Waking sometime in the evening with nothing but a silken sheet hastily thrown over her in the elegant bed that was one of much furniture in the room. Sitting up in the bed she drew the sheet around her shoulders and was thankful for the sheets warmth. Looking gloomy and feeling miserable. She figured that her queasy feeling was from her experience with Gabriel's late Master.

Thinking about her conversation she got up and opened the window that led to a small welcoming balcony. With the silken sheet still wrapped around her she went and sat on the railing. Smiling she felt just like she did before all the horror of the truth sunk in destroying the cheerful side of her. Sighing she sat their looking up at the white and red moon up in the sky.

Feeling dread come over her as she realized that tonight must be the night of her Test. A Test that would tell her whether she was a Solana that would abuse her power or one that would be able to help heal the world of its pains. Shivering she wrapped her arms around her and her head drooped sensitive to the fact that this would decide her whole life. A life she was still learning about.

One thing still stood stark in her mind. Before she went away with Gabriel she had been having these images of horrid fighting. Fighting that she could see so plainly in her minds eye that it startled her. These images were in a point of view that scared her very much. It was like she was there seeing the battles happen right before her eyes. As though she had actually fought them. What was she thinking, she thought shaking her head trying to get the idea out of her mind. How could she have fought those battles when she didn't even know how to handle a short sword? She was skilled in the use of a bow, but all elves were skilled at the bow.

"So much blood and death is that what my life's going to be like?" she asked whispering out to the night skies, "I really don't want to hurt anyone, can't I just quit at what I am. Yeah that's what I'll do, I'll quit. Gabriel won't mind at all, he might even be relived after all he must want to go and join his own race of humans."

Satisfied with her decision she turned and was surprised to see three figures standing there in unnerving silence. Surprised she investigated these odd people. Wearing long robes each of them she saw that one of the people to the left wore white robes of Solinari the white god of magic. Another that stood in the middle wore red robes of Lunitari the god of neutral magic. The last figure that stood beside this person wore the black robes of Nuitari the god of evil or black magic. These three figures made no move or inclination that they were going to talk to her.

What reason could these three figures have with her? Some stupid elf from a land that dosen't want her, she cursed bitterly. Lowering her head to hide the tears brimming her eyes burning them, raising her head now in control of her emotions. She saw that they still hadn't moved an inch, not due to uncomfortable silence or cause they were uncomfortable. What was with these people? Becoming angry with them for having such control over them she narrowed her eyes.

"What do you want?" she stated her anger emanating from her body, "If your servants of Gabriel's then he will have to come and get me himself, I'm trusting no one but him."

Turning on her heel she looked over the balcony standing quietly there. Feeling somewhat ashamed for snapping at the three figures. Hastily turning around she made to run after them but was shocked to see them still standing where she had first seen them. They hadn't even flinched at her anger at them.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you in my anger," she whispered feeling her face flush with the embarrassment, "If your just here to talk I'd be happy to chat with you, my name is-"

"Leaf," the middle person spoke with a female voice, "We already know who you are and what you are."

"What?" she said shocked and panic creeping into her voice, "But how do you know? I just found out well either yesterday or today, I've been asleep for so long I don't really know what day it is or the time."

"You found out about your origins last night," the white robed person spoke with a soft but masculine voice.

"Yes and we've been waiting forever for you to wake up," the blacked robed person stated harshly his voice loathsome and cold.

"Who are you people?" she said in complete awe at there knowledge of her.

"Just as you looked at the moons earlier," the white robed man whispered.

"Look at us with the same," the red robed woman whispered.

"Reason and believe in the gods," the black robed man whispered.

They were so in tune with each other. Finishing off each other's sentences as though they were cousins. Leaf was shocked these three people were the gods of magic. The gods had come to her. But why? Why would they come to her and not to others that need their help desperately?

"Cause you need our help or you will fall into darkness," Nuitari said his voice calm answering her unspoken question.

"And we do not wish for such pain and horror for you as the darkness," Solinari said glaring at Nuitari.

"We are in agreement to help you steer away from the darkness," Lunitari whispered removing her hood.

"Sorry but darkness seems to follow me like flies follow shit," Leaf said her nerves beginning become tired.

