Meeting of Fate

by Kairos Fateweaver

A role play with a friend, that turned into a story about magical girl's and their fights against each other and the hardships they face.

17. Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Holly-Day

As Kara rested in bed trying to fall asleep she wondered about a great many things. She thought about what her life would be like if the adoption went through. She wondered about how her date with Holly would go even going as far as wondering if it'd be possible that. Holly would have an accident during their date. She also wondered about her father and just what he was planning if her had anything. Soon sleep took her over and she didn't wake up until morning.

Overnight, while the Sera girls were sleeping, something strange came over each of them. Each girl was enveloped in a faint white light which floated around each girl before disappearing inside them. No girl showed any sign of reaction towards what had happened but something was sure to come of it at a later time.

Dawn rose on another day and the Alarm clock sounded as soon as it reached 7:00am. Lilly was the first to wake up out of the three. Much to her surprise, her bedsheets were still bone dry but she could tell that Haley had not gone without making something wet. Thankfully, Haley's pyjama shorts had absorbed whatever leak her protective underwear may have sprung as there was a large dark pink patch around her crotch when Lilly pulled back the bedsheets. At least her bed was dry. Nonetheless, they had to get up for another day.

Kara was awakened at 7am the following day by one of the nurses. On staff the nurse told Kara that they were going to run some tests upon her. Making sure that everything was okay with her as they noted that yesterday that she had recovered nicely so far. But still wanted to recheck everything and if Kara was well enough she might be released from the hospital. This news was something that Kara was hoping for as she wanted be out of here as soon as possible.

If Kara was released she would have to take it easy for a while. Even though her body maybe fully healed she was still quite weak. Kara agreed to take it easy seeing as how a single date wouldn't be too much of a problem. As Holly entered her mind she wanted if she'd be wearing something cute today.

After waking her sisters up, Lilly headed off to her en-suite to take her morning shower and continue her wake-up routine. After the usual time of fifteen minutes, Lilly and her sisters were ready for another day. As it was a weekend, they could visit Kara after breakfast and check how she was doing. Hospital food wasn't the best of things she Lilly decided to set aside a little money in case Kara was released today to purchase a more appealing selection of food for Kara.

But first Kara was given another round of bad hospital food. She didn't have much of a choice in the matter so she had to eat it unless she wished to go hungry. So she started to eat what was given to her she ate it quickly. Once done with breakfast the tests were to begin which started a few minutes later. Very soon Kara was given a check up to see how she was feeling. Other than feeling still sore here and there Kara was feeling fine if it had not been for. Holly's healing the night before she would still be here in bed.

The nurses and doctors that checked over Kara asked her a series of questions. Which she answered the best that she could soon the check-up. Ended and Kara was given a clean bill of health she had asked about whether or not she would be able to be released today. As long as Kara did nothing to hard or push herself. She was fine to leave the hospital this news excited her as she could now go on her date with Holly. Though she'd have to take it easy she'd also have to return in a day for another check up to further see some things.

Over in another part of the city Pyra had finally sent word back to the higher ups. About her ranked match with Kara she accepted the match and sent word that the battle would take place in one week. Where the match would take place was at a old abandoned to see how she was feeling.

When the girls had finished their breakfast, they waited for their Mother to leave off for work. When she was out of the way, they waited for another few minutes just to be sure that they won't be interfered with when they went to visit Kara. After giving one final check over of how presentable they looked and ensuring there'd be no stops en-route, Lilly requested for a chaffered ride to the hospital. She was told that the ride would be ready in ten minutes.

After waiting the appointed duration, Lilly and her sisters were in one of the less garish cars in her Mother's collection, at Lilly's request, and were now on the road leading to the hospital.

As the tests were all finished Kara soon got changed into a set of clothes for the day. Kara soon was helped dressing herself in a red coat, black tie with red sidelines, a red skirt with white cloth-like sticking out and a pair of black boots, She also put some black ribbons into her hair which was something she had not done for several months, Once she was finished getting dressed for the day, She made her way back over to her bed and climbed into it.

The ride to the hospital would take roughly half an hour. At Holly's own request, Lilly had put her to sleep with her powers as Holly didn't want to slow the ride down with her little problem. It too some convincing to do that but Lilly saw the reasoning in the end.

Thirty minutes later, the girls arrived at the hospital and began to head towards Kara's private room. Soon, they arrived at it and Lilly knocked on the door.

Kara had rested her eyes and had soon fallen asleep again. She had been waiting to hear word from the nurses saying that it was ok for her to leave now. As they were just finishing up going over everything from her check up earlier. She was then awakened when she heard a faint knock upon the door.

"You can come in" Kara called out.

Soon Lilly and the twins entered into the room and Kara was surprised and happy to see them. The first thing she did was to slowly get out of bed and made her way to each of the girls. Giving them a big hug her hug with Holly seemed to last just a few moments longer than the rest.

Each girl hugged Kara back before starting their visit properly.

"You allowed to go or are we going to have to bust you out?" Haley asked Kara, expecting to have to use minor invisibility to let Kara leave.

"Did the Nurse say you could move around yet?" Holly questioned, knowing just what Kara was like and worrying about her health.

"You're looking a bit better but the main question is do you feel better?" Lilly asked.

So far, the visit seemed to be going well but, with what had happened to Kara, it was unknown if something might come along and throw the whole thing off. If she'd only sustained surface wounds then the risks were thin but if they were deeper wounds then it may take a while for the full effects to surface.

Kara had then went over to a near-by chair and sat down, As she then listened to what each of the three girls had to say to her.

"I"m still waiting to hear word but over all they did say that I could but I had to take it easy" Kara told Haley.

She then looked over at Holly and could see a worried look on her face

"Yes, she did I can move around I just need to take things nice and easy and not push myself" She told Holly.

At last she looked over at Lilly.

"I feel much better but overall I feel drained since my magic is somehow slow to return to me" She replied.

Kara looked back at Holly one last time and remembered what she had felt around her last night.

"Um, Holly last night I checked up on you and your sisters using a tiny bit. Of magic yet when I looked upon you with my wind I felt a small bit of wind magic from you. Touch me back which seemed kinda weird?"

"Guess that's good but I wanted some action." Haley sighed. "Can we still bust you out, though?"

"Then don't do much, Keep seated and have other people do things for you. That's what the nurse meant when they said that." Holly answered.

"Can your powers do energy drain? I think the dark ones might be able to but I don't know about the wind ones." Lilly replied as she considered what might cause the mental drain.

Holly was oblivious to the wind she created as a response to Kara's powers.

"You shouldn't be doing that." Holly scolded Kara. "You're meant to be resting. And, anyway, I can't use wind so it's probably your own powers responding to your condition."

"I don't want to get into trouble or anything if you want we can do it" Kara told her.

She looked back over at Holly.

"Then what about our date we will have to change things and I feel bad having to ask. People to do things for me and all" Kara replied.

She thought over what Lilly had asked.

"I'm not really sure I've never really tried to do anything of that sort before" She says.

"Well I was lonely and I wanted to know what you guys were up to. I don't really know about that at all" Kara went on to say.

She felt like trying to do it once again but as the thought went through her mind. Red markings could be seen for a brief moment having appeared on both of Kara's arms. Before they vanished from sight altogether.

A few moments later a nurse knocked on the door and entered she told Kara. That she was free to go but to remember to come back the next day for one more check up.

"I don't think our time together's going to be a problem if we take it slow and have lots of rest stops." Holly quickly defended their outing. It wasn't normal for her to want to spend time with a person this badly.

"I'm more thinking from a more experienced practitioner of Dark powers, like your father. If he can put energy drain on his weapons then he'll be unbeatable in melee combat." Lilly answered. "That might also explain your lethargy."

The Nurse came in and said that Kara could be dismissed.

Kara was happy that the nurse finally said that she was allowed to leave. She thanked the nurse for everything who soon left the room once more.

"Could I have some help with someone carrying my suitcase and can I hold someone's hand in leaving here?" Kara asked at first.

She then looked at Holly.

"That sounds like a plan could we go on our date as soon as we have a nice meal as I could use something to eat?" Kara asked.

Then she looked at Lilly.

"I've never known that my father to ever place any sort of energy drain upon his weapons before. If he was able to would Holly also feel like I do since she was also hit by his weapon?" Kara replied.

Soon the three girls decided to help Kara leave the hospital they. Went about rotating in helping her each girl was able to told the suitcase along with taking a turn in holding Kara's hand. As they slowly made their way outside.

"We could stop by a lot of places before we start our time together." Holly replied. "But, first, food should be our initial concern at the moment. I'm kinda thirsty so I want a drink."

"Seriously?! You've already had three glasses of juice and a bottle of water! You can't possibly want to drink more!" Haley asked in surprise.

"It is summer and the days are getting hotter so I think it's perfectly normal."

"It's just a thought. It doesn't mean it's right" Lilly answered. "I just think there might be more to your tiredness than just what you've been through."

After leaving the hospital, Lilly and the twins headed to a rather basic looking car in the car park. The only notable thing about it was that it had tinted glass so the inside could not been seen easily. Lilly opened up the boot and placed Kara's Suitcases inside before opening one of the back side doors.

"Where do you want to stop for food?" She asked Kara. "Once we've done that, I think we should head back home so we can drop off the luggage."

"Can clothes shopping be one of those places?" Kara asked to Holly with a small smile. She could use some new clothes and wondered if she could be Holly something new that. Would look rather cute onto her she looked over at Haley. "Wanna sit on my lap for the car ride do any of you want to?" She asked to the others.

They reached the car and Kara was helped inside by the girls and took a seat.

"That might be the case but I'm still not sure" Kara said at first as she said that the red marks. From before appeared on her arms again before they left.

"How about where you guys like to go to breakfast?" Kara asked.

"Those places?" Holly asked, unsure as to what Kara meant with what she said. "I thought all clothes shops were the same."

"I want to but I know someone else is probably going to be stealing the lap-seat for something else." Haley answered as she shot a side glance at Holly.

"If we don't want to stand out, we'll have to go somewhere incognito. It'll seem a little strange is a car like this stops buy a high-class restaurant." Lilly replied.

The girls got into the car and it was now made clear why the windows were tinted. The whole inside of the back half of the car looked like a miniature limousine's interior. Despite the car's short length, the back seating could easily fit in at least seven children or four adults with still room to stretch and not be cramped. Seating was soon decided and the end result was this: Lilly and Haley had the seats on the right hand side of the car and Holly and Kara had the left hand seats. The back seating was arranged in a horseshoe shape so the girls could still talk normally.

