This might be a little messed up. I have no idea how eariler before we finished season one when we started this... But yeah.
Now to introduce our new character, friend, and fellow simmer (obviously), AK. Her screen name on here is TheMagicThatIsKath. All she writes by herself is Star Trek: Voyager, but she's good.
Hope you like. Honestly, this isn't the best (a year old, probably). But they DO get better. Promise. ;-)
Season two, Episode one (2.1): New Beginnings
Ring Ring! "Hello, Ian King's office."
"Ian, it's Katie. You sound so professional when you answer the phone like that."
Ian smiled. "Well I have to. I have my own column now. I have to be smart and mature."
"Well I just wanted to call you to say congrats again for your big promotion. A lot more money should be rolling in now."
"Well thank you Katie, but it isn't that much more than I was getting before when I was working with Allison." Ian sighed. He was still really depressed about his partner moving to Utah.
"Ian? You okay?" Katie asked.
"Yeah... yeah, I'm fine. But look, Katie, I have to get back to work."
"Alright, I'll see you at home. Bye."
"Bye." Ian hung up the and then picked up a picture of Allison. "Hope you're having fun in Utah, Allison."
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In the deepness of the Underworld, The Source held a meeting with a powerful demon. "I have already dispatched a demon to kill the Kings.... but he will most likely fail. That is why I have selected you, Litvar. You are a powerful demon. The witches should be no match for you."
"There are only two, right?"
The Source shifted. "At the moment, yes. But another will join them soon. That is why you must kill them all now. If these three unite.... their power will grow very strong. Defeat them before they can claim The Power Of Three."
Litvar bowed. "Yes, my lord."
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"I'm heading out. I am going to go to the store on the way home. Do you want to come with?" Kathy Hughes, fashion designer, stood in front of her friend Tobias's desk. Kathy had been a witch all her life, yet she rarely practiced her powers. She wanted to have a normal life and stayed as close to having one as best as she could. But that did not include Tobias. He was also a witch, and her good friend. They worked at the office together and had helped each other out on numerous occasions when it came to the supernatural.
"Nah, I have some more work to do."
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow then." Kathy grabbed her purse and walked out of the office.
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Ian was walking out to his car in the parking garage when an energy ball suddenly flew right in front of him. Ian turned to the attacker. It was an average sized demon. He had on a leather jacket, jeans, and dark sunglasses. "Who are you and what do you want?"
"I am Max. And the Source wants you dead.... so that's what I want too." He conjured another energy ball and threw it at Ian. Leaping out of the way, Ian took cover behind a large pillar of the parking garage. "You can't use your powers here. Don't want to expose yourself to the public."
"I won't need my powers to stop you!" Ian called. He then jumped out and ran at the demon. Swinging his arm he hit Max across the face. Wasting no time, he spun around and hit him again, knocking Max to the cement. Ian bent down and grabbed Max by the shirt, pulling him up. "See?"
Max smiled and then shimmered out of Ian's grasp. He reappeared a second later a few feet away. "You cannot destroy what you cannot catch!" Max then turned and ran out of the parking garage.
Ian swore to himself and then ran after the demon. Taking out his cell phone he dialed Kate's cell. "Hello?"
"Katie, it's Ian. A demon attacked me in the parking garage of my office building. Now he is running. I can't let him get away. I think he is heading for the alley on 6th avenue. Meet me there!" Ian hung up before he got an answer and continued to chase the demon. Max ran into the alley and stopped when he got to the dead end. Ian came in after him. "No place to go now. Unless you are a chicken and are going to shimmer out."
"I am no chicken!" Max ran at Ian and punched him in the face. Ian fell to the ground on his back. Max began to create an energy ball just as Katie orbed in.
Katie swung her arm quickly before the demon could conjure the energy ball fully. He flew into a wall and collapsed. "A little help would be nice," she said to Ian. Ian got up from the ground.
"Yeah yeah......" Ian rubbed his jaw and then put up his hands to destroy the demon. But the enemy was too quick. He threw an energy ball into Ian's chest. Ian flew back and land on the ground, hard. His head snapped back and hit the hard cement. He was out cold and blood was starting to trickle from his head.