With this gesture the other two drew their hoods back and Leaf could see all of their faces. Lunitari's face was between being pale and being tan but her most prominent feature was her hair. Her hair was black as that of a crow's body, but streaks of white as though she was aging were evenly along her hair, showing that she was neutral. Looking next to Nuitari his face was grotesque and cold his eyes like ice glared deeply into her soul. He didn't really approve of being here Leaf could tell this with a single look at his eyes. Shivering she looked onto Solinari whose kind eyes lifted her spirits a bit, for the oddest reason Leaf couldn't help but think that he shouldn't really be a mage. His body was muscular and strong like warriors she supposed.

"Leaf you have much to accomplish," Solinari whispered his voice soft, "and so little time to do it."

"Why do I have to be the one to accomplish all these things?" Leaf stated getting irritated, "Why can't others do it instead? I want to have a life you know, I want to have a husband and have children and die of old age. I do not want to die because I risked my life for someone else who doesn't really care about what I accomplished."

Looking towards them she was shocked to see there faces paler than Solinari's moon in the sky. What was wrong with them? Do gods by any chance get sick down here, Leaf began to wonder.

"What?" she said concern lining her voice, "Are you alright do you need to sit down?"

"We never expected you to say anything that bad I suppose you could put it," Lunitari whispered struggling to speak calmly, "we knew very well that you would be angry at another responsibility. We never thought that you…wanted…"

"Wanted what?" Leaf asked curiously.

"Children," Solinari and Nuitari said in unison.

"Well why shouldn't I want children?" Leaf snapped, "I am a woman if you all forgot that."

"To be truthful we were hoping that the line of your kind would be destroyed with you," Nuitari whispered, "that you would be the last and we would never have to worry about your kind ever again."

Gasping she grabbed the railing for support and slowly fell to the ground. She was being sent to die for others, it was plain as that. Nobody wanted her around she wasn't wanted cause she was too dangerous. They wanted to get rid of her just as her father had gotten rid of her. Feeling tears brim in her eyes she hid her face away from them. She was ashamed that she was going to cry in front of these gods, but she couldn't help it. Putting her head in her hands she allowed the tears to flow unstopped.

"We really are sorry that this is what's to happen to you," Lunitari stated, "but it's not as bad as you think."

"What!" she shouted, "Not having a life isn't that bad! Even as a child I wanted to get out in the world but I always wanted to sooner later than go to Solace and settle down."

"Why would an elf want to settle down in Solace?" Solinari blurted out.

"I've heard that in Solace the people look out for each other," she whispered blushing, "so I was hoping to find a home their."

"It won't always be this bad," Nuitari whispered coming to bend down beside her, "Soon your life will be the way you want it you just have to have patience."

"The only way my life is going to be my dream life is when I'm dead," she whispered, "and your dreams will come true."

"We are sorry that you had to have to be apart of this race of Solana," Lunitari whispered.

"Its not your fault the gods can't choose who can be born into the Solana I suppose its their character that defines them more than anything," Leaf whispered putting her head into her hands, "Its just frustrating how this has to happen to well me, and I know that sounds selfish. But being the kid I still am, I don't want to!"

"Unfortunately you have no choice but to help those in need," Solinari stated his tone serious and commanding.

"Why though?" Leaf asked her voice soft.

"To atone for your people's past offenses," Nuitari said staring her in the eyes, "your people killed many innocents and did it for no real reason at all."

"Just to have some sport," Solinari muttered.

"Are their others like me that I can find and they could you know help me out with this stupid well mission sort of thing," Leaf questioned her tone of voice sounding hopeful, "That would really help and I wouldn't be so lonely."

The three gods exchanged looks and troubled expressions of misery and despair masked all three of them. They were unwilling to tell her something. But the thing was, what could be so bad that they would look saddened?

Leaf watched them with a curiosity, awaiting their reply to her question. She had a feeling that she wouldn't be getting together with her own kind. That for some reason she felt that she was going to cry, her frustration and the uncomfortable silence was beginning to annoy her.

"What is it?" she asked finally breaking the silence between the four of them, "What problem is their now?"

"We shouldn't tell her," Solinari stated harshly, "she is young and still new to her kind."

"She has a right to be prepared for what is ahead of her," Nuitari whispered calmly his betraying nothing of his thoughts, "if we are to ask her to do this she must be prepared for all her enemies."

