Chapter One

I am lying in the back of my cell half-conscious. Setrakus Ra wanted information from me, and when I didn't answer, he tortured me. And tomorrow it will happen again.

You will never get out of this cell, if you never think about how you could escape. Pittacus Lore says to me in my head. Again. Sometimes it's really irritating. Once he said that, every Loric wanted to be like me, but I don't think so. Who wants to have an Elder's soul in his head?

I am just trying to help you! Pittacus protest. But he knows what I know. Around my neck, there is the "necklace". It blocks my Legacies, and without them, I can't escape. I've tried to break it many times, but every time I got electroshocked, and I passed out.

Oh, we could not be such idiots! You can have the Elecomun Legacy! You can be electrokinetic! Pittacus says. You can choose which Legacy you want to have! Why didn't he say this earlier, if it's that simple? That's why he is in my head? Are you here to annoy me, not to help me?

You never mentioned your faints were caused by electricity! So this is my fault, as many other things…

Don't blame yourself for One's, Two's and Three's death! Just concentrate on electricity, if you want to get out of here and help the remaining members of the Garde! Ask the Lorien for your next Legacy, Elecomun! Focus on it! I do what exactly he said, and a weak electric wave goes through my body. It just lasts for a second, because the "necklace" blocks it immediately. Now I have my escape plan.

-Hey!-I exclaim.-Please, give me blanket, because it's too cold here! –I hear the Mog in front of my cell giving orders. Time has come to do something. I grab the "necklace" and I pull it over my head. When I touch it, I sense the electric wave, but now it can't do anything with me, due to I have got electric resistance. I drop the "necklace" to the floor, and I use one of my other Legacies, Shapeshifting, to transform into a tiny flying insect. Just in time. A Mog soldier opens the door of my cell with a blanket in his arms. When he saw what had happened to the "necklace", he gasps. Before he could close the door, I fly out. Nobody knows here what my Legacies are. The alarm bells starts ringing, and everybody in the Mog Base starts searching for me. Ha! They aren't expecting an insect!

You can celebrate after you obtain your Chest and get out from here with it. First things first! Ok. Pittacus is right. I have to concentrate. Where do they keep my Chest? I fly through the Mog base. In one room, they keep lots of computers. In another, they are doing something with a corpse of a beast. In the third room, there is a forest made of plastic. Then in a corner I turn left, and I froze. This corridor is full of cells, and in each cell, there are some monsters.

They are called Krauls and Pikens. They can be worthy enemies. Yep. He said it like I didn't know it. Again. I quickly fly to the door at the end of the corridor. I open it with my Telekinesis, and I fly into a small room. There is nothing in it, except for my Chest. I get it with Telekinesis, and I fly up to the ceiling with it. Nobody expects that I can fly, so nobody looks up. They are searching for me in the tunnels. I easily get out of the Mogadorian Base. But where I am? I have never seen these mountains.

But I have seen them. We are in the Appalachian Mountains. They brought you to America. I know where the Appalachian Mountains. But what will come next? I know, I have to find the others, and I have to bring them together. But how will I do that? And what will I do if I see Five? I can't kill him, but I have to punish him definitely for his betrayal. If he didn't do that, the Garde would have been reunited. Because of Five and my stupidity I have been in a cell for two years…

I fly until sundown, but then I become so tired because using my Legacies for a long time. I get back my human form, and I start walking with my Chest under my arm. It's nearly ten pm. when I see a Motel in the opposite of the road. I get an emerald out of my Chest.

I don't think it's a good idea. You might be captured again. Pittacus warns me, but I know the risks. I walk in.

-Good evening, Sir – I greet the man in the other side of the reception desk. He looks up at me, and he screw up his eyes.

-Sorry, but we haven't got an empty room…-I show him the emerald. He gasps and he take a deep breath.-In that case…-He takes the emerald and he gives me a key instead of it. He points towards a corridor.-Your room is there. You can have breakfast until ten am. Good night Miss…?