"It's not quite sitting but I've something else in mind. Lilly's going to put me to sleep so I don't slow down the car ride. Can I sleep with my head on your lap? And, if it won't be too much trouble, would you please stroke my head while I sleep? It helps to keep me calm and not restless." Holly requested from Kara. It clearly took a lot of courage to do so as Holly was blushing.

"They are but I'd like to go to one if its not to much trouble?" Kara asked to Holly. Plus it seemed that Haley wanted to be the one to sit on her lap. But she thought someone else would want to take that spot.

"We can always share?" She told to Haley.

"Then where do you have in mind we can always try the ice cream shop instead for just a snack?" Kara told to Lilly.

As Kara slowly climbed into the car she could see why the windows were tinted. She liked the way it looked on the inside and was requested to sit on the left hand side. She did so and it wasn't long before Holly asked her something.

"Go, right ahead and I don't mind" Kara said after a moment as she caught sight. Of Holly blushing she wondered what this was about but said nothing. She patted her lap and motioned for Holly to lay her head down on it.

"But what do you mean when you say 'those places'?" Holly asked.

"You've two legs and two hands so get petting!" Haley chuckled as she moved over to Kara's side of the car and placed her head on Kara's right leg. "Pet me like a kitty cat."

"Ice cream's good but I don't think it makes a great breakfast. Anyway, if we can't think of anything else it'll have to do." Lilly replied.

"Th-thanks." Holly quietly answered as she coped Haley in a less overt way. In the end, Kara had Haley on her right leg and Holly on her left.

"All ready?" Lilly asked Holly. "I'll put you to sleep now."

"Um, y-yes." Holly answered somewhat reluctantly.

After the decision was made, Lilly put Holly gently to sleep.

Kara tried to think of a reason of to what Holly ment when she asked about 'those places'. Yet she was unable to think of anything of a answer.

"Not really sure you're confusing me" Kara says

She feels as Holly puts her head onto her left leg and then Haley put her head. On Kara's right leg seemed they both wanted the same thing,

"It doesn't have to be Ice cream I'm just not sure of where else we can go?"

Holly was put to sleep and she started to use both her hands to stroke both Holly and Haley's. Foreheads slowly and gently for the time being.

"Would you like me to do this to you to?" Kara asked to Lilly.

"No, I'm good. That stuff's for children anyway." Lilly answered Kara's question.

After a moment's thought and a quick check of her watch, Lilly had a place in mind.

"If you don't mind having a really unhealthy breakfast, we could stop by the Burger shop in town." Lilly suggested.

"Best idea ever." Haley quietly injected. "We only ever go there when Cook's on holiday and Mother's out of the house."

Holly was now all snuggled up in a ball on the remaining seats of Kara's side of the car. The movements of the car didn't seem to be having that much effect on her at all.

"Suit yourself" Kara replied.

She kept up the stroking of both girls foreheads she looked down and over at the sleeping. Form of Holly who looked so cute sleeping peacefully. Part of her wanted to reached over with her hand and stroke her rear end. As much as the thought was tempting she couldn't do it with the others around. What would they think if she was to do that?

"I'm fine with that" Kara told Lilly.

She used her hand and gave Haley's side a small tickle.

"Hey, stop that!" Haley giggled in response to the tickling. "Do it to Holly, not me!"

"Burger shop it is, then." Lilly decided.

The car continued to drive out of the Hospital's car park and towards the main road. Holly slept peacefully throughout the start of the journey but when they reached the main road, Holly started to curl up a little tighter.

Kara tickled Haley a few more moments then she stopped.

"Okay, I'll stop for now" Kara told her she then went back to petting Haley while still. Stroking Holly's forehead like she wanted she felt Holly start to curl up a little tighter.

Looking down she wondered what it was about.

"Is she okay?" Kara asked to Lilly.

"She's probably dreaming or something. I've seen her do something like this before." Lilly answered. "You shouldn't worry about it too much."

Haley was unconvinced with Lilly's answer. She thought back to before breakfast and before they headed out to see Kara to try and piece together a few strange things she'd noticed Holly doing. When that yielded no solid answer, she decided to use other means to get the response she wanted. She held Holly's hand in her own and was soon fast asleep herself. A few moments later, Haley was just starting to wake up again.

"She's fine. She's only dreaming." Haley stated sleepily.

It seemed that Holly was just fine and was only dreaming about something. She was still stroking her forehead gently and pulled both girls closer to her. "So anything you want to do later?" She asked to Lilly.

While stroking Holly's head gently she started to give into her earlier feelings. She moved her hand and then rubbed Holly's back before she lightly rubbed hand over Holly's rear end before moving it. Back to her forehead she also did this to Haley as well.

"Any idea of what she's dreaming about?" Kara asked.

"Today's your day with Holly so I don't want to get in your way. How about, when you've had your fun together, we decide then?" Lilly answered.

Haley purred like a cat at Kara's actions while giggling to herself. Holly seemed to tense up a little more when Kara touched her rear but soon returned to normal when Kara's hand moved back up to her forehead.

"No idea." Lilly replied.

"Something rather strange but I won't tell." Haley answered. "She wouldn't want me to."

Upon arrival at their location for breakfast and after waking Holly up, the girls headed in and Lilly took the food orders for everyone. Once the meal was decided, Lilly went up to the counter, ordered the food, paid for it and took it back to the table where everyone else was seated at. She was a little surprised by Holly's order of a medium soft drink instead of her usual of a small but Holly had been acting a little off all day so she decided not to question it. After breakfast, Lilly and the girls got back into the car and headed to Lilly's house, at Holly's request.

When they arrived back Home, Lilly and the girls all headed into the mansion. Holly headed off upstairs as she wanted to wear something special for Kara today. She seemed a little fidgety but that may have just been down to nerves. Holly had never been alone with anyone apart from her sisters for any length of time before.

After around twenty minutes, Holly finally came back downstairs again. Nobody but Haley gained an instant recognition of her as she looked completely different. However, when she began to ask how she looked, everyone recognised her.

Holly had gone through a complete wardrobe change. Her usual unstyled hair had now been transformed into small twintails and it seemed like she borrowed one of Lilly's hairpins as she had a small black cat hairpin holding back her hair on the right side of her head. Instead of covering up as much as possible with long dresses, Holly wore a white sleeveless top, a sleeveless blue denim unbuttoned waistcoat, a pair of sky blue short-shorts, lilac 'Hello-Kitty' socks and a pair of black buckled dress shoes. This wardrobe change must have been as startling to her as it was to everyone else as she looked a little embarrassed by how little she was wearing. The only one who wasn't surprised was Haley, who was most likely the mastermind behind this devious plan.

"S-so, h-how do I look?" Holly asked.

"Perfect!" Haley happily replied with a thumbs-up.

"Like a whole new person." Lilly answered with surprise evident in her expression.

"A-and, Kara, do you like it?" Holly finally requested.

Seemed that Lilly didn't want to do anything just yet and would like to wait until. After Kara had her fun with Holly which was something she was looking forward to.

"You would not have been in the way at all but that would be a good idea" Kara replied. Back to Lilly she heard Haley's purring and smiled on the inside but she felt Holly tense up just a bit. Seemed that she might not have been a fan of what she was doing. Soon they had arrived at the burger shop and ordered their food Kara was kinda surprised as well. Of the drink that Holly had ordered and thought about saying something to her. About it that she should be careful but held the thought aside Kara ate her meal slowly and soon finished up.

A while later they appeared back at the mansion. Kara was left alone for a short while as first Holly headed off to her room and she had excused herself to go to the bathroom. When Kara was in the bathroom the red markings on her arms reappeared once again. Even her clothes seemed to change style as well they turned black for several moments. Then everything returned to normal Kara was sweating and used a towel to wipe herself off. Before finishing up and walking back to the main hall fifteen minutes later.

Five minutes later Holly appeared once again Kara had been about to ask Lilly something. When she soon stopped it appeared that Holly completely changed how she looked and what she was wearing. Kara didn't know what to really do as she had never seen anything like this before. Holly then went on to ask how she looked. She seemed to be embarrassed or maybe just nervous or something.

"You look very cute and I do like it" Kara replied after a few moments. She still looked at Holly blushing a little and feeling down that she herself. Had not dressed up for Holly this day she'd have to think of something to repay her with. Kara turned away from Holly for a moment and looked at Lilly.

"So, what are the rules that I have to follow?" Kara asked.

She looked back at Holly.

"I will try and make this time together as special and meaningful as I can. I look forward to the fun we are about to have and hope that we can do this again sometime. If there is anything that you would like to do feel free to ask" Kara asked.

"Thanks." Holly smiled back. She looked a little less tense now but something still appeared to be a little off with her.

"Just don't upset her or leave her by herself without letting her know where you are. If you notice anything too strange with her or any things which may point towards an illness, call me immediately and call off the date. Other than that, not touching her inappropriately or asking her to do things she doesn't want to do." Lilly explained. "Overall, just have fun."

"I hope I can do that, too. We already had some places planned for out outing so why don't we start there?" Holly suggested.

Holly seemed to like her comment but if Kara was to notice something that might still. Be wrong with her she wasn't sure just what it was as of yet. She smiled back to Holly and then looked back to Lilly,

"I believe I can follow those rules would it be okay if I were to call you if I was feeling under the weather, Seeing as how I'm still not 100% as of yet?" Kara asked she then thought about what happened to her in the bathroom. She wanted to tell Lilly what it was about but thought against it right now.

She looked back to Holly.

"So, where would you like to go first to the bookstore or to the zoo?" Kara went on to ask. She then thought about a few other things as she waited for Holly's response.

"Since you mentioned we needed to take a lot of breaks today with how I'm feeling and all. How does one every 30 minutes sound and as we walk to the car may I hold your hand?" Kara asked again.

"Definitely." Lilly responded without hesitation. "Can't have you worrying us all if you're ill."

"I think the bookstore would be a better first stop." Holly suggested. "You also wanted to go clothes shopping, didn't you?"

"One break every 30 minutes is fine by me." Holly replied. She was a little startled by the next question. "U-um, I guess so. I don't really think we should be going by car, though, unless you let me take some travel tablets first."

"Then I'll do that" Kara said with a smile.

It seemed like they would be going to the bookstore first which was a good idea. "Yeah, I did I had wanted to pick up some new clothes if that's ok with you?" Kara asked her.

Holly had agreed to the break every 30 minutes but she seemed kinda off, A little about the hand holding along with not being much for taking a car. Kara reached out and gently took Holly's small hand in her own and they started to walk towards the front door.

"Would you like to walk there instead it might do me some good actually" Kara replied. After they walked through the front door outside of the house. As they waited outside on what to do Kara looked at Holly she wondered what Holly was thinking right now about holding her hand. Did she still not really want to plus she wondered how Holly was feeling on the inside.

