I know it's been a while but still, I am updating just now. I'm very sorry but it's everything like school and all these other fanfics that are more popular on the site. No tears my friends, I shall continue this no matter what. The sequel will kick ass. Also, if anyone is interested, I have put up the list of Actors that should play all these parts (minus Kira) so go check it out on my website. You should all know it but if you don't its groups . Msn. com/practialmagick

Wiccan-Gal: I'm sorry you're ill, but what tension is there if I let them have one kiss! That would ruin my whole plan. Just too clear things up. Erimentha was taken and so was Ryker. Time was manipulated so that it only appeared that they had been fighting for about ten seconds, while it was actually a while.

Nofurylikewiccanscorn: I think the reason we don't worry about people in our stories is because that we can manipulate it to determine the outcome of events that happen to them so that we can choose whether they have a happy ending or not. Wow, that actually sounded quite smart. Sometimes I even amaze myself.

VinnieRoxyFrankie: Sorry I haven't reviewed your story in a while, I am honestly reading it but my computer is being an ass and is being slow and I can't be arsed so I just go and read the next chapter. I like your story. It's actually very popular, especially good a first story. Go you!

Arkarian: Well, I don't actually think you will find anything more about Erimentha and Ryker in this chapter, but its essential you read it. I'm really glad you like my story. Please review this chapter because I'm having review withdrawal symptoms.

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Alisa finally arrived at Sky's house. Sky got up and answered the door. She looked like she hadn't slept in days. Her eyes were red, stained from tears. She looked older now than she ever had before in her life. She smiled weakly at Alisa before more tears escaped. Alisa put her arms around her and drew her into an embrace. Sky was usually such a strong person; seeing her like this would be a shock for anyone. Sky was grateful for the support.

When they pulled away they walked quickly into the other room. Alisa was the last to arrive. Kira, Morgan and Hunter all sat on the sofa while the others were scattered randomly around the room. She was merely grunted hello; she didn't actually expect much else. She was extremely surprised to see that Ethan and Sharon were not here. Then she remembered that they were both out of the country on business so Ryker was staying with Gideon. She wondered if they had been told. She wondered if they would be. They would murder or severely maim them if they ever found out though. Elsu looked up briefly at his mother. She smiled sadly and sat down beside Ebony. There was a long moment of silence before anyone spoke up again.

"What do we do now?" asked Moira, weakly. The battle had taken a lot out of them all, although they were only beginning to really feel it now. Ebony especially. On top of that, she felt completely lost. She wished she would have seen it. Maybe she could have done something to stop it. Or maybe she could have just gotten taken as well and add to everyone's worry.

"We could scry for them; see if we could see them." Kira suggested. Although she already knew the demons had put a protection spell around them, so that they could not be traced. Her idea was contradicted when Sky informed them she already had tried.

"Maybe I should phone the New Charter." Hunter suggested, No one said anything and he took that as a yes as that was their only current option. He patted Morgan's knee and she forced him a smile. She buried her head in her hands when he left the room.

"This is ridiculous," Ebony muttered, more to herself than to anyone else, but it didn't go unheard by everyone else. Sky sighed.

"Ebony, please don't start again."

"Don't tell me not to start again!" She said more forcefully than she had planned to. She rose from her seat again. "You told us to come inside instead of chasing after the demons. We did." She was talking directly to Sky, practically ignoring everyone else in the room. "You told us to wait for everyone to come instead of doing something productive. We did. And now that you're all here." She began to talk to everyone again. "We are still sitting around, doing nothing apart from feeling sorry for ourselves."

"We are trying to come up with something…" Alisa started.

"And the best you can do is phoning the New Charter! They can do about as much as we can!" Gideon cut her off. He stood up and walked beside Ebony. "We could have come up with that if we thought it would help."

"It will help." Moran stated, actually looking at everyone now. She looked determined, more than she had before.

"How will it Mum." Moira finally spoke as her and Elsu went and followed in suit of their friends. What's Is Da gonna say? 'Hello, it appears that my daughters and her friends are being attacked by demons oh and two have been taken. Do you know where they are? No, ok, thank you for you're…'"

"Enough!" Hunter yelled as he came back in the room. Everybody in the room jumped in shock and turned to look at him. He was radiating anger and it was clear he had heard the whole thing. None of them save Morgan and Sky had eve seen Hunter this mad before. And it wasn't something they wanted to see either; the room was so quiet they could all hear the winds whistling outside.

"If we can't agree on the first stage of a plan, it is clear that we won't on the rest of it. This won't work if we can't work together." He said, taking deep breaths now. He was trying to calm himself, not even he liked being like that. He turned to the teenagers. "I think it would be best if you all went upstairs and let us think." Moira opened her mouth to protest.

"No." He said sternly. "Go upstairs." None of them even made an attempt to move. "Now!" They left and walked up to Erimentha's room. He sighed and moved into a spare space.

"So what did the New Charter say?"

"Nothing that can help."

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"I don't believe this." Ebony stated. She had been pacing around in Erimentha's room ever since they came upstairs, which wasn't that long ago, and was already burning a hole in the floor. "How could they do this?" She waved her hands around frantically. Her friends sat and watched her; aware if they said anything she that if they said anything she would just become more worked up. Moira gazed up at the lights. They were clearly flickering and not because of the main switch.

