Aria simply nodded hearing Aura. "That would be fun I believe. I would be happy to draw or paint with you. You know if we work together we might be able to enchant some clothing for me and the others that would make us appear human when we wear them. However that requires a lot of magic. I have the skill but I think together it would take less time and take less out of both of us doing it together. The lady gave me my own books. Most are copies of these. She told me I had a gift for love magic and was training me as a love mage I guess. " Aria said as she slowly turned heading out of the room. She stood waiting for Aura not wanting to be in the room to long.

"Enchanting clothes... hm I've never tried anything like that" Aura said then fallowed Aria out of the room and shut the door softly. "I guess I should be going... ah while I'm thinking about it I think I should get those books... and i'd like to say good bye to all of you guys at the same time." she smiled a little as they started down the halls.

Zaylic followed Aria keeping perfect pace with her. He matched her steps with ease so Aura nor Aria would know he was there. He quickly lunged froward as he placed one hand around Ari'as waist and the other around her mouth. He quickly pulled back on her picking her up slightly as he quickly moved to his own room with her. He locked the door saying the magic words as he peered down at Aria for a moment before letting her go. He stared at her as she started yelling at him. He quickly put his hands over her mouth again as he looked at her. " Shhh!!!!! Be quiet women!!!" He said as he waited in the darkness to see if Aura or Damien had heard her. He was satisfied after a while not hearing anyone coming. He then looked back to Aria. "If I let my hands off your mouth you promise to shut up and let me explain myself to you?" He waited till Aria nodded and let his hands off her mouth once again. " I need you to enchant some robes for me. We need to keep Aura safe and learn about this new world. Do you want her to leave like the other master did? I picked some of her hair for a simple tracking spell. Don't you ask how I got it just know I did. I got four strands so make it count. And no I'm not giving you a choice. I don't want to ever be put back to sleep again. I already started gathering the items you need. All that is left is you and your magic. " He said as he moved and showed the robes already hanging and the items needed for each spell already out waiting to be mixed together.

Zaylic felt Aria's eyes on him as he looked back to her. "What? Why are you staring at me like that? " He asked as he turned trying not to lose his temper with her. "Oh great so you still think I'm shady as hell don't you? We have been together how many years now and all you see me as is some evil villain. I have never harmed a human being." He said as he looked away from her. "That hasn't deserved it or had it coming." He added in more to himself as he walked over to the robes. " Are you going to help or should I blow the house up trying?" He said knowing that Aria had a slight pride issues and couldn't resist saving the house from him. He had tried to do the spells that Aria could do and last time he blew up the back yard. He apparently didn't have the temper for it.




Aria followed behind Aura keeping some space between them. She was focused on Aura and hadn't heard someone sneaking up behind her. Before she knew it someone had grabbed her and pulled her back into the shadows. She tried to struggle as she found it pointless to. The other had the upper hand and the strength to back it up. She was pushed into Zaylics potion room as she heard Zaylics voice. She heard the door behind them lock as Zaylic slowly let her go. She turned as she glared at him. "What were you thinking!!!!!" She said as Zaylic simply put his hand over her mouth again as he gazed right into her eyes. She lessen to what he said as she couldn't find anything wrong with what he said. She nodded as he promised to let her free of his hands if she didn't speak. She looked around at the care and work he had done in such a short amount of time. She knew Zaylic was gifted and a heard worker but she had never seen someone able to prepare things so fast. The old Lady had always said Zaylic was her left hand as she was her Right. After seeing the detail he put into preparing this she had to agree with the lady. He had even managed to measure out each ingredient down to the ounce for her. She honestly had never thought of him as a perfectionist. Psychopathy, deranged, and down right shady had always come to her mind when thinking of him. This was a side of him she hadn't seen. However most villains did take pride in their work. She shifted her eyes to him as she wondered if this just a ruse for something else. Aria glared at Zaylic hearing him as she felt her temper starting to rise. " Don't you touch any of those items!!! I want a house left!!! " She yelled at him as she walked over and started working on the spells. She knew Zaylic had planned this and was getting what he wanted out of her. However she really couldn't argue with him at this point.

