HEXED WOLF: Aamngreka AUTHOR: IrishTomboy@attbi.com RATING: R PAIRING: Thorn/OC, Daphne/Freddy (of course) DISCLAMIER: I own none of them except Jaguar and Cú and anyone else that aren't part of the original Scooby-verse, though I wish I did. FEEDBACK: Welcome WARNING: If love between two women bothers you then get out NOW!

"God I'm full." Shaggy replied, patting his stomach.

"So am I." A few others chimed in. They were in the Mystery Machine and riding back to Thorn's house. Since it was a tight fit some were sitting on other people's laps. Rose was sitting on Celeb's with Nathaniel in her lap, Jaguar was sitting with Thorn in her lap and Scooby and Shaggy were just sitting close to one another.

"Are you excited about your concert tomorrow Thorn?" Freddy asked.

"Yeah."

"What songs you going to play?"

"Come to the concert and you'll find out."

"Did you say that the concert was tomorrow?" Jaguar asked, looking intently at the blonde driver.

"Yeah. Why?" But Jaguar didn't hear the second part as her mind swirled around. Tomorrow was an important day to her kind. But what was it?

"Jaguar!"

"What?" The woman finally looked up.

"Why did you wanna know?"

"Oh uhh...I thought something else was happening tomorrow, had to think for a second. Sorry." The group accepted the half-truth. 'I wish I could remember what was tomorrow. It's important I know it. I remember Cú always ranting and raving and preparing for it when I was training under him. Why can't I remember?'

~*~

When they got to the house they rushed inside and to the front room. Thorn immediately started a fire and the room warmed up quickly, much to everyone's delight.

As the others began to chat about the concert or what not Jaguar slipped away upstairs. The question was still gnawing at her mind. What was happening tomorrow? Was it good? Or bad?

"Whatever it is we have to find it fast." She slipped inside her room and shut her door.

~*~

Downstairs the group began to talk about Zachariah.

"That man is seriously freaky."

"Yeah. Hey Scooby you didn't smell a dog around his house did you?" Velma asked.

Scooby shook his head. "Ruh uh."

"Why Velma?"

"Because," She retrieved the tissue from her pocket. "I found these dog hairs on his bed and I didn't notice a dog anywhere."

"Really? Well tonight when we go to his house we can check."

"Yeah. I wanted to give these to Jaguar. Where did she go?"

"Upstairs I think. I'll go give them to her." Thorn replied.

"Oh, before you go up give her this note." Freddy retrieved the letter from his pocket and handed it to her.

"Okay." She walked up the stairs and to the guest bedroom. The door was closed so she knocked. She listened as there was a scramble and then Jaguar came to the door, looking rushed.

"Thorn? What's up?"

"Well we were, like, all wondering where you went off to. Also Freddy and Velma wanted me to give you these." She handed over to the Kleenex and the envelope. Jaguar took the things from Thorn's hands, then turned and walked over to her bed. Thorn stepped inside the room, closing the door behind her, and followed the Hunter.

Jaguar set the note on the bed then opened the tissue and examined the hairs. She noticed a familiarity about them that made her shiver in fear.

'Gods. Don't tell me he is alive.' She sat down on the bed, placing her face in her hands.

"Jaguar. Are you all right? You don't look too good."

"I...I'm fine." 'Damn it stop jumpin' to conclusions!' She looked up at Thorn and gave an encouraging smile.

"All right. What's in the envelope?"

"Oh." Jaguar had almost forgot about the letter. She picked it up as Thorn seated herself next to the woman. The Hunter opened it up and took out the parchment. The lettering was elegant and spidery. The Hunter read it to herself.

'Dear Rebecca,

Or should I call you Jaguar now? Whatever I call you you are still my pupil and cannot stop the inevitability of Aamngreka. You have not been practicing with your skills, I felt you weak power when you fought Dredge. I will end your suffering soon enough.

Your sire,

Cú'

Jaguar could have sworn her heart stopped at that moment. 'He is alive. That can't be. No. Not him.' Images of her past with that...monster, that thing, flashed over her. His harsh teachings, cruel punishments for imperfection. He was the one thing that could bring the mighty Hunter to her knees. And now he was back and striving to bring around Aamngreka. 'No!'

"Jag?" Thorn watched the color completely drain from the Hunter's face. "Jaguar what's wrong?"

"Aamngreka is coming." Came the strained whisper.

"Amen-what?"

"Aamngreka." Jaguar bolted up and rummaged through her backpack. She pulled from deep within it a large leather bound book. Thorn looked at the cover, her eyes widening as they scanned over the three disfigured, grotesque skulls, spikes protruding from their foreheads, the scraps of cloth that was strung from the spikes and the horizontal half moon shape in the back, pointing down like fangs.

"What is that?"

"A book that has what I need." Jaguar thumbed through its ancient pages. Pictures of misshapen creatures, vile demons and torturing scenes greeted the golden-eyed Hunter mercilessly.

"Why do you have that book Jaguar?" Thorn asked.

"Because sometimes when I fight I need to know my opponent better and this book tells me everything I need to know." She looked over her shoulder at the woman. "I don't practice Bakati, or the Dark Arts. I swear." She said. Thorn nodded but turned away as not to see the horrible pictures inside.

"Where did you get it?"

"I stole it from my old sire."

"You stole it? Why would you wanna steal that thing?"

"I just told you why. So if I need to now more about the 'Eii'." She replied, looking back at the book. Her eyes scanned the pages as quickly as her fingers flipped them. "I found it." She set the book on her bed and knelt next to. Thorn sat down next to the book and looked at it. It was written in a language she couldn't understand but there were a few words she got: Eii and Aamngreka.

"What does it say?"

"In the third millennia on the tenth month when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead will be its thinnest. On this night of the pregnant moon will one, with the power over hundreds of souls, be able to bring about the Aamngreka." Jaguar sat back, her face registering fear and shock.

"What's Aamngreka?" Thorn asked.

Jaguar opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She tried again but again nothing came out.

"Jaguar?"

Swallowing back the dread rising in her throat she finally spoke. "Aamngreka is the end of the world."

~*~

"I wonder what's taking those two so long." Freddy replied, looking at the stairs.

Rose bit the inside of her cheeks to keep from laughing. She had an idea of what those two were doing but decided to keep her lips shut.

"I'm sure they're just talking. Why don't we talk about getting into Zachariah's house?" Velma replied.

"All right. Well he said that he likes to take walks to clear his head. We just have to go there, wait until he takes his walk then go inside."

"Okay. Now how do we get inside the house?"

"Leave that to me." Rose grinned. "I'll get us inside without him knowin'."

"All right. We just need Jaguar down here then we'll go."

"I'm here." Came Jaguar's reply. The group looked over to see a stone faced Hunter and slightly flushed Singer. Rose and Celeb noticed the color under Jaguar's cheeks but didn't say anything.

"Thorn? Are you all right?"

"Yeah I'm fine." Thorn nodded.

"Are you sure? Your cheeks are, like, red." Shaggy replied.

"Yeah." She walked into the kitchen, glancing back at Jaguar. A silent message passed between them before the raven-haired woman disappeared.

"So when we leave I need everyone to make sure that they are ready." Everyone was surprised at the shake in the usually calm woman's voice. Something was happening and they were afraid to find out what?

'But we gotta know.' "Jaguar what's up? You're voice usually doesn't shake like that."

"I'll explain everything when we get back, Freddy." Jaguar said before turning and walking outside.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Yes, yes, yes. Not too much happened other then you find out about Aamngreka and who Zachariah is and a little bit about Jaguar's past. Don't worry the next chapter'll be better.

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