did she know Carmen? Calling her insane wasn't the best way to go about things, so I played along. "I'm sure you did. She doesn't listen to anyone, don't take it personally. Now, what did you have to tell her?"

"Oh, I didn't need to talk to her. I need to talk to her friends."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Didn't you say- You know what, never mind." I said, not feeling like arguing. She probably had a concussion and couldn't think straight. "What do you need to tell me? I'm her friend."

She sat up and looked me straight in the eyes. "Carmen's in danger. My mother, Roseanne Harvey, is keeping her captive. She's going to be turned in to Equinox! We have to save her!"

I had a choice to make. Did I believe this crazy stranger, or ignore her and tend to her health instead? "How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"Simple." She said confidently. "Since one of my parents is a demon, I'm a Demi-demon. I just found out at Christmas break, actually, but I think I've got a pretty good handle on my powers. Watch this!"

She took my hand and closed her eyes. After muttering words I didn't understand, she slowly faded away. I watched in awe as she morphed into another form. Me. It was a carbon copy.

"Equinox could do that..." I said, believing her about the powers. "How do I know you don't work for her?"

She laughed. You think I'd work for her? She's a spoiled brat who thinks she can take over the world! But if you really want proof..." She waved her hands and an image of Carmen appeared. She was hiking through the cold with two men. I watched as Olivia enlarged Carmen's pocket and made it see-through. "Do you see that token? It says Harvey on it. I gave it to her for good luck. It gives her special powers, though I'm not quite sure what it does specifically for her."

"How do I know this is real?"

"Megan!" She said, sounding exasperated. "I can't prove every detail about my life. I need you to trust me."

I sighed. What other choice did I have? "Why are you so desperate to help Carmen, anyways?"

Her expression looked painful. "She's saving my true love. When Josh broke my heart, it crushed me. He was too obsessed with Carmen, I should have known. But alas, I was a teenager who no one paid attention to. Having someone who had romantic interest in me made me let my guard down."

I nodded. "I understand. Adam makes me act differently sometimes, even though he'd never hurt me. I trust you, Olivia. Now, how are we going to save Carmen yet again?"

"Don't forget Mitch, Jason, Blaze, Adam, Jerome, and Annette." She added.

"What?" I asked.

"I think they were the guys running out of the apartment. As for Annette, I remember waking up temporarily and seeing a girl panicking. I'm not positive it was her, but it's worth a try."

I looked at her curiously. "How do you know all this stuff?"

"Mind reading, you know." She shrugged. "Demon."

"Okay then." I said. "Now, we're off on our epic quest to... Where, exactly?"

"New Jersey."

I coughed. "What? That's on the other side of the country."

"Yeah, I know." She said. "Let's go!"

"How are we going to get there?"

She rolled her eyes. "Megan, trust me. I got this."

I didn't like the sound of that.

Solstice POV

"So Sailacane resurfaced." I growled, tossing the spear in the air. Annette and Blaze tried to step away, but it simply vanished into purple sparks."Hate him. So much. Even when he had his body and I had to fight him, it wasn't Ragnorok that was hard, but his jack-ass attitude."

"Ya, but onto the point: YOU'RE A ANGEL?!" Jerome proclaimed suddenly, trying to learn more for the fifth time. They had gathered in my room, which instead of the college dorm room was now white marble with a tiled floor. Weapons hung on the walls, and gravity and physics apparently were broken on a daily basis, since when Blaze had stepped in he floated to the ceiling. Still amusing. Brushing off Jerome's comment, I looked around the room trying to find what I needed. Jewels grabbed a large amythest and shoved it in her pocket, and I hopped into the air when I saw what I was looking for. Grabbing the white cylinder, I landed on my feet with a soft thud. I tossed it onto a table where multiple objects and notes lay and turned my attention back to them.

"Ok, listen up. Judging by what you just told me, we need to make haste to New Jersey. You saw what I just had, right? It's a inter-dimensional space rift portal opening device. It connects this world with the old world, and its many continents and nations, and everything in between. Normally, I wouldn't use this.. but this isn't ordinary."

I picked a small orb that showed Earth. I threw it forwards, and it paused where it was visable to everyone, before immediately slowly spinning on its axis.

"This is a very rare artifact I brought back with me from the old world. It is one-of-a-kind in this dimension, and I trust you NOT TO BREAK IT. It's a important tool."

I pointed a finger at it, which began to glow at the tip, and the continents on earth slowly reformed into one, small islands joining it and a large landmass appearing out of the ocean. I grinned, memories of beating carnivorous dinosaurs up when my body and mind were similar to a toddler's.

"This is Earth Billions of years ago. However…"

Everything slowly vanished, until all that was left was ocean. Then new continents, islands appearing, the earth molten, the orb shaking, until it settled in with a entirely different geographic setting than earth.

"This is the old world, called so because.. well.. it's the first. Nameless horrors, tales of tragedy and war that would make all of Earth's world wars look like tea parties, empires the likes of which are unknown to many. None know of everything this land has to offer, nor how old it is. Its age would be taken in approximation of Earth's times Earth again. Its size is so large that it could fit a few hundred Jupiters in it if hallowed out. No one knows who created it, and it is widely belieived all of the elder beings combined their might – the core, the darkness, Ghariuhaf, Aisfhdaum, and many many more. Many of whom are now dead or forgotten. I don't wish to divulge everything about it, but just see those islands? Those are the size of North America. It is irrelevant to why I'm showing you this. In times of dire need most have traveled in between to instantly teleport. Point is…"

I picked up the cylinder and threw it in the air. A portal opened.

"I know you all have questions." I said, looking at them with their jaws open in surprise.

"But you just need to get Carmen, I'll join you shortly, and Jewels will go with you. No matter what, DON'T STEP OUTSIDE OF THE WORMHOLE YOU'LL BE INSIDE OF. You'll end up in who knows what time period, and I don't even want to consider WHERE."

They all walked through, their eyes showing they were dumbstruck by what had just happened. Jewels waited till they had all gone in, and before she stepped in, she stopped and turned to me, her brown eyes filled with concern.

"Solstice, this is a lot for them to bear. And are you ready to fight and kill your own sister?"

I sighed, the tension in my shoulders being relaxed when I pulled out my bow and fired energy arrows at a target floating through the air.

"I have to be. No matter what. She's going to destroy EVERYTHING…. I won't let her. Even if I doom myself to die shortly after…"

I pulled out a small, white pocket sized book., with a cracked cover that looked like a sword had tried to cut it in half, the only thing ruining the whiteness being dried bloodstains on the back and cover.

"But Solstice, The book may be the recorded accumulation of everything any version of you has ever encountered…"

"Yes, I'm calling the slayers to war."

War and fighting and stuff. We aren't even to the dramatic fight stuff and I'm not liking the mention of war :3

We are going to try to update ASAP for the finale, but good writing takes time.

In the comments, leave me a sympathy note for my pain! Just kidding. The actual question is: Who do you think will find Equinox first and what will they do?

See you next update with some action!