Aura continued to walk for a moment before she realized that she didn't sense Aria behind her and turned looking around curiously "Aria? Where'd you go?" she asked then frowned when she didn't get a response and sighed before going to the library. "Damien I'm going to be leaving soon, I wanted you and the others to see me off if that's okay" she said as she walked over to get the three books and put the one they had given her with them before waving her hand as her book bag appeared and she set them in the bag. "Is it okay if i take these home with me?" she asked knowing he was still in the library.

Damien looked up from the back of the library as he heard Aura's voice. He slowly made his way to where she was as he simply nodded in response to her question. "Of course, and I would be happy to see you off if you would like. I'm not sure where they others are sadly. However if they aren't around there is always a reason. I'm sure with those two it is something important. Don't worry Aura they both like you. And thank you for today." He said as he looked at her meaning what he said. She was one of the highlight of his day and life up to this point. She had been kind to him instead of yelling back at him. He honestly deserved the yelling but she chose kindness and was even willing to share her story with him. "I'd like to see your home sometime if that is alright with you. I honestly would like to get to know you better Aura. You are very special." He said meaning it as he felt like smiling again. However he found that he couldn't as he looked down to his hands remembering he was still a doll again.

Aura smiled and hugged Damien softly feeling a connection with him she hadn't felt with anyone else before... but she still had to save the others too... she couldn't just save Damien she HAD to help the others, they were all really nice people and she already cared about each of them even though she had only just met them. "Oh you never answered my question, is it okay if I take these books with me?" she asked softly hoping she could.

Damien looked at Aura as he thought about it. "I did I guess it was a little vague the nod was for that question. You did ask a lot of questions. " He said as he put his hand on his hand and closed his eyes trying to play it off. " We should get you going so you aren't missed long. You are welcome to take any of the books you want. " He said as he thought about the hug she had gave him. He hadn't felt a connection like that before. He hugged her back wishing he didn't have to let her go. He let her go finally not wishing to hold her up any more.

"Oh I'm sorry" Aura said softly then nodded a bit with a smile. "Thank you, how about we go see if the others are out front? Aria seemed to just vanish on me I'm not sure where she went." she said frowning a little before starting to walk with Damien out of the library once she had her bag. "And once I tell the mages what's going on I have no problem showing you to my house, but it's not near as nice as this house." she smiled a bit.

Damien smiled as he lessen to her. He followed her as he didn't see Zaylic or Aria anywhere around. He turned as he stopped walking looking at Aura wishing she didn't have to leave. "I-uh...." He went quiet as he just hung his head he was quit as bold as Zaylic was. He gently took her hand and kissed it softly and bowed to her respectfully. "I hope that you have a safe journey home. I look forward to seeing you again. Please come see us again if you can. I will be waiting for you. " He said as he wished she didn't have to go.

Aura smiled gently as she curled her hand in his. "I promise I'll be back very soon, I just have work is all. I swear I'll be back, but really you don't have to be so formal Damien, please treat me as your friend, I would hope that we could become very good friends." she smiled softly before giving him another hug able to tell he was hesitating about something and thought that might be it.

Damien felt like he had been shot through the heart hearing her say that. He wasn't sure why but he felt sad hearing her say friend. He tried to play it off as he nodded simply to her. "Well I should probably go find the others and see what else I can find out about the curse here. You just take care of yourself." He said as he stepped back from her and let go of her hand. He stood there as he waited to see her off feeling rather miserable. It was strange he wasn't sure why it hurt him to hear her say friend that should be a good thing but for some reason it didn't feel like it to him. He wondered if Zaylic could explain this for him.

Aura was surprised at this and gave a little frown. "Did I say something wrong? And I wanted to see the others before I leave to... where could they be?" she asked softly feeling that she had upset him somehow... but what could it have been? Was it her calling them friends? But you had to be friends before you could be anything else right? And besides how could she fall in love with one of them and still be able to save the others?

