Love Dove

It Has Begun

Christian groaned a bit as he finally woke up. It wasn't as if he was an early riser by any means, though being out drinking with his new little friend until almost sunrise was making him get a late start even for him. Not to mention a massive hangover. Though the fact he ate half of a pizza cake before getting drunk should have stopped that. Shaking his slowly as he sat up, thankful that he was actually in his bed this morning, he felt something smack softly against his chest.

"No, no that's funny. You should have done it. It would have matched your mask!" The girl slurred slightly before laughing, Chris laughing along with her.

"I know, that's what I said. My friend didn't find it funny." Chris replied before the girl got up and started walking off. "Wait, where are you going?"

"We're going to get you a Lassie collar."

Chris reached up and found the clasp and took the collar off to look at it. It was a bright pink collar with a copper tag on it, that in bold letters said Lessery. He couldn't help but close his eyes and laugh at it. Well it was still pretty close for drunk people. He would just put this with his….

"The two of them walked down the road, or well stumbled. Her more leading him than him walking her home. To be fair though he never went into the city. Usually his friend brought him anything he couldn't get from the woods. "Alright, if you had to choose between never getting to get cake again. Or…" He laughed a little when she said she wanted cake. "..yeah but I didn't even finish." He protested watching as she took the mask he had in his other hand. Before she put it on saying that she was taking it. "Alright, I guess I don't really need it anymore." He said with a laugh, he might be an asshole but he was still a gentleman. And as they stopped at her house he smiled at her. "This was fun, we'll have to do it again sometime." When she agreed and hesitated, hand on the knob, he smiled once more and kissed her cheek before leaving.

…..mask. Well hell, he really liked that mask. Christian shook his head a bit, he would just see if he could find another one. If she really wanted it then… Fuck did he even catch the vampires name? Damn it, he really was an asshole. With a bit of a groan he got up and walked around his house a little bit, getting some food and popping some headache pills. When that didn't seem to help, he did the next best thing. Turning and going for a run.

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Her home was a total wreck, and yet she couldn't find it in her to clean it at this moment. Everything had started out so well! Everyone had been getting along. Dancing together. Though the discussions hadn't been….the best. It had been a huge improvement. There only being hash words thrown, instead of fists and spells. All to be ruined by that redheaded witch. Kiara sighed and shook her head slightly as she leaned on the banister. She was lucky that she hadn't lost support of all the races. The largest wolf group had agreed to see her on their own turf. As well as two of the vampire covens. The dragon and the shifter meetings had gone extremely well at least. Maybe there still was some hope. Kiara sighed once more looking at Dawn, she was definitely more at peace in her normal clothes now.

"Ay, are we going to go do this meeting or no? Cause I would like to get back before Michael makes up his mind." Dawn spoke as she leaned against the banister as well. She had only been given the two days before reporting in. Though she would like to say that what happened last night wouldn't get back to him. Even she knew that was useless to hope for. Her best bet was to prove there was still a chance for peace. Giving Kiara a small nudge with a soft smile. "Come on, I'm sure you'll be able to figure somethin' out. The first two meetings went well."

Kiara nodded her head a bit straightening herself up a bit. Before she started her way down the stairs. "Did you hear anything about the hunter that got hurt?" She asked, it had been a bit of a surprise to find a small puddle of blood outside this morning. Especially seeing the magic didn't affect anyone that was outside. There was a small stifled laugh to her side, and she glanced at Dawn.

" 'Kay so I guess one of the hunters shot the other in the leg last night." She shook her head. "He limped away, from what the other angels told me. Humans are so petty."

"True, but we still need them on our side Dawn." Kiara said which got a small huff and eye roll, but she couldn't even argue.

It took a little bit longer than to get to the set of woods outside of town. Of course Kiara had only been here once before. The light through the trees was starting to dim but not enough that it was quite dark yet. It was still enough to make Dawn slightly on edge, though she had yet to even meet with this Alpha that Kiara respected so dearly. Not to mention that though it had healed, that bitten spot in her leg was still a little sore. She had bashed that wolf pretty hard. There was a slight movement ahead of them that pulled her attention. Kiara had stopped ahead of her, a wolf blocking their way. "Is that one from the pack?" She whispered.

The wolf answered her question though, not seeming to take the question very kindly. Showing its teeth as it growled at them. Dawn slowly put her hand on the hilt of one of her blades. Only making the situation worse as the wolf's ears flattened, growl getting louder as it took a step towards them. "We're deeply sorry." Kiara said calmly as she stepped between Dawn and the wolf, making the wolf stop. "We were looking for the large pack around here. They are waiting for us." The wolf's ears slowly went back to normal, rolling his eyes the wolf huffed before pointing its nose to the right. Turning to the left, he looked at them and growled again. Kiara nodded a bit before taking Dawn's hand, pulling her towards the right path. "Thank you."

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She wasn't familiar with these woods, she wasn't even sure if she was running the right way. Normally she took the wolves woods. However, she had taken this wood thinking it was the routine that was going to get her killed. She was wrong. Thus Emily had tried to stay in human form, this vision she had been in monkey form, and she hoped it would be enough to help. Though as the third bullet had flown past her, close enough to graze her shoulder and cause a flesh wound. She questioned if this choice of path was really the best. So as soon as she had the chance to get far enough away from the hunter, she had climbed into a tree.

Now she was trying to get her heart rate down, just enough. She just needed to get it down enough that she could get herself to shift without it being extremely painful. Taking a slow calm breath, she closed her eyes and started the change. "Where the fuck did you go bitch?!" The loud man called out, him and his friend got closer. Stupid hunters. Always announcing themselves. Still it was enough to make her body jerk and shift violently, the flesh wound not making it any better. Emily bit her tongue to keep herself quiet as she finished shifting. They were right under her, thank god they didn't have as good of ears as her. Now in monkey form she stayed still and quiet. They would pass, they would pass, they….Emily's eyes wiped a bit, as a drip of blood dropped on the hunters hand and they both stopped. Looking up slowly at her and their eyes locked for a moment before Emily took off again, hearing a gunshot behind her. Up ahead of her she saw the downed tree and almost fell out of the tree as she took a sharp turn. She knew that marker.

