Prologue

Liz put the two plates down on the table as the two tourists started a conversation with her

"So.. does your family come from Roswell?" asked the young man

"Just four generations" Liz replied trying to hide her smile, maybe she could flash her burnt doll photo and get an extra tip?

"Uh, well, does anyone in your family have stories about the UFO crash?" he asked and Liz was cheering inside. She reached into the pocket on her apron and pulled out a photo

"Well I guess it would be okay to show you this" she says. Maria walks past and spots Liz with her alien photo again and smiles, if only she had thought up that little money making scheme to con the tourists out of their money.

"My grandmother took this picture at the crash sight right before the government cleaned it up" said Liz, she tried to look honest as possible while she told them, the girl spoke up for the first time

"Do people know about this photograph?" she asked, Liz couldn't believe they bought the alien photo!

"Well, I know about it, and now you know about it" she replied and they both gasped with disbelief "I'm going to be right back, don't show that to anyone!" Liz walks over to the staff area to get some more Tabasco for Max and Michael as Maria is coming to get some cups of tea

"You are so bad girl. Oh, and Max Evans is staring at you again" she said and Liz's mouth dropped open

"No way" she replied then looked over at Max "Maria that is so in your imagination. Max Evans, this? No, un uh… it's not..." Maria cupped Liz's face

"And with those cheeks preciosita tan linda" she said with a chuckle

"Maria!" Liz cried shaking her off "And, and even if it weren't I'm going out with Kyle. I mean, he's steady and loyal, and he appreciates me" Maria wrinkled up her nose as she picked up the two cups and saucers

"Sounds like you're describing a poodle" she said before walking off just as a fight broke out with two large beer bellied men arguing over money

"LIZ!" screamed Maria as one of the men pulled out a gun. All the patrons in the cafe ducked and Liz just stood frozen. The bullet went off flying through the air and hit the wall behind where Liz had been standing.

Maria rolled over and looked to where Liz had been standing only to see empty space "Liz?" she whispered looking round. Max looked up and saw the same thing. The men had long since run for it and now Maria was trying to find her friend. She went into the back but Liz wasn't there, she turned round and froze. There was a pile of clothes lying on the floor, a green uniform dress with Liz's cosmic pin on it, her socks and shoes and her apron but no Liz...

The Granolith hummed to life from where it was hidden behind the Pod Chamber that had long been forgotten. A figure appeared floating inside it sleepy from travelling the distance in such a short time

"Where am I?" groaned Liz as her head flopped back and forth. She felt like she was floating in a large pool of warm jello

"You are in the Granolith" came a familiar voice that she couldn't quite place "You are safe" the voice told her and she relaxed. She knew that she should have been worried but she couldn't seem to care. She sighed deeply as the voice continued talking to her

"Time exists in many strands. Each strand is created from a choice that should lead to a different outcome but from the choice whether you live or die it is the same outcome. Whether you live or die the world will end" the voice explained and Liz's fear began to rise. The Granolith began to show her the same moment from different strands of time, it was of her getting shot. Some times Max got up and healed her and others he was pulled out of the cafe by Michael. No matter what happened the Granolith showed her the outcome of each strand and it was always the same; the Earth would end and all life would be destroyed.

"You are an anomaly. Your ancestors were made by the same creator who made me. While I was complete your ancestors weren't... they haven't been until you came into existence. You are now complete and we are connected. You are marked by a symbol of distant stars and are meant for great things Liz Parker"

"Like what?" she asked

"You must become a protector. I can influence things to an nth degree but where I am weak you are strong. You must learn to do all you were meant to do and the only place you can learn that is on a distant planet called Antar. Do you understand what I've been telling you?"

"Yes I think I do"

"Are you ready for the power that will be yours to control"

"I don't know. I'm just a small town girl..." she gasped when her body began to hum and five of her freckles over her chest and neck began to glow. She could feel energy threading through her and she felt like a part of her that had been missing had finally been found.

