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A/N: Yes I know I haven't updated for ages and I know I've probably lost all my readers but that's okay.

Chapter 16: The Christmas Disaster

"Wake up" Said a voice from the darkness.

Jess began to arise from the darkness and soon felt a large weight on his chest. When he opened his eyes he found Lyndsay inches from his face.

"Good morning and a Merry Christmas!" She chriped.

"What are you doing here?" Jess groaned, pushing Lyndsay off his chest.

"Nathan and I have come to wish you a merry christmas and to give you some presents." Said Lyndsay.

"We tried to get Carlie to come but she gave us 3rd degree burns." Nathan explained.

"Sounds like her." Jess bend over the bed to pull out his presents from underneath it.

He passed them to Lyndsay and Nathan. "Here you go. Merry Christmas."

"Thanks. These are from us." Lyndsay passed him two presents wrapped in magazine paper.

Suddenly Lyndsay perked up and Nathan looked around at something Jess could neither see nor hear.

"We gotta go." Said both simulaneously and orbed.

Jess looked down on his bed at the presents he had yet to give. Marcus, Carlie and Miranda.

/Marcus come here/

"What do you want?" Marcus's voice made Jess jump. He hadn't even heard him orb.

"I just wanted to give you this." Jess waved his present at Marcus.

"Thanks" Marcus grunted. "I haven't got anything for you."

Jess frowned. What was up with Marcus? He seemed too cold.

"Well, Merry Christmas anyway." Jess shrugged.

Marcus orbed without a goodbye and left Jess wondering what was going on.

He sighed and decided it was time to give Carlie a visit.

Dear Sirius,

You wouldn't believe what has been going on. I don't know who talk to so I decided I'd write to you. I---

Carlie stopped writing. What was she supposed to say? She couldn't write what she did to Mallory. What if someone accidently got the letter? Maybe she could just talk to him.

Dropping her pen, she stood up and just as she orbed, felt something grab her.

Jess appeared in Carlie's room just as she orbed. He grabbed her arm and went along for the ride...

A rush of cold air hit them both in the face. Carlie struggled against the person holding her.

"It's me!" Jess gasped. Neither could see anything.

"What are you doing here?" Carlie snapped at him.

"I came to give you a present. Where the hell are we?" Jess asked.

"I...azkaban" She answered.

"Shit! Carlie we got to get out of here before---" Jess himself begining to freeze up. "Before the dementors come!"

Something creaked and Carlie looked around. "Sirius?" She asked. Someone was muttering and it began to get louder.

"No. Please. Why are they here?"

"Jess what's going on?" Carlie felt something breathing on her and she felt faint. Soon the breathing came closer to her mouth and she could not remember anything afterwards.

Jess quickly pulled her back and orbed. Not thinking about where just to get away he ended up in the middle of Marcus's house.

"MARCUS!" He felt Carlie go limp inhis arms. "MARCUS ARE YOU HERE?"

"What?" He once again appeared behind Jess without warning. He looked down at Carlie. "What happened to her?"

"She decided to pay Sirius a visit." Jess replied coldly.

A smile brushed Marcus's lips. "Oh I have just the thing for her." He pulled out a vile and poured black liquid across her lips. Her eyes suddenly snapped open and she let out a scream.

"What did you do?" Jess snarled, grabbing Marcus by the scruff of the neck.

When he turned around he was no longer Marcus. His face was wax like and there was no eyes in his sockets.

"Holy shit!" Jess exclaimed.

"You will come with me Sorceresses." It hissed and then threw another vile at him and the black liquid seemed to cover his mouth.

And then there was darkness.

/Come to the house/ Carlie's voice was harsh and commanding. That was the first indication that something was amiss.

Lyndsay couldn't orb sraight away since she was in the middle of lunch but Nathan did and he met Carlie. Or someone that resembled Carlie.

"Where's the other one?" She demanded when he saw her.

"I beg your pardon?" Nathan asked dumbstruck.

She rolled her eyes. "The other one. The girl." Carlie came so close to Nathan that their noses touched. "Tell me now or you won't be seeing the pureblood half of your circle in this realm ever again."

"Who are you?" Nathan said, his voice wavering.

"It doesn't matter who I am. All that matters is I get you all back."

/LYNDSAY DON'T COME HERE/ Nathan screamed as Carlie turned into a waxy skinned figure with no eyes.

The figure cackled and Nathan prepared to fight but it didn't come. The figure threw a vile at him and Nathan smiled, he could easily deflect it. It didn't move and hit him straight in the face.

"Ever heard of a magic globe?" It cackled as Nathan fell to the ground.

As Nathan began to pass out he heard Lyndsay's voice asking: What's going on Nath?

/LYNDSAY DON'T COME HERE/ Nathan's voice blasted through her mind.

Lyndsay was in the middle of a conversation with her aunt Dana when it came. She was mid sentence when she messeged Nathan, it was an extremly difficult feat to speak and telepath messages at the same time.

"Hey baby what's wrong with you?" Her aunt reached out and stroked her hair. "You look as if you've seen a ghost."

Lyndsay tried not to laugh, she'd seen to many spirits lately.

"I'm fine" She stood up. "I'll be back. Just going to the bathroom."

Spirting up the stairs and slamming th bathroom door shut, she orbed to the house. Carlie greeted her grudgingly. From the welcome Carlie had given her this morning Lyndsay had expected nothing less.

"Sup Carls. Where's Nathan?" Lyndsay looked around. Carlie smiled and strolled over to her.

"Nathan is tied up at the present." Her wicked smile widened.

Lyndsay looked around. "What's going on? Nathan just sent me a message not to come."

Carlie laughed a shrilly. "You should have listened."

"Lyndsay!"

Lyndsay spun around just as Marcus reached out and orbed.

"What's going on?" Lyndsay asked.

A scream interupted Marcus's answer. Standing with eyes the size of plates was Lyndsay's mother.

"Oh no" Lyndsay groaned.

What a sucky Christmas. Exciting but sucky. Review if you like or hate. Either is good.