Author: hi guys sorry its taken sooo long for me to update this week's been crazy. :Jack points to the calendar: Oooh crap! I'm sooo sorry it's been almost a month since I updated. : O PLEASE FORGIVES ME!
Thanx to Brownie, NewsieFreak172, and Jockey. :Looks into missing persons but then remembers that she doesn't know what Misty and hawk look like: WHERE ARE YOU MISTY AND HAWK!
MUST READ: if you don't remember who Negle is he's only vaguely mentioned in a few other chaps. Negle is 16 and like all Weasels has bright blue eyes. He's tan, has a little bit of a British accent, and long brown hair that hangs in his eyes when his tired or bored.
Love Across Time
Chapter 35: Athens
The lights in Denton's Dinner were off. But the building was far from empty. An odd group sat around a table in the kitchen. A single white candle in the center gave the room a soft glow. The whole group showed signs of battle and lack of sleep. Spot was leaning back so only two of the chair legs were on the floor; Ben sat on the counter near the table elbows on his knees, Denton was leaning against the door frame, Negle sat hunched over with a glass in his hands long brown hair hanging in his eyes, and I sat backwards in a chair working hard not to fall asleep as Denton spoke. For I must listen for he is the Badger of this mission… grr.
"We have to find a way to stop the demons and soon."
"Way to go Caption Obvious." Said Negle half-heartedly. Denton sent him a glare that was ignored by the tired teen.
"So I was thinking the best thing to do is an Athens."
CRASH! Spot fell from his chair. "ARE YOU INSANE?"
"It's the only way…"
"To hell it is!" said Negle now fully awake. He turned to Jess for support. "Common Jess helps me. You can't seriously want to go through THAT again?"
"What don't you want to go through again?" asked Perch as she walked tiredly through the door.
"Ooh that Geometry test is something I never want to go through again." Said Gracie as she walked through the door pushing Perch out of her way and onto Spot, which I don't think she minded too much. "And Denton Jessie told me you called me Thomas when you were talking to the Newsies."
"I did that because they know you and you always say 'Hi my name is Thomas!' whenever you get a chance." He explained.
"Gracie he wants to do an Athens." Said Ben as bored as possible.
The book bag on Gracie's back fell to the floor with a thump. She gave Denton a concerned look. "Have you been at the Gaffer's home brew?"
He gave her a glare in retaliation. "No, but I've looked over the reports were you did do an Athens and I think it's the best way to get this over with."
"But have you looked at the consequences?" Asked Negle incredulously.
Denton gave him a blank look. "Their weren't any listed in the report…"
"We didn't list any because we thought that everyone would remember what happened that day. But you were changed after that." Said Ben.
"Wait what happened? I'm new at this." Said Spot from the floor. Then he looked at me. "Hey Jess why so quiet today?"
I shook my head. "Just thinking."
"Oh that's something new." Joked Spot. I kicked him in retaliation.
"Do we need to talk about it?" asked Denton. The others groaned.
"No, it's my problem not yours." I said blandly. I hoped that they didn't see the distress that I felt.
"So can you tell us what happened?" asked Spot eagerly.
I sighed. "Sure why not. To make a very long story shorter we were in Athens dealing with a vampire infestation when we got word from David that other infestations were popping up all over the world. So we did the only thing we could. We cast a spell that would kill all of the vampires on the earth and turn the new vamps back into humans. But the spell came with a price…"
Negle then took up the story. "We all had to take part in the spell for it to work. So we were all placed on the highest points on the earth and cast the spell at midnight. But as the spell was being cast it took from us a dear friend… a newly turned Ferret by the name of Vicky was taken by the spell… We were all overwhelmed with grief. We have never lost a Weasel or a Ferret before… Any other time we tried to cast the spell it cost us something or someone dear to us… About 200 years ago we decided never to cast the spell again… unless it was unavoidable."
The room was filled with a heavy silence. Denton broke the silence with a suggestion. "But wasn't that over 200 years ago? We have more knowledge now. Can't we rewrite the spell?"
I thought it over. "Maybe we could. But not yet. We need time to write up a new spell and go over it to make sure there are no loopholes."
"But we need to do something during that time to keep the little nasties in check." Stated Perch from the floor.
Then Ben spoke up. "Can't we just go public and let them see who they are dealing with?"
"That could work. But just until they realize that we aren't going to kill them." Said Gracie.
"Which is all the time I should need." I say making up my mind.
Denton gives me a serious look. "You want to make this spell on your own?"
"Yes"
"Can you handle it?"
"I'm the Beast. Of course I can."