Chapter 6

A/N: Ok, I checked (great tv guide site), and it said Molly's mom's name was Kathleen. So, from now on I'm going with that. Also, this might be the last chapter for a while. I start school on Thursday, and I'm going to be a Junior, so most likely I'll be busy all the time. I promise I will write when I get a chance.

Fiona12690: I believe I did leave it there. Muahahahah. :::grins evilly::: I did read your story ("Muse of Enchantment"), but it was a teeny bit confusing. Also, you need to put in more details. You know, how people feel, describe their actions more clearly, and all that. Other than that, great plot!P.S.: You go to school on Tuesday? Awww.

C'mon, people! I need more reviews! I sincerely hope Fiona 12690 and B Oots aren't the only ones reading this fic.

Alright, without further ado, here's Chapter 6!

The sound of Clu's voice seemed to be some kind of signal, because immediately afterwards the demons started a full-force attack. They were the exact kind Molly and Rick had seen through the Spy Portal, but at that moment all Molly cared about was fighting them off. "Does anyone know how to get rid of these things?" she asked as he kicked one in the chest. It spiraled backwards, but did not get any real damage.

"I do!" Irene called out. She put out her hands, and a demon burst into flames. "Molly, tap into my power! You're an empath, remember?" (A/N: I don't know if that's the right word for it, but, hey, it's my story!)

"I know, but I don't know if I can do it!" Molly shouted above the noise. She looked around. Ned, Carey, and Clu were doing the best they could, considering they had little or no experience in martial arts. Jack was fighting surprisingly well, and was taking on several at once. And Rick was trying to protect Fiona, which wasn't easy considering there were at least a dozen swarming around her.

"Try!" Following Irene's order, Molly retreated into the corner near the foyer and concentrated. Not knowing what to expect, she jumped out and flung her hands in front of her. Amazingly, three demons were instantly turned to dust. Molly was temporarily shocked, then got over it. "Cool," she smiled, then continued fighting.

"Mom, Irene, HELP!" Fiona's call was loud and clear.

Irene came over to help immediately, since Molly was currently dealing with more demons than she could handle. "Fi, try using your power. You probably can't do the same, but try to do something."

"Ok." A little unsure, Fi copied Molly and Irene's movements. Instead of being consumed by flames, the five demons immediately surrounding her turned into rattle snakes. "That's not much better!" Fi wailed.

"Alright then, concentrate on turning them into something a little less...poisonous." Irene suggested.

Fi did. The five rattlesnakes turned into five harmless butterflies. "This will work."

After about ten minutes, every single demon was either a pile of ashes, a butterfly, or simply gone. Rick, Jack, Ned, Clu and Carey quickly learned that once a demon hit the ground, it disappeared. Rick concluded that they had probably gone back to their leader.

Exhausted, everybody collapsed on the living room floor, since the furniture was in complete disarray. The couch was turned over, the TV was smashed (as well as the window), and the two easy chairs were ripped and beaten. Overall, the place was a mess.

"Those were the most tiring 30 minutes of my entire life." Carey sighed. Moans and calls of, "You can say that again" immediately followed.

Fi complained, "I can't feel my entire body." After quite a few minutes, they started to get up and clean the living room.

"Don't forget, we have to start training later." Rick said, and winced when everybody just glared at him. "I know you hurt right now guys, but this is just the beginning. In the future, there will be more demons to fight off, and they'll be much more powerful. Consider this round one."

"How many rounds are there?" Ned asked, almost afraid to hear the answer.

"I have no idea, but I know this definitely isn't the end."

"Hey Molly, what are you doing up?" Rick asked, coming into her room. Still tired, everyone had gone into their respective rooms (Irene and Ned took the guest room, Carey and Clu the living room) to take a well-deserved nap. It had been an hour since then, and Rick had assumed Molly was still asleep. That is, until he heard the sounds of a guitar being played coming from her room.

"Oh, I woke up a half hour ago. I've had this song in my head for a while now, and decided to get it out. Plus, it helps calm my nerves." With that, she wrote another few lines down on a piece of paper.

Rick looked at it. "It looks really good. Want to sing it?"

"Not really. There's something...missing."

"It looks done to me."

"No, not that way." Molly sighed. "Like...I don't know..."

"Like it needs to be a duet?" Rick suggested, a smile on his face.

"Exactly." Returning his smile, Molly gave him the paper, since she knew the words by heart. She started singing as she played her guitar: (A/N: I'm putting it in script form just for now so you know who is singing.)

