Prologue
1910, Nuneaton Monastery, Wales
Two figures stand alone, a man and a woman. The man, muscularly built wears a brown ankle length coat covering dark clothes. His brown hair matches the colour of his intense eyes. He is a fighter, brass knuckles on his hand. His companion, a blue eyed woman with white hair, stands beside him. Dressed in a blue blouse and short skirt, she holds a holy book of spells, she looks frightened, but she has survived worse. Much worse.
The male slams open a door. "Albert Simon! Where the hell are you?!"
A cold voice answers in reply "Yuri Hyugi, come now there is no need to shout. Alice Elliot, so nice to see you."
Alice looks for the man who killed her father, the man who butchered her friends; Margaret, Halley, Keith and Zhuzen, the man who helped D'huai capture her for his ritual, nearly causing Yuri to lose his soul as he used his harmonixing powers to fuse with the Seraphic Radiance, a bird who rained down fire on Shanghai, who instead of turning the world into ashes, took over Yuri suppressing his soul. The man who for years tortured Halley's mother into helping him meet his own twisted ends, torturing the woman who had telepathically guided Yuri to Alice on that fateful day on the train where the Cardinal first tried to kidnap Alice as she was bound for Shanghai.
Alice looks for Cardinal Albert Simon, the necromancer, the holy text defiler! "It is time for you to pay penance for your sins Cardinal."
A white haired man, the Cardinal Albert Simon, phased into appearance. His cold blue eyes bore holes into Alice and Yuri's very souls. The Cardinal morphed into a large creature, no words could possibly describe. A deep voice resonated from what one can only assume is its mouth. "As you wish Alice Elliot, you will soon be with your father, I can promise you that." The creature took a swipe as Yuri dove out of the way before landing several severe blows. The creature struck at Yuri, surely a death blow.
"Integro!" Alice shouted, a healing light came over Yuri who now transformed into an angel like creature, Sandalastron. "Beo Aura" Alice screamed and a bolt of light shot at the Cardinal piercing a hole in its body.
"Kelauf!" Yuri yelled as a pulse of light bathed struck the Cardinal, with a loud thump, the behemoth in front of them fell and returned to its former form, before the old man simply disappeared.
2003, London
An old woman lies on her back in bed, she has seen more than a century pass and it is clear than she nears her death.
Throughout the years, with Alice's links to the Vatican, she has had to work with The Watchers Council numerous times. The darkness has been rising and it seems the final battle over the Sunnydale Hellmouth is set to begin. In the battle between Good and Evil, Good cannot ultimately win for Evil will never give in. But Evil will never win once and for all either though it does seem to suppress good for large periods of time.
Alice Elliot is no longer a part of this fight but she has seen it all before, and the facts ring clear, Good will need a miracle this time or the world will be plunged into darkness.
Alice's body stiffens in pain and a young girl runs over, "Gran'ma Alice! Are you ok Gran'ma Alice?"
Alice smiles at her Granddaughter, her surrogate daughter since her parents died in a car accident when she was less than a year old. The child, Sarah, was now six, and like Alice had, she has shown potential for great power. Sarah had raven black hair that was growing long, her skin was pale, something that no amount of sun had ever been able to change.
"Yes my child, I am ok. Come here."
Alice now finds it hard to talk but she must say her piece before she dies, and she knows that is not long before that happens. "You are growing in power my child, and soon I will not be able to watch over you and your power, for I am near death."
"Gran'ma Alice! Please don't go."
The emotional plea from Sarah's lips nearly tore Alice's heart in two. "I must sweetie, I once escaped death but fate always claims you in the end. When Osirus calls there is no magick that can stop him taking you, and it is a part of life, one day you will understand." Alice's body again stiffens and she starts to breathe heavily, finding it hard to speak, please no, not yet. Just a few minutes. "You must...must follow the Wiccan Rede my child, this is very important. Can you tell me what it is?"
With tears in her eyes, Sarah recites the Christian Wiccan Rede, taught to her when her magick first manifested. This Rede was chosen for it's simplicity for a young child.
"Bide the Wiccan Rede ye must, In perfect love and pefect Trust. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfil: An ye' harm none, do what ye will.
What ye send forth comes back to thee So ever mind the law of three, Follow this with mind and heart, Merry ye meet and merry ye part."
Alice smiled, despite the pain. "People will be scared, y-you must...be careful when you use your magick. You know Gary and Beth next door but one, they have agreed...to...take care of you, you must go to them, they know who you are and who I am and they...will look after you." Alice could feel herself slipping away and she drew Sarah into a hug, "I will always be here with you if you keep me in your heart, I am not dead where I am not forgotten. Always remember that my child." Alice touched the place on Sarah's chest under which her heart resides, "Always in your heart I will be alive...goodbye." Alice can hold off death no longer and dies quietly, Sarah's arms wrapped around her as she cries. She sniffs and steps back knowing what Gran'ma would want her to do. "Goddess, look after my Gran'ma." She whispers as she walks out of the room.
