I pulled at the hands that held me and turned ready to fight, I pulled my punch back last second and swore under my breath.

"God Tulli," I said once I've composed myself. "Are you trying to get killed I was ready to fight."

"I could tell," Tulli giggled. I got a good look at her with her raven hair that I swear sometimes turned blue, and her acid green reptilian eyes. She smiled at me and giggled her fangs sticking out. "You're lucky I can hide your magic, otherwise you might have blown up the entire town."

"Cute," I look at her with my arms folded. "What are you doing here Tulli, did Mom send you?"

"Yes, but not to get you, to be honest I don't think she knows what college you're in this life."

"Not my problem. So why are you here?"

"Karen felt something big in this town and it got her curious. The power levels in this place is estatic, I think even the demons are gathering."

"Not just demons," I said leaning against the wall. "I just saw the Angel of Death."

"Myles is here," Tulli spoke with a reverence, she had a repect for the dark angel and it was because of Myles that Tulli didn't have a problem being with my mom and me without people hunting her. "It must be big to get the Guardians' attention."

"Myles is a murderer how can you still respect her?"

"She is a nutral, are you even sure it was humans that you saw?"

"I know what I saw Tulli."

Tulli rolled her eyes then came next to me cuddling to me, "Am I welcome to stay with you tonight?"

"What you think I'm gonna leave you out in the cold," I asked.

Tulli shrugged and looked at me. "I think it depends on your mood. You've been in a dark one since the fight with your mother."

"I don't want to talk about it."

I started walking away my hands in my pockets and Tulli walked with my holding my arm. To an outsider we looked like a couple walking down the street. To someone in the know of what I am they would see a demon clinging to a child with uncontrolable power trying to sepress it. I let me and Tulli into the house, I saw my car in the driveway so I knew my roommates were home. When I walked into the parlor to let them know about Tulli I froze at the five new people sitting with my friends. Myles and Merida both looked at me in a friendly manner and the two boys nodded while the third girl waved quietly. I took a deep breath and walked in to talk to my friends.

"I didn't know we moved the party here," I said being playful, Tulli gribbed my arm sensing my hidden venom. "I would have brought something had I known."

"Well it was kinda last minute," Kaly said she was so happy about it it was kinda creepy. "Turns out Merida and her friends were forced out for the week for fumigation so I invited them after talking to the other girls, you wouldn't have turned them out but I did try to call, you didn't answer."

"My phone is dead," I said holding out my dead phone. "I tried calling to warn you that I found a stray."

"A stray," Janette asked. I pulled Tulli out from behind me where she was setting up her glamour to look like my sister. "Oh your little sister. Did your mom send her out her to get you?"

"Mom doesn't know I'm here," answered Tulli in her sweetess voice. I glared and her and she smiled at me. That's a sirene for you though.

Janette smiled. "Well welcome."

Amy jumped up and tackled the little sirene much to her delight. "Rose you have such a cute sister. Man if I wasn't already going to have Merida in my room I would so keep her for you."

"Amy she's my sister not a dog," I watched laughing as Amy petted Tulli's head. Tulli glared at me for the laughter from under Amy's arms, I shrugged then turned back to the main group. "So we already got everyone a situated then?"

Janette nodded, "Yes, Amy and Merida will be rooming, Kayla and Rapunzel and I have Myles in my room."

"So these gentlemen are in the guest room then."

Janette nodded then yawned. "Sorry to leave you holding the bag but I have a class at 5 am so I'm heading in, Myles already knows where my room is so don't worry about showing anyone where they need to sleep, we showed them already."

"Thanks Janette," I said. "I'll play host so go to sleep. You too Amy no staying up your shots were sloppy today."

Amy stuck her tongue out at me but headed up to her room with Janette. About five minutes later Kayla went up to bed as well, and I was left alone with the magic users. I sat down in the recliner and curled my feet up under me. Tulli sat on the floor in front of me her head resting on my knees. The silence dragged out neither side willing to speak until the white haired boy finally got frustrated from the quiet war of will and broke.

"For Heaven's sake say something woman," he cried out. "Aren't you the least bit curious about us?"