"Oh God." Katie threw up her hands and froze the demon quickly, hoping for the freeze to last long enough. She ran over and knelt next to Ian. "Ian, wake up," she said, slightly shaking him.
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Kathy was standing on the curb waiting for a cab. Suddenly she sensed an odd feeling and heard someone scream. She set down her bags and ran over to where it was. After a quick glance at the scene, Kath knew what she had to do. Running over to the guy on the ground, she placed a hand on where it seemed the blood was coming the most.
Katie looked up when she saw a hand heal Ian's wound. "Who are you?" she asked the woman.
"I'm... I'm... Kathy..." she mumbled out. Kath stood up slowly, looking at the guy, and began to realize what she had done. She edged backwards, away from the two people. "I've got to go..." Even though she'd done what was right, she didn't exactly know who these people were.
"Wait. We're witches too." Just then the demon unfroze. "Crap!"
Ian groaned and sat up. "What happened? Who is that running away? And why is that demon not frozen?!"
"Later!" Katie yelled. She flung the demon backwards once again.
Kath froze and stood where she had stopped, knowing that she couldn't help against a demon during the fight, only the after effects of it.
Ian got up. "Okay. Go... talk to whoever that is, and I will vanquish the demon." Ian breathed in as Katie ran off towards Kathy and then spoke, "Evil demon you have caused enough strife, with this spell I end your life!" The demon screamed out in pain and exploded. "Well. All done."
"Thanks for helping us," Katie said to Kathy.
"No problem," Kath said, looking over the girl's shoulder as the guy vanquished the demon. "Nice job."
Ian walked up to Kathy. "Thank you. And thank you for healing me. I would have been dead." He stuck out his hand. "I'm Ian."
"Oh.... yeah. My name's Katie." She grinned and also stuck out her hand.
"Kath. Kathy Hughes." Kath shook the girl's hand first, seeing she was a little over anxious and stuck it past the guy's. Then she shook the guy's, and read a tiny piece of his mind. There was an odd feeling about the two that she felt.
Ian took in a quick breath of air as his vision started. He saw flashes of his parents with a baby... they were driving in a car.... a demon appeared.... he made the car spin out of control with his powers. He saw his parents slam through the wind shield, they were dead, the baby is still in the car seat in the back. The demon disappears...... another flash, someone.... sees the car..... the two people dead..... and then she takes the baby. The vision ends. Yet all that took a millisecond. From the force of the premonition Ian fell back to the ground. "Oh my god......" he said.
Katie quickly knelt next to Ian. "You alright?" she asked worriedly Ian just stared at Kathy.
Kath squinted at Ian who seemed disturbed over something. She tried to grasp at his thoughts, but he seemed to be confused and his thoughts were scattered about throughout his head.
"You...... you... you were with our parents when they died." Katie stared at Ian for a minute, then looked at Kathy, not knowing what to say.
Kath was just as confused. "What...?"
"I had a vision of the past. You were the baby........ I remember now. Mom had been pregnant. They went to the hospital..... and then... died. I had forgotten. You...... you are our sister!"
"You have got to be kidding me," Katie said. She stood up and paced. "People don't meet their family on the street like this!"
"Wait, wait. I think you're a little confused. I'm an only child.... I don't have any brothers or sisters."
"But it all makes sense now." Ian stood up. "Katie, remember the Book talking about a third person?"
"Yeah... But..." Katie lowered her voice, "Her?"
"Well..... what did it say the third child's powers were?"
"Uh, Astral Projection, Telepathy, and Healing. But we've only seen her do one of these powers. A lot of witches probably have the ability to heal."
"Kathy? Your powers?"
Kath silently winced inside. She nodded, "That's them alright." She tried to think back, but it all seemed to explain a lot.
"And I had that vision..... why else would I have had it? And did you see the force it had?"
"Alright, alright!" Katie threw up her hands, causing a cardboard box to fly up in the air and fall back down with a dull thud. "Ugh.... Anyway." She walked back to stand in front of Kathy. "Welcome to the family, I guess."
Ian looked at Katie. She didn't seem to happy about all this. "Well..... I have an idea. Let's test this out. Kathy.... do you trust us?"
