Hello everyone! A new chapter update for my story "A New Beginning." Enjoy and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sanctuary characters...just my character Seraphina

The room was spinning faster and faster...the ache in her head was making every miniscule movement worse. She sat straight up in the bed and flinched when she moved her left arm. She looked down and inspected her arm as she saw that someone had bandaged the wound and that it was healing well. She tried to take in her surroundings as she fought the urge to vomit from the continuous spinning of the room around her. She caught the glimpse of someone in a white lab coat as she continued to focus her eyes to her new surroundings. There were two individuals in white lab coats standing near her bed . As she focused a little bit more on the individuals in the lab coats, she noticed that there was only one individual standing in front of the bed. Helen Magnus. The person she had been looking for all this time.

"I see that your are up now. We have been wondering when you would come out of it." Helen said as she took the girl's vitals quickly so she did not scorch her delicate skin from the girl's exceedingly hot surface temperature.

"Come out of what? How long have I been here?" Seraphina said as she smoothed her multi-colored hair back from her face and tried to stand up. Helen gently made her sit back down on the bed.

"You have been in a coma for three weeks. You do not remember how you came to be here at the Sanctuary?" Helen said as she looked into the girl's confused red eyes.

"No...I don't...but I know who I am...My name is Seraphina...I was trying to look for you...for a long time...I thought you could help me...so I tried to ..." Seraphina replied as she was about to finish her sentence.

"Contact me in my dreams." Helen said as she looked at the girl straight in the eyes. Into the face she knew all too well from the dreams that haunted her every night. Crying into the comfort of Nikola's arms as tears streamed down her face in the middle of the night. Yes. she could not forget this girl's face. She knew one day they would meet. And that day was here.

"Yes, I do have that power. and many others." Seraphina said as she looked at Helen and then down at the floor.

"I analyzed your blood sample. It has remarkable healing properties. And your body temperature is off the charts . I have not seen any other abnormal quite like you." Helen said as she sat on the edge of the bed.

"And you never will. there is only one of me at a time in the world. I am 500 years old. I have taken this form in order to blend in and protect myself." Seraphina said as she started to float toward the ceiling and burst into flames. Helen took cover behind the bed as she stared in disbelief at what she was seeing. Seraphina's long slender arms became long wings with beautiful multi-colored plumes and she morphed into a fiery bird as fire danced around her form effortlessly.

"You're a phoenix!" Helen said as she continued to stare at the regal looking bird that now was above her head.

"Helen, I need your help. I am in a lot of danger. And if I die..the delicate balance of the world will be thrown off. A phoenix lives for a thousand years and then a new one rises again from its ashes..this is the way it has been. If this pattern is changed...I'm afraid you all will be in danger." the phoenix said telepathically to Helen.

The phoenix then took on the form of the girl and stood in front of Helen with pleading eyes as Helen stood in shock with tears cascading down her face.

"I will try to do my best,Seraphina." Helen said as she wiped the tears from her eyes. Just then, Helen clutched her stomach and doubled over in pain as she let out a blood curdling scream. Something was wrong.