Sara sat at her desk holding her head. The last vision had hurt immensely. Drakon hovered as she recovered. Her eye sight still hadn't returned. She couldn't see a thing and wished for the disgusting blood red color that meant she was getting her eyesight back. Her head was aching and felt as though someone had pounded it against the wall for hours at a time.

She groaned and Drakon moved even closer.

"Are you all right, my love?" he asked.

"Drakon, I need you to bring me Mary-Lynnette and Galen."

"Sara, I will not leave you this way." He replied.

Sara smiled, "My darling, I have been having these visions since childhood. I'll be fine. I'm not going to move from this chair until I have my eyesight back. But, I need Galen and Mary-Lynnette now."

Drakon was uncertain. He hated leaving Sara after visions. They always left her so fragile. He was used to his strong, independent soulmate. But, he knew that what she'd seen was important and had to be dealt with now.

"Of course, I'll be right back."

Sara shook her head at him. He was always worrying. Crazy shifter never let her out of his sight if he could help it. Not after her own father tried to kill her all those years ago. She waited until the door shut then put her head down. She'd rest until he came back.

Mary-Lynnette sat with her head in Ash's lap as they watched Friends with Benefits. The apartment was a mess thanks to everybody inviting themselves in. When they'd come back in from the rain they'd busied themselves with moving all of Mary-Lynnette's things into the "Master" bedroom. They'd come downstairs to a mess and no one around to clean it up.

"You know, we need to clean before we go to bed." Mary-Lynnette yawned.

Ash sighed, "Yeah, I know."

Mary-Lynnette dug her face into his thigh, "I don't want to!"

Ash laughed at the muffled groan, "Well, we have to. I doubt you'd let the place stay this way while you sleep. That isn't you."

She groaned and looked up at him, "You're right! Curse my necessity to have a clean apartment all the time!"

Ash laughed again and kissed her, "Goddess, I missed you."

She smiled up at him tenderly, "I missed you, too."

He kissed her again and they started making out on the couch when a knock resounded and the door opened. Ash groaned and Mary-Lynnette threw her head back in frustration.

"Remind me to start locking the doors." She said sitting up.

Thierry and Hannah stood there watching them in amusement.

"Well, isn't this a nice scene? I'm kind of sad we messed it up." Hannah said grinning.

"It was nice until you came in and ruined it," Ash mumbled.

Mary-Lynnette elbowed him, "What's up?"

"We were just wondering if the both of you are coming along to start finding the Wild Power." Thierry replied watching them with a small smile of his own.

"When do we leave?" Ash asked, going all business.

"Tomorrow night. Eight sharp. Rashel and Quinn are meeting up with us in California and we're leaving Iliana, your sisters, and Mark here with Sara."

"Can I…" Mary-Lynnette started just to be cut off.

"I hope you're going. Sara said you'd help." Poppy said coming into the room tugging James along.

"We definitely need to start locking the doors." Ash mumbled.

Mary-Lynnette smiled back at him. Poppy clapped her hands together as she looked at them. Her grin widened and she launched herself at the two of them.

"I KNEW IT! Didn't I tell you everything would work out, Jamie?" she said laughing happily.

James shook his head, but smiled nonetheless hugging Mary-Lynnette.

"Great to have you back. His mopey attitude was starting to get on my last nerve. I'm sorry to say this, but he needs you to keep him on his toes and we need you to keep him out of our hair."

"Please, you love having me around." Ash said then turned to look at Mary-Lynnette, "Of course you're coming. You'd think I'd let you out of my sight?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Macho?"

Ash looked at her sheepishly not missing the laughter coming from James.

"I mean, you don't want to miss all the fun do you?"

"It sounds like Ash Redfern just got in trouble." Keller said walking into the room followed by Galen.

"Hello, Mary-Lynnette," he said with a nod.

"Hi, Mary." Keller said dropping into the loveseat.

"Hey, well, I just need to give Phil…"

"All ready done," Poppy said happily, "Sara told him you'd be coming along with us so he volunteered to take on your work load."

Mary-Lynnette shook her head. Only Phillip would volunteer something like that.

"I have to tell him thank-you then."

A knock at the door pulled everyone from their talk.

Mary-Lynnette expected the door to fling open, but when it didn't she yelled, "Who is it?"

"Drakon, May I come in?"

"Of course, the door's open."

Mary-Lynnette sat up straighter. What could Drakon want?

"And that is how you're supposed to ask to enter someone's apartment." Ash told everyone else in the room as it opened.

The room seemed to shrink in his wake. The man was huge and his presence was all encompassing.

"Good evening. Mary-Lynnette, Galen, Sara would like to see the both of you in her office immediately."

Mary-Lynnette and Galen looked at each other then to Drakon.

"Why?" Mary-Lynnette asked.

"That is for her to say."

They both started to move with Keller and Ash moving in behind them.

"Only, Mary-Lynnette and Galen."

Keller and Ash looked at Drakon then at their soulmates then to each other slowly moving to sit down. Mary-Lynnette and Galen looked back at them and then at each other. What was going on?

