This is just a short chapter to sum it up... Final chapter.
PLEASE read the final paraph (if you are interested)in my end note.
Disclaimer- I do not own Huntik.

Chapter 8

Sophie POV.

Sophie looked up from her book as a soft knock on the door drew her attention elsewhere.

After the battle with the Nullifiers Rassimov had attempted to attack Lucas and her. Though Zhalia had taken care of him.

Dante and Zhalia had then proceeded to transport the unconscious Wind, Shauna and Rassimov to the Huntik plane which had landed within a miles radius from the battle field.

The main complication they had faced was returning the people who had been under the spell of the Spiral mark back to their rightful homes. Cherit still hadn't been able to convince the Huntik Foundation to send another plane, which lead to Lucas using another forbidden spell which teleported them to where they rightfully belonged.

The reunited team had then gone their separate ways. Dante, Zhalia, Den and Harrison returned to Venice, putting Rassimov, his sister and Wind into custody of the Foundation.

Lok and his father had returned home to Ireland, it was to be the first time that his whole family would be together in years.

Sophie, Lucas and his companions had returned to the sanctuary as the Elders had requested that they attended a meeting to explain what had gone down that day.

The knocking continued and Sophie placed down her book, glancing in the mirror before she rose; it was night outside causing her room to be filled with gloomy shadows which were scared away by the flickering flames of the candles that had been scattered throughout the room upon her arrival.

"Sophie?"

Sighing Sophie walked towards the door, unlatching the lock to allow her brother entrance.

Lucas gave her a small nod as he walked past her into her chambers. Without exchanging a word the siblings walked out onto her balcony.

"Ironic how we were out here when you first told me of the Nullifiers."

Beside her Lucas flashed her a slight smile, though he tried to hide it she could see that his brow was creased from worry.

"Lucas, what is wrong?" Sophie peered at him inquisitively.

"Sophie we cannot tell them of our exploitation of the forbidden spells. I know that it was called for and I do not regret my actions though I do know that despite the circumstances the Elders would not take the news kindly."

Sophie looked away; she too had been having the same doubts on what her family would do if they found out what spells the siblings had used.

"Focauld would aspire to turn them against me if he found out that I had used forbidden spells during my time away from here. He would cause great havoc by noting the fact that I, their leader had used those spells when I am meant to be the example for our family."

Lucas did not reply as they both knew that the others words were true.

A silence had fallen over the pair when Sophie spoke, breaking the stillness between them.

"Why did you come with Dante and the team to battle the Nullifiers?"

She was expecting him to remain quiet for a short time and then proceed to answer her but he surprised her by replying instantly.

"I have two duties in life. The first is protecting the Casterwill family but secondly and more importantly I have to look after my only sisters' welfare."

She opened her mouth as if to respond but then caught him in an embrace. At the shock of Sophie's actions Lucas remained motionless for a instant before relenting and awkwardly placing an arm around her shoulders.

"Thankyou..." Her voice was a mere whisper but it meant a lot to both of them.

Eventually Lucas began to push her away, causing her to gasp in pain when his hand prodded against the wound which was still healing from when the Nullifier's talon was once embedded into her skin.

A look of immense guilt washed over his face as she gently placed her hand over the tender skin. The best Casterwill healers had done work on it and although there would be no scar tissue it was to be sore over the days that it would need to finish healing.

"Umm... The Elders said that the meeting is ready to commence..."

Sophie and Lucas turned quickly, both startled to see Lane standing in the doorway.

"How long have you been standing there for?"

Hearing Lucas's demand Lane bit her lip, gradually backing further into the room. "Not long..." With that said she hastily made herself absent from the room.

Lucas rolled his eyes beginning to stride forward, "Lucas one more question..."

He continued into the corridor, leaving a hand on the door for her to walk past. "What is it?"

She appeared to be thoughtful as they commenced walking towards the meeting hall. They were outside its large oak doors when Sophie placed a hand on his arm, causing him to halt.

"Before we departed Lok mentioned how when he took me from you that I had no form of bandaging on me. How did you prevent me from losing too much blood?"

As she stared at him, waiting for an answer she failed to see the colour drain from his face.

"Lucas?"

He cleared his throat as if uncertain of his own voice, "Umm... I had applied pressure to your wound."

She nodded, appearing to be satisfied with his answer. "I suppose I should thank you for that also."

Sophie turned and opened the doors, confidently striding forward as silence fell over the room.