"Well, to an extent. You have to admit this IS a little strange."
Katie muttered something under her breath and sat down against the wall, near Kathy, but not really close.
"Yep.... I understand. But I think I know a way to sort this out."
"Which is what, genius boy?" Katie asked in annoyance.
Ian glared at Katie. "We go home.... and summon Mom and Dad. Their spirits at least."
Katie got up slowly. "Alright... C'mon." She led the way deeper into the alley. "We're orbing," she told Kathy. Kath nodded and followed her down the alley. Ian followed behind the two, deeper into the alley. Katie grabbed Ian's and Kathy's shoulders and orbed them to the manor. "Welcome to our house," she said blandly while walking towards the stairs, throwing her jacket onto the couch.
"Okay.... I will go get the Book." Ian started up the stairs behind his sister. Kath looked around the house and oddly enough felt a little at home.
"Uh huh..." Katie muttered as they walked upstairs.
"And... Umm... I'll follow..." Kathy followed behind the two.
"So, what ya think?" Katie asked Kath.
"It's nice..." she said, a little mesmerized by the homely effect.
Ian led them all to the attic and grabbed the Book of Shadows. "Okay. Stand back everyone..." Katie stopped in the doorway, not sure what Ian was up to. Ian cleared his throat. "Hear these words, hear my cry, Spirits from the other side, come to me, I summon thee, cross now the great divide." There was the spinning of lights in the center of the room and then two ghostly figures appeared. "Oh my god....." Ian said. It had worked.
His parents stood in front of him. Katie drew a sharp intake of breath and slowly walked over to stand next to Ian. "... Mom? Dad?" Kath took a step back into the hallway past Katie as her chest tightened.
Ian had seen photos of his parents, and slightly remembered them from his childhood. He had been three when they had died. His parents smiled at him and Katie. "Yes," his mom said, "it's us."
"I... uh... Well..." Katie was speechless again. Kath looked down the hallway and was considering running out, but her legs wouldn't move.
Ian wiped a tear that had started down his face. "Okay..... well... hi!" He laughed a little..... "Um..... well. We need to ask you something."
His father smiled. "And we already have the answer. It's yes. We did have another child. And that child is Kathy."
Kath's stomach fell to her feet. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She tried to see if these spirits actually had thoughts, but evidentially didn't. She cursed herself inside and tried to figure out all the details on her own.
"Um... I'll... go get her..." Katie walked quickly out of the attic to the hallway. "C'mon."
"So I was right..... she is our sister," Ian said.
"Yes," said Ian's mother. "She is your sister, three years younger. And she is destined to be with you two."
"Whoa, wait." Katie stuck her head back into the room; she had found her voice. "What do you mean, destined?"
"Even though that nice family adopted her after they found her in the car, she was meant to one day return to this family. To complete this line of this generation of Kings."
"So you're telling me that no matter what, she would have come here sometime in our lives?"
"Yes," said their father. "No matter what."
Kath had edged her way back in the room, but hadn't looked up yet. She was speechless and confused, and the sudden feeling to return back to her life was strong.
"Okay," Ian said. "What do we do now?"
The parents looked at each other and then back at Ian. "Work together.... fight for the side of good..... and most importantly, love each other. We must go now. We love you...." The two then faded away.
"... Dammit. How can they just leave like that?" Katie sat down heavily on the attic's worn out couch.
"It's okay.... at least we know we can talk to them sometimes." He turned to Kathy. "And we also now know the truth." Kath looked up from the floor at Ian and nodded.
Katie shook her head. "This day is turning out to be the weirdest one ever," she muttered under her breath to herself. Ian glanced at Kate, and then looked at Kathy.
"So...." He held out his hand to her. "Do you trust us?"
"Well obviously now I do." She blurted out. Kath took his hand and smiled.
Ian smiled back. "Come here Katie..." Katie rolled her eyes. She stood up and walked to stand next to Ian. Ian took Katie's hand and the light above them shook and glowed. A blue light washed over them.
"The Power of Three...." a voice whispered. And then they broke hands and it ended.
"Okay, what was that freaky voice?" Katie asked quickly.
Kath looked around the room. "I'm not sure...."
