Author's Note: As I promised, when I got ten reviews I would post this chapter and I have. I want you to think about baby names, particularly boy names. I didn't say the baby is going to be a boy, I said that the baby will just have a boy's name. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Don't forget to review at the end of this chapter.

Chapter Four – Bedridden and Dreams

When Kel awoke she wasn't next to Dom. Someone had moved her to a separate bed, which was more of a cot set up next to Dom's bed. Sitting up and looking around, she noticed the sunlight streaming through the window. She noticed the novices and healers who were tending to the men, but she didn't see Neal or Alanna or even Raoul.

"Kel?" a familiar yet faint voice said from the bed next to her.

"Dom," Kel whispered as she scrambled off the cot, "Dom are you all right?"

"Water."

Kel grabbed a cup and the water pitcher. She held it to his lips, noticing how he trembled. Dom didn't even open his eyes, he knew his Kel would take care of him.

"Kel, Kel I'm sorry," Dom whispered when she set the cup down on the bedside table.

"For what?" Kel asked softly as she brushed strands of hair from his face.

"I promised you I wouldn't get hurt, and here I am, burnt to a crisp," Dom replied trying to let a weak laugh out but winced when he did so.

"Shh, just rest. Everything will be okay," Kel murmured as he drifted back to sleep.

Kel was sitting in a chair as she watched Dom sleep. He didn't make a sound, with the exception of his deep breathing. It was so quiet, but not in a bad way. It was a content quiet, one where you'd sigh and feel calm and relaxed. But it wouldn't stay quiet for long, Kel could hear the soft padding of running feet in the hall. She walked to the door and stuck her head out, something ran past her nearly knocking her over.

"Da?"

"Christine of Masbolle get back here!"

Raoul ran in, followed closely by Kel's parents and Neal. Kel was not appeased by this, she hadn't wanted Chris to see her father in such state. Looking for her daughter she noticed that she'd found Dom's bed and was trying to see over it's edge.

"Da wake up!" she cried as she scrambled onto the chair and stood up to see her father.

Kel shed a tear as she watched her daughter try and wake up Dom. Quietly walking up behind her daughter she lifted her up and try to carry her out much to the toddler's protest. Chris did not want to agree with her mother, something inside of her snapped. She released a flash of silver light. Kel fell backwards onto a bed, and Chris scrambled from her mother's arms and ran back to her father.

"Da wake up!" she screamed and reached her hands towards his arm.

Silver light flooded across both bodies. Chris was crying and started to sway on her feet. She collapsed next to the bed and Dom awoke. He had no idea of what was going on, but was brought to reality by Kel's scream.

"Chris! Chris get up!"

Dom slipped out of the bed and picked up his two year old daughter. He placed her in the bed as the other three adults ran to the bed. Neal placed a green hand over his niece, quickly pulling it back in.

"I've never felt anything like this before," Neal said confused, moving his hand over Chris's body, "Has this ever happened before?"

Dom shook his head but Kel stopped him. Turning to she replied, "There is one other time, a while ago before she was even born."

"You all have to leave," she told them, "Neal has managed to set the keep on fire."

Without another word everyone went into action. Raoul and Dom lifted Kel up, and Alanna grabbed some things from the dresser, the men of the Own went to make sure that the path was clear. Raoul and Dom were moving as fast as they could with a severely pregnant woman, and Alanna took up the rear. An audible crack sounded and a wall of fire formed in front Alanna, Dom, Kel and Raoul cutting them off from the rest of the group. Alanna tried to cut a path through the fire, but the fire just absorbed all of her magic.

"Alanna what's the matter!" Raoul yelled over the roar of the fire.

"I don't know, everything I try is just absorbed!"

A maniacal laugh came from flames. The hair on the back of Alanna's neck prickled, and goosebumps rose on her arms. She knew that laugh, she was sure that it was gone. The colour drained from her face and she shut her eyes as tight as possible.

"You thought you could get rid of me didn't you 'Alan'"

"Alanna it can't be," Raoul muttered as memories flowed back into his mind.

"Oh but it is," a shadow formed in the fire and it came towards them.

Roger of Conte walked towards Alanna. He raised a hand and she fell to the ground. Raoul yelled in fury, he couldn't do anything because he was holding Kel. Roger turned his head to the trio and laughed. He raised his hand again, and orange fire zoomed towards Kel. She slipped form the men's grip and fell to the floor. Dom let out a yell. He fell to the floor next to Kel, and pulled her into his arms.