She heard one of the hunters trip over the down tree as she kept running. It was a good thing, that meant there was only one left after her. She could hear him cursing the other for not helping him. She didn't know exactly how far she had continued to run before she ran out of close trees. She could jump to the next one, but it left an opening. With nowhere to go, and the hunter not in sight, she took the jump.

It seemed to happen in slow motion, it always did. She was almost to the tree when the noise echoed and the pain in her stomach took her breath. She missed the tree falling to the ground. Body jerking and shifting until she was curled in a naked ball. Hand on her bleeding stomach. The footsteps of the hunter getting closer, before feeling his boot kick her on her back. A twisted smile on his face as he put the gun to her head, and…..she woke up."

The monkey took a swallow breath as she continued running. She wanted nothing but to shake that vision from her head. They were always so real. She was so in her own head so much she almost missed the man that was walking beneath her. Glancing down she saw his eyes watching her pass. Oh...oh no. This poor guy. He had no idea that she was being chased by hunters. She was going to cause someone else to die because of her. Coming to a stop, her climbed down the tree sitting on a low branch a few feet in front of him.

"You need to run. There are hunters chasing me and you're going to get hurt." Of course her words came out as loud squeaky chittering. When he spoke, Emily stopped for a moment tilting her head looking at him. No, you have to run...run...you have to..they have guns damn it!" More chittering, though this time there were hand motions and she placed her hand on her wet bloody fur showing it to him. Getting even more annoyed she grabbed his face with the nonbloody hand and forced him to look at the hunter who was pointing his gun at them.

Show Me The Truth

Anais Thomas

530|Phoniex (Water)|The Adventurer

"I know they say Not all who wonder are lost but getting lost is part of the wonder."

- Anais is a very kind, and calm person. Who believes that a person's happiness should matter more than what other people think. She lives her own life by this.

- Unlike her brother Chris, Anais isn't the bookworm type. She is more the street smart type, satisfying her wonderlust and love for languages. She has been all over the world, and due to her ability to survive camouflaged underwater, places most people have never been before.

-She is well known in her family as being the cool aunt that spoils her nieces and nephews. Furthermore she is the reason that all of them know eachother. One of the few reasons her and Denise hate eachother.

Still Worth Fighting For

Willow gave a smile as Drake thanked her for breakfast and nodded a bit. "You're welcome." She answered before sitting Saul's down with a kiss on the cheek before getting her own breakfast. Only to end up giving it to Jo has she stumbled in looking like, well shit. She nodded a bit before remaking her plate and finally starting to eat herself. She was partly glad that Tiff just ignored Jo instead of starting a fight straight out with the guys here. She had no doubt that it wouldn't last long after the guys left. Just like she couldn't deny the fact she was a little angry with Jo herself. But last night had been a rough night for half of the group, and the fight she and Alex had was so loud, she wouldn't have been surprised if their new friends heard it.

Jo smiled a bit when Drake said that he would go to town with her. At least he didn't seem angry with her, and it was nice. Tiffany was lucky in that way, her boyfriend was overprotective but not to the extreme of Alex. "Yeah, that totally fine." She answered quietly as she finished up her breakfast, and going to get dressed.

Tiffany was still trying to wake up honestly and that was one of the reasons she wasn't laying into her sister at this moment. That and the fact she was hungry from not eating dinner the night before, so she was busy stuffing her face. When Drake kissed the top of her head, she glanced at him and smiled.

Once Drake and Jo left, Willow looked at Tiffany. "So Tiff, me and Sal had planned to go to the park because it's supposed to be a nice day. Do you want to tag along?"

Tiff frowned a bit to herself. "I would Will, but I'm right in the middle of a project. And I only have until the end of the week. But please find someone to go with you."

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Jo was really was thankful that Drake agreed to go with her to town, and when he met up with her outside she smiled at him. "Thanks agree for coming with me Drake." She said softly as they towards town. "I mostly just need to go to the record store and to swing by a liquor store somewhere."

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Logan couldn't help but smile at how cheerful Cole was this early in the morning. "I would love one with bacon and cheese please." He said before walking over to the table, and he took a seat before looking at the cup Cole put in front of him. "Thank you, you didn't have to do that though." He said still with a smile. When she said something about the Morning Glory he chuckled a bit and took a sip of his own coffee. "So what do you and Clar Bear have planned for today? It's your day off right?"

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It wasn't the noise of the doorbell that woke Garret, but the motion of her leaving the bed and moving around the room. For a moment he laid there and waited for her to come back to bed, before he heard the doorbell and knew why she had gotten up. With a groan he rolled over, only to groan a little again when his stab wound touched the mattress. Though it was healed, it was still sore as hell due to how deep it was. It would definitely scar that version of his form, which was a shame because that was the last one that wasn't. The doorbell rang two more times before it was shorted out. Which was probably a good thing, he would really hate to beat Alex's ass naked.

Garret laid there for a little while trying to get back to sleep, seeing that Randa had cancelled her appointment he assumed it was probably around 10 or 11. However, it was his night off and he wasn't going to get up before noon if he could help it. It didn't help though that with the quietness of the house, their talking was just loud enough for him to hear through the walls. Even if he couldn't make out all of the words. With a sigh he reached up and checked his phone, to see that it was only 8am. "Are you fucking kidding me?" He muttered to himself. What the fuck was Alex's problem with letting people sleep until normal fucking hours.

He cursed under his breath as he got out of bed looking for his boxers. He wasn't going to get fucked dressed for this bullshit, if Alex was going to him up this early, he was lucky he was wearing boxers. The bedroom door opened quickly, as he glared at Alex. Though it might have been a little more intimidating if he wasn't sporting a bedhead, or a hickey on his chest and collar. "What the fuck is your problem dude? Your girlfriend being pissed at you ain't good enough? You fucking hate sleep? I'm start stopping by your house on my way home and fucking wake you up at 3am." Garret said, before moving closer and taking the cup of coffee from Alex's hand.

