Chapter 4
Alena was now very sorry that she let Phara enter the apartment. It had taken less than a minute for Alena to realize that this woman was completely insane.
When Alena had agreed to listen to Phara, she had immediately began telling her a story about a goddess named Althena and a man named Ghaleon. After telling her this story which involved a dragon master named Alex, she had begun another story which involved a woman named Lucia and a God of Darkness called Zophar.
However, what made Alena realize that this woman was insane wasn't the stories themselves, but that she clearly believed they were real.
And so, Alena and Phara now sat on the sofa, staring at each other in the awkward silence that had come after Phara had told her stories.
Then, quite unexpectedly, Phara said "I imagine you probably do not believe a word that I have just said, and that you probably believe me to be insane. However, I assure that the tale I told you is true, though not of as much importance as what I am about to tell you." Phara took a deep breath. "Alena, I hate to bring this terrible burden to you, but I have no choice. Ghaleon has come back to life and is attempting to... well, I don't know what he's doing yet, but I know he is gathering the forces of darkness once more. And I fear, Alena, that you may be the only one who can stop him."
Alena just stared at Phara for a moment, then, hoping she sounded sincerely worried, said "But why am I the only person who can stop him?"
Phara looked at Alena for a moment, then said "The reason you are the only one who can stop him, Alena, is because you are the descendant of Althena."
Alena looked at Phara for a moment, then burst out laughing. "You expect me to believe that I am the descendant of Althena?"
Phara looked at Alena as though she were the crazy one, and then said "Yes, I do expect you to believe that."
Alena continued laughing for a moment longer, than looked up and said, smirking "Well, if I am a goddess, why don't I have any powers?"
Phara smiled softly and said "For one thing, you are not a goddess. That was lost over a million years ago, when Althena fell in love with the Dragon Master Alex and gave up her immortality. However, you do have powers. You just haven't learned to use them yet. They don't train themselves." And then, before Alena could respond, Phara said "I imagine you will want proof? Very well then, how about your hair? How many people do you know who are born with naturally blue hair? Not to mention the fact that it can't be dyed. Plus, aren't you curious about the nightmares you are undoubtably having?
Alena looked at Phara for a moment, then asked, "How do you know about the nightmares?"
Phara smiled grimly. "You are the descendant of Althena, and while you are not a goddess as she was, you are still a protector of the human race. The nightmares are visions of what is to come. But we can discuss this later. We need to leave immediately. I fear I have already spent too much time here."
"Wait a minute." said Alena quickly, "What do you mean by 'we'?"
"Don't you understand?" said Phara, looking at her, "You are the only true threat to Ghaleon. And worse, he knows you exist. He is already hunting you down. You know the explosion that happened not far from here? Ghaleon did that in an attempt to destroy me before I could warn you. It's only a matter of time before he finds you. After all, I managed to do it, didn't I." Phara paused a minute to breath, then said "And if you're worried I'm going to hurt you, remember that we have now been speaking for almost an hour, and that I could have harmed you at any point during that time if I had so desired. And if you come with me, I can help you with those nightmares."
Phara began moving toward the door as Alena thought for a moment. Finally, she decided to follow Phara, if just to learn more about her nightmares.
She and Phara left the apartment, went downstairs, and exited the building.
The doors had no sooner closed behind them when a voice said "So this is the descendant of Althena."
Alena turned to face the voice, and upon seeing the speaker, froze.
Standing there next to the apartment building doors was a man who could only be Ghaleon.