Tulli smirked knowing I just won the battle of wills, again another win for meditation.

"No," I said coldly. "I'm not curious, I have avoided association with the magical world for most of my life and now suddenly at least twelve just happen to appear. I don't care what you all have to say I'm not going to listen because it is not my fight. I don't like being used and I don't like being sought out. I'm not going to kick you out of my house because it would raise suspicion I'm not even going to refrain Merida from our Archery team, but I want nothing to do with any of you."

The brunnette with the blonde braid stood up and looked at me, now that I got a good look at her face my resolve and anger collapsed as navy met emerald. She walked to stand in front of me and crouched down so she was eye level.

"Does that mean me too Rose," Rapunzel said.

I sighed wanting to cry for even unknowingly hurting her, "No Rapunzel," I said and Tulli looked at me in surprise. "I didn't even know you were a magic user, that you knew Myles."

The white hair jumped up, "If you know who Myles is then why are you acting like this."

My anger bristled, I jumped up avoiding Tulli and Rapunzel. "Because she is a murderer."

The four of them looked at me in shock, then looked at Myles who was still impassive, it was unerving. She looked at everyone in the room and nodded to them and they all left. Tulli stayed with me her hand on my arm trying to cool my temper, I wanted to shake it off and my instinct to fight was strong but I knew how powerful this angel was. I knew that I would loose a fight. So I did the only thing I could do. I ran.

I don't know how long I was running or even where I was running to. I just had to keep going, I knew Tulli wouldn't follow me but that didn't mean that Myles wouldn't. But, as far I can tell, she didn't. It was dawn before I returned home and it looks like everyone was in bed. Jannette came down the stairs just as I was pulling my shoes off.

"Did you sleep in your clothes," she asked me.

"No," I said. "Tulli and I had a fight and because I didn't want to, you know, hit her like I do with the guys when I'm mad, I ran to cool off."

"All night," I could hear the shock in her voice. "Looks like."

Jannette knew something was up but she was a good enough friend that she doesn't ask questions until I was more calm. But what she had to tell me while we were making breakfast and hangover cures for Kayla and anyone else who needed them put me in shock.

"You do know that Jack is in our fencing club right," she said to me.

"Remind me which one that is," I said while I was making omelets.

"The one with the white hair," she brought me the spinach and tomatoes as I flipped the omelet now ready to fill. Jannette was the fencing team captian because I chose to be team captian of the archery club.

I paused so slightly that Jannette would have missed it, "Is he good," I asked.

"Not as good as you or I but he's passible, want to test him in practice because to be honest," Jannette turned on the blender so we couldn't be heard. "I think he was holding back. And the same goes for Merida at the tornament, the only time she got serious I noticed was against you."

"I didn't notice."

"You wouldn't, you have tunnel vision in competitions. But something I noticed when you and Merida were against each other, it was like you had to beat her no matter what, your technique had to be better than perfect. Everything was subtle but still it was worrisome, at least to me, Kayla and Amy didn't notice."

"I tought you like my competitiveness."

"I do when it is positive. Roseline, was it really Tulli you were mad at when you left the house?"

"No," I sighed. "But in all honesty I don't want to talk about it."

"It was that Myles wasn't it?" I looked at her and Jannette continued. "I got a weird feeling from her that's why I wanted her in my room so I could keep an eye on her. Did you know she holds completely still when she sleeps, it's not natural, even you twitch."

I smiled at the memory that comment brought. The four of us in a studio aparment taking turns sleeping on the futton and the recliner vs the floor. This house was a blessing in all honesty there's a lot you can do with six bedrooms although we only turned one into a guest room the sixth one it our rec room though we use it for yoga, tia chi and meditation, Amy avoids the room like a plague. But was brought back to reality with Jannette's next comment.

"I think we should skip our training excerise today, we don't need to do it everyday do we?"

I looked at her like she lost her mind. "You may not have to do it everyday, but Jannette unless you want me to loose my temper and then later we loose the house because of it I need to do that training, the meditation and tia chi at least everyday. I'm sorry."

