SirensCall

Save Me|Save Yourself|Save Us All

Alex gave her a smile and nodded. "Oh. Okay, as long as I'm not going to have a crisis where I can't remember what my name actually is, we should be good." he chuckled a bit, and when she said that what Cole smoked was too loud he gave a look. He hadn't ever heard anyone say anything like that before, but she was a fae and they are very naturally intoned. Class on the other hand was another story. His eyes hurt from the strain and he was glad that she would meet him in the library so he could go see Aren about redoing the enchantment on them.

Once class was dismissed and the assignment was given, they began heading to their next classes, and he saw her face tinge a different color briefly when he called her babe. It was a natural thing for him though, and even though it had been a day and a half maybe, he cared for her. Being called babe just came with the whole dating thing. Still, it didn't stop the smile from coming over his face when he saw her blush. It was cute, and she smiled up at him which just made him happier about the whole thing.

Her next statement when he asked if she wanted him to walk her to class made him quirk a brow. Oh! This had to have been what she was talking about earlier. She seemed a little surprised herself at first though, but he just smiled. He kissed her back and waved her off with a nod about the library after this class. He entered Harlow's classroom and he saw Devin grumbling about having to take his hat off, and when Alex went to go take a seat he spotted a girl waving him over.

"Alex, I saved you a seat." she smiled to him, and Alex sat next to her. Her hair was long and a burgundy color and her eyes were dark too. He knew her as Maggie Martin, and he took his seat beside her.

"Hey Maggie. What's up?" he asked, and she just shrugged.

"Not much, I just called you over so I don't get stuck beside Darren." she said, motioning her head over, and Alex leaned forward and saw another empty seat beside her, but he didn't say anything. "He won't sit next to me if you're around. Plus, with Garret and Erin coming back he won't bother me at all. He'll be too busy dodging Garret."

Alex nodded, "Have you heard when they're supposed to be coming back? I know sometime this week."

"Either tonight or tomorrow. You know, it takes them a while because Erin can't stand flying." Maggie said, and she smiled at the next person who walked in the door. She seemed almost as happy as she would have if Erin would have walked through that door... Which meant... He looked up and he caught sight of Ez. "Ez!" she exclaimed, getting up and she hugged the girl who just smiled. Ez gave a laugh and set her things down on the desk beside Maggie after they let out of their hug. "I didn't know you were back."

"Got in last night, spent it unpacking and having Drake catch me up on the latest drama." she said with an eye roll. She leaned forward and offered a small wave to Alex. Alex returned it and he sat back, catching a small bit of sadness in her eyes.

"It's good seeing you again, Ez." he said, "Glad you're back."

"Thanks Al." she said, but after that he just left her be, seeing her and Maggie start catching up. His eyes traveled around the room again before they landed on the eyesore that was Devin and he chuckled to himself. He had no clue how Jo did it, but he was really enjoying this. He wondered how long it would last because this would never NOT make him happy.

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Damn Logan being so childlike when he was high. Ez just chuckled. "Honey, you can't be late to class, especially to Morgan's." she said, and as they headed towards the classroom she was glad to be informed that Billie was in the class. There was no way, even with this retarded feud that those two were going to keep from each other. They were too close, and that just made Ez nod. "Good." she said, and she heard him mumble his little bit. "You're worse than Josiah when it comes to food." she said, shaking her head with a chuckle.

She waited until he was in the classroom before she headed back towards the ALD classroom and she sighed. She almost didn't want to go in when she saw Darren was going in a bit before her, and she knew that she had a few other people she couldn't stand in there, but the moment she entered and heard her name she smiled. "Mags!" she said, walking up to the girl and hugging her. Her heart sank a little when she noticed Alex when she set her things down and after a quick conversation she turned her attention to Maggie. "So, when is Erin going to be in? You of all people should know."

"Tonight or tomorrow. I got to talk to her when she called up here before school, she had to talk to Harlow and I was helping him rearrange his office. I'm so excited!" she said, and Ez nodded.

