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Here we go folks! chapter 8! chapter 9 and 10 will be a two parter and will end this part of the story =)

Chapter 8- Why can't you be Normal?

Allison was running as fast as she could... how could she not have thought to check Mason's sister for taint? Was she that short-sighted? She just hoped she didn't get there too late! It would be a shame to end Erin... she was a nice girl not the hunter scum she usually dealt with... she was so absorbed in her own thoughts it took a while before she realized that Mason was shouting after her.

"Hey Allison, wait up!" he shouted. She slowed down somewhat and waited for him. Once he caught up he bent over hands on his knees... Mason wasn't very fit it seemed... she was hardly going that fast... she moved much faster when she had a target... "Wow... you are pretty quick..." he gasped out still trying to regain his breath... "I thought I was in pretty decent shape but damn... I can't keep up with anybody it seems."

"I would not expect you to keep up with me... but we are nearly there... another block or two..." she told him calmly. "Now are you up to running the rest of the way or do I have to carry you?"

"Carry me? How? I must outweigh you by at least 12kg... and I'm 10cm taller than you?"

She just grinned and grabbed him throwing him over her shoulder. He gave an unmanly yelp when she did that. "Hey!" he managed once he got over the initial shock, "Put me down!"

She gave a small grin at that, "No, it will be much faster this way...now hold still," she said before she started running again. A bit faster this time now that she wasn't being slowed down by the fox. After a few minutes of running they found themselves outside a small two-story house... well not exactly small for Allison, but for Mason coming from a rich family living in a nice fancy house it looked downright cramped.

"You live here? Going to Greenheart I thought you'd live in something a bit..."

"Bigger?" she asked him and he nodded.

"Yeah... can you put me down please?" he asked her, "It's rather embarrassing being carried by a girl barely over 152cm tall..."

She chuckled and let him down, "Not everybody can afford to live in a big mansion Mason. My father is a baker and owns the local bakery... my mother works is a RN at the hospital so they make just enough money to get by... I did say I was a scholarship student..." she explained.

"Oh... Sorry..." he apologised feeling a bit embarrassed.

Allison just shrugged it off like it was nothing... "I have gotten far worse from the girls at school who make fun of me for being a scholarship student... innocent mistakes do not bother me much..." she told him, "But let's go I need to get my gear..." she said walking up onto the tiny porch and knocked on the door.

Almost instantly a tall somewhat stout coyote man with the same smoky grey fur as Allison opened, "There you are Allie! I was getting worried when your mother said you hadn't returned after school," he told her hugging her.

"Somebody needed my help father," she told the man turning towards Mason, "Mason, this is my father John Monet...Father this is Lucas Mason..." she said introducing the two, "Mason and his sister were attacked by angels. I have removed the taint from Mason but his sister is still at risk... I just came home to grab my stuff and head on out," she briefed him.

The man just frowned at that, "And I guess telling you no would do nothing?" he asked her.

She just shook her head, "If it was not a matter of life and death I would obey your word as you are my father, but for a situation as serious as this I am sorry but I doubt you would be able to stop me." She told him.

He just sighed and nodded his head, "Of course... I wish you would stop putting yourself in so much danger and be a normal teenager... but we both know that won't happen..." he told her mournfully and sighed, "Come-on both of you let's get your stuff..." he said moving aside letting them in.

It wasn't the biggest house but it was home... she left her dad and Mason and walked upstairs and into her room. Her gear was already packed up thankfully, so she quickly changed out of her retched uniform... she hated dresses, they were completely impractical in a fight...

She quickly found the outfit she wore when she went on missions a white long sleeved tunic a black vest and black pants. After securing her clothes she reached for her weapons...Two Dao swords which she strapped to her back across her hips and a small arsenal of small daggers. Once she'd finished arming herself she heard somebody outside her door. "Come-in," she told the person and her father walked in he looked sad.

"Allie, can we talk for a minute?" he asked.

She just shrugged a bit, "Sure father, what do you want to talk about?" she asked him calmly.

The older man just sighed a bit and sat down on her bed. He seemed to stew over his thoughts for a bit before he spoke, "I don't like you risking yourself all the time Allie. I know just how well you can handle yourself but it still worries me to my core... I fear that you'll go on an assignment and never come back... and I'll lose my only child..."