"It doesn't look like they are coming." He said as he stood there not sure what to say or do. He looked around wondering where the others were honestly. Those two better have a good reason for just vanishing. However this didn't seemed like Aria he had a feeling something must be up for her to not say goodbyes to Aura. Aria was very punctual. He had a feeling this was Zaylic's doing however he wasn't sure how just yet.

Aura sighed softly with a sad frown. "Ah man... I wanted to be polite and say good-bye to all of you at once... but it is getting late so i guess I'll have to talk to them later." she frowned a bit before taking Damien's hand softly and smiled at him easily. "I'll see you later, I promise I'll be back, hopefully I don't have to work late tomorrow." she said softly and kindly as they started towards the entrance she had came through before hoping he didn't mind walking with her.

Damien felt his spirits lift as he enjoyed her reaching for his hand and followed her to the entrance. " I will let them know once I find them. I hope you will come back I enjoyed your visit." He said as he wished he could smile for her. He fought the urge to pull her close and kiss her. He had mixed feelings not sure what he should do. He had never felt this way about anyone. Even Zora he had never felt this way about her. Maybe the witch was right maybe he didn't know what love was. However there was a connection with Aura he couldn't ignore. He slowly wrapped his arms around her as he hugged her and closed his eyes. He wished he could feel her just then it pained him that he couldn't. However he wanted her to know she was special to him. He didn't know what words he should say. But hugging her felt right.

Aura smiled and hugged Damien back easily closing her eyes softly as she just enjoyed the hug. "I enjoyed being here and spending time with you, I promise I'll be back very soon though, so please don't worry" she smiled softly as she looked up at him her eyes sparkling a little in the dim light but she clearly seemed happy

Damien gazed into Aura's beautiful eyes for a while as he finally let her go. "You should get home Aura. I don't want you to get in trouble. I'll wait here for you. Please come when you can." He said as he waited for her to leave. He walked back inside to his library and spent the rest of the night and most of the morning there. He had tried before retreating to his books to find Zaylic and Aria however Zaylic just screamed at him to leave when he knocked on the man's potions lab. He could only think of Aura he worked trying to find the information she had requested. He felt different and enjoyed it honestly.

Zaylic looked up at Aria happy that Damien had left so easily. He looked over at her as he knew it was best to just leave her alone as she worked. He took his own time helping her as he could. He didn't really bother speaking knowing it would do him no good with Aria. She was fixed on working her magic and he would just end up being beat by her.

Aura soon made it back to the viliage and went home easily taking a shower and going to bed. She awoke early the next morning and headed into work spending most of the day there before having to go to the temple and talk to the mages wanting to tell them what was going to be going on but ended up spending more time there then she would have liked, there was no way she was going to be able to make it back to the house before dark so it would just have to wait.

"There are you happy now? I have spent the whole night and half the day doing this." Aria said as she looked at the robes then cut her eyes to Zaylic. "I am going to the garden don't follow me or disturb me!" She yelled at Zaylic as she pushed past him. He looked rather happy with his new robe. She took her own placing it over her arm on the way out. "Thank you Aria! And I wouldn't dream of it. " Zaylic said as he walked over to where his new robe hung. He simply walked over and tried his own. He could feel the magic in it as he walked to one of the full length mirrors in his room. He smiled as he looked fully human again. Aria was really talented. However he wouldn't tell her that out loud it would go to her head. He paused as he looked out the window and noticed how late it was. He thought Aura was suppose to come back and see them. He knew Aria would be no help she was going to sleep and rest in the garden with the other magical creates that had awoke finally.

