Now for the next chapter. Again.

Reviewer Thank-Yous

Luckycool9: Glad to hear it; And yes, it is Dawn; Zombie-slaying… it's a worldwide pasttime.

NarniaCrazyGirl: (Secretly, I'm jealous of Rudolph); Yep… must be the tension; Girl, there is one difference between me and Pugs- he's a cartoon. I live in reality. …Do the math; Glad you loved the song, too!

Scoobycool9: (Why do I keep forgetting to mention those?) The title of the song was called 'Save us from disaster', and thank you; Yeah, I felt I'd make up for leaving so many characters out; Sorry for the disappointment.

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Once the snow storm had passed, Johnny, Emily, Twiggy (now healed), Cassie, Ryan, Nightshade, Chance, Chase, Nin, Scoobycool9, and Alexia packed up the tent and continued on…

"WHOOP!"

*thud!*

…right after Nin tripped over something- or actually, someone. "Okay, who put this frozen body here?" she demanded.

"Frozen body?" Nightshade questioned, walking over. Sure enough, it was a frozen body of one of the hunters Alexia electrocuted, their skin blue and icy… and they were still breathing. "Anyone feel like dragging along a hostage?"

"Finally, something worth doing," Chase scoffed.

They pulled the hunter to their feet, seeing it was a young blonde-haired boy, who we'd recognize as Sven. "C-Could s-someone p-please t-turn u-up t-the h-heat?" he asked, his teeth chattering. "I'm f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-FREEZING!"

"Serves you right for trying to ambush us, twerp," Twiggy scoffed.

"Tell us where Finneas' castle is, or your little stay with us will be quite… uncomfortable," Chase threatened, taking out a knife. "Do I make myself clear?"

Sven gulped. "I-I-I don't know w-w-w-where the c-castle is…" he whimpered, still shaking from the cold. "I-I'm t-too y-young t-to a-apparate, s-so s-someone a-always h-had to e-escort m-me during our h-hunts… I-I only know w-what the inside l-looks l-like…"

"Then you're not really much use to us, are you?" Cassie sneered, taking out her rifle. "Oh, well. Hope you've made peace with God, kid-"

"HOLD IT!" Emily snapped, floating in front of Sven. "We are NOT hurting him!"

"What?" Ryan, Twiggy, Chase, and Cassie demanded, all having their weapons drawn.

"He's just a kid! For Lord's sake, guys, can you see yourselves? If we kill him just because he doesn't know something, we'd be no better than the VCY!"

"He's part of the VCY, idiot." Cassie snapped. "If we let him live, he'd just kill us."

"No I won't!" Sven yelped. "I-I don't even want to kill! I just signed up for this because my cousin told me it was the only way they'd let me live!"

"Your cousin?" Scoobycool9 questioned.

"Well, second-cousin. He knows my father, and he said that if I remained with the Veni Con Yei, not only would I keep my life, but he also said he'd make sure my family was unharmed and that I would get to see them again."

"You were taken from your family?" Alexia gasped.

"Yes, when I was only three. Those hunters I'm with mistook me for this 'Kiff' boy, because they believed my father was his father… but when they realized I looked nothing like the real boy they were to kidnap, they planned on killing me because I knew too much. My cousin had joined them and said he would take me under his wing and teach me to be one of them, making me take an oath to never reveal their secrets or go back to my family."

"Wow. That's a bit TOO much pressure to put on a three-year-old, don't you think?" Scoobycool9 questioned.

"You have no idea… I was sent to a camp to train. One day, we were forced to go into hiding ten years ago, and I had no way of finding a way to contact my parents or my sister."

Twiggy rubbed his chin, feeling this story sounded familiar. "You know, Sven, if you help us out, we'll find a way to keep you safe from the VCY and take you back to your family. We just saw your father just a few days ago," he said.

"You did?"

"We did?" The others questioned.

"Yeah. But, you have to tell us everything Finneas is planning, as much as you know." Twiggy said. "Otherwise, the deal is off and we'll leave you out here to freeze to death."

"Anything." Sven agreed.

"Do you know where they're hiding Lamone?" Johnny asked, floating up to him.

"No I- Holy sheista! You look like-"

"I know, I know. Just answer my question, will ya?"

"Er, right… um, who exactly is Lamone?"

"Shows how much he knows," Ryan scoffed.

"Do you remember any plans Finneas made for a ritual?" Chance asked.

"I remember he said that on the eve of the next full moon, we are to go to the top of Mt. Crescent and set up everything he needs, and we need to carve out a vampire's heart and drop it into a pool of werewolf blood while he reads an incantation out of Darkarai's spell-book-" Sven began.