Allison softened a bit at that. Her father had a point. The assignments she went on were very dangerous and she had come close to dying many times, "I do my duty father, you should know that Sergeant."

Her father jumped a bit at that and laughed, "It has been ages since I've been called my rank child; I left the military when you were born... I understand it is your duty Allie, but I am still your father and I will always worry..." he said, "I just wish you would try and make friends... you are an amazing girl... it's a wonder you don't have many you begin with..."

Allison sighed at that, "The girls at the school save for one seem to despise me... I am a scholarship student surrounded by rich kids... those girls make nasty rumours about me... I have no interest in making friends with them. As for the boys... they give me a wide berth. They are afraid that I will beat them up or something... which though I easily could do, I just have no interest in doing so," she chuckled slightly.

"I guess that would be true... what about the fox downstairs? Lucas? Is he your friend?"

"No... He is my patient... Mason himself does not have many friends either... Sad he is quite a good person if a bit repressed emotionally."

"Maybe, well we best get you two out so you can do your business... will you be returning home tonight?" he asked and Allison shook her head.

"I am not sure... at best yes I will be; at worst I will be knocked out for a week..." her father looked at her in horror. "But I will be fine trust me,"" she said kindly. It was sad... as much as she did love her parents, she always felt... distant. And that killed her father more than anything. She wondered why the fates had given them her and not a normal child.

"I understand... now let's fetch Mr. Lucas and get you two going," he said as they walked outside the door and headed downstairs.

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Lucas was sitting in the small living room talking with Allison's mom. Mrs. Monet seemed pretty nice but she seemed like she didn't approve of her daughter learning healing... He had a lot to think about... So he was a mage after-all? Who was that person who sealed his magic... who were the Knights? He knew what the Council was thanks to Ian but what about Hunters? He sighed as he drank the cup of tea her mom fixed. So apparently he was a dark mage.... That actually explained a lot... he always felt better... stronger in the dark. And it might explain why he didn't fit in at school? Because he was a mage? No... If he was a mage, Erin must have been as well... she was with him in that vision... but she fit in just fine...

"Are you okay dear?" Mrs. Monett asked. She was a pretty coyote woman with dark brown fur... her eyes just as green as her daughters, "I've got some Tylenol if you need it," she offered.

He just shrugged it off, "I'm fine... Allison did a good job with my arm it feels as good as new," he replied moving his arm to show her.

She frowned a bit at that, "Yes... she is quite good at... that. But I don't trust this healing... it messes with my field of work," she said, "No offense to Mr. Luo, I just wish he hadn't offered to teach my child that garbage," she muttered.

"What Mr. Luo is teaching me is not garbage mother... While I do respect Modern medicine, learning the old ways is still needed to complete my training."

They both jumped somewhat and turned to see Allison standing there. She had changed out of her uniform and donned on some other outfit. She looked pretty good in it.

"Hey Allison," he said surprised, "You're ready I guess?" he asked getting up. She nodded and he turned towards Mrs. Monet. "It's nice meeting you ma'am," he told her politely as he followed Allison out. The woman only gave him a small nod.

"Be careful Allie," she told her giving her daughter a hug.

"I will do my best mother... hopefully I will not exhaust myself to much..." she said while her mother frowned, "But I will be alright..." she said, hugging her mother back. After being let go she turned back towards Lucas. "Now let us go Mason... we will need that back-up," she said walking out he quickly followed her.

"So really, who are we going to for back-up?" he asked.

"You will see Mason, it would ruin the surprise..." she told him with a bit of amusement colouring her tone.

"In case nobody told you, I hate surprises... they usually wind up with me getting my head stuck into a toilet..." Lucas muttered... back in 9th grade was hell... he lost count of how many swirlies had been forced on him mostly by the football jocks... it had gotten to the point where he'd nearly begged his parents to get him home schooled. His father had refused coldly telling him to 'man up' and take it...

"I do not plan on putting your head in a toilet Mason. You can trust me about that... we should be there in a few minutes or so. You can wait a few minutes right?"

