Anya was yawning as she looked up at the folks, she smiled: Welcome back, it's good to see you.

Me looking like a drowned dog: Why you look like cheerful?

Anya points to crowd: They came back.

Me wide awake: Hey everyone, welcome. Wow, chapter 4! I must be doing a good work to have this many people to read this story.

Anya rolling her eyes: Don't be so cheeky!

Me glaring at her, if I was a cat, my fur standing on end: What would you suggest then?

Anya smiled: Thank them, after all if it was them reading your story, then you wouldn't have a story at all to write.

Me blinked: For once, she has a point.

Anya nodded, then realized what I said: Hey

Me: Thank you, everyone! For reading my story, hope you enjoy Chapter 4. You want to do it.

Anya nodded: Sure. Gargoyles belong to Disney, and Greg… Greg… What is the last name of the guy that created Gargoyles?

My eyes widen, lifting up notes, and other things: I will have to get back to you on that one, oh, don't forget.

Anya smiled as she went side to side in her rolling chair: OC's belong to Sexyshewolf, they came from her mind, which by the way is full of mazes.

Me halfway in a file cabinet half my body is hidden: I heard that!

A book is thrown in her direction after she ducks, she laughs as she looks toward the folks: Anyway enjoy the story. Any questions or worries, review, follow, favorite. We love those.

~~ One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night, we were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect – frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and we live again! We are defenders of the night. We are Gargoyles! ~~

Anya opens her eyes as she roared dusting off her stone flakes as Sacrifice woke up, she shook her entire body in order to get rid of the flakes. Anya started walking toward the back of the cave where the Wyvern clan was. Sacrifice looked toward the frozen gargoyles, "Gargoyles sleeping at night, how is this possible?"

Anya looked around the group, "They are under a spell that I saved them from a massacre."

Sacrifice looked at Anya, "Our leader told us that were clan was wiped out due to Vikings is her clan. You rescue them."

Anya nodded, "In a thousand years or more, the spell will be broken."

Sacrifice looked at Anya, "Can you the spell again and bring my mate here so he can be with me? I want to be with my old clan."

Anya nodded as she casted the spell again, she looked at the happy Sacrifice when flames went around her again. She was dropped in a foggy place, she was walking toward the Macbeth castle. She looked to see that it was Demona's gargoyles that were guarding the castle. They looked down at her, she walked through the open gates under a cloak as she saw the gargoyles that she named Chomp and Chaw, who were sniffing the air. She smiled as they ran over to her, she opened her arms kneeling down. She laughed as the jolt of their bodies against hers threw off her hood. Macbeth looked away from talking to Demona to see that a white gargoyle was wearing a cloak. Demona looked down to see Rookery Aunt.

She roared as she glided down as Anya opened her wings flying up, they circled one another in the air. Second and some of the other gargoyles that were new to this gargoyles. The ones who had meet her, knew her, and was smiling. Second was worried, where was Sacrifice. Second was surprised when the white gargoyle, "Betrayer!"

Demona roared throwing a hand out slashing Anya across the upper arm on the bicep, "No, you won't be a curse to my clan."

Anya kicked her in the stomach as Demona was thrown into a pile of fresh hay. Anya quickly healed the flesh as she flew over to the rest of her father's clan. The other gargoyles were scared of her as a small gargoyle came up to her, Anya recognized Grace's features in this hatchling. Second looked at her, "My mate, she is safe?"

Anya nodded and smiled, "She is resting her wings."

Demona screamed as she looked at Anya, a gargoyle that had the same features as Brooklyn walked forward, "It's been so long, what you are doing here?"

Anya had to think of a way to word this, "I meet survivors of the Wyvern clan, we must go. They are planning to move away from Scotland."

Five gargoyles were following her as she flew back to the cave as she looked at the screaming Demona, "I won't allow you to take my clan."

The clan stayed with her, but there was nearly thirty gargoyles. A gargoyle with gold skin and two horns pointed back, "We don't need them, and they are old. They can't live through a fight."

Demona nodded as Chomp and Chaw chased after the six gargoyles. Anya made Chomp and Chaw stay on the castle looking over the cliff as she showed the way to cave where the gargoyles were sleeping. The five gargoyles were looking at the sleeping gargoyles, Second walked over to his mate, his mate had a smile on her face. She was looking toward the entrance, and was holding out her hands, he whispered, "What sorcery is this?"

Anya spoke, "She is a stone sleep, but she will wake up. I promise you, and you will be together again."

The five gargoyles looked at her, when she suddenly casted the spell surprising them. Then she called for the two gargoyle beast as they were whimpering when their friends were asleep. They were surprised when Anya casted the spell again. Suddenly flames were surrounded around her, as she was twirling and twisting as she was thrown too hard to concrete, when she realized this. She stood up to see a happy Brooklyn lifted her up and twirled her around. She was rolling her head as she tried to stop the spinning. Brooklyn was hugging her as everyone rushed to see what was going on.

