A/N:Alright, the deal. I think I'm going to continue with this one for a
while. But, the sads, teachers suck. I have at least four hours of homework
everynight. So, I'm doomed to weekend typing. Anyways, Enjoy.
I studied the checker board, then grinned. I picked my own red piece up, and trampled over the five remaining of Austin's. "I win."
"I see that." He frowned. "Thought I had you cornered."
"What the hell?!" Both Austin and I looked up from our perch on the floor, to Cally waving her hands wildly at Rider.
"Hey! Can it already." Noah barked. He was attempting to sleep on one of the three beds in the room. "A little respect please."
"Respect my ass. Would you mind picking up your clothes once and a while." Cally turned on him. Cabin fever setting in. We've been in this place for near two weeks without leaving. One room for seven people, rationing food and a bathroom wasn't pretty.
"Would you both just stop already. We're all wanting out, but we can't, so just deal with it. Would you rather be out there, and fall to the dark wave?" Preston grumbled. He and Tenna were taking up another bed. Well Tenna was curled at the bottom of the king sized bed, and the six foot tall Preston was trying not to kick her with his legs.
Cally snorted, "It's not my fault Moira's granddad is hell bent on stealing our power." I closed my eyes, and tried my to calm myself; it didn't work. I stood and snapped my arm out. Cally slid across the floor to me.
"You think I asked for this? You think I want to be running from constant peril out there? You think I like! never seeing my parents?" She stood in one spot, for lack of being able to move. Austin stood, setting his hand on my shoulder. "I want this as much as you do." I said, dropping my hand and hold. Cally shrunk away from me. I groaned into my hands. "Well at least we get to move now. I'm sure dear ole Ciaran sensed that."
'Charter member should be along soon then." Rider said blankly. The feel of magick was in the air, and I had started it. It was a surge. Once one of us did it, we all wanted to. But we couldn't. It was a risk when we had 2-3 people circles, only asking the goddess and god for safety, and to end the on going battle. "Should pack up."
"Should I wake Tenna up?" Preston sighed defeated, crawling off the bed.
"Wait till the Charter comes. No use in waking her yet." Austin said. He walked to the corner of the room where our seven bags sat, and pulling his from the pile. "Where are we anyways? I forget."
We all looked at each other, none of us actually remembering. We had been around the world and back at least five times. "Where do you think we'll go?" I asked.
"Someone's coming." Noah said, on defense. We stared at the door that hadn't opened in what seemed like forever. It was knocked upon four times quickly, then once more. "Who are you? What's your name?" The feel of the person seemed familiar. But that was impossible. The only charter member I knew was...
"Dad!" I despelled the door and jumped at him. He walked us into the room, and closed the door, still hugging me. "I missed you so much. How's mom? Where is she? Can I see her too?" Happy tears swam in my eyes, on the verge of spilling.
"Moira doll." He whispered. He was hanging on to me so tight, I could barely breath, but I didn't care. The point was, I was hugging my dad, for the first time in who knows how long. "Goddess you look like your mother more and more each day." He ran his hand through my dark blonde hair, which was in serious need of a cut. After two years, it had grown quite a lot. Course, whenever we thought of it, we cut each others hair. Well, Tenna and I cut the hair.
Tenna coughed and sputtered, sitting up. "Who used magick?" She asked, still looking tired. Already, the effects were setting in on us.
"We better move." Dad said, setting me back on the ground. We scramble to retrieve our packs, and things from the bathroom. We were huddled around dad, five minutes later, waiting for instructions. "Your next stop isn't that far away. A couple towns over. I want you all to get on the bus, and sit. Try to keep your faces down. Ciaran doesn't actually know what you all look like and I don't want him to find out. Cast yourselves in a three hour long invisibility spell." Dad instructed.
Cally looked skeptical, and then went into stubborn mode. "We're not allowed." She crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow, almost threateningly. I shook my head, grinning. The constant fighting between Cally and me wasn't new. We rubbed each other the wrong way the second we met. Maybe it was the whole Woodbane/Rowanwand thing, I don't know.
"I guess you never listened when I said my DAD was the creator of the Charter?" I blinked innocently, Cally-tall brunettel, rowanwand waiting for the tall, brunette to let it click. She looked defeated. "That's what I thought," I muttered under my breathe.
