Raven was startled awake as Ontari jerked in her sleep beside her, crying out softly as her hands balled into fists, grasping at the edges of the covers lying over them.

"Ontari, Ontari what is it?" Raven called quietly, shaking her shoulders to try and wake her from the nightmare she was in the middle of.

"You're dreaming, it's time to wake up now."

"We have to hide him, if the Queen's men find him..."

Her mother trailed off as four year old Ontari listened from her hiding place in the next room.

Her fathers steps echoed as he moved closer to her mother and she heard the rustle of clothes as he took her into his arms.

"We have no choice. He will have no life here, he had to be sent far, far away."

"What kind of life could that possibly be?"

The memory started fraying around the edges, the details slipping away as Ontari peeked out to see her mother bury her face in her fathers chest.

"The kind where at least he stands a chance."

"And what of Ontari?" Her mother asked pleadingly.

Her fathers eyes were regret filled as he pulled back.

"It's too late for her now. Her nightblood was discovered in the town. Our daughter is as good as lost."

Ontari.

The single word shook her, the last pieces of her childhood memory crumbling.

She expected to find herself back in the room she shared with Raven, held in the arms of her lover. But instead she found herself in Lexa's throne room in the dead of night, where a shadowed figure was waiting for her, moonlight illuminating the curving lines of the antler throne from behind.

"Ontari kom Azgeda, it has been many years since we last spoke." A kind voice echoed through the room as the woman on the throne stood up and moved towards her.

"Last time I didn't know who you are...Heda." Ontari spoke respectfully, bowing her head to Rebecca. "This shouldn't be possible, you aren't supposed to speak to anyone beside the Commander. Why would you visit me?"

Rebecca's eyes were sorrowful as she placed her hand gently against Ontari's cheek.

"Of all my children, you and Lexa have always been the strongest. It is heartbreaking to consider what could have been if Nia hadn't sunk her claws into you."

Ontari smiled ruefully, "What's done is done, it does us no good to dwell on the past Heda."

Shaking her head, Rebecca met Ontari's smile with one of her own, "There's no need to call me that Ontari, not when you and I have spoken before as friends. I visit all of the natblida as children, usually when they are young enough to forget later as they grow. But you needed me longer than most."

"I don't think I would have survived those early years with Nia if not for you." Ontari admitted quietly, looking down towards the floor. "And now my nightmares are returning and I have no idea what they mean."

Rebecca smiled at her softly, "Yes you do, they are the memories of your past. But what you don't know is that they are also a clue to your future."

Ontari shook her head quickly, "I want nothing of my past to play a part of my future."

"Sometimes we have no choice." Rebecca said patiently, ever the teacher, "When I created the nightblood, I had no idea the capabilities it would grant to it's carriers, capabilities that you must now utilize if you want to survive. Do you remember the reason your brother was sent away?"

"No." Ontari replied curiously, "I don't even remember what he looked like anymore."

Nodding, Rebecca met Ontari's eyes seriously, "I can hazard a guess as to the reason. I can feel nightbloods, you are all of my line and I live through each and everyone of you. And I feel a lost soul of my line, beyond my reach no matter how much I try. If I am right, then you may one day be faced with a near impossible decision, I only hope that you will have the strength to make it."

"I won't let you down." Ontari promised quickly.

"Oh Ontari," Rebecca laughed, placing her hands on Ontari's shoulders to look her directly in the eye, "You never have."

"Ontari, are you ok?" Raven asked worriedly, as her girlfriends eyes flickered open, stopping to rest on Raven's face which was twisted into a concerned expression.

"I'm ok." She replied softly, "It was just a nightmare, I'm sorry for waking you."

Raven smiled at her, lying back down and wrapping her arm around Ontari's waist, "As long as you're ok then that's all that matters."

"I love you." Ontari whispered, immediately hearing the words echoed back by Raven before the other girl fell straight back asleep.

Leaving Ontari to stare at the ceiling and wonder just what was coming for them.