Listen, I know this chapter is taking me a while, so I'm gonna give y'all a preview of the next chapter, okay?

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Flashback

The triplets, Raven, Artemis, and Krystal, age ten, were pessimistically walking down a foggy street.

"Why do our parents have to fuckin' hate us so much?" Krystal asked indignantly. Artemis froze, mid-step, while Krystal was blushing unceasingly. "Oops..." she unfroze Artemis, "Why does this stuff always happen around us?"

"Why is it only me that you accidentally freeze?" asked Artemis, enraged about the fact that this always happened to her.

Suddenly, a boy's sobbing could be heard over their arguing. "What the hell is that?" Krystal asked, "Oops..."

"STOP FREEZING ME ALL THE TIME!" Artemis and Krystal started arguing again.

Instead of wasting her breath trying to settle her sisters' arguing, Raven decided to see what the other racket was. She walked away from their pointless quarrel, which could be heard in the distance getting softer as she walked farther away, into a dark alley, where a boy who seemed to be about her age could be seen. From what Raven could see, he had short, blonde hair and pale skin. He wore baggy, cacky pants and a Celtic Triangle around his neck (a/n: a Celtic triangle is a type of Celtic knot used in a lot of Wiccan jewelry; go to for a picture go to for a picture.) his head was in his hands.

"Are you okay?" Raven asked the boy.

"No," said the boy. He lifted his head to reveal wide, yellowish-green eyes, "I'm not. My parents kicked me out of my home just because I can't control my powers!" Raven had noticed that the boy had an English accent.

"I'm in the same boat," Raven said sympathetically, "along with my sisters. Well, one of them, anyway. Maybe we can help each other?" Raven bent down and sat on the ground with the boy.

"Sure. It's nice to know I'm not alone," the boy answered. "What's your name?"

"Raven. You?"

"Zodiac. What are your powers, exactly?"

"I'm telekinetic, telepathic, and clairvoyant," Raven answered, "or at least I wish I were. What are your powers?"

"My powers are sort of hard to explain. What about your sisters?"

"Artemis has no problem with her elemental magic, but Krystal and her time-controlling powers are always 'freezing' Artemis. How about you meet my sisters now?" Raven asked, helping Zodiac to his feet.

Temporary end flashback