Phases of the Moon

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just rented them for a while.

Claimer: I only own Wyn, Aidan, and Kamania.

To Everyone: Where did you people all go! *Takes a deep breath and calms down. * Please review. I miss you guys!

Chapter 12: In Which Calcifer 'Spills the Beans' on Wyn

Morgan sat on his bed looking out his window. He felt strange. He would soon be married and would leave the home he had had all his life. At the same time he noticed for the last few days Wyn had been acting odd herself.

She'd been daydreaming quite a lot and being awfully clumsy. It puzzled him. He'd never seen his sister act like THAT before. He had wondered if it was because of him, but after awhile he became sure it was something else.

He slowly walked downstairs, still thinking. Wyn was sitting in front of the grate glaring at Calcifer. Calcifer was laughing hard though, ignoring Wyn's shouts of frustration.

"Calcifer, if you ever, I'll-" Wyn was saying.

"Guess what I saw a few days ago, Morgan?" Calcifer asked smiling at Morgan.

"What?" Morgan replied slightly intrigued.

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP, CALCIFER!!!" Wyn protested standing up angrily.

"I saw Wyn and some boy-" Calcifer went on unperturbed by Wyn's outburst.

"Calcifer, don't-" Wyn interrupted hurriedly.

"-kissing," Calcifer went on ignoring Wyn.

Morgan face went blank with shock and his sister blushed furiously.

"Calcifer, I'm going to kill you!" Wyn shouted irritably turning to the fire demon.

Calcifer smiled. "You didn't think I wasn't going to figure out what was happening," he asked laughing.

"Calciferrrrrr," growled Wyn edging towards him.

"She did what?!" Morgan mumbled still in shock.

"She-"

"Calcifer!" roared Wyn making a swipe at Calcifer, who dodged easily.

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Later that day, Sophie walked in threw the backdoor to find Wyn fuming, Calcifer rolling with laughter, and Morgan watching with a dumbfounded look on his face.

"What's going on?" she asked.

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When Sophie finally got her answer Howl was walking in the front door.

"Whatttt?!" Sophie exclaimed.

"What are you four doing?" Howl asked studying them all curiously.

"Go ahead, Calcifer. You've already blurted it out two times, might as well tell the whole world," Wyn muttered, who was silently seething while sitting on the stool in the corner.

"Okay then . . . ." began Calcifer chuckling.

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Wyn sighed and stated boldly, "You can't meet him. He's really not supposed to know magic."

"Let me get this straight," replied Howl. "You've been getting taught by a sixteen year old boy for two years with out telling us and you've fallen for him?"

Wyn's face went red again and answered truthfully, "That's about the gist of it, yea."

"I see."

"Can you at least tell us his name?" inquired Sophie pleadingly.

"Well . . . I guess I can. His name's Aidan Calypso," Wyn said hesitantly.

"That's your answer, Mrs. Nose," remarked Howl smiling. "I've heard of the Calypsos. The oldest child is only allowed to learn magic usually, correct?"

"Yep."

"I see. So you met him at their family store I presume?" said Howl.

"Yea," answered Wyn a bit sheepishly.

"Alright. No harm done. Though I'd like to meet this boy someday," Howl said eyeing Wyn sharply.

"Okay. I'm sure you ALL will eventually," Wyn said. She was a little unsure about that herself, though she didn't know why.

Howl and Sophie smiled and gave each other an odd glance. Morgan meanwhile was still a little shocked.

"You actually kissed someone?" he asked skeptically.

"Yea. What's so surprising about that, brother dear?" Wyn questioned dangerously.

Living with Wyn's temper made Morgan detect it instantly heating up again at his question. There for he replied cautiously, "Oh, okay then."

Wyn nodded and turned to Calcifer somewhat darkly. "You do realize this doesn't mean you're off the hook, don't you?"

Calcifer gulped slightly but replied confidently, "Whatever you say. By the way, when are you meeting this Aidan again? I'm sure he'd love to meet me."

"Calciferrr!" Wyn growled once again.

"You're in for it this time, friend," noted Morgan teasingly.

"No kidding," remarked the fire demon noticing Wyn's anger growing again, this time even more than before.

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Aidan sat on the roof over his bedroom looking at the bright full moon and sighed. 'Something's coming, I can feel it,' he thought, 'and it's something bad . . .'

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A/N: I haven't updated in 2 days! That's a first for this story, sheesh.

Anyway, please review. I refuse to post another chapter unless I get at least one more review soon.

A/N 2: If anyone's wondering, the Witch isn't coming back in this story. Something else is 'coming' though and its something that's already in my story really.

Hehe. I know that's not saying much and I know that what happening later on might bother some Morgan fans. No, I'm not killing Morgan though!

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A/N 3: By the way, my birthday is in 9 days. Yippee, I feel so good! *Dances around. *

So make me happy and review. It would be a great b-day present. *uses the cute face of death. *