A/N: ok, I've finally got around to putting this story up! It might take a while 2 update coz I've got 3 other fics going on on FanFiction. Tell me what y'all think!

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The gale outside howled like a pack of hungry wolves. Caitlyn woke with a start. Her fever had subsided, but she was still hot and had a headache. Somewhere on one of the lower floors a stair creaked. The wind whistled through the branches of the old oak tree outside her fourth-floor window. Nearby, an owl hooted.

Caitlyn flicked on her torch and ghostly shadows played about her bedroom. She crept to her door and locked it with the key she'd stolen from the shoe- cupboard downstairs. Slowly, she began to chant, and felt her renewed magic flow through her veins. This was what she lived for, the danger of being caught, the excitement of new power. For Caitlyn wasn't human; she was a changeling child, a witch, sent by the Devil to wreak havoc and destruction on Earth. Quietly, she began to chant again as a new spell took form...

***** A/N: I said the chapters were short! But they do look a lot longer on paper, especially as my handwriting's quite large!!!