Okay, I know what I said 'I'd have an update for you Monday', well I was close, but my cousin came in wanting to use the computer. I only had 150 words left, but alas, I couldn't say no. But when I went to work on it on my laptop, it didn't work. The laptop was completely shut down, and I need to get it fixed. But here it is, the chapter. I promise now I know there will only be two more chapters, and then on to book two. I hope you enjoy, read and review!
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"We left her for ten seconds." Ron tried to explain, flustered by what happened. Piper nodded, putting a hand on his arm.
"It isn't your fault. This happens, and it usually happens to us. This guy has made a mistake, taking two people. He is moving to quickly." Paige nodded as she spooned another bit of potion into a vial. "We will get him, he won't be expecting so many people." Piper took two of the vials, sticking them in her pocket. She handed some to Phoebe, and then to Harry. Charlie declined, holding up his wand. He had refused to sit and wait with Ron, who couldn't do underage magic so Piper and Leo had decided that it would be better if Ron didn't come. Paige took two of the vials.
"So, Leo will orb Phoebe and Piper in, I've got Harry and Charlie." Piper tried to contain a smile, almost laughing at the way Paige had decided to pair them.
"She just can't get enough of me." Charlie said out loud, Ron turning red at this line and everyone else trying not to laugh. Paige just rolled her eyes.
"Thank you, but I have had enough of you, I'm hoping I can lose you somehow while I orb." Charlie smiled, taking her hand.
"If it means I get to hold hands, I wouldn't mind being lost while you orb, plus I can apparate, so I don't need to be orbed anywhere." Paige's eyes suddenly brightened. She wriggled her hand out from his.
"Great, I won't have to take you." She smiled, walking triumphantly over to Harry.
"Just you wait, I will save your life tonight." She laughed, looking at Harry. "Would you like to try to orb yourself?"
He shook his head, closing his eyes. He orbed out, but then came right back where he was. "I still haven't managed that yet." Paige noticed Piper smiling proudly at her son orbing.
"Well, then I will take you." Piper looked at everyone.
"Do we know what we are doing?" Everyone nodded, and Leo looked at Harry with worry. Piper also looked at Harry. "Are you ready for this, it is your first demon?" Harry almost laughed at their worry.
"You guys, I have faced the most evil wizard in the world, I can handle a demon, I promise." They both nodded.
"Ron, sit tight, I will be here in two minutes to stay with you." Harry smiled at Leo, nodding.
"Don't worry, I will probably floo my parents at home to give them an update. They will think this is brilliant. And Ginny will be excited too. Plus I have to owl someone, so don't worry about me." Leo nodded. Paige took Harry's hand and orbed to the pent house.
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Leo orbed Phoebe and Piper into a small cavern. "Are you guys sure that you found him here?" He asked, uncertain.
"Yes Leo, we just need one second." Piper started looking around, wrinkling her nose at the bones. The cavern was Mordent's hideout. A sacrificial altar sat in the middle, and Piper walked towards it, when a smell came that made the baby sick. "Oh wow, that makes me nauseous." Leo walked towards her and Piper held up a hand. "Don't worry, I'm fine. She looked at the ancient books sitting around the altar, all written in words she didn't recognize. She raised a brow as she saw a picture in one of the books. "I've seen this before." Phoebe walked over from her stack of things, looking down.
"Where did you see this?" Phoebe looked at the necklace in the picture. It was of a symbol, similar to the Charmed ones. It was a of an open circle, with a metal oval inside it. There were three lines moving across it, cutting through the oval.
"I saw it around Dakota's neck. The night she came, it was hanging off her neck when she fell asleep. I remember because of that design. It was amazing." Leo walked over and looked at the writing.
"It says here that this is an amulet, one of the most powerful. It can be used for good or evil, and was once in the hands of a clan of demons. A powerful witch killed the demons and stole the necklace, but forgot about the last demon."
"What does that have to do with Dakota?" Phoebe asked, uncertain.
