Chapter Ten

Hidden Surprises

I can't take having to see Paul and hurt him like this it would never work. I can't be what he needs or even what he wants. So I run in my wolf form as fast as a speeding bullet never stopping or slowing down. I didn't notice that it was raining wherever I was but it wasn't the rain that was blinding me.

It was my tears, the tears of loss, anger, pain, and grief. I wish I could just disappear where no one could find me. I finally stop at a stream covered by a canopy of trees wishing hoping to be free of everything. When I see something moving in the bushes on the left side of the stream it felt like whatever it was is watching my every move. I get in a defense position ready to strike if necessary but really wishing I didn't have to.

I stand like this for a few minutes watching the bushes when something starts to come out of the bushes. I watch waiting and I'm shocked at what I see it's…

It looks like a small child maybe three more likely two coming straight to me I relax my position and sit on my hunches waiting and watching the child. It comes right in front of me and puts its hands on my fur rubbing back and forth cooing and laughing. The child throws its head back laughing causing its hair to move and I see something I never thought I would see.

The child has elf ears I mean long slim ears with huge points at the tops just like mine when I'm human. I look over the child thoroughly seeing that it's probably been out here for awhile by all the rips and tears in its clothes. I look at the color of the clothes trying to see if it's a boy or a girl. The clothes are worn and faded but the shoes look like they have pink in them so I guess it's a girl. I don't know what I'm supposed to do I can't leave the little girl out here but what if she's not alone. I don't want to fight any of my kind not with their being so few elves left in the world.

I don't remember much of my life with my people when my mom ran from my dad when she knew she was pregnant. I was raised with the elves for a little while until I was four I think I remember the training you go through if you have any power the tests to see if you do or not.

I was looking at the girl and I decided something I was going to show her that I was human…well elf I mean. So I get off my hunches sliding the child down to the forest floor and turn around I start to faze back into a girl I grab the bag of clothes around my ankle something Nessie told me to do and pull out my clothes putting them on. I turn around to face the little girl but all she's doing is staring at me for the longest time.

Then gradually one step at a time she comes up to me I get down on my knees to be at her level. She starts to touch my face but stops and pulls her hand away quickly then looks at me as if I'm to punish her. I give her a reassuring smile and nod showing her it's alright. She puts her hand gently on my face then after a few seconds' smiles like she knows something important, something secret.

This little girl makes me remember the day I was tested by the elves when they used the amulet. The gold amulet with its white center shows if you have any powers or not. It shows that you have a power when the white center turns blue you have one power, green if you have two or more powers, red if it's an evil power, and black if there isn't a power at all.

They give you one of these as they called them "power seekers" if you have a good power. I reach into my bag that had been around my ankle earlier searching for it. I find it at the bottom of my bag.

I finally found my power seeker I turn back to the girl putting it in her hand and closing her fingers around it making her squeeze it. After a few minutes of her holding the power seeker I take it out of her hands. I look at the power seeker waiting to see if any colors come up a few minutes later it turns green.

I look at her and notice she has bright blue eyes the color of a clear spring day. I see her smile and show me her one tooth. I can't leave this little girl out here. I ask her what her name is she just looks at me I ask her how old she is and she does the same thing. I go in her direction and I get in front of her picking her up as I go.

She at first is shocked, then she starts to cry I stop walking and look at her I tell her it's ok I'm going to help her when I see a paper pined to the back of her clothes. I stop set her down and take the letter off of her not knowing what to expect. I look at the front of the envelope which reads To Whoever Reads This.

I open the envelope pulling out a crumpled letter which says

To whoever finds her, I can't take care of her because people are after me.

They can't have my daughter any costs please find it in your heart to take her in.

Her name is Sky, she is two years old.

This seems to be all that's in the letter then I turn it around seeing a crest on the back. I know that crest is elfish. So I get my power seeker out and scan it over the whole back of the letter. Then suddenly the back is a continuation of the front letter with…

You must be of the supernatural world more importantly an elf. I know this because the only way to open this is with a power seeker. I know you could tell Sky is an elf born if you see her ears. I don't know for sure if she has any powers but she is of the Royal Elf family. One thing is if you are reading this I'm either captured or dead. Please take care of baby girl.

From Serena Crown

I guess that Serena Crown is Sky's mother how sad would it be to write a letter like this. I grab Sky back up and I start walking back the way I came in the first place. I never thought that the forest was full of so many hidden surprises.