"You don't deserve this cup of coffee, you deserve your fucking ass beat." He added before taking a drink of the coffee. "Also you shouldn't have walked away like a jackass, just made it worse." He added before walking over to Randa and kissed her lips and neck before whispering in her ear. "You need to get you some of those glasses." Before taking a couple doughnuts and heading back into their bedroom. Sitting the coffee and doughnuts on the side table, he took a quick shower.

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The delicious smell of bacon woke Zach up from a death sleep. It took a few moments for him to gather his bearings. Groaning a bit as he stretched a bit, before at the fact Dahl must have covered him up when she woke up before him. They must have fallen asleep during the movie last night. The fact that his back was killing him was as much of a give away as the fact he was on the couch.

After laying there for a moment he made his way into the kitchen, to see Dahl cooking franch toast. Wrapping his arms around her waist from behind pulling her gently closer to him. "This explains why I was dreaming about food." He chuckled before kissing her cheek and telling her good morning before letting her go. "Do you want any help?"

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Her hands hurt from digging in the rumble, chucks of cement laid everywhere around her. Some thrown to the side that she dug through, some still left from the explosion. Everything around her was in slow motion, the rest of the building in an echo. Other than the sobs of Aless who dug through on the other side of the room. She needed to keep her sobs quiet. She needed to be strong for both of them.

"We haven't been able to find her! She has to be here." Kat glanced up for a moment at Aless, tears silently running down her face. "We have to find her before the hunters break though Kat!" She didn't answer, she couldn't, she looked back to the large pile of rubble that only seemed to be getting bigger. They wouldn't…..they wouldn't be able to get through this before they broke through! It was right then that she saw the blonde hair through the cracks of some of the rubble a bit farther up. She choked out a sob as she grabbed the large slab of cement…."

Kathleen woke herself up crying, the feel of a panic attack tight on her chest. Sitting up she pulled her knees to her chest as she gathered her bearings, loud breathless sobs making their way out of her throat. She needed to take a breath...she needed to take a breath...Kathleen closed her eyes taking a slow breath in...and out. Calming herself. Opening her eyes, she looked around the room. She was home, and her body relaxed a bit. She was home, everyone had made it out alive. She glanced to her side to see that Aless wasn't asleep beside her, she must have gotten up already. Though that had been a rough night and she wouldn't have been surprised if she kept Aless awake talking in her sleep, because she kept waking herself up.

Getting out of bed slowly, her head hurt slightly and she felt like she hadn't slept at all. She didn't even want to get dressed this morning and so she didn't even bother, just walking out in her pajamas. The house was always quiet down this hallway and that was the reason she wanted her room here, because she could blare her music without bugging Aless. However, this morning it was more erie than relaxing. She rubbed her arm down the other one as she walked down the hall, but as she got close to the living room she could hear the faint voices coming from the kitchen. She made her way a bit more quickly into the kitchen.

Mal, Aless, and Lia were gathered around in the kitchen talking quietly. Though Kat was more laser focused to care about what they were talking about. Heading straight for her mother, and when Lia turned to ask what was wrong, she hugged her without saying a word. Eyes watering as she hugged her tightly.

Mal looked at Aless with a confused look on her face as Kat hugged on Lia sobbing against her. "Is she okay?" She whispered before Lia calmed Kat down enough find out while she was crying. When she told Lia that she had dreamt that Lia had died in the explosion, then she and Aless had to find the body before the hunters did. The whole light conversation changed. Once Lia was able calm Kat down enough, and get her to sit down to eat some breakfast, Mal put a hand on Kat shoulder as she sat by her. "Kat, would you like me to turn you into a cat again?"

Kat nodded a bit to Mal, as ridiculous as it might have sounded, the last time she was this far out of whack, it did help. Her body did feel a little less tense after Mal had turned her in a calico, glancing at Lia she hopped up on the table so she could eat her breakfast.

Show Me The Truth

It was so noisy here this year. One would think that at a festival where the goal was either to have race meeting or to stuff your face, people would be ...well stuffing their face. But no, very few were actually eating their food. They were to busy talking or chasing after their children, who thought it was just a game. Bristol sighed softly, her headache was probably the reason she was getting so annoyed by the other people here. Her phone vibrated in her pocket and she checked her watch just to see it was just another message from their mother, that was starting to get annoying too. At least they were getting tacos though, perhaps eating something would make her feel a little better. The best thing about this stupid festival was the taco truck that she and her twin, Evangeline, went to every year. Had the best tacos, she kept trying to talk the owner into getting a restaurant so she could get them more than at the festival.

Bri looked at Evan as she asked where Saul was supposed to meet up with them. “The um….” She snapped her fingers a few times as she thought. “....Funtastic Funnels? The funnel cake truck that has a stupid as fuck name.” She said with a slight chuckle, even with a stupid name their funnel cakes were some of the best. Aside from maybe the ones their father made while drunk sometimes. When Evan said something about the roller coasters Bri shook her head a bit. "I think it's just to keep their brats out of their hair." She said before she saw Evan trying to hide a yawn, and she chuckled when Evan asked what. "I was just looking at you, calm down grumpy."

As they got to the taco truck, her mouth started watering just from the smell of the taco meat. She was smart this year and actually skipped out on lunch so she wouldn't get sick. Even if the fact they had five people ahead of them made It worse. She was about to grumble a bit when Evangeline's phone started going off. Bri laughed after Evan said that Saul wanted her to order his food. "Oh he should know by now I will order him something spicier just for that."

It was long after they started moving up in the line that Saul joined them and Bri smiled giving him a long hug once Evan let go of him. Bri nodded rolling her eyes when Evan told Saul that their mom had been blowing up their phones. "Honestly, I'm hoping they don't get here until just before the meeting. I'm not in the mood to deal with how annoying mom is being."

