Chapter 3: Preparation and warning

Yay chapter 3! I think this is the fastest I've ever typed a story up. A chapter a day, wow. Well this is where things are starting to get interesting. Enjoy.

River sat in alchemy class looking gloomier than ever. She had… forgotten to do her homework. Not that it mattered, as she hated alchemy, but the teachers liked finding excuses to pick on her. River looked at Moonriver. She seemed to be…

Actually paying attention?

River tried to get a looked at the notes she was writing, and then noticed the small alchemy book in Moonriver's lap. "Moonriver." River whispered. Moonriver ignored her. "Moonriver." "River do you have something to share with us?" the teacher said, a smug look on her fat face. She was a fat woman with gray hair, and she wore an ugly pink dress. River ignored the teacher, used to her abuse of power. She took out some daggers and started to flip them. She threw one in the teacher's general direction.

Moonriver was too busy writing down ingredients down from her book. Since she wasn't going to bring back a human the ingredients were slightly different, but she also needed a human form to go along with the wolf one. She could easily bind them together using magic, something that not many people were skilled at even after years of practice. She shuffled through her notes and picked out a clean sheet of paper. She started to draw a wolf form, accompanying it with notes on circles to use, and ingredients need.

Ed sighed. He hated 1st period, he knew all this stuff the teacher was writing down on the bored. He looked at Moonriver. He immediately recognized the page she was on in the alchemy book. What's she up to? He wondered. He looked away, not wanting to figure out what she was up to, a bad feeling looming over him.

River flipped another dagger at the teacher, hitting right next to her head. "River!" the teacher shouted. "Damn I was so close." River said. Someone laughed. "River next time, do us all a favor and hit her." Moonriver said looking up from her notes.

Somewhere in the cloudy sky above a dark castle floated. Dark Moon sat on his throne, boredly watching the empty hall before him. A black fae walked in. She had golden eyes and a thin line over her left eye. She was slightly skinny, but strong looking. She bowed to Dark Moon. "Father all is set, and soon your plan will be carried out." She said. "Good Morganna." Dark Moon said. "Now I just need Moonriver to do human alchemy and I'll finally have what I want. I even get to have Moonriver as a bonus." Morganna smiled. "She's been such a bother. Breaking her hope was a good idea. If she knows she'll never have Amazon back she might finally give in to you." "It's not a might, it's a will." Dark Moon said. Morganna nodded and left the room.

"And as soon as she gives in, I'll have a permanent body." Morganna said after she closed the door. Her paw faded for a moment. "Curse this weak body." She said softly.

The bell rang signaling 1st period was over. River walked to her dorm, relieved that it was over. She wasn't feeling good, and was going to go to sleep. Moonriver walked beside her. "I'm not going to the rest of today's classes." River told her. "Well neither am I." Moonriver said, not seeming to really be paying attention to her. River looked at her. Her head ache from when she woke up returned. "I need bed." She groaned.

When they got to the dorm Moonriver went straight to her room, and slammed the door, and locked it. River wondered what bit her in the butt as she walked to her room. She fell on her bed, and looked out the sky light. Still cloudy, and snowy. "It's never going to stop snowing at this rate." She said. "And I hate the cold." She closed her eyes, trying to relax and hoped her head ache would go away. Keket popped into the room. "Hey River." She said. "What's wrong with Moonriver, she seems extra angry lately." She said. "I don't know, I think she's been researching something, 'cause I hear her up late mumbling, and turning pages and stuff." River said. "Hmm…. You don't think it's something serious do you?" Keket said, thinking. "Of course she is, that's why I've been staying up so late." River said. "Care to join me?" "Yeah. In here tonight then?" "Yeah."

Moonriver started to clear a space in her room. "Everything is perfect." She said starting to draw a complicated transmutation circle on the floor. "Now I just need the materials." She said. 'You've done this before Moonriver, are you seriously trying it again.' Came the haunting voice of a brute. "Shut up Coal. You mean nothing to me anymore. Stay away from me." Moonriver said. 'Moonriver you saw the truth, and lost something. Because of that you can do alchemy without a circle. If you do it again what do you think will happen! This is something that not suppose to be tried, but you did. Others who've done this know it's not possible. You should know too!' "Shut up, just shut up! I lost a piece of my soul last time, I can loose another. Don't you see it doesn't matter? It never did! It never will!" Moonriver said. 'Do this and your doing exactly what evil wants.' "That's just something I'll have to do then." Moonriver said. She walked out of her room, set on getting the ingredients.