After a long night of searching on the internet, Selene had a few leads,
but she wasn't sure which one to follow... She looked down on the city below
from her rooftop perch, pondering just what to do. She closed her eyes and
let the cool night wind blow over her. It was then that she thought she
heard a voice. There was a voice on the wind whispering a name... a familiar
name... one of the four that she'd found last night.
"I don't know who is doing this or how... but thank you." Selene whispered to the wind. She made her way back to the lair. She didn't know who or what had given her the inspiration, she wasn't sure if she was going insane or not... but she didn't care... If it led them to the girl, she was all for it. She was happier than she'd been in a while when she came back to the lair. So much so, that even the lycans that didn't see her often knew something was up... Michael was just glad to have her back safe.
"You're awfully happy tonight." Michael said softly, smiling as he embraced his love.
"I know... I found her I think... It is as if some force is guiding me to her. I have the name Michael, and for some reason I just know that it is the right one." Selene explained happily.
"I'm glad. When do you want to start looking for her?" he asked.
"As soon as we can. Should we go ourselves or send someone else to get her?"
"I'm not sure dear, this has been your project so it is up to you."
"Alright, we'll go tomorrow night then." Selene said with a smile.
"Then tomorrow night it is." Michael said with a smile. He wasn't entirely sure about all of this, but he wasn't going to question it either. He too was beginning to feel like something important was about to happen because of this. His dreams were filled with odd things... he wanted to believe they were messages like the ones Selene had been receiving, but they weren't clear enough to say for sure.
Elsewhere...
A young woman lay asleep in her bed... tossing and turning, brow dripping with an almost feverish sweat. However, she was not sick. No, it was more like she was in a trance. Something was communicating with her, and her body was not handling it quite as well as the entity trying to reach the girl would have liked, but it could not be helped... she had to be prepared.
"Danae.... Danae... listen my child..." A soft, musical voice spoke. Inside her dreamy trance state, the girl awoke.
"Who... who are you? Where are you?" The confused young woman asked looking all around her. She was in the woods somewhere... It wasn't familiar to her, but it felt comforting somehow... It felt oddly like home to her. She didn't understand why, but she somehow felt that soon she'd be let in on the understanding she sought.
"My daughter... I come to you to prepare you. Soon things will be set into motion and you're true nature will be revealed. You were not truly of man and woman born... You are my true daughter. You can call me Gaia if you like." Said a soft, kindly voice as a woman appeared clothed in the bounties of nature.
"You... you're kidding... right?" The now really confused young woman asked.
"No my child, I am not. You have survived the attack upon the woman who carried you inside her as I could not do... you will survive much more before this is all over. There is a war going on around you that most humans do not even realize. Things that you thought were only stories are in fact real. Vampires and werewolves are real and they are battling within this very city. You were created to help bring things back to the way they should be. I know this is a lot to take in, but soon a woman named Selene will be coming to you and you must be ready child. You must go with her... She and her mate will protect you... from the others." Gaia explained.
"Why do I need protected?"
"Because there are those that once they find out about your existence they will either try to kill you or corrupt you and that cannot be allowed to happen. But do not worry... Selene will be here for you tomorrow night. She is a vampire, but one you can trust... She wants this war to end as much as I do... Hence why she was chosen to find you."
"I still don't understand." The young woman said her voice getting a little panicked.
"I know... and I'm sorry for that. I would have told you sooner, but it could not be risked. There is a prophecy... and you are the focus of it... You are not truly human and once things are set into motion, you will no longer be mortal either. You must not be afraid... Though Selene and her lycan mate will have to impart their bites to you at the same time in order for you to become as you were truly meant to be... do not be afraid, they will not hurt you... You will survive as you have always done my phoenix... but you must endure this... or this city and the people in it will perish... and then there will be no telling where the bloodshed will go next... Forgive me daughter..." Gaia sighed as she embraced the shaking young woman... Tears fell down the girl's cheeks... she was overwhelmed and desperately frightened.
"Why me?" the young woman continued to weakly sob as she let Gaia embrace her.
"It could be no other way... but fear not, I will be with you always... daughter." Gaia said as the dream faded into the blaring of an alarm clock.
