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A/N: *sobbing* All of my ficcys are ending so soon.... Funny thing is, they ended with almost the same amount of chapters. (One chapter of my CCS one is an author's note) I wish they weren't over.

For the last chapter, I'm sort of going by a couple of Diane's books, where there's a little Timeheart chapter... only like 2 have this though.

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rider of unicorns: First, I want to say that I really like getting your reviews. Can you believe we have to wait a whole 'nother YEAR until the eighth, Wizards At War (Whee, youngwizards.net is so nice)? It sucks!!! I finish them fast enough... Next I want to say that I'm so grateful you got your friends into my fic, and that you review all the time as well. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!

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SYWTBAW: Chapter 9ish... sort of 8-Timeheart

DW: Chapter 13-Heartsong

Chapter Fourteen: To Heart

The TV was flashing random pictures all over the dark living room, from toothpaste commercials to swinging aliens selling dangerous egg-beaters (A/N: Diane Duane owns that!). Kit stood in the doorway to the Rodriguez living room, leaning against the side with his arms folded over his chest, looking altogether amused.

"'Mela, why don't you just settle on one channel?" Carmela looked up from her channel surfing, stopping the erratic pressing of the up and down buttons for a moment. Miraculously, the TV actually stopped on a human channel, a soap opera by the looks of it.

"What's the point of settling on one when we have so many to choose from? By the way, mommy said you should be sitting down with all the bruises and stuff you have." Kit's sister pointed out with a short glance his way, before continuing her search for the 'perfect channel.'

Kit sighed, looking rather lazily down at the bruise he could actually see, a dark purple one on his arm. "'Mela, I will be sitting down. Just not down on Earth. To the moon, Alice." He quoted in a fake old-movie style voice. "Besides, they're healing... sort of." He shrugged.

Carmela turned to him again, this time the channel landing on something that Kit was pretty sure was rated over NC-17 on another planet. "Mommy also says you should take a break from your magic-stuff. She says it's getting you hurt to often."

Kit gestured to the bruise on his arm. "This wasn't from wizardry. 'Mela."

Carmela cocked an eyebrow. "Huh?"

"It's from quite a few guys at school who finally noticed Nita was there." Kit let out a laugh and then opened the screen door outside, to where Ponch lay sleepily in the yard. One of the dog's ears popped up when he heard the door slam, and then he immediately jumped up to greet Kit.

Arewegoingarewegoingarewegoing?!

"Ponch, not with you today. I'm sorry. Just Nita and I."

B-but... Ponch had whimpering eyes and matched with a pathetic sound from his throat. I always come...

Kit smirked. "Not always, Ponch, and Nita and I want some time alone. I promise you'll go next time, and then maybe we can take Nita to chase some squirrels. How does that sound?"

Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah!

Taking out the transit spell from he reinstated "pocket", he read the Speech quickly, inserting the memorized breathing air/living necessities part himself. Soon there was a pop! of displaced air and Ponch was left scratching himself in the yard and then sitting down quietly.

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Nita sat down slowly on the large moon rock, her hands behind her to keep her in a sitting position. She looked at the blue spherical gem known as the Earth with almost dreamy eyes. We are a part of a team that protects that.

Yah, we are. The female wizard sat up straight at the intrusion of thoughts. From her dreamy state she hadn't heard the pop Kit had made when he reached the moon. He bounced a little for the fun of it before wandering over to Nita, doing the fake yawn with an arm to put around Nita's shoulders. It worked, because Nita moved a little closer to him on the rock and continued to stare down at the amazing sight before her.

"It's great, isn't it?" Kit breathed, smelling Nita's scent while studying her thoughtful expression.

"It's amazing." Nita's voice was just as airy, as her head lay down on Kit's shoulder. Three more pops and three more youthful wizards bounced over to them. Ronan stood on another rock as he stared down at the Earth, while Dairine and Darryl fought over the final space on the big rock. Dairine won, and Darryl skipped over to Ronan, careful not to lose his balance as he did so.

"This is amazing as well, isn't it?" Kit asked, using his free arm to encompass the sight of all of the wizards, turning around so he could gesture to Dairine as well. Nita nodded, lifting her head up and placing a short kiss on his cheek, which made him wince. He had another bruise there. Nita laughed a little before setting her fingers gently on the wound, preparing to heal it, but Kit shook his head.

"It makes me look studly." Nita laughed.

Dairine, who had stuck her tongue out at the quick kiss, wedged herself between the two so she could talk to both at once. "Someone once said that 'To love and be loved is to the feel the sun from both sides.'" Dairine looked down at the Earth. "Do you think this is what the person meant?"

Nita snorted a little. "If whoever said that was a wizard, wouldn't he rather mean Timeheart than the sight of the Earth and the sun and other planets from the moon?"

Things fell silent again for a moment, as Darryl and Ronan turned back to look at them. "I think what the person meant was merely comparing loving and being loved. As if there were two suns. In this case, a gigantic ball of gas and flame is a good thing." Kit's answer seemed to shake them all, and yet they all understood it perfectly.

It was Dairine's turn to snort. "I know a solar system with two suns. And it isn't the best place!" Nita rolled her eyes as Kit tried throwing a moon rock at her, which missed, of course. Ronan laughed and sat down on the moon dust--he was obviously unaware of the stains!--and Darryl merely mimicked the snort.

Nita stood up from the rock, making Kit whimper disappointedly for a second, before Nita pulled him up and kissed him--and not on the cheek.

Dairine, Darryl and Ronan all seemed to look disgusted.

"Get a room!!"

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Tom and Carl's living room looked and felt almost like a PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) meeting. Only adults were there: Tom, Carl, Nita's Aunt, Nita's Dad, as well as Kit's Mom and Dad.

They talked of many different things, wizardry to kids to pets to groceries. Tom and Carl participated when they could--not in the kids' area, and only a little on groceries. Everyone had a cup of tea and was constantly laughing at the two dogs that lay in the middle of it all. When the talk got serious it only got to the point of commitments of wizards, from the consequences and dangers to the advantages and safety.

All of it was pretty serious, and when Nita and Dairine got home that evening-looking slightly disheveled (A/N: Not because of anything bad you people!)-they told their father they had no time to talk when he began to retell what happened.

It was similar at Kit's house, only instead of no one listening Carmela was almost eagerly awaiting anything she could possible hang over her brother's head or use against him. Heck, even something he could get in trouble for was fine with her.

Such a nice sister, isn't she?

Ah well, just another day in the life of a wizard.

So you want to be a wizard, huh? Both Nita, Dairine and Kit had though before going to bed. More like so you want to be a teenage super hero.

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A/N: DONE! I know it was kind of short, but I just wanted to sum up some stuff pretty well. And I put a little Nita/Kit in there for you guys, too. I really like how this fic turned out, and I'm so glad I received so many reviews! I really appreciate them all and I hope to keep writing!

By the way, for those who were wondering.... I took Do You Remember When?, one of my other stories, off because I didn't feel like continuing it for now. Sorry for disappointed peeps, it's just how it goes!