The sound of fluttering wings was the first sound she heard followed by a knock on the door. Sleepy woman with flaming red hair threw a robe around herself as she walked to the door. 'Who is calling at this hour?' She thought as she pulled open the door. Standing bathed in moonlight stood a young woman surrounded by pixies her own crimson hair glowed in the moonlight her emerald green held a smile with in them.

"My lady please come in I will put on a kettle, I have a feeling this will be a long night. Forgive me but you never call on me in the middle of the night if it wasn't important." The first red haired woman said her blue eyes filled with dread as she fussed around the kitchen.

"Akeru, my dear you are correct this will be a long night. You know of whom I am partnered with, there is trouble and your kids will play a big part in the coming events, but they are not why I am here." The other woman said as she sat herself at the humble table. Keru flitched slightly at the use of her real name and knew right away that this was going to be an uneasy visit My lady never used her full name otherwise.

The room fell silent save for the preparations for tea. Once that task was complete Keru sat down at the table.

"Keru, as you know I have never forced you do anything you did not wish to do in the past but I must insist this time. It seems the past is starting to catch up with us and we can't out run it for much longer. I can not leave here with unanswered questions like I have done in the past." My lady said as she took a sip of her tea.

"Is this about what happened nearly twenty years ago. About why I have made my home here? The first ever task you set me on?" Keru asked as the woman who sat across from her nodded. With that Keru stood gracefully "Then I will tell you what I told you all those years ago. My skills are yours to use should you have a need for them. To what task can this humble mage do for one as great as you." She said with a deep bow to the other woman who's green eyes brighten with amusement both of them knew that they was no need for the young mage to renew a standing vow but Keru had always been her favorite second only to her bonded partner.

'Shame that he needed me more than she did and she is destined for a greater and stronger match then I. If only she knew' My lady thought unable to help but smile.

"The task I set you on this night is to bring the book to my partner's cottage deep in the weasten woods by the next full moon, once there you are to wait for further instructions. You must leave before sunrise this night." My Lady said.

"I understand My Lady, may I ask a question? Is he still a prick?" Keru asked as she went about packing what she would need for the trip earning a laugh out of her.

"You will find a lot has changed since last you saw each other. I must go now I still have one other task to complete tonight I will see you upon the next full moon.

Meanwhile the following morning

"Zain it's your turn to get the water so get your lazy tail out of bed." A young girl with midnight black hair said as she shook the boy named Zain's shoulder her dark eyes held a hint of anger in them.

"Huh what? Is it morning already?" Zain asked as he opened his honey colored eyes to meet his sister's dark ones.

"Yes and you were supposed to get the water for breakfast last night we have been away from home for almost six months, why do I have to keep reminding you about this every time we camp its every other site I got it last time it's your turn." She growled as she all but threw the empty bucket at him. Six month they had been following the soft call that grew more and more urgent, or so it seemed to her.

"Leylah are you ok?" Zain asked putting a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump a bit. He had become increasingly worried about his sister since they had been rushed out of the house she seem to grow more distant focused on the call only she could hear and he feared that maybe she was starting to go mad.

"I'm fine sorry I spaced out for a moment." She replied shaking her head. The two of them went about getting the camp broken down when the sound of voice caught their attention.

"Markus are you sure you saw magic this way that belongs to a person last time you said that we followed a very scared fawn who was going to be eaten by a wolf." The sound of a woman's voice came from the path that leads to the main road.

"This this time I am sure you know that my talent does what it wants." A male voice followed the first. Before either one of the twins could react the owners of the voices walked into the campsite. Both of them had chocolate colored hair the man's was a shade or two lighter. He stood almost seven foot tall next to him stood a woman who couldn't be but just about five foot herself.

"See what did I tell you, I'm being rude my name is Markus and this is my sister Caill." The man called Markus said his grass colored eyes sparkled with a smile

"I'm Leylah and this is my brother Zain may I ask what you meant when you said you could feel magic no mage can do that, not unless it their own element." Leylah said her already dark eyes appeared to get darker with every word.

"Rude as ever surely you can see that they are young go sit over there and behave." The woman named Caill said with a laugh as she gently pushed his aside. "What my brother means is that he is not a mage the same way you and me are. What he has is very unorthodox. He can't truly see magic just like an aura around a mage according to him it reflects the element that mage uses. The brighter the aura the stronger the mage." Caill said with a smile.

Before either one of the twins could respond Markus chimed in "You two are very strong and very rare lovelies. We could if you wish could take you to the capital i know for sure at least one of you can find a teacher and i would imagine even though the element isn't shared it could not be that difficult to adapt a lesson." He remarked with a smile as he watched both sets of eyes light up.

"You mean it? Like for real for real? Zain asked as his eyes grew brighter in color.

'I was right the girl holds darkness and the boy holds light. Let's hope the young lady can focus long enough to learn' He thought with a laugh as the newcomers help finish breaking camp.

"Ok you two it's about two months to the capital so think you can stand us for that long?" Caill said earning her a two pairs of eye rolls as a response.

'Who would have thought that after only six months of looking we would find a new pair of them. Though I'm not entirely sure why they would need them anyway, and so quickly. Something does not sit well with me and I don't know why. Can I really bring the two of them in like lambs to slaughter.' Markus thought before shaking his head to clear it for such thoughts would get him a traitor's death, no matter how useful his gift. No one really paid too much attention to him since he was taking the rear guard so he had allowed himself to split his attention between keeping an ear out for anyone coming up from behind and letting himself think.

Even when they stopped to make camp that night the thoughts of leading the teens to the capital seemed to make him more and more uneasy. The fact that sent out him and his sister to hunt down these two down even though they were not ever part of the capital. 'Our orders were to only bring back as many light and dark mages that we could and quickly. I didn't think about it at the time because I never thought that we would ever find another set. But now something about the tone tells me that they needed these two quickly, the aura around them was… not fear wrong color maybe nervous? Why? Uggg I hate not having all the information.' He growled softly to himself. He could not shake the feeling that something wasn't quite right.