AN: YAY, the site is up and running again. Anyone else get annoyed with that?
And also sorry for taking a bit to write this chapter, but I just couldn't get it as I wanted it. But now it should be okay...I think.

On another side, did anyone watch the new Glee episode with Alma in it? I must admit I like her better as a Calavera in Teen Wolf. Both kick ass characters but Calavera seems a bit more so. Lol.

And also Brittany's father is not her father? I must say as funny as I found the whole thing I didn't really imagine her parents as portrayed in the show. No matter, it was a funny episode.

Also I do have to make an apology for the misuse of the word and group Curandero - they are more like shaman and healers as opposed to psychics or "magic-man" as I wish to portray in this story. Normally I look deeper in to the meanings of words. I apologise for my lack of respect and dedication for that part; I think I'll just use the term psychic or healer to avoid any further problem unless I've done better research.

Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 8:

"SANTANA," Rachel screamed as she tried to open the door to no avail, "Help me, someone help,"

She looked around but no one was there to help, and even if there were, it seemed that people always ignore a cry for help even if it was a child that was calling.

"Someone help," Rachel whispered in a tone that showed she was about to give up.

"Dios mio, am I too late?" Alma's voice was heard behind the small girl.

"Abuela, he has Santana," Rachel cried as car doors were heard slamming and Quinn and Brittany were seen running up to Rachel. Quinn reached her first and picked the small girl up just as Santana was heard screaming on the inside.

"I knew I felt something," Alma said as she opened the door to the house.

There on the ground, the four saw Santana bleeding on the ground, actually, only two of them saw Santana bleeding on the ground, the other two however.

"Oh my god," Brittany and Quinn said at the same time as Quinn tried to cover Rachel's eyes.

"Why is she on the floor?" Rachel asked.

"Because she's hurt," Brittany answered as she wondered what to do.

"No she's not,"

"Rachel, she's bleeding," Quinn started.

"She's not," Alma confirmed, "Mija listen to me, what you're seeing is not real, damn demon found a loophole,"

"Abuela it hurts so much," Santana said, "I can't breathe,"

"Mija focus, focus on me and what I'm saying to you, you're not hurt, it's a trick, now breathe,"

But Santana didn't hear her.

"Mija focus on me, focus," Alma said, "Think, look, feel,"

Santana breathed in a bit and then focused and looked down to realise that she wasn't bleeding at all.

"The demon played with your head, I should have been smarter mija and I'm sorry," Alma said as she dropped to her knees and held her granddaughter.

"I nearly had her," the sinister voice growled in a hiss.

"Shame on you," Alma said angrily.

"Me? I do not deny my nature, I live it, humans, ha, shame on you for denying what is inherently your nature," the demon said as it showed itself to them.

Rachel let out a whimper as she cuddled into Quinn's arms a bit.

"But that is not the point, I want that power and you're denying it to me," the demon said angrily.

"You harm the innocent, I cannot allow that," Alma said.

"FOOL!" the demon said angrily as it reached out with its' powers and started to strangle Alma.

"NO! ABUELA!" Santana screamed as she watched her grandmother being dragged away from her and suspended into the air.

"You really think that I would find no loophole? That I would not exploit any weakness, you made sure I could not harm them in any physical shape or form, but mentally, they are mine, and the mind once broken can do more damage than any physical wound can,"

"LET HER GO!" Santana kept screaming but the demon ignored her.

"As well as that, you were naive enough to think that I would not come after you, or did you forget because you are so old? Either way, you are mine and I shall kill you in front of these children so that they can see what my power is, to see that they should just give up the brat that they hated and damned because her power is mine,"

But before anyone could say anything they felt a new air around them, something was changing. The ground trembled a bit and even the demon stopped. As the ground shook more Santana first turned and looked at Rachel, followed by Brittany, and then by Quinn who looked down at the child.

Rachel was staring intently at the demon, her eyes completely focused.

"Ah, I am graced with the presence of the one and only Rachel Barbra Berry," the demon mocked.

Rachel slid down from Quinn's grasps before saying, "Laugh all you want demon," her voice was an effect of both the sixteen year old and the four year old causing an almost echo like effect as she spoke, "But you will not win this war, you should have begged God for forgiveness and taken a different path,"

"God is a useless being who couldn't care less about his creation,"

"In the eyes of you, from what I'm seeing He cares a lot if He gave us free reign to live as we pleased, with some rules of course,"

"Yield your soul brat,"

"No, now let her go,"

But the demon started to strangle Alma again.