"Is there anything that you'd like to do at all today?" Kara went on to ask. As she didn't want this whole day to be things that she was doing. Plus she thought about the bookstore and thought about picking up Holly's birthday present.

"It's fine by me. I like looking at clothes as well." Holly replied.

It didn't appear to be the hand holding which was on Holly's mind as she seemed to accept it willingly. Something else must have been making her act as she did. It could be due to this being the first time in a long time where she'll be alone with someone.

"Walking or driving, I don't mind. It's just that we'll need a little extra preparation for driving." Holly explained.

"Aside from the three places in mind? Not really, no." Holly answered. From the way the final sentence was delivered with a thoughtful pause, Holly possibly wanted to do something more today but she might not have the courage to admit it at the moment.

Both girls were still holding hands as they walked along the driveway. Towards the main entrance of the Sera manor. "Would it be okay once were at the bookstore if you could show me the books that you like?" Kara asked. If Holly agreed to do that then Kara would have a better chance of picking one up for her for her birthday in a few days.

"I understand that but for now I'd just like to walk we can enjoy the outdoors together, Plus I can hold your hand longer all the way to town" Kara replied.

Holly wasn't sure what else she wanted to do Kara caught the pause at the end. Of what she had answered with and thought about what that meant. As they were still walking Kara thought of something and wasn't sure how Holly would take it.

"Holly, if its not to much trouble when were at the clothing store or just passing my shops downtown. Would you like to go look at wedding dresses?" Kara asked.

"An apparition foretold to appear and send the world back to nothing when the balance between light and darkness is severed. Although appearing as a woman, the true nature of this being remains unknown."

"I don't see why not. I'll probably head to them myself once we enter." Holly answered.

Holly blushed at Kara's response to the walking or driving question.

"I-I guess that's a good enough reason." Holly quietly replied.

There was a rather strange request in Kara's next question.

"Someone you know getting married?" Holly asked, unsure as to why Kara would request such a thing. "I guess we could do that."

It was agreed upon that'd they'd walk to town along with showing her the books that, She liked alot Kara liked this as it was a means of being able to see and pick out something for later, She noticed the faint blush upon Holly's cheeks.

"You're cuter when you blush" She said.

The pair walked along until they left the Sera manor and finally reached the main road and started. Walking towards the town which was 20 minutes away by walking,

"No, I remember hearing about how you liked them and thought you'd want to look at some" Kara replied.

"S-stop it! You're making me even more embarrassed!" Holly protested while blushing.

Kara explained her reasoning behind wanting to look at wedding dresses.

"I did say I liked how they looked but that doesn't mean that I'd go looking at them before I had a reason to." Holly answered. "I think that I should at least have someone in mind before I go looking at them otherwise it ruins the whole feel of them"

Holly didn't seem to like what Kara had just said she was about to say something else. When she just picked to remain silent and she remained that way even as Holly spoke about. The wedding dresses they walked in silence for a short while until Kara began to feel a sharp pain in both of her arms. Looking over she noticed that for a brief moment that the red markings. Had returned it felt like both of her arms were on fire she closed her eyes against the pain.

She didn't want Holly to see her like this and thought about pulling her arm away from her. But just as the thought passed the pain in both of her arms seemed to go away. As quickly as it had appeared they walked along for another five minutes before Kara finally spoke.

"I guess you're right" She seemed to say quietly as her mind seemed to be on what had just happened.

Holly was oblivious to what had just happened to Kara as she was looking more at the sights leading into town. She didn't hear Kara's final comment and assumed that all conversation had just stopped after the Wedding Dress conversation.

Kara was still busy thinking about what had just happened to her. She looked again at Holly who seemed to be looking at the various sights she didn't seem to notice. What had just happened to her moments ago they had finally reached the outskirts of the town.

"Is there any place special that'd you'd like to go to lunch at?" Kara asked.

Before she began to think of something else to ask after she cleared her mind of the problem. From before she finally picked up on something.

"So, how do you like your new school?"

Kara's question took Holly by surprise at first after the brief interlude with no conversation. She jumped a little but quickly seemed to focus on something else for a split second before answering.

"I don't mind as long as they serve nice food in small portions." Holly replied. "Anyway, lunch is a little while away yet. We should focus more on what we're doing now rather than later."

"It's a nice place. We've still got all the 'new student' attention, which I'm not very fond of. Haley's loving it, though, so I'm quite happy to deal with it for a while longer." Holly answered.

Kara was about to giggle when she felt Holly jump but held it inside of her. As she looked down at Holly and listened to what was said she tried to see what she had focused on. As she had noticed this when she had looked at her.

"But, it's still nice to have a place in mind at least plus I think we should find a place. Where I can sit down for a short while as I'm feeling tired" Kara spoke.

It had been around twenty five minutes in total and Kara was feeling the effects. Her body was starting to feel hot and her legs were getting sore.

"Is there anything I could help you out with that you might not understand about the school just yet. I know how it is to be the new student but don't worry it will pass it time"

It did not appear to be a physical object which Holly had focused on. It seemed to be either a thought inside her head or something which was not visible to the naked eye. Holly appeared to be tensing up for a moment before she returned to her usual relaxed self.

"We're in town now so there's gotta be some seats somewhere. If not, we could always sit on a wall." Holly answered.

Kara asked if there was anything which she could help Holly out with regarding the layout of the school or things she may not yet be aware of.

"I think I've got the basics of the school down, it's just that I need some help navigating the place. My old school was a bit more understandable with where things were as there was a map in each block's major hallway. I think I just need to walk around the place a bit more to understand it a little better." Holly explained. "Now, let's find somewhere to sit. We can plan our day a little better then."

Kara again tried to focus on whatever Holly had done so on moments ago. But it seemed that she was unable to do so she then just gave up on it and walked along with her.

"How does one sit on a wall?" Kara asked feeling confused.

She looked around for anywhere that they could sit down at off in the distance. Kara spotted a small bench near some bushes it was in a nice shady spot. Surrounded by several trees which gave it much needed shade.

"I believe I've found a place" Kara told her.

As she pointed towards the bench in the distance.

"Quite simple, really. We find a wall which is close enough to the ground, like a small wall to separate a miniature garden from the rest of the street. or find a wall which is easy enough to get on and just use it like a bench." Holly explained.

Kara soon came across a place where they could sit down. She pointed it out to Holly.

"Looks like a nice place to rest. I like spots with lots of shade." Holly answered. She then began to head over towards the bench.

Kara walked over to the bench and took a seat it felt rather good to be siting. After such a long walk she then turned to look at Holly.

"So. how you'd like to do our day I had thought after we go to the bookstore. We can grab a bite to eat then head to the clothing store and then the zoo. We can still take breaks when needed and all and if you wish to do something else we can throw it in." Kara says.

Once the pair were seated on the bench, Kara gave a rough plan of what should be going on throughout the day. It might just be Kara's imagination, but, was Holly fidgeting a little?

"Yeah, that sounds good." Holly answered. "Leaving the Zoo until later means that more animals would probably be awake."

Holly appeared to be thinking about what else they could do throughout the day.

"After we've been to the Zoo, depending on what time of day it is, may we go to the park?" Holly asked.

As Kara was sitting on the bench she had turned to face Holly she was beginning to feel better. As she looked at her for a few moments but she noticed Holly appeared to be fidgeting. For some reason at first she thought she might be cold but the thought passed. Since it was rather hot out today already.

"Is anything wrong?" Kara asked.

It seemed that Holly would like to go to the park once they were done with the zoo.

"I'm okay with that" Kara says.

They sat for a short while longer before Kara gets up off the bench.

"The bookstore is a ten minute walk from here I believe we should first go to to bathroom. Then head over to there as I'm starting to need to go myself"

"N-no, I'm fine." Holly answered in surprise.

Kara agreed with Holly's suggestion of going to the park.

"Thanks." Holly smiled back to Kara.

After a little while longer, Kara got up off the bench and suggested a visit to the toilets. For a split second, there was a mixture of annoyance and relief in Holly's face.

"Okay, we can do that first." Holly agreed.

Holly seemed to answer with a slight studder at first and Kara wondered if everything. Was truly all right she had thought about asking once again but let the thing slip aside.

"Is there anything you'd like to do while at the park?" Kara asked.

As she waited for Holly to get off the bench a moment later. She caught the brief look upon her face that looked like she was annoyed with something she took this moment to look. At her closely trying to see if something was truly wrong.

They started down the sidewalk towards the upcoming public restroom which was a short walk. Away from where they currently were while walking she turned back to Holly.

"This may seem out of the blue but would it be okay with we could act like sisters?" Kara asked

"I like walking through the park. There isn't really much else I'd like to do there." Holly replied.

Nothing visually appeared out of the ordinary with Holly. She looked just like she did before the paired outing. Still, the way she was acting was a little odd but it's her first time alone with someone apart from her sisters so it's expected.

The pair continued on towards the nearest facilities.

"B-but aren't we meant to be on a d-d-d-date?!" Holly answered in shock. Despite her shocked response, Holly seemed all for the idea.

It seemed that Holly liked walking through the park.

As they walked along in silence for a moment Kara tried to think of something they could do in the park. A idea finally came into her mind and she wondered what Holly would think of it.

"Maybe we could have a picnic in the park sometime?" Kara asked.

Both girls were getting much closer to the nearest facilities which could be seen in the distance.

"Yes, I know it might seem rather odd for sisters to be on a date, but I had thought this could give us a chance. To see how it works out as it might be kinda fun" Kara pointed out.

They soon reached the facilities and Kara opened the door to let Holly walk in first. As she did so she felt a sharp pain in her arms once again. She closed her eyes tightly and bit her lip to keep from crying out in pain.

Chronos Manor

It had only been a day since Chronos had met up with both Lilly and her sisters. But he had finally finished writing the letter he also looked to over his right the adoption papers. Had finally been completed and only needed to be signed by both Marie and Kale which would. Allow Kara to fully become a member of the Sera family he decided to let Lilly know. Putting the letter in the envelope he sealed it with his seal and walked over and got a small white bird he used magic the shriek the letter and placed it in a small casing.

Next he opened the window and sent the bird on its way to the Sera manor. The letter once Lilly looked it over would reveal the details about how the adoption papers were finished. And that she and Kara could pick them up tomorrow at the Council meeting which both Haley and Holly needed to attend. The bird flew over the city and soon reached the Sera home it seemed to know where Lilly's room was and tapped with its beak upon her window.

"A picnic sounds nice." Holly replied happily. "But with school and everything which has happened lately, I'm not sure when we could have one."

"I guess so. If you do want us to be sisters then we may need the practice." Holly answered. "I'm only used to having one older sister and now I may have two."

