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((Ok everyone, after letting this rest I have determined that we should end it with a proper fight. The Hex may win since that's already been written, but I think we need real words, so here it goes))

-----Reversing Time...Ooh, magic....------

I have been home with my dad for a few weeks and I've settled down to normal. Except nothing can be normal anymore, not after what happened. I still have nightmares where everything is distorted. I'm with all of the strangers when the cat attacks us, I feel guilt as I harm it....We are starving to death and fighting amongst ourselves...The Hex attack and I feel power building up in me as I kill men and women and don't feel remorse...I see Mathew lying on the ground dead...I'm walking home when I fall down dead ad I hear rough sobbing in my ears...and then I wake up and realize I'm the one crying.

Though my dad swore they would, the nightmares don't seem to be getting any better. They aren't getting any worse though, so I guess that's good. Kind of.

The Jones haves started a mages school, which is good I guess...especially since it gives me something to do. I'm a teacher there, of sorts. While most teachers focus on spells and the like, I am purely elemental. I've tried the spells, but everything they do I feel is pointless so I stop listening. Samantha has given up on regular classes so she's tutoring me herself. Which I guess is good... It's back to the way things were.

My dad is a lot better off than he was when I left. The elemental school was paying him, of course, but when I was selected for the elite training program, he got a boost. That's good because I don't have enough time now to devote myself to our survival only... and even if I did I couldn't. Not after the week I spent out where the only thing I had was eat, sleep, and listen to endless bickering and the wind howling in my ears. April has calmed down and is a very good pupil. She takes after Samantha though, she prefers the spells to Eolas, the type of elemental training I teach. But Samantha's little sister who's a water is with me entirely. Not to mention that the magic can pollute water, so she's a little pissed about that.

As I was saying, life is peaceful. Or at least, sort of. Our school has been overthrown by Hex. The surviving pupils have fled here or sworn never to use their magic again. Which bums me out. Because without some of our most talented people we are hopeless against the Hex. I know that they have also gained a strong ally: Hades, or should I say Fernando Waters? While his magic was weak he could make things blow up and he's a great tactician. However, he's a good ally for another reason. Hexadecimal has regained full power because Hades has turned over his necklace. Funny, I never knew what it was. Samantha knew. She could have destroyed it. But she was uncertain, so why hold a grudge?

Anyway, MY life isn't perfect at the moment. I have to gather all of the remaining mages. That hasn't been hard but I have to track down Adena. THAT is what's difficult. I wonder what will happen....
((Ok, more 2morrow, I'm kinda tired))