"It sounded like Mom's to me..... The Power of Three. Sounds tough..... has a nice ring to it." Ian chuckled.
Katie shrugged and sighed. "So, now what?"
There was a crash from down stairs. "We go see what that was!" Ian yelled. He ran out of the attic and headed down the staircase. Kath shook her head and followed Ian downstairs.
Katie quickly orbed down to the foot of the stairs and looked around the living room. A vase was on the floor, broken. She looked up. A demon was right there in front of her.
Ian got to the bottom steps. "Katie watch out!" The demon that stood there swung his hand out and Katie flew back into Ian, knocking them both over onto the stairs.
"Ouch..." Katie moaned. She rolled off of Ian and onto the floor. She used her power against the demon, but he only stumbled back a little.
Ian got up and helped Katie to her feet. He then threw out his hands at the demon. There was a small spark and the demon barely flinched.
"Hahahaha! You see..... I am too powerful for your weak powers."
"Oh yeah?" Ian tried again. There was a bigger spark..... but the demon barely reacted.
The demon smiled. "My turn," he said. He swung his arm and Ian crashed back into the banister, splintering it.
"Dammit. Kathy, heal him if he's hurt!" Katie swung her arm more sharply than last time and the demon was pushed back with a bit more force.
Kath shook her head as she had dazed out. "Oh, right," she said, walking up to Ian, placing hands on him. It took a second, but he finally reacted and sat up.
"Fine," the demon said. "Keep moving me back with your little powers. I don't mind. I am having fun!" He then threw both hands at Katie who then flew out of the room and landed on a table, smashing it.
"Katie!" Ian yelled. Katie had fallen hard onto the table, which had caused her to get
knocked out. Kathy ran over to the table. She was dying to help in some way. Placing her hands on Katie, she closed her eyes, healing her.
Katie moaned. "Ow... My head hurts…" she complained, her mind a little fuzzy.
Ian got up and glared in rage at the powerful demon. "Evil force that I see here, die now so we may....... cheer!" Nothing happened.
Katie sat up. "Nice spell," she commented quietly.
Kathy held back a chuckle within and whispered aloud, "Cheer?"
"Think you can do better? But why didn't it work?"
"I told you! You alone are not strong enough!" The demon laughed again.
Katie whispered to Kathy, "Tell Ian I'm going up to check the Book Of Shadows." Kathy gave her a quizzical look. "Our book of spells." With that, she orbed up to the attic and started to flip through the Book.
Kathy looked across the room at Ian who had a confused look on his face. She heard him clearly for the first time in her mind. Kathy then sent a message to him through telepathy. She's going to check the Book of Shadows. We've got to distract him.
Ian nodded slightly as he heard the voice in his head. He then walked up to the demon. "Who are you?"
"My name is Litvar. And you are Ian King.... I don't know why so many demons fear you. You are weak."
Ian laughed. "Ya think?" Ian swung his arm a hit Litvar across the face. He stumbled a little and grunted. Ian smiled and shot his hand out into Litvar's neck, making him gasp. Spinning around Ian kicked out, hitting the demon in the chest and knocking him into a large cabinet. "Not so weak, am I?" Litvar glared and then used his power, sending Ian to the floor.
Kathy hesitated. She'd only astral projected twice in her life, and then it was an accident. She focused as much as could on it and suddenly the most unexplainatory thing happened and she was behind the demon. She grabbed a vase off a nearby end table and slammed it over Litvar's head.
Ian stood up and turned to look behind him. Kathy was still there... but unmoving. And Kathy was also behind the demon. She had astral projected! "Great job, Kath!"
''Thanks!'' she said with a quick smile. Suddenly the demon saw her unmoving body and advanced to it. Kath held her breathe and the odd feeling overwhelmed her and she was back in her body. And not a moment too soon. She jumped out of the way as Litvar lunged at her. He fell to the floor, but this would not stop him.
"Katie!" Ian called. "Hurry up!"
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Katie was flipping through the Book quickly. A light breeze came in and the Book went to a page where there was a picture of Litvar on it. She skimmed the page to the vanquishing spell. "A Power Of Three spell... Weird. Three witches must say this spell to have full effect," she read. She copied the spell onto a piece of paper and orbed back downstairs. "We have to say this spell together," she told Ian and Kathy.
