This is about to go in a very odd direction. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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"You took Moonstones? And sold them?!" I interrupted. "Those are necessary for life! They also are very cursed."

Braeden, Rowena, and Waysa looked guilty, but Serafina had the 'I told you so' look on her face.

"Wait- what kinda curse are we talking about?" Rowena asked.

"They give the owner bad luck. Sometimes in the form of a curse. Most of the time it leads to their death." I told them. If they had really taken the moonstones, each one of them was cursed. In a different way.

"So... what are we going to do?" Waysa asked.

"I have a plan. We are going to round up all of the stones, and Rowena is going to connect their forces back to the landscape." Waysa said

"Well then...Lets get to it!" Serafina urged

"It's not that easy." I explained. "If each of you touched a moonstone, then all of you are cursed.

"What kind of curses are there?"

"Well I can't be sure exactly but some give you uncontrollable powers that slowly kill you on the inside. Others can simply make you ill or weak. Some are meant to be purely annoying but some of those can also be used to your advantage. The stones were cursed to insure they were never touched. To make sure the forest stays alive."

"So if they weren't made from evil..." Serafina started

"They can still be used for good." I finished " if your lucky enough, whatever curse you were given can be turned around and used to your advantage."

"But if we aren't lucky..."

No one finished the thought, too disturbed by the answer.

"Take me to the place you sold them." I demanded, slicing through the void that was silence.

We didn't bother with carriages instead the group took me there the way they came, with Braeden and Rowena on Serafina and Waysa's backs, and I ran alongside them. Sure I was faster than a human, but not quite as fast as a panther. They had to slow down several times for me to catch up.

When we got to the shop, the owner had sold all 7. He described the packaging as small padded bags lined with lace for a more elegant look.

He gave us descriptions of the customers, and we managed to find two of them.

"We should split them up for safe keeping." Serafina suggested.

I agreed. I took one and she took one. I kept mine in my satchel and she put hers somewhere in her dress.

We were walking around looking for anyone else that fit the description of anyone who bought the stones when I spotted a young boy, maybe 12 or 13 with olive skin and black messy hair. He had dark circles under his eyes like he hadn't slept in months and he was sitting beside a dark skinned girl with curly auburn hair talking about something.

"... in the right time period?"he asked cautiously

"We have to be, we found the stones!" The girl said a little louder than she meant to

"It seems too easy. They were for sale! In a store! How do we know they're not fake?" The boy looked concerned. Constantly glancing around to make sure they weren't being watched.

"Excuse me," I interrupted they jumped, definitely not wanting to be heard.

"Can we talk? Somewhere a bit more private?" I asked for the whole group.

They looked at us suspiciously, knowing there was something off about our group.

"Sure" the boy said speaking for himself and the girl.

I can tell he wanted to decline but his curiosity got the better of him.

When we got to flat area in the woods far enough away from the village that no one could hear or see us anymore we stopped to rest.

It was nice to be in my home territory and away from the prying eyes of humans.

"Who or what are you guys?" The boy asked.

"Rude." Rowena mumbled just loud enough for everyone to here

"Can we at least know your names?" I asked. Humans really could be rude.

"I'm Nico and this is Hazel." He said. " what do you want from us.

"Way to get straight to the point." I said. "I'm Willa this is Serafina, my friend I think. Then there's Braeden, Rowena, and Waysa, all of whom I just met."

"You see we found these stones and we accidentally sold them but we realized they were pretty and we'd like to keep them. We were wondering if we could have them back."

"Yeah right. Your just monsters after the moonstones."

So the girl could speak.

"Monsters?" I asked

We all burst out laughing except for Nico and Hazel.

"Yeah right. Were more like what keeps the monsters away." Serafina replied through bursts of giggles.

"So are you demigods then?" The girl asked.

We all stoped laughing. Demigods were serious business. They were heard of from legends and tales told by my ancestors.

"No. Were a little less special than that." I informed her.

"I think we can trust them. I told my newfound pack-like group."

They all nodded. Serafina and Waysa shifted into their feline forms, Braeden called the crows, Rowena did some sort of appearance changing spell, and I fiddled with the shape of some branches before blending in to my work.

They looked at us astonished.

"What, what are you then?"

"Hmm..." I said coming back into view. "That would be two catamounts, one of them a black panther, a healer, a sorcerer, and a faeren or woodwitch."

Even I didn't know the talents of Braeden or Rowena until they showed them right then and there.

Both demigods handed over both of the stones seeming to finally understand something told to them a while back.

"Turns out, we were sent to help."Hazel said.

"But now it's time to go." Nico added before they were both in engulfed in shadows and disappeared into thin air.

"Well two more down, and only three to go!" Said Serafina who had obviously seen stranger things.

She held out her hand for me to shake symbolizing teamwork.

The moment I took it we were both engulfed in a blinding light, before my body wasn't my own anymore.

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Wow! That was almost twice as long as my other chapters! Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,
Karma