A/N: Oh my goodness! The outpouring of goodwill has both amazed and warmed the cockles of my soul! Thank you so much for your warm reception of this story!


Chapter 2

I stared at them in shock. They had a valid question, but I didn't know how to answer. Strange things had been happening to me all day, but I didn't know if I'd done my own version of life pause.

"What do you mean, 'Who did this?'" Clark demanded, maneuvering his way to block me from their view.

But neither of the girls was paying attention to him. Their attention was fixated on my neck and I felt surprisingly vulnerable. But I wasn't scared. In fact, it seemed like they were familiar to me somehow. "Trinity," thebrunette girl smiled, "are you not paying any sort of attention? Our sister's right here!"

They started toward me, but Clark shoved me protectively behind him. "Chloe's an only child," he said belligerently. "She can't be your sister."

I smiled at his back. He was so determined to save everyone from all hurts and injuries… when he noticed them. But he could never be faulted with trying to protect us at all times. "Clark, it's okay," I said softly. I came around him and put my hand on his arm.

He looked at me in shock. "Do you know these two?"

I smiled at him. "Not a clue in the world, but I don't think they want to hurt us… not if they call me their sister." He looked at me and then at my hand. When his eyes met mine again, the worry was still there. He opened his mouth to say something but his eyes suddenly rolled in his head and he fell to the ground with a thud. I lifted my eyes in shock from his collapsed body just in time to see the black haired girl drop her arm and slump against her friend.

"Trinity, are you okay?" the brunette asked and guided her friend to my couch. I wanted to demand why they were there, but I was also concerned for the other girl.

She sat gasping on my couch for fully a minute before she was recovered enough to answer her friend. "Willow, I'm fine. It just took more energy than it should have." They looked at each other meaningfully for another minute before my patience finally snapped.

"Great," I snarked. "You're fine. That doesn't explain what you did to Clark and my other friends! I think I deserve an explanation or I'm going to unleash some Lana-Fu on your butt!"

"Excuse me?" Trinity asked in shock.

"Did I stutter?" I asked challengingly, altering my stance so that I could carry out my threat if I needed to. We were both startled by soft chuckles coming from Willow.

"L-l-l-l-an-n-n-n-a-Fu?" she gulped. Trinity also started to laugh and I had to smile.

I shrugged. "It's a name I came up with for the skills Lana seems to be able to defeat off crazy people and horny football players with. It seemed to fit."

We grinned at each other moronically for awhile. I took the time to view the two girls' appearance. Trinity seemed rather dark in her tastes. Her clothes were all dark with the occasional burst of white or the random color. Her black hair hung halfway down her back and I noticed that her eyes sparkled when she smiled. If it hadn't been for her make-up, she might have faded into the background because her skin was such a flawless ivory. Willow seemed more hippy-like in her clothing tastes. Everything had natural colors and seemed to be of natural fibers. Her burnished brown hair only reached her shoulders, but her most striking quality was her vibrant green eyes. They seemed to burst out of her face that was that perfectly healthy cream. They each had an amulet in the same style of mine. Trinity's was in the shape of a crescent moon and Willow's was in the shape of a leaf. They seemed to perfectly capture the two girls and what I could suss out of their personalities.

If it hadn't had been for my recent sleep makeover, I would have felt extremely dowdy beside them. But now I felt as if I could hold my own. Thankfully, the laughter had dissipated the tension, but I still wanted answers. "You were going to tell me about what you did to Clark," I said firmly, wanting to communicate that I wasn't going to be dodged for much longer.

Trinity looked at me for a long moment. Then she smiled. "The short answer is that you're a goddess, Chloe."


A/N: If you're wondering why this chapter is so short when the first one was so long… Well, it's because I made myself an outline and that this seemed a good place to stop. I'm absolutely positive that I'll have longer chapters, but I'm trying to be structured to help myself keep on track. We'll see…

MarkMark261: You totally tapped it! I was totally channeling Buffy toward the end of the first chapter. It totally made me happy! At least I didn't do the "You're all going to die on Friday!" type of thing… ;D

As always, thanks for your proofing notes. Sometimes I have the hardest time sticking with past tense… and this is my first first-person fic like I've said. Sometimes it's harder than I would have imagined. When I first started writing it, I was a paragraph and a half through it before I realized just what the heck I was doing.

I hope I can keep up the two fics. This one has caught my attention, but I'm so close to the end of the other that I can totally taste it! I've always bragged about my multi-tasking abilities, so I've decided to challenge myself! ;D

ElDani: I'm curious myself where I'm going to go with this. Like I said earlier, I've got an outline, but sometimes the stories just take themselves out of my control. I'm hoping this will be an enjoyable experience for us all.

I'll be totally honest at this moment. I'm a Chlarker. I think they have great chemistry and I would love to see what started at the end of Season 1 crop back up and flourish. Unfortunately, I'm fairly certain that the PTB won't allow that to happen, so I get to fantasize. That being said, there will be a certain amount of semi-romance in here… maybe a kiss or two. But that wasn't the main focus of this story. I'm hoping that it'll be acceptable to you. ;D

BabyC2003: When KentCharm put the notice out that the story wasn't going to continue, I knew I had to take it up if I got permission. (I don't normally snag from other people's stuff.) It was too good a beginning to let it die! ;D

KentCharm: That was the review I was dying for! I'm so glad you like my version of your story! I was a little worried that you wouldn't like what I did with it. It's such a weight off my shoulders!

Spaceboi's Pixie: I got such a response with the first chapter that I couldn't delay the submission of the second chapter.

iluvsmallville1: So, is this fast enough for you? The next day? ;D