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Tragedy

Sally was all anxious. She understood why when her sister Vicky appeared in the room and ran to them. "The George is outside, trying to come in."

Lady Zoe offered to come and take away the gifts making George more powerful. Then he would not be able to disappear so quickly, or if so, he wouldn't get way too far.

"Darling, stay here, I have the feeling the monster wants you. We will come back," Argo told Elizabeth.

Raven smiled, "Yes, my dear, that would be lovely; you and the girls stay here."

Sally and her sister were growling, but Darcy agreed. The idea the dogs could get hurt made him sick. "Stay here; your babies need you."

Sally was upset, so Raven offered her a biscuit she was fond of, made with a cheese she loved. Elizabeth wanted to go, but everyone was against it, so she stayed. Vicky sat there, worried for her puppies, and Sally pretended to obey. It was a show since Sally was ready to take off, as soon as she was able, she had a bad feeling.

Lady Zoe transformed and appeared inside the house with Darcy. They were going to enter the drawing-room when they heard a carriage; the Bennet had arrived.

Mrs. Reynolds heard the carriage and peeked through a window. She could smell the stinking vermin and also smelled George. George stunk of vermin. Odd, she had never noticed; maybe George no longer cared if anyone knew what he was. It made sense, she had always suspected George was something else.

Argo appeared inside the carriage and explained the situation. He recognized the woman passing for Mrs. Bennet, a half-dragon. Perfect, she was Mr. Green's cousin. Maybe a candidate for the rival prince. Though he doubted it, Lizzie seemed to be the chosen. But better, dragon fire would be needed, only one vermin per dragon, or they would run away. Now they had three dragons if required.

"We will lure him," Mr. Bennet told his brother.

Mrs. Bennet sniffed the air. "Not good, it stinks of very nasty beings, I think at least three of them and an unknown."

The one passing for Mrs. Bennet descended the coach, "Mr. Bennet, I still think Mr. Wickham is a good match for one of our daughters." She said hoping to attract George.

"I don't, best to forget about him," Mr. Bennet answered.

George saw his chance. He wished that the foolish Mr. Bennet would go inside the house, then he would talk to Mrs. Bennet. George was uneasy; he couldn't see well if someone was hiding behind a human face, sometimes he could, but not always, not in this case. Something that made him weary, thought this time he had taken precautions.

Lady Zoe came out of the door. Her human version was as lovely as her other version, George appraised her. Maybe add that one to the booty, he thought. George didn't recognize her, looking human with a version of Elizabeth's gown. He could get another buyer, after he tasted the wares, though he preferred them younger.

Argo's brother, passing for Mr. Bennet, neared Lady Zoe and lost his speech. His head felt fuzzy; he wondered, Who is this lady? He was feeling odd. She made a face, he heard it inside his head, "Greet me, George is around, we need to lure him out in the open. Just call me."

Zoe was wondering what was wrong with him. She could see who he was, Prince Leon, the other one who rejected her. Maybe a good thing, he was acting odd and couldn't talk. He nodded, unable to say something. Zoe looked at Mrs. Bennet, the witch she had paid for the potion. What was she doing here?

Darcy

He went inside the drawing-room, Mrs. Reynolds had been alerted. Lydia looked afraid, Fergus sat by her side. Georgiana was crying because she had seen George peeking through a window, calling her outside. She was with Angus when Darcy came into the room.

Georgiana came running to him, carrying her puppy. "George is outside, I am scared, Lydia told me about him, but Angus says he will protect me."

Darcy held her, Georgiana had changed, rather fast, once she'd let Angus approach her, he suspected Angus was the one for her.

"Darling, come to the side," Darcy told her an unbelievable tale; she shook her head to deny it. "Let's move to my office." Darcy pulled her with him, and Angus followed.

As soon as they were there, Darcy changed, and Angus also transformed. Dee barked, saying something like, "Ma-ma." Georgie kissed her.

"Oh, dear, it is true, Dee talks. I want to see my daddy." Georgiana begged.

"Later, your mother is here, but they are trying to trap George. Sorry, he is a nasty being hidden inside. He murdered our father."

She broke in tears; Darcy held her, "Don't tell anyone, if you try, nothing will come out. Go and stay with Angus, and please make sure Lydia stays in. You can help by making sure nobody goes outside."

"William, don't go, what if George murders you? I will be all alone; please stay!" Georgiana was sobbing, but Darcy had no answers. He also hoped nothing happened to him.

"Angus, take care of my sister, protect her. Do whatever it takes. Tell your brother what is going on. Make sure everyone stays inside. I already left a strong compulsion for everyone, but it is best to keep a close watch. Moreover, be ready to defend if something goes wrong." Darcy kissed his sister and left.

Smith and Green were already out near to George, but they saw the other three hiding. Smith recognized a nasty Nightshade lord, why was he here? He knew that he wanted a human wife, but who was the chosen wife? Smith remembered Argo's fears.

