A/n: first chapters are always boring aren't they! Just keep reading . . .
you'll see it's a good one! Please review too!
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***November 2001
Well Kennet was right, the rented house isn't flashy, it's a mess. But it doesn't really matter I won't be spending so much time in it, all that matters is I find out what I need to. Today I went to the occult bookstore 'Practical Magick' up in Red Kill, a town not far away, that Kennet had suggested, the pair who ran it; David Redstone and Alyce Fernbrake are good witches and have friends in the council. I talked to them today and said that their coven Starlocket has a new leader . . . and I was shocked to find out that it was Selene Belltower! Selene is a player; she sets up covens and knocks them down . . . taking only the woodbanes like herself with her, fortunately David and Alyce they have nothing to do with her, but unfortunately they're being taken for a ride and are in danger, I can't tell them yet till we have anything on her, but I will be keeping a close eye, and frequently checking on them. They're nice people and good witches, and I would be sad if anything bad shall happen to them.
Giomanach***
"Got a job!" Sky smiled as she walked through the door.
"Already?" I asked with a smirk, "We've barely been here two days and you've got yourself a job,"
"Well someone had too," she said
I waited for her to explain, "we need to be able pay for this place after the months gone, you're after SELENE BELLTOWER, there is no way you'd have finished this job in a month and besides you won't be able to work if your busy with them, you maybe a good seeker Hunter, but you're not that good if it'll come to her,"
I nodded and agreed with her quick and clever thinking, "Okay then, so where then? This job? What do you do?" I asked
"Oh it's just in some record store, better than nothing"
I nodded and then took a deep breath and sighed
"What's wrong?" she asked, "Didn't you get any leads?"
"Well all I could find out is that Selene is running a coven called Starlocket, Alyce and David are in it, they're those witches who run the occult shop, but they have no idea, I can't just go round panicking everyone, I have no idea how to start this one," I rested my elbows on my lap and buried my face in my hands.
"What about Cal," Sky suggested
"What?" I looked up
"Well you could always start with Cal, he's got to play some part in it, follow him around, see what you could learn there"
Now there's a thought . . . but, "No, I can't do that"
"Why not?"
I shrugged, "I don't know I just don't like the idea of following my bastard half-brother around all day"
"Hunter, what is wrong with you? You have a way to get somewhere with your mission and you're not bothering!" Sky always made me see sense, why is this mission getting to me so much? This is not like me, I hate Cal, and it's messing me up, I had promised myself not to let him ruin my judgment.
"Okay, he goes to the high school right?" I asked, Sky nodded, "so, I'll go tomorrow and check it out"
Sky nodded satisfied
"Thanks Sky,"
She smiled, then turned and headed upstairs,
I remained seated on the large couch deep in thought:
I wasn't acting like myself, I knew that much, and I knew it was because of the involvement with Cal, he gets to me, bone deep. But what worried me still is that there was something else in this town that wants me to find it desperately, I feel it calling out for me, what if it's what Selene is looking for? Am I drawn to the darkness like my half- brother? Is this how the spiral towards darkness started for him?
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***November 2001
Well Kennet was right, the rented house isn't flashy, it's a mess. But it doesn't really matter I won't be spending so much time in it, all that matters is I find out what I need to. Today I went to the occult bookstore 'Practical Magick' up in Red Kill, a town not far away, that Kennet had suggested, the pair who ran it; David Redstone and Alyce Fernbrake are good witches and have friends in the council. I talked to them today and said that their coven Starlocket has a new leader . . . and I was shocked to find out that it was Selene Belltower! Selene is a player; she sets up covens and knocks them down . . . taking only the woodbanes like herself with her, fortunately David and Alyce they have nothing to do with her, but unfortunately they're being taken for a ride and are in danger, I can't tell them yet till we have anything on her, but I will be keeping a close eye, and frequently checking on them. They're nice people and good witches, and I would be sad if anything bad shall happen to them.
Giomanach***
"Got a job!" Sky smiled as she walked through the door.
"Already?" I asked with a smirk, "We've barely been here two days and you've got yourself a job,"
"Well someone had too," she said
I waited for her to explain, "we need to be able pay for this place after the months gone, you're after SELENE BELLTOWER, there is no way you'd have finished this job in a month and besides you won't be able to work if your busy with them, you maybe a good seeker Hunter, but you're not that good if it'll come to her,"
I nodded and agreed with her quick and clever thinking, "Okay then, so where then? This job? What do you do?" I asked
"Oh it's just in some record store, better than nothing"
I nodded and then took a deep breath and sighed
"What's wrong?" she asked, "Didn't you get any leads?"
"Well all I could find out is that Selene is running a coven called Starlocket, Alyce and David are in it, they're those witches who run the occult shop, but they have no idea, I can't just go round panicking everyone, I have no idea how to start this one," I rested my elbows on my lap and buried my face in my hands.
"What about Cal," Sky suggested
"What?" I looked up
"Well you could always start with Cal, he's got to play some part in it, follow him around, see what you could learn there"
Now there's a thought . . . but, "No, I can't do that"
"Why not?"
I shrugged, "I don't know I just don't like the idea of following my bastard half-brother around all day"
"Hunter, what is wrong with you? You have a way to get somewhere with your mission and you're not bothering!" Sky always made me see sense, why is this mission getting to me so much? This is not like me, I hate Cal, and it's messing me up, I had promised myself not to let him ruin my judgment.
"Okay, he goes to the high school right?" I asked, Sky nodded, "so, I'll go tomorrow and check it out"
Sky nodded satisfied
"Thanks Sky,"
She smiled, then turned and headed upstairs,
I remained seated on the large couch deep in thought:
I wasn't acting like myself, I knew that much, and I knew it was because of the involvement with Cal, he gets to me, bone deep. But what worried me still is that there was something else in this town that wants me to find it desperately, I feel it calling out for me, what if it's what Selene is looking for? Am I drawn to the darkness like my half- brother? Is this how the spiral towards darkness started for him?