I had been here before. It was the same... dream(?) I had been having all month Every night I came here to this place, and for a while every night the dream had been the same, but lately it was changing, growing, becoming less like a dream and more like reality. I use to not be able to feel the sun on my cheek or the sand between my toes; now the sun rays seemed to penetrate my skin with a cool light and the breeze was warm against my skin; my toes sank into the sand and I could feel the waves pulling and pushing against my ankles. I was standing on a beach, yet it was like no beach I'd ever seen or heard about. Its was other-worldly. The sand was white, the sea was a light blue, and the sun which hung low in the sky bathed every thing in a white light.

My feet carried me across the sand to a figure standing with her feet in the water, the waves gently lapping against her ankles. Her curly blonde hair blew back slightly against the ocean breeze. When I was next to her she turned to face me, the smile that had graced her face for the past month had changed; it was laced with an expression I could not identify. Anxiety? Worry?

"Nina." The name fell from tongue

"Alyssa," she replied, "I need your help." Fear. It was faint, slightly there, but there nonetheless. Fear, her words were sprinkled with it. I opened my mouth to speak, but she cut me off."Aly, a great evil is about to be released onto the earth. My friends will try to stop it, but they won't be able to do it alone. They need you, Aly. They need your abilities. You can protect them. Save them!" Her eyes were pleading, "You have too!"

"Why not you? You're the chosen one, the prophesied one." I was asking why you but I was meaning why me.

"Because," her eyes grew soft, her voice was as calm as the sea, "my destiny has been fulfilled, but yours... your destiny is just beginning. Aly, this is your destiny."

"But Nina, I'm only 16. I'm too young to stop a great evil, too young to risk dying." my voice was pleading but I knew it was over. I had lost, destiny had won.

"Aly it's scary, I know it is, but you have fate... and your powers on your side. You can do this," she grabbed my hand, "I believe in you."

I nodded, my signal for my defeat, for my acceptance. I felt a tug at my stomach.

"We don't have much time left." She reached around her neck and took off a locket I hadn't even noticed she'd had on, "Take this," she smiled to herself "You'll need it." she placed placed the locket in my hand, "I'll contact you tomorrow. I've set everything up." Her words rushed together as I felt another tug on my stomach, this one harder than before and it took the breath out of me

"Where am I going?" I managed to choke out

"England," and then I was jolted awake, locket in hand.