"I said LET, HER, GO!" Rachel yelled angrily as her power erupted and she reached out one hand and hit the demon with such power that it sent the creature crashing into the wall; while she caught Alma with her other hand and lowered the woman slowly to the ground.

"Abuela," Santana said as she ran to her grandmother.

"This isn't over, I will have you, you will be alone again, those four will abandon you eventually because you are just too much, and you know this," the demon hissed as it disappeared.

Rachel lowered her arms as she looked up and over at Quinn before blinking as if something had switched off and fell to the floor.

Quinn ran to pick the child up as looked like she had fallen asleep.

"Let her rest," Alma said as Santana helped her up, "She used up a lot of power,"

"You should rest," Santana said as she lead her abuela to the couch to rest.

"We need to call your mother Quinn, I have had it with Maribel keeping powers that should be away, it's time we unlocked Santana's power,"

"My WHAT?!"

Santana paced along the floor as Rachel was colouring on the floor with Brittany, although the child, now back to being fully a child again; couldn't help but look at the nervous and annoyed Latina who was pacing the floor.

Tina and her mother Jenny was also there and were horrified at the account they heard. Now the group were sitting at the dinner table eating a meal that Maribel and Judy had prepared, however Santana wouldn't sit and eat, she just kept pacing.

"Okay, I,...okay," Santana said as she stopped then started pacing again.

"Santana sit down, please mija, eat" Maribel said softly.

"I told you we should have left her her power," Alma said, "You are far too soft on her,"

Maribel shot a look at Alma, "She deserves to have a life that is outside of ours, this world is hard and scary enough I didn't want her to have the life that I did,"

"You cannot regret being who you are, we are blood, family, we always have each others backs, always, I told you many times not to bind her abilities, she is a healer like us, she is a psychic too, more of a medium but still,"

Quinn snorted a bit, "Sorry," she said realising that she was being insensitive even though seeing Santana as a soft and gentle healer was what she was laughing at internally.

"What kind of psychic though?" Brittany asked, "Is that demon going to kill Sanny too?"

"No, Santana has the abilities to do healing as we do, through herbal medicines, prayers, and incantations, but she also has the power to see and hear the dead, to help them cross over, to know about objects and their history, to see people for who they are, ever wonder why you can just read people mija? How you just knew things?" Alma said strongly.

"I always joked that it was my Mexican Third Eye, I didn't think it was real," Santana stuttered.

"We are Puerto Rican and you damn well better respect that, we are not Mexican,"

"Sorry, I just, why? What was the point?"

"I told you already Santana," Maribel said, "I didn't want you to be part of this world, now your power is not like Rachel's, but you are a psychic too, just a different sort,"

"What's the point in unlocking them then?"

"So that you can know," Alma said, "So you can stop being blind, this attack will be one of many and you need to be prepared now that you know of this world it will follow you for the rest of your life and I am tired of you not knowing more of your own heritage, children of today, we bring them to America to be free of the oppression we faced back home but here, here, you forget who you are, your culture, your history,"

Rachel looked up at the Latina before she walked up to her and hugged her around her leg, "It's okay Santana, the monster's won't come after you," she tried to say reassuringly, "But Mrs Lopez you should tell everyone the whole truth as to why you locked Santana's power,"

Everyone looked at Maribel who sighed, "When Santana was young she could do more than just see the dead and help them, she also could have out of body experiences, she would walk between the worlds go into the darkness, one time a lower demon nearly took her body and it was then that I knew that I had to bind her powers, she was six at the time, I told her that what she saw was nightmares,"

"She's a walker?" Alma said in shock, "You should have told me,"

"You would have encouraged her too much, pushed her, and she would do it for you because she loves you, but I could not let my child become trapped in that world, that thing that's chasing Rachel lives in that world and goes in between because it's getting stronger as the years have gone by,"

Santana just gaped, "You mean I can astral project?"

"Yes," Maribel answered, "Or you could,"

"What's the point of these powers? I just, why?"

"I truly cannot answer mija,"

"Santana, does that mean you and I can be superheroes and help people in need?" Rachel asked, "I mean you always wanted to be a doctor right?"