Angela was crying as Brooklyn backed away to hug her sister, she was crying very hard. Goliath and Hudson were smiling as they walked toward the group as Broadway and Lexington ran in, cheering, "You did it!"

Anya was happy, it had worked, she gave hugs, when Elisa looked at her strangely, and Anya held her hands up and waving her hands up and down, "Scotland, all they had was rain, and more rain and wind."

Hudson started to laugh as he was holding his belly as Anya threw the cloak at him, "The only thing that saved me was that cloak, it came in handy."

Tigre came in waving his hand in front of his nose, "Man, what stinks in here…"

Tigre stared at the stranger than recognized Anya through the mud, then he started laughing as he was holding his gut as he fell down. Elisa blinked, as Anya started growling, "That's it! I have had a year without showers or having a good meal. I taking a shower, someone bring me my clothes."

Anya stomped off as Angela followed her, yelling back to her father, "I'll find out where the others are at?"

Anya was taking off Angela's dress as she pulled her hair free from the achy ponytail that she had to keep it in, it was tired from all the dirt, and was nearly dead. She petted her hair as she went to the shower stall and turned the knobs. She ducked herself under the waterfall of steaming warm water. She sighed as the water wash over her body. She was shampooing her hair as she brought in her bathing supplies. She pulled a brush through her hair washing away the dirt and grime that was being drained away by the water. She was finishing the entire mess called her hair as she fling it backwards. Angela was watching her as she was surprised that Angela felt at peace as long she was near water.

Anya was washing the grime away from her body and wings that were fluttering trying to get every last drop of dirt out of her wings. Anya was sighing as her skin felt clean. She kept clean, and she felt not so tired. She walked out of the shower stall to see Angela holding out a towel. Anya smiled as she wrapped her body with the towel. Angela looked at her, she had some new scars, when she notice just some barely fresh healed scars, "Who did that?"

Anya looked at her, "Your mom, even in the 11th century had a temper, and she saw me as a curse due to my white skin."

Angela bit her lip, "I am sorry that my mother caused you pain."

Anya laughed, "If she ever attacks, she will have to face her guilt."

Angela looked at her, "What do you mean?"

Anya looked up at Angela as she pulled a comb through her hair as it moved to help her comb itself. Anya smiled, "There in our father's birthplace. They are in a stone sleep."

Angela was crying as she was smiling, "My father's rookery brothers and sisters are alive. My mate and his brothers wouldn't feel so alone."

Anya smiled, "We can protect the second better."

Angela was smiling as Anya was putting on a black corset that she could weaved her wings through, as she pulled on a black ruffle skirt that went to her knees. She put on fingerless gloves and a spike necklace. She was looking like a Goth as she walked out of the bathroom feeling refresh. She walked into the kitchen getting some food. Broadway was cooking as Brooklyn sat next to her as he looked at her, "You look beautiful."

Hudson walked in sitting across from her, "Now we remember you. Brooklyn nearly collapsed due to remember when he was young meeting you."

Anya laughed, "I couldn't believe that it was you that I first meet, when you were young, and meet you when I came here."

Goliath walked in with Elisa, "Where is the clan?"

Anya smiled, "They are in the home of our ancestors."

Goliath smiled, "The caves."

She nodded as she turned to Hudson, "Grace is a healing spell along with the stone sleep."

Hudson lifted a brow ridge, Anya slapped her forehead, "Sorry, Grace and I gave a name for herself. She knows that I am from the future. We gave your mate a name."

Hudson smiled as he wiped a tear away, "You were able to save her."

Anya was nodding, "The healing spell was the injury as a hundred years passed, it slowly moved out of her back, so by now the arrow is out of her back."

Brooklyn was smiling as the Trio looked at her, she lifted a brow, Brooklyn smiled, and "It's good to have you back Rookery Aunt."

Anya sighed as she hit her forehead on the table, "Oh, my gargoyles! Do you know how hard it was not to call you all, not by your names it was hard. I had to learn Mentor, hatchlings, and Rookery Mother. Rookery Brother, oh my gargoyles, it was hard! Grace figured it out, I don't know how she knew it."

Hudson looked at her, and laughed, "It is because you were a white gargoyle. When a white gargoyle appears it, it means good fortunate. We thought it was bad luck, but after you would come back you came before a death."

Anya smiled, "I got the clan that left our clan. I got the members, before there was any deaths. I have joined the two clans back together."

Hudson was smiling, "Our clan is back alive."

Anya nodded, "I will go with Xanotos, and we will go back to Wyvern Hill and we will bring home our clan."

