Disclaimer: I own Dan, Ren, and the mages, not Harry Potter

I know, I know. I should be working on What We Don't Know! I think I'll raise the rating one just to be sure...

The Chase

Danny, Harry, and Ren were talking in a deserted alley minding their own business. Well, Harry was fretting over the fact that Danny and Serenity were filthy because they had run away from the orphanage.

"We're okay, Har," Danny insisted again as he pushed a lock of greasy, black hair out of his face. "Just in need of a shower or something…"

"Exactly, you two might get sick or something!"

Danny rolled his eyes and replied, "Harry, I finally got my warping under control; I can just warp in and steal food and stuff."

"What about when you need to feed?"

Serenity snorted and replied, "Hello, we're hiding in the middle of the woods in an abandoned cabin we found. There are plenty of animals for the bloodsucker to feed from."

"Don't call me that, Ren."

"Sorry, Dan," Serenity innocently said as she threw her arm over his shoulder.

The three stopped talking when voices were heard. Danny and Serenity froze when they heard, "They're over there!"

"Crap, it might be the cops trying to take us back," Danny hissed.

"Run?" Harry asked.

"Run," Serenity confirmed. All three of them sprinted off into the side streets that Danny and Serenity knew all too well. Danny looked both ways suddenly, grabbed both of the others by the arm, and jumped into a tree while dragging the other two with them. "Sh…"

Five odd-looking people came out of the shadows. Their ears were pointed, and their colorings were weird. All five of them had weird, long stick things that were shiny. "I thought you said the Lightning, Shadow, and Solar children were over here," one of the females hissed.

A dark-looking man rolled his eyes and said, "Well, they were except we were outrun by three, undernourished children."

"Father will be rather irked if we don't hurry," another wisely commented.

The three children exchanged confused looks when one of them turned into a dog and started to sniff the ground. They were suddenly worried though when it came closer to their tree. The dog turned into a weird-looking man who looked right up at them. "Don't worry; we're not going to hurt you. Just come down, children."

"Yeah right, so you can rape us, mug us, or even kill us?" Serenity yelled down. Danny rolled his eyes and jumped to the next tree that was a bit lower. The children jumped down and started to run again.

Serenity and Harry exchanged brief looks when Danny started to hum "Follow the Yellow Brick Road," under his breath after five minutes. The weirdoes were still on their heels.

'…mate, why are you humming that?'

Danny shrugged slightly and replied, 'Seemed appropriate.'

'Right, stop humming and keep running.'

'You and Ren hide in the cabin; I'll distract them.'

"Hey, pointy-ears, bet you can't catch me," Danny taunted as he jumped into another tree. Harry and Serenity ran as fast as they could.

"You little brat," one of them snarled in an accent that the three had just noticed.

"Yeah, well, you talk funny!" Danny hollered down and threw an apple at the person's head. He had jumped into an apple tree. Danny grabbed a branch and threw that down too.

"Hey, where did the other boy and the girl go?" another said.

Harry and Serenity had briefly hid behind a large rock to catch their breath. They missed the person turning into a dog again, and Danny thought they had left and were long gone.

The dog person said something in a weird language. Harry and Ren were about to start running again, but bright strands of light came out of the shiny sticks and wrapped around them. "Hey, let us go!" Serenity yelled as she struggled to get free.

Danny hissed from the tree and jumped down with his fangs extended and apples in hand. He pelted the people who had his friends tied up with apples. The blue colored man rolled his eyes and placed Harry and Serenity into cage-like bubbles. Harry clamped up in fear; Serenity's eyes grew wide in fright.

"Why thank you for the snack, young man. Now be a good little boy and come with us," one of the women cooed. This one had fiery red hair that reminded Harry of the Weasleys except they were nice and not putting him into weird bubbles.

"You're not supposed to go with strange people who put your friends into weird bubbles," Danny stated. He jumped and dodged when someone tried to put him in on.

Harry pulled his wand out and waved it sort of threatening. "You're a wizard…" one of them muttered. A weird person sidestepped Danny lunging at him and picked the young vampire up by the collar. "This one's a vampire." He created another bubble thing and put Danny inside it. The vampire hissed and pounded against the walls.

"Finally," one of them whispered.

"Should we take them to Father and then explain or tell them now?"

"Hm… let's wait. It took us far too long."

"What do you want from us? Harry did it; he destroyed Lord What's-His-Name, not us! We're innocent!" Serenity cried.

"…what? Oh jeeze… We have to hurry; it won't take long for the Merlin spawn to find out something happened to his precious Harry Potter."

"Who's going to take the children?"

"I'll teleport the blonde."

"I guess I'll take the vampire, don't you dare take that shield down, Brother Shadow Giraffe!"

'…shadow giraffe?' Danny asked Harry with amusement.

'I don't know. I hope this isn't a cult trying to brainwash us…'

'That wouldn't be fun.'

'No, it wouldn't.'

"I'll take the wizard then."

"Children, shield your eyes."

"You're not the boss of us," Danny said.

All three of them flinched because of the bright light that blinded them. Okay, maybe they should've covered their eyes… They felt a really funny feeling and cautiously opened their eyes up.

Serenity grabbed Harry's and Danny's arms and pulled them closer to her when she saw that they weren't in bubbles anymore. Five teenagers were there and were staring at them in curiosity.

"Is that them, Brother Giraffe?" one asked.

"Yes, those are the lightning, shadow, and solar children, Sister Fox."

"But-."

"Yes, they're younger than the rest of you."

"We're right here ya know," Ren said loudly.

There was a man on a throne staring at them with interest. "Do they know why they're even here yet, Fire Cow?"

The redhead bowed deeply and replied, "No, Father. It took awhile to catch them. They had run away from us. Non-magis are so trustworthy so they were suspicious of our intentions for them. We apologize."

"Still right here, ya know," Danny chimed.

"We are quite aware, young mage."

"Why did you call me a mage? I'm a vampire, damn it!"

"Language, Danny," Serenity said.

"Just because I don't have a mother doesn't mean you have to replace her, Ren."

"Don't call me that, Dan." Serenity swatted his shoulder and stood up. Danny and Harry rolled their eyes when she pushed them closer together and sat on their laps.

The person who was on the throne stood up and walked towards them. Serenity squeaked and clung to the boys she was currently sitting on.

He kneeled down so he was at their current height level. "Hello, little ones. I'm Lord Iacobus Caos, king of the Energy Realm."

"Uh… hi?"

Heh, dun dun dun.