[Evil Tink]

Melody sighed as Mystic vanished, "It's about damn time." She rolled her eyes, quickly sneaking off to his study; which he kept locked at all times. She pulled out two pins from her sleeve, quickly picking the lock and opening the door. She replaced the pins into the small pocket of her sleeve. She glanced around, her eyes searching the shelves, "Dammit where'd he put it?"

Her finger ran along the bindings as she read the titles to herself. Finally, she grinned as she found the book she was looking for, "Ah ha! You can't hide it from me Mystic." She pulled the book off the shelf then headed into the kitchen. She set the book on the table, quickly assembled a sandwich, then sat down, flipping it open to the first page. If Mystic wouldn't teach her to use her powers, then she'd figure it out herself.

[Bovice]

Clara suddenly stopped trying to break the shield around the house.

Holden fell forward onto his face as he suddenly had no force pushing back.

The woman quickly pulled back her arm and pushed it forward, shattering the weak shield. She ran into the house and got on top of Holden as he turned over.

Holden growled when his shield broke, he turned over to start getting up. But he found Clara on top of him.

The woman put her hand over Holden's Pendant and started to pull out the black essence.

Holden winced as his essence was being pulled on. He stuck his hand up under Clara's pendant and started to pull out her essence.

The woman and Holden suddenly disappeared, they crashed through a table. They were in Holden's parent's home.

Clara continued to pull out the darkness from Holden.

Suddenly they disappeared again. This time landing in Solomon's house, on the table in the study.

Holden winced as he slammed his head into the table in Solomon's study. But he kept stealing Clara's essence.

The two disappeared again, landing in Holden's old house. You could still slightly see the blood stains on the hardwood floor. They disappeared again landing a few feet from Seth.

Clara suddenly found herself under Holden as they landed in Seth's house. "Holden, you are not this dark person." She flipped so she was back on top of Holden.

"You have no power over me!" Holden slammed his head into the floor again as he suddenly found himself under Clara again.

The duo disappeared again this time landing on the table in front of Melody.

"Holy shit! Did you just see and hear that Serus!?" Seth flew out of his chair when Holden and the woman were gone.

Clara felt the darkness hold on Holden was almost gone. "You need to remember the people you care about Holden." The woman looked at the girl with white eyes.

"If they cared about me they would of visited me!" The darkness amplified quickly as hatred poured out of Holden.

"You cut all ties from them they day you had your Paladin powers activated. You are not evil Holden, you may have been a vampire. But you are a pure heart." The woman amplified pulling the darkness from Holden. "Holden remember the love of your friends, and of... Solomon!" The woman flew back but quickly landed on her feet as she pulled all of the darkness from Holden.

Holden's eyes turned to a light blue as the darkness was gone from him. He rolled to his side and went into the fetal position and started to cry. His white hair covering his eyes.

[Evil Tink]

Serus raised her brow, "I did..and that was odd..but it's about damn time someone kicked his ass. The bastard killed a few fledglings from the Antinoris..." She shook her head slightly, going back to her book, "Just relax Seth, you've seen stranger...'

Melody blinked, looking up at the people on Mystic's table, "Why hello." She looked over to the woman, barring her teeth slightly sensing the light aura about her, "I'm sorry..reflex." She closed her lips, looking down to Holden, her hand still holding the page that she was in the process of flipping as the two appeared. "H-Holden?"

[Bovice]

"But..." Seth looked at Serus. "He didn't do a damn thing to any of them." He crossed his arms. He sighed, "You really need to stop being a bitch all the time."

"For Venus's sake Holden it wasn't that bad." The woman crossed her arms. "Now answer the young girl that talked to you." She swatted him upside the head with some power.

Holden flew off of the table and floated to his feet, "You didn't have to fucking hit me Clara." He glared at the woman. He then finally felt the presence coming from the girl, his pendent started to glow as well as his hands. "Wait how do you know me?" He made his hands stop glowing. "Your aura..."

[Evil Tink]

She finally let the page fall, "Oh my God..what happened to you?" She glanced back to her sandwich; destroyed. She sighed, pointing to it, "Look what you did...jeez.." She grabbed the plate and quickly tilted it over the trash dumping the remnants of the broken sandwich, "Oh well.."

