Author's Note:

Here's the fifth chapter. It's another short chapter so sorry. However, I couldn't bring myself to add anything else. It's a combination of heavy and light so be aware. I think it balances itself nicely. Hopefully, the next chapter will be longer. Plus, since it took me so long to add this chapter, I'm going to add the next one today… hopefully.

Hope you enjoy... –Evangeline

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"I wonder just how long everyone is going to stare at us for," Seth stated. Everyone was still staring at us, their auras ranged from shocked, to sad, to disbelief, to uncertainty. I was still pretty shocked when I learned how to see people's auras and I sometimes get the different colors mixed up with the wrong emotion or emotions.

"You can stop now," I told them, "This wouldn't be the first time the Society has tried to kill us or wanted us for some purpose."

"Captain, can you give us a hand?" Whenever we were in a formal Knights meeting, Seth and I always called Grandpa Sorensen Captain and our other grandparents by name.

"Yes, yes, yes," Grandpa sniffed, took a deep breath, and composed his face again. It was heartbreaking to see him this way, so I gave him a little smile. "Well, that is the lightest piece of information in the whole Society," he sneered the name and I sat in disbelief that the Hit List was the lightest information, "collection. The next is far more grueling and menacing." I looked at Seth and he looked at me a tad scared. This couldn't be good and I had a feeling that this was the subject the Fairy Queen had talked about. "We believe that a dark and evil force is leading the Society now and he is ruthless. Also, creatures of light have suddenly gone into a dark state. They are not fallen creatures; they are simply in a darker and crueler state."

My mind flashed to the Shadow Plague of Fablehaven. It was not a good time at all. When Navorag, I hated that slimy liar, had handed the demon Kurisock the reverhant's nail, he had used it to turn all the creatures of light into that same state and humans became invisible to all but Seth. The hamadryad Ephira helped Kurisock by biting the first creatures and spreading the disease through biting. When we finally beat the curse it was horrible. We had lost so much in that time and gained very little in return. Patton had come back and gotten Lena out of the naiad pond, again. However, in the end, we lost the Fairy Queen Shrine at Fablehaven, Lena died destroying the nail, and the centaur Broadhoof died while I was on him. Let's just say, I did not like this at all.

"We have not figured out how this is happening and how we can stop it. But when we do," Grandpa hit the podium with his clinched fist. It wasn't like him to let his temper get to him in front of the Knights. "We will," he emphasized, "stop them." He took a break so that everyone could soak up his words.

I grasped my necklace, feeling the surge of energy it gave me. Now, I knew why the necklace had been a few degrees colder for the past few months. You should have known, Kendra, I scolded herself, Protecting the creatures of light on earth is your duty.

Don't be too hard on yourself. You couldn't have known something bad like this was happening. Besides, isn't it good that the necklace hasn't given you any visions? Liz comforted, and she was right as usual. It was an extremely good thing that the necklace didn't give me any visions. If it did, then that meant that the situation was dire.

Your right, I mentally sighed, Thanks Liz. I could tell she smiled.

"Well," Grandpa Sorenson said as he stood tall and plastered a smile on his face, "it's time to eat. Dig in everyone!"

Like we could eat now, I thought, my appetite officially gone. In its place was pure stress, worry, and fear.

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Buffet Table