Sara was looking out the window when Drakon returned with Galen and Mary-Lynnette. She turned to look at them gravely.

"Please, sit. Forgive me for pulling you away from your soulmates tonight, but this is of great importance. Mary-Lynnette, I need you to bring me the Drache and Strange books."

"Aunt Sara, what is this about?" Mary-Lynnette asked in confusion walking toward the locked cabinet.

She pulled the key from its hidey hole and unlocked the cabinet. She pulled out both books and brought them to Sara's desk placing them before her.

"This is about the destiny of our world as we know it. Sit down, Mary-Lynnette."

Mary-Lynnette took a seat beside Galen and waited. They were both nervous, but neither showed it.

"Tomorrow you and your friends will embark on a trip to find the Wild Power. You will not find it."

They looked at Sara in surprise, but didn't say anything as she continued.

"I can tell you this because you are both family. Galen you are the child of my husband's bloodline. Mary-Lynnette you are a child of mine. I have no qualms whatsoever about discussing my visions with the both of you. And you are sworn to secrecy through our familiar ties."

Mary-Lynnette all ready knew this, but this was new to Galen. All members of the Drache, Harman, Redfern, and Strange families could not speak about the Oracle's visions without her consent. There was magic in the blood that made certain neither family ever spoke.

"I have assembled you both here to reveal a prophecy that was hidden many centuries ago and to reveal the visions of both myself and an old friend who was once an oracle as well. I am also going to tell you what needs to be done. Are you prepared?"

Galen and Mary-Lynnette nodded their curiosity growing.

Sara nodded slowly, "Well, the prophecy reads: To win this war the Visionary shall fall. Die must all the Old. New will take their place. Wild they are called, but Tamed they all be. Four Great Ones to restore balance. If left to Chaos all shall parish. One greater than the rest. Should It choose a different path, All is lost."

Mary-Lynnette could hear the warnings in the prophecy.

"That's easy enough to interpret. Someone has to die before the war can be won and someone has to take their place. Then it says something about the Wild Powers being too tamed and that they'll restore the balance if not everything will fall to pieces. Also that one of them will decide the fate of the world." Mary-Lynnette said looking at Sara.

She nodded, "That's right. Mary-Lynnette, I have a secret that I have been holding since you were just a child. And it will shock you."

Mary-Lynnette looked at her. What could possibly be so dire?

Sara took a deep breath in before saying what she needed to say, "You are the Wild Power."

Mary-Lynnette gaped at her. Was she nuts? There was no possible way she could be the Wild Power.

"Aunt Sara that's ridiculous! I'm not even the right age!" She was panicking.

Galen looked at her with huge eyes.

"Little Lynn, calm down! You are the Wild Power. When I was fifteen I had a vision. It was of the strongest Night Person in the existence of the world. A woman that was tied to all four families. My best friend, Javelin, had a similar vision, but hers gave her the exact face of the woman. A woman who can be no other, but you."

"Aunt Sara, I can't possibly be the Wild Power. I'm not the strongest person in the Night World. I'm not even a Night Person! Not to mention that I'm not tied to each family."

"Are you not?" Sara said calmly, "You love the night. Your child will be a Redfern as is your husband and your sisters. Your blood is that of the Strange. Your blood tie with your sisters has given you Harman blood. And the child that grows in Keller's womb is a Drache and will be your family as well."

"What are you talking about my child?" she screamed, "And Keller isn't pregnant!"

"Actually she is. We were waiting for a good time to tell everyone." Galen said quietly still in shock, "We were going to ask you and Ash to be Godparents since Rashel and Quinn are family and Winnie and Nissa aren't as close to Keller as they used to be."

Mary-Lynnette looked wildly between them, "Okay, well, I don't have a kid and I'm still not the right age."

"Little Lynn, you and Mark are twins. The day you were born someone stole you from the hospital. When you were found you were four years old. When you were returned to us we decided to change your papers so that you were a year older. You didn't remember anything and we didn't want anything to jog your memory."

Mary-Lynnette shook her head, "No, I remember seeing Mark in the hospital when I was little. That's impossible. Not to mention that all my papers say I'm twenty-two!"

"No, honey, you saw Matthew; your baby brother who died from an illness. Why else would you remember that? There is no way a child as young as we said you were could have remembered that. And didn't you ever wonder why you looked so much alike? Even for siblings the resemblance is uncanny."

Mary-Lynnette couldn't believe what she was hearing, "You're lying!"

"Mary-Lynnette," Sara said sternly, "When have I ever lied to you? Now, you are just being ridiculous. If you do not believe me I'll show you."

Sara grabbed for the family tree and Mary-Lynnette remembered.

"I looked myself up in that book and it…"

Mary-Lynnette watched as orange magic poured from Sara's fingertips and began to turn different colors as she whispered the words to a spell.

Sara smirked up at her, "For someone as bright as you I would think you would be able to tell a charmed object when you see it. I guess I'm better at charms than I thought. And not to mention that papers can be faked."

