Disclaimer: See First chapter

A/N: HEY EVERYONE! New Chappie for you all! I've been quite busy and I've had writers block so I haven't been writing much. And in this chapter it shows that Nathan isn't very sane as he should be but you'll soon find out that none of them are.

Thankyou to RonandChicken (You always know something's gonna happen when the word 'normal' is mentioned) and I'll be seeing you (Carlie and Jess? Hmmm. No Comment.) :P

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Chapter 14: Party Hard

"So this Marco guy is cool with me coming?" Carlie asked Lyndsay.

Lyndsay nodded. "Yeah the party's a real big one. He lives outta town a bit so he's just invited everyone who is human"

"I take it Mallory wasn't invited then" Carlie tried to sound jokingly but couldn't pull it off. It was just too sore of a subject. There was an uncomfortable silence which was only broken when Miranda walked into the house.

"You two are still here?" She asked as she threw her bag on the ground. "Thought you'd be off to that party by now."

"Just about to orb there. We were waiting for you so you'd know" Lyndsay said.

"I thought you said no magic these holidays?" Miranda asked.

Lyndsay shrugged. "It's much more convenient for you isn't it?"

Miranda smiled and Carlie announced that they had to get going. Orbing there was hard since they had never been to Marco's place before and there was going to be many people there. Lyndsay decided to just play it by ear and wipe anyone's memory that saw them.

"And we're here!" Carlie announced when they had appeared in front of an olden style house.

"Is anyone else?" Lyndsay asked, looking around. They seemed to be early as they couldn't even see anyone else.

"Let's go to the door then" Carlie said.

When they knocked a middle aged man answered. He seemed happy to see them as if they were his oldest friends.

"Hello! Come for the party have you?"

"Yes…are we early?" Lyndsay asked.

"Oh no! They're all up in the back paddock, just come through" He stepped back and Lyndsay and Carlie walked in.

"Just go through the back door and keep walking towards the large shed and you'll find them" He beamed at them.

"Thanks" Carlie said and the two made there way out.

When they found the shed they were surprised to see so many people there. They immediately spotted Jax who was walking around with a bikini on his head.

"Er…Jax what's with the bikini?" Lyndsay asked when they reached him.

"Oh this chick gave it to me" Jax laughed.

"You mean there is some topless person running around?" Carlie asked.

Jax nodded. "Yeah there are a lot of older people here. Marco has an older brother apparently and he's invited a bunch of his friends so I have a feeling it's gonna get pretty wild."

"Has anyone else come yet?" Lyndsay asked.

Jax nodded. "Lewis is around here somewhere. He met up with the bass player of 'Crap Pile'."

"I've never heard of a band called crap pile" Carlie said.

"They're the band who won battle of the bands this year. Lewis likes them because they're totally punk." Jax explained.

"Right anyone else?" Lyndsay asked.

"I don't think so. I haven't seen Keisha." Jax said.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Carlie asked. "Let's party!"

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Whilst Carlie and Lyndsay were having the time of there lives Nathan wanted to die. He'd been hearing his parent's thoughts for the whole trip and realized how he wanted to stay home.

Sitting in on the balcony of the motel he suddenly had the mad urge to jump off. Did that make him suicidal?

"Absolutely not" He said out loud.

Yet he walked over to the edge and stood on the guard rail.

"Just do it" Nathan smiled and stood up on top of the rail. He laughed and fell forward. The wind rushed pasted his face and he felt so exhilarated. After falling for a number of feet he orbed back to the balcony.

He was laughing hard. It felt so good just to free fall, there was no control. Just like his life.

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It was 2:27am when the lives of two teenagers stopped. It was thirteen minutes later when they were found by fellow party goers.

"My mum doesn't even know I'm here" Keisha laughed as Carlie, Lyndsay, Lewis and Jax walked out towards the damn where people were heading if they wanted some quiet.

"Where does she think you are?" Carlie asked.

"At my cousin's place. She's coving for me. Ana rocks." Keisha told them.

"Oh man what's that smell?" Lewis crinkled his nose.

"Smells like the gardeners shed." Keisha commented.

"Shit its pot!" Jax cried.

"Alright who's getting high?" Carlie asked.

"Guys." Lyndsay was staring into the trees. "There are two dead guys in there"

"How can you see them?" Lewis asked.

Carlie walked over beside Lyndsay. "I'll go look" She picked up a bulky stick and concentrated. It burst into flames.

"How'd ya do that?" Jax asked.

"Lighter" Carlie replied smoothly as she walked towards the spot where Lyndsay was pointing.

Carlie found the bodies straight away. They stunk horribly and looked as if they'd been in a bit of a daze when they'd died.

"Found them" Carlie said calmly, unaware that everyone else had followed. Keisha's screamed, Jax gasped and Lewis threw up. Lyndsay just looked at them with a grim expression.

"Do you think it was murder?"

The question that was asked by Lyndsay was later asked by the police.

"Now can you tell me what happened?" The officer was a tall man with a bushy moustache and eyebrows to match asked.

"Well we'd gone out for some fresh air and then Lewis complained of something smelling bad and then Keisha said it smelled like the gardeners shed and Jax said it was pot. Then Lyndsay said that there were two dead guys over there and then I lit a log on fire with my lighter and used it as a torch and found them." Carlie replied calmly.

"Your friends, Lyndsay, said that there were two bodies. How did she know since it was so dark?" He asked.

