Please note that while I own none of the Sanctuary characters. I do own Hannah and all associated Guardian characters.

Hannah is the lead character in a novel that was published last year called Guardian by author Gillian Joy.

"Sixteen seventy five?" Will interrupted

She stopped and glared at him. "No interruptions!" she stated. "You agreed."

He nodded slowly and she continued.

"I was first born in sixteen seventy five, I grew up during the times of the witch trials, in a small town not far from Salem. I was seventeen years old when my mother was burnt at the stake for witchcraft."

Will just sat in silence, so far this story seemed a bit farfetched, but he sat in silence anyway as Hannah continued.

"My original birth mother, my true mother, was the Guardian. The Venatorcustas. She was the overseer of the supernatural, responsible for their well being and their behavior."

This wasn't close to anything Will was expecting, not that he really know what to expect but the girl sitting beside him was trying to tell him she was what, some three hundred and thirty five odd years old. It wasn't something he would usually believe, and he didn't know if it made it more or less believable that her mother was over one hundred and fifty years old. But he already believed that to be the truth so the least he could do was hear her out at this stage.

Hannah fidgeted with her hair but continued with her explanation without a pause

"Just as my mother was the Guardian so was my grandmother before her, and at my mother's passing the responsibility fell to me." she paused briefly then , waiting for him to take it all in and process what she had just said before she continued.

"In the late nineteen sixties I reached a point where I couldn't continue anymore, I was burnt out, physically and emotionally and I needed a fresh start, so with the assistance of a witch I arranged to be reborn, that was when Helen became my mother."

Will continued to just sit and listen quietly, without interruption. She was impressed with his self restraint, she knew he had to be burning with questions, and she had every intention of letting him ask away once she had the guts of it laid out for him.

"When I was twelve I became aware of who I was again, all the memories and the abilities came back to me, but when I went to Helen with it, she refused to believe me. She went off at me about making things like that up, that it was cruel to the abnormal's. She did at least take the time to run tests and everything but they all came back saying I was human and she refused to even discuss it past that."

Will had trouble imagining Magnus would just fob the girl off.

" Wouldn't you think that with her beliefs and understanding she would at least give me the benefit of the doubt? But no. She pushed and pushed and pushed, till I just left."

Hannah stopped speaking then altogether and just looked at Will. There were tears in her eyes threatening to spill, she wouldn't let them though, she refused to cry in front of him. He reached up gently and touched her cheek, and with that simple gesture a single tear escaped and rolled slowly down her cheek.

"Can I speak yet?" Will asked, when she continued to remain silent.

Hannah didn't speak though, she just nodded slowly in reply.

"Are you saying you are this Guardian, reincarnated?"

"No!" she interrupted "Not reincarnated. I just am."

"But you said you were reborn." Will wasn't sure if he believed in reincarnation or not, but with all he'd seen in the last few months he was certainly willing to keep an open mind about it.

"Reincarnation is different, it's the transfer of the soul, not the person, not the memories. I am still the same person, the same body, the same hair, the same memories. It's different to reincarnation, then there are no memories.. It's hard to understand I know. But a picture of me, if one had been taken back in seventeen hundred would look the same as one taken today. I am still the exact same person. A reincarnated form can be very different. Different race, different sex, different anything. I am still me."

"But your mother is younger than you?"

Hannah just raised her eyebrows and smiled mischiefly. "So you think she's right? I am certifiable then!" she was hoping he would at least consider what she said and not just brush her off, and dismiss it all as lies.

Will smiled back though "No I don't think your insane, I've seen too much in this job to just brush off such a claim. But I do have a few questions."

She nodded. "I can understand that. Just a few though?"

"Well maybe a few hundred. So you're the Guardian? Of all the abnormals?"

"No, not abnormals. Only the supernatural." she answered

"What's the difference?" Will was a little bit confused, he had been led to believe they were all abnormals.

"Abnormals cover a huge variety of creatures. Insects, plants, animals and even organisms. The supernatural are only human based, vampires, werewolf's, mermaids and witches, to name just a few."

"Mermaids? That's how you were talking to Sally!" he said, then some of the other creatures she had mentioned sank in.

"Vampires? But they're extinct now except for Tesla!"

"Just because a race doesn't want people to know it exists, and manages to stay hidden. It doesn't mean that it doesn't really." Hannah answered. She knew there was a lot more out there than even Helen was aware of, and she knew there were still a lot of vampires in existence on the earth. An awful lot.

"So what does being the Guardian involve then?" Will moved onto his next question, not that he was entirely sure the last one had been answered properly. But there were so many questions he still wanted to ask he couldn't dwell too long on the same one or he wouldnt get anywhere.

"Too much for me to be able to explain it all in one sitting. But the general basis of it is, I'm in charge of the supernatural. It's my duty to make sure they behave themselves as such. The vampires especially are prone to thoughts of grandeur and supremacy an it's up to me to keep them all under control."

"But how are you supposed to do that, do you have some sort of special powers?"

