Chapter 5.…….

1/3/03.……….. The Independence Inn………… Oz's room……..

Oz was sitting in his room at Lorelai's inn with his head in his hands. He finally shook his overly shaggy head and looked over at the full sized mirror that was in the room.

Ever since the sun disappeared and the reign of Darkness began Oz had been locked up in his room. For some reason he was caught mid transformation, between human and werewolf. He was still trying to figure out a way to return to normal, but as of yet he has been unable to.

Outside his door…………

Maria again stood outside the door to Oz's room. She decided that this was it. She knocked on the door and said, "Oz, its me Maria. Please come out of there. We all need you out here. Please come out. We don't care want you look like."

She then heard a muffled voice from the other side of the door, say, "Don't blame if you go running in fright."

Just then the door was unlocked and the door slowly slid open. What Maria was a slightly disheveled human by the name of Oz.

She then said, "You look normal to me."

Oz then jerked into the room and looked into the mirror but only saw his human self. He then turned back to Maria then he kissed her.

Next Day…………..1/4/03.……….Rory's School……..

Rory and Paris were walking together in between classes discussing their training schedule, not that school had started back up. Just then they were interrupted when they heard a loud female scream echo down the hallway.

The two potential slayers, looked at each other before running down the hall. Soon they arrived in the location were the scream came from, the girls bathroom. Rory and Paris barged thought the throng of people that was gathering already. When they arrived in the bathroom proper, they saw why a girl had screamed for laying in the room was a body of a girl. And that blood was everywhere.

As Rory was checking the body, Paris looked around the room and then saw a message on the mirror, and it was written in blood. Paris reach down and patted Rory on the shoulder and said, "Rory, I think that you need to see this. " As Rory stood, Paris pointed at the mirror. As Rory read the message, she blanched and turned a shade of green.

Later that day………….. Luke's Diner………

The two very shaken girls were telling their watchers what they had seen that day. Oz and Maria looked at each other and wondered what in the world they were going to do to protect the girls.

TBC……………