"Lyndsay is very much a medium. She has a knack for knowing things. I guess she sensed their spirits or something" Carlie said the first thing in her mind.

"I see. Can I see the lighter you used?" He asked.

"I dropped it." Carlie said promptly. "When we found the bodies. I was in shock I must of dropped it."

"Ah huh" He wrote down something. "Can you tell me where you were between the hours of 2:00 and 2:45?"

"With my friends. We were at the party." Carlie suddenly wanted to get out of there. Was she a suspect?

"How many people can vouch for that?" He asked.

"My friends and some people at the party" Carlie answered.

"Yes well. We'll look for that lighter of yours. What does it look like?" He asked.

"It's red. A long cheap one. Nothing classy. It's just in case I need –"

"A smoke?" The officer supplied.

"No!" Carlie exclaimed. "It's in case I want to go out and need to see. My mum's idea for the party."

'Yes. Did your mother bring you here?" He asked.

"No I came with Lyndsay."

"And how did she get here?" He asked, writing down some more.

"She…we…walked" Carlie supplied lamely.

"You know lying to the police is a crime Miss Mason. I suggest you tell the truth." He warned.

"We……um……."

"Came with me" Carlie looked up to see Marcus coming over.

"And you are?" He asked.

"An old family friend of Carlie's. I took her and Lyndsay out here from Carlie's place." He explained.

"Then why didn't you just say that?"

Marcus smiled and waved his hand, sparks coming out the end. "But she did. She told you the first time that she came with me."

The man blinked dumbly for a few moments before turning to Carlie. "Well that seems to be in order. I'll just question the rest of your friends then you can go home."

"Great" Carlie said and he walked off.

"I can't leave you for five seconds without you getting into trouble" Marcus snapped.

"Oh for crying out loud, we went to a party, how were we supposed to know that someone would be killed?" Carlie retorted.

Marcus shook his head. "I've got a car here. It's a rental of course. I'll take you back to Miranda."

Carlie nodded as Lyndsay came over.

"Thankyou" She whispered to Marcus before the policemen came and told them that they were free to go and that they would be in touch.

As they walked to Marcus's car Carlie explained what had happened while Lyndsay stayed strangely quiet.

When they got to the car, Lyndsay screamed and spun around looking alarmed.

"They're here" Lyndsay said.

"Okay Lyndsay took some drugs or something cuz she's talking nonsense" Carlie said.

"Who's here?" Marcus asked, ignoring Carlie's comment.

"The guys who were murdered" Lyndsay whispered.

"Oh great, Lyndsay's seeing dead people!" Carlie groaned.

"Carlie could you be serious for five seconds here" Marcus snapped.

"Fine, Sorry just trying to keep the only part of me that is normal." Carlie remarked.

"Let's talk about this in the car. Were causes too much attention." Marcus said.

Lyndsay nodded and they proceeded to go into the car.

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Jess tapped his foot impatiently. He couldn't believe it. Why was he waiting exactly? His bloody father that was why. He was talking with one of his 'friends' and Jess was stuck in Knockturn Alley by himself. He looked around for someone to talk to but there was no avail. Knockturn Alley wasn't a social place to be.

Rolling his eyes, Jess walked off from where he'd been waiting and decided to have a look around Borgin and Burkes. He always liked the store; there were so many interesting things to see.

Something caught his eye immediately. It was a large round pendant that was made of a blood red stone. Jess examined it and it heated up in his hand.

"Can I help you?" Jess spun around to see Mr. Borgin at the counter. His face lit up when he saw him. "Oh Mr. Mcairn. What a pleasure to see you."

Jess held up the pendent. "What's this?"

"Oh it's a blood stone. Helps protect from evil"

Jess smiled. "How much?"

He seemed surprised. "This is a serious magical stone. It protects the wearer from deadly evils. It also isn't used very much because for it to work, it must be presented as a gift and the person who gives it must truly care for them. So it wouldn't be much use to you."

Jess ran his fingers over it. He knew exactly who he would give it to. He looked around; he needed something for the others. It was Christmas after all. He thought he saw something Lyndsay would like a crystal ball since she was such a seer.

"Oh into Divination?" Jess was getting annoyed and Borgin's constant buzzing around him.

"No" He replied coldly as he picked it up and walked over to the next table and looked over it. He saw a skull and for some reason thought of Nathan. "What's this?"

"Oh it's just for show. It's a real skull." Borgin explained. Jess took it too. For some reason he felt attracted to certain objects. For some reason when he picked up a delicate gold chain with red speckles through it he immediately thought of Tegan. He picked up was a small vile of green liquid which he thought would be good for Marcus. The last thing he got was a vase for Miranda.

"Interesting choices" Borgin remarked when Jess paid for them. Jess didn't reply and strolled out of the shop.

"Went shopping did you?" Jess's father asked coldly when he got back.

"No shit" Jess accidentally slipped back into his muggle mode, he seemed to be doing it a lot lately.

"I beg your pardon" He asked.

"Nothing" Jess shook his head. He really needed to improve on his acting.

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It wasn't our fault. Yeah we were stoned but honestly we didn't die because of that…

Nathan opened his eyes. He wasn't sure who had been speaking to him but he had a feeling he was about to find out.

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Ohhhh the plot thickens. Don't worry guys; this little dilemma will be solved before the holidays end. Then we start to get into the thick magical crap.