Bri couldn't help but frown when Evan explained the Ian thing, because honestly the disagreement was partly her fault. She sighed when Saul asked how things were going with her. "Oh awesome thank you! But things aren't much better, they moved me labs because of a disagreement with the supervisor. I'm not even sorry about it, she was an idiot and she needed to know it, so I told her." She shook her head, and grumbled under her breath, before going up and ordering her taco and a drink. Honestly she was glad that Evan asked Saul about walking her to walk and nodded a bit. Even though she didn't want to admit it, the whole hunter thing had her worried. And she could tell it did Evan too. But hunters weren't often a problem around here, and that was likely part of it.

Once they got their food and started walking a bit, Bri listened to Evan telling Saul what had happened the night before. When he asked if she had been having any issues with hunters, she looked at him with a mouth full of taco and shook her head "Knot reelie." She answered before rolling her eyes as Evan and Saul laughed at her. "I'm reelie hongery." That got another laugh before Saul started talking about how things had been going for him since they last saw each other. Which what he had been working on sounded really interesting, and she would have to remember to ask him to see it when he was done with it.

Bri shouldn't help but sigh a little as she finished her taco and felt her phone vibrate. Though looking at she let off a sight squeak showing it to the other two since they had their hands full. It was a group text between her, Evan, and their aunt. "Oh my gosh guys aunt Anais is coming into town for the meet this year. Mom is going to be pisssssed!" She said before laughing a bit and starting to text back. Barely paying attention to her surroundings or the crowd of people around them, until she heard someone apologizing and looked up to see a pretty little blonde holding Saul's taco.

"Oh I'm so sorry. It's getting a little hard to move around here." The blonde said before checking Saul out in a very not settle way and handing him, his taco. "I'm okay. Good thing I caught that taco, be a shame to lose such good meat." She added before winking and moving past him, turning into one of the more crowded areas.

Bri couldn't help the loud laugh she let out before looking around Saul at Evan. "Such a shame to lose the meat. That was so bad."

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Ah the food festival, she could remember when it wasn't a reason for races meeting. When there wasn't such a thing as fried..well everything and she insisted on going every year. It was kind of funny that she had made it back West in time for it this year. Though food wasn't her interest but the easy targets lined up with money they saved up for it. Though, the corndog she had was fucking delicious.

With a slight sigh the short blonde threw her trash away, before turning her gaze towards the large crowd of people heading her way from the rides. Taking a deep breath, Namoi easily inserted herself into the crowd of parents trying to calm their children down, people excited from the rides, and random others making their way another.

Sadly most humans didn't realize how easy of a target they were. Like the woman who sat her purse down to yell at her kid for something and tie their shoes. Truly the woman deceived to have her purse snatched up from the ground. A couple of teenagers that were pushing their way roughly through the crowd while bitching about old people. They didn't need loose money or the bit of jewelry Naomi was able to get off the last girl, to feel entitled. She was doing a service really, even going so far as stuffing a five in some kids pocket that looked hungry as she passed them.

Though maybe she got a touch to cocky as she made her way into the food truck area, by taking a man's wallet as they were waiting in line. Only getting a few people into the oncoming crowd before hearing the man start yelling. As glanced over her shoulder to make sure the guy had started following her, bam, Namoi felt like she ran into a solid wall. Her hand catching whatever was falling off it.

Only to take a step back and glance at the taco with a few bites out of it in her hand. Even more confused, her light brown eyes looked in front of her, seeing that the solid wall, was actually a tall rather build brunette man that looked as caught off guard as she was. "Oh I'm so sorry." Naomi said a slight blush coming to her cheeks, "It's getting a little hard to move around here." She added with a smile letting her eyes ran over his figure as he spoke to her, before handing him, his taco as her other hand got his wallet out of his pocket.

"I'm okay. Good thing I caught that taco, be a shame to lose such good meat." She answered with a wink before moving around, pocketing the wallet before shaking her head at herself. Did ...did she just trying to flirt with a hot guy using a meat pun? How, even? What the fuck was wrong with her?

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The tall light blonde woman couldn't help but shake her head as her friends headed giggling towards the rides, and she headed through the festival. Sometimes she forgot how much younger dragons could be like little toddlers. At least Asirre had went them them to make sure they didn't just burn down the roller coaster. Even if it seemed a bit extreme for them, she wouldn't be surprised honestly. Honestly she kind of loved this festival, aside from the rides, which were such a stupid idea in the first place. The food was always good, with new kinds of food rolling in each year. Plus it was nice to be in a place she knew was mostly supernaturals, after having to work and live in the human world so much.

Making her way gracefully through the large crowds that lingered a bit around the food trucks, Jamila couldn't help but smile a bit seeing her friend towards the front of the funnel cake truck. Before making her way towards the dark haired man with glasses and jet black hair. As she got closer she noticed the large smile on his face while looking down towards his phone. "What has you all smiles?" She asked, looping her arm through out of his. "Did you get some cute guys number?"

Zayden didn't even move as he felt Mila loop her arm through his. Even with a crowd this large, he could smell his best friends perfume from half a food truck area away. Though her question made him glance up from his phone and give an overly dramatic eye roll, which only made her laugh a little more. "No, nosy. My uncle just gave me a heads up that he is in town for the festival and wanted to know if I wanted to meet up tomorrow." He answered before moving to the front of the line, and getting them both funnel cakes. Hers with strawberry sauce, like a freak.

"So where did the others go? I thought you were bringing your whole dance group?" He asked as they moved a little away from the truck to get out of the way and eat.

Mila chuckled and rolled her eyes a bit. "Asirre took them to go ride that roller coaster."

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Rebecca was glad that she had come early to this festival, it gave her time to ride a few of the rides and get something to eat before this meeting. Though it was out of pure luck that she had arrived back in the area in time for Kai to reach out to invite her to the meeting this year. Not to mention, it had been a few years since she had seen Kai, and it was nice to hear that he was still around. Though she wasn't exactly especially expecting a brand nice face when she walked into the tent with a mouthful.

