Chapter 4.……….. Beginning of the Year of Darkness………..
Stars Hollow………. 12/30/02.………….. Oz's Training Area……..
Oz is standing around watching as the people are training. Oz looks over towards where Jess is and shakes his head. Then Oz stands very still, and starts to sniff the air. He then spun and shouted, "Heads up everyone. Demon coming."
When this was shouted, several people was shocked and scared. But Rory, Paris, Lane, Dean, Jess, Luke, Maria, and Lorelai, stood their ground and were then ready for the demon. Oz, and Maria proceeded to quickly hand out weapons.
Rory held the axe that was given her. Paris took a practice swing with the sword she now held. Lane checked the crossbow that she was holding. They then stood waiting for the demon to appear.
Oz then counts to ten and the sees the demon come running toward the girls. The girls then attacked together. The mini battle with the demon was over in few minutes. Afterward the girls took rags out of their pockets and then cleaned their weapons.
Oz stood a few feet from where the girls are. Standing next to him is Maria. Oz then says, "I think that they have proved themselves. It is time that we gave them the knives."
Maria nodded and said, "It is time. They have come a long way in the last couple of weeks."
Later that night……….Gilmore house…….
Rory, Lane, and Paris just finish setting the table. As Rory heads into the living room tell everyone that dinner was ready, Paris looked at Lane and asked, "What do you think Oz's surprise is?"
Lane shrugged and said, "I really don't know, Paris."
Paris and Lane finished setting out the food. Then everyone else came into the kitchen. They then sat and proceeded to eat. After they ate, Oz looked around the table, Maria, Rory, Lorelai, Paris, and Lane.
Oz then said, "Ok. Me and Maria have decided that you three," He indicated, the three potentials, Rory, Lane, and Paris. "Have done well in your training. Plus you three did good taking out of that demon. And so we think that you have earned these."
With that he stood and took his bag and removed the bundles. The bundles were the three bringers daggers. Oz then indicated for the three girls to pick one each. After they each picked them up. They smiled as they each looked at the blades.
Oz then said, "Tomorrow, we shall continue with training." The girls nodded.
12/31/02.…………. Oz's training area……….
Rory was standing by her self. She looked around at everyone that was there. She then shook her head. She then thought, I hope things will continue going okay.
Paris is sitting stretching. She is also looking around. Her thoughts are more on not accidentally cutting her self with her new knife.
Lane was slightly late getting to there. She was in a hurry.
Oz was standing waiting for everyone to arrive. Then his cell phone rang. He answered and began talking to the person on the other end.
Maria walked over to Oz and asked, after he got off of the phone. "Who was it?"
Oz put the cell phone back in his bag and then answered her. He said, "It was Matt. He said that some thing big was going to happen to night."
Maria looked at him and asked, "Did he say what was going to happen?"
Oz shook his head and said, "No. But he did say that we all should be up around sunup tomorrow."
Maria nodded. Then the rest of the trainees arrived.
10 minutes before sunrise……… 1/1/03
Oz, Maria, Lorelai, Rory, Paris, Lane, Luke, Dean, and Jess, was sitting on the grass on Oz's training area. They were all wondering why they were there.
5 minutes before sunrise
Oz was the first to notice that something was wrong. But he could not say what it was.
Rory was watching the sky. So she was the first to actually see the darkened sun rise. She then exclaimed, "Look at the sun. Its black."
Every one then also looked up at the darkened sun. Each one had their own reaction. But the biggest reaction was of shock.
Oz stepped away from the others and muttered, "This is not good."
TBC…………………..