"Me too. I've missed you both so much. Josiah keeps asking about Erin. And then there's little Leo who asks about you too." Ez said, and Maggie smiled.

"How are your siblings? Getting adjusted to their school?" she asked and Ez nodded.

"The triplets will be a handful for sure though. Cadence and Josiah still gang up on Brandy." she said, and Maggie nodded.

"Oh! You should come with me tonight to see if Erin is back." Maggie said, and Ez gave a soft smile.

"I totally would, but I have previous arrangements. Catching up with another friend. How about tomorrow night? She'll definitely be back then, and we could have a girls night." Ez suggested.

Maggie nodded. "Works for me."

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Billie sighed a bit, finding herself unable to focus on anything really as she sat in Morgan's room waiting for class to begin. She was really beginning to wonder if Logan had remembered what happened while they were drunk last night and was regretting it now because he wasn't there yet, and he was closer to this classroom than she was so he should be there before she would be. However, it wasn't long before someone spoke to her. She looked up and when she saw Logan he poked her nose and she gave him a look. "Hey."

He was high. She could tell that for a fact, and it was kind of cute how happy he was. She couldn't help the smile that broke over her face when he sat down beside her and she continued to look at him. "Having a good day I'm guessing?" she asked him, looking up towards the front of the class. It hadn't quite started yet and Morgan had seemed to have popped out of the room for a moment. Well, this class definitely just got a whole lot more interesting for sure, Logan being high would make it a little more entertaining and perhaps it would make the fact that Morgan could put someone to sleep who had been given straight adrenaline less noticeable.

"Oh, you'll be seeing me sixth period. Clary told me before class started last period you have Harlow sixth period. He has a meeting today, so I'm stepping in for him." she told him with a small smile, her pendant glowing a bit of a softer grey than usual.

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Adrian groaned as he looked over the ALD homework on his way to history. It wouldn't be hard, but anytime that he tried to speak demonic, he tended to have issues. Sure, he was half demon, but he was more accustomed to dragonic than demonic, and demonic was hard to learn for him. Not the written part, but the spoken was for some reason. He never could quite get the annunciation right. He got to the history door and he held it open for Molly who wasn't much behind him. They had gotten separated in the shuffling between classes, plus Adrian had hung back to get a good laugh from what had happened to Devin. Whatever fae did that was clearly aiming to embarrass Devin and was succeeding and then some.

When Adrian finally entered the classroom he set his assignment on the corner of the desk where everyone else did and then took his seat beside Molly as he had yesterday. His mind wandered a bit to the man who came into the classroom rolling up his seats a little as he wrote something on the board. The black cat on his desk perked its head up and he studied him a moment. It was curious that a familiar was with a skin walker, and he turned to Molly. "So, I know familiars are usually bound to witches... Is it possible for them to be unbound? It's not often I come across one that isn't without them being dead or close to it." he whispered to her.

Just Give Me A Sign

Atticus couldn't remember the last time he had seen someone start baking so much. For a moment, he was sure he never had, but he couldn't even be sure anymore. It was like as soon as one batch of muffins was done, another was going in the oven and these weren't small batches either. She would likely be able to gift muffins to everyone in the castle at the rate she was going. Still, once the blueberry muffins had come out of the oven, he saw her slide on in front of him after buttering the top and he smiled. "Thank you." he said, and he ate his breakfast before he got up and went into the bathroom. It was still pretty early, but he wanted to have gone to the castle and gotten back before Kat woke up so she wouldn't be onto him.

He got dressed and came out in a pair of jeans and t-shirt, pulling on his hoody as he re-entered the kitchen. "Do you need me to get anything else while I'm over there?" he asked Lia who was putting mixing another batch of batter before she nodded. She set down the bowl and the spoon she was using to mix before she took up the list and scribbled down a few things.

"If you just hand it to them, they'll fill the basket for you. At least that's what Mitch usually does." she said, and he noted a soft look to her face before he took the list and her basket before heading out on the porch. He put on his shoes, noticing the light was starting to come through, but the clouds were remaining. It was chilly, and he was glad he had pulled on his hoody before he had gone outside. The walk to the castle was nice, the air feeling good on his face, and he headed into the kitchens once he got there, but he stopped upon seeing Cass and Elder Dana and he leaned back against the wall.

