"You want to do what?" Josh asked Heather a couple of days later, "That's way too dangerous. You shouldn't do something like that. At least, not without Aidan and I there with you. You said so yourself that Donna is way too dangerous. You won't even tell us how long she's been doing magic"

"I have to do something, Josh" Heather told him.

"But not go on a full on battle with her! We don't even know where she is" Josh continued.

Heather sighed as she led Josh through her house over to the living room where she sat down on the couch. She can understand how Josh might be upset about her facing Donna on her own but that was the only way she could thing that could work. Her powers were definitely growing thanks to wearing the pearl every day, she is already protected by a force field and can sense what emotion anyone is feeling. Plus, she wanted enough time before Sally could rot out in her body.

Josh stayed at his girlfriend as she raked her hand through her hair as she sipped on her wine. He didn't like the idea of her going up against someone strong enough that can bring back the dead. Heather might not see it but Josh could see through her brave façade that she is worried about the outcome. She heard about Donna nearly a month ago and now she feels she's ready to go up against a blood witch.

"I might have a spell for that" Heather finally said.

"Great! Then you should do it at my house" Josh suggested.

"Someone has to stay around and look after Maria. Someone who has a little bit more experience in the supernatural world than most" Heather explained.

"Call your brother" Josh responded, "You said that he's been wanting to visit the last couple of weeks"

"He doesn't know anything" Heather told him, "I never told him about me being a spirit witch. It's just too much of a hassle"

"You never told him? And you've been practicing for how long?" Josh questioned.

"You were a werewolf, Josh" Heather snapped, "When did you have the chance to tell your family?"

"Touché" Josh said slowly, "So they don't know at all"

"And I don't want my brother to go reporting to my parents about leaving Maria in the middle of the night" Heather told him.

Josh couldn't help but slightly smile at her response as he thought back to his insane little family. When Emily first noticed Josh lived in Boston, she immediately told their parents about his whereabouts. As much as he didn't want her to but he finally understood why she did that. If it were Emily who ran away and he found her a couple of years later, that would be the first thing he would do.

"So I guess your brother is out of the picture" Josh said, "Doesn't mean that I agree with you 100%"

"You're the only person I trust in Boston" Heather pleaded.

"But I want to be there with you. There is no way that I will let you and Donna is alone in the same room. I've seen what she's been able to do"

"You don't think I know what she's capable of?"

"And you still want to face her alone?" Josh questioned.

"Of course not but what choice do I have? She will use you as my weakness, Sally has her soul coming in tow, and Aidan has his own problems to deal with" Heather argued.

"We can probably use that to our advantage" Josh pondered.

"Are you out of your mind? No way!" Aidan yelled to Josh a couple of hours later, "its way too dangerous"

"That's what I said, Aidan, but she thinks this is her fight" Josh told his best friend.

"But involving Kenny into this?" Aidan countered, "As a weapon?"

"Donna won't be prepared for him, Aidan" Josh pleaded.

"You're not fighting my war" Sally argued, "I sold my soul, I should face Donna. You're not supposed to be a part of this"

"That's not why I'm here" Heather told her, "Remember how you wanted me to help you?"

"That's different! You're trying to get yourself killed" Sally retorted, "I refuse to let anyone else die for my mistakes. I already lost two of my best ghost friends I don't need to lose another. I can't stand Josh losing you after his heartbreak over Nora"

"Did you just call me your friend?" Heather asked through the door, "I never really thought you would call me that"

"Of course" Sally responded, "You've done a lot already"

"If I did enough we wouldn't be talking through this door" Heather countered, "What was Nora like?"

"What? Why are you asking that?" Sally asked.

"I don't know" Heather shrugged, "Sally, no one's really talked about her"

"Because she's not in our lives anymore" Sally told her.

"Exactly what I mean" Heather responded, "You were in limbo, Aidan was buried, and when you both reemerge, you were expecting to see Nora here instead of me. I'd expect at least one of you guys to talk about her every once in a while. I was just curious as to know what she was like. I mean, was she cautious and conservative, tough and protective, or energetic and enthusiastic?"

"She was fake and lost" Sally told her.

"I thought she was your friend" Heather replied.

"She was" Sally responded, "Until all she wanted to do was find a way out of her werewolf mess"

"She was a werewolf too?" Heather asked.

"Josh scratched her. She was infected the same way he was" Sally informed her.

"Kenny is off limits! You can't still be arguing about this" Aidan snapped.

"Aidan, she won't listen to me" Josh complained.

"So she wants to feed a 17 year old vampire/werewolf to a witch? What if kills both of them?" Aidan let out, "We already know that Liam is out there waiting for us to make a false move"

"He probably already knows about Maria and Heather" Josh said in a low voice.

"We don't know. The last time we saw him he had a knife jabbed into his eye" Aidan told his friend, "Maybe he's run off now that he knows the truth. He'll probably regroup a new pack now that we destroyed his"

"And this makes this good, Aidan?" Josh questioned.

"We need to stick together" Aidan responded.

"Oh, that's really a great idea. Sally the rotting corpse, Aidan the 200 year old vampire, Josh the newly reborn werewolf again, Heather the spirit witch, and Maria the… preschooler" Josh listed.

"We have Donna out there and Liam trying to kill us all" Aidan told him.

"I'm glad you finally agree" Josh responded.

"We'll deal with one problem at a time" Aidan spoke up, "How much does Heather know about battling a blood witch?"

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