Sorry this chapter is a bit long, but it explains lots of stuff that come in later on in the novel, so it's all good.

Disclaimer- Nope, STILL not mine

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The Artic. She should be cold, but somehow... she looked around her. White. Everywhere. In the distance some wolves howled the song of storm coming. She was being watched. She whirled around to look straight at herself, wait, no, not herself. She looked just like Kigali, but she looked older, in her late teens, and blue markings all over her body, like tribal tattoos. Her crystal blue eyes looked Kigali up and down. "Who are you?"

"I'm you", she smiled a fanged smile at Kigali. Wait. Fangs? Kigali looked at her closely, now she could see it. Ears. Tail. Fangs. Wolves.

"Are you a werewolf?"

"No, I'm the goddess of water and Ice. "

"You look like me!"

"You're my reincarnation, I'm you're past, you're my future. We're basically exactly the same person, except I lived 500 years in the past." She paused.

"So you're dead?" Kigali questioned. The goddess hesitated.

"No... I'm alive, because I reincarnated. I'm alive IN you." She mused, "We are shamans. We have the same powers Kigali, so I know what you're capable of." Kigali sighed. Those "abilities" had brought her tons of problems.

"This is sort of complicated, I know, but you are the reincarnation of the original goddess of water and ice, AKA me." She took a deep breath "I was one of four who helped create and preserve the world; all the elements worked and cooperated to keep earth balanced. But one day, the original god of fire turned against the rest, he believed that he should be the supreme ruler, and that the human race should have a sub-race that was worthy of our attention, thus shamans were created. People with abilities humans could only dream of. He created them, and then created the Shaman Tournament. Then, he decided to end his immortal life, to REINCARNATE as a shaman an unknown amount of years later.

"I happen to know that, like me and the other goddesses, he came back to earth for the first time since the creation of the world a thousand years ago. In that lifetime, he founded the PATCH Tribe, and he competed in the tournament. Of course we stopped him the first time, but the second time, five hundred years ago, we weren't so lucky."

"Why would he give up his immortal life?" Kigali asked, "Wouldn't he want to be immortal to destroy the human race?"

"He did that to make sure we wouldn't get in the way, he was sure that we wouldn't be there when he came back. He was sure that we wouldn't be there to stop him... but the three remaining goddesses also gave up their immortal lives, and reincarnated in this world, as shamans. Now listen to this: He reincarnated the FIRST time, a thousand years ago when he came back to earth, but in that same lifetime, he did a spell so that he could resurrect himself instead of reincarnate himself. Unfortunately, it worked.

"Memorize this well; he RESURRECTED. We REINCARNATED. That means that he'll keep his same spirit and his memory from his past lives. But when you reincarnate, you may look a bit different, you will most likely have a new personality, and you will have a new spirit, and you will remember nothing of your past life. The only thing that remains the same is your powers, and sometimes, you may have flashbacks of your past life. Keep that in mind." Kigali nodded.

"In the Shaman Tournament, shamans will compete and fight to the death," the goddess went on, "the last one standing would become Shaman King, or Queen," she added with a smile, "I do expect that they have changed the rules a little bit, but it will be the same, the Shaman King will get almost infinite power, as well a the Great Spirit, the most powerful of all spirits in this world or the next. The resurrection of the fire god took this opportunity to take over the world 500 years ago. The two other goddess shamans, as well as me, competed in the tournament to try and stop him. But we failed." She whispered.

"He gained control of armies of shamans and slaughtered humans by the thousands. We finally died fighting against him... and he became the indisputable Shaman King. Before he left, he promised the world that he would be back to participate in the Tournament again, except this time he would use the Great Spirit to gain control over all the elements. He would become all-powerful," The goddess was now wearing a worried expression Kigali had seen in the mirror many times before, "I know that SOME humans can be cruel, but they're definitely not all bad, they just fear what they don't understand. If he destroys the human race, something horrible could happen." she said simply.

"Why do you have those markings and... um... ears..." Little Kigali said awkwardly.

"This is OUR goddess form, to reflect the animal that represents the goddess of Ice and water, the wolf. He is our guardian, even though we have a connection to all animals." She paused for a second to listen to a pack of wolves howling in the distance, "The markings mean that you are one of the four gods and goddesses. Fire, air, earth, and water. That's you." She looked at Kigali, "The resurrection of the god of fire started getting his own ideas and morals, he is now regrouping an army of shamans to destroy the human race again, and his hate for them is so strong that his spirit was infused with dark energies, making him a lot more powerful than when the god of fire knew how to love," She frowned.

"Did he love YOU?" the youngest Kigali asked, feeling nosy. The goddess looked down.