Lucas quickly followed taking his seat beside her at the front of the room.

As everyone was present an Elder stood, "Did you achieve what was asked of you?"

Sophie rose, a faint smile creased upon her lips, "I believe so." She paused for a moment before continuing."The Nullifiers are no longer a threat, nor are the Bloodspirals. During our battle my team ensured that all possibility of their return had been diminished. The people who had been under the influence of the Spiral mark were healed and..."

"How did they get to their rightful homes?"

Sophie raised an eyebrow at Focauld who had interrupted her. She knew that he was always looking for an opportunity to discover her doing something against the Casterwill laws and humiliate her in front of her family.

She could feel Lucas's gaze on her, he too knew what Focauld was attempting to accomplish. Both siblings were recalling their earlier conversation.

"My team organized a method of transportation for them." She replied curtly.

It was not a complete lie as the team had agreed that it would be for the best if Lucas was to use the forbidden spell.

Hearing her answer the Elders made a subtle gesture towards Focauld, who in turn groaned in frustration. "Miss Sophie, the Elders of the Casterwill family have requested that you are to stay within the sanctuary walls, where you will be able to protect both yourself and our family if there are to be any more threats in our future. Do you accept their," An elder glared at Focauld causing him to grunt in displease a second time, "Do you accept our proposal."

Sophie sat, quietly thinking for a moment, surprised at the Elder's request. To her right Viviane was watching her inquisitively. The atmosphere in the room had risen to a level of suspense as everyone was waiting for her answer.

Sophie rose to her feet, looking down upon the Casterwills who had gathered in the meeting hall for the gathering. "I thank you for your offer, it means a lot to me that you have put enough trust in me to even consider asking me. Though... I must refuse your offer."

A startled expression appeared over the Elders faces.

"I know that as leader it is my responsibility to take care of the Casterwills, but there are people who are not within the Casterwill relations who I care about and I am not prepared to shut them out of my life again."

"Do you not see what mistake we made in electing this child to be our leader! Of cause she would choose people who she has only known for a short amount of time and that have become her 'team' over her own blood relations!"

Sophie narrowed her eyes at Focauld throughout his outburst.

"Those people that you are talking of Focauld are more than just a team to me. How dare you rebuke my actions on wanting to not be separated from them and saying that although I have only known them for a short amount of time that I would choose them over my own kin... I have known them longer than any of my family! I thought that I was the only one left... That Le Blanc and Santiago would be the closest thing to a real family that I would ever find. Why, even when I did join the Foundation and you became aware of my existence no one made any effort to even contact me! No, instead you waited until you were afraid that I couldn't protect myself until you could even be bothered to find me... The time I saw some of you before that could be considered an accident on my behalf. Then you were even refusing to allow me to learn of my heritage and would ridicule me on that lack of knowledge."

A deathly silence had fallen over the room, seeing this she lowered her voice. "Do you not see? Our family has remained hidden from the outside world from so long, believing that they are the supreme power who are stronger than anyone else but when an enemy such as the Bloodspiral appears we are helpless. The sole reason behind us getting through this war is from the help of the Foundation."

Finally a soft voice broke the silence which followed her speech. "Miss Sophie, if you intend to leave us, then what will happen to the role of leadership while you are gone?"

Sophie turned to see Viviane who had also stood to address her point.

"My brother Lucas is both knowable and honourable, an admirable pair of traits to find in one. As our parents were both representatives of the Casterwills I would like to extend a hand to him to take part of a joint leadership with me. That way if one of us is occupied elsewhere the other can step in and take their place. If Lucas accepts then there will be fairer decisions and discussions... Lucas?"

Throughout the time that Sophie had been talking Lucas had held his head low, until she had proposed her offer to him. Now he was looking at her with an unreadable emotion in his eyes. "I accept."

"Very well... This meeting is now over." One of the Elders stepped forward, announcing the gathering's closure as Lucas stood and went to stand by Sophie.

"Thank you."

She smiled at him, "Your welcome."

He had begun to walk away when he turned to look at her over his shoulder, a smile playing at his lips. "Sophie, why don't you go outside for a while and get a breath of fresh air, you look like you could need it."

Frowning at his odd comment Sophie slipped away from the crowd down one of the dimly lit corridors which led to the quietest of all the sanctuaries exit.

Opening the large oak door a cold breeze immediately struck her, making the girl shiver and pull her jacket around her tightly. 'What was Lucas talking about?'