I finished my omeletes for everyone including our guests then left the kitchen with Tulli and my plate of food on a tray. I knocked on my door and set the food on the desk gently waking Tulli. Though she was much older than I was, once I reach a certain again in one life time Tulli becomes like a baby around me, and I love it. Tulli woke up rubbing her eyes before stretching and yawning, I gave her her food and she ate quietly as I finished mine. I finished my homework as she got ready for her day of hunting. When I was done I left my room with her we walked into the rec room, I got out two yoga mats and sat down to begin my daily meditation. Tulli sat next to me silently leading the meditation we breathed and listened to the sounds of the house, we hear my roommates leave and then moments later the door opend and five pairs of feet walked in. I tried not to flinch. Tulli put a finger to her lips and pointed at the yoga mats, they each picked on and sat around the room meditating with us. After an hour had passed Tulli begain to lead us in Tai Chi, I was amazed at the patience Jack had as went through the motions. By the end of the hour my temper was calm and I was more relaxed. I still didn't trust Myles but Rapunzel worked with me in the art class, I loved her drawings and paints, they relaxed me. I looked at the clock and said I had better get to class and left.

Rapunzel came with me since it was our class we had together but we didn't talk. What I'm about to tell you next is what happened in the house after Rapunzel and I left.

"I don't understand her at all she was glaring at me," Jack whined looking out the door, he had gotten very protective of Rapunzel after their visits to see the Guardians and since the incident in Ferngully(I'll explain later) he's been even more protective of her, everyone believes that he was in love which was good for him. "And now she thinks I can't protect Rapunzel did you hear what she said to me."

Jack kept pacing the living room while Tulli was trying to hold in her laughter. Hiccup, which I learned his name latter from Rapunzel when I asked her, I thought she was joking, looked at him quizically.

"What did she say when you offered to walk with them," he asked.

"She said dont' worry pretty boy I can take care of her."

Tulli started rolling around on the carpet howling. "I knew she had attitude but that's a new one."

Merida was laughing right a long with Tulli. "I didn't expect that from her at all."

Tulli stopped laughing and then she got thoughtful, "Actually neither did I," she said quietly. "She has an attitude don't get me wrong but never has she been spiteful, or malicious. There were times where I did think her and her mother shared the same temper, but Karen, she says that Rose's temper is like her father's. It simmers and cools until somethings sends it boiling. But that has never happened."

Myles, "Tulli what is Roseline?"

"Most see her as an enhancer, a power booster," Tulli said quietly. "but both her mother and I think it's a defense, and a natural one. The most powerful beings would desire her and keep her close and protect her while she increase their power while hers is secretly nurturing itself and growing. But with how independant Karen is well, Rose isn't that selfish if anything she's been trying to supress her powers including the booster. She doesn't want to be used, so we don't know her label of powers, if she tries to use them to defend herself, for example against your kii last night," Tulli smirked at Myles. "She would loose control and mass chaos would break out."

"So she may be the target from that message we go," Merida said. "Didn't say that the demon we're looking for has found a fountain of endless power. We thought Roseline was a demon but what if she was the fountain, we took the fountain reference to seriously."

"This demon is clever," Myles said thoughtfully. "It had us believe Rose was the demon, Rapunzel believed otherwise."

"Rapunzel was right," Tulli said sitting on the floor. "Demons as you well know have no creativity. Rose has been drawing for...well a long time."

Merida looked up keenly, "And how long has she been shooting?"

"Longer than you Red," Tulli said. "Roseline is kind of cursed, her mother won't say how, but she dies and is reborn every fifty years. Imagine having to repeat high school over and over again every fifty years."

"Does she remember everything?"

"Yeah why do you think she beat you in Archery, she's been doing it since it was invented almost."

They all looked at her like she was insane, Tulli shook her head and walked to the window after getting up off the floor she looked outside. "When her mother sent me here I don't think Karen knew that Rose was here. If she had Karen would have come herself, then you'd have a real mess on your hands."

Ok I'm ending the Chapter here. For one very simple reason, I almost wrote the whole story on this one chapter since I'm writing at work in between assignments. Would love to here your thoughts and here is a question for you all.

If the ability to boost others powers is a defense does that mean the offense is greater than the one getting the boost or weaker?

bit of fft for you there enjoy and please leave reviews.