Dark Magic: The Start

Chapter 1

"Ethan! Ethan where are you?" Kylers shouts could be heard all throughout the old house. She had been looking for her  brother for nearly half an hour. "Ethan Lucas Nightshade I will not hesitate to use a tracking spell to locate you if I can't find you, and you will regret it!" She screamed once again getting quite annoyed.

"Chill Nightshade. He's outside with Aaron." Came a disembodied voice floating down from the second floor. A boy who seemed to be a few years older then Kyler jumped off of a platform above landing with cat like grace behind her. Making Kyler jump.

"Ugh Nate was that really necessary?" She groans spinning around to face him. The boy in front of her looked to be about six foot with shaggy blonde hair and dark green eyes.

"Yes,yes it really was Kai." Nate retorted.

"Thanks you're the best!" She answered back voice dripping with sarcasm.

"No prob,and remember Kai you're only fourteen so you've got four years until you take Ethans job so cool it." Nate replied voice trying to contain his own annoyance at the younger girl.

"Never gonna happen." Kyler yells back already heading outside to the training area.

Outside

"Come on Aaron you can do better. I know you can." Ethan told the boy in front of him.

"Can we give it a break? I'm getting tired." The boy, Aaron asked.
"Ya sure, Kyler's coming over anyways and she looks mad." Ethan replied nervously,as Kyler ran over to the two boys.

"Ethan Lucas Nightshade,I've been looking for you for over an hour!" She said.

"What's up sis?" Ethan asks a nervous edge creeping into his voice.

"Oh nothing,but I just received an invitation to the councils gala tonight asking all of us to be there!" Kyler practically yells. Adding to her self and they've invited Nicholas  those idiots.

"Kai there really isn't a reason to be this mad. I know you really despise the council for not realizing Nicholas' danger to them,and that you really don't like being in social situations but calm down." Ethan's agonizingly cheerful voice pulling her out of her thoughts.
"Yes there is ok... Listen Ethan can I just talk to Aaron alone for a minute please." Kyler asked her eyes doing all the real pleading.

"Sure whatever. Maybe your boyfriend can knock some sense into you!" Ethan yells over his shoulder as he runs over to Nate and gives him a big hug telling him about tonight,and planning how their going to get Kyler into a dress.

"I'm ready to stab them both with light daggers!" Kyler sighs as Aaron pulls her into hug extinguishing the flames he was fighting Ethan with. Laying her head on his shoulder breathing in the scent of upstate New York's fresh air,and flames. Trying her hardest to keep from letting tears slip through her already tightly shut eyes.
He hears gasp as she tries to breath as tears flow silently down her face.
"So what's got you so upset?" Aaron asks only loud enough for her to hear. Kyler shakes her head pulling the letter out of her pocket and handing it to him. He pulls away just enough to read it.
"Dear Ms. Kyler Rose Nightshade, we would like to inform you that the presence of yourself,your brother Ethan Lucas Nightshade,Nathaniel Markus Adams,Aaron Mathew Jackson,and Alexandra Brook ThornBlood at tonight's council gala. Your brother and mister Adams or two others of your group are required to help with guarding the party for part of the night. Also in case you had not yet heard we have also invited a Nicholas Samuel Abrams III.
Sincerely,
Council Man Nicholas Abrams I
"No." The single syllable word the only sound able to escape Aaron's mouth.
Aaron stood there for a moment trying to understand how the council could be so stupid and invite the only other warlock with these kind of powers. Kyler knew how to control them and never used them, but Nicholas did to and used them when ever it was possible.

Last year Nicholas had proved he couldn't be trusted. During a mission from the council to find an old book containing Necromancy spells they sent Kyler,Ethan,Nate, and Nicholas to retrieve it.
When they found it Nicholas held onto it but before they could send it away he spoke a single spell calling up a dozen skeletal warriors to his side. Every one thought it was a mistake,but when Kyler want to destroy one with bright blue light dancing across her fingers forming daggers it attacked her. She turned away in time to not get stabbed, but the sword raked across her back making her collapse. Nicholas who had been standing behind the skeletons cried out concentration broken,causing the warriors to turn to dust.
Running over to where Ethan and Nate were already looking over the cut to make sure the sword hadn't done anything to her spine. When he reached the other two boys he could see Kyler's body enveloped in Nates dark green aura. As healing was his specialty. The cut healed over quickly as the healing spell Nate wove turned it into a long thin silver scar from just below her left shoulder blade to right at the beginning of her hip.
"Is she ok! How could you let this happen?" Nicholas had screamed at Ethan. He tried to reach over and touch her uninjured shoulder, but he slapped Nicholas' hand away.
"Don't even think about touching her. And how could it be our fault that your skeletons did this to her. Leave now. In fact just don't even go back to the house." Ethan whispered. His tone icey but calm enough to send a shiver of nerves down Nicholas' back.

Things had been going well for a few months until the house received a letter from him. Saying,

Kyler my dear friend you understand nothing the book is meant to be used not locked away. I'll be coming for it and you will regret it. And remember the council still supports me and will never believe you as long as my grandfather is there.
Your friend,
Nicholas Samuel Abrams III.