Goodmorning/afternoon/evening! This chapter's pretty short. I didn't want to write really much, and you're probz thinking, "It took her a week to write 1000 words?" -.-

Well, it didn't. I was going to make it an extra long one but by the time I'd gotten to this part, I'd only gotten two reviews and that pissed me off, seeing as I'd taken a day off and came back... 2 days later. So, I'm posting this as a chapter. If you want more, get me reviews. Thank you to everyone who did review though, I love you very, very much. Three isn't enough to make me write all of this though. Sorry! 5 this time, please? Or you could just tell me to stop.


"Derek?" Simon called. "Hello?"

No answer. We hadn't heard or seen any sign of him anywhere yet. It frustrated me that he didn't hear us calling, but also... I was scared. He could be seriously hurt and we wouldn't even know.

Within the three of us, there was barely anything to do. I had to make sure that the woman from before wasn't following us, just in case she was one of the bad guys, and tryto spot anything that could help with finding him. Simon and Tori used spells; Light-balls, perimeter ones and tracking ones. Apparently Tori didn't have enough to do though. She yelled at the missing Derek. Basically, she was talking to the empty forest.

"Derek, come on!" Tori shouted impatiently. She was fed up of this. She didn't like Derek and she wanted to go inside, and I couldn't blame her. It was cold and the sun was going down, and shereally, really didn't like him. My aunt and Kit would be here soon though, so we couldn't give up. "There better be a good explanation for your little vanishing act, Souza."

"Whatever it is, I don't care. I just want him back," I said. Simon looked back at me and smiled sadly. He was a few paces in front of me but he slowed his pace and I caught up to him. He wrapped his arm comfortingly around my shoulders. "Thank you," I mumbled.

Tori didn't stop. "Derek! What. The. Hell! Come out. Yeah, we get that you're half dog and all, but seriously? We don't want to play your stupid hide-and-seek dog games or whatever," she said.

I sighed. We weren't going to find him like this. Tori needed to stop because she really wasn't helping my current state of mind. She should be helping Simon with the spells.

Simon noticed my expression change and whispered, directly in my ear, "We're not giving up, Chloe. If he's not out here we'll go check someplace else. Forget Tori." I could hear him smile through the words, " She's a bitch, remember? Ignore it, ignore her."

I pulled away a little bit and nodded silently. I didn't want to be close like that to Simon. Right now, I wanted Derek to show up from the trees and hold me and tell me he was sorry for disappearing. That he was sorry for worrying the crap out of me.

"What if we can't find him, Simon? What if-"

He cut me off with a shake of his head. "We will. He's bound to show up sometime."

"Can I try something then? It'll only take a minute or two. I think Liz could help us maybe. Do you mind if I try summoning her?" I asked. I pointed to the ground and he nodded, allowing me to sit.

"You need space? I can take Tori away, we can go stand off over there-" He gestured to the bushes a few metres away. "-or whatever. I don't know what to do."

"You can stay. Be quiet though," I said. He sat. She sat.

I sat there too and tried to visualize Liz. I pictured her as hard as I could, only getting these mind-pictures from Lyle House, which of course, reminded me of Derek. I tried thinking of her smile, I got one of his rare ones. Eyes? The beautiful green ones he had. Hair? Dark, of course. The pretty brown-black.

"Is it supposed to take this long?" Tori whispered to Simon. He shushed her.

"Shut up, she needs to concentrate," he whispered back. I peeked an eye open and smiled small at him. Then, I closed my eyes again and thought hard about her funky-looking pj's, the Minnie Mouse shirt. I thought about her socks, giraffes. My mind disagreed to picture her. Instead, I got the picture of Derek from right before he'd disappeared. A white t-shirt, dark gray sweatpants and tattered navy blue socks. His hair stuck up a little bit on one side, too.

I shook my head hard and tried to hide my frown.

"Maybe there's something wrong," Tori whispered.

"You need to be quiet, Tori. Go away if you want to talk. Go talk to a tree or something. She needs her concentration." Simon sounded impatient.

I focused on her voice now, knowing that I didn't have much time left before Tori got angry, knowing that I didn't have much time if Derek was in trouble. My thoughts now drifted towards him again. If he was in danger, he'd surely be able to defend himself. No one I knew was able to take Derek down. He was tough, even when put up against two adult werewolves and-

The sound of footsteps faded off into the distance, probably Tori. I opened my eyes to see her form getting smaller and smaller as she walked off deeper and deeper within the trees. When she got far enough and I couldn't make out detail, I imagined it being Liz and was able to get her picture in my head. I tugged hard on the visual right away before I lost it.

"Chloe!" her voice said happily. "T'sup?"

I opened my eyes and tried to smile as brightly as she was, although I failed miserably. I explained everything that was happening and she nodded now and then. Finally, the one question I really wanted her to answer, "Can you help us?"

"Of course!" Her form shimmered away and I sat there with nothing to do but wait for her to return with news of him.


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