Santana looked at her.

"I saw your diary," Rachel said, "I didn't mean to read it, I'm sorry, but you were talking about dreams and I wanted to know,"

"You brat," Santana started then paused, "Yes, I want to be a doctor,"

"So you can help people more with your powers too, heal them just like your Mami and Abuela do, but you'll be in a public place,"

"I suppose, am I talking with the sixteen year old or the four year old?"

"Both, big me is in here with little me," Rachel said as she pointed at her mind before pointing at her heart and said, "Quinn lives here,"

"Aww Quinn's embarrassed," Brittany said as Quinn blushed and Santana sat down and began to drink a bit of water just to calm her nerves.

"I like you Quinn, you're very pretty, and you're very nice," Rachel said as she looked at Quinn seriously, "And, if you say yes, one day, I'll marry you,"

Quinn gaped at her as Santana sprayed out her drink, Brittany laughed as did Judy. Maribel just smiled and Alma just remained stoic but observant. Tina and Jenny were caught between laughing and being shocked so what came out was silent laughter.

"Why are you laughing?" Rachel asked Judy and Brittany, but they didn't answer her.

"Because you're so cute," Brittany said, "We're not laughing at you, okay,"

"Okay," Rachel said.

"Do you really think you'll marry Quinn?"

"Yes, she's beautiful, and she's smart, she's going places, I can tell, and one day I will marry her,"

"Rachel, you're still little," Quinn said.

"I won't always be," Rachel said confidently.

"Aww, more confirmation that the Hobbit likes you," Santana teased.

Judy was still laughing as Quinn looked at her.

"Mom?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes Quinnie," Judy said between laughs.

"Aren't you forgetting to say something?"

"No, I don't think so,"

"Mom?"

"What? I always knew Rachel liked you and vice versa, I was just waiting for you to, how do you kids say it? Grow a pair and actually ask the girl out,"

Quinn gaped as Santana started laughing.

"What does grow a pair mean?" Rachel asked.

"Oh, it means," Brittany started as Santana clamped her hand over mouth.

"It means be brave," Santana answered.

"Oh, why?"

"It's a casual way of saying something,"

"Oh,"

"Now that we have that established," Alma said, "Let's discuss how we will do this, but first, Santana this will be the only time you see me ask you nicely, do you want your powers unlocked?"

Santana paused for a bit before saying, "Yes, I think I should, it's a part of me and I think it's better if I feel whole,"

"Just no astral projecting unless I am there,"

"Yes abuela, but one question,"

"Yes?"

"How will me getting my powers back help Rachel,"

"They won't,"

"Then why?"

"Do you want to protect your wife or not?"

"I'm not married,"

"Oh, and I suppose Brittany is just Brittany to you huh?"

Santana looked thoroughly confused.

"She's talking about the red string of fate, in some East Asian cultures there is a belief that you are tied by the gods to your future spouse, and no matter how damaged, stretched, or tangled that string got, it would never break nor would you ever be parted from them because fate would always bring the two of you together, in Chinese culture they believe that this invisible red string is tied around your ankle, in Japanese culture it is around your pinky," Tina explained.

"We must be Japanese Sanny, we always link pinkies," Brittany said making Santana smile.

"I have accepted you for what you are Santana, a woman who loves woman, I will never understand it but it is not my place to, but now I ask you to do what has been done by our family for centuries, to protect our loved ones, our family, with the abilities that we are given, to learn about how to help those who cannot cross over, to know the difference between a demon, a ghost, and a natural occurrence,. to know symbols and chants to protect, to see this world for what it is and can be" Alma said as she looked strongly at Santana, "You understand me?"

"Yes," Santana said, "I do, but one thing,"

"Yes,"

"That means you must understand why Mami did what she did, why she locked my powers up, she did it to protect blood out of love,"

Alma just let out a disgruntled sound.

"I know you think I was being selfish, but every mother is selfish and protective of her child and would do anything for them, when I saw what happened to Rachel and her family, and what Santana could do, I did what I thought best at the time, I had to protect my child as all mothers do," Maribel said.

"Not all mothers," Judy said as Quinn looked at her and patted her arm reassuringly.

"My Mommy gave me away for money, but I hope she'll love me enough one day," Rachel said.

Everyone just nodded their heads at that as Brittany went to Rachel and held her in her arms to give her a loving cuddle.

