It was time.<br/><br/>Diana glanced around the room, noting that each stood exactly where she had told them to before they had changed for the party. She had spent a month laying in connections from each position so that the magic would spread to the north, west, south and east of the house, confining the spell to the mansion and making sure it would take firm hold. The girl inhaled deeply and then loosened her hold on the spell book, turning to the table that stood on her right, laid out with food and drinks, in preparation for the party and she plucked up the purple candle she had chosen out for this. Time to start the magic, she focused inward, touched the bright core of herself that was her magical talent and then curled her hand before releasing it and letting the candle whirl out into the air, only instead of dropping as would normally happen the purple cylinder twirled through the air until it reached the middle of the room and then Diana snapped her fingers. Flame burst into being upon the wick and slowly it drifted to the ground, the wax sealing instantly with the hardwood floor, connecting the candle to the house and to her spell.<br/><br/>Diana licked her lips, steadying herself before she began to speak the start of the ritual words. "I call Water to the circle, from the West may water come to make the world's reality fluid and ever changing upon this eve."<br/><br/>Zen answered her, carefully speaking the words she had written out for the other girl. "Water enters the circle and gives its ever changing power." Diana flashed the Asian a smile, she had simplified the words of the spell from the archaic book, afraid that the others might mess up the exact wording and falter. It didn't sound as grand as the dusty tome had instructed, but she knew it would work and that was all that matter. Blue light flared around Zen's body, a wavy aura, though Di wasn't sure any of the others would see it without the Sight. The magic moved out, a small wave that reached to the purple candle and connected. Water had come.<br/><br/>The young witch glanced next to Gabe, directly across from her in the ballroom and spoke clearly. "I call Air to the circle, from the South may Air flow to fill the sense, beguile them and ensare upon this eve."<br/><br/>Her answer came at once from the tense messy blond male "Air enters the circle and gives its power of deception." He seemed so terse, he must be nervous too, or just excited, she honestly didn't know, he was a tough one to read. Her eyes watched as a pale golden aura swirled around him before dancing through the air to touch the candle just as the water power had. Air had come. Her eyes moved to her sister and she smiled at her even as her lips parted to speak the next words.<br/><br/>"I call Fire to the circle, from the East may it flare to burn into our souls, to bring passion and lust to a boil upon this eve."<br/><br/>"Fire enters the circle and gives its power to enflame." The flames flared around her sister's body, unseen, unburning, but bright and they licked the air as they reached for the candle. Fire had come.<br/><br/>Perfect, they had all said the words right, now it was her turn, to finish the casting. Her throat felt dry, her heart throbbed within her breast and her hands clammy but she didn't pause, she forced her spine straight and head up as she spoke out her words in a voice strong and sure. "I call Earth to the circle, from the North may it strength desires and make fantasy ground in reality." she paused before speaking the next words, the answer that would seal the four elements. "Earth enters the circle and gives its power to make reality."<br/><br/>She moved forward a step then, entering into the circle itself and wove her hands in runes, quickly shaping them through the air and seeing the elements respond. "Spirit holds all elements upon this eve, to bend and inflame, to beguile and change, within the bounds of this house no mortal binds may chain. So I say, so mote it be."<br/><br/>And from the others came the chorus of "So mote it be." She felt the power flare out for a moment, the flame of the candle bursting up into the air and she wavered, tightening her grip on the spell before it settled into the house and the candle went back to normal. It was done. She fell to her knees, her arms trembling, she had never worked on such a large scale before and her throat worked as she tried to get her sense back to normal, her head spinning from the rush of power that had flowed through her.