"Well, that demon was Mordent, and it says that he can't reclaim the necklace for evil until he kills off the last of the witches."
"But then how did the witches take it?" Piper asked.
"Well, Mordent was a lower demon, hardly a child. He hadn't even killed his first human, and before that he was a human."
"Which made him not one of them." Leo nodded. Phoebe gasped. "That means…"
"Dakota is the last of the witches, and she doesn't know how to use the amulet, obviously." Piper suddenly said, everything clicking. Phoebe looked up in shock
"Would she already be…"
"No," Leo jumped in. "He shouldn't be able to. Even if Dakota doesn't know how to use it, it won't let him take it off her, and it certainly won't let her die." Piper nodded, nervously. She just hoped Paige had great luck finding any of them.
Phoebe took the paper; then gasped. She opened her eyes, and Piper looked at her. "What did you see?" Phoebe slowly put the paper down on the ground, then shoved all of the books off the altar. She looked at Piper, taking a step back.
"Blow it up." Piper looked down at the stone altar.
"You want me to what?" Phoebe looked down at the stone altar.
"Blow it up, now." Piper looked at her, worried, but took a step back and did as she told her. The stone was cracked in half and Phoebe quickly shoved one of the stones away with all her strength. Piper walked over, peering inside. There Sirius was, gagged and tied up, unconscious.
"Oh my god, did you see that in your premonition. Leo, heal him." Leo walked over, removing the tape and making sure everything was fine.
"He was running short on air, it's a good thing Phoebe saw what she did." Phoebe nodded, brushing Sirius's hair out of his eyes. She was close to tears, and Piper rubbed her shoulder. Phoebe quickly stood up, angrily.
"I can't believe Cole would do this. What would possess him to even think he could win me back like this?" Piper stood up, seeing Leo was trying to revive Sirius.
"Phoebe, he's in love with you, and he has dangerous powers. He wasn't thinking, he was thinking that this guy was going into what Cole sees as his territory."
"I am NOT his territory anymore!" Phoebe screamed angrily. "What makes him think he can do this?" Piper shook her head at Cole, wishing he understood.
"Phoebe, he doesn't think he can do this, but he does it anyways. He is so set on getting you back, you just have to show him that there isn't anything he can do." Phoebe looked at Piper, anger in her eyes. She looked like she was about to say something, but they both heard Sirius moaning, coming to. Phoebe rushed over, bending over and helping him raise his head a little.
"What happened?" Phoebe raised a hand to her mouth, looking down at him in sorrow and guilt.
"I am so sorry, it was Cole, he was just so…I am so angry with…"
"Sh…so he was jealous of me?" He tried to puff out his chest mockingly. "I get that a lot." Phoebe smiled, and Leo cleared his throat.
"Not to ruin this, but we better get Sirius back, and you two need to put a magical blocker here so that they can't come back here." Phoebe and Piper nodded, placing crystals all around the cavern. Phoebe nodded when she was done, holding Sirius's hand as Leo orbed them all back to the house. Phoebe found herself kneeling next to Sirius on the couch. She smiled, glancing across the room at the mantle. She did what any normal person would do, screamed at the top of her lungs.
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"Are you sure Charlie will be alright dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked. Her curly hair swarmed her face in the heat as she sat there, looking at Ron. He nodded, or at least, his head bobbed in the air.
"He will be fine, his girlfriend is there to protect him." Mrs. Weasley smiled, excited to here that Charlie had met someone he liked in San Francisco. She knew she was right to send Ron to see Harry. Ginny sat as close to Ron's face as she could get, looking at him carefully.
"Harry likes the girl." Ron rolled his eyes, and Mrs. Weasley gave him a stern look.