"Only when it comes to the supernatural. I can kill them with a thought." Hannah stopped and gauged wills reaction to this before she continued, but just watched her in fascination. "I can communicate with their minds and with a thought I can heat up their blood till they burn from the inside out."

Will cringed, "That sounds painful!"

"Don't worry!" Hannah confirmed. "It only works on the supernatural."

Will has a sudden thought "does that include..."

"Henry? Yeah" Hannah answered before Will could even finish. Ok then Will thought. I can confirm her story with Henry.

"Any more questions?" Hannah asked, it was getting really late and she was feeling the effects of the day, she stuffed a yawn as Will answered

"Only about a million or two!" but he noticed the stiffled yawn and how tired looking her eyes were. "But we can continue this conversation later. If you promise me your not leaving."

"I promise I will still be here tomorrow." Hannah answered.

Will reached across and gently brushed her cheek. He loved the feel of her skin, it was so smooth, so soft. Hannah leaned towards him and their lips touched. Will leaned closer deepening the kiss and wrapping his hand around the back of her head he pulled her even closer still.

"Would... you... like... me... to... stay?" he asked between gentle kisses.

"Yes." she answered "But I think it would be better if you leave. I've given you a lot to think about."

Will nodded and stood up. Hannah followed him to the door where he turned around and kissed her again. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

Hannah just nodded and will reluctantly walked out the door. Hannah closed the door behind him and leant back against it. She was scared and confused, she didn't want to feel these feelings. She didn't want to get close to someone like will. Humans died, she'd seen it so many times before. Felt it so many times before but the thought of walking away from Will had her stomach churning. She feared it was already too late.

Will looked at his watch. "Screw it." he murdered as he walked away from her door. That was just way too much information and as far as he was concerned there was an easy way to determine if what she told him was true. He knocked hard on the door.

"What the?" Henry said pulling the door open. "Dude! Do you have any idea what time it is?" He asked staring at Will.

"Is it true?" Will demanded.

"What are you talking about?" Henry asked, trying to rub some of the sleep from his eyes.

"Hannah? The guardian? Is it true?"

"Dude why are you asking me? What makes you I know anything about it?" Henry answered,

"Because if it's true, then all her powers will work on you. So is it true?"

Henry looked at will silently for a few seconds as he debated whether or not he actually any right to say anything. Obviously Hannah had told Will everything, but did that make it ok for Henry to confirm or deny it. He decides he didn't care if it was ok or not. If Will believed her she'll be far less likely to leave. He nodded slowly and Will slumped against the wall.

"She's almost 350 years old Henry."

"Yeah, but she's a hot 350 year old."

Will smiled. "Yeah she is isn't she? Why haven't you just told Magnus and stopped all the angst between them?"

"Because she asked me not to!"

"But don't you think you have a loyalty to Magnus?" Will asked.

"Yeah I do." Henry replied. "But what Hannah asked of me isn't going to hurt Magnus so I won't betray Hannah either. If Magnus asked, I wouldn't lie but I'm not going to volunteer the information when I've been asked not to say anything. I love Hannah Will. Like a sister and I won't betray her lightly... Besides haven't you realized? She could really hurt me if I did."

Will looked at Henry for a second in confusion.

"She wouldn't! Would she?" he asked

Henry laughed. "Of course not!" he knew Hannah wouldn't hurt anyone these days, unless she absolutely had to.

"Magnus is going to ask me?" Will said.

"Well she already knows! It's not like Hannah hasn't tried to tell her. She just won't believe it."

Will sat in Magnus's office the next morning. He hadn't even had a chance to see Hannah before Magnus had called him in for a meeting, he would much prefered to have had a chance to talk to her first.

"You saw her last night?" she queried.

"Why didn't you tell me about her?" Will asked

Magnus lowered her head as she spoke. "I had rather hoped she might have given up on the whole farce. I was hoping she might have come to her senses."

"What makes you so sure she's not telling the truth?"

"Come Will? Don't you think I want to believe her? Bloody Hell, I ran all the tests, there is no trace of anything abnormal about her!"

"She doesn't claim to be an abnormal!"

"She is my own flesh and blood Will. We share the same DNA markers. How can she be almost 200 years older than me."

"How can you be over 160 years old Magnus."

"You know the answer to that Will."

"But just because you don't have all the answers to Hannah doesn't mean it isn't true."

"Did she tell you everything Will?"

"I don't think so, she just gave me a basic rundown. I've been thinking about it all last night, I haven't slept a wink and all I have managed to come up with is an awful lot of questions for her this morning."

"You don't think she's insane though?" Magnus Amex

"No I don't think she's insane! She does obviously believe everything she says though, and I'm not sure I don't believe her."

"I still have all the paperwork will." Helen reached into her draw and pulled out a folder with Hannah written across the front in clear printed text. "Go over it." she said passing the folder across the desk to Will. "You'll see what I mean."

Will nodded and took the folder as he stood up to leave.

"Enjoy breakfast." Helen said as she watched Will walked out the door. Obviously Hannah was working her charms again already.