"Thanks, Dana. I'm hopin' that Helena and Luke will be here a few days 'fore the ball. I know Check would be delighted." Cass said, and Dana's voice came.

"Plus, it would be nice if Helena and Luke could meet the witches too. I don't even think they've met Mitch or Atticus. I know Luke will likely take to Mitchell, solely for the fact that Issack speaks so..." Dana was trying to place a word.

"Issack can remove his head from his ass and still sound like an asshole, Dana." Cass said. "'Sides, he's biased. An' he says one more bad thing 'bout witches, I know Check is gonna snap."

Dana sighed, "Yes, but they've been discussing some kind of business. You know how Checkov is with his business. He might not appreciate Issack's opinions on Ophelia and Kathleen, but he's handling them."

Cass's voice came a bit harsh. "Yeah, well, given Issack's history with witches... I'm shocked he ain't been burned yet. Leavin' Sanctuary and New Salem in that mess. If they'd have been a little closer to my borders..."

Atticus finally bounded the corner, and he smiled to them. "Morning, ladies."

"My, my, mornin' yourself." Cass gave a smile, though Atticus could still see a bit of red in her eyes. "And where are your lovely ladies? And Mitchell? I'm to be heading off at sundown."

"Mostly still sleeping, just came here on an errand for Lia." Atticus said, and Dana chuckled.

"Kitchen duty? Come on, let's get you set up." Dana chuckled and soon he was being brought into the kitchens with Dana and Cass and he watched them take the list and fill the basket, even putting in a few extra things. "You be sure to let Lia know I put this in here." Dana said, slipping in a bottle of red wine.

"You're hor'ble!" Cass laughed as she rummaged through a few cabinets. "Aha!" she proclaimed and she placed a bag of graham crackers in the basket as well. "Ask her to make her s'mores pie. It is absolutely amazin!"

Atticus just nodded and was soon shooed out of the kitchen as the cooks came in and he just shook his head and laughed a bit. He looked to his watch. Damn! It was already almost 7:30! He headed back to the cottage and noted the sun finally coming through. He took in a deep breath and when he got back he noticed Lia was making yet another round of batter and there was a bunch of muffins already on counter and table. He began putting up the things in the basket before he held up the bottle of wine. "Elder Dana said to let you know she put that in there for you." Atticus said to Lia who looked up and just shook her head a little.

"Leave it to her... Put it in the fridge please?" she said, and Atticus did so as he continued to put up the things and he saw Lia go over to what was left in the basket. "Graham crackers?"

"Cassandra said you needed to make s'mores pie." he said, and Lia just shook her head some more.

"Okay, I will later. I think Mitch ate half of the last one I made though, so if you actually want any, you have to get to it before he does." she said, and he Atticus nodded.

"Like with peanut butter cookies." He half laughed before he sat back down and soon Kat joined them as Lia put another batch of muffins into the oven. Atticus was a little surprised to see Kat just walk over and hug Lia like it was nothing, and then even more surprised to see that Lia hugged her back.

"Good morning." she said, and she gave Kat a gentle squeeze in return before watching as she took a muffin and sat with Atticus. "I've got chocolate chip in there now. If you want I'll make something else for breakfast. And I'm sorry, but we won't be having lessons today. I'm not exactly feeling up for it." Lia told her as she pulled out another mug and began making another pot of coffee. "But, it shouldn't be rainy today, so if you wanted to practice a bit more, the garden is there for you to practice what we covered yesterday."

She let out a quiet yawn and pulled her robe closer around her, a shiver running up her spine as she set the timer and began washing the dishes she had made. She would need more mixing bowls clean if she was going to be baking more things. She would probably make some more brownies, and she said that later she would make that pie... Not to mention she still had to find something to make them for dinner. But at least she was keeping her mind busy, and she was sure that the amount of food in the house wouldn't be minded, especially with Mitch and Atticus staying over for a bit.