The pair arrived at the nearest public toilets. Kara held the door open and let Holly in first. She didn't seem to want to go in but she soon decided that it was a foregone conclusion. Holly entered the toilets and headed over to the nearest cubicle.

Both Lilly and Haley were in the rear garden when the messenger bird arrived. Lilly was taking the opportunity of the pair being alone together to help aid in Haley's control of her powers. They had been off to a rather rocky start with a few changes in fighting style bought about by an unknown cause but, soon enough, Lilly got on top of things and allowed for a few changes in her pre-planned routine.

Holly appeared to be up for the change of them having a picnic yet with everything that had happened. As of late not sure when they'd be able to have one Kara tried to say something about this. But the pain in her arms was getting worse and they appeared to feel like they were burning she looked over and saw that Holly had walked to the nearest. Cubicle then go inside she didn't see what had happened before.

Suddenly the pain in her arms increased two-fold and Kara very nearing screamed in pain. But she quickly bit her bottom lip so hard she drew blood the pain lasted a minute longer before. Finally going away and Kara walked forward and turned on the blow dryer for Holly. Then walked over and took the cubicle next to hers. She sat down and went about her own business.

"I hope that I can make a good sister for you" Kara replied.

Her voice seemed to sound like she was tired at the moment as she let her stream splash. Into the toilet she looked at her arms. Something was happening to her and it seemed like it was getting worse as time war on.

"What's happening to me?" Kara said to herself.

Part of her knew this had to do with the awakening of her new powers thanks to her. Ever increasing bond with Holly but what she thought about was the pain would she have to go through with this. Each time the rank went up?

Once she was finished Kara got up and flushed the toilet before exiting the cubicle. She walked to the nearest sink and ran some water before starting to wash her face to clean the blood from. The cut near her lip finishing up she waited for Holly.

"How does one be a good sister?" Kara asked.

The messenger bird flew around the window leading to Lilly's room a few more times. Before it flew higher into the air above the house as it did. The bird finally spotted Lilly who appeared to be doing something with Haley the bird cried out to them and flew towards Lilly.

Holly, while in the cubicle, replied to what Kara said. She sounded a little embarrassed by it but it was to be expected.

"Y-yeah, me too." Holly answered. Her voice was barely audible above the sound of the dryer.

Once her business was concluded, Holly flushed the toilet and left the cubicle to wash her hands. Kara was already finished when Holly reached the sink. Holly looked a little let down when she washed her hands, but, soon enough, the look passed and she was back to her normal self.

Haley and Lilly were still engaged in training when the bird cawed out to them and flew down. Just by looking at the creature, both girls could tell that it was no normal run-of-the-mill bird. Lilly took the message the bird was carrying and began to read it.

Kara was still near the sink when she heard the stall door open it seemed that Holly. Appeared to be done with her own business she looked over to Holly and smiled for a moment. Letting her know that everything was okay with herself.

"Let's go shall we?" Kara asked.

The pair then left the restroom and headed outside it was then a short ten minute walk. To the nearest bookstore the couple soon arrived at a large three story building that was made completely out of red and white stone and marble the name of the bookstore was called Foyles Bookshop. At the entrance to the store Kara looked to Holly and smiled once again.

"Were here I hope this will be fun?"

Kara then opened the door to let Holly go inside first and she'd follow after.

The bird was a single snow white bird that had been a familiar to Chronos for many years. The bird let Lilly take the message and soon cawed out once then twice before taking back to the sky and flying back home.

Once both girls had finished in the toilets, Kara and Holly headed off towards their first planned stop. The bookstore was more than Holly had anticipated. She'd only expected a small single storey shop on a corner which sold small number of books and not a large book emporium. Holly didn't waste any time waiting around when Kara opened the door to the store. She quickly headed in and searched around for the fiction section.

Once the message had been received, the bird took one last look at the pair before flying off. It knew that it was interrupting a training session so it continued to scan both girls in the sky. The younger of the pair, who was potentially the one being tutored as she couldn't hide her powers that well, appeared to have no empowered form at all as she was still in casual clothes but, as was clear, she was using her powers quite adeptly. The innumerable swords surrounding her and the unsuppressed energies suggested that she was still lacking in control but her powers were still something to fear.

Kara followed after Holly as she entered into the bookstore she looked around and saw. Many different sections and rows of books followed by various people. Checking them out she went with Holly towards the fiction section which was located on the second storey and decided to keep an eye out for the sort of books that Holly enjoyed. As this was her time to pick out her birthday gift and maybe something more.

"Are the books that you're about to show me any good?" Kara asked.

While heading towards her goal, Holly was asked a question by Kara.

"It depends on what kind of books you like. Fiction books, as the name suggests, include pretty much anything and everything. It's easy to turn something into fiction and it is potentially the most written genre of books. However, as the scope of fiction is so broad, it doesn't matter how many authors write fiction books as they'll always be something new and different in each book." Holly explained. She'd clearly researched the topic well.

After finding her goal, Holly quickly started looking through the books on display in the 'teen fiction' section. She knew she wasn't old enough for these books but she did like reading them and she often borrowed Lilly's books.

Following along behind Holly who finally reached where she wanted Kara thought over. About what she had said a moment ago.

"I see" Kara says.

Holly appeared to start looking through the 'teen fiction' section for whatever sort of books. That she liked Kara watched she wasn't sure just what sort of name of the books. That Holly liked so she waited until Holly would pull one out and looked over the ones at hand.

While perusing the bookcases for things of interest, Holly seemed to focus more on the fantasy/magic section than the others in this particular genre. Lilly's own book interests must have passed on to Holly through book sharing. She pulled out several titles and read the blurb of each to gain a rough understanding of the books. Eventually, she settled on the 'Keys to the Kingdom' series and pulled out the first book of the seven, named 'Mister Monday', and quickly read the prologue. After gaining a rough understanding of the book through the prologue, she couldn't help but wonder why Lilly hadn't started on this particular series yet as it was by the same Author as the 'Sabriel' trilogy.

Kara followed along behind Holly watching as she made her way to the section. That might have to various books that she liked. It appeared they were now in the fantasy/magic section and Kara looked around at the various books on display she saw as Holly pulled out one book that. Appeared to be part of a series of some sort she walked over and picked out one of the books. She read the back for a small summary then looked to Holly.

"Is this series any good?" Kara asked.

She had never read any of these books before and from the way Holly had been reading the one. In her hand it might appear that she liked this series of books.

"I've not read it yet so I don't know." Holly answered. "It does appear to be worth reading, though."

After she had finished reading the prologue of the book in her hands, she put it back and continued looking through the other books. There were several titles which stood out to her but she wasn't sure if she should do a test read of any more books as it may turn rather expensive and she didn't take that much money with her.

"Maybe I'll have to give it a read then" Kara responded.

Seeing as how Holly had placed the book back upon the shelf Kara decided to pick up. The same book as she had after placing the one she had looked at back upon the shelf. She also picked up the second book in the series and placed them under her arm. What she had planned on was buying two for Holly here and now the first one she'd give to her while the second could be her. Birthday present she looked over the other books before her.

"Are there any other books you like reading?"

Holly was still looking through the various books on display when Kara asked her if there was anything else she liked reading.

"Haley's pretty much answered that one for you." Holly answered. "I like Romance books as well but fantasy is what I like best."

After spending a few more minutes looking through the various titles, Holly had finally exhausted the shelf of books she was looking at. Not sure what else to look at or how long they had planned to stay at the bookstore for, Holly decided to head out of this section of the bookstore and look at the other genres of books available.

While Holly had been busy looking at the various other books that were on the shelf. Kara had picked back up the first book of the series that Holly had skimmed and placed it under her arm. With the other book of the series she looked at them for a moment then back at Holly.

'Yeah she did" Kara responded.

Holly seemed finished with this section of books and headed for another one. Kara stayed behind for a moment Haley crossed her mind and she wondered how she was doing. She then followed behind Holly.

"Are there any good Romance books that you really like?: Kara asked.

"Mills & Boons is the only romance collection I've read so far." Holly replied. "I'm always up for trying out new series of genres I like."

Holly headed over to the adventure section of the current floor to quickly skim over the books in that section. The lower shelves were filled with children's adventure books but Holly showed no interest in them. Her attention was more aimed at the books on the middle to top shelves.

Holly had only read one collection of romance novels which Kara had never heard of before. She watched as Holly looked over the adventure books upon the middle shelf.

"How are they?" Kara asked.

She thought over something else to ask Holly about why she liked these types of books. "So, what is it about these books that you like the most?" Kara asked. Wanting to know more about why Holly liked them.

"Mills & Boons books?" Holly answered, expecting the question to be directed at her book knowledge. "They're good for light reading but, overall, the stories all seem to be very like for like. Guy and girl are introduced, guy meets girl, girl meets guy, they fall in love, something pops up to stop them from loving one another, in the end, the books end with them getting together. That's the long and short of it."

Holly kept her attention on the books on the higher shelves and tried to reach for them. She could just about touch the bottom of the books on the middle shelf but she couldn't even hope to reach the ones a little higher up as they were too high up for her to reach.

Kara asked what Holly liked about the books she'd explained.

"I like the stories as I like happy endings. It's always good to be with the one you love in the end." Holly answered.

Kara listened to what Holly had to say about the theme of the books.

"Have you ever pictured yourself being one of those people who fall in love like in the books?" Kara asked quietly. As she thought over what it was really like to be in love with someone. She herself never had really loved anyone before maybe her version of love wasn't like what the book described or how Holly would feel about it.

She could see that Holly was trying to reach for a book upon the top shelf but. Couldn't quite reach it walking over Kara reached for the book and handed it to Holly.

"Um, would you ever like to be with me?" Kara asked with a slight blush on her cheeks.

Kara asked a rather odd question.

"Not particularly, no." Holly answered. "I'm not one to rush headlong into things, that's Haley's speciality. When the time's right, then I guess I may tie the knot but I've still got years ahead of me."

Kara reached up towards the book which Holly was trying to get and passed it down to her. She thanked Kara and began to look at the blurb of the book. It was the first book in 'The Banned and the Banished' Book series. The series seems to include several protagonists each going about their own stories until a fateful encounter brings them all together to unite against a common enemy. The book appeared to be aimed more at teenagers than children but that didn't seem to detract her attention.

While checking out the book, Kara sprang a rather personal question onto Holly.

"As a friend, yes. I'm not ready for commitment yet and that kind of thing is frowned upon socially as well. At the rate our families are at each other's necks, there's no chance of anything more than friendship." Holly answered after a moment of thought.