He just gave a reluctant nod before he stopped speaking. After a few minutes they found themselves outside a rather large house... small then his own by a bit but still nice. It was a two story building painted black with a small fence.

"Um... who lives here?" Lucas asked curious and Allison just smiled.

"You will see in a few minutes..." she said walking towards the door.

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Richard sighed as he sat down on the couch. Today hadn't been very fun. Ian had been worrying himself sick over Lucas and Greg was well... Greg. He loved the guy, he was his bro after all, but Greg was way to serious all the time. He sighed and started to manipulate the water in one of the nearby pots and let it swirl around him. He turned the water to ice and back again. He was pretty proud of himself he was getting pretty good with controlling his element. Ian was currently in the shower and Greg was upstairs getting dinner ready. He was just about to take a nap when he heard the doorbell ring causing him to lose concentration and wound up splashing himself all over with his water.

"Gah!" he shouted and heard the doorbell ring again, "I'm coming dammit!" he shouted towards the door and quickly ran up the stairs as soon as he reached the front-door he swung it open and was surprised to see two of his classmates standing outside, "Lucas? Monet? What are you two doing here?"" he asked. Lucas looked towards Monet in surprise.

"This is Ian's house! You are asking them for help?" he asked her. "Err.. hi Richard..." he then managed blushing, "Um... why aren't you wearing a shirt? It's mid-November..." Richard looked down at his bare-chest. He must have forgotten it downstairs... "And why are you wet?"

He chuckled at that one, "That one I can explain. I was playing around with some water and when you guys rang the doorbell I lost concentration and splashed myself... What are you two doing here anyway? Not that it isn't nice to see you two it's just I didn't even know you knew where we lived..."

"I didn't to be honest... it was Allison's idea... she managed to remove the taint and removed the block to my magic!" Lucas muttered shyly.

"Glad you got that stuff out... Wait...removed the block from what?" he asked confused.

Since when did Lucas have magic? Richard could've sworn he sensed none earlier but now... now it just radiated of the fox... a dark mage? 'Well this is interesting,' he thought to himself in a bemused manner but returned to the matter at hand. "How did your magic get blocked? I've never heard of that happening to kids..." He said and Lucas looked down somewhat sad.

"I'll tell you inside..."

"Kay, so really what are you guys doing here?"

Monet answered that one quickly enough, "I have removed the taint from Mason here but I neglected to check his sister Erin for the same taint... given that Mason is a Dark Mage, the taint of the angel was slowly killing him... however his sister is an Air-Mage... and I believe you know quite well how dangerous they can be when cornered... and if she is tainted she'll be influenced by the angel who tainted her until she is nothing but a shell... I will be able to remove the taint however I will require back-up just in case she is able to call for reinforcements..." Richard brooded on that for a bit before sighing.

"And you want us to provide back-up? Well of course Ian will go if it involves Lucas here so we'd be dragged along anyway... but this time it's better if you ask my dad as we all got grounded for sneaking out yesterday..."

"Yes, besides I fear there might be an Gate open, and we will need a fey to close it..."

Richard paled a bit under his fur..."A gate! Holy shit... this isn't good... my dad has a few contacts inside the Seelie Court I think... he might be able to pull a few strings and get us a Fey to seal it if there is a gate..."

Lucas just looked towards the two confused..._ 'Fey? Gate? Seelie Court?'_ All this new info made his head hurt... "What are you guys talking about? What's a Fey? And a Gate? And what is the Seelie Court? And please somebody, who are the bloody Knights that everybody keeps on talking about!"

Richard looked towards him apologetically, "Oh sorry, I forgot you are new to this... um yeah Fey are well... the fair folk. Elves, Pixies, Dwarves you know the like... they were the first race of magic users... they existed before us Furs were given magic... they were born when some angels and demons decided to screw each other... they are a powerful race they are... using nature magic, they are the only people capable of sealing a gate... An Angel gate... it's a rift in the barrier between our world and theirs and are really bad news..." he explained. "The Seelie Court is the royal court of the Fey...they are ruled by the high Fey the oldest of the race... yeah... so come-on in..." he said moving aside to let them enter. "As for the Knights... we mean the Knights Templar... It's a powerful and secretive group of Mundane's they are supposed to protect Mundane's from magic threats... guess they failed with you huh?"