Atticus turned his head to Kat and gave her a soft smile. "You were really tired, Kat. I can always tell it to you later if you want me to." He got up and he started a pot for tea before looking over at Kat. "And, if you want to go outside today, it's a little bit cooler than yesterday." he said, and once the tea was done he made himself a cup and sat back in his spot, taking another muffin when he did. He looked to his watch again and then at Lia. "Where's Mitch? I thought he'd be up by now."

Lia looked up from her dishes and then at the stairs. "Probably still sleeping. He should be getting up soon. He hasn't slept past nine but a few times in the last 45 years. Checkov said before he was assigned to my guard detail he could sleep well into the afternoon."

Atticus gave a chuckle. "I don't blame him though."

Lia gave a shrug. "I've always been one to get up early. After I got moved here, after about the third or fourth month, I got used to his routine and I started having him at least coffee ready. Always insisted I didn't need to make him anything else, I did anyway, I don't like cooking for just myself." Atticus watched her pour the coffee into the mug and set it where Mitch usually sat along with a muffin.

He leaned over to Kat and whispered. "I swear this is going to be the weirdest thing I've ever seen if she's right about this."

It Has Begun

Her voice had been something he had grown accustomed to over the last while. He was glad to hear that she was enjoying the sun and he made a face when she said he'd not enjoy the mansion. Well there was no doubt about that, it would probably be much too crammed like the rest of civilization. No one had ever heard of large doorways, which was annoying as hell. Still he was brought back when she brought up enjoying it a bit more once they finished finalizing everything. "Sounds like a good plan."

He felt her hand on his arm and he looked to her. Her words brought a small bit of comfort and he just gave a barely there smile. After tonight everything would be better. This war was going to definitely start up the anarchy he craved, and he wasn't at all surprised any more by the thirst in the small witch beside him. Despite it all... Whether she wanted chaos or power... That hunger was in her. He could feel it. "Good." he finally said, "Human civilization is much too cramped." he muttered the last bit.

The pages placed in his hands were definitely more helpful than the ones he had seen previously, and when she asked for his hand, he simply moved out his arm for her and continued on looking at what he needed to. The simplicity of these didn't make it hard on his eyes and were actually much easier for him to understand. When they started putting in stupid "point of interest" crap, he couldn't navigate the map anymore. "Thank you, I appreciate this." he said, not even looking at her.

After a moment of looking he looked down towards her and looked at his hand. "Oh. I didn't realize you were done." he said, taking back his hand and putting two of the pages he had side by side. "So..." he said, pulling up what she had for the mansion. "Here and here are where you're setting up?" he asked, pointing to the spots he remembered her bringing up.

Whispers in the Dark

Not the best or the longest, but its there.

Whispers in the Dark

Evan simply couldn't help herself the moment that she felt her rage snap into place. On a good day which were few and even further between, she likely could have kept a handle on herself and only made a few threats. Not today though. It was NOT a good day, and a little bloodshed seemed like it was on the agenda. Unfortunately for her though, the orderlies had managed to get her away from him before she could do as much damage as she wanted. The sedative was definitely an annoyance, no matter how good the warm feeling was as she was being ushered away. SHe finally managed to catch sight of what was going on when Ryan knocked one of the orderlies away from Liv and she heard Chess screaming.

That pleased her more than it probably should have, but Chess was an annoying twat too. Even if he didn't really mess with her. She knew he was just as fucked up as she was, but his way of playing off he wasn't annoyed her to pieces. It wasn't long before she saw the familiar walls of the isolation hall. How long had she been getting ushered away? She felt the jacket on her next and pretty soon the door shut behind her. That was the other bad thing about the sedative. It made her too spacey and she lost time and she let out a scream.

"HE FUCKING VIOLATED ME AND I'M IN ISOLATION!" she screeched, but the sudden bang against the door caused her to stop. She saw Dr. Absolum's face.

"Hush, Evan. It was accidental. He tripped." he said, calmly. "I'll be by in a while to check on you, calm yourself down."