"Ok. Do it, then go." Dad said again. Rider's tanned complexion became lighter and lighter, until he became invisible. Soon after, Cally, Austin, and Preston were gone. "Tenna, go." Dad smiled lightly at her. Only left was Dad, Noah and I.
"Alright. Do whatever it is that you two have to, I don't want this bus seen.." The secret only the three of us knew, well and our parents, was that Noah and I were slightly interlocked. We weren't related, not directly. He was part Woodbane himself, and I, part Wyndenkell. The two of were the most powerful because of it. "I'll be in there. You have five minutes to get on." Dad grabbed my hand briefly, then walked out the front door.
Noah held his hand out. "Shall we?" I nodded and slapped my hand into his. "Let's do this then." I nodded, and started to focus.
The bus ride was rather bumpy, but that was the last thing on my mind. I, along with all of the other Booms, were starring out the windows. We hadn't seen the outside world in a while. I was sitting closest to the front, where Dad was driving the masked bus. "How's mom?"
"She's...fighting. He is her father, and unfortunately that's a fist on her heart." He paused. "She knows what he's trying to do to you, and she hates him for it. You're her number one." He took a hand off the steering wheel, and took mine, which was hanging over the seat.
"Where are we going anyways?" I asked, watching the scenery pass through rain streaked windows. It looked vaguely familiar, then again, so did many places.
Dad laughed quietly. "You'll see when we get there. This place will be a lot more to your liking. All of you." He told me. "Only a few more minutes until we're there." Houses slowly started passing by. The rain got thicker and thicker. Finally, dad pulled to the curb, in front of one of the bigger house. No one moved. I had the striking feeling that dad was messaging us, telling us our instructions. *Noah and you are going to put a protection spell on the house. Keep it simple. People do live here, and they will be going in and out.* He stood, and walked off the bus, casting another see me not spell on himself.
Noah and I quickly did the spell on the house. The five others had directed their powers to a point far off from here, so it would distract Ciaran. The seven of us stepped inside the house, soaked to the bone, just in time. Our spells wore off, and we were visible again. Dad showed up at the door again, with towels in hand.
"So Dad. Where are we?" I asked, accepting a towel from dad. A small girl came running in and hugged dad's. "Kaci?!"
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I studied the checker board, then grinned. I picked my own red piece up, and trampled over the five remaining of Austin's. "I win."
"I see that." He frowned. "Thought I had you cornered."
"What the hell?!" Both Austin and I looked up from our perch on the floor, to Cally waving her hands wildly at Rider.
"Hey! Can it already." Noah barked. He was attempting to sleep on one of the three beds in the room. "A little respect please."
"Respect my ass. Would you mind picking up your clothes once and a while." Cally turned on him. Cabin fever setting in. We've been in this place for near two weeks without leaving. One room for seven people, rationing food and a bathroom wasn't pretty.
"Would you both just stop already. We're all wanting out, but we can't, so just deal with it. Would you rather be out there, and fall to the dark wave?" Preston grumbled. He and Tenna were taking up another bed. Well Tenna was curled at the bottom of the king sized bed, and the six foot tall Preston was trying not to kick her with his legs.
Cally snorted, "It's not my fault Moira's granddad is hell bent on stealing our power." I closed my eyes, and tried my to calm myself; it didn't work. I stood and snapped my arm out. Cally slid across the floor to me.
"You think I asked for this? You think I want to be running from constant peril out there? You think I like! never seeing my parents?" She stood in one spot, for lack of being able to move. Austin stood, setting his hand on my shoulder. "I want this as much as you do." I said, dropping my hand and hold. Cally shrunk away from me. I groaned into my hands. "Well at least we get to move now. I'm sure dear ole Ciaran sensed that."
'Charter member should be along soon then." Rider said blankly. The feel of magick was in the air, and I had started it. It was a surge. Once one of us did it, we all wanted to. But we couldn't. It was a risk when we had 2-3 people circles, only asking the goddess and god for safety, and to end the on going battle. "Should pack up."
"Should I wake Tenna up?" Preston sighed defeated, crawling off the bed.
"Wait till the Charter comes. No use in waking her yet." Austin said. He walked to the corner of the room where our seven bags sat, and pulling his from the pile. "Where are we anyways? I forget."
