I can't think of any note that would be relevant to this chapter, so instead I'll be thanking a follower! Thanks to AngetianPrincess18 for following, hope you're enjoying this! Can't really say story for this one, as this is a mix of stories around the same person. Even then, not always!

I had taken the opportunity to get some sleep, when my phone went off.

Nothing had happened, so I decided to take it here. Looking at the caller ID I saw that is was Jamie.

"Hey."

"Hey." He replied. "Listen, have you seen anything odd?"

"Define odd, and remember who you're talking to."

Jamie chuckled. "Good point. Apparently last night a girl went missing from the orphanage."

"Don't blame them." I muttered, I'd heard some not too pleasant things about that place, I was amazed that it was still open. "Do you know who?"

"Tara Lumen, one of my patients from a few years ago, you remember?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I remember. Sweet girl. Although I don't blame her for running away."

"You haven't seen her then?"

"Nope, sorry." I debated whether or not to mention the Nightmares.

"I saw the lights as well, anything your end?"

"A lot of Nightmare activity last night, too many to be Descendants." I said. "Thinking about it, there were quite a few around the orphanage. What time did she go missing?"

"No idea. The news isn't saying, although I bet the police will be round."

"Good luck with handling them."

"Thanks, good luck your end as well. Don't die on me."

"Not planning on it." I responded with a smile. "And don't you do anything stupid."

"I'll try. The sword's in the attic if you're wondering."

"Let's hope it stays there."

"Haven't had much practice recently..."

"Jamie..." I said warningly. Him fighting was not worth joking about!

"Calm down, I was joking! I haven't had time to train lately, I'm probably really rusty."

"How about we do some training when this is all over."

"Deal. See you later."

"Bye."

I hung up and drummed my pale fingers on the table. Tara had gone missing last night, she lived in the orphanage and that was where Nightmares had been seen. Thinking about it I might have seen her on the roof last night. Did she have anything to do with it?

I wasn't sure. I'd seen her in the shop many times, and we'd talked a few times, but I could hardly say I knew the girl. She seemed to be in the same situation I was in when I was fourteen, no friends and bullied at school, except she took it a lot better than I ever did. Could she be a Descendant of a non-Guardian? But why would so many Nightmares take an interest in a lone Descendant? It didn't make sense.

"Earth to Jackie." Said Harry, waving a hand in front of my face. "Anything we should know?"

I blinked and jerked back slightly, before shaking my head. "Don't think so. No."

Nothing much happened for the rest of the day. Nightmares had been spotted around Ayers rock, so Alexander had sprung into action, barking orders through his communication device and the ancient radio, getting nearby Branches to the area.

At what was by my watch about half past seven, I got a message from my Branch.

Nigel's face appeared in my communication device, dressed in armour and holding one of his swords.

"Nightmares, by Jamie's house."

Something in my stomach froze. No, not Jamie. He could defend himself without a doubt, but against Nightmares, when he was so rusty with a sword.

"Then get over there and help him!"

"There's a lot of them."

My initial response was to head there myself, then I stopped. This was early days, and could be the first of many attacks. As much as I hated to admit it, I was needed here.

"I'll send re-enforcements, go!"

Nigel faded and pulled up the Branch list on the laptop, trying to find the nearest one. I found it in New Jersey and contacted them, but quickly found that they were dealing with Descendants of Pitch. That was bad, wherever Pitch's Descendants were active, it meant that Pitch was probably leading them.

I got my Branch re-enforcements from a recently formed Branch in New York State, and sent the Maine Branch down to help New Jersey. After a while got a report saying that the Nightmares had been fought off, with a bit of help from Jamie and Jack.

Word got to me from the Branch in New Jersey; they'd fought off the Descendants of Pitch with minor injuries. The Maine Branch had gone home for now, leaving the New Jersey Branch to recuperate.

I nodded to myself as I read the reports and looked at the others. "Should we tell the Guardians?"

Claire shook her head. "No, it was one attack by Descendants of Pitch, that doesn't mean anything. Only if they all attack at once, then we contact the Guardians."

I nodded, and we hunkered down again.