The Manhattan clan poured some water into glasses as they raised them to the air, "To Wyvern Clan!"

Anya lifted her clan, "To the Manhattan clan of 2058 joining back with our families to a better future. We are back to our roots to live with our families to our family rejoining with our love ones. To the Manhattan clan and the Wyvern Clan with history that will be told for years to come."

They did another toast as Goliath looked at the soon to be approaching dawn, Anya looked at Tigre and her clan, and "You guys were worried about me, weren't you?"

Everyone laughed as Chirp chirped, "We learned how to stone sleep."

Anya's eyes widen, "When?"

Tigre looked at her, "When you were time traveling, we were able to go to stone sleep after Kiba accidently cast a stone sleep spell."

Anya looked at Owen, Owen bowed, "We figured that if we have visitors, they wouldn't have to rush to go into hiding, so Kiba and I developed a spell that gave the stone sleep, but at will."

Kiba thrust his fist into the air, "Just like you, so that if we had trouble. We can still protect the clan."

Anya smiled, as Beth walked over, "Now we get to sleep like you."

Tigre laughed, "When it first happened, it was weird."

Anya laughed, as she folded her wings over her shoulders, waving the air, "You get used to it."

The clan started walking over to the tower, where Goliath took his place at the top. Hudson was under him while Bronx and Lexington was on Hudson's right, while Angela and Broadway was on his left. Anya sat on Angela's left when Brooklyn looked at Anya, Tigre tapped his arm on Brooklyn's shoulder. Brooklyn looked at Tigre as Tigre lifted his chin at Anya. Brooklyn smiled as he walked over to Anya, "Is this spot taken?"

Anya smiled, "I wouldn't mind the company."

Brooklyn smiled as Anya sat on the brick. Megan and Kiba got on Brooklyn's left as Chirp and Beth went with Tigre as he got on a brick, he crouched as he looked at Lexington, "Still haven't figure out how to pose."

Lexington rubbed his chin, "Take a battle stance that you use in battle."

Tigre uncovered his wings as he pulled out of his battle hammers, he took a battle stance of one hammer up and the other swinging down. Lexington gave a thumbs – up, "Nice!"

Chirp flapped her wings as she tried getting rid of the fluffy wings, she chirped as Beth was tried to crawl onto a brick as Tigre reached over and lifted her onto one as Chirp stood under Tigre. Hudson was chuckling as he saw the group get ready. He smiled, "It is starting to feel like home."

Anya stood up as the wind started to gently blow, it pushed her dress back against her legs. Anya stood tall as a proud warrior as her hair pulled itself out of a clip, it was riding the winds. She unfurled her wings as they stood tall against her back. The contrast against between white and black were amazing as she looked at her family, "I will be more happy, father once we have the clan back together, now I understand why you wanted our family back together. It is great as a small group, but when you have a clan together, it is wonderful."

Anya looked at Brooklyn, "It is also wonderful to have a mate that is the same age as me instead of younger."

Brooklyn had a surprised on his face as he smiled then took his stance. Anya threw her wings up as they pointed to the air as she pulled out her staff as she pointed the spear toward the city. As she roared, Tigre and the others roar with her as the others were confuse, when they heard what they said, "Manhattan!"

They roared, "Manhattan!"

As they froze, Elisa was laughing as Goliath was smiling as he froze, Toni walked around them all to check on the future clan. Elisa was smiling, "How are they doing?"

Toni was typing away on his computer, "They are doing wonderful. I think this will help them. They get easily bored, they use to battle, and due city patrols, also they would check the walls to see if there were any cracks."

Elisa looked at her daughter as she tried to get a roar out, then she looked toward her niece, she smiled as she looked at her family, soon it would get bigger as she looked toward Othello's and Desdemona's spots. She smiled as they would be back.

Elisa sighed as she walked into the office to see Matt writing down a report, Elisa sat down as she looked at Matt. Matt looked up as he smiled, "How's Chirp?"

Elisa laughed, people thought Matt was talking about a bird that he had gotten, for Elisa would tease him, "Upset that you had to work very hard. She worried about you."

Matt smiled, Chirp's and Matt's bond had gotten better, now that Matt understood that the way she talks is with Morse code. Matt and Elisa was writing down reports when they got a call. A man suddenly appeared out of thin air in a grocery store.

Matt and Elisa walked over to see a man in handcuffs as he looked toward them, "I have to say it has been awhile, but not really, when we haven't meet."

Matt looked at Elisa, then at Elisa looked at him, "Do we know you?"

He smiled, "You know Anya."

Elisa and Matt quickly pulled out their guns, "Who are you?"

He smiled, "Oh, didn't they tell you? I'm an old friend, my name is Sec."

Elisa frowned, "We were told if we ever meet you to shoot you."

