4. When dreams come true...
Sarah frightened, looked at the man frowning and meant, "Why? Who wants to know that? Who are you?" "I am Frank Miller. It is very important. The Council wants to speak to you!" "Council? Which Council?" "The Watchers Council. But we should not talk about it here in the public!" "The Watchers Council? I haven't ever heard about it!" "I think so! Well, come with me and the Council will explain you the rest!" "I shall come along with you? With you, although I even don't know you? And where should I come along? What do you really want from me?" "No! Don't be afraid! I don't want do anything to you, if you thought it. You can trust me with that! The Council won't do you any harm, too. On the contrary. They are concerned about your health." "Yeah, really? And where does this Council know me from?" "Unfortunately, I cannot tell you here!"
Sarah thought about it a moment. She was interested in that, what the man said. Her youthful curiosity was awake. Sarah knew that it was reckless and dangerous as well to talk to a stranger in a strange city and also to go with him so careless. But she was too curious, what the meaning of this was. That was why she got up hesitated and came along with the man.
"But if you do anything, I'll scream, I swear you!" "I promise you that I won't do anything to you!" the man replied, while they left the school. So they walked a while silently. Then they stopped in front of an old-fashioned house. The man walked towards the house and went straight into it.
He led her to a room in that some men and women set around a large oak-tree-table and talked lively with each other. When Sarah stepped in they all grew silent and looked at Sarah. Sarah didn't feel well at all with these glances and set down quickly on the seat that was offered to her. A man, who set on the other head, began to speak, "Good morning, Sarah! I'm pleased to see you here. I welcome you on behalf of the entire Watchers Council! Certainly, you wonder now what you should do here anyway, why we do so mysterious and why we are here together. Well, then I'll begin straight out: you surely heard already about vampires, haven't you?" "Um, yeah. But… vampires? Everybody knows that they don't exist at all..." The men and women looked at each other.
"Yes. Many humans believe that and it is understandable as well, that you don't believe in it, too. But I tell you, there are really vampires. Vampires, demons and other creatures from the underworld. Those, you thought they were only a kind of fantasy! They really do exist!" Sarah looked at them sceptically. It all seemed more than strange to her. That was why she answered unsure, "Well then. If you mean, then they just do exist, it's ok. But what have I to do with that?"
The man, who seemed to be the head of this Council, nodded and continued, "The existence of vampires is already known very long. And there is even a book, which is only known to the members of the Council and other insiders, what this phenomenon explained. In this book stands in one chapter: Into each generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world. A Chosen One. One born with the strength and skill..."
When Sarah saw the book and heard the words, she got a shock: she already saw this book and heard these words! It was yesterday in her dream.
Suddenly she joined in, "...to hunt the vampires to stop the spread of their evil..." She stared at the members of the Council wide-eyed. These looked at her with surprised glances as well. "Where do you know that from?" "It's... It's so... the book, these words... I've already seen and heard it... it was in my dream... and besides..." Sarah stammered. "You had a dream in that this book appeared? Interesting!" a woman interrupted her. Sarah nodded. "I've dreamt it. I've seen it before the girl has probably fought against a vampire and was killed by him... But that was only a dream, nothing real..." "A girl what has fought against a vampire and died there? Should you perhaps...? No, that's impossible! You can't know anything about her existence. Not above a so large distance. Or do you? Can you maybe tell us how this girl looked like or do you even know her name?" Sarah nodded, "The girl had got black hair up to her shoulders, was quite tall and around eighteen years old. She said to the vampire that she's called Valerie de Saint Chantal." The members of the Council looked at each other.
Then a man showed Sarah a photo. The girl of her dream was clearly recognized. "Yeah! That's exactly the girl, which I've seen in my dream. She was the Slayer, as she said..." The man breathed out heavy and said, "It seems you have received a vision in your dream. The vision of the last patrol of one of our Slayers, Valerie de Saint Chantal. You have seen how she died." "That... that was really happened? I… I mean, I haven't only dreamt it? She was really killed by this vampire?" "Yes." "Uh yeah! I understand this so far, anyhow I think so. But why had I this dream and what have I really to do with it?" Sarah asked. It was more than unwell with the whole thing to her.
"You have to do with it more than you can imagine it now. You have just got it that there is only one Slayer in all over the world. One girl with the needed abilities, who is chosen for that to hunt the vampires. There are though still other humans, which called themselves as Vampire Slayers. But these are it by themselves. They do it for the sake of their beliefs, of pure conviction. But they are only amateurs in contrast to the Slayer. Useful helpers, which don't bring her large advantage, because they don't have the strength of the Slayer. Now the last Slayer died not long ago. But that doesn't mean that there will never be another one. No. If a Slayer resigned, that is at her death, a new Slayer will take her place. For that the Candidates are needed. These are all the girls which, in case of a possible death of the Slayer, will appoint as new Slayer. Candidates have already strengths as well, but these are not nearly good enough marked, like the Slayer. There are many Candidates in the world. They are skilled and trained by our Watchers. But before that, these girls are finding by our clairvoyants, so that the Watchers can begin with the training with the Candidates. And one of them will be the new Slayer. The clairvoyants find that out as well." "I always understand only Slayer and Candidates... Please, what have I finally to do with that?" Sarah begged now impatient.
"Don't you really know it? Don't you sense anything? You are one of the many Candidates." Sarah looked at them blanked. "No, well, actually you are not a Candidate any more, because you were chosen as Slayer. You are the Chosen One among the many Candidates."
Now it was out!