A/N: sighs I kind of feel like this chapter could be cut and seems like a cop-out, but then again maybe I'm wrong...oh well either way review, flames too!!
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It was ten minutes to four in the morning; Sera and Link were standing against the counter waiting for the portal to the council's meeting place
It was ten minutes to four in the morning; Sera and Link were standing against the counter waiting for the portal to the council's meeting place. The girls were slightly miffed that the meeting was formal, which meant since the girls had the two female positions of the four council seats they had to dress in the traditional robes. You really couldn't call them robes actually.
Link's was more like a mini white dress with forest painting in watercolors on her back. There was a small green tree sewn on the front over her heart. The sleeves ended just passed her shoulders and the bottom hem line had pointed pieces of fabric at different lengths. The white witch of the council was held in an image of purity; her clothes were supposed to portray that as well.
Sera's robe was an actual form fitting robe. The material was jet-black and moved like water, the sleeves were belled out past her hands, and the bottom trailed a couple inches behind her and pooled around her feet. The only things that bothered Seraphim about the robes were that the collar stood up straight up to her ears and the neckline was a v-neck; all the way down to her stomach, exposing most of her breasts. The black witch of the council was supposed to embody evil, wickedness, lust, and all that was corrupt in the world. To Sera this dress/robe just made her look like a slut, but it was traditional for formal council meetings.
Sera sighed in frustration, "The portals should have appeared by now"
"Maybe they haven't cast the summoning yet."
"Well it won't be our fault if we're lat-"she cut off by the appearance of a giant rose growing out of the ground, and a tear drop-shaped area of water hovering, sighing "Let's go."
Link stepped into the rose once it was open, as Sera was absorbed into the tear drop. The girls looked at each other and winked. The rose closed around Link and the water spun around Sera before disappearing with the girls.
Somewhere in the woods...
Lenneth stood with her sister trying to keep the heads of the lines calm, "Ladies and Gentlemen if you would please be patience and wait for the council. They will be here shortly."
A black witch yelled from his place in the back, "No we won't be patience…this is an emergency!"
Freya chimed in, "We are well informed for the situation, and it has brought to the council's attention."
A small old white witch in the front sighed, "Shut the hell up, you moron! When they get here, they get here and none of your groaning is going to help."
"You wanna come back here and say that to my face you old hag!"
The old woman turned and green stream hissed from her eyes, "Ignorant fool, if you wish to fight then let's."
"With pleasure…" the man in back flung his cloak aside and ran straight for the woman.
Freya and Lenneth held the two at bay while the other two messengers: Nunzio and Xenophon tried to control the rest of the crowd. Just then the ground shook and a giant marble table rose out between the trees, the witches stared in horror at the sky and ground, "Oh shit, this is not good." Lenneth hissed.
Link's huge rose sprouted from the ground, a cloud descended from the sky carrying a man, flames scorched the ground around another man, and a tornado of water twisted menacingly towards the witches as Sera stepped out of the water yelling at the crowd, "Who the hell tried to cast a spell on this ground during a formal meeting!"
The man and old women bowed their heads in respect, "Forgive us, Lady Maelstrom."
"Take you seats now," Sera hissed menacingly. Everyone quickly followed her orders as she and the other three council members took their seats at the marble table. "Lenneth bring the council up to speed."
Lenneth pulled out a long white scroll, "The council has been summoned for the following reason: In the past three days four children have been kidnapped; A ten year old girl from the Oak clan, eleven year old twin girls from the Talon clan, and a fourteen year old boy from the Fang clan." People whispered at the mention of the Fang clan.
If a fourteen year old from the Fang Clan is missing, this is serious. They're the elite of the black witches. Not only that but they took an Oak clan girl too, so they are targeting all witches not just black witches. Only one thing could take that many children from under our noses…wolves, Sera just hung her head and sighed.
The man who had appeared out of the flames huffed, "What level were these children?"
Lenneth shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know, Lord Demitri."
Freya jumped to her sister's aid, "They were all above a level four sir and the Fang boy was a level six. He was the most recently taken, just four hours prior to the meeting."
Link whispered to Sera, "Those are high levels for children; someone is trying to drain youthful energy." Sera just nodded glumly and looked to the man on her right.
Demitri rubbed the bridge of his nose, " All those who have lost a child may stay the rest of you are dismissed, and one of the council members will come to your house and every other registered witch family placing safety curses and protection wards on your homes."
Three people remained: two women and the man who had started the fight earlier.
The council man with the long white hair spoke so quite that he was barely heard, "I regret that this unfortunate event has happened, but we have already come to the conclusion that a wolf or maybe wolves have taken your children. I believe it maybe a rogue or small group not the actually whole clan involved."
"I have to agree with Lord Skyler's ideas, this was not a planned attack against us otherwise the strongest children or grown witches would have been taken," Link mentioned.
Demitri stood and paced behind the table, "The fact that they got the children is what bothers me the most. To think even rogue wolves were this organized: to not leave a trace, a scent, or be seen? Something is not adding up here."
The women of the children stood there sobbing helplessly while the other father held them close, silent tears running down his cheeks. Link couldn't take it anymore, she walked over to the trio and placed her hands gently over them as light yellow dust fell on them, "Have hope and faith, we will get your children back."
One of the women turned to her, "How do you know, how do you that your children aren't dead somewhere by now?"
Link's face turned grim and menacing, "I don't know for but we will find them and punish who every dared to touch them."
The women stared in gratitude and the man nodded in agreement to Link's words; Sera came to this little group and knelt by the grieving parents, "We have agreed to seek the help of the other immortal clans, since wolves can't think this well in advance someone has to be helping them. We are going to see the snakes, rats, birds, and the rest of the wolf clans. Is this okay with you?"
The women nodded, but the man spoke up, "Why the wolves if we know that they're behind this, wouldn't be better to leave them out of this all together?"
Skyler intervened here, "We are not one hundred percent positive that it was them and if we don't tell them and they see or hear of us cooperating with the other clans they will think we are planning to over throw them. Plus if it is a rogue group they can fish them out better than us."
The man nodded, "Okay then do as you see fit, but just get our kids back."
Demitri patted the man's shoulder, "we will," he turned to the other council members, "I'll take the snakes."
Skyler sighed, "I guess I'll take the birds since I control the air. That means that the girls will split the rats and wolves, right?"
Sera and Link looked at each for a minute over the sobbing women, before Sera turned to look at Skyler, "Link will go to the rats and I will deal with the wolves."
Demitri hung his head, "I was afraid you'd say that. Why do you always take the risky assignments?"
Sera dismissed the parents and called back tornado of water, "Because you two chickened out, and Link is not stronger enough. But I just might be…" she said with a wink before the water engulfed her and spiraled southward into the sky.