Molly: "What are the chances, there'd be you and me/

There is no might have been, I say it's destiny."

Rick: "Out of all of the lives we could live/

All of the love we could give."

Molly: "Who'd ever guess that out of all the rest/

You would be here with me. Ohh..."

Molly and Rick: "It's a one, one, one in a million world/

And we're two, two two in a billion/

A one in a million world.

A zillion stars in the sky/

Planets all spinning by/

Take away what might have been/

And here we are again/

It's a one, one, one in a million world."

Molly couldn't stop smiling once the song was finished. It felt so good to sing with Rick again. And, judging from the smile on his face, he felt the same way.

Fiona and Jack stepped away from their parents' bedroom door, where they had been watching. Fiona couldn't get over how happy her mom looked. She looked...she looked...in love again! She realized with a great amount of surprise. Suddenly, she felt like breaking down in to tears. But it's not going to last forever... "It's not fair, Jack," she sobbed, putting her head on his shoulder.

"What's not fair, Fi?" Jack put his arms comfortingly around her, just as only a big brother could do.

"He's going to go away again! Bringing him here was like...teasing us! We're going to get used to having him here, and then we're going to have to get over his death all over again!" Fi's words were muffled in Jack's sweatshirt, but he could hear them loud and clear.

"I know, but there's nothing we can do about it,"Jack tried to sound calm and reassuring, but in all truth, he hadn't thought about it that way. "Let's just....enjoy him while we can, you know? Make the most of it – make as many memories as we can. And look at it this way – at least this time, we get to say good-bye. We get to know that he's always going to be there for us. And who knows? Maybe we'll get to see him again."

"I guess you're right." Putting on a brave face, Fi stood up straight and wiped a tear from her eye. "Come on – I hear Clu and Carey downstairs." (A/N: Awww, a brother-sister moment. I just had to put that in here )

Hours later, after dinner had been cleaned up (Rick was head chef – they weren't taking any chances with Molly again), the group assembled in the living room for their first training session. Molly and Irene had used magic to fix whatever the boys couldn't, and as a result the TV and window were restored, and everything else looked like brand-new.

"Alright, I'm going to need an assistant." Rick was standing in front of the seating area, looking a lot like a teacher, which at that point, he was.

"Ooo pick me, pick me!" Jack raised his hand in a mocking gesture, bringing on much laughter.

"Alright Jack, come on up." He did, and stood next to Rick. "Alright, now let's say a demon just grabbed you around the neck, with every intent on strangling you to death." Jack put his hands around his father's neck. "What are you going to do?"

"Oh, I know this one!" Clu shouted. "You yell for Mrs. P or Mom to blow him up!" At that, everyone started laughing hysterically.

Rick sighed, trying not to lose his patience. "No, Clu,"he said good-naturedly, "You do this." He elbowed Jack in the stomach, then flipped him onto the floor. (A/N: I'm no martial arts expert here, so I'm making up moves as I go along).

"Yeah, but then you do this." Surprising everyone, including himself, Jack put his feet up to Rick's stomach, and he flipped over frontward, landing face-up next to Jack.

"Whoa, nice one Jack." Carey complimented. "Where'd you learn that?"

Extremely confused, Jack sighed, "I have no idea."

"I might have some idea." Rick got up, and offered his hand to an aching Jack, who pulled himself up after accepting help.

"More news? How many surprises are we supposed to take in a few days?" Ned exclaimed.

Rick laughed. "I think this is it. Jack, have you ever heard of reincarnation?"

Jack thought a moment. "Yeah, Fi's mentioned it somewhere along the line. I think she thought our old cat used to be a princess."

"Jack! I was five!" Fi protested, her face coloring as everyone laughed. "And she did act like one!"

"Yeah, but you didn't stop there. You said she used to be Ariel, Princess of Larconia, and that she was reborn as a cat because she was mean to animals."

Everyone looked to Molly for confirmation, and she shrugged, "Fi's always had an...active imagination."

"Actually, Fi might have been right. Reincarnation does exist. And, back to my point, Jack, in a past life, you were a knight."

A/N: Thanks to Jlyfishluver for the reincarnated knight idea!

More A/N: The song 'One in a Million" is from the episode 'Detention'. Think about it – that was the first episode after 'Lightening Rod', so she should be writing it right about now. Just imagine it without the flute, and put Rick in where Annie would be singing. I just had to put it in there since it's one of my favorite So Weird songs. By the way, I got the lyrics from , that and watching the episode a lot.