The young woman instinctively hit the snooze button on the alarm clock, her body still shaking and covered with sweat... She was still overwhelmed by what had gone on as she slept that night. She would not be going to school or work today... Her body was just too drained... She was just too drained... She needed time to think about and process just what her strange dream had meant. It wasn't until several hours later that the young woman finally awoke.
"I don't know who is doing this or how... but thank you." Selene whispered to the wind. She made her way back to the lair. She didn't know who or what had given her the inspiration, she wasn't sure if she was going insane or not... but she didn't care... If it led them to the girl, she was all for it. She was happier than she'd been in a while when she came back to the lair. So much so, that even the lycans that didn't see her often knew something was up... Michael was just glad to have her back safe.
"You're awfully happy tonight." Michael said softly, smiling as he embraced his love.
"I know... I found her I think... It is as if some force is guiding me to her. I have the name Michael, and for some reason I just know that it is the right one." Selene explained happily.
"I'm glad. When do you want to start looking for her?" he asked.
"As soon as we can. Should we go ourselves or send someone else to get her?"
"I'm not sure dear, this has been your project so it is up to you."
"Alright, we'll go tomorrow night then." Selene said with a smile.
"Then tomorrow night it is." Michael said with a smile. He wasn't entirely sure about all of this, but he wasn't going to question it either. He too was beginning to feel like something important was about to happen because of this. His dreams were filled with odd things... he wanted to believe they were messages like the ones Selene had been receiving, but they weren't clear enough to say for sure.
Elsewhere...
A young woman lay asleep in her bed... tossing and turning, brow dripping with an almost feverish sweat. However, she was not sick. No, it was more like she was in a trance. Something was communicating with her, and her body was not handling it quite as well as the entity trying to reach the girl would have liked, but it could not be helped... she had to be prepared.
"Danae.... Danae... listen my child..." A soft, musical voice spoke. Inside her dreamy trance state, the girl awoke.
"Who... who are you? Where are you?" The confused young woman asked looking all around her. She was in the woods somewhere... It wasn't familiar to her, but it felt comforting somehow... It felt oddly like home to her. She didn't understand why, but she somehow felt that soon she'd be let in on the understanding she sought.
"My daughter... I come to you to prepare you. Soon things will be set into motion and you're true nature will be revealed. You were not truly of man and woman born... You are my true daughter. You can call me Gaia if you like." Said a soft, kindly voice as a woman appeared clothed in the bounties of nature.
"You... you're kidding... right?" The now really confused young woman asked.
"No my child, I am not. You have survived the attack upon the woman who carried you inside her as I could not do... you will survive much more before this is all over. There is a war going on around you that most humans do not even realize. Things that you thought were only stories are in fact real. Vampires and werewolves are real and they are battling within this very city. You were created to help bring things back to the way they should be. I know this is a lot to take in, but soon a woman named Selene will be coming to you and you must be ready child. You must go with her... She and her mate will protect you... from the others." Gaia explained.
"Why do I need protected?"
"Because there are those that once they find out about your existence they will either try to kill you or corrupt you and that cannot be allowed to happen. But do not worry... Selene will be here for you tomorrow night. She is a vampire, but one you can trust... She wants this war to end as much as I do... Hence why she was chosen to find you."
"I still don't understand." The young woman said her voice getting a little panicked.
"I know... and I'm sorry for that. I would have told you sooner, but it could not be risked. There is a prophecy... and you are the focus of it... You are not truly human and once things are set into motion, you will no longer be mortal either. You must not be afraid... Though Selene and her lycan mate will have to impart their bites to you at the same time in order for you to become as you were truly meant to be... do not be afraid, they will not hurt you... You will survive as you have always done my phoenix... but you must endure this... or this city and the people in it will perish... and then there will be no telling where the bloodshed will go next... Forgive me daughter..." Gaia sighed as she embraced the shaking young woman... Tears fell down the girl's cheeks... she was overwhelmed and desperately frightened.
"Why me?" the young woman continued to weakly sob as she let Gaia embrace her.
"It could be no other way... but fear not, I will be with you always... daughter." Gaia said as the dream faded into the blaring of an alarm clock.
The young woman instinctively hit the snooze button on the alarm clock, her body still shaking and covered with sweat... She was still overwhelmed by what had gone on as she slept that night. She would not be going to school or work today... Her body was just too drained... She was just too drained... She needed time to think about and process just what her strange dream had meant. It wasn't until several hours later that the young woman finally awoke.