She turned to face Holden, placing the plate on the counter then her hand son her hips. She narrowed her eyes, stepping over and prodding him hard on the chest, "I wouldn't expect you to know who I am! I don't hear from you for two months, then all of the sudden you come plopping into Mystic's kitchen and almost break the table and the bo-" She jumped with a squeal, whirling around to see the book on the table. She yelled out, hurrying over and pointing to the stain, "Look what you did! He's going to kill me!" She bit her lip, reluctant to try and wipe the stain off and make it worse.

Serus threw the book at Seth, must to fast for him to dodge, "I'm not being a bitch!" She jumped after the book, tackling him to the floor with a devious grin, "Besides..you know you love it."

[Bovice]

"Well it looks like that is my cue to leave. Here is some money for your door Holden." The woman placed a few bills on the counter. She gave a wave, "Bye."

"Mystic's kitchen?" Holden paused looking around. "Melody?" He said with wide eyes. "How'd you get..?" He trailed off as she squealed. He sighed a little bit and walked closer to the book. He looked at the stain and started to waved his hand over the page. The stain suddenly disappearing, "There." He moved his long hair from his face.

"As for the two months thing, I sort of went mad with learning everything I could learn about magic. I actually um started reading and learning black magic spells." He sighed crossing his arms. "I guess that's what I get becoming a six." Holden sighed again.

"Yes you..." Seth trailed off as the book hit him in the stomach. Suddenly he found himself slamming to the floor, he pouted slightly. "Totally unfair." He then smiled. "And I know you love it when I'm an ass." He flipped Serus so he was on top of her.

[Evil Tink]

Melody turned, grabbing the book and flipping it closed, "Took you long enough." She looked away, hurrying off to replace the book on the shelf. She shut the door to the study after locking it, heading back to the kitchen and crossing her arms over her chest, "That's what you get for not listening to Solomon. Yeah, that's right! I know! For days he'd come by bitching a storm to Mystic! 'Why doesn't he ever listen? I told him it was a bad idea!'"

She then placed her hands on her hips, "Not to mention me! I bothered Mystic every day to see you, but you know what he told me?" She stepped forward, peering up at him as he was a bit taller than her, her grey eyes narrowing sharply, "He told me I couldn't see you..ever again...and when I asked him why, he told me that it was because he was afraid for my safety. Little old innocent Melody couldn't see her only friend because he was being an ass and getting his stupid brain corrupted by dark magic!" She glared up at him for a moment before stepping away, running her hand through her long black hair.

Serus grinned, "You do have that certain charm about you when you're being an ass~" She pulled his face down, kissing him furiously on the lips.

[Bovice]

"What else was I supposed to do Melody? I thought you were dying. I also thought Mystic was dead. I couldn't let Jaelynn go back into the ethereal realm, and possibly not come back." Holden threw his hands down. "I couldn't stand losing you again Melody." He growled slightly. "I..." He trailed off as he plopped down to the floor. "I'm sorry Melody." He sighed looking to the floor. "And dark magic is very alluring." He looked up and saw his pendant glowing brightly. "Shut up you stupid thing. The sun is going down, big deal." Holden slapped his chest.

[Evil Tink]

Melody whirled around, "You had no idea what you were getting into Holden! Now look around you! Your best friend is afraid of you, Solomon wants nothing to with you since he can't even touch you anymore...and..." She trailed off with a sigh, "Forget it..no matter how much I yell at you, it won't change anything." She leaned on the table, slightly glaring as she looked down at him, "You better leave...Mystic would not be happy if your stupid Paladin aura got him in trouble..again."

[Bovice]

Holden nodded, "I'm sorry again Melody." He muttered something and disappeared. He landed on his feet a few feet away from Alicia. "I'm sorry Alicia. Please forgive me." He looked down at the ground.

"Well at least it is you." Alicia stepped out from behind the tree. "And it's gonna take a lot more then an apology for me to forgive you." She crossed her arms. "Your gonna burn all of the books that contain black magic. And I will make sure you do." She walked closer to him. She slapped him across the face, "At least you not so powerful anymore." Alicia sighed and went into the house.

"Yes Alicia." Holden nodded. He rubbed his cheek after Alicia slapped him. "I deserve a lot more then just that." He turned around. He sighed when he saw the huge gaping hole in the ground. He walked over to it and started to wave his hands over it. When the hole was filled he went to the door which was only a few feet away. He picked it up and walked it to the door frame. He started to mutter something this time. after a moment the door was back on the frame. He sighed and disappeared. He landed in the study to a waiting Alicia.

He sighed again, and started to say an incantation. Suddenly the books started flying around the room. The white magic books started to fly onto the bookshelves and the few black magic books landed in the middle of the room. After a few minutes all of the books were either on the shelves or on the floor.

