Chapter 10
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Having read the letter numerous times in the past three weeks, the picture and the message Wilkins gave me, Faith can't figure out what bugs her about it, "The special story and lesson I taught you", what did she mean with that. It's dark outside and the fireplace is lit badeing the living room in an amber glow.
It's late and Faith sits in her home contemplating the meaning of the letter, slowly dozing off and recalling the trick she taught Dawn and her new hair colour and being grounded for a week again. And thinking back to her own lessons, Ems message finally falls into place, the secret message her watcher put in the letter", remembering the night Em told her the story.
[Start flash back]
Faith remembers the night she and Emily are sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace at her house in Boston, enjoying a quite night and the warmth that's radiating from the fire.
Em is reading a book and tells me a story, about how in ancient times secret messages were hid within a messages. No one can read it only the one person that it was meant for to get his or her hands on it.
The magic worked in such a fashion that a bond was created between both participants, it worked perfectly, no one was ever able to read the secret messages.
However, there was one mayor drawback, when the bond was created, it leaves a magical signature that when searching for is easily detected. Once it became say common knowledge anybody who had the signature either was held prisoner or where the first to die.
When the only person that could read the secret message was held hostage or was death, no one could read the message. The method lost its usefulness and was discarded and forgotten.
Would you like me to teach you?
[End flash back]
Using the trick to activate the bond, the letter starts to shimmer and the hidden message from Em reveals it self. I'm finally going to find out what he last message to me is.
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Hello Faith,
Good you remembered the trick I thought you, how to reveal secret messages.
Everything in letter you read is true, don't doubt anything that I wrote to you. Had to make sure, no one would read the following. Faith it's of the utmost importance, your very survival will depend on it.
Something happened when I found you and started to train you, I felt some kind connection bond between us that I could not explain so I started to research it. The connection deepened with the bond we created between each other, to hide secret messages.
This is what I found it wasn't much but it steered me in the right direction, "The slayer does not walk alone" she has a natural partner. Before slayers were called they would find each other, on some level or other they would know to search each other out. The start or beginning of the bond between each other would be activated and be completed only if the slayer would be called. The bond between us was initiated, but for some reason it has not been completed. If I did not know better I would say somebody is interfering with the bonding, keeping it from completion.
I searched through the archives of the watchers council and any other source I had access too or could get my hands on. For thousand and thousand years before the Watchers Council there was a natural partnership between a slayer and guardian. This partnership granted the slayers access to all the knowledge of the Guardian, his magic through the bond increased the slayers powers by a factor ten at least. The slayers of the past where a lot stronger, the Guardian receives also some of the slayers strengths, becomes something of a male slayer, comparable to the slayer you are now.
This partnership evolved into watchers and watchers council. At first, they did not interfere in the selection the Slayers made toward their chosen Guardian.
However, something happened the slayer somehow could not feel her guardian anymore. The rumours are that the Council was not satisfied with their role of providing support to the Slayer and her Guardian. They wanted to control the slayer and be the one to dictate the way darkness would be fought.
The slayer started losing the ability to call and find their partner and the guardians where killed or kept away from the slayer. First the slayers would still go out in search for her partner, but the council interfered and kept the Slayer from their Guardians and assigned them watcher of their own. At some moment in time, the Slayers lost their ability totally, their memory and drive to search for their partner was lost.
I have the suspicions that Council found out about the bond between us and that I'm a Guardian. I think they will try to kill me to stop the bonding completion. If the Council suspects that you know about this, they'll also come after you and kill you and my family.
If our bonding isn't completed and I'm killed before its completion it could cause you dreadfully harm. Like some part of you got ripped out of you and feelings of missing something, like something is broken and you can't heal it. You need to find another Guardian and complete the bonding, it's the only way to heal yourself and feel complete again, so long this doesn't happen you will vulnerable.
It can range from mentally, magical to physically being weaker, there is no way to know what it will be. You should find your Guardian in my family, if I'm right, it will be my twin sister Eve, she will be activated with my death, find her and complete the bonding. Do whatever is necessary to keep my sis alive and safe from the Council, don't let them harm her in any way.
You'll need to take the council down and free the slayers from them, keep my family save, there yours now and in particular my sister, she isn't like me. She will be the first to die. The address is New Orleans, --------------
Faith Labeau be Safe and Careful.
