Then
Chapter 4
Help
Never in her life had she experienced something so aggravating! He, Nicholas Flamel, dare bring danger into her sanctuary? Not just the golems, but the twins themselves. They have no idea how much power they posses. But of course Nicholas is here to ask for my help, and where is Perenelle? She and Nick are almost inseparable. She herself is very special, but dangerous. She could help us here, we need her help. A seventh daughter of a seventh daughter is rare, and surprising, when you have that kind of power against the enemy.
Somehow, they had narrowly escaped the golems, using a car. Josh, (the twin boy) drove us under Nicholas's commands. We headed onto the golden gate bridge, with traffic picking up very rapidly, and we realized that we were being followed. By a large flock of thousands and thousands of crows, Nicholas and I shared a glance, and we understood: the Morrigan's children.
Only she could have that many crows in one place, but they weren't normal birds. It was another thing that helped us understand, these were mutant, huge, with razor sharp talons and they were sent to kill us.
The Morrigan, the crow goddess, and the sister to Badb and Macha. Ah, I remember her well. I remember the last time I met her.
Scathach the shadow was running down a dark alley in 1740 filled with crows of different sizes. She knew that there were many crows in Greece, but why would the whole possible population gather here? And what more, they seemed to follow her.
She finally emerged onto a street, with a crossroads on the left. All around her were little cottages, and perched upon the houses were, many thousands of crows. She realized that she was in a very magical place (being Greece) a while ago, but she couldn't think of any Greek crow Gods, elder or any generation.
Unfortunately, the residents were starting to notice the bird infestation breeding on their street. Then the black birds (Not meaning to be racist!) started to move in closer, eventually creating a large dome around her. She would never forget the cold laugh that came from behind her. She turned around and saw a figure cloaked in black, and covered in feathers. Surly the being was magical, because nothing could gather this many crows, and apparently order them into a certain formation.
The figure pulled back its hood, revealing the face of the Morrigan. But something was different about her, her eyes. Her eyes were different colors. One was red, and the other was yellow. The Morrigan was at war with her sisters. She tried to kill her sister's long age, but only succeeded in trapping them within the same body, her own. She spoke. "The Shadow, how nice to see you. But unfortunately, I must kill you." Her voice changed with every word, her own, Badb's , and Macha's. All of a sudden, the crows dived inward, toward Scatty. She easily killed them, then a second fleet charged, but these weren't regular crows. They were the Morrigan's children. Large, mutant birds with razor sharp beaks and talons. She charged at the goddess, even though killer birds were swarming her.
She couldn't remember anything else after that, but that she woke up scratched, bloody and sore.
They urged the boy driver forward, as fast as he can go, while scatty opened the moon roof and fended off as many birds as she could.
