A/N: Has anyone else noticed a problem with the profiles. When I click on my name that should take me too my profile, I am taken to an earlier one of it, does anyone know how to fix it. Anyway, let's get on with it.
Strawberry Sweetie: its ok, I know, it's awful when that happens. I'm glad you love me and this story. It makes me very happy. Well, I had read so many Btvs and Ats throwbacks I decided, why the hell not? And then I got the Sky and Killian thing and I thought yeah! Romance I can see.
Wiccan-gal: I'm glad you like Sky and Killian too. They are my most favourite people, that's why I picked them for role playing (check on our site if you have no clue what I'm talking about). I hope you got better, feeling bad is icky. I'm sorry, but I am a true Scots… person and have to stay true to my heritage. Plus, I was bullied by this English person, and they annoy me so much. It doesn't mean you're a bad person though! I love Buffy, Scooby Doo rocks my stripy socks but I cannot, and will never, stand Harry Potter. It annoys me. The books mock me! I'm glad you like the chapter. Oh, I love long review, they keep me interested. Oh and if it doesn't explain to you in this chapter it will in the next.
Lady Raini: I am glad you enjoyed my story. I always love it when someone does, especially on something like this, when you either love it or hate it.
Rosewood1: Sky and Killian rock my stripy purple socks. Bet that, ha! Anyway, I can't wait until I can write more romance with them that would be great. I love them so much and they totally fit together. Or are the worst pairing ever, depending on your own opinion.
Rikkufx: I'm glad you found it funny, because I wasn't really sure if it was or not. But at least someone found it funny.
Bradhadair: Hunter is a cute kid! So's Morgan. They rock!
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Sky and Killian sat in the front of sky's car, while the little four year olds bounced around in the back. Morgan had decided it would be fun to come up with a song. A song about Jelly. And then teach it to Hunter. They had been singing it non-stop since they had gotten into the car. But the main problem was, Hunter couldn't sing and Morgan didn't know the difference between singing and shouting. Probably that damn purple dinosaur, thought Sky.
"Hey, Morgan, sweetie, I think you should sing the song just a touch quieter now." She managed to yell over the two howling banshees. She had learned from her very short time with the four year old versions of Morgan and Hunter, and also from her sisters, being horrid helps nothing! Morgan stopped while Hunter continued to screech. Sky turned her head slightly to see the little girl grinning.
"You can't, it's a loud song!" She explained, as if it were obvious to everyone, not just four year olds. Either Sky did not know the importance of singing loud for the great jelly song, Morgan reasoned, or she was very very stupid.
"Well, maybe it's time to sing a quiet song."
"No!" She yelled before returning to singing/screaming. Sky shook her head, which was actually beginning to hurt quite a bit. She had never been so keen on having children. But now it was all clear to her. If some guy ever got her pregnant, she would make sure he didn't have the chance to do it again! She turned her gaze over to Killian. He sat patiently in the passenger seat, his lips pressed together tightly as he drummed his fingers against the dash board.
"What?" She asked simply. He turned to look at her and shook his head. "What?" She repeated, in a slightly more irritable tone. He bit his lip and looked at her, then out the front window.
"I can't believe we're going shopping! At a time like this" He said, waving his arms around. Sky would have laughed if she was in any other mood, but right now didn't seem like the greatest time.
"Well, yeah, did you have any better ideas?"
"Yes! We should be at home researching, I mean, your home researching what happened!" This time, no matter how much she tried not to, Sky did laugh. He looked at her and raised his eyebrow, facing her with the silent question. 'What?'
"You think we have books on stuff like this. Oh wait, we do. It's called 'What to do if your cousin and half sister, who happens to be the long lost daughter of two very powerful woodbaynes, get turned into four year olds.' And in it, it would say 'this has never happened before, just wing it!' Killian," She diverted her eyes from the road to look at him. His dark eyes were focused on her now serious face. "We're in it alone, no books, no research; we know nothing about what could have happened. Heck, maybe a duck turned them into four year olds, just for the fun." Even with the joke, she had never felt more afraid in her life. Not even when she was a teenager back in England, not when the one relationship she thought would work failed, not even when she thought she could die. Never.
"I am so scared right now that I could cry," She told him honestly. He looked at her in shock, he had never thought in a million years she would tell him something like that. He could only hear the little ones vaguely singing now, something about toast. "I have been through dangerous, life-threatening situations, but they are nothing compared to this. All those other times, we had at least a vague clue of what we were doing. Now, we have none what so ever, I doubt this has ever happened to anyone before, the council will certainly not be helping and the one person who always seems to make things alright in these situations is a freaking four year old." She quickly turned around to see if the kids heard her. Luckily they didn't.
Killian could see that the girl in front of him was breaking down. She couldn't handle this anymore, he needn't be told. It was clear from the look on her face. Her eyes were at the edge of brimming with tears, but she wouldn't let them show, because she was strong. Her mouth was small now, trying to suppress crying in front of him. She wouldn't be able to stand this much longer, he could tell.
He slowly moved his hand on top of her closest one to him. She looked at him again and he let out a small smile, just to let her know it would be ok. That it was ok to be emotional in front of him, it was ok to say this stuff, because he was feeling it too, and it was ok to feel like this. Surprisingly enough, they both got that with one, small smile.
"We're not in it alone." He told her. "We've got each other." He squeezed her hand lightly and waited for a reply. A sharp witty reply, knowing Sky. But he was surprised to see her only smile and remove her hand from under his. He snapped back to himself and suddenly realised the disappointment he felt when she withdrew from his touch. She pulled up to a shop named 'Practical Magick.'
They both helped Morgan and Hunter out of the car and held their hands as they walked up to the store. Morgan skipped all the way into it while Hunter just walked and kept his grip on Sky's hand firm. Alyce looked up from the counter. The shop was empty apart from them and the air.
"Sky, who is this?" Alyce asked as she walked up to them. Sky suddenly remembered that neither Alyce nor Killian had met each other yet.
"Alyce, this is Killian, Morgan's half brother." Killian stuck his hand out and Alyce gladly shook it. She turned around to look at the kids.
"So they must be your…"
"God no!" Killian exclaimed quickly, not letting her finish what he knew she was going to say. "Actually, that's Morgan other there, and that's Hunter." Alyce stared at them in a mix of wonder and shock.
"You mean…"
"Uh-huh."
"Wow," was all she could say. Sky completely understood, but still found it slightly weird that she said it. She explained to Alyce what happened with the circle.
"Do you know anything about…anything like this?" She asked, hopefully but got the same answer as she knew she would get. All Alyce could do was shrug.
"I don't think anything like this has ever happened before." Sky and Killian sighed. "You said it might have something to do with Amyranth."
"Yeah, but we're not sure though. It's just a hunch. As far as I know, Ciaran still does not have his powers." Killian stated.
"Maybe they could have gotten a new leader, or it's another branch of Amyranth." Sky suggested,
"It could be. I'll contact some people and see what I can do to help." They both nodded 'thanks.' Sky shut her eyes as she once again heard the four year olds talking.
"Wow, it's pretty and weird."
"I remember that from somewhere."
"Sky…"
"Yes Alyce, I know their looking at the candles."
"Em, Sky…"
"Yes Killian, I know what candle they are looking at."
"Can we get it?"
"NO!"
"…Meanie!"