"Ebony…" She said shakily, trying to get her attention. Elsu and Gideon looked up at the lights and then to Ebony. She either hadn't heard them or was choosing to ignore her. Moira could not tell. She felt scared for her friend. Moira knew that Ebony depended on Ryker a lot, but she never really knew until now. Of course, none of them had ever been in this kind of situation before. She took back what she thought earlier, her and Ryker were definitely soul mates. Her mind began to drift away from then subject. Stay focused Moira!

"Honestly, how could they? They make us wait and the best they could come up with was phoning the New Charter! It's a complete load of bull that gave us nothing to go on. And then they have the nerve to send us upstairs for actually doing something…"

"Ebony." Elsu tied this time. The lights were beginning to dance more rapidly and violently. Ebony had started to rant and they knew what that meant. She wouldn't quit until she was stopped. She was only ranting because she was scared and worried for Ryker though. When he heard rattling he turned to the desk nearest the window. He saw a picture of Erimentha with Moira, Gideon, Ebony and Ryker when they were about ten years old. They were all pulling the most ridiculous faces while all sitting on top of each other. But what really caught his eye was the fact that it was trembling. He turned to look at Moira and Gideon. They had both seen it too.

"… Instead of just sitting on our back sides reviewing the situation over and over again. Which you know doesn't actually help at all; it just makes you feel like you're doing something useful." Unlike everyone else, Ebony had yet to notice the photograph shaking violently and the lights flickering. "I mean, for all we know, Ryker and Erimentha could be getting tortured as we speak. Maybe even dead!"

"Ebony!" Gideon called out, loudly. Finally, Ebony stopped talking and turned her attention to her friends. She was fuming with anger.

"What!" She yelled. All her rage tore threw her and out into the world. The picture and its frame shattered. It was as if it had been blown up. The two boys on the bed turned their heads away and Moira and ebony covered their faces. They all turned to look at its remains. The picture itself was now in many pieces. The edges al burnt. The glass and frame had smashed and cracked all lying on the floor.

"What the hell was that?" asked Moira, still slightly on edge from the explosion. The lights had steadied and all was still. No one answered although it was pretty clear. Gideon stood up, not taking his eyes away from the shattered memory lying all over the floor.

"I would say either someone stuck a very small vibrating bomb on the photo, or, most likely," He looked at Ebony, who was now in front of him. "Ebony's got a new power." All attention landed on her and now that they were all watching her intently, she wished she was alone.

She sighed and sank down into the chair behind her. She hung her head in her hands. She could not honestly believe or even begin to understand why this was all happening to her. "Great, something else to worry about." She muttered to herself. Gideon put his hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her and looked over to Moira. She merely shrugged. She didn't understand what was happening any better than the rest of them. It was clear that the goddess was punishing them for something.

They all sat in silence, waiting for someone else to say something, to break the icy cold silence. But no one could, no one knew what to say. What could they even begin to say?

"I think we should leave and go after them." Everyone turned to look at Elsu, all thinking different things. Moira looked at him as if he was insane. How could he be serious about suggesting such a thing? They had no idea where the demons had taken them, why they had or who the demons were working for. Besides, if it turned out there was the same amount of demons guarding them as there was fighting today, there was no chance they would be able to win. Or even survive for that matter. "What, are you insane?" She practically yelled. They all looked at her but with blank look son their faces. "We have no idea where they are. If we do even find them, we won't stand a chance against the demons again. It's suicide!" They looked down and she began to calm down. She swallowed and thought she had gotten through to them. She knew that she was right about his and still could not believe he even thought about mentioning it.

"I agree with Elsu."

"Where do we start?" Moira gawked.

"How can you be prepared to do this?" Now they were the ones looking at her as if she were insane. She simply returned those stares. She knew she was right about his and if they were thinking logically right now, they would see it too.

"How can we not?" Gideon proposed as if she was talking crazy. "We can find them and bring them home. It's our fault they are missing in the first place. It's the only thing we can do." He seemed deeply troubled as he said it. Moira knew he was feeling guilty about Erimentha being taken. He felt that he should have tried to protect her more. And she knew he felt completely lost for maybe the first time in his whole life. She wished Hope would appear right now and make him think rationally. She had been witch messaging her for a while now, but it wasn't working. It wasn't as if she was ignoring them. They were actually bouncing back in her head. But that wasn't that high on all of their properties just now.

"But it's hopeless. How can we find them? What would we do if we did? Going out and getting ourselves killed won't help anything. We can wait and see the plan that people who actually know what they are doing come up with." She was satisfied with her answer, but she knew her friends, and she knew they wouldn't be. Elsu looked as if he was about to say something but Ebony quickly stopped him.

"Don't, Moira, is right." Moira let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. Out of everybody here, she was sure Ebony would be the least likely to agree with her. She stood and felt a small smile creep onto her face. "Because keeping us alive at the expense of our friend's lives when they will probably come kill us anyway…"

"Ebony!" She whined. She fell back onto the bed and hung her head. She remembered that if anyone could lay out the guilt card, it was always Ebony.

"What, Moira? It is true. We are staying here because we think we could die. Well, Ryker and Erimentha could already be dead."

"So why risk our lives if they are already dead?"

"Because they will be coming after us anyway. We all know they are after us because of our powers. And because they are our friends." She said the last line in such a way Moira sighed.

"Ok, where do we start?" She sighed in defeat. She knew that this was a big risk she was taking. She hadn't imagined this happening. Btu she hadn't imagined anything like this ever happening. So here it was, if it was what she thought it was, by tomorrow, they would all be dead.

A/N: I actually had more but, this is pretty long and I haven't written the rest. Also, I haven't updated in a while so here is a treat. Read and review!