She smiled slightly when Kai said something about her being the first one to arrive, and gave a slight wave while making a point to show her mouth was full before getting to her seat. It wasn't very long before Tobias and Warren finally got to the tent, and she smiled winking at Tobias as he nodded to her. "The ones farther south have been cut out of contact for a few weeks now, from what I've heard. I guess something big is going on." She added when Kai said something about not being able to reach some of the dealers.

She smiled a bit and nodded towards Az. "I'm Becca." Becca couldn't help the fact her face soured at Sean and Craig's name. Though she had only had to deal with Craig once. Each time she had to deal with Sean, she wanted to literally kill him. So it really wasn't very surprising when Kai said he had pissed off both the Horsemen and Ascended.

Honestly she hadn't heard the name Sybil very much. Here and there in her travels a few times. But honestly she barely actually dealt with witches, other than the ones in the East. Even still she made sure to make a mental note. When asked if there were any more questions, she bit her lip a bit. "It's not really a question, but if any of you catch sight or hear about Travis Hendra. Let me know, they still haven't gotten him back to his cell and I tracked him here."

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Delonna couldn't help but smirk slightly as Darius got upset that she had sat at the other end of the table. So he was unable to sit by Amal. "I already told you no. I was here before you and am comfortable." She argued before Aetulia snapped and told him to just sit down. She stretched a bit and sighed as he sat down, getting an even dirtier look from him. Delonna was really glad she had, had time to talk to Aetulia before the meeting. Because there was no way that Raelynn would agree to be betrothed to anyone in Darius or Amal's tribe.

As much as she hated the fact that she was putting her tribes escape plans in Darius hands. He unfortunately was good at making them. She hoped he was smart enough not to bother planning where her tribe was going to relocate this time.

The instant that Amal pulled his stupid little list out of his pocket, her eyes narrowed. As if the letters he had sent on Siddiq's visits weren't enough! Her fingers tapped as he started reading off the names. She gave Darius a look of disgust when he emotionlessly said he would inform his daughter of her third trial. "Why not just tie up the poor girl and have Amal burn her in front everyone Darius." She spat out, before glancing at Amal. "And what is the reason Shasfi is now on her third trail now? She has done nothing wrong since coming to my tribe."

When Amal finally gave her permission to speak, it took all of her willpower not to start up another argument. "To start, Darius this year my crops have been fairing very well. I know that where tribe has trouble growing without magic. If you need extra crops or fish, I can have it sent to yours within the week." Delonna said, giving him a chance to answer before continuing. "Also, I'm sure that...almost everything has been feeling a shift in the Abyss within the last few months. I have been looking into the issue...safely of course."

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This had to be one of the most crowded areas that she had ever been in. Which made it both safe and dangerous. She knew not even Sybil would approve of her drones attacking her in this big of a crowd. But they could blend in really well. With a sigh Nireen shook her head, her eyes going to the food trucks as her stomach growled. She had been surviving off mostly free food she could find and the occasional cheating that put her in danger of being noticed. Biting her lip a bit she got into one of the lines and started looking over the food they had. She hadn't been able to try anything they actually had, and as she got to the front of the line she randomly named things off.

As the woman told her the price of the food Nireen couldn't help but frown a bit. She reached into her pocket and gripped two of the blank scraps of paper. Before some guy a few people behind her started screaming about someone stealing his wallet. She was paying more attention to drama than what she handed the woman, and felt more money put in her hand. She gave the woman a weird look before putting it in her pocket and taking her food. "You gave me a fifty hon." Shit! She took the food and money as the woman closed the money drawer before quickly taking off. Well that was going to get her noticed. It didn't take long to hear the woman screaming curse words as she opened the drawer for the next customer. At least she had real money for once though.

Sitting down at one of the little benches they had for people to sit at away from the rides. Nireen sat there quietly as she watched the hoards of people walking around carefree. There were a lot of powerful people there, she could feel her body trying to soak in as much magic and energy as it could. She had never been freely allowed around this diverse of races and she could feel it's almost calming effects while eating. Though it was sadly ended as her eyes caught a few people working their way through the food crowd. A few that she knew, and the way they looked at her said they noticed her as well. Throwing what was left of her food away, she started walking as fast as she could without making a scene. She just had to get away from the massive amount of humans. However, instead of finding a place with less humans. She found herself in a place with no one and lots of meeting tents. Well fuck!

Turning a corner she saw a man leaving a tent, waiting a few moments she saw no one else leave but the tent was left open. Assuming he had been last one to leave the tent, and seeing her tail coming into the tent area she quickly ducked into the tent. Almost running into a younger man that was heading out of the tent. "S...sorry." She stuttered trying to move out of the way but ended up in a different strong pair of hands. Taking a second she noticed the woman and other two men in the tent. Their engry screamed demon, and she was happy to not be around humans. "Are you alright honey?" Becca asked, her face going from annoyed to concern when she saw the worried look on the girls face.

"Sorry….I thought this tent was empty." Nireen mumbled out with a nervous laugh moving away from the guy that caught her. Her eyes going to the back of the tent. What kind of tent had only one exit?! "Search every open tent then. I'm not telling Sybil we lost it again." A voice came from outside somewhere near the tent and Nireen felt herself panic looking around before moving to the table and turning herself into another chair.

Save Me|Save Yourself|Save Us All

Heather was glad that Clary said she wouldn't tell anyone that she was the one that asked about Cain. Normally she wasn't worried about flirting with some guy, if they were with someone or not. However, this was...weirdly different. Then Clary got on the subject of a girls day.