They slowly checked to make sure that his fingers were wrapped in duct tape, and that his hands were behind his back. Cuffs were put on his ankles as they put him in the back of Elisa's car. They took his to Wyvern castle to the dungeons, where Anya can be the one to deal with him.

As the day went on, it was quiet as Elisa and Matt were waiting for dusk to approach, Matt looked at them, and "I don't know how you got to it."

Elisa smiled, "I got used to it."

She looked up to see Anya started to crack as she pulled herself close as the sun went down, the others start to crack, then Anya let out a howl as she threw her wings and arms open. Anya's stone shell broke open, she dusted off the flakes as everyone was doing the same. Goliath was looking at Anya, "When do you plan to leave to get the others."

Anya looked at Goliath, "Tonight. Owen and I are trying to think, when the best time to leave will."

Elisa heard this and walked up to Anya, "Sec is here."

Anya frowned, "How did he get here?"

Elisa and Anya left as Tigre snorted, "That man is half of what Anton was, but he does have some good, but in the wrong place."

Anya walked to the cell door as she looked at Sec, "What are you doing here?"

Sec looked up and smiled, "I figured out how to time travel, but I wanted to know how to be a good man. Our world is starting to change, but I wanted to come help. I want to prove that I'm not father."

Anya listened as his words are true. He was being for real. Anya took the tape and cuffs off as he walked behind Anya. Anya walked up to Toni as Sec bowed to his brother, "Forgive me, big brother for my past behavior. I have wronged you in ways and against the clan. I want to move away from the path that father had set himself upon."

The group that knew Sec were shocked at the difference as Sec was acting. Anya smiled, "Sec, it's good to have you in the family, but you must listen to your brother. He has gotten himself off the path of evil, now he has devoted himself to a lift of good."

Sec smiled, "The future is changing, just by you being here. You must be doing something good."

Anya smiled, "The future will come, and we will be ready for it."

Owen was getting plans ready as he came looking for Goliath and Anya, as Sec was getting moved into his rooms. He was comfortable as he was listening and Toni were being the brothers they always wanted to be.

Owen found Anya talking to Goliath, "Sec is sincere, besides he was trying to get away from Anton when he was young, but his father had his claws around him as he got older."

Owen looked at Anya, "Who are you planning to take with you?"

Anya was looking at the group, "A leader has to be here for the clan."

Goliath nodded, "It will not be easy to load them."

Anya nodded as she looked Goliath and Tigre, "How about Tigre and you, Goliath come with me?"

Tigre nodded, "I got no problem with that."

Goliath nodded, "It will be good to see everyone, even though they are in stone sleep."

Anya was looking at Owen, "So when do we leave?"

Owen pushed his glasses, "In the morning, we can leave."

Anya nodded, as she was looking at Brooklyn, "It isn't going to be that bad."

The morning came, and they loaded on a cargo ship that was heading for Scotland, everyone was worried about the three as they were going through a rough storm. Scotland was starting to be morning as the three went into stone sleep. The next night they were in the cave, Anya wondered how was she going to get them up there. She knew that the cave would be the safest place, but she didn't know how to get them up there.

As she looked at the sea, if they were dropped, they were be broken. They looked up, it would be a long night taking them up there. Owen hired a crane as a basket was lower. The three gargoyles were loading the smaller gargoyles up as they were able to get ten gargoyles on the cart. The crane pulled them as they glided on the winds up to the cliffs.

They loaded the ten gargoyles on the cargo ship as sun came up, the three gargoyles took a break and slept through the day. As night came they got back to work as Owen ran the crane, as they took the remaining twelve gargoyles up two by two. They were able to get all twenty – two gargoyles up on the cargo ship shutting the door. Anya was looking around as she looked for something, Tigre notice that she was looking for something. Anya started to glide around the cliffs as Goliath and Tigre watched her. As Anya was about to go up, when a laser beam came out of nowhere hitting Anya in the back. Anya roared as she started to fall out of the sky. Goliath and Tigre dived down the cliff, Tigre going after Anya, and Goliath going after Demona, who was laughing as she was taking another aim when Goliath tackled her.

Demona turned to him, "Why are you protecting this gargoyle, she is the reason why our clan died!"

Goliath shook his head, "She saved our clan."

Anya was caught by Tigre as they glided through the air. Anya was having a hard time breathing as Tigre helped her up to the cliffs. Owen came to her side as Anya was coughing up blood. Anya was coughing as Goliath drove Demona away, as he looked to see Anya coughing blood. She was finally coughed up a small spear head. She finally stopped coughing as her wound healed. Goliath kneeled down to her, "Are you alright?"

Anya nodded as she stood up, "I knew something was off. I should have figured it was at me. Demona thought it was because of me that the clan was being destroyed. She claimed that I was a curse to the clan."

