A/N Di Here, I know I haven't been updating but as I can excuse to Sky I've had mucho exams and thus am very tired. They haven't stopped and won't till July but I've got a two-week break before school starts again so here it is…Chapter 8 of CS!

"Is everyone here?" The calm voice radiated through the room as the quietly chatting members of the kings council- plus a few knights that were more…intimately involved with the problem oh and a few more interesting people who's noble and not so noble persons King Jon just hadn't the heart to turn away.

"Kel isn't," Neal called from his chair as he slouched down so that his conversation with his rather heavily pregnant wife was private and she smiled in response to his calling out.

"Neither is Dom- My cousin who said he'd come," Neal added and laughed at Owen and Alanna's incredulous looks. Perhaps the so-called Yamani lump had softened to someone?

Aly looked up sharply from her position at the end of the table and nearest the door where she had been examining a report of her fathers with Nawat looking eager next to her. "She's coming," she said calmly as Kel and Domitan of Masbolle strolled into the room both red faced yet calm.

"What have you two been doing?" Numair asked slyly from her seat next to his wife as she nudged him sharply with an irritated yelp of "NUMAIR!"

"The blue one…stole…golden…. chalice…. of…Mithros," Kel panted as Dom sat gratefully down and she deposited herself next to him. "We had to track him down through the palace using Bonedancer, you know Lindhall Reed's pet," Dom added as Kel nodded.

"Something must be done about these people," Jon mused as Sir Miles nodded. "Although it would be very interesting to know where they came from the disturbances they're causing and so close to mid winter is just too much."

"The vapid one, Kitty," Aly paused as Nawat stood up and walked out of the room but continued with a puzzled look on her face "She says they're from a place named Bayville in the province of New York. Thought I must confess it took a while to get such information out of her- I've never heard someone ramble on for so long about clothes."

"Numair, is their a spell you could device that would send them back?" Jon asked.

Throwing a look at Alanna Numair nodded then glanced at Neal. "I'll need help though- there's a lot of them and I can't send all those back so easily." Numair then looked thoughtful but said no more despite the questioning look on Jon's face.

"That's settled then- Numair work on that please but now for the matter of keeping them in check for however long Numair needs." Jon's bright eyes, inescapably fell to Kel, Owen, Daine and Dom who all winced.

"I'm sorry to lay such a burden on you all but these people cannot be allowed to run riot through the palace- the ambassador from Tusaine and another from Galla are coming tomorrow with the Copper Isles and Carthak expected within the week," Jon said sadly as the five nodded wearily.

"Keep them in the chapel dear," Thayet said to her husband and those assembled, then with a wicked gleam in her eyes she said "The priests are conservative enough to grumble but smart enough to recognise that these are our …honoured guests" She smiled and those at the table answered her wicked grin.

Nawat then entered, a worried look on his face and he bowed with a small smirk from Aly. At least her lessons on proper behaviour hadn't gone to waste. "My Lieges," he said and bit his lip. "The people are all asleep apart from one… the one with the demon eyes is being held by the priests on count of stealing. They are threatening to take him to the provost and chop his hand off."

With that the meeting quickly disbanded though Numair drew aside the king quickly. "A word Jon," He murmured and Jon nodded.

"There is a small probability of a whip lash in the magic so to speak," He said and Jon looked confused to he continued. "Whatever brought them here did it for a reason- whatever did it may have an expounding area of magic so I'd warn all others to be away from the area at the time."

With that Jon nodded and off the five protectors went to deal with the mess created by Remy.

(Sky's note: Very nice Di, I liked it. Tidy. As of now there are one chapter each for us to write!)