When she awoke she felt as though she was still in her homeland but remembering the past nights events she sat up and bringing her knees to her chest. Feeling alone and forgotten she rested her head on her knees and looking out the window saw that there was a forest below, it was like a sea of green. Getting out of her bed she opened the doors to the balcony and seeing the forest with the sun beating down upon it made her homesick. But last night when she had arrived here she never saw the forest. What was going on? She must not have been paying much attention last night; she was after all quite distressed and angry with her parents. Shaking her head she walked around her room and walked to the wardrobe closet, finding that these clothes were nothing like what she usually wore. Finding that she was getting hungry and was a tad impatient for the truth about her mother, pulled out a pair of black pants and black shirt. With that she found a high quality traveling boot the color black. Man this mystery man must think that black is her favorite color she thought to herself.

Walking out of her room she roamed the corridors and found many rooms of gardens. Amazed she would find something so peaceful in her mind such an evil place. Finally unable to resist the aspen trees in one of the gardens, she walked over and sat underneath one. Closing her eyes she breathed deeply and felt at peace. An aspen tree could always calm her troubling spirit. Making sure not to get to comfortable under the tree, she saw roses near her and was tempted to pick one and smell it. But not wanting to destroy the beautiful scenery she instead moved closer to a rose and sniffed it. The fragrance was soothing, reminding her of home she was jolted back to why she was here. Though the garden had eased her feeling of homesickness, she quickly got to her feet and left the garden quite hastily.

Once out she sighed and went to look for her mystery man. She looked and looked but could find no trace of him. Finally getting quite irritated and hungry, she sat herself in a small library. How big was this place anyways? Man have they never heard of a small establishment. Finding that all the walking she had done made her quite tired, she fell asleep in a leather-bounded chair in front of the fireplace.

Arriving back at the tower he entered his room with troubles stressing him greatly. Sighing he decided that Leaf must be awake by now, disappearing and reappearing in her room he was quite shocked to see that Leaf wasn't their. Panicking his first thought was that she might have killed herself, but the logical side of his brain took control. She may have been angry but she wouldn't have killed herself, or try and leave. After all he did know the truth about her heritage, and she would want to know that first before she left. The terror in her eyes yesterday when he had first told her that she might die was genuine. Sighing he concentrated on her aura and after short time period found that she was asleep in the small library near his own room. Once again disappearing and reappearing, this time in the library that held the young girl fast asleep in a chair. Finding that he couldn't bear to wake her he left her to sleep, leaving a note on the table in the middle of the room telling her where he'd be. He left silently but this time by walking out the door. Smiling he went to one of the many gardens finding a bench to sit upon he became quite absorbed in his thoughts. When she awoke and she would awake soon he would tell her everything, her family, her power, her mother. Well she had many years to learn the arcane art exhibited only in her family's bloodline.

"Power to span even the universe," he whispered softly to himself wondering how to tell her all this, and make sure not to scare the crap out of her that she would kill herself, "Well nothing ever comes easy, and it won't be easy not with that young girl."

Once again awaking alone she found the note that he had left her shrugging she walked to the area indicated on the note. Passing through doors and finally arriving in a garden she saw him sitting on a bench in the middle of the garden quietly feeding a small tabby cat. She walked over and sat down beside him, smiling she nudged him and he looked up at her. His hood was off so she could see that he had deep blue eyes and long brown hair, approximately shoulder length. She could see that he was in fact human and that time was beginning to take its toll on him. His face was long and tired but yet still youthful and energetic.

"Good evening Leaf," he whispered his voice calm and clear as a babbling brook, "How was your sleep?"

"Fine but why didn't you wake me when I was in the library?" she said diverting her attention to the little tabby cat, "I wouldn't have cared at all if you had woken me up."

"Well you just looked so peaceful I couldn't bare myself to wake you," he stated handing her a glass of wine, "Here drink this it will warm you up."