Goliath looked at the clan that were in a peaceful stone sleep, "You were not a curse, and you were a blessing in disguise as a white gargoyle."

Anya smiled, "This my father's clan, I had to save them by anyway I could."

Goliath shook his head, "Not your father's clan, but also your clan."

Anya smiled as Tigre looked at the clan, "Why don't we go home to our clan?"

Anya and Goliath laughed as the three got on the plane, as the sun rose, Owen and David's men worked as they unloaded the gargoyles onto the courtyard. They were separated into two groups. Anya's and Goliath's woke before the Wyvern clan. Brooklyn and the others watched as they hoped it worked when cracks started to appear on them. They held their breath, then let it go when they heard roars and howls. Everyone was stretching and rubbing their necks as they looked around their surroundings. Othello, Desdemona and Iago smiled as they had memories of what happened when they were robots. The others were puzzled, as Anya walked to the group, Sacrifice ran to Anya, "Anya! You did it!"

Grace roared, and stood up as she walked over to Anya, "Anya! You are okay."

The two females hugged Anya as the others smiled, "Rookery Aunt is here."

Anya smiled, "You all are very confused, let me put it simple. I will tell you all a story, and everyone will now, what I have done."

They trusted her as they sat down, listening to her, "The year is 2007, nearly a thousand years from your time give or take. You have been under a magic spell."

Some of the gargoyles were muttering, when Grace stood up, "Anya is from a different time. She rescue me from death, we have been rescued from death."

A gargoyle that looked like Brooklyn stood up, he had two thick strands of hair that were in front of his ears, spoke, "How did you rescue us from death?"

Anya sighed, "The storm."

Goliath started walking into the courtyard, "The Vikings had strike during the day, if she hadn't rescued and made the storm appear. Our clan wouldn't have been alive. You were dead when she came to our clan, but if she hadn't went to the past to rescue our clan, you would have been killed. There were seven of us in the clan that were still alive."

Anya was looking at the clan, as they nodded, Grace smiled, "Where are the others?"

Brooklyn and others came into the courtyard, they gasped, as Brooklyn was walking toward the clan, "Since we have been here, it has been thirteen years since our sleep spell."

Othello was smiling, "It is good to see you, Anya."

The others were so confused, but they were happy to not have a death like that. Anya was yawning, as the gargoyle explored the castle and the others were helping them figure out what was in this time. Anya was standing in the courtyard with her wings caped around her shoulders, when a foot strike her in the back. She grunted as she fell to the ground, she rolled landing on her feet as she pulled out a dagger. She looked to see it was Demona. Demona smirked, "You think I am going to let you destroy Goliath's clan. I won't let you. You are the reason that we lost our Rookery Mother."

Anya notice that the gargoyles were hiding themselves in the shadows as they listening. Anya growled, "I came to warn her. You were the one who was interested in his magic. You are the one responsible for everything. You betrayed the humans you sworn to protect. You never gave a warning to your clan. You betrayed Macbeth to his enemy, in return he betrayed you to destroy your clan."

Demona howled, "So what if I betrayed the humans. The castle, the cliff was our home. They built on top of our home."

Anya stood up shouting, "If the cliff was your home, why didn't you go back with your clan? Why betrayed Macbeth?"

Demona growled, "Goliath was there. He was going to betray us."

Anya growled, "You betrayed Macbeth, because you heard wrong. He was trying to teach his son that you need to listen to all sides."

Demona growled as she started to raise the sword she had in her hand, when a voice stopped her, "Rookery Daughter?"

Demona turned to see Grace had her wings caped around her, Demona was trembling, "No, it's impossible. You never woke from your stone sleep."

Grace held her arms out, "You betrayed us to learn magic from that evil man."

Demona backed away when Desdemona, and Othello came through a walkway, "You tried to warn us, but why you didn't?"

Desdemona looked at her, "You were a coward."

Demona shook her head as tears fell down her face, "She is a curse. Our clan died."

Iago stood up from his hiding place, "You betrayed the humans we sworn to protect. They swore to protect us."

Second stood up, "We swore to protect Macbeth's castle, our new home."

Sacrifice stood up on the wall, "She saved my life, because of you. I was supposed to be dead in a battle, but she saved my life."

One by one the twenty – two gargoyles along with Brooklyn, Lexington, Hudson and the others. Angela held back for her moment, when Anya shouted, "Why didn't you help Princess Katherine with the eggs?"

Demona gulped as she looked around at the clan, she cried out, "They stole our eggs."

Angela stood up, "Were you ashamed of you wrong doing that you couldn't face us?"

Anya stood up as she pulled out her staff thumping the ground, everyone could see Demona's sins. The spell learning from the Archmage. The betrayal from Wyvern castle, then the Macbeth betrayal and the deal she made with him. Anya screamed as she pulled out scenes of her times dealing with Demona. A fight that Demona had an electric whip slashing at Anya as she was howling, "Half – breed! You are not a gargoyle."

