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Chapter 13

    It's been about a week since returning back to town, and Black wasn't very active.  She mostly stayed holed up in the room she was sharing with Vanessa.  When she did come out, she was usually only grabbing something to eat or to grab a book, then would head back after achieving the item she had ventured out for.

    They tried getting her out to see the town, meet the people, try something out to no success.  During this particular day, the house hold was all in the living room, not saying anything but the strain of the situation was on everyone's mind.

    Snapping Yuvraj stood up, "That's it, I'm going in there."

    "Don't, her power of natural disasters is strong."

    "Vanessa, I'm a natural disaster, now move aside."

    Everyone was trying to hold him back, it was a pretty even fight, when they froze at the sound of the front door opening, and walking in Willow came in with a grocery bag, and seeing them froze as well, "Bad time."

    "No, sorry, I'm just trying to figure out how to get Black up and about, cause sitting in her room like that isn't healthy, and trust me I know, the time I locked myself in my room when I had a brain storm took a serious toll on me."

    "Yeah I remember that.  I had Vanessa to myself for a whole week."

    "Focus, how can we get her out?"

    "Can we bait her out?"

    "Willow."

    "I know, just a thought."

    "She's not an animal."

    They all stood there, when suddenly in a puff of smoke they were all coughing at the smoke filling the room, and as it cleared, they discovered Yuvraj missing, and the door to the stairs open.

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    Opening the door and walking in, Yuvraj found Black sitting at the window, looking out similar to how she had been watching the fire in the beach house.

    "Black, I get things are probably a lot to take in, or not, I honestly can't tell, but we're all worried about you being cooped up in here and want you to get out and about, enjoy yourself a little, something other than sitting here in your room doing nothing."

    "Yuvraj, if I do things could happen.  They have magic ways to locate me, and this house has many safe guards protecting it, which is how I can stay here."

    "I set up these safe guards, and I have them over this entire town, so you'll be safe outside as well as the inside.  there's nothing to be fearful of.  Well, are you feeling fear?"

    "Inwardly, yes I am."

    "Honestly, you don't show it much."

    "I know."

    "Listen, you can get out there, and if someone actually does get in, then I'll have to deal with the intruders, and that's going to be the person's biggest regret."

    "Well I think we're about to find out."

    "Why?"

    "The hooded one is here"

    Leaning over and looking out the window, there was a heavily cloaked person standing there in front of the driveway, looking towards the house, still as a statue,  you would almost think that the person was indeed an actual person.

    "I'll go talk to this hooded one, you remain right there."

    Leaving the room, Yuvraj closed the door and turned to everyone else, who were trying to look like they weren't doing anything, "I know you heard almost everything, I'm pretty sure she knows to, now if you'll excuse me, I need to go make someone rue the day."