-Please, don't ask me anything. I'll just stay this night here. Good night, Sir – My room number is 6. I open the door of room 6 with it. There are a bed, a bedside cabinet and a wardrobe in it. Great! It's not much, but it's enough for me. I go to the bed, and I put my Chest under it. I close the door with Telekinesis, and then I lie in the bed. The last thing I remember before I fall asleep is Pittacus' voice in my head:

It's not safe! You mustn't trust humans! They might be working for the Mogadorians!

I wake up really early next day. I had to get up at this time, while I was in the Mog Base. I can't change my daily routine from one day to another. I am tired, but I force myself to get up, and go to the bathroom. I look in the mirror, and I gasp. The young and beautiful seventeen-year-old girl (who I was), had become a monster. My black hair is long and tangled, my face is untidy, I have deep, dark circles under my dark blue eyes, my nails are dirty and long, and I smell horribly. I drop my tattered clothes to the floor, and I take a long, hot bath. I wash my hair, I cut my nails, I brush my teeth, and I comb my hair. After I finished with beautifying myself, I look into the mirror. I am nearly satisfied with myself now. Just those dark circles…But I think the overall impression is good: I look more determined, more experienced and older. My black hair is a bit wavy, but it's longer than it ever was. My dark blue eyes are sparkling.

Are you finished with staring at your reflection? We have to find the others! We can't waste more time! OK. Pittacus is back. This fact will never change.

You aren't right! I'm just with you until you get back to Lorien. Ok. I understand. This fact won't change until I get back to Lorien. But what's next? I mean, what should I do after I had breakfast and I left this Motel?

You should start searching for the others. I mean, you should surf the Internet, like you did. Once it worked: You found Five. Yeah. This is a good example. I found him, and he gave me to the Mogs. That was really good. I use my Time Manipulation Legacy on my tattered clothes. After a few minutes they change into what they originally were: a dark blue skirt with a white trim on it, white ballerina shoes with blue flower patterns on it, and a simple, white T-shirt. My necklace with the blue Loralite pendant is under my T-shirt. My blue bracelet (which blocks every kind of application, which wants to get my location) is on my wrist. I go back to the bed, and I get my Chest. I open it, and I get out the shoulder bag from it, which was folded at the top of every other thing in my Chest. I put my Chest in the shoulder bag. Now, I'm fine. I close the door, and I go downstairs. I easily find the little cafeteria, where I have breakfast. I eat three sandwiches and two sausages. The food is delicious. I had to eat bread and cheese back at the Base. After I finished, and my belly is full, I go to the reception desk, and I ask for using a computer. The receptionist says, I can use them for free, and he gives me the directions. I sit down in front of one, and I start searching. I almost immediately find something interesting: someone had made a crop circle. I read the whole story, and I look at the pictures. It's not exactly a circle. It's the Loric number five. So Five wants to get attention.

He can be dangerous. Its might be a trap. No. It is a trap. There's an interesting comment under the pictures:

Anonymous writes:

For the five, who are searching for Five.

Are you here?

I will be in Arkansas, at the monsters.

Please, come for me.

It's definitely a trap. And what does he mean? For the five? The others have reunited without me? That's not fair!

You can't be sure, about what he meant with that line. It can be anything. Yep. I have to focus on getting him first. I quickly search for 'Arkansas monsters', and the first hit is the official page of the Monster Mart in Arkansas.

There will he be. OK. I find the quickest way to Arkansas. I note the direction. If I fly there, I'll be there in a day. I just can hope that, I'll not be late. This message is three days old. I go back to the reception desk, and I drop my key on it.

-Good bye.-The receptionist doesn't pay much attention for me, he just nods, and then he takes the key. I go to the nearby forest. I look around, but nobody is around, so I transform into an eagle. I have to be quick. I fly upwards, and then to the direction of Arkansas. Hey, Five, I am coming! I will not let you betray the others, I swear that.