Billions of light years away in the temple for the Granolith on the Northern most part of Antar a few miles away from the Royal Palace several monks dressed in green and dark blue robes awaited for the Granolith to glow. By their calculations from all the scrolls and reports made by monks passed it should be any second now. Light filled the temple and they bowed, all they knew was that they would be receiving a being of immense power that would save worlds. Being a male dominant world they expected a man with strength, agility and smarts; they never in their wildest dreams expected a girl to appear standing in the middle of the temple naked and waiting.

"It's a girl" whispered Kyti, the head monk. They were confused beyond belief but Adarra presented the being with her robes...

"Divine" whispered Doby "Divine Being" Liz pulled the robes on over her as she stood before the bowing monks. She kept expecting this all to be a dream due to how strange it had been but as the minutes passed with the monks bowing before her like she was a deity she knew that this was real and she was no longer on Earth.

Part One

Jeff scowled as he spoke to Maria, the Sheriff had questioned everyone here and they had all said the same. That Liz had been standing over in the corner when it had gone off and Maria kept saying how she found a pile of Liz's clothes

"Maria just tell me the truth! Where is Liz!" he demanded

"I told you! I was talking to her then I went to give table five their tea and those two guys started arguing I looked over my shoulder and shouted Liz's name then that guy pulled out a gun and I dropped to the floor. It went off and they ran away… when I looked back to where Liz was she was gone. I checked the back room and she wasn't there. I came back and her clothes were on the floor"

"Okay Maria. Why don't you call your mom and go home?" suggested the Sheriff "I'm sure she can't have got far" Maria nodded and walked past Max and Michael. Max looked deathly pale and was sitting with his head between his knees trying to regain his breath. Michael was crouched down in front of him

"Are you okay man?" he asked and the Sheriff came over

"Is he okay?" he asked and Michael looked up at him with fear but clouded it over, as his face became blank

"He's fine Sheriff thanks. Come on Max, let's get you home" he pulled Max to his feet and dragged him out of the café

"She's gone" he mumbled but Michael ignored him

"Get in the jeep Maxwell" he ordered but Max just stood there looking dazed and shocked, his legs gave out and Michael caught him. He lifted him up into the jeep and swung him around then fastened him in

"It's okay Maxwell. I'm going to get you home and everything will be okay" he said not really believing it himself. Max pined over Liz, if something happened to her then Max would surely cease to function!

Michael pulled up outside the Evans house and saw Max had passed out. For a moment he thought he just had his eyes closed because his was shaking his head and murmuring under his breath. He unfastened his brother and carried him into the house; Isabel came to the door when she heard struggling

"Oh my God! What happened to him?" she demanded grabbing his feet up and helped Michael carry him inside

"There was a shooting at the CrashDown. A gun went off"

"What do you mean a gun went off? Max wasn't shot was he? Is he hurt?" she asked as they set him down on the couch. Michael flopped down on the arm sighing heavily

"No he's fine. We ducked when those bozos shot off the gun" he replied and Isabel calmed some "Something strange happened. The gun went off and one of the waitresses well… she disappeared"

What do you mean disappeared? Was it that weird obnoxious girl from school Maria? If it is then good riddance!"

"No… it was- it was Liz" he replied and she went pale then looked to her brother

"Oh" was all she said and Michael nodded

"The thing is, Maria looked over at her when those two guys started fighting and then they pulled a gun out and then it went off. All they found of Liz was her clothes, she couldn't have been able to get her clothes… all her clothes… off that quickly and completely vanish. I think she was abducted"

"What?" Isabel snorted like it was something stupid

"Can't you feel it? That tang of energy? Like when one of us has used our powers?" she paused for a moment and frowned then felt it. She nodded then looked to Max

"This will kill him" she whispered "We both know how much Liz Parker means to him" she watched Max toss and turn on the couch unaware of what he was dreaming off.

Max was walking through solarised desert towards a dome, with a flash he was inside he was following a path that flashed before him. With every flash of light he could see Liz; she looked beautiful because her hair was a little longer and flowing freely and she looked like she had been turned into a princess. The last flash led him down some stairs inside the dome and something was glowing, it was a pendant with part of the pattern broken off.