Kath ran over to Katie. "Well we better hurry. I can't take much more of this!"
Katie raised an eyebrow. "You think this is bad?"
Ian turned to Katie. "What spell?" Katie held it out and Ian took it. "Alright."
Litvar stood up. "You cannot stop me!"
Ian smiled. "Oh yeah?" The three then began reading. "Evil demon sent from hell, hear the words of this spell. It shall spear you like a knife, and with The Power Of Three, end your life!" Litvar was engulfed in fire as he screamed in pain. Then he was gone. Ian turned to Katie. "Where did you get this?"
Katie shrugged. "The Book turned to a page with Litvar on it. The vanquishing spell said we needed The Power Of Three to use it."
"Wow.... well now we see the power we have together."
Kathy nodded. "Well. Now what?"
Katie looked at the mess they had made while fighting. "Clean."
"You know Kate.... ever since you moved in I have done more cleaning than I have in my entire life." Ian smiled at her.
"We have also fought more than we ever have," she replied, walking over and starting to pick up pieces of the vase Kathy had broken.
"Well duh." Ian grabbed a broom from a closet and started to sweep up some debris. "Hey Kathy...... where do you live?"
"Uh, nowhere special, just a broken down place. Two bedroom apartment just down the road from where we met," Kath said as she straightened the end table where the vase was.
"Well....." Ian looked at Katie. "Maybe you could live here. We are siblings ya know. And I know we just found this all out, but it would be better for you to be here."
"Well...." she looked up as though she was actually thinking. "OKAY!" she blurted out with a slight chuckle. "Although I need to get my things as soon as possible. My cat's probably hungry too."
"You have a cat?" Katie looked at Ian. "She has a cat."
Kath raised a confused eyebrow. "Erm.. is that bad?"
"I dunno." Ian glanced at Kate. "Is it?" Katie shook her head.
"No, it ain't bad."
"Alright! It's settled. You can have the room next to Kate's. Katie! Help her get her stuff over here in that magical way that you can." Ian smiled. "BUT..... do it tomorrow."
"Well... can you get my cat right now?"
Katie flapped her hand at the question. "No sweat." She orbed out.
"Does she even know where she is going?"
"I hope so...."
Katie orbed back in a few seconds later. "Uh... Where is your apartment?"
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Later that night at King's Corner, Ian and Katie, and now their new found sister, Kathy, at in a booth in the corner. Ian had booked Celine Dion. She was playing her new hit, A New Day Has Come. Ian turned to his sisters. "Think that this is coincidence?"
Kath smirked. Nothing's coincidence, she said to both of them through telepathy.
Katie jumped at the sudden voice in her head and glared at Kathy. "Don't do that!"
Kath stuck her tongue out. "You're just jealous," she said laughing.
Ian smiled. "And I thought Katie would be a handful....."
Katie hit Ian lightly on the arm. "I resent that."
"Too bad!" Ian hit her back.
"Ahh.... being an only child now wasn't so bad"
Ian turned and glared at Kathy. "...I think you are the evil kid of the bunch." He then cracked up, not being able to keep a straight face.
Katie grinned. "And you are the weirdest."
Ian made a small bow. "Thank you, thank you." Kath rolled her eyes and sighed as she sipped her drink.
"Something wrong, Kath?" Katie asked.
"No, it's just a little odd how today's events occurred. Now THAT was no coincidence."
Ian looked at Kathy. "No... it wasn't. But ya know..... I think with all the demons and warlocks, and The Source trying to kill us too..... what was my point?" He laughed a little. "Oh yeah. Even with all that... I think you are gonna like it here."
"Either that or find us very weird and annoying," Katie added.
"I forgot about that part.... well in that case you will hate this new life."
Kath laughed. "I guess I'm doomed then." she said with a cheeky, teasing grin.
"Be afraid, be very afraid." Katie grinned as she reached over to pick up her glass and take a sip.
They all laughed again and then turned to listen to Celine Dion sing. "A new day has.... Come! Oooooh! A new day...... has come......"