It was so adorable how excited Clary got over the fact she was down with it. For a second she thought she was going to go through both the bench and the floor again with all the bouncing. And Heather chuckled a bit and her words once she stopped bouncing. "No, I really doubt he would. But I mean you are one of his favorite students. So you never know." When Clary said that she found her hair curlers, Heather smile grew a bit. "Oh we totally should, that looked so good the one time! Just don't let me fall asleep with them like last time. That really hurt to get out." She couldn't help but get excited a bit, but Clary was really good with doing hair. She put Billie to shame even.

Heather looked at her watch as she finished her lunch listening to Clary planning their girls night. Somehow she get talked into agreeing to bringing her makeup bag too just in case. Though she knew Clary just wanted to play make up artist, once everyone was too drunk to argue. After Clary was done with her lunch, and they threw everything away, Heather smiled to Clary as they walked towards the gym. "So…..Cole hmm?" She couldn't help her smile from growing a bit at Clary's reaction. "I think you two are cute together." She added as they got to the gym.

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Iris couldn't help the smile as Miles face turned bright red, before sitting where she gestured. It was adorable. She nodded slightly. "It's a shame you didn't come Sunday morning when they were showing new years around and stuff." She said with a small chuckle, before offering to show him around after classes. After all, she couldn't just leave the poor guy to wander around lost. Well she could, but it would be mean. The fact he was up for her showing him around made Iris happy. Plus it gave her something to do after her classes. Though his comparison made her look away from the books and look at him. "Really? I've never been to Buckingham Palace."

Iris went back to working on Kane's books, her mind drawn back to getting them sorted, before Miles asked how long she had been here. "Um…" She said having to think for a moment, while she finished up what she was doing. "Three...three and a half years. Yeah it's been about three and a half years now. Because when Samantha got me in here, it was half way through the school year." She said before nodding to herself a bit, and giving a soft chuckle as she came over and leaned on the other chair a bit. "It took a bit of thought because for now I stay here all year."

She couldn't help her curiosity getting the better of her as she tilted her head looking at him. "Are you transferring or is this your first time in the schools?"

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Samantha gave a slightly tight nod when he said that hopefully she would be able to get through the demon race quickly. Yes, she probably could. But that wasn't the issue. The issue was that even class that dealt with things involving other races. We're focused to deal with them as the most important, that wasn't what her class was about. "Yes, hopefully so."

She could tell that a lot was on Aren's mind from the way he simply walked off. She nodded a bit as he called back about the other angel. The hallways were starting to crowd up again, and Sam sighed softly as she started back towards her office. As she got closer she could hear Iris talking to someone else. Taking a deep breath she readied herself a bit before headed in. Iris smiled a bit towards the door as she came in. "Cormac, you're going to be late for gym."

"Oh motherfuckballs!" Iris said and grabbed her things. "Nice meeting you, see you later." She said to Miles before heading towards the door. "I'll finish the separators later, bye Sam." She called heading out the door.

Samantha sighed sitting them down and muttered before looking at Miles. The markers started labeling the dividers and they started placing themselves. "I assume you're our new angel student?" She said making her way over to the desk, and offering her hand with a smile. "Professor Kane." She introduced herself, before taking the papers he handed her. "Now Mr. Hughes, seeing that we don't have an angel advisor, I'm going to be your advisor. If you have any issues with other teachers, classes, ect. You are welcome to come talk to me and we can figure it out. Also if you get in major trouble with other teachers they will come to me." She sighed

"And blah blah, other things I would hope are common sense." She finished, by now glancing through the papers before sitting them aside. "I'll read those here in a moment. Is there any questions about the school, your subjects, or in general? I know I have a few of my own."

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Jo was able to relax a little bit after her sisters and Alex seemed to get along pretty well. Even Tiff. She smiled a bit when Long said that she could sit out of gym class and work on homework. Which she was thankful for. Because honestly, she wasn't sure how well Alex would take her getting hurt again. Not to mention, she really couldn't do much physically at the moment. She smiled a bit and relaxed a bit as Alex rubbed her shoulders. "Not going to lie, I could get used to these." She said looking back at Alex. Though she felt his body tense behind her, and when she saw who he was looking at, her whole body tensed. "I think I'm gonna go sit down." She said before going to sit in the stands. Though….she had to admit seeing Tiff force Devin against the wall made her feel better.

Tiffany knew she was going to get in trouble for kicking Devin's ass, but she didn't care. It was worth it. Though it was nice that Long let her get it out of her system. Once the whistle was blown, Tiff stopped the water and lined up with the rest of the class.

Willow was both glad that she had Jo for a gym partner. And a bit annoyed before she got her, while she had to sit out. Looking at the others, she saw that there was another girl without a partner, Maggie she thought the name was. "Hi, would you like to partner with me? Mine is sitting out." She said gesturing to Jo who had started working on her homework.

Zach signed a bit as people started heading for with their gym partners. It hadn't been until just now that he had noticed, that of course Logan wasn't here. He was probably still high out of his mind somewhere. He glanced to the guys standing next to him, still talking about what they were going to do. Though he hadn't really hung out with either of them, he had class with both of them at least once before. "Hey, you guys mind if I tag along with you? My alternative is…" He glanced towards Devin and his partner.

Kajun's eyes followed Zach for a moment, before looking at Colten. "Yeah sure, we are going to lift weights. It will be nice not to be the only one looking like a weakling." He chuckled a bit before they started towards the weights.

"At the chance of embarrassing myself, how much can you bench man?" Zach asked Colten as they started towards the weights, passing a couple girls. The loud purring on the other side of him caught him a bit off guard, and he looked towards Kajun before smiling. The purring kind of echoed, as they got closer to where Ez and Cole was.

Still Worth Fighting For

Norah Quinn

200|Seer Witch Hybrid|Restless Soul|The Fateweaver

November 15th, Scorpio

Two of the best ways to describe Norah would probably be greedy and chaotic. While she can be a great ally, as she is very powerful. Half of the relationships that she has had ended quickly, something she often knows will happen at the start. Her friendships almost always are started because she saw you had or could do something she needed. Norah is an extremely smart and knows things that most of the "lower races" don't. Like the existence of Life, Death, and Fate. Despite the fact her loyalty can be fleeting and she is a touch narcissistic at times. Norah can be quite funny and charming, she does have a sense of right and wrong....its just a bit of a gray subject with her at times.

