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The stitches coming loose

(House by the Cemetary-Wednesday 13)

Disclaimer: Well again I say I own nothing but my twisted little mind.

Saying of the Day: I am Pussy Man! But there are three to seven days out of the month I won't work!

She sat among shadows. Her elegant form folded into the regal chair decorated with gold, silver and rubies. Her drees was black leather bodice, designed like a corset and hugged her slender form. Her black satin skirts were fanned out around her feet.

She sighed and stood. She stepped into the pale light of the chamber and her features were revealed. Her skin was a creamy white of new milk and possessed a pearky glow. Her eyes were a soft crimson color that might be described as demonic. Her silver-grey hair flowed around her shoulders and face like a dust-ridden white curtain.

Another creature made itself know. The predator with its scales glinting in the faint light. It halted at the woman's feet. She reached out and brushed her fingers along the creature's scaly head.

"What news do you have for me, my retinue?" The woman's voice was low and gentle, though a hint a malice could be detected if you listened to her well enough.

'The unicorn is under the protection of the warrior and her wolf. Also the warrior's child seems to have bonded with the unicorn.'

"Indeed. Well my pet, it seems that we will have to try harder."

She disappeared in the shadows for a moment before a red light lit her sharp features. She stood over a bowl of sorts. The crimson glow was emitting from it. Smoke poured over the lip of the bowl and onto the floor, creating an eerie effect. She leaned forward to to bowl's contents as her creature came to stand beside her.

"The unicorn has left the girl. She has the creature's magic, but not her wolf. So it worked."

'What did, my queen?'

"You will see soon enough. My plan will soon come into effect and I shall continue my mother's noble work. Just a little longer, my pet, just awhile longer."

Ari stood in front of the swirling portal. Her hair was whipped behind her head from the vicious wind. Her magical animal friends that stayed on the preserve and her few human friends stood by her. The was Emma with Diamond. And Kayla with Casa. They were the only human mages on earth that she trusted and loved.

Inside the portal, shapes began to form. First to break through was the young griffon, Windy. He landed gracefully and greeted his friends. Next through came Zach, husband to the warrior. Then was his son, Zan, Ari's older brother by a year. No one was expecting the next shape.

It was a wolf of medium size. Its fur was a tawny color much like gold. On its right shoulder was a scar from a wound that must have been deep. Its eyes were a light shade of violet, almost blue. It stepped forward until it was before Ari.

'We have heard of Frostfire's disappearance. I will stay here with you until she is found. My name is Sunstorm but please call me Battle.'

Ari knelt and ran her hands through the she-wolf's soft golden fur. "Thank you. I shall enjoy having you here until my pack mate is found."

"You'd think your name would relate more to your nickname." Adriane said. Everyone jumped except for Zach, who had his arm around his wife. No one had heard the warrior's nor Dreamer's approach while watching the new wolf.

'I was given the name Battle for when I fought off a fearsome beast in defence of the pack's pups. That is how I receved my scar.'

Adriane nodded. Dreamer trotted forward and touched his noze to Battle's.

'Welcome pack mate. It is good to see you.'

'It would be better if times were not so grim. I don't suppose you have heard…'

Even Zach and Zan, who had spent a few days in Aldenmore, put on a mask of confusion. Ari blinked into the tawny wolf's lavender eyes.

"Does this have to do with Cloud?" she asked.

"Who-?" Zach began before his wife cut him off with a look of 'I'll explain later'.

'Yes and no. A powerful force of evil had begun to rise. It is bent on changing the web and mutation it, pouring black magic into all the worlds. This evil has a monster it sends out to harness pure magic. The monster attacked the unicorn you met, trying to take its power.'

Ari's eyes hardened. Her entire body tensed as she remember the creature that had attacked her and Cloud. She shivered and shook her head, to clear her thoughts. But she could not stop herself from sending a thought to her unicorn friend.

'Be safe.'

Zach closed the door to the library and locked it. He turned to his wife, a question in his eyes. Adriane sighed.

"Ari has somehow bonded with a unicorn. She saw it in her dreams, was it I should say, and they are connected. But I'm scared. Frostfire has just disappeared. Dreamer could not even track her. Her trail just ended. No evidence of what happened. What if whatever took Frost is after all the mistwolves? Will they take Dreamer and Battle now that she is here? Things we never this complicated when we were kids. We were never that far apart and could call each other if need be. Now though, Kara is off ruling her little world. Emily lives in the next town as a vet. Ozzie is in Aldenmore with the other elves and the fairimentals. I just don't know what to do anymore."

Zach wrapped his arms around Adriane and held her. She set her head on his shoulder. Their stones pulsed lightly, sensing the mage's distress. As bad as things were, they could only get worse.

She was trapped. Her whole body was bound and she was encases in glass and dark magic that would tear her apart if she tried to pass through it. She had never been afraid in her entire life. Even as a pup when she lost her mother, she hadn't been afraid. But now, fear coursed through her veins, draining her strength and clouding her once clear thoughts. A shudder passed through her body. Her bindings tightened and she cried out in pain.

She could sense the darkness outside her prison, taunting her. It gave unintelligible noises as it circled her. If it attacked her, she could not fight back. She tapped into her magic, but pain unlike anything she had ever felt before burned through her. She fell, wimpering, bleeding, shaking and lost of all will to survive. All she wanted was for the darkness to consume her and end it all.

But there was a light in her heart that held onto her, giving her strength. She grabbed ahold of that. It was the one thing that held her steady. It filled her being with warmth and pure, unconditionable love. It was from the one who loved her most she knew. She was with her, now and forever. She would not let her die here. She would come.

Through that bond, she sent everything she knew about where her prison was. And as quickly as the warmth had become almost overwhelming, it dulled until it was almost impossible to find. Laying as still as possible, she waited.

"Frostfire!" Ari screamed out. She had been with her pack mate, inside the wolf's mind. Unlike when she had first seen Cloud and "dreamed" about being the unicorn, the pain did not fade when she woke. She stubbled out of bed, tugging her baggy black shirt off as she did. She looked at herself in her mirror and froze in horror. Along her entire torso, there were bleeding cuts like she had been bound with blades.

"Frost…I'll find you…And I'll tear whoever did this to you to pieces. I'll make them pay for ever even touching you."

Ari's door burst open as her mother stood there, clothes and hair messed from sleeping. Her screams had woken the warrior.

"Ari, what happ-" Adriane's question was cut short when she saw the wounds on her daughter's body.

"It's Frost, mom. Whoever took her is hurting her and me too. I was with her…"

Adriane caught the girl as she sank to her knees. The warrior held her daughter with fierce anger and worry tearing at her heart. Zach and Zan in the doorway were living statues, just as horrified by Ari's wounds as the women had been.

"I don't suppose this is going to be like when we were kids, is it?" Adriane asked her husband.

Zach simply shook his head and walked away, taking his son with him. They were going to get everyone together on that night. The war had begun.

Me: haha kinda a cliffy but oh well. Sorry I kept you waiting. I have had no clue of how to continue this but forcing myself to write got a pretty good chapter I think. Review me people. If anyone is confused about anything, you can read the first story. It will introduce you to the characters and give you a sort of sense of what is going on.