"Who are you!" Dom cried out as Roger moved closer.

"You mean you don't know who I am?"

"Why would they know who you are! You were dead long before their time!" a weak voice yelled, Raoul had gone to Alanna when Kel and Dom had fallen.

"Quiet you!" with that Roger sent another firebolt towards Alanna, but before it could hit her a silvery shield was up in front of her and Raoul.

Roger looked taken aback. This was impossible, Alanna had a purple gift and she was the only one in the room with it. He whirled around to see silvery light shimmering around Kel's stomach. The light started to stretch towards him, he was enclosed in a bubble. Letting out an agonized shriek he disintegrated. The four adults were in shock, but the roar of the fire brought them back to reality.

"She's a chosen then," Alanna said from the edge of the bed as she looked over the toddler.

"Huh?" Neal and Dom said simultaneously, with similar confused looks on their faces.

"It means that a god – or goddess – has their hand on her. There is something that they want her to do, so they put their hand on her and guide her along a path," Alanna told the three young adults, "I was the Goddess' Chosen, my job was to get rid of Duke Roger."

"I was the chosen of the Chamber of Ordeal, my task was to destroy Blayce and Stenmun," Kel whispered.

"Don't you find it odd, that all of the great women of this country are Chosens?" Neal asked dramatically, causing eye rolls from both Alanna and Kel.

"Will Chris be all right?" Dom asked concerned of the new information he had just be given about his daughter.

"She'll be fine yes, but she'll need to be trained," Alanna replied as she rested a hand on the girl's forehead, "this kind of power isn't given to someone without a good reason, yes she is definitely going to need training."

"Will you train her Alanna?" Kel asked softly without even looking up, if her daughter had such great power, she could be dangerous without control and Alanna knew what she was doing, "Please?"

Alanna bowed her head in submission, "Of course Kel."

Kel lay awake in bed that night. Even though Dom was beside her this time, she couldn't help but remember that her only child was lying in an infirmary bed. Sighing she silently slipped out of bed and quickly threw a robe on on over her nightgown.

She shut the door behind her as quiet as possible. It was late at night and it would do no good if she woke up the other knights that lived in the hall. Especially Neal, he needed all the beauty sleep he could get. Kel couldn't help but wonder what kind of quest had been set for her daughter. She found herself at the door to the infirmary, quietly opening it she found she wasn't the only visiting that night.

A short red-headed figure stood by her daughter. She knew exactly who it was, silently she walked up to stand beside the other lady knight.

"Thank you, for what you did earlier," Kel murmured softly, as if not to wake the child.

"Kel I didn't do anything special, only what had to be done."

"When will you start to train her?"

"After Midwinter, she is going to need the rest after what she did earlier today," Alanna said turning to Kel.

"Why so late, doesn't it make sense to start sooner so she gains control?" Kel asked unsure of Alanna's thinking.

"Kel, have you forgotten that Midwinter is only two and a half weeks away," Alanna laughed as she saw the expression on the woman's face.

Kel let out an "Oh" as she turned back to her daughter. Chris looked ever so peaceful, but what Kel didn't know what was going through her daughter's mind at that moment. Although Chris was only two years old, she was much wiser than that. It could be because she was Kel's daughter, or that the Goddess had her hand on the child but it still made her wise.

Chris was in the middle of a conversation with the Great Mother Goddess.

"I don't understand?"

You will my child, you will. When the time comes, everything will become much clearer to you.

"When will that be?"

So many questions from such a young thing, and with such intelligence said behind them. The Goddess laughed at the girl. I assure you child when the time comes you will know. But right now you must focus on your training, my previous Chosen is too be the one to teach so be sure to listen to everything she says, for she has also been sent on a quest that is much like the one you will be on.

The Goddess faded into mist leaving Chris confused and clueless.

"Mama?"

"Christine, are you awake," Kel asked as she swooped in closer, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Mama, why is the Goddess so confusing?"

Alanna let out a bark of laughter and replied to the youngster, "Because she can Chris, because she can."

Author's Note: Well I hope you liked this chapter. Don't forget to review, I want fifteen reviews this time sine that's how many I got last time. And if I don't get fifteen, there will be no chapter five so it all rests upon your shoulders!