"Thank you, Mason you may go and find Mansfield... the older one... Mansfield, you will lead me to your father's office," she said walking off.

Richard quickly followed behind her but not before turning towards Lucas, "Ian is in the basement that where we stay... he should be out of the shower by now..." he managed before turning towards Monet, "Hey Monet, wait up!" he shouted running after her. Lucas just shrugged and decided to head downstairs.

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Ian had just finished drying off. He was still naked but had managed to slip a towel around his waist and was heading to his room... at least he was before he felt a strange presence. The energy had a dark feel to it... a Dark Mage? He reckoned but shook his head... there wasn't a single registered Dark Mage in the entire country and he was sure he was the only Light-Mage in Canada as well... he felt the presence move downstairs and was about to pounce before he saw who exactly the presence was. It was Lucas! He was looking around the room somewhat uncomfortably and looked oh so adorable with that look on his face. He felt a devious thought spread through his mind and quietly began to sneak up on the Kit and grabbed him before he took notice. Lucas gave a loud yelp before realizing who it was.

"Oh, it's you Ian..." he said calming down before realizing that Ian was only wearing a flimsy towel, "Gah! You're naked!" he shouted blushing like crazy.

Ian just chuckled and grabbed Lucas tight against him, "I'm going to kiss you now," he said smiling before forcing his muzzle onto the smaller boys. Hearing the other boy moan only made him kiss Lucas harder before he wound up slamming the smaller boy into a wall and deepening the kiss even further. He felt his penis slide outside his sheath and start dripping pre-cum. Curious he groped Lucas' crotch making the other boy gasp and moan even more he was just as hard as Ian was... he was tempted to yank that infernal uniform off of the boy and take him right here and there, if a mild cough hadn't broken his concentration. He broke the kiss and let Lucas go who just slid into a puddle onto the floor looking completely dazed.

Greg was standing on the staircase looking somewhat embarrassed, "Um... what is Lucas doing here?" he asked.

Ian thought about that as well... he had been so happy to see the kit that he didn't think about what he was actually doing here and why Ian suddenly felt magic coming from him, "Yeah Kit, what are you doing here?" he asked once Lucas managed to compose himself.

"Well... um Allison said we needed back-up! Yeah, she got rid of that taint stuff but said Erin might be tainted and if we don't get it out of her she'll become a thrall.... Which is bad... she's talking to your dad right now I think... I guess she sent me down here to distract us both..." he muttered blushing.

"Monet is here?" Greg asked, "Why does she need to speak with Jordan?"

"Well..." Lucas muttered focusing on Greg's sinewy tail so he could ignore the pretty much naked Ian standing next to him. "She says there is a possibly of a gate or something... so yeah that's what we are doing here..." he said.

Greg just nodded before saying, "Good, glad you are here... it saves time Jordan wanted to speak with you... At least he did when he thought you were a mundane...Since when were you a Dark Mage?"

"I guess I've always been one... Allison found the block sealing my magic and undid it... I had a vision about how it happened... my dad took me and my sister to some man in Victoria... he said my dad was a knight and if others found out we would be taken away... so he had our magic sealed..."

"Wait, your dad is a Templar?" Ian asked in shock.

"Yeah, I guess he is..." Lucas managed. The three stood in silence for a bit before Greg spoke up.

"Well we should check on the others... Lucas you head on up okay? Ian needs to get dressed and I'd like to speak to him alone."

Lucas just nodded a bit before running upstairs his tail wagging like mad. Greg chuckled a bit when he saw a bit of pre pool around Ian's hind-paws when he watched Lucas' ass fade from view. Once he was sure he had Ian's attention he spoke again. "Now, I don't think it would be a good time to tell your father you have fallen for the Kit, and it's a good thing I walked in when I did or else he'd probably be tied to you right now." He let out a small snicker when he saw Ian look down a bit blushing at the thought, "But yeah, get cleaned up and dressed I have a feeling today is going to be pretty eventful."

Ian just nodded and headed towards him room to finally get dressed...