A Brave New World
Disclaimer: All characters recognisably Marvels belong to them, the story to me.
Elspeth looked around Stonehenge... Something wasn't quite right, and she couldn't place it, until she glided down from one of the keystones, and made a walking survey of a place she'd seen as a child, and read much archeological data on...
As the moon appeared from behind the clouds, she realised what it was! Was Stonehenge complete here? It had been over half destroyed from what she remembered. And there was something else, she'd Felt it a few times 'back when', and here--it flooded her senses...
The strange, glowing lavender "butterfly mask" spread across her face as she reached out with her mind. It illuminated her pale skin, make her visage more haunting. She Felt things, and Saw another place, with her Sight. Her physical eyes registered the moon, and Stonhenge, but her mind's eye showed her some- thing she might have once dreamed about...
Moving carefully, due to the double Sight, Elle approached the main 'altar' stone in the centre of the inner ring, oblivious to the huge garnet pendent she wore...and the fact the garnet was glowing from within! Part of her remembered the Wiccan training, and the words of a simple ceremony were whisp- ered from her lips, but not in English or any of the other languages she had studied, but in one that seemed to flow from her newly emerging sense of self.
The words were as old as the 'temple' she stood in, and as she danced the Calling of the Elements, she manifested her psi-blade as her Atheme (ritual dagger or sword), and plunged it into the the spring that bubbled over the altar stone with an eerie hissing...
She stood there, for quite some time, entranced by the beauty of the place her Sight revealed to her, wondering how in the Havens she had known that, as the Four Winds swirled around her. Finally, she looked up at the moon, questions tumbling from her mind, ones she'd not thought to ask before...
Listen, Bright Lady, I've been a loyal daughter for almost 15 years of my young life, and You have helped me through alot! I know I did alot for myself, too; but the last two weeks have been the strangest and in some ways, the most wonderful part of my life. I don't know if was You, or just some random wierd- ness...but I'm glad. she mindspoke, to noone in particular, I'd just like to know if it's going to last, and what purpose You had in mind with all this. I've always tried to do the right thing, and sometimes I've had to turn my back, because there's nothing I could do... But now, it's like I've got the power to do something for a change; and all the things that should be easy aren't... You are the only 'person' I ever really could talk to, so maybe You can hear me?? Maybe not. I don't know who or what I should choose to be anymore... There's so many questions, so many things I remember that contra dict, but I can't find any answers. Because I don't know what the quesions are at this point...
Her dark violet eyes clouded with tears, I don't even remember exactly who I am. I can do things I don't remember doing, or sometimes I remember doing things that I can't do anymore... I remember dying, and then being alive again... somewhere else, but I don't remember where or who was with me... It was like I woke up from a fever dream, and eveything was different....
The light breeze rose into a gentle wind from all directions, and the sudden temperature drop didn't even phase the young woman whose lavender hair had become a toy for the air elementals... She was focused on the pale silver disc of the moon far above her, and when the hand touched her shoulder, she stared in wonder at a woman more beautiful than anything her imagination could have conjured...and fell to a knee before what cuold only be the answer to her erstwhile prayer.
Come, Daughter... It is not in My nature to accept subservience in the one who has merely asked for answers she rightly deserves. the woman replied, telepathicly. She took Elspeth's hand, and pulled her to her feet, guiding her to a seat on the grass within the greater ring...
Back at House, Bren and Meghan were recovered from the shock of the previous evening's events. None of them had any idea where she could have gone, but they would find the patience to wait until she returned. They diverted them selves with replacing the skylight and cleaning the glass out of the kitchen, but eventually the waiting began to wear at all of them.
Meghan's boredom and anxiety were alevieted as she sped through the waters with a school of dolphins. It was easy for her to become 'lost' in their carefree thoughts as they played tag-and-leap. Her body was still recognisibly humanoid, but her features and form were streamlined to the point of evolutionary perfection for her current environment...
Brian happened to glance out the window, and catch the sunlight dancing off her silvery skin. He wondered at his decision to marry Lady Courtney Ross, Vice Pres of Frasier's Bank. He'd sworn he needed a woman, with education and culture; not an illiterate, simple faerie changling. Sometimes he wondered at his 'decisions'...
Bren had been pacing a hole in the carpet, when House had offered to put him through the same paces he'd placed Elspeth a day or two before. He was more than a little surprised at the scope of his mystical abilites. He was no better off that Elle, as he proved to have less control over his psychic senses than she did. He wasn't surprised, in retrospect, that he had suffered worst than Meghan. But he had questions too, and perhaps Elle would have some insight when she returned?
He and Brian finally made their way down to the beach, when a strange ariel shadow soared above them. Brian felt his 'sister's' mind echoing lightly down the link they'd shared since birth, she was calmer and the expression on her face lit up when she saw Bren...
He jumped when a shadow fell across him, and warm hands clasped his. The sight before him was welcome, and he simply enfolded her in a bearhug. Welcome home, Elle... I was worried...
She returned the gesture, I'm glad to be back... There's so much to talk about, and so much we still need to learn. But that'll wait for later.
