Chapter One: The Beginning

"Know who you are...and what you must become....."

Mallory woke up with a startle, jumping into the air and across the room. She flew into the mirror and it shattered.

"Oh no!!", Mallory exclaimed. "That's the third time this month!! I can't cover this up forever"

She began to look through her closet, trying to find something to wear. She wanted something to cover the fact that she got so little sleep the night before. Finally finding something to wear, she turned to her now broken mirror, and tried to cover up the cut the mirror gave her when it smashed, using her cosmetics. All set to face the others in the main room, she headed out of her room.

As she walked down the hall, she could hear Tanya and Duke having yet another argument.

"I swear...that wasn't me!", said the male duck.

"I'm not talking to you, Duke!!", the female duck said in response.

"But Revelation, baby.....oops!!! Oh boy....."

"Revelation? Who is Revelation? Now I KNOW it was you!!!!"

Mallory just kept walking, not being in the mood to try to help the two. As she walked into the kitchen, she could see Nosedive and Wildwing sitting down, eating breakfast.

"I'd tell you to help yourself Mallory", Nosedive taunted. "But because it's electronic and you'd probably blow up the place." Nosedive chuckled, amused at his own joke.

"Shut up you stupid blonde!!" Mallory said in return, as she walked right past him, not even bothering to give him a glance. She walked over to Wildwing, gave him a quick kiss, then continued on her way through the HQ.

"What's her bad mood for?" Nosedive asked his brother. Wildwing just shrugged and went back to eating.

Mallory walked further and further down the hall. She didn't know where she was going, but for some reason she knew she had to get there. Stupid Nosedive, she thought to herself. She normally could take it, she even thought it relaxed her to argue with Nosedive, but today she just wasn't in the mood. Those dreams she had been having....what were they? How were they affecting her this much?

Her thoughts were interrupted by shouts coming from another room she past.

"Help!!! It seems my meditation rocks stopped floating while they were over my head!!!", The muffled voice yelled. "Can someone please enlighten the load on my back, I'd be grateful!!!"

Mallory smiled. She might have been in a bad mood, but seeing Grin in pain was just too much to resist. She burst out laughing as she continued down the hall.

"Help!!!!" the voice came from behind her. Mallory turned the corner, and forgot Grin was even there.

Mallory kept walking around and around the HQ. She began to get confused. Have I passed this door once already, twice perhaps? Her mind went back to her dream. That also confused her. She was lost there too. Only there were sometimes stairs...leading in all directions, even up and down! And who was that voice, the man that called out to her? So many questions, and she didn't have the answer to a single one. She began to walk faster and faster, her brain warmer and warmer with thought. She was all alone now. The HQ was empty, or so she thought. Around and around she went, so fast she thought it was a marry-go-round. How fast can I go? How much can I take?

Suddenly, she hit something. Or rather, something hit her. She stopped dead in her tracks, but the hallway was still moving, spinning around her. A small hole opened up in the air in front of her, and the shaded figure of a duck stepped out. He spoke to her calmly, as if nothing around him was like how it seemed to her.

"You will discover who you truly are."

This voice!!!, Mallory thought to herself. It's the same voice from the dream!!! But I'm not sleeping....

The shadow continued to speak.

"I will teach you what you need to know. You will learn....."

As the dark figure stated his last words, Mallory collapsed where she stood, unable to handle any more.

To be Continued......