"Good, now torch them." Alicia pointed to the books on the floor.

Holden nodded and put a shield on the floor so the fire didn't burn the floor. He said something quickly and the books were engulfed by fire. He watched the fire for a moment, he walked over to the hole in the wall. He sighed, "I'm low on power. Because of the fight with Clara. I'll have to call a contractor." He looked at Alicia but quickly averted his gaze.

"That's fine. I'm just glad those damn books wont corrupt you anymore." Alicia crossed her arms. "I have to go and pick up a few things. Don't you go anywhere." She narrowed her eyes, and disappeared.

[Evil Tink]

Melody shook her head, "Sorry won't fix things Holden." When he was gone, she made herself a new sandwich and sat down at the table, eating slowly.

Solomon sighed, returning to his house once he could sense it was safe. Stupid Wiccan magic. He quickly rearranged his study, throwing the sweet grass ash out the window and placing the pot plate under the pot once more. Once it was back to it's old state, he sighed again, "So Alicia..how did it go?"

[Bovice]

Alicia appeared next to Solomon and grabbed the book. "He's back to normal. Or as normal as he can be." She leaned against the table slightly. "I made him get rid of all black magic books. Actually I made him torch them." She sighed. "I should go and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. Thanks for your help Solomon." She gave Solomon a one armed hug and disappeared.

Holden walked down to the kitchen, "Please tell me there is some alcohol." He searched the kitchen cabinets. He smiled slightly as he pulled out a bottle of rum. "I know there is some coke." He went to the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of coke. He grabbed a glass and walked to the dining room. He sat down in a chair and started to make himself a drink.

[Evil Tink]

After quite some time, Mystic finally appeared back in his house. His eyes glowed a bit as he noticed something..off. Instantly, he looked to Melody who was at the table yet, still reading. "What happened here? Why do I sense light magic?" He had no doubt it had to do with Holden.

Melody looked up, thankful she put the book back and grabbed another. Mystic would be really mad if he knew she snuck it out of his study. "Well, long story short, Holden and some white witch; who was really hard to tolerate by the way, suddenly appeared on the table. This and that happened, he was 'normal' and then I yelled at him and he disappeared. Simple as that." She shrugged, her eyes going back to the book.

Mystic sighed, quickly dispelling the aura from his house. It drove him nuts. "I don't know if I'm liking you like this..I should've just left you in the doll. You were much cuter then.."

Melody narrowed her grey eyes slightly at the book, not bothering to look up, "Live and learn Mystic."

[Bovice]

Alicia appeared in the doorway of the dining room, she flipped on the lights. "Is that my rum?" She pointed to the bottle. She tossed the book onto the table, and crossed her arms. "Why did you let the magic consume you?" She walked over to Holden and grabbed the bottle. She looked at it, "It is my rum!" She smacked Holden upside the head.

Holden looked up from his glass when the light's turned on. "I don't know Alicia. I think it was the fact that I felt how much power I could have." He took a drink. He rubbed his head, "Sorry, I didn't know." He looked down. "H-..how is Solomon?" Holden asked looking up to Alicia.

"Go and ask him. I see you have 'talked' to Melody." She sighed. "Go talk to Solomon, I know you want to." She took a swig from the bottle. She cleared her throat, "And you owe me a new bottle." Alicia grabbed the book and disappeared.

Holden sighed and chugged the rest of his drink. "He probably doesn't want to see me." He quickly assessed how much power he had left. "I should be able to get there and back." He took a deep breath and disappeared. He appeared on Solomon's doorstep, Holden knocked.

[Evil Tink]

After a few minutes, the door suddenly opened to reveal a petite blonde woman. She smiled brightly, noddin gher head in a quick greeting, "Hiya! What can I do 'fer 'ya?" Her accent made it apparent that she was obviously from somewhere in Asia. She jumped a bit, holding up her hand to silence him, "Oh! Wait! Don't tell me..you're here...to see...Solomon! Yeah?"

[Bovice]

Holden was taken aback slightly by the woman. "Um... Ya, but he can most likely sense me." He ran his hand through his white hair. "He probably also felt the burst of power when I landed." He looked down at the woman. He sighed slightly, "I'm Holden." He extended his hand. He noticed his pendant was glowing light gray, he quickly hid it under his shirt. "Don't worry about that, I'm just low on power is all." Holden said with a nervous chuckle.