Argo stood by them. "I saw the Nightshade lord; he came to collect my Lizzie. I flew close enough and read him. The Nightshade thinks Lizzie is at least half-human and a witch. George is collecting a big fee."

Argo went back inside but first created an illusion outside the windows. He didn't want those in the house to see the fight. When Argo found Mrs. Reynolds, he explained what was happening and told her to be ready to fight. She nodded.

Darcy knew he needed to fight, the Nightshade could only be killed by Raven or by him; Smith couldn't do it. Darcy was the only one who knew how; the knowledge was coming to him. Besides, their gifts would be needed to activate the weapon. Darcy went to his father's desk, opened a secret compartment, one just learned. Inside, Darcy found the pouch he was looking for, opened it, and looked at the contents. Now he was ready, he hoped all would be well.

Darcy changed and hid in the shadows. He hoped this was it for George; his reign of terror needed to end.

Sally went around sniffing, while Lizzie enjoyed listening about William. Sally's mother and Vicky sat with Lizzie and her father-in-law. As soon as they weren't looking at her, Sally left to look for her daddy.

Sally knew that if she didn't get to Darcy first, he would die. It was her gift, her family all had it. Had her mother been with Raven years before, George wouldn't have killed him, she would have alerted Raven when he was George Darcy.

Sally's grandfather was a canine of sorts. They were used as guards. The wings, teeth, speech, and other abilities came from him, though they were rather ugly and not friendly at all. They were linked to their owner, they could sense danger and protect them. But many didn't believe that was possible, it was.

Confrontation

George kept trying to call Miss Bingley, but she seemed to be gone. He saw an insect flying around him, it looked familiar, but that was nonsense. He paid no attention; perhaps he should have. The insect stood on his head a couple of times. George tried to swat it, with no luck, it disappeared. Bloody bugs, he thought.

Mrs. Bennet came closer, George wanted to talk to her, but her husband wouldn't go in. Maybe she would invite him in. Though he wasn't too sure who was in the house. Those two the day before, the giant and the archer, were from the place he escaped from. George thought one might be a Dragon, and that wouldn't do.

Smith had seen George's memories, some, only the important ones. He was a nasty being, but there were not two of him, only him, and the creature that served him. George had been around this area for a long time. Once, tried to steal the son of a duke, too bad the father He often sold humans to Nightshades, or to those who wanted a human child.

George had tried to take away the Wickham's child, and give it to a couple who needed an heir. Those buyers were paying a small fortune for the infant. But the parents had found him, and during the struggle, the infant had been injured and died. When he found out they were going to work at Pemberley, he forced them to take him, not as an infant but as a young boy.

Wickham had gone to the solicitor, looking like George Darcy, and changed the will to give him 1,200 a year, plus education at Cambridge and much more. Then he killed him. Later, George decided that wasn't enough and went for Georgiana's dowry. He knew a dark witch, Fanny Bennet, nee. Gardiner and went to see her. She sold him a potion to give to Georgiana, but William made trouble, like usual.

George hated William Darcy, the arrogant prick. He had tried to kill him many times, but he had never been able. It was as if William had unseen guardians.

Today, William would know who was in charge. George had invited a few like him, offering them part of the gold he would get for Elizabeth.

The Nightshade Lord was here to help collect his bride; Elizabeth, who was part human and part witch, a dream come true. Human blood was the best, even better with a taint of darkness. If that weren't enough, she was beautiful, he had seen a memory of her. She would be an excellent addition to his harem; he had stolen beauties from many places.

Smith talked to Green. He also went and informed Darcy, and they planned the attack. First, Lady Zoe went to greet the one passing for Mrs. Bennet. This Mrs. Bennet was someone else pretending to be her; she wasn't the nasty witch. Lady Zoe was happy to know the witch would no longer be a problem.

Mr. Bennet, Leon, went into the house, transformed, and came back out with his brother, unseen to others. "Who is the Lady out there."

He asked Argo.

"Lady Zoe, the one you turned down. She is a beauty. Isn't she?" Argo answered.

"Is she taken?" Was his brother's answer.

"Ask her, I have no idea." Argo lied.

As soon as George approached them, Lady Zoe and the one passing for Mrs. Bennet. Lady Zoe pointed her hand and took back the gifts she had given George. But he didn't notice, not yet.

Darcy came out, ready to act. It all happened fast. Three Dragons materialized, one was the one passing for Mrs. Bennet, the other two, Green and Mrs. Reynolds (Alesa), flew over the ones hiding. Their fire destroyed the two hiding before they knew what happened.

There were two more with George that nobody had seen; they were able to hide better.

