A/N: Ahh, here we are again. In the following chapter I will be reintroducing a character. I'm not going to say who it is now, but treat them nicely. . .

And just to let everybody know, I'm pretty much writing this story for StormRaven333 because she cares! So here's to you Storm!

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I brushed a small spider like insect from the arm of my cloak, then looked at Beleth. He took a sip of tea and as he set the saucer down he caught my eyes in his loving stare. He looked at me for a few more minutes before speaking. I could tell he was trying to choose his words carefully.

"You want to know what you are, don't you?"

I nodded to him and waited for what seemed like an eternity for an answer. The look on his face let me know beforehand I was probably going to dislike the answer a great deal.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you. I myself don't know. I found you when you were a few days old under that tree right there."

He pointed to an old blackened willow tree behind me. The tree itself seemed foreboding.

"You looked different then. White hair and eyes, I suppose you assimilated to the humans when you arrived in their world.

"Why did you leave me there with them?"

"I felt you would be safer. I was preparing to lead an army into battle, and that is no place to try and raise an infant. I was much younger then as well, I hadn't the slightest idea how to care for you."

"Humans are the stupidest race in the multiverse, anyplace with them is a bad place for a non human.

He grinned slightly and took another sip of tea. I didn't find the situation funny however, and didn't feel much for a tea party.

"I'm glad you mentioned that."

He had been glancing at the old gnarled tree behind me ever since he had pointed it out to me. I kept wondering what he could possibly be looking at, but didn't feel like acting paranoid by looking back at the tree.

"I was wondering if you could do me a slight favor."

I thought about that for a moment. He had dumped me on a planet so I could stagnate, and yet now he's asking me for a favor. On the other hand, he had done it to save my life, or at least that was his intention. On the other hand. I shook my head. I only have two hands!

"If it isn't too time consuming."

"The humans have set up a small settlement on Orpheous and I wondered if you could drop someone off there for me."

"Why can't you do it?"

"I'm going to be indisposed for the better part of a year starting at dawn. I simply wouldn't have the time to go there and get back."

I sighed. I still don't know any more about what I am, where I came from, or anything of importance, but now I'm off to run an errand that involves a human settlement.

"Fine."

He smiled at me again.

"Good, good. Lena, I would like you to meet Adrasta."

I swung around and there was a girl standing right behind me. I jumped up and that caused my chair to topple over. She stepped back calmly before it bashed her shins. She must have been in that damned tree, that's what Beleth was looking at.

"Holy shit. Don't do that."

She kicked the back of the chair and it righted itself.

"Sorry."

Her voice had no inflection in it whatsoever. I looked at her bright green and black hair, her white eyes and frowned. I recognize her.

"You. . ."

She raised and eyebrow and waited for me to finish my sentence. I decided to change it.

"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that. Someone might end up spearing you."

"Might be less boring than sitting around here all day."

She sat down in the spare chair and started tracing her finger through the dust on the table. I couldn't believe my eyes. This girl had lived this long? I remembered her from the time she had tried to attack me with a paring knife. I thought she was going to die of starvation long before now. I had been the one to give her the news that the humans were mostly gone. I doubt she knew it was me though, I wasn't in this form at the time. That was back when I was partnered with. . .Fahu. . .

"Something wrong Lena?"

I realized I was still staring at the girl with shock.

"No, nothing. I suppose we should be going now though. Don't want to get into all the traffic on Orpheous, I'm going to have to sneak her in as well, you know how they are there."

I resisted slamming my hand over my mouth. I need to stop blathering on. Am I feeling guilty for leaving her there? If I had known that I would be playing taxi to her later on, would I have still left her there? Most likely. Does that make it right? I really can't say.

She morosely stood up, if it's even possible, and strode after me as I walked to my ship. Beleth walked with us most of the way and I was glad for that. It's going to be awkward during my one on one time with this girl. Beleth was telling her how to behave around the humans, like she forgot or something. Told her to send him a postcard, write him while he was away, etc, etc. I was about to start panicking. I took a deep breath and thought about anything other than the long flight it was to Orpheous from here. It would take at least a week. I was suddenly damning the humans for having settled on a planet so far away from my current location.

We got on my ship and I took another deep breath as the door closed. She looked at Sponge Guy and he looked back at her with the same expression that made me think he was just as unimpressed with her. She wasn't impressed by anything apparently. Sponge Guy looked at me pleadingly. I know Sponge Guy, I don't want her here either. This is just very weird.

I was expecting her to try and talk to me, but she seemed more than occupied twirling a piece of hair around her finger and staring blankly at the wall. I powered up and we took off without so much as a peep out of her.

A full day passed without incident, until we were flying by a planet that the database stated as being called 'Pyron', when my ship started whining and the engine sputtered a few times.

"Oh yes, just like it was last time."

Hearing that just to the left of me made me jump. She sure had a way of sneaking about.

"Last time? What are you talking about?"

"Ships make those noises before they crash."

"You were in a crash?"

"Mmhmm. It was really bad too. I was the only survivor."

She laughed, but even that lacked emotion.

"I don't' know why I'm telling you this."

"When I'm nervous I open up too. Nothing to worry about."

"That's not what I meant."

"Ok. .. Then what are you talking about?"

"You already know I was in a crash, that I was the only survivor."

"I don't know anything about you."

"Pretend that if you like 'Naui'."