Disclaimer: All characters recognisably Marvels belong to them, the story to me.
Elspeth looked around Stonehenge... Something wasn't quite right, and she couldn't place it, until she glided down from one of the keystones, and made a walking survey of a place she'd seen as a child, and read much archeological data on...
As the moon appeared from behind the clouds, she realised what it was! Was Stonehenge complete here? It had been over half destroyed from what she remembered. And there was something else, she'd Felt it a few times 'back when', and here--it flooded her senses...
The strange, glowing lavender "butterfly mask" spread across her face as she reached out with her mind. It illuminated her pale skin, make her visage more haunting. She Felt things, and Saw another place, with her Sight. Her physical eyes registered the moon, and Stonhenge, but her mind's eye showed her some- thing she might have once dreamed about...
Moving carefully, due to the double Sight, Elle approached the main 'altar' stone in the centre of the inner ring, oblivious to the huge garnet pendent she wore...and the fact the garnet was glowing from within! Part of her remembered the Wiccan training, and the words of a simple ceremony were whisp- ered from her lips, but not in English or any of the other languages she had studied, but in one that seemed to flow from her newly emerging sense of self.
The words were as old as the 'temple' she stood in, and as she danced the Calling of the Elements, she manifested her psi-blade as her Atheme (ritual dagger or sword), and plunged it into the the spring that bubbled over the altar stone with an eerie hissing...
She stood there, for quite some time, entranced by the beauty of the place her Sight revealed to her, wondering how in the Havens she had known that, as the Four Winds swirled around her. Finally, she looked up at the moon, questions tumbling from her mind, ones she'd not thought to ask before...
Listen, Bright Lady, I've been a loyal daughter for almost 15 years of my young life, and You have helped me through alot! I know I did alot for myself, too; but the last two weeks have been the strangest and in some ways, the most wonderful part of my life. I don't know if was You, or just some random wierd- ness...but I'm glad. she mindspoke, to noone in particular, I'd just like to know if it's going to last, and what purpose You had in mind with all this. I've always tried to do the right thing, and sometimes I've had to turn my back, because there's nothing I could do... But now, it's like I've got the power to do something for a change; and all the things that should be easy aren't... You are the only 'person' I ever really could talk to, so maybe You can hear me?? Maybe not. I don't know who or what I should choose to be anymore... There's so many questions, so many things I remember that contra dict, but I can't find any answers. Because I don't know what the quesions are at this point...
Her dark violet eyes clouded with tears, I don't even remember exactly who I am. I can do things I don't remember doing, or sometimes I remember doing things that I can't do anymore... I remember dying, and then being alive again... somewhere else, but I don't remember where or who was with me... It was like I woke up from a fever dream, and eveything was different....
The light breeze rose into a gentle wind from all directions, and the sudden temperature drop didn't even phase the young woman whose lavender hair had become a toy for the air elementals... She was focused on the pale silver disc of the moon far above her, and when the hand touched her shoulder, she stared in wonder at a woman more beautiful than anything her imagination could have conjured...and fell to a knee before what cuold only be the answer to her erstwhile prayer.
Come, Daughter... It is not in My nature to accept subservience in the one who has merely asked for answers she rightly deserves. the woman replied, telepathicly. She took Elspeth's hand, and pulled her to her feet, guiding her to a seat on the grass within the greater ring...
Back at House, Bren and Meghan were recovered from the shock of the previous evening's events. None of them had any idea where she could have gone, but they would find the patience to wait until she returned. They diverted them selves with replacing the skylight and cleaning the glass out of the kitchen, but eventually the waiting began to wear at all of them.
Meghan's boredom and anxiety were alevieted as she sped through the waters with a school of dolphins. It was easy for her to become 'lost' in their carefree thoughts as they played tag-and-leap. Her body was still recognisibly humanoid, but her features and form were streamlined to the point of evolutionary perfection for her current environment...
Brian happened to glance out the window, and catch the sunlight dancing off her silvery skin. He wondered at his decision to marry Lady Courtney Ross, Vice Pres of Frasier's Bank. He'd sworn he needed a woman, with education and culture; not an illiterate, simple faerie changling. Sometimes he wondered at his 'decisions'...
Bren had been pacing a hole in the carpet, when House had offered to put him through the same paces he'd placed Elspeth a day or two before. He was more than a little surprised at the scope of his mystical abilites. He was no better off that Elle, as he proved to have less control over his psychic senses than she did. He wasn't surprised, in retrospect, that he had suffered worst than Meghan. But he had questions too, and perhaps Elle would have some insight when she returned?
He and Brian finally made their way down to the beach, when a strange ariel shadow soared above them. Brian felt his 'sister's' mind echoing lightly down the link they'd shared since birth, she was calmer and the expression on her face lit up when she saw Bren...
He jumped when a shadow fell across him, and warm hands clasped his. The sight before him was welcome, and he simply enfolded her in a bearhug. Welcome home, Elle... I was worried...
She returned the gesture, I'm glad to be back... There's so much to talk about, and so much we still need to learn. But that'll wait for later.