He wondered where Damien was had he really stayed in the library the whole night and most of the day. He slowly took his robe off and put it back on it's stand. He picked up Damien's robe as he slowly made his way to the library. He didn't bother knocking since Damien had left the doors wide open. That honestly wasn't like him though from the doll's expression it was easy to say Damien wasn't really around. He walked over to where Damien sat pouring himself into books however it was easy to see his mind was else where. Zaylic didn't understand what Aura had did to Damien. He was sure it was Aura due to the fact the books spelt her name on his desk he was sure Damien didn't even notice he had done that. "Damien....DAmien...DAMien....DAMIEN!!!" He shouted finally able to get his attention. "What? Hey nice robe didn't know you where into purple." Damien said as he looked at Zaylic he looked down at his desk as he saw the books. "Ahh..." He said as he jumped embarrassed that he had some how spelt out Aura's name. "Here we made robes for each of us we enchanted them, so we appear human when we wear them. I don't understand why you are so wrapped around Aura's finger. I mean she promised she'd come back and she didn't. You should go look outside. "You shouldn't get so attached to a girl." He said as he turned and left Damien there.

Aura yawned as she made it home and sat down on the couch in her rather small living room having turned the lights on and started to read the books hoping to learn something that might help her. She didn't realize it at first but she spent the entire night reading through the books thuroghly before falling asleep on the couch thinking about what she had read knowing she would need to get up to do her job as a love mage but didn't feel like getting up just yet.

Damien thought about what Zaylic had said as much as the man aggravated him he had a point. Even Aura had said they where just friends however he couldn't stop thinking about her. Aria was his friend and he didn't feel the same way about her as he felt about Aura. He sat down at his desk as he tried to go through more books. He just couldn't stop thinking about aura.


Zaylic walked outside as he paused looking up a the sky it was another day and still no sign of Aura. He walked back to his room as he grabbed his own robe and put it own again. Damien may be ok just waiting however he wasn't. He didn't wait on the others or bother to alert him to his plan as he quickly passed through the barrier. He held out a small heart locket with aura's picture in it that Aria had enchanted so they could find her. He followed it to through the strange village. It looked like his village but it was so strange now. He followed the locket and climbed in threw a open window as he fell to the floor of what appeared to be a living room. "Oww......that hurt."

Aura was startled awake by a thudding sound and sat up gasping as she quickly caught the book in her lap before it fell. She looked up and was shocked to see Zaylic... and even more so to see him looking... human. "ZAYLIC?! What in the world are you doing here? and... are you human again?!" she asked clearly in shock as she quickly moved to help him up looking him over to see if he was okay.

Zaylic looked up as he tried to smile or appear to do so. He slowly stood as he wiped his robe off. He slowly open it and removed it as he appeared his normal doll self. " Sorry to disappoint you Aura. It's just a enchanted rob so I appear human to everyone who sees me with it on." He said as he put it back on. "You didn't come to us so I thought I'd come to you. What are you reading?" He asked wondering what had kept her so busy. "You know Damien had been thinking about you a lot. I was just trying to understand how you got him so wrapped around your finger. I mean we just met and he is acting like some love sick puppy." He said as he looked at her moving close to her face as he stared into her face. "You are beautiful. But I just don't get it."

"Ah I'm so sorry, I had to work pretty late and then got into reading... I think I've slept most of the day actually." Aura explained then paused. "That's cool but I have one more question... how in the world did you find me?" she asked still rather surprised that he could find her with how the town had changed and not knowing where she lived or anything like that, it's not like the witch had lived in the town after all, just came here to work.

Zaylic just laughed hearing her asked how he found her. "There are somethings I'm keeping to myself love. That happens to be one of them. " He said as he gave her a slight wink before looking around her place. " They make you a mage and they put you in a house like this? I know mages aren't treated well but I think the poor have a better house no offense. How about I clean this place up and help you around here. I see some patches that need work." He said as he held out his hands a silver aura coming from them as he spoke. A bright light engulfed the house when it vanished the house was completely cleaned and everything fixed. "See I'm good to have around. So you slept most of the day. Then what are you going to do tonight with me? If you have slept then you must be ready to do something productive."