Kara wondered who that person would be that Holly would eventually fall in love with and marry. Once the time was right she wasn't sure on what else to say more about it so instead she remained silent. Before thanking Holly in return for earlier she looked at the book that Holly was looking at and picked out one herself before placing it back on the bookcase.

She heard the last of what Holly had said while most of it was true she wanted to press the matter. Further by going on to say that things can always change. Like what if the adoption didn't go through would she had been able to get together with Holly? Possibly if she lived in another time and universe but as it seemed that wasn't the case.

"We best be going as it's time for lunch" Kara spoke.

She wasn't sure about what to really do or say at this point so Kara headed towards the cashier. To pay for what she had picked out.

After the girls had finished in the Bookstore, Kara suggested going to lunch. At the store, Holly had purchased the first books in both the series she expressed interest in. Having limited spending money, she decided to wait and see what both series were like before splashing out and buying the entire series.

"Yeah. Any place you've got in mind?" Holly asked Kara.

After asking her question, Holly suddenly went silent as she gazed upon Kara. Her face indicated that something was amiss with why she was looking so intently at her. After a moment, Holly shook her head from side to side as if she was clearing something from her mind.

Once they reached the cashier Kara paid for the two books that she had bought. And the pair headed out of the Bookstore before Holly asked if she had any place in mind for lunch. Kara thought this over for a while before saying something.

"I'm not really sure I up for anything is there a place you;d like to go?" Kara asked.

While waiting for Holly to answer for a brief moment she noticed. Holly seemed to be staring at her for some reason Kara wasn't sure on just why that Holly was looking at her so closer. She moved away and started to think about something else.

Kara appeared to have no preference of what to have for lunch. This was both a good and a bad thing. Holly also had no idea what she wanted for lunch.

"We'll get nowhere unless one of us decides on a place." Holly sighed. Something still seemed to be eating at her, though.

Finally, after a moment of silence, Holly decided where she wanted to go.

"How about 'Sweet Paradise' again?" Holly requested. "I know it may be a bit strange but I want to go there."

Silence blanketed the pair again until, after taking a deep breath, Holly spoke up again.

"I saw something which bothered me a little and..." Holly started until she stopped herself. "...Don't worry about it. It's probably just my imagination."

They kept on walking down the street seemed that Holly had no preference as well. For any sort of place to eat as of yet and this made things harder for the moment as they'd. Have to pick some place soon as Kara was beginning to feel rather tired again as her pace was starting to slow down some.

Holly mentioned 'Sweet Paradise'

Kara thought it over for a moment then said something.

"I guess so I don't mind" Kara replied.

They walked on in silence until Holly spoke up again mentioning about seeing something. Kara had noticed something was odd about her before and thought of pressing the matter a little.

"Care to talk about it maybe it will help make you feel better what did you see?" Kara asked. They walked for about fifteen minutes and finally reached 'Sweet Paradise' Kara opened the door for Holly to go into first and then followed her inside. The place had a few people inside as well and Kara walked up to the counter and waited in line.

In the far right corner at a table sat a youthful, definitely attractive girl who is at the peak of her physical conditioning. Because of the rough training she went through to subdue the enormous amount of power within her. She has dull gray eyes, fair skin, and a moderately curved figure. She has long silver hair which is usually tied up into a ponytail, however, it is still very messy, as many strands are still waving around her head, and there are small bangs descending near her eyes. She has slender yet noticeably curvaceous figure. Her breasts are quite big for her age and their charm has never failed her, they have loosened the tongues of many men and women who otherwise refused to cooperate with her. Her legs very nice as well she appeared to be looked at a Ipad of sorts.

The girl wore a green short sleeved blouse along with a pair of red shorts. A pair of white-thigh highs just reached near the bottom of her shorts. As she looked up from what she was looking at she saw Kara and Holly walked into the shop. A smile came across her face as she looked at Kara closely then looked down at her Ipad which appeared to have Kara's stats and a picture of herself upon it.

Kara requested that Holly talked about what she saw.

"Really, it's nothing, don't worry about it." Holly repeated. "It's probably just my mind playing tricks on me, that's all."

The pair walked on until they reached 'Sweet Paradise', where Kara opened the door and allowed Holly to walk in first. The store was actually quite busy and Holly wasn't too pleased with that fact. Trying to keep a low profile to keep the civilians away and unknowing of issues regarding Empowered ones, Holly patiently waited in line.

For some strange reason, Holly had a feeling like she was being watched. While that was quite normal in any eating establishment, this time, it seemed a little off. She paid it no heed, however, as she had more pressing matters on her mind. And she could feel a headache brewing as well. This part seemed to scare her more than being watched did. Never in her life has she had a headache so this was a first. A sudden shot of pain lanced through her mind as the distorted sound of a voice rang in her ears.

"H-...re...ing?! T...n't...ke...o...u!" The voice sounded. It sounded like it was being played through a walkie-talkie with a horrible signal as it was mostly feedback with small snippets of words.

The pain of the spike in her mind caused Holly to clutch at her head in an attempt at dulling the pain down.

They still waited in line as it was rather quite long and Holly mentioned that what she saw. Was really no problem Kara wasn't sure weather to believe this or not.

"Are you really sure about it?" Kara asked again.

She had turned away from Holly for a moment and didn't see her grab her head in pain. As she was about to look back at her the pain in her arms suddenly returned. A deep burning caused Kara to nearly cry out as she looked down the red marks appeared upon her arms. Kara stared wide-eyed at this as the pain got worse she turn away from Holly not wanting her to see what was happening to her.

Outside which had normally been a quiet and peaceful day the wind suddenly turned into a strong gale. For several moments before Kara got a hold on the matter yet her arms were still burning and she was still feeling the pain.

After the strange happenings had come and gone, Holly soon came back to her senses when she heard that she was being called up. The line had gone down quite quickly but there were still some more people ahead of her. However, she did see the manager hanging around the edge of the counter calling to her. It appeared that the person serving at the moment was another employee. Not wanting to keep him waiting, Holly quickly headed over to him. When they spoke, a strange faintly glowing sphere surrounded them and cut off any outside noise. They couldn't hear what was going on outside the circle and the other patrons couldn't hear what was going on inside.

"Any news on the others?" Holly asked the manager.

"Nope. Haven't had a chance. The higher-ups have closed all connections with the branches and blocked the systems we use. Apparently, something rather important happened and it's got them all paranoid." The manager answered.

"Like what?" Holly asked, intrigued by the sudden revelation.

"Apparently, someone offed another empowered one outside of the rating battle system. Made a rather showy display as well. Normally, something like this could easily be sorted by the higher-ups, but they're being rather defensive at the moment."

This news struck Holly hard. Someone had been killed in cold blood with nothing to gain from it. What world has she been thrown into? Would she be next? Lilly? Haley? Or even Kara? Still, she had more information to gather.

"Anyone come through here recently? I've been getting some strange vibes since I entered this place. They started a little while back." Holly continued.

"As a matter of fact, yes. Three people came through here to go for a sparring match in the arena. I knew two of them as your sisters but the third one seem a little odd. Haley was so riled up about something and Lilly was trying all she could to calm her down. The third one appeared to be the mastermind behind the bashing. He'd apparently been badmouthing both Lilly and Haley for no reason. He looked like the Master of Illusion, the one your sister's after. But that guy's so slippery it could have been anybody." The manager replied.

"Let me through!" Holly quickly shot back. "I think she's going to do something drastic! I have to stop her!"

All of a sudden, the visions and voices were making sense to her. This is what they've been pinpointing. This is what she saw on Kara. If this went down just as the visions predicted, then all of them were at death's door. She had no time to lose. As soon as the manager started to open the side door, Holly ran through as quickly as she could and through the portal leading to the Coliseum.

Kara had finally gotten ahold of herself once more she didn't know that Holly had went forward. Then only to vanish into the Coliseum sometime later when she turned around towards where Holly. Had been moments before Kara noticed she was nowhere to be found. Kara looked around the shop and couldn't find Holly anywhere.

"Holly, Holly?" Kara called out.

She got no answer from Holly Kara didn't know just where Holly had went until the manager that. Holly had been talking with noticed her and mentioned her to come over. He told her that Holly had entered into the Coliseum he didn't mention what he had talked about with Holly at all. Kara wondered just why Holly would do this.

She went towards the side room where Holly had entered she quickly went through the portal. Herself and entered the Coliseum only to once again be struck. With the horrible pain in her arms the red marks appeared and Kara again nearly cried out in pain. This time the pain shot all through her body as if every inch of her was in pain. Kara took a couple of steps forward and turned down an unused hallway.

"H.. Holly" Kara muttered as a fresh wave of pain shot through her.

Kara cried out in pain she looked at her arms they were glowing red from the marks. Then another wave of pain shot through her and she screamed. She tried to reach for her cellphone which was in her skirt pocket. When the pain passed she took hold of it and opened it up she located Lilly's number and was just about to press the call button when the pain returned two-fold. Kara cried and tears filled her eyes as she didn't know what was happening to her.

It was then that a strong gust of wind seemed to rip through where she was it was brief but it. Was soon noticed by a couple of people. One of them being the girl who had been watching Kara earlier in the shop.

"You don't look so well Kara" The girl told her.

Kara turned around to face the girl.

"W,, who are you?" Kara asked.

The girl smiled at her before talking.

"I'm Pyra I'm the girl you challenged to a battle later this week" Pyra replied.

Kara was about to say something else when the pain returned again and again she cried.

After hastily rushing through the portal to the arena, Holly was met with Haley's angry ranting and Lilly's best attempt at calming the crazed girl down.

"F*** you, you b******! You don't know s**t about my sisters or I! All you're doing is chatting pure s***, you w******!" Haley angrily shouted to an unfamiliar male.

The young man appeared to be no older than mid to late teens. He was wearing general street clothes, the kind of outfits which would be counted as currently in style. The clothes consisted of a short sleeve grey casual shirt, a pair of short cut black jeans and a pair of black converse shoes. On his left wrist, he had what looked like a pure gold wristwatch. At the distance which Holly was at, it was unclear whether it was made of real gold or just painted gold. Around his neck, he wore a silver chain necklace. The motif on the necklace looked like a Celtic cross. He had shot black hair, which was parted in no way particular and dark green eyes. He was a good foot or two taller than Lilly. Despite the rantings of the, compared to his height, the slightly diminutive Haley, he stayed calm.

"How can you be positive that that is, in fact, correct?" The male replied calmly.

"I can prove it, you t***! I know my sisters better than you do!" Haley shouted back.

Lilly was trying her best to restrain Haley from attacking the young man. Haley already had her wingblades behind her and her sword in hand, even without transforming! This took Holly by surprise for a moment, until she remembered that that's how she looked in the visions. Could they be playing on right now?! Without wanting to see if he predictions were correct, Holly quickly cut in.

