CHAPTER SEVEN

"Leo! What's going on?" asked Philippe.

"I'm getting a call from Selena."

Leo looked worried.

"Well you can't go, it must be a trap."

"It is," said Leo.

"But it's not easy to avoid a call. I need to use all my concentration."

Philippe quietened down straight away. He knew how hard it must be for Leo to have to ignore one of his charges. Philippe started to wonder about what was going on back at the house. Had they called the dark-lighter yet? Was the dark-lighter there ready and waiting? Only time would tell. After a while Leo lifted his head out of his hand and looked up at Philippe.

"It's over, I think."

"You think? Well that's good isn't it? I mean they aren't a threat if they're not calling you right?"

"Wrong." Said Leo looking upset.

"I can hear them but I can't orb to them, which can only mean one thing."

"What?" asked Philippe nervously.

"They've converted to Evil."

"Evil?" Selena asked again

"Explain."

"Well…" started the dark-lighter.

"It's quite simple actually. The only way I can be summoned is by spirits of evil. This means that you two have now turned evil so that I can kill the white-lighter."

"Evil?" Karlia was still having trouble connecting the dots.

"Yes, but I must ask you, out of curiosity. Why did you come so willingly? Normally the balance of good and evil stays that way. Good never comes willingly, so why did you?"

Selena looked at Karlia. But Karlia somehow looked different.

"We want the white-lighter dead as much as you do."

"Yeah, so you go sha-bam…" Selena mimed blowing up someone,

"…and we become good again. Right?"

"Wrong." Said the dark-lighter.

"You chose evil therefore you are evil. And you will now live with that. You're lives have changed now, and so has your destiny. You are no longer the power of three as good witches; you are the power of two with evil inside of you."

"Yeah right, gimme a br-…" started Selena. But Karlia cut her off.

"Let me show her."

And without warning Karlia held out her hand and a spray of fire came out of it, smashing a vase that was up on the shelves. Selena looked at Karlia and then back at the dark-lighter.

"Will you excuse us for a second?"

And just like earlier that day with Philippe, Selena dragged Karlia over to a space and started to talk to her.

"So what, now we're evil?" asked Selena.

"Yeah and loving it." Said Karlia.