Author: Sweetlee

Rating: Pg-13

Pairing: None for this chapter

Author notes: See end of chapter as I don't want to give anything away ;)

Jeta had spent the last three weeks since Chao's had dumped her back intothis new, revamped future trying to both a, avoid her new husband (hence being in New York not Los Angeles where her family was based), a husband she had quickly worked out that this times Jeta had married to further her family's business holding and not out of love, and to b,tryto figure out a way to reach Aphrael or really any Younger God.

This had so far proved itself to be a fruitless search as even though she did speak Styric (having taken it over Latin in school) she could not find a Styric book (not even on the blackest of markets)that would share and reveal the spells of 'The secrets" as it appeared that the Styric's only taught their spells one on one; between teacher and students and so she had had little success in being able to find the secret summoning spell.

It also appeared that this future had so persecuted the Styric race that they were in hiding much like their old enemies, the Delphae, so she could not find anyone to teach her the damn spell either.

Slamming shut yet another dusty old tome Jeta nearly jumped out of her skin as a sweet, melodic familiar voice said "Well finally'

Nearly tumbling over in her haste to spin around, Jeta was greeted by the sight of a rather irritated looking Child Goddess. The very same Child Goddess she had just spent three weeks trying to find!

"Aphrael" she gasped.

"Who else" Aphrael tossed back her long raven hair and Jeta marvelled at how nine centauries had not even seemed to touch the child goddess.

"What do you mean 'finally'?" Jeta asked curiously.

"Do you know how long I have waited for you to reappear" Aphrael demanded?

"um" Jeta looked at the Styric goddess in utter bewilderment

"Try nine centauries" Aphrael said crossly.

"Sorry?"

"Right well here you are so I guess we better start"

Jeta was definitely at a lost now "Start what?"

"We found out after you disappeared, after Bevier's and Allies wedding, that the being we believed to be Bhelliom was actually Chao's, spirit of mischief and mayhem and then history began to change... for the worse."

"Really?" Jeta could not help but say rather sarcastically "I hadn't noticed.

"Hush" Aphrael told her "Anyway after we, the other gods and I that is, confronted Chao's he taunted us with what he had done before he fled this world to continue on his journey of mischief and mayhem. We then tried to rectify the mess that Chaos had made but we quickly found we could not as we were missing something"

"What was that?"

"You" Aphrael told her succinctly "Chao's lied. It was not Allies and Bevier children that were meant to be born. It was yours and Bevier's as well as Berits and Allies and without those children this future is what will come to past.

"So you are here to return me to the past? To Bevier?"

"No" Aphrael shook her head regretfully "I do not have that sort of power"

"So what do you plan on doing?" Jeta asked in confusion.

"The other gods have borrowed me their power for one spell, which will hopefully attract the Bhelliom's attention as he feels Anakha's , who he is still linked to as all parents are linked to their children, presence in a time that is not his own.

"Anakha... Sparhawk?" Jeta broke off what she had been saying as Aphrael began to chant in ancient Styric, so ancient a form of the dialect that Jeta could only recognize a few words here and there.

And then before her eyes nine figures began to appear – weirdly flickering in and out of place before they began to solidify forming figures of people she recognized from another life.

Sparhawk.

Ehlana

Berit

Khalad

Ulath

Tynian

Kalten

Talen

And then lastly Bevier.

Bevier eyes locked on his wife and he blinked in confusion "Jeta?"

"Welcome to the twenty first centaury" she told him weakly.

Author Notes: I think we all know the spell Aphrael used. IN my story however the people summoned by this spell are alive... just relocated from before they died to the future. So Aphrael has summoned Sparkie and Co from just after they found out about Chao's duplication.