"500 years ago. He must not even remember me, even if he DOES, he would only remember me as the reincarnation of the goddess of water and ice, and a powerful opponent if fought against." She turned towards Kigali and hugged her. "You must compete in the Shaman Tournament and become the Shaman Queen. You will find your team and become the leader of the group," she added with a smile "You must go to the north, where the roots of your existence originated. Just follow them and they will lead you there."

"Who's them... where's there???" The goddess just smiled.

"Of course you can't be a shaman without a spirit, so let me present you to your new companion," She whistled into the artic air, loud and clear. The whistle echoed against the glaciers and endless valleys. Then, out in the distance Kigali saw what looked like a large bird of prey flying towards them with intimidating speed. The flyer swooshed past them and Kigali saw that it wasn't a bird... not REALLY...

"She's not the spirit of water and ice that belonged to me... my spirit reincarnated also. This one is just for you. MY spirit used to be a sled dog, but according to your personality, I think yours will be a bit wilder... yes there she is. "

Kigali looked up to see a wolf. No, not a normal wolf, she was ice blue with deep blue markings all over her body like icicles. She had sapphire blue eyes and blue angel wings sprouting out of her back. Not to mention that she was probably big enough for an adult to ride. She landed and wagged her tail, looking up at both Kigalis; finally, she focused on the shorter one. The wolf looked her up and down and then, to little Kigali's amazement, shapeshifted into a girl her own age and height with azure eyes and ice-white hair that looked very much like Kigali. The girl smiled and hugged Kigali.

"Hi! I'm Zoe! I'm your spirit guardian." then she looked at the goddess and saluted. "I'll take care of her! Don't worry about a thing!"

"I trust you Kazura." She looked fondly at the pair, "And remember, sometimes, when all seems lost, you just have to look for the stars above the black clouds, for it is always darkest just before dawn" everything went black and Kigali left dreamland with those words still echoing in her head.

NORMAL

Kigali woke up, but kept her eyes closed tightly. The dream, it couldn't have been true... She would wake up, and Anna would be sleeping on the bottom bunk in their small room at Shallow Brook College... she would be a normal human. Kigali opened her eyes. Warmth. Blueness. Fur. Her head shot up. "What? ZOE????"

"Of course. You didn't think it was all a dream now did you?"

"No way" she lied. Zoe laughed and stretched out. "So is your name Zoe or Kazura?"

"Well, Zoe's like a nickname you know? Yours used to be Key"

"Really? Wow, I never had a nickname before"

"Well now you do! So..." she looked at Kigali "What do we do?"

"Umm... what did the lady want us to do?"

"She told us to go north," she said vaguely. Kigali raised an eyebrow.

"Zoe..." she said suspiciously, "What ELSE do you know. You HAVE to tell me." Zoe sighed.

"Fine, have you ever heard of the northern tribes?"

"Yeah, like the Ainu and stuff? I heard some professors talking about them."

"You might be a bit shocked to hear your whole life story after you ran away from the place you called home for the past five years, but I think you should know, right?"

"Yeah"

"Ok, it's like this. Your mother was born in the north, on a tribe called Kovu. She grew up there, and she never wanted to leave. She was actually VERY much like you, Kigali. Her name was Tala. Anyways, she was basically happy, but then your father came to her village to check a military base, which was nearby. They obviously fell in love. When your father left to go back to the city, he brought your mother with him. Turns out he already had a kid from his last marriage, but Tala stayed with him anyways, they married and had a daughter."

"Me?"

"Um... not EXACTLY... it was your sister, four years after her you were born, but in the mean time, your father had found out that your mother could see ghosts and talk to them, so your father had a fight with your mom and she ran away with you and your sister. She took you guys back to the village, but she died shortly afterwards because of some injuries. A year after she died, your dad came to the village again to take you and your sister, in hopes you would be 'normal', but you both had shaman powers also, so he left you guys in Shallow Brook College. After a month of being there, your sister ran away. She hasn't been heard of since. So you were raised in Shallow Brook College and met Anna." Zoe took a deep breath.

"So now we have to go back to the Kovu Village and find the tribe priestess. She's one of generations of shamans that dedicate their life to wait for the reincarnation of the goddesses when they return. The Fifth Moon Prophecy states that you are going to return to that village this winter, so... yeah..." She looked at Kigali, "are you ok?"

"I'm fine, but we better get going if we want to get to the north this winter." Zoe spread her wings and Kigali climbed up. Soon they were up in the sky on their way to the northernmost tip of Canada. To the wild and untamed tundra of Alaska.

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So that's the second chapter of Twilight's Song! Yay! Yeah, believe me, it gets better after a few chapters, so just hang with me there lol

Next Chapter: A Meeting to Remember

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