"Haley, stop it! You can't attack someone without a justifiable reason!" Holly quickly cut in.

"Oh, so the other twin puts in an appearance now." The young man interjected. "All the pieces are together, minus one expendable one. We can start this little engagement, now."

"Oh, I'll show you expendable...!" Haley shot back as she continued to struggle against Lilly's shoulder lock.

"She's got quite the temper, don't you think? Oh, how rude of me, I forgot to introduce myself to our latest guest." The young man turned to regard Holly. "You may call me Nicholas. In case you have not realised, I'm the one who's currently holding the position your sister is vying for, hence the hostility between her and I. I'm the current Master of Illusion."

Holly just nodded in acknowledgement. She did't really want to intrude any more.

"If you're wondering what has caused your sister to get so riled, it's a long story. I can sense the same energies in her as the ones which the council found when searching the scene where the young girl was so violently murdered. She matches up to the darkness strain which was found there. So, I endeavoured to question her about the incident." Nicholas explained.

"You lying son of a b****! You blamed the whole thing on me and Lilly!" Haley cut in.

"Really? I simply asked a few innocent questions, nothing more."

Holly could not sense any deception from either Haley or Nicholas. This was confusing. Each one had conflicting statements but neither seemed to be lying at all.

"So, moving on, I requested a formal battle here in the coliseum to determine whether she did take part in the murder or not. She certainly has the temperament for it." Nicholas continued. "So, in all fairness, as both the accused party and the accuser are present, shall we get this little bout started? I'll meet you in the ring. Don't worry, there are no commentators present. Or audience, for that matter. This was a private booking by one of my contacts. The emergency staff are still here so there's nothing to fear."

In a blink of an eye, Nicholas was gone.

The pain seemed to be getting worse and worse with each passing second and Kara. Wasn't sure if she could withstand it for much longer as she looked upon Pyra. She was about to respond to her when she suddenly heard shouting coming from the main meeting arena. She slowly walked past Pyra leaving her behind her but then spoke to her for a second.

"W.. we will chat later" Kara spoke through the pain.

Kara slowly left the hallway and entered the main hall where off in the distance she spotted both. Haley and Lilly as she moved closer she heard Haley cursing the man out. Who was near the two of them she also saw Holly once again who talked with the man about something. She wasn't sure just who this person was or what was going on. As she drew nearer to the girls she moved towards Holly when the pain returned once again she cried out in pain. The red markings on her arms were clearly glowing which was rather new.

"H,, Holly" Kara called out trying to get her attention.

She finally reached Holly and the girls if one were to look at her they'd see Kara was in a hell of a state. Her clothes were clearly covered in sweat and she herself was as well.

"W.. why did you run off on me and what is going on?" Kara asked.

She then turned to look over at Lilly and Haley.

"W,, what was that all about what's going on here?" Kara asked them she was clearly confused. The pain in her body seemed to have lessened some as she stood there waiting for a reply from the girls. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Pyra was watching her and the girls she remained there for a few moments then appeared to leave the room.

Kara looked back at Holly.

"Please don't do that to me ever again what if something happened to you I was worried you really upset me" Kara told her.

After she said those words a strong span of pain shot through her body causing her to scream out in pain. A sudden gust of wind lashed out from around her blowing across the meeting hall.

"W,, what's happening to me?" Kara asked.

After Nicholas had taken his leave, Haley prepared to head into the arena. Just before she was about to teleport herself into the fighting ring, she heard Kara call out to the group. Not wanting to miss her chance at proving Nicholas wrong, she ignored Kara and summoned up a dark portal. She quickly ran through the portal and, after Haley had entered it, it engulfed her in darkness and disappeared.

Holly, hearing Kara's call, decided to respond quickly in an attempt at getting her point across.

"Something bad's going to happen unless we stop this fighting! I don't want to lose anyone so, please, just go back to the store!" Holly rushed her reply before attempting to teleport into the fighting ring herself. She managed to get half of the teleportation done before she was vaulted back into the viewing section quite aggressively.

"Kara, please do as Holly says. This doesn't concern you. You'll only risk getting yourself hurt!" Lilly hastily replied before she tried to do the same as Holly. The reaction was just the same as well.

Inside the fighting ring, Haley waited patiently for her opponent to show himself. She hadn't transformed yet but she still had all her combat abilities ready. This new-found power of hers was actually proving to be useful. She had already created a replica of Damnation to use in her off-hand, alongside the real deal. Three of the five metal attachments near the top of the real blade were glowing a blood red colour. The remaining two were already looking to be powered up as well. Just as the fourth had started to glow as well, Nicholas appeared in front of Haley, roughly ten feet away.

"Took your time!" Haley spat at the youth.

"You're just overeager to lose. I arrived precisely when I wanted to." Nicholas calmly retaliated. "You may take the first strike. I can see you've been readying yourself for it. I'll wait the time needed for what you want to take effect."

"Let's play, shall we?" Haley replied with a malicious grin as the final prong of the blade lit up.

In an instant, Haley had disappeared into a puddle of darkness at her feet. In less than a second, she'd already moved to underneath where Nicholas was standing, though he showed no signs of flinching at all. In a plume of jet black darkness, Haley had burst forth from the ground in a rising spinning strike with both her blades and her wingblades creating a drill-like implement leading the ascent. Nicholas appeared to be absorbed by the darkness until a small glimmer of light exploded from his person before creating an explosion of tiny glass-like shards. He appeared to have made a copy of himself before seemingly removing himself from combat.

The glass shards all connected with Haley and she screamed in pain. Trickles of blood began to fall from various points of her body and her clothes were now quite tattered. The light of the explosion dazzled her as well so she staggered around for a few moments before turning in anger towards a condescending chuckle from the real Nicholas, who was now standing where Haley had started.

"Is that all you can do? A newbie could have predicted that attack and avoided it." Nicholas asked Haley.

Nicholas was already starting to annoy Haley even more than she thought possible.

"I was just warming up!" Haley retorted.

"Is that so? You may come at me again if you want." Nicholas answered.

Haley had had enough of playing around. It was time she got serious. She thrust her swords into the ground and was soon covered in a dark spiral. The spiral lasted for a few seconds before she'd re-emerged in a completely different outfit.

Haley appeared to be wearing what looked like a skin-tight bodysuit. Its main design looked close to Lilly's battle-outfit but it had a completely different colour scheme and attachments. The main body of the outfit was red and black. The red colour covered her stomach and abdomen and reached up to the bottom half of her breast, where the colour changed to black. The black section covered the top half of her breast but did not cover her shoulders at all. The lower half of the black section stopped just as it reached her armpits, like a sleeveless vest.

Covering the top half of her shoulders were a set of red shoulder-guards. They provided little to no cover, though, and were more there for aesthetic value. Extending from the back of the shoulder-guards in a semi-circle were what looked like tiny replicas of her wingblades. There were three blades behind each shoulder, totalling at the six she normally had with her. Her arms were completely bare until her forearms, which were covered by the sleeve of a pair of black gloves. On the back of the right gloved hand was a small red gem, which rested in the middle of her hand. On the back of her left hand glove was another gem, however, this one was black.

The groin area of the main outfit followed the same colour style as the top half of the bodysuit, which was black. This area only covered what it needed to and left the joints near the top of her legs bare. Most of the leg area of the outfit was non-existent. All that was in this section of the outfit was a set of red skin-tight leggings which started halfway down Haley's calves and ended inside a pair of black Greaves, which covered her feet. The upper half of the greaves, which started a quarter up her thighs, had a small gem inset. Like her gloves, the right greave had a red gem inside and the left one had a black gem inside.

Haley's hair had not changed in style but it was now black in colour. Her eye colour now appeared to be red and glowing. The only other noticeable difference with this part of Haley was the fact that her hair now had a small barrette holding the front of her bangs to the right hand side. The barrette looked like the symbol on the chain of her blade. A red love heart, with a black crucifix in the centre, covered by a pair of black demon wings.

Now sprouting from Haley's back were the very same wings on her blade's chain. Around the wings were her set of wingblades.

"Done changing? This is a fight, not a fashion show." Nicholas asked with a mock yawn. He appeared to be unamused with the sudden change in Haley.

Haley didn't appear to be herself in this section of the battle at all. She attacked relentlessly and did not respond to Nicholas's taunts at all. Nothing seemed to stop her from fighting as she changed between being a small shadow pursuing Nicholas to summoning up an Archdemon to do her bidding. The fight was getting heated but Nicholas didn't even appear to be breaking a sweat at all. The fighting lasted for at least five minutes before Haley started to look a little more like herself and was noticeably tiring. The red glow from her eyes had dissipated and she appeared to be showing signs of reacting to the various cuts, bruises, burns, daggers and knives which had all been used on her during the heat of the battle. She could barely stand, let alone fight.

"Finished yet? You look dead as it is." Nicholas asked. Some sarcasm had gone from his tone to be replaced by the ghost of concern. "Let's call it a draw, shall we? I didn't come here to kill you."

"NEVER!" Haley shouted back before targeting all her wingblades towards Nicholas. "I will show you that neither Lilly nor I took part in that murder!"

Haley threw both her fighting swords towards Nicholas, who continued to be as confident as he'd been all the fight. Following her main blades were her wingblades. Within three seconds, all eight of the blades had reached Nicholas and were about to impale him. He just stood there like normal and let the blades hit him. Surprisingly, they bounced off and landed on the floor. A second later, Haley screamed in pain as blood spurted from various wounds on her body. These wounds appeared to be where her blades had hit Nicholas. Not being able to take any more, Haley collapsed to the floor, her form returned to normal, and she was ported out of the arena. She still appeared to be breathing before the port, but just barely.

The pain in her body seemed to fade for now at least Kara who was still unaware of what was going. On saw as Haley just walked past her without saying anything. She went into the battle arena leaving her alone with Holly and Lilly then Holly spoke of not losing someone then mentioned for her to go back to the store.

"I'm not going anywhere until someone tells me what's going on!" Kara snapped at both Lilly and Holly. They both seemed to try and enter into the battle arena as well but Holly was taken to the viewing area. After Lilly was thrown back out into the viewing section Kara grabbed ahold of her arm rather tightly.

"Doesn't concern me, I can take care of myself you alone should know that!" Kara yelled at Lilly. She felt betrayed by Holly was this what had been on her mind all day. Could when she had asked earlier in the car on the way to the Sera manor was this part of it. As all this went on the pain inside her returned her grip on Lilly's arm seemed to tighten harder. Soon the pain passed and she let go of Lilly's arm small blood dripped to the ground from where her nails had dug into Lilly.