Norah was born and raised in a temple close to Canadian border, by her seer father. A very strict and bitter man who had lost his abilities to see visions clearly after Norah was born. His first wrong vision, as he saw his son dying with her mother during childbirth. So he often referred to her as a mistake and called her by Noah. It didn't help matters that though she was a savant at nature magics growing up, she showed no sign of visions. It wasn't until she was thirteen that she had her first vision, of her father dying. It wasn't how the others had told her however, instead was like a a puppet show. Strings in charge of every movement but hers. It wasn't until a few nights later when the vision returned, she pulled them all off of her father trying to help, that she realized what they were. After her father's death that night the Seers of the temple raised her until she left.

Noah is a very gifted nature magic, and is fairly gifted at defensive dark magic. It seems that rather than her magic feeding into her seer half like most, it is the other way around. Causing her to have a rare gift, she likes to call fateweaving. It also seems that Fate never had a plan for her. Though she has done many bad things in her life, other than killing her father. The worst even for her was helping Sybil make her brother's "vison" come true. At the time she was extremely close to Sybil, almost like a daughter. After she found out she was being used and it wasn't to save the one that turned into the Death Witch. She tried to warn Sybil that her fate was going to be to fall violently. After Sybil's brothers death was blamed on her, she left Sybil's services trying to protect both of them. She angrily makes Sybil surfer any time she comes after her.

Oblivion - Shinedown

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

1. Let You Down - NF
2. Just Lose It - Eminem
3. Like A Boy - Ciara
4. Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani
5. Heroes - Shinedown
6. Bang Bang - Nico Vega
7. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne
8. Womanizer - Brittany Spears
9. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
10. Yours Again - Red

Still Worth Fighting For

Adira Malette

135|Witch|Balanced Soul|The Follower

March 30th, Aries

A very elegant, confident, and determined tone about her, Adira has an air about her of a well to do woman. One that if you didn't know her well, would make you think she wasn't the type to work well with others. A cover she hides herself behind well. In truth she is actually quite unsure of herself. Given some of the best education in the south, while she was growing up, Adira is very intelligent.Yet the smart ideas she has are usually spoken in the form of a question. Most of her attitude comes from the fact that she works so closely with Sybil, and knowing she is untouchable by anyone but Sybil herself. Though despite how powerful she is, she is more likely to cower if she does something she was told by Sybil wrong.

A mixture of respect of the woman who gave her everything and slight fear of Sybil is one of the reasons she is so loyal to her and will do whatever she is asked. No matter if she sometimes questions it. The Malette family themselves having been a very powerful family from the south, known for dabbling in blood magic and for following Sybil when she ran the South Covern. Adira has known Sybil since she was born and Sybil has been almost like a mother to her her whole life. Her mother dying when she was very young, leaving her to her grandfather as her father was not in the picture. When the chance to leave came up, she couldn't do it.

Adira herself is very versed in both her dark and old magic, though her old magic is used more for personal uses. Just like her mother and grandfather, Adira is a very strong blood witch. Which in truth works well with her ability to cut things and people without touching them. Which keeps it from affecting her soul and mind as it does some, something that makes her far less crazy than her family members. She still does suffer from affliction, and can hear voices, not only from her own head, but being born with it she has learned ways to handle it.

A Little Shade Of Gray

Ciara rolled her eyes at his words as she moved past him. “Shakiness, the want to hit you. Whatever you want to call it.” Soon her attention was drawn more to the darkness around her though, or what was darkness. Now it was a beautiful lush meadow. Was she doing this? Adam had seemed to think so. He kept asking her if this was her power, it wasn’t, she had never done anything like this before. Adam’s next words made her look up at him and frown despite the fact her face turned a deep red. “You started kissing me first. And you're getting married. It's not going to happen again.” She said before she patted his arm. The shock that came from it was likely the worst one yet, and she shook her hand. ”I don't know, I'm sorry.”

Not even Ciara expected the flowers, sure she had thought the meadow would be prettier with flowers. Even still, she didn't expect to make them grow. Pulling her hand from the ground, she sat Indian style enjoying the flowers as Adam tried something. Sticking his hand into the dirt as she did. Ciara looked around waiting for something to happen. Only to roll her eyes when he said it must be her doing because he got nothing. ”I already told you it isn't.”

When he turned to look at her there was a flash of light that even had her shielding her eyes. When she unshielded her eyes, Adam was spinning around looking at the sky. It was kind of adorable really, and she smiled before looking up at the stars and taking them in, as well as the way it made the flowers itself glow with it. It was so beautiful, as surprising as it was this would be something he did.

Still looking at the stars, Ciara slowly stood and moved slowly to where she was a little closer to Adam. ”Okay, yours is prettier.” She said softly once she was a little closer, her eyes still on the stars as they started making what she guessed was their own constellations. Then suddenly the stars disappeared, she flashed Adam a confused look. Why did he take the stars away? It was then that she realized the grass and and flowers were gone too. ”What the hell?”

Ciara couldn't really explain it, there was a slight tingly feeling throughout her body. Almost like when they fought the first time. ”Cover your eyes.” She said reaching out and taking the hem of his shirt before the whole area was covered in light. It only took her a few moments for her eyes to adjust, but as she started to pull Adam closer it was like she was hit by a ton of bricks as darkness overwhelmed everything. Hitting Ciara enough to kick the wind out of her. She felt the bricks against her back as she struggled to catch her breath. The whole world spinning back to her, Adam's arm around her waist. There was a different light lighting up the alley as she opened her eyes and the sound of voices came to her stopping her from speaking.