"Yes, I am pretty sure Ginny, sorry, tough luck. Not that he is ever going to see her once she leaves with her new family. Anyways, enough of Dakota, even so, Ginny, you should be more worried with the fact that Dakota and," he made a motion with his eyes to make them aware of who he was talking about, "are missing. I wouldn't be horribly worried; I've seen these women and what they have behind them. They will get them back." Mrs. Weasley nodded, and Ron felt a sudden shaking in his knees. "Um, I think I am needed." He pulled his head out of the fire, and saw Piper poking at his leg. He looked up. "What happened?" He quickly got to his feet, worried.
"You did not tell us that when you floo home, you only use your head."
"Um, yeah." He was getting confused. Phoebe was sitting there, a hand over her heart.
"Well, you scared us, half to death. Phoebe was in here, and all she saw was someone's head in flames." Then Ron thought about it, and he started laughing. Once he could get enough air, he managed to get out:
"That—would—been---ridiculous—scary. Phoebe—okay?" Phoebe nodded.
"Warn us next time." Ron nodded, then looked down at Sirius, who was looking at all of them in great amusement. Ron finally collected himself.
"Hey, they got you back!"
"Yes, and only a soar head." Sirius said, smiling broadly as he held Phoebe's hand.
"So, are you guys going to help the rest of them?"
"Well, yes, but we have to wait for Leo to get back." Piper explained. "Did you enjoy your chat with your mom?"
"Yes, she talked for a while, telling me how everyone was."
"That's good, when things settle down, we will have to have your whole family for a visit." Ron's eyes got big.
"Um, I have four other siblings living at home." Piper paused, looking in the distance.
"Well, maybe for dinner then." Ron laughed, nodding.
"That would be very nice."
"Okay." Leo orbed in, and Piper smiled at him.
"Are you ready to go?" He asked. She nodded, and Piper and her took his hand, orbing out.
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"How are you supposed to get it off?" Cole asked, he was standing a few feet away from the girl tied up on the floor. "And is that really necessary? She is just a fifteen-year-old girl, at least be nice and untie her.
"To risky, she can move faster than light, and if we untied her and she came to, there would be no saving us. I don't know how to get it off; it won't let me get close enough. That amulet is too strong." Cole nodded, looking at it lying around her neck. It looked powerful. He hadn't anticipated this. Sirius was left in the underworld, so now they only had one fugitive.
"Well, just figure it out, I have to go work." He flamed out, disgusted at leaving that vial creature in his house.
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Paige orbed into Cole's penthouse, looking around. Harry was gripping her hand tightly. She gave him a reassuring squeeze. "Don't worry, my first vanquish happened two seconds after I became a witch, your lucky you got practice," She whispered. Charlie appeared with a pop beside them, looking at the dark room. They were in the bedroom, everything in its place; you would almost think the person living here was normal. "Okay," Paige whispered, "Cole shouldn't be here, but we don't know who is, spread out, it is a penthouse so there will be plenty of ground to cover. Both Charlie and Harry nodded, the three splitting up. Harry held his vials of vanquishing potion tightly, looking carefully around every corner. He finally came to the doors that led outside, opening them carefully. He knew that even though his power only worked when he was scared, he could have frozen anything. He stepped outside, looking at the balcony. There was nothing here, He slowly walked back inside and closed the doors. He walked over to two doors, leading to what looked like a study, and heard a voice talking inside.
"How do I get it off?" it hissed, and Harry grimaced at the voice. He thought for a few moments, wondering what he should do. He took a deep breath, then burst through the doors, raising his hands and freezing the room. The demon head was almost looking at Harry, he had turned to see what the noise was. Harry noted that Mordent was a good twenty feet across from Dakota. He ran over, untying her. Once she was unbound, he shook her. Her eyes fluttered open, gasping with fear.
"Are you okay," Harry asked, his eyes full of worry.
"I think so, how about you."
"I'm fine, but you need to get out of here."
"I can't leave you here, he might kill you." Harry lowered his eyes, trying to think quickly. Suddenly, he felt himself punched in the stomach and was sent flying across the room, hitting the wall. He heard something hit the floor, realizing it was Dakota. He closed his eyes in pain, but fluttered them open again, realizing he had broken one of his two vials…