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Billy said, "Well, I have an idea...but Jennifer and Michael are reeeeeeally against it!"

He looked back and around and the Magic Club was busy across the library at a table with piles of books.

He turned back and stepped closer to Cassie and whispered, "Mister Hellstorm has a sister. Just like him, powerful too. If the teachers and Raven are together, well...I thought if anyone could find them, it'd be Mister Hellstorm's sister! But like I said, Jennifer put her foot down BIG time! She refused to help me summon her."

"See, that's what I snuck away from the meeting for, to find the right book."

He looked back and saw Jennifer look up at him and Cassie before returning her attention to the club;s proceedings.

"It's a book on how to summon demons. Jennifer and the club want to go the more traditional...safer, route I guess." He shows the old, worn tome to Cassie and it was enough to send a chill down the spine.

"I had to sneak it out of the forbidden section. See, his sister is like him, part demon. She's a succubus slash sorceress. Only she more or less embraced the dark side while Mister Hellstorm embraced the light. Still, my theory is despite all that, she might not appreciate something taking her family."

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There was a chill in the air, a briskness that kept him awake, kept him sharp. He had thought that by running, he would be able to clear his mind, but instead, it only made him think even more. Someone had passed away, and all that remained were objects and memories. He wondered if Wally had a girlfriend, and if he did, what was she doing now? Was she speed dialing his voicemail just to hear his voice again, even if it wasn't to say "I love you"? Were his friends looking at the things they'd borrowed, or birthday presents he had given them, thinking about memories they'd shared?

And why was he only able to think about Wally's hand-writing in the notebook he'd borrowed? Just dumb class notes of no value with the occasional doodle, but still, they had belonged to someone. Just like that, all of the things that had made Wally up were gone, and all the people who had loved him were trying to piece them together.

What if that happened to someone he cared about? He didn't have too many friends in school, being only a Freshman and someone who kind of kept to himself. In fact, the only person who was really tugging on his heart strings now was Billy, and even then he barely knew the kid - just the details, like the curve of his ear, and his neatly written notes. He knew how he walked, and the slope of his shoulders under a heavy backpack, the burden of a nerd. Just simple things, but nothing much about him as a person. Still - what if he was gone? Poof, just like that. Out like a candle.

He'd never get the opportunity to know him.

Just like that, Teddy felt as if the world had been yanked out from under his feet. He stopped running and dropped to the ground, sitting there, his mind reeling.

He'd never had the opportunity to know Wally either, and that bothered him. One less friend for him to make. He had to do something about this, before someone else was taken away from him. He waited, collecting himself, gathering his bearings before he stood and headed back to his dorm room to shower. When he was done, he'd find someone who would let him help. Hopefully.
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Teddy Altman has a muddled mind.

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Cassie knocked on Chris's door... She wasn't overly fond of talking to Chris but with Wally gone Cassie had become closer to her group of friends then ever. Plus just because they broke up doesn't mean that they couldn't be friends.. She waited patiently outside the door fidgeting a little.

" Thanks Chris sorry to bug you about this. But Wayne was questioning me about Wally and I think there's more to Wally's death then we know.."

Cassie blushed a little as she walked in and saw Chris only had a towel around his waist. She turned her back to him.

"So anyways...I remember Wally mentioning something called 'The Path of Trigon' to Dani and me...So I did some research and found out that Trigon's apparentely a powerful demon; whose daughter, Raven, attends this school. So I talked to Billy and he agreed to help me find Raven. I think if we find her we find out more about exactely what caused Wally death."

*Chris sighed when he saw Cassie turn her back.*

I guess you hadn't heard how Wally died.

*Knockknock*

Now what?

*Chris opens the door in his towel to find Teddy.*

Yes?

" Of course I heard. Everyone heard that he was stabbed. But if Mr.Wayne's investigating it there has to be more to it then that?"

Cassie didn't bring up that it was Chris's mom that stabbed Wally she knew that he probably felt bad enough.

" If you don't believe me FINE! Maybe Achilles will..."

She looked and saw Teddy.

"Excuse me. I don't think we've met. My name is Cassandra and I'm looking for Achilles. Have you seen him?"

Waitwaitwait......Teddy is it? Can you wait one second?

*Chris shut the door and Teddy outside.*

Cassie....I never said I didn't believe you. I just...I'm sorry. I want to help. Want do you need?

*Chris hoped he didn't look as haggard as he felt. It sounded like they off on another adventure when all he wanted was to sit with Cassie and talk.*