Anya was a child, as Anya was screaming for someone to help her as she was protecting a baby Tigre. Anya was in another scene as Demona stabbed a dagger into her heart, Anya was barely five year old. She dropped from the air as Demona was laughing, "You will never be as strong as the worthless Hudson."

Anya was older as the scars were very fresh as she flew through the air holding newly hatched Megan. Megan was barely born as Demona howled, "Give me the monster! She is not one of us."

Demona was howling, when Macbeth had a gargoyle suit on, he tackled her, then flew next to Anya. Anya looked at him, she smiled as she held her arm out, and Macbeth clasped her forearm. An enemy of my enemy is my friend. Anya was barely twenty – one, but the age of ten. Anya was fighting sword to sword against Demona as Demona pushed her to the ground, "Half – breed! Servant to the humans. Trash!"

Anya thumped the ground again as she looked at Demona, "You continue on this path of destroying humans and you will end up like a monster."

Demona let out a howling shriek, "The humans betrayed us."

Anya pulled one scene that she had witness herself, Demona stiffen when she heard, "What have I …What have they done to you?"

Anya looked at her, "You didn't want to acknowledge your mistake. You could have known your daughter from the time she hatched. You could have been a Rookery Mother to the eggs, but you chose to run away. You been alone on this path that you have taken."

Demona suddenly pulled out a handgun and shot Anya right between the eyes. Tigre roared, as Brooklyn roared, when Demona threw smoke bombs at those trying to catch her. Anya fell to the ground as Elisa ran to her side. Tigre came to her side as he listen to her heart. It was slowing down, Tigre was shaking, and "Sister…big sister…no you can't die on us like this. This wasn't a battle that you fought to protect. You said that we will always have each other to lean on."

Brooklyn was next to her, "No, I can't lose you. You can't leave us. You are a gargoyle of this clan."

Grace was crying as Hudson held onto her, Desdemona was held by Othello, as Megan was standing by Iago, turned into his chest, and he held her, patting her back. Broadway was holding Angela as they were crying. Everyone was crying as they looked at her cold body. Owen brought out a stretcher as Elisa with tears in her eyes slid her hand down over Anya's eye shutting them. Toni walked over as he saw that Hope was laying on her master's chest. She hadn't spoken the whole time that this was going on.

Brooklyn and Tigre put her on the stretcher, when Megan looked at her, "How are we going to bury her body?"

Hudson looked at Megan, "Gargoyles have a Wind ceremony."

Kiba was holding Beth, "Anya would have liked that."

Owen and Alex were wiping away their tears, "Tell us what to do, and we can get it ready for you."

A kiln that was large enough for a body. Alex was wiping away his tears as David and Fox were also. They had gotten to know Anya when they played chess.

Goliath helped set Anya in the pit as Angela and the others put her in a white dress that was long, it had long white sleeves with blue swirls printed on it. A long skirt that had blue swirls on the bottom. They braided the lifeless hair into two braids laying them over each shoulder. Fox brought a tiara of real gold as her place the crown on her head, it fitted perfectly. Elisa looked at her, "Why a crown?"

Fox smiled, "Somehow, she always beaten me when she uses her queen."

Hudson stood at the top of the kiln a torch by his side as he held it, "The youngsters that have never seen the Wind Ceremony. We burn the body to have the ashes, which we spread in the wind to glide with the wind to have them as a part of us. For they will always be a part of us. We said a few words about the person in honor of their memory. I will go first, Anya, the sweet lass was not only a strong gargoyle. She was my daughter, she was my blood. I got to know her for she came from the future to be with me. She was leaving behind a dying world to save her future and in the end us. Anya was known to her people as Anastasia Hudson, the daughter of a gargoyle."

Hudson gave the torch to Grace, "Grace that is the name we came up with for me. She wanted to help in the Rookery, but only the Rookery Mother, so she came up with the name Rookery Aunt as a name for a sister to the Rookery Mother. If she hadn't come when she did, I wouldn't be alive today. Anya was an amazing woman, she was kind and protective to the child. She could have been a mother herself. Anya, if you had lived, I would help you with any eggs that you would have had."

Grace pass the torch to Sacrifice, "Anya, if she hadn't meet me, then I wouldn't have been alive. I was supposed to die in battle. I trusted her due to the kindness in her eyes. I never seen anyone with so much kindness. I am with my mate, due to her."

Sacrifice gave it to Othello, "It was strange to see a white gargoyle, but we thought of her as a strange. A gargoyle out in a storm, the winds were harsh that winter. She had the hatchlings near her as she would help them. She had protected the Trio from the Archmage before he came to be the wizard of the castle. She was a Rookery Mother without knowing it. She saved my Rookery Brother Iago from tearing Desdemona and I apart. Now Iago is a change gargoyle."

