To Tempt Fate

Once the fog from my head cleared, everything seemed clearer. I was with my sister seductresses and we had much fun to have before the day was over. First we had to see about tempting our brothers in Niflheim. But most of all: tempt the ones who had another music maker with them.

I cast off the reins of my old life beginning to play and dance with my sisters. The forest blurred and all that was or ever would be was the Dance. In an instant, my body learned dances it never knew before. Dances to tempt, to kill and enthrall all flooded my mind until all there was was the Dance.

I spied my old friends and the wisps from alongside my sisters floating among the trees. Their words seemed so foreign but yet so familiar. I listened to them as my sisters and I waited to strike.

I'm beginning to really worry about Piper, Angel told the two men on either side of her.

"The wisps said she was prowling around close by so she's probably the one tracking us." Damon told her.

One side of Keegan's mouth quirked up, "That or Sirens or my kind or any other boogey man you can think up."

Damon rolled his eyes as Angel asked, How come you call the Shadow Men *your people*? You never refer to humans as such?

Keegan shrugged, "Force of habit."

We strike now, my sisters told me and I began to play as we began dancing around the trio.

"Sirens!" Keegan said adverting his gaze quickly, "Don't watch them."

Angel's eyes widened when she saw me. B-but Piper's one of them, she said as her and Damon fell under my sisters' and my spell.

Keegan looked up in time to see me gliding effortlessly among our friends and sirens. His eyes widened in shock and I enjoyed the stunned look on his face as I began playing the tune that would seal his doom.

Music of the Night softly drifted from my flute and Keegan fought the allure that my sisters and I portrayed. His own flute was whipped out and he sought to defend himself and win me with music.

Together our notes blended and harmonized bringing extreme pleasure and agony to Angel and Damon as they were forced to dance. I sensed as I began losing myself in the melody we played and switched to a different tactic. Voices.

I dropped my flute the same time he did and together we sang, harmonizing. Then as slowly and gently as the song, I began remembering. Keegan and I singing this same song, was it only last night?

As the final note was song, I collapsed into Keegan's arms and the Sirens vanished.

"Now I know why Sirens are so dangerous." Damon said breathlessly as I began to silently sob. "By the way Keegan, nice voice you got there."

Keegan snorted and carefully rose to his feet with me still in his arms.

What happened with Piper, Angel asked. Why was she with the Sirens?

"She received a siren's kiss, something that makes anyone lose any memory of who they were and changes them into a Siren." Keegan explained. "She didn't realized that anytime you play music here, sirens try to trap you."

I curled deeper into myself at such a stupid move. Dumb blond. Stupid worthless blond had to go off and look like the big action heroine. Now look, you're being carted around like an invalid because you had yourself turned into a siren and matched power against a Shadow Man. I slapped myself mentally, *Half* Shadow man dumb blond.

Suddenly I found myself back on my feet and facing Keegan, who shook me gently.

"Stop berating yourself." He ordered me softly. "So what you got a siren kiss? It happens."

I shook my head as tears filled my eyes and tried pushing myself away from him. But Keegan held me fast and I began crying as I was gathered back up into his arms and gently rocked until I fell into deep slumber.

Short, sweet and to the point. So now it's time to review.