chyp: Oh yeah, being in a chapter can really upgrade your reputation to a level you never even thought was possible!

Quillsandbolts: I agree. It was very rude and inconsiderate of them. I'll see what I can do about that Council…

Raya X: Maybe…


"What a night," James said, rubbing his eyes as he awoke. "Those pills really did their job, huh?"

"Yeah," Matthew agreed. "I'm just glad that nobody barged in here. For a minute, I thought that everything was all a dream. What about you, homeboy? Sleep well?"

"Where is he?" James asked.

"You think he went outside?" Matthew asked.

James walked to the door and looked out the peephole. The crowd was still in full force and there were no indications that it would let up anytime soon. Matthew, in the meantime, checked the room completely for any signs Wesley may have left. He found the note on the desk and read it to James.

"He'll be back?" James asked. "Why would he leave in the first place?"

"I think he feels like everything is his fault," Matthew said. "Remember last night? He kept blaming himself. He seems a lot mellower lately."

"Strange," James said. "We have to find him, you know. He can't function out there on his own, especially with all the crap that's going on around here."

"How are we gonna get out of here?" Matthew asked, pointing to the crowd just outside. "At least homeboy could freeze them and get out. We don't have that little trick."

"We're witches, Matt," James said, rubbing his hands together. "We can do anything."

James lowered his head and a copy of himself materialized outside the room in the lobby. The clone caught the attention of some students and they drew themselves away from the room, headed in the direction of the clone. After all the students were gone, Matthew peeked his head through the door, using his power. Everyone had finally left.

"Why didn't we think of that before?" Matthew asked.

"Later," James said, grabbing his keys. "We need to get out of here before things get even more out of control."


Wesley awoke. His wrecked car was nowhere to be found. In fact, it looked as if the storm had cleared away any signs that it had even been there at all. Everything was only bleak and empty. The only thing that remained intact was Wesley's flashlight, which had stayed in his hand. He slowly stood up to see that it was a nice, albeit cloudy, night. The moon could barely be seen through the thick layers of clouds. With no streetlights, Wesley had to rely on his flashlight to make his way back to civilization.

He had been walking for hours. Why had he gone up such an abandoned road in the first place, he thought to himself. This was definitely not how he wanted things to turn out. At least his flashlight worked. He wound his way down the empty street, noticing that something was different. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he knew that there was something different, not just about the emptiness of the road, but about everything.

Despite having been exposed, he still had a job to try and do, so he made his way back down the road, in search of his brothers. He had to tell them about what had happened. He finally made it to a stretch of road that closely resembled one of the main roads of Oxford. Oddly enough, he saw more things that seemed out of place. The Waffle House that had always been at the corner was gone. The supermarket that was always open was now closed…closed down. It was covered with wooden boards. Nothing was as it should have been.

Walking down the street, he came across an old newspaper that had been thrown away, but had missed the trash can. He ran his eyes across it and almost had a heart attack. He carefully read it again, making sure that he had seen what he thought he had seen the first time. He had. The date read, "May 8, 2016." Was it possible that Wesley had been pulled into the future? As if the date hadn't been enough, the headline was the proverbial icing on the cake: "HRH James and HRH Matthew Celebrate 15 Years of Sovereignty."

The story read like a propaganda pamphlet; it continuously praised the virtues of the two "kings" who had apparently taken over not just Atlanta, but the whole country only fifteen years ago. Wesley read on and on; the article seemed to be the only one in the whole newspaper. As he neared the end, he heard sirens in the distance, distracting him. He turned to see a black car.

A man stepped out of the car, wearing an official-looking black uniform. Two other men also stepped out, but they remained close to the car, while the first walked towards Wesley.

"What are you doing out here without supervision?" the man said as he roughly pushed Wesley to the ground. "Show me your registration papers."

"My what?" Wesley asked. "What are you talking about?"

"No papers," the man said, twisting Wesley's arm. "Who are you, then? Are you with the Underground?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Wesley said, "but I think you have the wrong person."

"Talking back to a member of the Royal Force," the man said, pulling Wesley up to his feet. "That's at least five years."

"Five years?" Wesley asked in disbelief. "You better take that somewhere else."

"That," the man continued, "will cost you five more years."

"My ass," Wesley said.

Wesley threw his foot out and kicked the black suited officer in the stomach, knocking him backwards. He flicked his hands at the remaining two, hoping to freeze them. However, they were wearing strange bracelets that glowed every time Wesley used his power. As a result, Wesley's freezing ability passed harmlessly around the two men and they advanced upon him.

Knowing that he wouldn't last a minute trying to fight back, Wesley decided to make a run for it. He was just about to turn and dash off when he felt a sharp pain in his back. The force of the blow spun him around and he could barely recognize the black-suited officer, holding an unknown weapon. The officer swung the weapon again and a blue streak of light arced from the tip, striking Wesley in the chest. He tumbled to the ground, weak and very much in pain.


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