Smiling she accepted the wine and drank it down, feeling her insides become warm she drank the rest of the wine down and set the glass down on the ground. An uncomfortable silence settle in she sighed.

"Well what are we supposed to do now?" she asked her voice quavering, "After all you're the one who brought me here, shouldn't it be time for you to tell me the truth?"

"Yes I know but I'm having quite a difficult time trying to figure out where to start," he said giving the tabby cat some catnip.

"How hard can it be to just tell me the truth of my origins?" she whispered scratching the cat behind the ears, "So is it hard for you to tell me the truth cause it's dangerous for me or cause you just don't wish to live up to your word? Which one is it?"

With this affection she gave the cat it came to sit in her lap where Leaf continued to pet the cat scratching it's ears from time to time. When Leaf looked up to meet the gaze of the mystery man she was surprised to see that he was smiling at her. Shocked she showed more emotion than she had intended to.

"Why are you smiling at me?" she asked nervous to hear his answer fearing the worse.

"Cause your far more intelligent than you think and it eases my mind," he stated looking her in the eyes, "I feel that this information will help you and that you will be able to handle the stress and pressure of the life you will have to lead from now on."

"So I was right in thinking that this information will be dangerous to me and anyone around me," she said lowering her head feeling the sting of tears come to her eyes, "And I'm right in thinking that this danger had I stayed with my family would have killed them?"

"Yes I'm afraid so," he stated laying a hand on hers to bring comfort, "Your power would have ripped through you destroying everything around you, with the frustration you were feeling at having your father keep secrets from you would have destroyed the great city that you cared so much about. Your power corresponds with your knowledge and your emotions, that's why people with your power are so dangerous."

Pausing for a moment he sighed shaking his head. Leaf lifted her head and gave him a nod of her head so that he would continue.

"Solostran's subconscious knew that your mother was dangerous and that's one of many reasons he had her executed," he whispered, "But no matter how much he wished to keep his family and people alive and safe he couldn't kill his own child. So he raised you, hoping that the power within you would be snuffed out. When your powers began to increase my late master became interested in you and asked that he take you away and teach you mastery of your powers."

"Late master?" Leaf blurted out.

"Yes late master Leaf," smiling he sighed and then continued on, "He died two weeks before but in those two weeks he taught to me all that you would need to be taught to control your powers. I still miss him though, he was the closet you a father I had."

"I'm sorry for your loss," Leaf whispered placing her other hand over his hand that was still on hers, "I can't imagine how hard it is for you to have no family in this world, at least my family is still alive even if were not together."

"Oh don't worry my family gave me up so that I'd have a better life no worries I swear," he said wiping a tear from Leafs cheek, "Your origins though are noble and proud, you are the last descendant of Kith Kan a great king from the Kinslayer war."

Leaf's ears couldn't believe what she heard, descendant of Kith Kan, is that even possible? If so, why would that be a horrible thing? After all he was a great king, and was a great warrior. This power could that be the reason why their were so little of her true family from Kith Kan's side?

Seeing that Leaf had a lot on her mind he waited for her to say something. His master had prepared him for any sort of reaction, but he was finding it hard to remember how to act in front of her. She was such a graceful and kind soul that he felt that it was wrong for her to look so hurt. How must she feel right now? To know that her family was completely wiped out by the respective person's power that was ripping through her right now, trying to find any way out to release the pressure that it was under.

"Why me?" Leaf finally whispered.

He stared at her. It seemed he thought that his late master wasn't prepared for every reaction from people like her.

"Is it destiny or fate that I am like this?" Leaf asked her voice soft and sounding hurtful.

"Leaf it is neither, your mother was recorded to have no such power such as is your birthright," he said feeling that his answer was inadequate to her, "I'm sorry, if I could somehow remove this horrible power from you I would."

"No," she stated.

"Why?" he asked stunned at her answer.

"Well if this power is my birthright then I wouldn't have it put upon anyone else," she said petting the little cat again, "Any way it's a part of me so if it was gone I'd be someone different right?"