Othello handed the torch to Iago, "She was a fighter, but also a great listener. She listen to me, as she drove the loneliness away from my heart. It was hard to know that she was there as I did a horrible thing, but she talked with me on how to forgive myself and now I have a better chance of understanding my brother and finding my own mate."

Othello passed the torch to Desdemona, "I was a gargoyle in steel as she put it when I meet her, but she treated me like a gargoyle like I was still flesh and blood. She only saw me as Desdemona, not a machine with a soul in it. She would talk with me as a person and give advice to me as Othello and I have trouble in the world not being able to touch the world or smell, but she helped us. She was a gargoyle, no matter what she said. She was a gargoyle at heart. Thank you for coming into my life, Rookery Aunt."

Desdemona wiped a tear away, as she passed it to the gargoyle that looked like Brooklyn, "Rookery Aunt or Anya as you are named. I was such a gargoyle that thought the world couldn't bring me down, but when Rookery Aunt took me to the side. I was taught a lesson, the world can crush you, but you must be stronger and learn to move on, and never let angry get ahold of you. Rookery Aunt gave me a name before she passed on, I am furthermore from this day on as Titan."

Titan gave the torch to his mate, "Rookery Aunt, I never thought I would see a white gargoyle, but you had beauty that would make any gargoyle jealous, but you never showed off that beauty. You had both inner and outer beauty. A gargoyle like you should have never died at such a young age. I thank you for the name that you have given me, Amazon."

Amazon sighed as she passed the torch on, it had been passed through the hands that may have not known her, but had seen her actions. They thought of her as an amazing person. Finally it was given to Tigre, Tigre took a breath as he slowly let it out, "Anya was no original gargoyle. She was our leader, she was a warrior that fought to protect those that she loves. She was kind, respectable, fearless, and smart. She was a leader like no other. She protected everyone since we were born. She knew that everyone deserve a second chance, and she was right to those who needed a second chance. Anya wasn't only our leader, but our sister. She was a mother, sister, and teacher. She taught us how to fight, survive in case she wasn't there. She was a smart woman that knew her enemies move before they knew it. She would fight like a devil, if her family was threaten. We have seen all sides of Anya, but one we didn't let to see was her angry side." Tigre shuddered at remembering when he was little and poured blue paint all over her.

Everyone laughed as Tigre continued, "I dropped blue paint over her, man, I wished I hadn't done that. We had a lightning storm for three weeks. She could hold a grudge…she may hold a grudge, but she forgive you if it was for a prank. She would help you improve the prank. She was the reason why I fought every day, I fought to protect her. I have failed in protecting her, but now she has given me the duty of protecting the clan."

Tigre held the torch as Megan touched it, "Anya was a mother to us, we were always been little butts, but we…I'm sorry I can't said anymore without choking up."

Kiba touched it as Megan stood beside Maggie, the mutants showed up to the Ceremony, as Kiba cleared his throat, "Anya was a gargoyle that had a strict, yet not strict rules. One thing was that you don't grab tails, I learned that by watching her throw her spikes. I learn never to pull on Tigre's and Anya's tail."

Kiba went over to Anya, and put a rose after Megan did. Beth stood beside Tigre and touched it, "Anya was best. She liked to play the violin when we found one. She use to sing lubb…sing night songs. She had a pretty voice when she sang made the flowers that we had grew. Anya was best."

Beth and Chirp laid a rose beside her, as Toni was the first of the humans to speak, "I meet Anya when I was with my father. I never thought I would meet someone beyond their years, but Anya had all the old people beat. She could act like a child, but when she need to get serious, she was. Anya had her own darkness. She was supposed to be a living weapon, but after seeing so much death. She wanted to be a protector, along with Tigre and Megan. They left the killing world, and then meet Kiba, Beth and Chirp. They meet me along the way. I was on the same path, Anya didn't have to said a word to me, but she held out her hand, and I accepted the friendship that she showed me. She drew me away from the darkness into the light that our world had fallen into."

Toni passed it to his brother, Sec, "Anya and I knew each other due to the path I was on. I came back to the past because of her already changing the future world. She is making it brighter. I saw her as an angel in disguise. She has power beyond that of a normal gargoyle. She could see into my words and knew that I was telling the truth. Thank you, Anya."

Sec passed it onto David, "I know I have done things in the past, I have meet the gargoyles, and now I meet Anya. She taught me that death happens to everyone, everything has a weakness. Age comes with wisdom, I have gained that, but one thing she has also taught me that I should be happy for the things I have."

