A/N Thanks to my reviewers, even though most of them were my friends. Sorry for the wait.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Avalon character, they all belong to Rachel Roberts.
Chapter 6The eight kids sat in the Ravenswood Manor library discussing the magic.
"What are we going to do?" Emily said worriedly.
"Well, we have a shape shifter on our hands, what is there to do?" Kara asked. The three boys that were unknown to magic sat there quietly listening.
"Maybe we can attack!" Zach said, putting his hand to the sword at his side.
"I don't think that would be a good idea," Adriane replied, "I think we need a magical way of fighting 'it'."
"Adriane's right, we can't fight physically, but maybe we can fight magically." Emily agreed.
"So it's settled, we have a magical fight to the finish." Kara said.
"What are you talking about? You can't fight!" Kyle said, being his normal over protective self.
"It's fine Kyle, we've all done this sort of thing be fore." Kara replied coolly.
"You what?" Kyle, Marcus, and Joey said at the same time, fear and anger rising in their voices.
"Oops?" Kara said to no one in particular.
"Emergency meeting!" Emily called, and ran out of the room. The other mages followed, along Ozzie, Dreamer, Lyra, and Ariel.
When all of the mages and animals got to another room, everyone started talking at once.
"What are we going to do…"
"What can we do…"
"I think we should attack…"
"Fighting's not the answer, Zach!!!"
"MAGIC…"
"EVERYBODY STOP!" Everyone turned to see the little ferret holding his paws out to get everyone's attention, "We've got to work together! Now, who has an idea?"
"Why don't we see if, maybe, the guys have magic?" Emily squeaked.
"KYLE?" Kara all but shrieked.
"And Marcus and Joey." Emily corrected.
"Do you really think so?" Adriane asked.
"It's always a possibility. We have to ask them if they think they are mages." Ozzie stated. He motioned for Adriane to go get the boys, and she left. When she came back, she only had Marcus and Kyle.
"Where is Joey?" Emily asked.
"He left. He said he needed some time to think this out…" Kyle trailed off.
"But if he tells anyone…then we're in BIG trouble." Kara practically yelled the word big.
"I know, and I know you can trust Joey." Marcus said, confidant in his friend. Everyone was silent.
Kara spoke first; "Do you think we should go looking for him?"
"No, I think he needs to work this out on his own." Kyle said.
6 hours later…
"Oh my gosh! We're going to be late fore school!" Kara was running around the manor screaming.
"Maybe we should call in sick?" Emily said as she stifled a yawn, "I'm tired, I'll just go home and say I'm sick, and I advise you all do the same, because you all look terrible."
"I can't miss school! It will ruin my perfect record!" Kara said unhappily.
"Calm down Barbie, we can walk and be on time." Adriane said. Kara looked unhappy, but she would live.
After school at the manor…
"Emily, I can't believe you didn't come to school today, I thought you would be the last one to skip." Kara said, grinning wildly.
"I didn't skip!" Emily protested, but before she could finish, everyone shouted 'Yes you did!'
"Fine, you're right. Any ways, did you see Joey there?" Emily asked, trying to direct the attention away from her.
"No, I guess he skipped too." Marcus said, about to laugh.
"Oh, then maybe now we should go look for him?" Adriane asked.
"Yeah we should." Agreed Kyle.
When everyone, including Ozzie, Lyra, and Dreamer, headed for the door, they heard a scrathing noise.
"What was that?" Emily asked, fear in her voice.
"I don't know, but I don't like the sound of it." Adriane said, taking a fighting stance.
"Don't worry, we'll protect you." Marcus said to Emily. The healer blushed.
Kara got a terrified look on her face, and pointed, "Can you protect us from that?" She said in a shrill voice. Everyone followed her look and saw a horrible looking creature.
It had piercing red eyes and no nose. It's mouth was one big hole on his face. It's head was unlike any creature they had incountered before. It had long, string, black hair. It's face was distorted and and his ears were very small slits on the side of his face.
His body was completely different. He had rough jet black skin and really short have arms. At the end of his arms, he didn't have fingers, but more like claws. And his feet were like bear feet. He was plain ugly.
A/N This chapter's a little better, I guess. A lot of talking. Tell me what you think!