1910, Nuneaton Monastery, Wales
Two figures stand alone, a man and a woman. The man, muscularly built wears a brown ankle length coat covering dark clothes. His brown hair matches the colour of his intense eyes. He is a fighter, brass knuckles on his hand. His companion, a blue eyed woman with white hair, stands beside him. Dressed in a blue blouse and short skirt, she holds a holy book of spells, she looks frightened, but she has survived worse. Much worse.
The male slams open a door. "Albert Simon! Where the hell are you?!"
A cold voice answers in reply "Yuri Hyugi, come now there is no need to shout. Alice Elliot, so nice to see you."
Alice looks for the man who killed her father, the man who butchered her friends; Margaret, Halley, Keith and Zhuzen, the man who helped D'huai capture her for his ritual, nearly causing Yuri to lose his soul as he used his harmonixing powers to fuse with the Seraphic Radiance, a bird who rained down fire on Shanghai, who instead of turning the world into ashes, took over Yuri suppressing his soul. The man who for years tortured Halley's mother into helping him meet his own twisted ends, torturing the woman who had telepathically guided Yuri to Alice on that fateful day on the train where the Cardinal first tried to kidnap Alice as she was bound for Shanghai.
Alice looks for Cardinal Albert Simon, the necromancer, the holy text defiler! "It is time for you to pay penance for your sins Cardinal."
A white haired man, the Cardinal Albert Simon, phased into appearance. His cold blue eyes bore holes into Alice and Yuri's very souls. The Cardinal morphed into a large creature, no words could possibly describe. A deep voice resonated from what one can only assume is its mouth. "As you wish Alice Elliot, you will soon be with your father, I can promise you that." The creature took a swipe as Yuri dove out of the way before landing several severe blows. The creature struck at Yuri, surely a death blow.
"Integro!" Alice shouted, a healing light came over Yuri who now transformed into an angel like creature, Sandalastron. "Beo Aura" Alice screamed and a bolt of light shot at the Cardinal piercing a hole in its body.
"Kelauf!" Yuri yelled as a pulse of light bathed struck the Cardinal, with a loud thump, the behemoth in front of them fell and returned to its former form, before the old man simply disappeared.
2003, London
An old woman lies on her back in bed, she has seen more than a century pass and it is clear than she nears her death.
Throughout the years, with Alice's links to the Vatican, she has had to work with The Watchers Council numerous times. The darkness has been rising and it seems the final battle over the Sunnydale Hellmouth is set to begin. In the battle between Good and Evil, Good cannot ultimately win for Evil will never give in. But Evil will never win once and for all either though it does seem to suppress good for large periods of time.
Alice Elliot is no longer a part of this fight but she has seen it all before, and the facts ring clear, Good will need a miracle this time or the world will be plunged into darkness.
Alice's body stiffens in pain and a young girl runs over, "Gran'ma Alice! Are you ok Gran'ma Alice?"
Alice smiles at her Granddaughter, her surrogate daughter since her parents died in a car accident when she was less than a year old. The child, Sarah, was now six, and like Alice had, she has shown potential for great power. Sarah had raven black hair that was growing long, her skin was pale, something that no amount of sun had ever been able to change.
"Yes my child, I am ok. Come here."
Alice now finds it hard to talk but she must say her piece before she dies, and she knows that is not long before that happens. "You are growing in power my child, and soon I will not be able to watch over you and your power, for I am near death."
"Gran'ma Alice! Please don't go."
The emotional plea from Sarah's lips nearly tore Alice's heart in two. "I must sweetie, I once escaped death but fate always claims you in the end. When Osirus calls there is no magick that can stop him taking you, and it is a part of life, one day you will understand." Alice's body again stiffens and she starts to breathe heavily, finding it hard to speak, please no, not yet. Just a few minutes. "You must...must follow the Wiccan Rede my child, this is very important. Can you tell me what it is?"
With tears in her eyes, Sarah recites the Christian Wiccan Rede, taught to her when her magick first manifested. This Rede was chosen for it's simplicity for a young child.
"Bide the Wiccan Rede ye must, In perfect love and pefect Trust. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfil: An ye' harm none, do what ye will.
What ye send forth comes back to thee So ever mind the law of three, Follow this with mind and heart, Merry ye meet and merry ye part."
Alice smiled, despite the pain. "People will be scared, y-you must...be careful when you use your magick. You know Gary and Beth next door but one, they have agreed...to...take care of you, you must go to them, they know who you are and who I am and they...will look after you." Alice could feel herself slipping away and she drew Sarah into a hug, "I will always be here with you if you keep me in your heart, I am not dead where I am not forgotten. Always remember that my child." Alice touched the place on Sarah's chest under which her heart resides, "Always in your heart I will be alive...goodbye." Alice can hold off death no longer and dies quietly, Sarah's arms wrapped around her as she cries. She sniffs and steps back knowing what Gran'ma would want her to do. "Goddess, look after my Gran'ma." She whispers as she walks out of the room.