Mary-Lynnette could sense it now. How had she missed that when she was holding the book? Sara opened the book and found her name in the same year as Mark's; her name was printed right above his. She came around to the other side of the desk and read aloud.

"Mary-Lynnette Carter-Redfern (Redfern V.8). Age:…21. December Twelfth. Daughter of: Eleanor Lynnette Carter and Marcus John Carter. Married to: Ash Capricious Redfern. January 1st. Child: Unknown. Conceiv…"

"Conceived? I'm pregnant?"

Mary-Lynnette started to see spots and felt dizzy. Galen walked over to her and helped her back into her seat.

"Take deep breaths." He said rubbing her back comfortingly.

He'd heard this from Drakon the day before so he wasn't very shocked. The only part to the story that had been left out was the name of the Wild Power. But, it made sense that it was Mary-Lynnette. Everything fit perfectly.

"Are you all right, "Little Lynn?" Sara asked putting her hands on her shoulders.

Mary-Lynnette began to calm down knowing that it was Sara's magic that was helping her.

"Yeah, Aunt Sara." She whispered then put her hands down at her stomach. There was something in here? A little person? And she'd had no idea.

She began to count and realized that she must've gotten pregnant after the first time Ash and her had come together while on the isle. Why hadn't she noticed? She'd been stressing this little person out without even knowing it. Goddess, she felt like an idiot.

"Now, are we ready to keep going?" Sara asked moving toward her seat.

"I'm pregnant." She tried out the words and Sara smiled lightly.

"Yes, darling. And you are going to make a wonderful mother."

Galen gave her a shy smile, "Congrats. It seems our kids are going to be playmates."

Mary-Lynnette gives him a small smile, "Thanks, Galen."

Mary-Lynnette took a deep breath and squared her shoulders looking at Sara, "Okay, you've made your point. I am the Wild Power. Can we just tell Circle Daybreak and be done with this?"

Sara shook her head, "No."

"Why?" Mary-Lynnette said just as Galen said, "What?"

"Use your heads! From everything you've read, both of you, you know that the last Wild Power is the strongest of them all. The Night World did not fight as hard for the others as they will fight for you. You are the factor that can tip the odds of victory toward the Night World. We have a traitor in our midst so if Circle Daybreak knows who the Wild Power is so will the Night World. This is as much for their safety as yours, Mary-Lynnette. If everyone knew who the Wild Power was you'd all be in grave danger."

Mary-Lynnette felt the weight of her words. She was the Final Wild Power. She was the strongest of them all. Stronger than Jez, who was not only a half-breed, but a kickass fighter. Stronger than Delos, the Lamia prince who could kill just about anyone without thinking twice. Stronger than Iliana, the Witch Child; the incarnate of Queen Hekate herself. Her, a simple human, was stronger than all of them put together. Goddess, this was crazy! She had the power to change this entire world.

"Lady Sara, the prophecy states that the Wild Power can't be a Wild Power until it joins the Night. Not allay itself with it." Galen put in.

"You see, you were right when you said that the Wild Power was a human who had to be made into a Night Person. Mary-Lynnette, you must become a vampire."

Mary-Lynnette's jaw dropped, "I have to do what?"

"Of course, we will wait until after your child is born since made vampires cannot have children."

"Sara, this is nuts!"

Sara looked at her sharply, "Is it? Mary-Lynnette, you are a remarkable woman, but extremely blind to all things surrounding yourself. Have you not noticed that your soulmate bond is the strongest aside from those older than yours. Your bond is the equivalent of Thierry and Hannah's and Drakon and myself. Your strength and heart is that of a queen's. And which of the soulmates have ever been able to live without their other half for as long as you did? You have the makings to be a great ruler. All you need is faith in yourself. Mary-Lynnette this is your destiny. Do not throw it away because you are unsure."

Mary-Lynnette thought about Sara's words. She was right. She had to embrace this. There was no changing it. She was the Wild Power and there was no way to say no. The world depended on her. Circle Daybreak relays on her.

"Okay, you're right. What do we do?" Mary-Lynnette said resolutely.

"You are going on this excursion. I want to flush out the culprit. Traitors have no place in our midst. You will check through the entire list. There is an Old Soul in our family, her name is Bianca Morales-Strange. She knows about all of this. She knows that you are the Wild Power and she knows about the Night World and knows that she will be the decoy. You will bring her back here. Galen, I must entrust the safe keeping of my grandchild to you. Mary-Lynnette must be protected. I know Ash will do his damnedest to keep her safe, but I would like you to promise me you will take care of Mary-Lynnette."

"But, Lady Sara, Keller…" Galen started in a worried voice.

"I have requested Keller stay here. She may not like it, but she is four months pregnant. Fighting is dangerous in her current state and she will do as she is told."

"She won't like that very much."

"Too bad, that child is more important right now. Now, can you promise?" Sara said with a smile.

He nodded, "Yes, I swear upon my life that I will ensure your granddaughter and the Wild Power's life until we return."