A/N: ...I'm actually not really sure what to write up here this time. Maybe it's because I stayed up to watch the Olympics and now I'm super tired... ugh.
Mediatorsk: Ah, yes, the dreaded female curse. I've got it too lol. And great work so far on your first fic, btw:)
dana-maru1: Here you are... now's where I ask you the same question for your fic... "More soon PLEASE?"
CHAPTER FOUR
"Do you know what that was?" Pam asked Jake as soon as everyone had gathered themselves.
"I can't be positive… but I think it was a Nattrod."
"Okay...never heard of them before.I'll check the book in a minute," Pam decided.
"He said you couldn't stop him," Andy reminded warily. "How exactly are you gonna protect us?"
"Well, we might not be able to do it alone, but sometimes there's a spell we can read, or a potion we can brew that'll vanquish him," Chris explained.
"So, let me get this straight… you guys are witches, right? And a demon is after us?" Stella asked. She'd never seen a witch before- she'd only heard about them in the news.
"Yes," Pam replied. "Um… do you know if you are? Witches, I mean."
"What?" Andy asked. "Why would we be?"
"Well, that demon said he was seeking revenge on you, so you must've done something to anger him. Ordinarily, a mortal can't do much to piss off a demon," Chris said.
"Well, we've never seen him before, and we certainly don't read spells or anything," Stella reaffirmed.
"I'll check the book. There's gotta be something," Pam mumbled. "Jake, what exactly do you know about Nattrods?"
"Nothing really. I've just heard about them. Apparently, they're a pretty rare species. Only a few exist," he answered.
"Okay… hopefully the book will know more." She left to go get it..
"Where are we, anyway?" Andy asked.
"San Francisco," Chris replied. "Prescott Street, to be exact."
"Wow. You guys travel far with that teleportation thing you do."
"It's called orbing. Why, where are you from?"
"Oakland," Stella answered.
"Well, that's not that far," Chris commented.
"You'll have to excuse my brother. He hasn't looked at a map in… forever," Stella teased.
"Ha ha," Andy replied sarcastically.
"We used to live in San Francisco," Stella continued. "When we were real little. I don't even remember the place."
"Well, I don't think going for a sightseeing trip is exactly a good idea right now," Chris advised.
Pam re-emerged with the book. "Okay…" she said, setting it down on the counter. "Let's see what we can find." She only had to flip a few pages in the 'demons' section before she found the page she was looking for. "Here we are. Nattrods… Now sparse in numbers, this demon used to have a thriving population up until the mid-1800s. The reason for their sharp decline is the work of one Stephen Joyce, a witch hunter who, although mortal, was able to significantly decrease the numbers of this deadly species. However, the details of how he went about achieving this are little-known. The Nattrods are considered deadly because until Joyce's amazing feat, there was no way to kill them aside from the Power Of Three spell, and seeing as the Charmed Ones were still a little over a hundred years away from existence, witches and mortals alike were helpless against them. Theoretically, Joyce used a potion against the Nattrods, although no one has any idea what such a potion could contain. No combination of any known ingredients would be able to take down a demon of the Nattrods' level. For now, his triumph will have to remain an enigma." Pam just stared at the page. The write-up had only made things more confusing.
"Recognize anything?" Chris asked Stella and Andy.
"Well… I don't know if this has anything to with that, but Joyce is our last name," Stella informed.
Pam cocked her head, almost like a dog, upon hearing this. "Joyce…" she muttered. "Where have I heard that before…" She looked over at the two teenagers. "What are your names?"
"Um, I'm Stella, and this is Andy. We're twins," Stella explained.
Pam let the book fall out of her hands and onto the counter. She turned to Chris. "It's them!"