Max jerked awake sweating hard, everything was dark and he felt so cold and alone. His surroundings seemed alien and it all came back to him

"LIZ!" he shouted, he was up and on his feet heading towards the door when light almost blinded his senses

"Max? Max, are you okay? What's wrong?" his mother was there pulling him into a hug. Only when he started to relax some he realised something was in his hand. He looked down and saw the pendant resting on his palm with the band woven around his fingers!

The head priestess was a girl with dark skin and different clothes than the two twin brother monks. The priestess ordered one of the monks to fetch some food and the other to prepare a comfy room for the Divine Being. Liz just watched as the strangely dressed girl ordered two strangely dresses boys about

"This is Antar, right?" she asked the priestess who just bowed when she approached her "My name is Liz" she said gesturing to herself "Liz" the priestess gasped and fell to her knees "No you don't have to do that, it's okay please get up" she helped the young priestess up "What's your name? I'm Liz" she said and the priestess looked at her aghast then said something in a strange dialect pointing at Liz

"Divine Being" she said and Liz copied the style she spoke

"Divinity" she repeated her and the priestess nodded smiling then gestured to herself "Kyti"
"You're name is Kitey? What a strange name" she replied then looked around the room "This must be some kind of temple. Hey that's the Granolith" she said reaching out to touch it in it's solid form. The other monks came back in and Liz waved at them, they bowed their heads to her then spoke to Kyti

"The Divine Being's room is ready and a grand meal is being prepared right away" said Adarra, Liz heard the translation of her name and realised that they must be talking to her. Kyti gestured for Liz to follow them Liz did and found herself in a plain dull grey hall way, she wrapped her arms around herself and shivered, it was so cold without emotion

"Is everything okay Divine Being?" asked Adarra but Liz didn't understand. She moved closer to the twin monks and hoped that everything wasn't all grey.

Several monks passed her little troop and bowed with respect until they had passed; she never imagined that it was for her! They reached some double doors and Doby opened them to reveal a large warm room busy with people serving food. There was a massive table in the middle of the room with everyone sat around, it looked so lively that Liz couldn't help but walk inside. As she got closer she realised all the people were monks Kyti glanced to the twin monks and cleared her throat

"Do not leave her side. I do not want Kivar's enemies to find out she is here and send a spy to kidnap her. I must proclaim that the Divine Being is here" she said then moved to the head of the table. All the monks present were trusted by Kyti, she had instructed them into the fold herself and they had proven their loyalty to her time and time again.

"The time has come!" she called out and the rush of food slowed to a halt so they could listen to her "The Granolith has brought the Divine Being to us! She is here and will rescue us from Kivar and his evil hold over Antar!" there were murmurs of 'Divine Being' and 'she' causing Liz to shrink back, these people were talking about her and she didn't like it. Soon they began to turn and point at her, she backed up and hit the door and Adarra and Doby moved towards her

"Are you okay Divine Being?" Doby asked she just shook her head and took off fast leaving the room. The two monks followed her as she ran through the cold emotionless corridor, they found her sitting by the Granolith crying

"I want to go home" she whispered "I don't like it here," she touched the Granolith but it made no reaction. Adarra helped her up off the floor and they led her out to another room with a grand four poster bed.

"If you need anything we will be right outside" Doby said and they moved to leave the room. Liz sobbed alone in her new fancy room, but soon her sadness turned to anger and she kicked the bed and there was a flash of light and it caved in on itself. She screamed and jumped back and the monks rushed in to see her bed destroyed. After checking there were no intruders and it had been her that had destroyed the bed they took it as a sign that she did not like it, so Kyti was sent for. Liz was just reeling from the fact that she'd exploded a bed without even touching it, she remembered that the Granolith said she had powers now, that was why she was here. To harness her powers so she could save the Earth... she would do it, she clenched her fist and vowed that she could learn to use her powers and grow strong to protect her home!

TBC...