"But she is so young," Solinari muttered lamely.

"Yes she is young but she is a Solana and is there forth strong to live with it," Nuitari stated his voice still calm, "Cousin what do you have to say?"

Solinari looked to Lunitari hoping beyond anything that his cousin would take his side and forbid Nuitari from telling Leaf.

"She does need to know," Lunitari whispered closing her eyes, "tell her Nuitari."

"I say once again, what's going on?" Leaf asked feeling as though her life was being determined once again before her eyes.

"To answer your question from before Leaf," Nuitari said.

"My question to find other Solana like myself," Leaf said irritated that he was treating her like a child.

"You can't come into any contact with any other Solana they will sense you and feel threatened," Nuitari declared.

"Okay so when I meet them just be careful and tell them that I'm no enemy that I am a friend and not going to hurt them at all," Leaf stated smiling cheerfully.

"Afraid it doesn't work that way Leaf," Solinari whispered glaring at Nuitari, "Other Solana will still feel threatened and even if you tried to convince them that your trustworthy they would kill you still."

"During the time when Solana were great and mighty they were feared by all," Lunitari stated, "at this time for those Solana who were powerful feared everyone. Killing innocents and making a show of their power insured to them that they would never be touched. That they were save."

"But they were wrong," Nuitari continued, "the Solana back then were far powerful but their power could be stopped by other Solana and destroy everything for them. When Solana meet each other they are unable to use there magic against each other. They can only use their hand to hand combat."

"A gene was handed down to each Solana a gene that generates adrenaline turning into fear of another that they normally wouldn't fear," Nuitari whispered, "a fear that leads to panic. Which will lead to the corresponding persons death. Leaf you are alone in this."

"Completely alone," Leaf absently said her eyes glazing over, "alone, alone like before. A room imprisoning me alone."

"Leaf are you alright?" Lunitari asked, "Your not alone you still can have contact with humans and all other races but Solana will panic and kill."

"Alone," Leaf whispered testing the word, "Why alone?"

"Just so you know we've spoken to many Solana over the centuries and most a stuck up and quite snobbish," Nuitari revealed.

While they tried to make her feel better she completely ignored them. She felt alone, she could see despair and misery her old friends from her homeland following after her. Trying desperately to dig their claws back into her mind. Destroy her and leave her feeble. Shaking her head, she didn't want that life again. Not a live where she lived in fear and was utterly afraid that with just a push she would be plunged to her death.

"No!" she yelled at the top of her lungs, "Not again! It's not fair, why should this happen to me? I never did anything to deserve this! Take it back take this stupid power away from me! I don't want it!"

She was shivering and was completely and utterly sadden. She wrapped her arms around her and fell to the ground holding her.

"I know I told Gabriel that I would live with it, but that was before I was told all of this," Leaf whispered her voice hoarse from yelling, "I want to be normal, I want to run with my brothers and sister. I want to live a normal life. Have fun, tease others, and be normal. Even before I knew all this I didn't have that life. I didn't have it cause of some stupid legacy from my ancestors."

All was quiet her thoughts were in a turmoil and she felt like hurling. She was crying now and was shaking from her outburst. She wanted to fall asleep and drift away to her dream like world. Her thoughts though wouldn't allow this. They kept centring on the one thought of her mother. She stopped crying and her thoughts moved faster for her. Gabriel had told her that her mother was a descendant from the ancient Elvin king Kith Kan. But then that would have to mean that her mother and all those before her mother were Solana. But Kith Kan had many family members around him constantly, Kith Kan cherished his family. This isn't making sense, none of the facts add up. The gods wouldn't lie about anything, what do they have to gain but a distressed elf. Gabriel on the other hand had a motive. If he was able to teach her how to successfully use her power then he could constantly threaten to kill her family, she would be at his mercy.

"Is what Gabriel say about my mother being a descendent of Kith Kan true?" Leaf asked looking up at the gods but was shocked to see that they were gone.

The gods had given her an answer. They had made her sad and angry because they knew that sooner or later she would figure it out.

Standing up she tried to keep on her feet, trying to be steady. She had been tricked. Gabriel wasn't telling her the truth. He was using her!