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Maybe I will... someday...
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Destiny Revealed
PROLOGUE
"In blue fire, the final darkness is banished.
In blood, the final price is paid.
Four to stand between the light and the shadow.
Four of blue fire, power in their blood.
Born in the year of the blind Maiden's vision,
Four less than one and darkness triumphs."
"One from the land of kings long forgotten;
One from the hearth which still holds the spark;
One from the Day world where two eyes are watching;
One from the twilight to be one with the dark."
"And the fifth Wild Power, the most powerful one of all,
Born five years after the year of the blind Maiden's vision.
Blood triumphs the final darkness and good triumphs evil.
Thou shall succeed where others have failed, and shall prevail, even when
others should not.
The last living descendant of Ariada Witch-Queen, a mere mortal."
This was what the prophecies fortold, at the next Circle Daybreak meeting.
Thierry Descouedres, Hannah Snow, Ash Redfern, Quinn, Rashel Jordan, Eric, Thea Harman, David, Gillan, Poppy North, James Rassmussen, and about twenty other members of Circle Daybreak were assembled inside Circle Daybreak HQ in Las Vegas. Also among the group was the Maiden of all witches, Aradia, and some of the Night World's most powerful witches, like Lily, Psychic, and Shadow, siblings that were half-witch and half-vampire. Among the witches were some witches from Circle Midnight that had become Daybreakers. Of course, the four Wild Powers and their soulmates (if they had any) were there as well.
"Who's this new Wild Power?" Delos Redfern, the vampire prince and the first Wild Power asked, sitting next to Maggie Needly, his soulmate.
"Who's Ariada Witch-Queen?" Illiana Harman, the second Wild Power asked, leaning forward.
"I want to know how old this Wild Power is. Is this Wild Power a boy or girl?" Jez Redfern, the third Wild Power asked, punching Morgead, her soulmate.
"Have you found this Wild Power yet?" Ryan Cerr, a witch and the last Wild Power asked, one arm around his soulmate Raena.
"The new Wild Power is a girl. Her name is Sakura Tao. She is twelve years old and lives in Diamond Bar, California. She is a middle school student who goes to South Pointe Middle School and specializes in writing and reading.
According to her profiles from her xanga and author page, she loves to read stories from manga, and books, enjoys watching anime, and writes as a hobby." Thierry summarized, clicking on objects on his laptop and transferring them onto a projector.
He double-clicked and a picture of Sakura Tao showed up.
Sakura Tao had long black hair with equally black eyes. She wore a long-sleeved thin red sweater with a pale pink t-shirt that had a large imprint of a rose on it and brown pants. She carried a black bag that hung down her back and her hair was pulled back into a ponytail. There were bracelets on both of her wrists, and she was smiling.
"Sakura Tao, our Wild Power." Aradia said quietly.
"Who the hell is Ariada Witch-Queen?" Illiana shouted, silencing everyone that had begun to chat.
Everybody turned and looked at Thierry, as if asking him to explain everything.
"Ariada Witch-Queen was the cousin of Hellwise and Maya, who were daughters of Hecate Witch-Queen. While my tribe had the powers to communicate with nature, her tribe had the powers to use nature's powers, and the powers of the elements.
While Hellwise was the ancestress of the Harman family, and Maya was the ancestress of all the lamia and the made-vampires, Ariada was the ancestress of the Drakkulus family, descendants of the oldest and most powerful dragon who ever lived.
I don't know this dragon's name, but he is very powerful. He and four other dragons are believed to have possessed the first known versions of the Wild Powers. So that means that our fifth Wild Power possesses some dragon powers, although she is human." Thierry said quietly, sounding sad and hollow.
He then left the room, abruptly ending the meeting. Aradia and the other Daybreakers briefly glanced at each other.
"Okay. Rashel, Quinn, and Ash, you three have the first shift, and that's watching her on weekdays. James, Poppy, you have the second shift, the weekend shift. The rest of you Daybreakers take turns being backup. You have to be active twenty-four hours.
I'll come on the weekend with some other witches and set up wards around Sakura's school, so that'll lessen your worry for her safety." Aradia said, and then left with some witches.
Everyone else nodded briefly, and started to leave in groups, all talking of when to take their shifts.
Meanwhile, Rashel, Quinn, and Ash all glanced at each other before leaving.
-Two Days Later-
Two days later, at South Pointe Middle School (SPMS), Aradia, the Mother, the Crone, Lily, Shadow, Psychic, Poppy, Thea, Gillan, and some other powerful witches gathered and scattered around the exterior of the junior high, arms outstretched in front of them, chanting:
"By the ancestress of the Harmans,
By the Crone, Mother, and Maiden,
By thy gifted ones, and thy powers,
By Hellwise Hearth-Woman.
Let what was round be straight,
And what was straight be round.
Let darkness turn to light
And let the gifted run free.
You are my mother, my ancestress, and my guide. Help us, please, for we beg of you. Set barriers around this place to protect the girl known as Sakura Tao, the last living descendant of Ariada Witch-Queen, ancestress of the Drakkulus family." As soon as the witches finished their chant, a sparkling dust fell from the skies, covering the whole junior high.
The spell was complete.