"Oh, I get it I guess I don't matter enough to any of you to be told what's going on" Kara yelled. She felt like exploding on the pair and was just about to when out of the corner of her eye. Kara saw Haley in the arena with Nicholas they appeared to be taunting each other, Then Kara watched as Haley attacked Nicholas she seemed to be using her power over darkness and not her normal power. As Kara kept watched she wondered why this was going on seeing Haley get wounded images flooded Kara's mind of similar times when she had been wounded herself.

"You can do it Haley!" Kara called out trying to at least encourage Haley.

Haley then appeared to change into her battle outfit which was totally new. Kara wasn't sure of what to make of it. You could say it looked rather demonic but also cute in a dark sort of way. Yet as the more Haley fought on Kara felt a stirring of the darkness within her own body. It seemed as each time Haley used her own darkness the darkness within Kara responded in turn, Sending signals of pain shooting throughout her body.

But the fight seemed to be going badly for Haley Kara again tried to encourage Haley. She then had launched a major attack on Nicholas only for it to end badly. Haley was struck down with numerous cuts upon her small body she then was portaled out of the area.

"Haley!" Kara cried out as she rushed towards Haley's limp form. She reached Haley first and looked down at her. She could see that Haley was not breathing well but at least, She was breathing seeing this seemed to take her back to what had happened to Holly a couple days ago. She didn't want to lose another person as it still hurt with what had happened to Holly.

Kara picked up Haley's small form as she held her. The marks on her arms seemed to fade and a violet light formed around her arms as the light faded she appeared to be wearing something, Covering her hands are black gloves with contain a purple gem upon the top part of the hand. White fur is also located just around her under arms. These gems contain magical power of both wind and darkness. While another change came over her as well. Kara's hair becomes black as a raven's feathers with a very slight white tone added and lengthens to her knees while her bangs and side parts before the ears also lengthen. Her eyes turn a bright green color with a gloved hand she ran her fingers over Haley's cheek.

"I'll make him pay!" Kara screamed.

In the preceding moments before Haley's conflict with Nicholas, Kara's anger had been taken a little too far.

"Just listen, damn you!" Lilly shouted back. "This is a matter for us and us alone! It doesn't concern you at all!"

Kara's nails began to draw blood but Lilly did not back down or respond in any way abnormal. She didn't want to cause any more conflicts to happen.

Holly hated how Kara was assaulting Lilly verbally and physically. She wanted to blast her back with her powers but decided that it would only cause more harm than good.

"Just shut up and calm down!" Holly angrily ordered Kara. "We don't want you getting involved because, to be honest, you'll only make matters worse! So just calm down and SHUT UP!"

A strange red blast shot forth from Holly. Lilly appeared to not have noticed it and neither did Holly herself. The Bond Card which Kara had of Holly was now showing an entirely different image. The picture was reversed and Holly was pictured with her back to Kara and a line which looked like cracked glass in between the two.

Kara appeared to be all for Haley winning the fight. Lilly and Holly just watched from afar, trying to keep as far away from Kara as possible. Holly now had an angry glare trailed on Kara. It wasn't right how she was treating those, whom had kindly taken her in in her time of need, with such disapproval. They only wanted what was best for her and now, frankly, Holly didn't care.

After the fight had gone through and Haley was ported out of the arena, Kara ran to her side and held her in her arms before seemingly changing into another battle outfit.

"Get off her!" Holly ordered Kara. "Do you want her to die?! We need to leave space for the emergency crew!"

Now, Holly didn't care what would come of this. She went over to Haley and activated her Radiant Blast. This time, Kara would be knocked back by it as she no longer saw her as an ally. No one else would be affected by the blast's knock back effect.

The emergency crew came running over to Haley and began to put her on a stretcher so they could take her back to the medical room and begin bringing her back to at least partial health.

Once Haley had been taken to the medical room, Nicholas returned to the viewing room.

"Blade turning." Holly stated. "Now I see where you get your title from, you cheat!"

"So the little girl knows her stuff, huh? I guess you're more familiar with Backbiter, the Arcane form of that spell?" Nicholas responded. "Arcane Knowledge is rather handy, isn't it? Though you aren't one to talk as you've used Backbiter before. Only cheats know cheats, it seems."

"You held back, didn't you?" Lilly asked. "You could've used that at the start and had it all over and done with in seconds yet you chose to drag it on."

"I needed to assess her abilities to see if she fit the style of the murderer. Thankfully, she did not so all's well with you."

Kara who was still holding Haley in her arms had only changed for a moment she appeared. To be entering her awakening mode instead of her normal battle outfit. She then heard Lilly speak to her for a brief moment she was snapped back to reality.

"Why?" Kara asked.

She was still very angry with both girls for keeping whatever it was they were hiding from her. She turned to Holly who seemed to be yelling at her.

Kara was about to say something but she was quiet she had not seen Holly like this in quite. Sometime she still had no idea what was going on. She felt something strange happen to her the pain seemed to return again but she ignored it.

As Kara looked at both girls she said nothing she couldn't speak to any of them. She was still to angry at them for doing this to her. Kara placed Haley down on the ground before The Radiant Blast struck her this knocked her back a few feet.

"What?" Kara asked herself in surprise.

The EMT's came out and took Haley away from her she didn't respond to Holly. She saw Nicholas appear in the viewing room as much as she wanted to go over and kill him. For what he had done to Haley she decided to listen to Holly and Lilly.

Kara just turned away and walked slowly towards the Coliseum entrance. She stopped by Holly for a moment she looked at her.

"Sorry" Kara spoke.

She then walked out of the arena she entered into the ice cream store again. Knowing that the date was surely over at this point Kara walked out of the store slowly. She still had the bag with two books she had bought for Holly. She started on the long slow and painful walk home this took her quite a while as she didn't bother to rest or catch her breath. She soon arrived home and used her magic what little she could to enter the manor.

Her magic made her seem invisiable she went towards her own room that had been given to her. She entered into it and locked the door. then collapsed onto her bed. Kara was bathed in sweat and not feeling well her entire body still hurt.

"What am I to do should I leave and never return?" Kara asked herself.

She struggled to get up but didn't have the strength to do so instead she drifted off to sleep sleeping the day away.

After the internal fighting was over, and Haley had been safely transported to the Emergency Room to undergo intensive care, Nicholas announced his parting words before disappearing off in a shimmer of light.

"Control her, lest her power controls you." Nicholas informed the remaining pair before disappearing.

Elsewhere:

Nicholas had teleported himself into a rather familiar looking white-rose-filled office. His arrival was met by a familiar sounding voice.

"How did it go? What have you to report?" Charon asked Nicholas.

"She's losing control fast. She's more of a threat than an assistant. I suggest we take care of her before it roots itself too far into her and becomes unstoppable." Nicholas answered.

"She's a lot stronger than you think she is. I say that we give her some more time. She may yet control it. If she does get too out of hand then, regrettably, we'll need to silence her. But we'll deal with that when it becomes more apparent."

"Have it your way, my Lord. Anyway, I did notice something which may yet help us."

"Continue."

"Her sister, the Light of Truth. She's got an interesting power which may aid in our search for answers about the chain of murders."

"You're referring to her ability to identify any ability used in an area by sight alone, I take it?"

"The very same one. Anyway, about my payment..."

Charon stayed silent for a moment. He appeared to be appraising the situation to determine what response would be valid. Eventually, he decided on an answer.

"Your payment, as you put it, has been taken care of. She's been moved to a private suite in a trustworthy Hospital. You can go and see her whenever you want. Regarding her treatment, I'm afraid we've yet to come to any conclusions regarding that." Charon replied.

"You what?!" Nicholas angry retorted. His usual calm exterior shattered by Charon's words. "Whatever happened to finding the right treatment, you conman?! You promised me that she'd be better if I did this for you!"

"We are doing all we can to find it. We can't give what we don't have." Charon calmly responded. "A power that potent can't just be removed by basic means."

Nicholas's shoulder slumped in response and all his anger was gone.

"Well, you'd better keep at it because I want my full payment. She was a lot more aggressive than you said she'd be so I expect you to keep up your end of the bargain." Nicholas informed Charon.

"And I will, just not right now." Charon answered.

Nicholas disappeared in a shimmer of light.

Back in Emergency Treatment Room

Haley's partial recovery took at least an hour and a half. All this time, Holly and Lilly stayed by her side. Holly helped the recovery as much as she could using her healing power but they weren't as powerful as she remembered them being. Eventually, Haley began to show signs of movement and recovery.

"For some reason, some of the wounds on her body refuse to be healed by our powers so we've had to use a more traditional method." One of the Emergency staff informed the pair. "We've used stitches to seal the wounds on her left shoulder, the left hand side of her abdomen and the wound on her right calf. We'll need to see her again in about two weeks' time to check on the healing of her wounds and potentially remove the stitches. We do recommend crutches to help her walk on her injured leg and we are willing to provide them."

"As much as I tell her, I don't think she'd want to use them. We'll take some anyway, just in case we can convince her." Lilly answered.

"Stubborn one, is she?" the staff member chuckled.

"You could say that."

Holly stayed silent for the whole procedure. She had too much on her mind to sort through to want to engage in conversation. She only showed some signs of reaction when Haley began to open her eyes.

Haley tried to sit up but was quickly forced to lay down when another member of the Emergency team began to gently push down on her good shoulder. Every movement caused Haley to wince or grimace at the pain which still coursed through her body,

"I lost, didn't I?" Haley quietly asked when she saw Lilly and Holly by her bedside.

"Not every battle has to be won. The most important thing is that you're still here with us." Lilly answered. "The ERT recommend that you use crutches to help you walk as one of your legs had to have stitches in."

"Nah, I'll rather be carried than have to rely on crutches."

The following thirty minutes was spent bringing Haley up to speed on what happened and explaining her current situation to her. Overall, Haley was in pretty bad shape but it could have been much worse. Once the ERT had finished doing all they could to help, Holly helped teleport Haley and Lilly back to their manor and into the Twins' bedroom so Haley could get some rest,

Kara lay upon the bed she seemed to be tossing and turning in her sleep a cold sweat. Had broken out upon her forehead she seemed to be dreaming about something. Then her eyes opened and she sat bolt upright gasping for breath. She looked around and then down at herself Kara slowly began to calm down. She got up off the bed and walked towards one of the windows of her room she opened the curtains and looked outside. She then moved away from the window and then paced around the room she looked here and there. Until she grew bored and walked out of her room as she entered the hall she heard the faint sound of voices. Coming from the Twin's room it must mean that the girl's were now home.