Love,
Emily Angelica LaBeau Your Guardian
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Having read the letter numerous times in the past three weeks, the picture and the message Wilkins gave me, Faith can't figure out what bugs her about it, "The special story and lesson I taught you", what did she mean with that. It's dark outside and the fireplace is lit badeing the living room in an amber glow.
It's late and Faith sits in her home contemplating the meaning of the letter, slowly dozing off and recalling the trick she taught Dawn and her new hair colour and being grounded for a week again. And thinking back to her own lessons, Ems message finally falls into place, the secret message her watcher put in the letter", remembering the night Em told her the story.
[Start flash back]
Faith remembers the night she and Emily are sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace at her house in Boston, enjoying a quite night and the warmth that's radiating from the fire.
Em is reading a book and tells me a story, about how in ancient times secret messages were hid within a messages. No one can read it only the one person that it was meant for to get his or her hands on it.
The magic worked in such a fashion that a bond was created between both participants, it worked perfectly, no one was ever able to read the secret messages.
However, there was one mayor drawback, when the bond was created, it leaves a magical signature that when searching for is easily detected. Once it became say common knowledge anybody who had the signature either was held prisoner or where the first to die.
When the only person that could read the secret message was held hostage or was death, no one could read the message. The method lost its usefulness and was discarded and forgotten.
Would you like me to teach you?
[End flash back]
Using the trick to activate the bond, the letter starts to shimmer and the hidden message from Em reveals it self. I'm finally going to find out what he last message to me is.
*****
Hello Faith,
Good you remembered the trick I thought you, how to reveal secret messages.
Everything in letter you read is true, don't doubt anything that I wrote to you. Had to make sure, no one would read the following. Faith it's of the utmost importance, your very survival will depend on it.
Something happened when I found you and started to train you, I felt some kind connection bond between us that I could not explain so I started to research it. The connection deepened with the bond we created between each other, to hide secret messages.
This is what I found it wasn't much but it steered me in the right direction, "The slayer does not walk alone" she has a natural partner. Before slayers were called they would find each other, on some level or other they would know to search each other out. The start or beginning of the bond between each other would be activated and be completed only if the slayer would be called. The bond between us was initiated, but for some reason it has not been completed. If I did not know better I would say somebody is interfering with the bonding, keeping it from completion.
I searched through the archives of the watchers council and any other source I had access too or could get my hands on. For thousand and thousand years before the Watchers Council there was a natural partnership between a slayer and guardian. This partnership granted the slayers access to all the knowledge of the Guardian, his magic through the bond increased the slayers powers by a factor ten at least. The slayers of the past where a lot stronger, the Guardian receives also some of the slayers strengths, becomes something of a male slayer, comparable to the slayer you are now.
This partnership evolved into watchers and watchers council. At first, they did not interfere in the selection the Slayers made toward their chosen Guardian.
However, something happened the slayer somehow could not feel her guardian anymore. The rumours are that the Council was not satisfied with their role of providing support to the Slayer and her Guardian. They wanted to control the slayer and be the one to dictate the way darkness would be fought.
The slayer started losing the ability to call and find their partner and the guardians where killed or kept away from the slayer. First the slayers would still go out in search for her partner, but the council interfered and kept the Slayer from their Guardians and assigned them watcher of their own. At some moment in time, the Slayers lost their ability totally, their memory and drive to search for their partner was lost.
I have the suspicions that Council found out about the bond between us and that I'm a Guardian. I think they will try to kill me to stop the bonding completion. If the Council suspects that you know about this, they'll also come after you and kill you and my family.
If our bonding isn't completed and I'm killed before its completion it could cause you dreadfully harm. Like some part of you got ripped out of you and feelings of missing something, like something is broken and you can't heal it. You need to find another Guardian and complete the bonding, it's the only way to heal yourself and feel complete again, so long this doesn't happen you will vulnerable.
It can range from mentally, magical to physically being weaker, there is no way to know what it will be. You should find your Guardian in my family, if I'm right, it will be my twin sister Eve, she will be activated with my death, find her and complete the bonding. Do whatever is necessary to keep my sis alive and safe from the Council, don't let them harm her in any way.
You'll need to take the council down and free the slayers from them, keep my family save, there yours now and in particular my sister, she isn't like me. She will be the first to die. The address is New Orleans, --------------
Faith Labeau be Safe and Careful.
Love,
Emily Angelica LaBeau Your Guardian
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