"So I'd like to know, do any of us have any psychic power at all? Anything you guys were trying to hide from us?" Quinn asked.

"No," Judy said truthfully, "You and Brittany do not have powers, Tina doesn't either, I don't think,"

"I don't have any powers, but I'm a walking library on the supernatural and on general history like Giles in Buffy," Tina offered.

"And you make me very proud," Tina's mother said as she smiled proudly at her daughter.

"So what do Brittany and I do in all of this?" Quinn asked.

"Do what you're doing now, be supportive and just be there because sometimes that's all that's needed," Judy said as she looked seriously at Quinn who just nodded her head.

That night as everyone went home, Rachel was showered and put to bed; although of course being four she put up a bit of a tantrum because she didn't want to shower today; Santana threw her into that bath tub with her clothes on. Rachel wailed at that, Santana didn't care, Brittany pouted at that, Santana for once stood her ground and said, "She has to learn that she needs to bathe,", to which Brittany then went in and helped the little girl bathe before putting her in her pajamas.

When she was done, Rachel looked sheepishly up at Santana before hugging the Latina goodnight and crawling into bed in the spare room she had been staying in.

Once everyone was more or less in bed, Santana and Brittany were cuddled up in her bed, in her bedroom.

"I love our cuddle times," Brittany said with a smile looking at Santana.

"I love when we get out mack on too, but I love cuddling you too," Santana smiled back.

"You should smile more Sanny, you look good with a smile,"

"But then I wouldn't have my Head Bitch attitude,"

"Still,"

"Kiss me,"

Brittany leaned in but before either could kiss the other, the door to Santana's room opened and Rachel walked in.

"Santana, it's dark and creepy, and the sky is growling, I'm scared," Rachel said as she hopped on the bed making Brittany go 'Aw' because she looked adorable as she tried to hop on.

"Go Away," Santana started as she really wanted to be with Brittany and not have a child cockblock her.

"But it's scary, the growling is scary,"

"The only thing growling is the monster under my bed if you don't leave,"

Rachel started screaming as Brittany laughed, "Rachel, Rachel, stop, the only monster right now is Santana,"

Rachel looked at her.

"Aww, come here Rachel, you can sleep in between us," Brittany said as she held her arms out to Rachel and the small brunette jumped back onto the bed and into Brittany's arms, "And S, be nice,"

Santana just groaned and grumbled.

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The next morning, Santana woke up first, she looked over and saw a cute sight.

Rachel was curled up into a small ball and Brittany had her arm wrapped around her, like she was keeping her safe.

One of Rachel's hands was gripping onto Brittany's top, and the other, was by her mouth as she was sucking her thumb.

Brittany's head was close to Rachel's.

Santana sighed, she had to admit, Berry was a cute kid, and cute when she was asleep.

The night had been interesting, there had been a rumble in the distance and at first Santana thought there was a storm coming. But then it eased but by that stage Rachel was already asleep as was Brittany - she wondered why. But thought nothing more of it; nature was nature and she wasn't going to try and understand it.

Today was the day her powers were going to be unbound and truth be told she was worried about it because that meant that things were going to get creepier for her. But she knew she had to, well, felt that she had to. To protect Brittany. Rachel could protect herself and while the Latina was fine with helping the small brunette if she needed it, she knew that once this ordeal was over and Rachel was back to being herself again; the usefulness of her abilities, in her opinion, wouldn't really be needed.

"Santana are you okay?" Rachel asked as she was slowly waking up.

"Yeah, just thinking Squirt," Santana said.

"You shouldn't worry about your powers, just because mine seem cool and pure it doesn't mean yours aren't as good because they are,"

"Thanks tiny," Santana said as she opened up her arms, "Come here, give me a hug,"

Rachel crawled over to Santana and fell into the Latina's arms.

"You're going to be okay," the little girl said as she hugged the Latina tightly.

AN 2: And there you have it team, yes, one of the girls is psychic too and that girl is Santana. Lol. And for those of you who picked up on the bit where Rachel jumps into bed with Santana and Brittany; as a scene from Royal Family when Naya was about four - yay. She was such a cute kid and that scene was funny and adorable. Just Youtube search Naya Royal Family. It's funny.

Anyway, I will work on the next chapter as soon as. Until next time team. :-)