Darcy appeared by the hidden Nightshade, holding a flat serrated disk. The Nightshade, hiding under the shadow of a tree, was caught by surprise. Before he could react, the disk Darcy threw, illuminated the area like bright sunshine. The serrated disk killed the creature in place, cutting part of his neck. When he died, he couldn't regenerate because the bright light turned him into a pile of dust.

Darcy had not seen the Lord's servant, a nasty beast that flew behind Darcy with his jaws open.

Meanwhile, George tried to create the dark wind to hide and escape, but nothing happened. So he called for his minion, sending part of his essence away to combine with his minion's. George had done it before, sooner or later, he would be back. He barely had enough time before the dragon in front of him ended his life. Some of his essence reached one of the hidden ones, who got away quickly.

They all heard a fight and ran to see what happened. Darcy sat on the ground, he was human, his shoulder was covered with blood, Sally sat on his lap licking him. Right by them, a large furry creature lay dead.

"Sally saved me," Darcy said before he passed out. Argo asked Sally, who was to upset to answer, so he went to get Lizzie, her spouse didn't look well. The wound was oozing green, probably a poison. Argo remembered George's dagger in the vision shown by Lady Zoe, it was dripping a green liquid.

"Take the body, shrink it, and secure it. We might need it to find the poison."

Mrs. Reynolds was crying for her boy. Green picked him up. "Best, we take him to his father. Sally, go and feed your babies."

She growled and followed them. Smith had terrible news, "I found a trace of another one like George, not sure how it hid. We need to try to find it, but not now. I think that George might not be all gone. They are parasites and can transfer into another like them to regenerate. Let's hope not."

Raven

When he saw Green carrying his bleeding son, and Sally whining, he felt the room spinning. This couldn't be happening, was George going to destroy everyone?

"Sally saved him, but she is not talking," Green told Raven.

Alesa, Mrs. Reynolds, was crying. "My boy, my sweet boy."

Elizabeth ran to him as soon as they crossed. Smith came a couple of minutes later carrying the basket with Sally's babies, crying with hunger. Sally ignored them, howling in anguish. Vicky fed them; she was a good sister. Sally's mother stood by Sally, licking her.

"What happened?"

"The Nightshade Lord had come to retrieve his bride, William knew how to kill it, we had counted four altogether, but there were two more; one was a creature like a mastiff. If not for Sally, William would be dead. Maybe for good since he is in the human form and hasn't mastered the transformation yet."

"Save him," Lizzie begged.

A healer came and examined him.

"Someone bring Georgiana, she would want to be here," Raven sounded hopeless.

Smith left, and some minutes later was there with Georgiana.

Georgiana looked across; she saw Raven, who wasn't familiar but the way he looked at her.

"Daddy?

"Yes, my darling, but you must change to come across. I can't come across. At least, I don't think since the body I borrowed died."

"William told me, where is he?" Georgiana was afraid; everyone looked upset. That was when she saw her brother stretched on a platform. She was ready to go, when her puppy crossed the threshold, flying to her mama.

Georgiana started running but was stopped, "Change first." Smith ordered, holding her back.

Argo touched Georgiana after Raven held his hand, authorizing the release of her Fae form.

Georgiana asked, "When will I change?"

"My dear, so lovely, you are your mother." Raven was looking at her.

She looked at her hand and screamed. "I am grey with spots."

Smith made a mirror appeared in front of her.

Georgiana looked and grinned. "Never mind, I like it. What a change. So can I go now?"

Once she crossed, Raven held her tight. "My baby, you are a young lady now. So pretty. My love, my child, I missed you so much."

Dee flew to her and licked her face. Georgiana was crying, scared. Maybe George was her fault. "Daddy, I think it was my fault. I am ashamed of the things I allowed him to do."

Raven wasn't listening, grief was consuming him.

Georgiana saw someone that looked like her when she saw herself in the mirror. Though Georgiana thought, the lady was much prettier than her. Others could see the reality, Georgiana was nearly a copy of her mother.

"Mother?" Georgiana felt a link, a bond, as it always was with their kind. Zoe was crying and grinning; they moved into each other's arms, "My baby, my baby." Georgiana was crying; she let her mother hold her.

Zoe could still see the future when George had destroyed her child. The future in which Zoe had seen many tragedies. The future someone had changed. Now her daughter was saved, but her brother, William, was dying. Zoe hadn't seen this coming.

"I don't William to die, I told him not to go." Georgiana cried. She wasn't alone in her sorrow.

Raven felt worse than ever; he had done much wrong. He had taken the children away from their mothers to give them to another female, and now, his beloved William was dying. This was all his fault.

Argo wasn't empowered to change this future, though he wished he was. His father was right, changing timelines could have disastrous consequences. He also felt at fault.

Meanwhile, George's crony traced back to Hurst estate. Looking like a mangy dog, it sniffed the ground, finding bits and pieces of George's minion. Soon he would have enough pieces to start bringing George back.

A/N Oops, my muse thinks George is not ready to go, not yet.