She scanned the area before her, freezing as she noticed the dark outline of a plane a few meters away to her right, its tailgate open and a figure standing at its base.

"Lok!"

Within seconds she had run forward and wrapped her arms around his neck, smiling as his arms slide around her waist, successfully pulling her into a closer embrace.

Finally Sophie pulled back slightly, "Not that I am not thrilled beyond words to see you but why aren't you spending time with your father?"

He smiled softly, "I have been but I don't want to spend much time away from the team again, or more importantly you."

A faint blush spread across her cheeks hearing his words and in an attempt to hide it she buried her head in his shirt. "How did you manage to get the plane?"

"I think that it is fair to say that after all we have been through that I have gained a few useful connections."

He lifted her chin slightly so he was looking into her eyes, "I was thinking that you could come and be properly introduced to my father, he is dying to meet you. Then after that Dante and Zhalia have informed me that Metz has a lot of missions waiting for us when we return. Sound fun?"

"Of cause. One question though, I am guessing that you have told your father about me. It is all good I suppose?"

The Lambert boy grinned, leaning in so their foreheads were touching, "Always..."

Their lips were mere millimetres apart when a voice rang out.

"You had better take care of her or else I can ensure you that you will have all of the Casterwills to answer to."

Hearing Lucas the pair jumped apart, blushing madly. Sophie attempting to hide a giggle as Lok mumbled something along the lines of 'there is always one to ruin the moment' in frustration.

"Don't worry Lucas I will be fine." She walked forward, quickly giving her brother an embrace "Please tell LeBlanche and Santiago that I will be meeting them back home shortly"

Lucas POV.

Sophie walked back towards the ships ramp, Lok joining her. As the Lambert started the plane's engines and began to rise the plane from the ground, Sophie stood at the window waving, a smile plastered across her lips.

Lucas returned her smile until the plane was disappearing in the distance. The smile vanished, been replaced by a neutral look. 'Sophie believes that she knows all of our family's secrets... But one has been kept from her as I am the only one who knows what powers she truly possesses. For now I want her to be happy as she is still young and has already has too much happen in her life... Presently I will stay in charge to take care of matters... But no one can hide from their destiny forever.'

FINNISHED MY SECOND FANFICTION! I told you I would have it up by New Year.

So many things to say... First I want to thank everyone who reviewed as every review that you wrote meant so much to mean. So thankyou to, Jimmeuh, IamMe, Lawliness, Lucy Of Fairy Tail and Rahul. Special thanks to xs18, Sirens in the water, AnimeFreakInTheUniverse, JaneEyre0 and Star0890 who all reviewed more then once. You have all been a great support and Sirens in the water and xs18 thankyou for contributing ideas for this story when I asked for them in Undefeatable Power.

Okay two things about this chapter. 1) I am not sure if both Lucas and Sophie's parents were representatives for the Casterwills but I am just saying that they were. 2) Lucas's thoughts at the very end sounded very formal but I needed to have that as will be explained later.

If you have any questions at all for this story I will answer them on my profile page.

I know that throughout my two stories I have said that it is someone's POV and then wrote it in third person. I am well aware of that and should have left the PVO part out but I couldn't be bothered to.

NOW THE IMPORTANT NOTICE!
I realise that I left the part of the power that Sophie showed in the previous chapter as a bit of the cliff hanger, and in this chapter Lucas made some referance to it at the end. I recently got this idea for a sequal to this story... BUT it will be DIFFERENT. I personally haven't read a Huntik fanfiction that has this type of content that I am planing to have, but then I haven't read that many Huntik fanfictions so there most likly is one.
The story will not have the main enemy as the Bloodspiral or Organisation, nor will I be making up my own enemy for the story. I don't want to give away to much and want it to be a mystery to you all BUT I will say that this is an enemy which they can not battle... Confusing I know.
This story will have a LOT of DantexZhalia and SophiexLok. Also I want it to be focused on the origional team, so Den will be mentioned regulary but not as often as in Undefeatable Power and Pledged Combat.
I am not sure if I will be writing this story yet as I am wondering if there will be enough interest from people in it... If I decide to write this story I will write it up in the notices on my profile. So keep on checking if you want to find out what is happening.
Ohh nearly forgot... This story, if it gets enough interest and I decide to write it will be written in first person POV. as I want it to be very indepth.

Thanks for your support and I hope you enjoyed it.

,SparkyBlue101