”It isn't a solution! Its being lazy and pretending this isn't real. But news flash its real, you die and I die or the other way around! What do you think will happen to not only me if your coven takes over mine, but you when I'm dead?" The fire lighting the alleyway spread along the walls flickering from her anger, the light it was putting off fading just feet from where they were now standing. Adam standing perfectly still as Ciara walked towards him shaking it anger. ”Lastly I know you aren't my black knight, what you are is a egotistical bipolar mistreated insanely unfairly handsome prick!"

The flames died out as Adam let out a cruel laugh. “What the fuck did you expect me to say?” Then he started walking towards her and forcing her back. “Did you think I would join you in this fantasy world you are painting for yourself? Did you think I would come willingly participate in some secret training? You naïve pathetic little girl!” His fists hit the side of the walls on either side of Ciara’s head. You live in a fantasy world where everyone is good and perfect! I do not fit into you rainbow picture, bitch! I am evil, I am darkness, and I am death! I tried to kill you, and I would try again if it did not mean killing myself! So, yes! I will come meet you once every three days to shake your fucking hand to stay alive. And yes, that is my solid plan. And when, not if, my coven takes over yours, I will save your pathetic worm of a life and throw you in the dungeon where I will continue to visit you every three days to stay alive.” The soft, actually scared whisper of Ciara. ”Please don't put me in the dungeon, Adam."

Then Adam started kissing her, and as Ciara clearly started to getting into the kissing too. The alley was pulled into darkness. Before a flash of bright light filled it.

Ciara was forced to cover her eyes, and once the light stopped blinding her. She looked and they were just…..gone. ”What the FUCK just happened?!” She said looking at Adam.

Still Worth Fighting For

Tara listened to the guys as they started trying to figure out what creature the other two had with them. It felt like they were overlooking a few and when Serg said something about Reapers she sighed thinking a bit. “I mean he never said if the other creature actually attacked or not. Guys you are overlooking the fact we are in the middle of the woods. If the other thing was a simply a get away it could have been a fae or nymph some go through trees.” She said looking at both of them.

Tara smiled a bit when Kyp said they weren't good at talking to people like that and nodded. “No problem, I have to for Eli all the time.” She glanced back at where he had been sitting and shrugged a bit. “Sure, I'm sure Tali would appreciate it.” When he asked if she wanted to help them some more she smiled and nodded again. “Sure what can I do?”

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Eli chuckled a bit and shook his head. “Sure, because I don't remember you almost blowing up a coffee shop before getting the people out.” He couldn't help but make a face at her next words. “So someone used the bombs to cover up killing one of their elders to blame it on us.” He shook his head. “I mean, I don't care but grow a pair.” The subject changed again to this wedding and he nodded a bit. He had no doubt Kyp would look into it. Hell, he had a habit of looking into details that he didn't even think of. But still that didn't mean there wasn't some risk. “That's true, but doesn't mean they won't have the witches helping them set it up during the day.”

Once Wes joined them and Rhi left the table, the conversation switched to Chester. He dealt with quite a few scam of the earth, but it took a lot to make his skin crawl like that guy. He shook his head a little when Wes said that Chester had good information. “I would hope so, he makes the assholes I get information from look like saints.” Eli just shaked his head a little bit at what Wes said about him trying things when Serg wasn’t around. He fully intended to keep his promise about having his balls cut off. He chuckled slightly. “Oh yeah? What did you do when you met him?”

“Nice to meet you Wes.” Taylor said as he sat down, before nodding a bit about Rhi knowing the owner and bartenders. “You need to start having meetings here too Eli.”

Eli chuckled “I think my meeting place is pretty nice, considering.”

“Yeah, no, it's not.” Taylor said giving Eli a look, to which he just shrugged off. Taylor gave a sad look when Wes said that Rhi’s brother knew the hunting group that was killed. “How is she taking it?” When Rhi came back to the table Taylor smiled at her and nodded a bit. “Hey Rhi. Yeah, and he didn’t run away like you said he might.” He said with a slight laugh.

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Willow smiled and stretched her body the best she could, despite the fact she couldn’t really move very well. Looking down she softly put her hand on the top of Sal’s head, who was half cuddling, half laying on top of her. It took her a few minutes to get out of bed, but it was something she both loved and was used to so she couldn’t complain. Walking into the the kitchen she sighed to herself, cleaning her dishes from the night before and started maybe breakfast for everyone. Some leftover steak, eggs, hashbrowns, and coffee.

Off in her own little world she barely even noticed other people coming into the kitchen until Tiff peeked over her shoulder and asked what she was doing. “Well, I didn’t get to make you dinner last night so I thought I would make breakfast.” She answered with a smile before she started making plates as the others came in.

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The whole world sucked! The light sucked! She never hated the sound of birds outside of her window so freaking much. With a groan Jo turned away from the light from the window, cursing the fact that she had drunk the whole rest of the half of a bottle left over from Alex. Now she had a hangover, a boyfriend that was mad at her, and her sisters were waiting to bitch her out too. All she wanted was to cuddle Alex, he made things better.

Finally after laying there for a few hours she got out of bed and went into the kitchen to find everyone already there eating breakfast. Willow was nice enough to make her plate, and smiled a bit thanking her, before eating. After a few moments of silence eating she looked over to Drake. “Do you think you would have time to go to town with me later? I need to get something for Alex.”

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It wasn’t very often when he stayed over that her alarm woke him, but the night before had been such a eventful one that he had actually had trouble sleeping. Feeling the movement on the bed, Logan groaned his arms wrapping around Billie’s body and pulled him closer to him cuddling her against him. “No, you aren’t allowed to go for your run yet.” He mumbled in her ear sleepily, feeling her chuckle a little against him.

He didn’t after falling asleep again but woke up alone an hour later and sighed to himself as he got up and got dressed again. If nothing else at least he would have time to get a shower and relax a little bit for his day off. He made sure to lock the door behind him as he left and headed to his house. As soon as he opened the door, he found himself smiling at the fact Clary was curled up still on the couch. Following the smell of food cooking, Logan headed into the kitchen to find Cole. “Hey, what you making?” He asked leaning against the door frame.