Evan screeched at the door again when he left and she forced herself to sit against the wall and banged the back of her head softly against it. Chris would get her out... He'd done it before... Unless he was too caught up. "Fucker better get me out." she mumbled.

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Liv felt herself be ripped away from Chess before she could do too much damage to him. For that he was lucky, but right as she was about to speak to the orderly tugging her away, Ryan had flipped his shit. He went bashing into the orderlies and she just shook her head as Dr. Ashton stuck him with a needle and she glared. She hated when that man did anything to her brother, but she wouldn't act. She needed to stay from being sedated and when the orderlies came back for her, she held her hands up. "Hey, I'm cool. I'll go."

The orderlies gave her a look and she rolled her eyes when the Doctor gave his orders on where to put her and Ryan. Of course they were next to each other, at least she thought they would be with how the normal rooms were numbers. Her eyes caught Laura and she sighed a bit. The poor girl didn't know what had happened exactly, and she felt bad for losing her cool in front of her. She sighed as she walked with them to her isolation cell and she walked in, and she stood in the middle of the room.

The hall seemed to clear pretty quickly, and she walked over to the door and spoke. "Ryan?" she called into the hallway. "You alright?" She could hear Evan still screeching, and she rolls her eyes and sighed. She knew she had to do her time to stay here, but she hated isolation, as she was figuring out.

--

Chris cackled at the scenes before him, but what he hadn't expected was for Ryan to go apeshit at the orderlies who were trying to pull Liv away from Chess. Chess deserved what he got, and he listened at the threats he was spewing. Chris stopped laughing and he watched as the room cleared out and he headed out before he could get noticed and went back to the main room and picked up his book. He didn't want to go back to his room, and he'd probably stop into the infirmary after a while to see what was going on there, but for now he wanted things to calm a little. Plus, if he wasn't careful in this state, he might get himself in isolation, but he couldn't do that. Not now. Not when he needed to break out his beautiful little siren.

She was a beautiful bit of controlled chaos, and he had enjoyed seeing her that way... But he was sure his other half would take over again. He sighed, and opened his book again before seeing Absolum going towards the isolation ward. He could hear distinct screaming. He knew it was Evan, but this time she'd have to wait in isolation... He had another he was going to break out.

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Alice found herself frozen as the anarchy took over group. She didn't know half of what had happened, but she did know it was bad and was oddly glad to be ushered away by Dr. Rivers. "Don't worry, doll, it won't be this bad all the time." Katherine assured her and Alice gave a gentle nod.

"Can I go back to the main room? I saw some books there that looked good to read." she said, and Katherine nodded, leaving her off in the main room before she disappeared. Alice barely noticed Chris sitting in his seat reading before she picked up a book and sat on the couch away from him.

"I don't bite, you know." Chris said, not even bothering to look up from his book, and Alice gave a gentle nod.

"Is it always like this?" she asked, and he cackled and she found herself wincing at the sound.

"Honey, it could be much worse." he said, and she noticed him sort of just go back to his book, even though it was hard to tell that he had even looked away. Alice gave him a look before opening her book and starting to read. How can it get worse?

--

Once Katherine had taken Alice to the main room, she found her way back to Fenris and she leaned against the doorway. "Need help with the paperwork, doc?" she asked, her eyes looking around the room as the janitor came to clean up the bits of blood from the floor. She sighed a bit and soon she gave Fenris a look. "I do have to ask one thing though... Is Laura's medication being changed again? She's been seeming less coherent than usual and just wanted to make sure I wasn't imagining it. It's lovely when the girl is coherent, but here anymore it's never a spell longer than maybe an hour." she said.

Malcolm had been right, there had to be something up with the girl's medication... She'd be talking to Absolum next if she couldn't get Fenris to tell her anything. Maybe the two of them could figure something out.

Please Stay

I didn't realize how much I did until I replied. It just like exploded out of my brain. ha ha.

Whispers in the Dark

So I plan on working on this one soon! Yay!

