Thea was going to reply, but at that moment, the two women came back out with another girl in tow.

"This is Faith." the brunette said. "Faith, these are Thea and Quinn."

Faith smiled softly at them and shyly said hello.

Thea grinned back and said hi.

"Thea's a witch, Quinn's a vampire."

Faith's body jerked at that. "Joanna, you never said that vampires were real." Faith wondered if crosses and holy water worked against them.

Quinn caught that thought and sent, //No, they don't.// to her.

Faith gave a small yip, her eyes big.

"Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you."

"That was you? God, what else is in the NightWorld? I know about witches, were animals, and now vampires, what else do I need to know?"

"There are two types of vampires. We'll go into detail on the plane, but we should be going now." Thea said.

            Sara nodded and with a motion of her hand, brought forth Faith's trunk, a steel one, two blue nylon bags, one that looked fairly beat up, and a cardboard box. "That's all I have." Faith said. Apparently Sara and Joanna had been busily getting Faith ready since their call to Thierry. All she had when she had come to them was one of the blue nylon bags.

"Not quite." Sara said. She pulled a small medium sized wooden box from under the counter. The box lid was hinged and the entire box was lacquered a glossy black, and had a dahlia in the center with crescent moons in the corners.  Thea knew what it was and what an honor it was to receive one. Sara and Joanna explained that the box was a big honor to get and that it was only given to those that deserved it, or truly needed it.

"It's called a Pandora's Box and you use it however you wish. They're mostly used to keep family talismans in or things you wish to keep protected. Its magic is powerful, keep it safe."

            Faith took the box and opened it. She knew the tale of Pandora and hoped that nothing bad would jump out. Nothing did, and inside was a ring and necklace. The ring was made of white gold and silver and the necklace of silver. The ring was a dahlia and the charm on the necklace was a crescent moon. Joanna and Sara put them on her.

"May Hellewise and Diana protect you, and as far as we're concerned, you're one of us." Joanna said.

Faith smiled back, said thank you, and hugged them good bye.