Lindsay tiptoed around her friends, shoved a pair of jeans on over her shorts, and slipped into her shoes. Quietly as possible, she made her way out of the manor. She breathed a sigh of relief when she closed the large front door behind her and ran off down the main path. Hunter was already waiting for her at the gate.

"Hey," he greeted her with a smile, "What took you so long?"

"I fell asleep for a while," Lindsay admitted, "But the others were just as tired, so I'm sure no one followed me."

"What had you guys so exhausted?"

"Gabby and I learned to sword fight today. And then, Thunder got hurt, so Gabby learned how to heal him. Adriane had the losers of our fights do pushups."

"Who is Thunder?"

"Oh, he's my friend. He was trying to help me win the fight and got hit by my sword."

"You're friend?"

"Yeah, my friend," Lindsay repeated, "He's a wolf."

"A mistwolf?" Hunter gasped.

Lindsay beamed proudly. "Yep, he's the greatest. He and Cooper help me do magic."

"You have two bonds?"

"Well, yeah, but Cooper doesn't hang around much, so I'm not sure if he counts."

"Alright, we're wasting time here," Hunter decided, "Let's get started. The first thing you need to do is learn to draw your magic in."

Hunter instructed Lindsay to imagine all the energy inside her body bundling into a ball in her chest. He demonstrated for her, and a circle of green light glowed on his torso. Amazed, Lindsay tried eagerly to make a similar circle appear on her chest to no avail. She squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated harder on a circle appearing on her chest.

"It's not working!" Lindsay moaned.

Hunter sighed. "Don't worry about the glow. It will appear if you do it right. Concentrate on bringing all your energy to the center of your body."

Closing her eyes to focus, Lindsay tried again. This time, she pictured it her head and contained all her energy into one little circle on her stomach. The circle glowed bright gold through her t-shirt. Lindsay opened her eyes a bit to peek at her progress and beamed.

"Good job!" Hunter praised her, "That was must faster than I learned it."

"How does that help me with my anger though?" Lindsay questioned him.

"Well, if you can contain your powers, there's no reason you can't contain your anger," Hunter pointed out.

Lindsay nodded. "That makes sense."

"But you know what's really cool about doing that?" Hunter purred, "You can draw on other people's power too."

Lindsay slammed the book closed, tears streaming down her face. "I can't read anymore."

Gabby held her friend as Lindsay sobbed. "It's alright. We don't have to read it. I didn't know it would tell that story."

Gabby got up and stared down at the mysterious book they had found in Lindsay's closet in her new house. The Book of Remembrance, it read. It had appeared blank when they first opened it, but words of that dreaded story contaminated the pages moments later. During the prologue of how she and Lindsay met all the way to the chapter about them going to Stonehill High, they had been smiling, but when the book started mentioning Hunter, Lindsay became more and more upset and finally couldn't take it anymore. After two years apart, the two were finally together again, and Gabby didn't want to end her visit with crying. She put the book into her bag and vowed to read it when she got home.

Sitting next to her, Gabby put her arm around Lindsay's shoulders. "We all know you didn't want to do it."

"I didn't want to hurt anybody," Lindsay whimpered.

"Do you still have those episodes?" Gabby whispered.

Lindsay shook her head. "Not since I moved to Illinois."

"Ears and tail?"

"Only when I sleep."

"How is Illinois? Do you like fifth grade?" Gabby asked, trying to change the subject.

Lindsay nodded. "Well, I've made some friends here. And Thunder and Silence love having the forest preserve behind us to roam in. Um, school is school, sort of boring. I just got back from a really fun camp though."

Gabby smiled. "Camp sounds cool. And Caramel says they're living the highlife."

"It was. And I guess they are." Lindsay shrugged. "But Thunder misses living in the middle of the woods."

"But the forest preserve doesn't have a bunch of houses in the way."

"That's true. I think he just misses Caramel, though he always complains about her."

Gabby sighed, "Yeah. We miss you guys."

"Hey Gabby, would you ever go back there?"

Gabby was silent for a bit. "I think I would, if they called me. It would be nice to see them again."

Lindsay nodded. "I guess I would. I don't know if I could handle it though."

"What do you mean? I know it would bring back bad memories, but what's the worst that could happen? No one there blames you."

"I know, but I might have an episode," Lindsay explained quietly.

"Then Emily and I would both be there to heal you. None of us would let anything happen to you."

Lindsay shook her head. "You don't get it. I would hurt someone. And it would remind everyone all over again."

"I would never let you hurt anyone," Gabby affirmed, "Let's just hope that never happens anyway though. Plus, we haven't heard from them for almost two years."

Lindsay laughed harshly. "Of course we haven't. Why would we?"

Gabby stood abruptly and stared down at her friend. "Would you stop thinking like that? No one would ever hold that against you! The only one who still blames you is yourself!"

"I guess," Lindsay whispered, "But that's because I don't deserve to be forgiven."

"Someday, I swear someone will make you see sense. You didn't want to do it! You were forced to! Hunter was going to kill all three of you if you hadn't!"

"Yeah," Lindsay muttered, "And if you hadn't gotten there, I would be the only one left standing. Either way, if it hadn't been for you, both would have died."

Gabby growled, "You helped heal them too."

"No, I just gave you my power."

They were interrupted by Lindsay's mother calling, "Gabby, your mom is here!"

Gabby stared down at Lindsay before packing her things. "Before I go, that book is longer than the story. I want to see how it ends."

"Whatever you want." Lindsay shrugged.

Gabby dug the book out from her bag and flipped to the back pages. Slowly, the blank pages revealed words. As Gabby read, it described two teenage girls arriving in Ravenswood. One argued with another boy about someone's stupid prank. Gabby closed the book in annoyance.

"I'm going to read this and then call you," she declared to Lindsay.

"Alright," Lindsay sighed, "I hope we see each other again. Have fun in the city."

"Hello?" Lindsay picked up the phone later that day.

"Hey, it's Gabby."

"Oh, hi! How was the city?"

"Really fun, but that's not why I called. I read the book."

Lindsay was silent for a minute. "And what did it say?"

Gabby smiled even though she knew no one could see it. "We have something to look forward to. And I can sleep knowing that, one day, some boy will make you forgive yourself."

Lindsay sighed in disbelief. "So what, now you're a prophet?"

"No, I'm throwing the book away. That way, I won't remember the details by the time it all happens. I'll just know that we get a happy ending."

"Why would you do that?"

"If I know every detail of what happens, I might mess it up on accident. Haven't you read enough fantasy books? Knowing the details of the future always ends in disaster."

"Okay, whatever you say. I just hope we meet again."

"Me too."

Only, Gabby knew it would be years until the friends would see each other again.

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