David hugged his wife while holding the torch away from her body as he handed to her, Fox looked at Anya, a peaceful face that had the tiara covering the hole that was in the middle of her forehead, "Anya would always play chess with when David was away on business. She was able to play ten moves ahead of the game, I was amazed that every time she won is that she used her queen. I asked her, why use the queen? She told me that man may be a king, but it is women who care for the children. A woman who bare the child. A woman who changes her name to bare the man's name. A woman works hard to take care of her home. A woman knows how to get secrets out of men. A woman that uses her body as a tool. A woman uses herself to pay the bills. A woman is always known to be weak, but a woman is strong. A woman stands beside her man in any dangerous situation and you got a strong woman. She uses the queen to tell a story. Anya, thank you for showing me the truth. Women are strong too in every word."

Fox handed it to the crying Alex as she kneeled down, helping him hold it, "She knew me as a grown – up, and so we were friends in this time too. She could sing like opera singer, a rocker, and other things too. She was amazing, she tell stories like no one, and she had cool stories. Anya, I'll miss you."

Alex looked at Elisa as she was given the torch by Fox, "Anya gave me an amazing gift, she brought me my daughter that Goliath and I have. She is the most beautiful thing that there is. Anya raise her well. She has had hardship, but somehow has kept a smile on her face. Anya and I know that there has been hard things that it is like to be different. We understood that. Thank you, Anya."

Elisa handed it to Goliath, he looked at Anya, "Anya and I both knew what it is like to be a leader to have the weight of the world on you, but we also didn't see eye to eye. She was a young leader, and was able to keep her clan away just like I have. She is a leader that fought and kept her clan alive. She knew that coming her to the past would kept her clan alive, and away from danger."

Goliath passed it to Angela, "Anya and I got close as sisters, she never grew up with an older sister. She was always known as the older sister, big sister. She and I were good friends and amazing sisters. We would talk from everything to anything that came to our minds. She knew that this mission was risky, but she wanted to see her father's clan. She wanted to bring happiness to her father. Anya, thank you, litter sister."

Angela gently gave it to Lexington, "Anya was a technology pro, even if she was from the future, and she was able to use the computers that we had. She was a pro with the computers, when I explained something in computer terms, she was able to explain it to others and they would understand. Thank Anya for being here."

Lexington handed the torch to Broadway, "Anya was able to help me improve on my recipes, and find some new ones. She even helped me lost the remaining weight that I had trouble with. She is a miracle worker. She was one that would taste my food when I was trying something. She has an iron stomach, as she told me, I need to add contrast, but keep it simple. Thank you, Anya for helping me become a better cook, and also a better mate."

Lastly it was Brooklyn's turn as the torch was given to him, "Anya was the woman I fell in love with. We were going to become mates next fall, but now that it will never happened. I think I fell in love with her, when I meet her when I was a child. I would be heartbroken every time she was gone, yet somehow she never changed, but after I got to see her when she came here. I had fallen in love with her, she was a beauty that was rare. A fighter, yet lover. She was yin and yang with herself. I fell in love with her, the first moment I saw her. She was a woman that could be the one for me. I love you, Anya."

Brooklyn looked at Hudson as he nodded, everyone place their roses in the kiln as Brooklyn waited till the last ones was put down. He looked at the silent Hope, as he walked toward the kiln. He leaned down giving a last kiss to Anya on the tiara that Fox gave her. Everyone moved away as he glided up as he drove down, he threw the torch as lighten up the kiln. Anya's body began to burn, everyone was in the air as the ashes were sent into the air. They flew into them as the wind began to carry them. The human were given skin tight gargoyle suited and glided in the air to fight alongside the gargoyles.

Tigre and the children were doing nose dives as Anya would have for a common comrade, they may have been comrades for evil, but they didn't know any better. Anya would have given them a show to show that they were not forgotten, soon everyone joined in. Everyone twirled, twisted and moved in the air, the way Anya would fight. Anya was a warrior that never gave up. Everyone was happy to know her at some point in their life.

As dawn started to soon approach, the fire had burned down. Goliath and the other took their place as the mutants returned back underground. The dawn broke through as the humans were inside the castle taking off the gargoyle suits. Inside the kiln was a blue light shining through.

Me getting choked up: Okay I am evil, but you will know more in the next chapter. I know that it will be hard.

Brooklyn is sitting in Anya's chair: I thought I had a mate in this one.

Me grinning, as I put my head in my hand: Oh, you'll have someone.

Brooklyn roared jumping to stand in front of me: I want no one, but Anya.

Walks out of my room, Me hearing crashes and grunts, Brooklyn: I thought you were dead. How are you alive?

Me smiling: I will tell you in the next chapter, what that was all about. At the beginning was the beginning of an episode, when I got struck that would get me through. So each time you see it, it would be like a episode. Does anyone else read it in Goliath's voice?