"Darkarai's back, too?" Johnny snapped, slapping his forehead. "Oy, have mercy! How many villains are we gonna have in t'is story?"

"What else did he say?" Scoobycool9 asked.

"Nothing else… but I did hear a hunter named Marlow tell him that, before he can perform the ritual, he must kill an author named Fangface the Second because he has a piece of the sorcerer within him, and vice-versa- the whole Harry Potter/Lord Voldemort effect. If Finneas performs the ritual before killing him, there's a chance that the author will be immortal as well."

"Interesting…" Nin said, intrigued.

"Sven, in case we don't make it in time, do you know a way to stop the ritual?" Alexia asked.

Sven sighed. "I just know the instructions… but Finneas was really uptight about how it's supposed to work. We had to have the right amount of blood, the vampire's heart had to remain beating when you threw it in… and he once killed one of the hunters because they brought in an oak coffee-table instead of a redwood one for the chicken to tap-dance on." he replied, a little confused at that last part. "One minor change to the ritual, he said, and the whole thing would be ruined."

Chase smirked, rubbing his hands. "Well, ladies and gentlemen… I propose we head up to Mt. Crescent and wait to crash the party," he suggested.

"I hope you have back-up, because Finneas has tripled his warriors in the past few months. We're now up to 300 hunters now, some of them not even human."

Scoobycool9 took out his cell-phone. "Don't worry… we have our own army." he said, then began speaking into the phone. "Hey, Lucky! You know all those characters from the last two stories? Well, call them up and tell them to meet us at Mt. Crescent in Scotland… We've got a world to save, that's why." he paused then. "Er, I'm not sure she'd like that… Oh! He did, did he? Well, if the co-author is okay with it, alright." he then hung up. "Lets go."

They began walking across the path, when suddenly someone in a cloak leaped out at them, blasting Johnny and Emily back and into the mountains, a pile of snow landing on them. The attacker had a key-blade, and pink hair, and Chance glared. "Marluxia… What are you doing here?" he growled.

"Wondering why you're not with the rest of Organization XIII," Marluxia retorted. "Word has it you left us… That plan never went well for Roxas, remember?"

"You were helping Finneas! Don't you realize he plans on destroying all the realms, the world, and both the toon and reality universes?"

"That's part of the plan. He will recreate both worlds, and only his loyal followers will live to help mold it into his idea world,"

"You won't live… He'll just kill all of you. You're nothing but pawns in his game! Puppets that he'll just toss to the side once he's done with you. He only cares about his immortality!"

"Blah blah blah, just shut up and lets duel," Marluxia lunged, and Chance raised his key blade, fending him off. "You're as strong as your older brother… Too bad I managed to beat him, and put a darkness in him-"

"That darkness was removed in the first story," Nin huffed. "Don't you guys pay attention to the past?"

Marluxia and Chance continued to fight. The villain faked out the incredibly-hansom OC and blasted him with all he had, using his power to toss him into the air and slam him into the snow. Chance groaned, trying to sit up, but Marluxia pinned him down. "Now, I shall steal your heart," he said, smirking.

There was a snarl and Wolfsbane attacked Marluxia, tearing him to pieces. "YOU LAY ONE HAND ON HIM, AND I'LL RIP YOUR THROAT OUT!" she snarled, and suddenly appeared to get bigger, stronger, and more terrifying. Several more of her appeared and attacked Marluxia, who managed to get away and disappear.

"For a guy who joined up with werewolf hunters, he sure pulled a wimpy move," Twiggy joked.

Wolfsbane went over to Chance, helping him up. "You alright, Chance?" she asked.

"Yeah… thanks," he said, grinning.

"Johnny! Emily!" Nightshade gasped, remembering their other two comrades, and they ran over to the piles of snow. "Are you two alright?"

Johnny and Emily pulled themselves out of the snow. "Yeah, we're fine," Emily grunted.

The others stared. "Oh my gosh…" Wolfsbane gasped.

"What is it?" Johnny asked.

"Guys… do you feel different?" Nightshade asked.

"Why?"

"Because you sure LOOK different," Scoobycool9 answered.

Johnny and Emily looked at each other and gasped. Johnny's hair had a dark sheen to it and his eyes were brown, and his clothes looked brand-new; Emily's hair was now light-blonde rather than a pale-brown, and her eyes were blue, and her pajamas looked new as well. …Also, their skin was no longer transparent, and they were no longer floating.

"Whoa, guys…" Alexia gasped. "You're human!"

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A/N: Who all will Lucky bring? Will our heroes be able to crash the ritual? When will Sven see his family again? And what is up with Johnny and Emily's appearances? And why do I keep asking you all these questions if I already know the answer?

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