We all looked at each other, none of us actually remembering. We had been around the world and back at least five times. "Where do you think we'll go?" I asked.
"Someone's coming." Noah said, on defense. We stared at the door that hadn't opened in what seemed like forever. It was knocked upon four times quickly, then once more. "Who are you? What's your name?" The feel of the person seemed familiar. But that was impossible. The only charter member I knew was...
"Dad!" I despelled the door and jumped at him. He walked us into the room, and closed the door, still hugging me. "I missed you so much. How's mom? Where is she? Can I see her too?" Happy tears swam in my eyes, on the verge of spilling.
"Moira doll." He whispered. He was hanging on to me so tight, I could barely breath, but I didn't care. The point was, I was hugging my dad, for the first time in who knows how long. "Goddess you look like your mother more and more each day." He ran his hand through my dark blonde hair, which was in serious need of a cut. After two years, it had grown quite a lot. Course, whenever we thought of it, we cut each others hair. Well, Tenna and I cut the hair.
Tenna coughed and sputtered, sitting up. "Who used magick?" She asked, still looking tired. Already, the effects were setting in on us.
"We better move." Dad said, setting me back on the ground. We scramble to retrieve our packs, and things from the bathroom. We were huddled around dad, five minutes later, waiting for instructions. "Your next stop isn't that far away. A couple towns over. I want you all to get on the bus, and sit. Try to keep your faces down. Ciaran doesn't actually know what you all look like and I don't want him to find out. Cast yourselves in a three hour long invisibility spell." Dad instructed.
Cally looked skeptical, and then went into stubborn mode. "We're not allowed." She crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow, almost threateningly. I shook my head, grinning. The constant fighting between Cally and me wasn't new. We rubbed each other the wrong way the second we met. Maybe it was the whole Woodbane/Rowanwand thing, I don't know.
"I guess you never listened when I said my DAD was the creator of the Charter?" I blinked innocently, Cally-tall brunettel, rowanwand waiting for the tall, brunette to let it click. She looked defeated. "That's what I thought," I muttered under my breathe.
"Ok. Do it, then go." Dad said again. Rider's tanned complexion became lighter and lighter, until he became invisible. Soon after, Cally, Austin, and Preston were gone. "Tenna, go." Dad smiled lightly at her. Only left was Dad, Noah and I.
"Alright. Do whatever it is that you two have to, I don't want this bus seen.." The secret only the three of us knew, well and our parents, was that Noah and I were slightly interlocked. We weren't related, not directly. He was part Woodbane himself, and I, part Wyndenkell. The two of were the most powerful because of it. "I'll be in there. You have five minutes to get on." Dad grabbed my hand briefly, then walked out the front door.
Noah held his hand out. "Shall we?" I nodded and slapped my hand into his. "Let's do this then." I nodded, and started to focus.
The bus ride was rather bumpy, but that was the last thing on my mind. I, along with all of the other Booms, were starring out the windows. We hadn't seen the outside world in a while. I was sitting closest to the front, where Dad was driving the masked bus. "How's mom?"
"She's...fighting. He is her father, and unfortunately that's a fist on her heart." He paused. "She knows what he's trying to do to you, and she hates him for it. You're her number one." He took a hand off the steering wheel, and took mine, which was hanging over the seat.
"Where are we going anyways?" I asked, watching the scenery pass through rain streaked windows. It looked vaguely familiar, then again, so did many places.
Dad laughed quietly. "You'll see when we get there. This place will be a lot more to your liking. All of you." He told me. "Only a few more minutes until we're there." Houses slowly started passing by. The rain got thicker and thicker. Finally, dad pulled to the curb, in front of one of the bigger house. No one moved. I had the striking feeling that dad was messaging us, telling us our instructions. *Noah and you are going to put a protection spell on the house. Keep it simple. People do live here, and they will be going in and out.* He stood, and walked off the bus, casting another see me not spell on himself.
Noah and I quickly did the spell on the house. The five others had directed their powers to a point far off from here, so it would distract Ciaran. The seven of us stepped inside the house, soaked to the bone, just in time. Our spells wore off, and we were visible again. Dad showed up at the door again, with towels in hand.
"So Dad. Where are we?" I asked, accepting a towel from dad. A small girl came running in and hugged dad's. "Kaci?!"
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