Please Stay

BAM!!! Posted for both! What what! Ha ha. Sorry... I'm excited.

Please Stay

Ryan watched a while as Dria and Kearney interacted, along with a little help from Oliver. She hated that she couldn't be more help with them, but she just wasn't always the greatest at these things. She felt the need to be professional, but there were things that kept nagging at her. Every time though, as if on cue, Dria would nudge her and try to get her to interact. She couldn't bring herself to though, not with the obvious discomfort that Kearney was feeling. She knew that, and she would much rather ease into interaction with him than bombard him with it.

Then the words came that nearly shattered her, and her eyes caught Oliver's. Kearney wanted to go home, but she remembered hearing about the burning. She had been to the ruins after everything that happened with Trent, solely to keep her own resolve. There had been plenty of times she had felt like she wanted to give up on it, but each time she was reminded that the innocent people needed help. She couldn't bring herself to look at Kearney for a moment as Oliver broke the news to him.

She couldn't think of anything at the moment to even try to give solace to the man before her. "We can head there now if that is what you wish, though." she said. "It will be good for you to get what rest you can."

Dria gave a nod too, her demeanor changing even when Oliver had spoke. That had to have been a lot to take in. "Um... I'm going to head out myself. Ryan has my information for whenever you're ready to be seen." she gave a small half smile before she left them.

Ryan's eyes fell on the file and she saw the address that Kearney was being moved into. That wasn't far off from where she was at now, and Charlie was staying in the area as well in a nearby flat. He had wanted space from his family, even if he was at the Burrow everyday. The thought of Charlie had reminded her that he had Ayden and that they were supposed to be meeting with Katie once everything was finished up with her. Ryan was supposed to head over when she was done as well, so hopefully Katie would have good news when she got there.

Ryan stood, placing a few bills on the table for their tab and she tapped her wand against her briefcase and watched as everything went back into it. "Whenever you are ready." she said, quietly.

Please Stay

Flint, despite keeping his cool, was inwardly ecstatic. Pucey, however, was being a pain in the arse at the moment with how he was acting, but he couldn't help the laughs that came with it. He had honestly missed being around Pucey. He was one of the few that he had played well with, and it had crippled him to be away from him. But Pucey had pointed something out to him that he would never fucking admit. Ever... He may actually work with Bell better.

No... He told himself. He did work well with her, but there was no way that he could ever work with someone better than he did Pucey. Even in Hogwarts he and Puce were able to not even look at each other and just know.

Marcus shook his head, just glad that once they got these contracts signed, he could go and shower. After Bell had mentioned the fact that Pucey stunk, he became instantly aware of his own stench and it was not a good one. It would hopefully be a good night to celebrate too, even if Bell would be there, he just had to be extra aware of his drinking now. He wasn't on Tutshill anymore, and he actually gave a shit about the fact that this team could actually take him better places... Not to mention that this team had also not had the rep Tutshill did.

Once Marcus got out of the contract signing, he spotted Pucey heading his way and he stopped with his bag slung over his shoulder. "So, mate, ready to kick some arse on this team now?" Pucey said, and Marcus nodded.

"Always, mate. Always." he said, and he looked to his watch before he moved a bit. "See you later Puce, better get some grub and a shower before we meet up later."

He waved him off before he headed home, trying to avoid too many people on the way. Once he got in his door, he tossed his bag aside, and he headed straight for the bathroom and got the water as hot as he could before stripping down and hopping in the shower. He closed his eyes. This would definitely be loads different from what he was used to. Tutshill was a mediocre team, but The Falcons... This team had potential to be better than any he'd ever been on.

"Still annoying how well I work with little Bells." he muttered to himself. But he couldn't deny it... On the pitch they had the same attitude and it would help them out greatly. He also couldn't help the fact that once she was in front of him, he noticed that perhaps she wasn't quite the girl he remembered from Hogwarts. Maybe not quite the tall one, but she still had...

He turned the water immediately to cold as the thoughts flooded to him and kept it there like that for a moment before slowly warming it back up. "Don't need to think about that..." he mumbled to himself.