As much as she wanted to see them Kara turned away from them. She then slowly walked down the hallway towards the Picture room where she had seen the pictures of Lilly and the twins. She walked inside and ran her fingers over the most recent picture that was taken last year. She stayed her for a short while before leaving the room. For some reason she felt like finding out where Marie was and what she was doing. She opened a few doors to some of the rooms nearest to her and found nothing. She gave up and walked back the way she came only to then end downstairs into the main entrance area.

She was still using magic to hide her form from anyone. Though the girls would be able to see her if they wanted to Kara walked up the manor's main doors and walked outside after opening them up. She closed the doors and walked slowly down the walkway leading from the manor. She had turned left and followed the path towards the back of the house where she and the girl's had their first practice match. She stood in the open field watching the wind blow the leaves upon the trees. She then turned away and looked back at the manor.

"I'll give them space" Kara said to herself.

Another wave of pain shot through her body and she nearly dropped to her knees. She regained her balance and a thought ran through her mind she had wanted to talk with Lilly. About what was going on with her but that wouldn't work right now. Instead she decided upon Charon she did need to see him after all. Finding some shadows near a group of trees she walked over and entered them they took her into the city. Right near the area where Charon's area was located she walked up to the space where she had entered. The first time she had met him and then called out.

"May I enter I have questions that I'd like answers for?" Kara called out.

Ravenclaw Tower

High up in a all to familiar office Kale Ravenclaw stood looking out his office's window at the vast cityscape, From behind him a knock soon was heard coming from the door leading inside.

"Enter" Kale spoke.

The door opened and Marici entered into the office followed by another girl. Who happened to be Yukina both girls took a seat in the two chairs before his desk.

"I'm glad that you two are here but we are missing a third have you gotten anyword back from him yet? Kale asked.

Marici was the one who spoke up.

"I'm sorry father but nothing from him as of yet" Marici replied.

This didn't sit well with Kale he needed this person to be apart of his current plans. As with their power they'd be more than a match for his current foes.

"Keep trying from the rumors I've heard about him they are all true and with his powers. We can take the next step in getting rid of those who have taken her from me" Kale says.

"You mean Kara?" Yukina asked.

Kale's silence was taken as a yes from both girls he only wanted her back. So he could use her for another plan of his.

"Everything is ready to start in two days time we attack"

Once the girls had returned to the Manor, Lilly gently placed Haley on her bed to get some much needed rest. Knowing Haley's personality, Lilly knew that this rest won't last long at all. Due to Haley's current condition, she needed a little help to get changed into her bedclothes. The whole process took a little longer than normal because of the precautions which had to be taken to prevent rupturing her wounds or causing her any unneeded pain. Once Haley was dressed in her nightwear, Lilly tucked her into bed and left her under the watchful eyes of Holly.

Kara's request for assistance appeared to have no effect at all. It would appear that he'd stuck by his words of not helping Kara and leaving the rest to her.

Kara waited for Charon to answer her but no reply came to her. She tried once again to see if he'd answer her call but again nothing came out of it. Kara needed answers to the questions that she was seeking she had no idea of what was happening to her body. As her powers had been acting odd as of late but why did she always feel a great deal of pain as well. Giving up Kara walked back into the shadows and was taken back to the Manor. She appeared back into her room and sat on the bed for a short while.

Growing bored Kara got up off the bed and went in search of Lilly, knowing she had to make things right with her she hoped that she could also talk to her about. What might be happening to her as of late walking a few two doors down to Lilly's room. Kara knocked on the door lightly then spoke.

"It's me Kara may I come in?" Kara asked.

Holly kept watch of Haley to make sure that she was doing as the EMT recommended. She appeared to be being compliant at the moment but she wasn't sure how long this will last.

While Lilly was in her room doing some research in regards to the individual who called himself Nicholas, she heard a knock at her bedroom door. Kara then announced that it was her.

"Sure, but don't expect much in the way of conversation. I'm doing a little research at the moment." Lilly called back to Kara as she continued to pull up the files in the Database.

Kara entered into Lilly's room and she shut the door behind her. She didn't bother to take a seat anywhere and just remained by the door.

"I know you've heard this a dozen times and I'm sure it doesn't hold much anymore. But I want to say that I'm sorry for attacking you at the coliseum I let my attitude get the best of me" Kara says.

She thought over about some of the other things she had wanted to mention.

"Can I please know what all that was about between you guys and that one guy?" Kara asked. Knowing that Lilly would try and avoid the subject once again.

"There's something I need to talk to you about we talked about it briefly at the hospital. But I don't know what to do about it, I've been in a lot of pain today mainly it's all over my body yet it seems to be in my arms as of late. I've noticed these red markings have appeared upon my arms and I don't know what they mean, I think it has something to do with my powers as they have been acting up ever since the fight with my father" Kara spoke.

She rolled up the sleeve of her right arm and showed Lilly or at least tried to show. Her the red markings that were upon her arm.

"Then there's Haley"

"That really hurt, you know? However, it was expected so I guess I can't really hold it against you." Lilly answered, without looking away from her computer.

"He was just accusing Haley and I for things we didn't do as we can use dark powers. I'm surprised you weren't under fire from him as well." Lilly replied, answering the question and avoiding it at the same time.

Kara's next question forced Lilly to look away from her computer at last. She looked over the markings but couldn't really understand what their significance was.

"Maybe he cursed you or something?" Lilly posed, unsure of it herself. "I really have no idea what's going on with this. I've never seen anything like it in reality before."

"Anything in particular you want to ask about her?" Lilly questioned, trying her best to not show any signs of backing away from this question as well.

"I'm sure it did" Kara responded that's all she had said on that matter.

"I'm sure in time maybe he will come after me, but I'm not sure if he even knows I use dark powers or not?" Kara explained.

Kara thought for a moment.

"I don't really believe that he did that or anything but if he did why only me and not you guys as well? Kara asked

Lilly then seemed to ask about what Kara had wanted to ask about Haley.

"I'm really worried about her, with everything that's been happening to her as of late. I fear that her dark powers will completely take control over her at some point. I don't want to see Haley go through what I had to, so I ask you this question can I train Haley to better control the dark powers within her?" Kara asked.

Kara waited in silence for a short while before she spoke up about Haley again.

"Has she mentioned anything to you about me as of late?" Kara asked.

That question was a rather weird one to ask but Kara wondered if Haley would ever ask. Lilly questions about herself that she couldn't bring herself to ask Kara face to face. Kara then decided to ask one last question this time about Lilly herself.

"Can I make a small request, about our upcoming date would it be to much trouble. If you could wear the outfit I first saw you in school in along with underwear you wore during the time. You came over to dinner at my house to?" Kara said before she said one more thing,

"I just want to say thank you for everything you have done for me and taking me into your home" Kara says.

"I'm not the best person to ask these things to. I know nothing of them. You're best chance would probably be having Holly look at them. If they are magical, then she might be able to identify them." Lilly replied.

Without trying to sound too accusatory, Lilly chose the answer to Kara's question about Haley wisely.

"She's a lot stronger than you think. She'd never let something like that control her. Using the powers will most likely make it harder to resist giving in to them so I'd have to decline that offer." Lilly answered. "She's been pretty focused on getting used to her new abilities so she hasn't had any time to talk about other things. The stuff you saw her doing isn't all she has learned now."

The direction of the conversation was suddenly altered to a completely different track after the next question.

"I'll...have to think about that." Lilly answered after some deliberation. "It depends on what's available on the day."

"Just remember not to attack your host over the slightest things." Lilly added in after Kara thanked her for the hospitality.

As everything that had happened had tired Holly out both physically and mentally, she decided to take a rest like Haley. Not wanting to leave her sister alone in bed, Holly quickly got dressed into her nightclothes and snuggled up next to Haley. She knew this would probably end in a rather sodden outcome but it didn't really matter that much at the moment.

Kara took in everything that Lilly had to say to her when she mentioned that she speak. To Holly about the markings on her arms Kara's eyes seemed to darken for a brief moment. Then they returned to their normal color she didn't want to talk to about this as it was something she had totally hid from her during their date but Lilly. Was right about one thing maybe Holly would know what the markings meant.

Kara wasn't sure how to respond to Lilly's next statement she wanted to help Haley. Anyway she could but couldn't think of any other way to help out. "I wonder if I was the one who made her this way if I had never..." Kara's voice trailed off and grew quiet she couldn't bring herself to say that the reason. Why Haley's powers had awakened was that she had interfered in Haley's match against Holly. Kara quickly brought something up to change the subject.

"I'm only asking because if you're still up for it that day could be our date, that is if you still want to go on one" Kara says.

Kara then turned again to the door she opened it and was about to step out. When she stopped and looked back at Lilly "when I'm better can we have a friendly one on one match?" Kara asked. She waited for Lilly's answer then once she had gotten it left the room. She went back into her own and walked into her own closet she looked around to see if anything was missing. Before getting ready for bed herself she even searched for anything hidden like a secret passageway.

As Holly drifted off into sleepy land several minutes later she started to dream. She found herself standing with both her sisters at a old factory. Before her she saw Kara who was wearing a new battle outfit fighting against a girl with long silver hair who was wearing a golden demon mask. However there appeared something off about the match itself Kara wasn't attacking the girl she appeared to be shaking and crying uncontrollably. A word seemed to be heard and carried to Holly's ears.

"M..mm."

What could Kara have said? The girl before Kara moved forward and Kara remained standing still. A swirl of red blood shot forwards at Kara it struck her and knocked her to the ground. Kara cried out as she was struck but didn't get up she was to scared to. The blood latched onto Kara and rose her into the sky. It held onto her arms and legs a small yellow stream ran down from Kara's legs making a puddle upon the ground.

The girl created a javelin made out of blood gripping it with her hand she threw it at Kara. The javelin pierced Kara through the heart killing her outright.

"Haley comes first before anything else. I know for a fact that Mother wouldn't want to have to look after her while she's like this." Lilly replied, avoiding the topic of a date altogether. "Once she's at least a little better, then we can start to get back on track."

Kara proposed the opportunity for a friendly battle.

"As long as Haley's at least fit enough to regain her independence, then we can go for that." Lilly answered, returning to the point that Haley's health was paramount.

Once Kara had left the room, Lilly went back to her research for a few more hour before deciding to stop for the day and go to bed.

Kara found nothing and soon climbed into her own bed and went to sleep she felt kinda lonely. With no one else sleeping beside her but this would be something she had to get used to.

Shortly after Lilly had fallen asleep she herself began to dream. In her dream she found herself together with both her sisters and Kara there was a large cake upon the table. Each girl wore a party hat and several presents were upon the table near the cake some were for. Kara, Holly and Haley the mood of the party was fun the girls were laughing and joke around. However something seemed to be wrong with Kara she seemed to be fidgeting secretly and pressing her hands into her crotch did Kara have to go to the bathroom?