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Anareth then came to Kira from the void in which they stood.

"Where am I," Kira asked.

"You are in the realm of Jalkaree. We are at the end of the war, and the beginning as well. The Pah-tala are about to be cast from the temple to your world and I will be cast into the universe alone, but with a mission all of my own. Come, there is a better way for this to be understood."

Anareth brought them down into the Hourglass and it changed into what appeared to be a land like ancient Bajor, but the beings within were those who dwell in the temple and fire caves. Anareth and Kira entered a small house that was outside of the battlefields. Inside another Anareth was standing and speaking with a blue light being in male form.

"They can neither see us nor understand that we are here," Kira's Anareth said. "We are part of the linear realm, they are not. Their view is still too insular to understand."

Kira nodded to answer her, and then they listened to the two Prophet-like beings spoke.

"Choose a side Anareth, the battle is nearly done."

"No, I refuse to do that! I will not be part of the reason our people split!"

"There are only two ways, either you are for the Pah-jara or you are for the Pah-tala."

"It doesn't have to be like that. We can reunite, we can return to being at peace."

"Not now, they refuse to listen. The Pah-jara will win, and we will cast the Pah-tala from Jalkaree into the linear realm. Then the war will be at pause until the corporeal beings understand."

"Why bring them into this? It won't stop our war."

"It may though, think of how they can bring new perspective, we will be able to reunite then. But for now choose a side!"

"No."

"Then you will be cast out with the Pah-tala and they will not accept you either."

"Don't worry, I will be able to help in ways none here can possible understand."

Then the blue Prophet left. Anareth again took Kira to where the Hourglass could be fully seen. But this time it again changed. It was the wormhole, and the red beings were falling from it down to the small world of Bajor. Once all the red beings were gone the single yellow being was cast out as well, and the temple door shut.

"Do you understand now that I speak the truth?"

"Yes," Kira replied.

"Then it is time for you to return until the time comes."

"The time for…"

Kira could say no more, but she was taken back to where she had been in the temple, standing before the orb. She shut the ark as she always did when finished experiencing the Prophets. A Vedek came behind her as she collapsed to the ground, weak from exhaustion.

When Kira woke again, she was in the infirmary, and Dr. Bashir was standing over her.

"What happened," she asked.

"When the Vedek realized that you had not left the shrine they came in to check on you. He saw you shutting the orb, and then you collapsed. You had been standing there for six hours," Bashir answered with a concerned gaze on his friend.

"Six hours," Kira exclaimed in a frightened voice.

"Yes, and you have been asleep for about eight. Your neural activity was similar to what happened when Captain Sisko was having visions of B'hala. However, that activity has also faded in your brain."

"Am I able to return to duty?"

"If you feel up to it I don't see why not, however I want you to notify me the moment you feel like something is wrong, understood," Bashir's request was also a command.

Kira's only response was a swift nod as she got off of the bio-bed and walked out of the infirmary. Within an hour Kira was back on duty in her office, though she was still shaken from her unusual orb experience. After a few days though nothing came of her visions and life for Kira returned to normal.

Four months later…

Kira's timer woke her up as usual, but this time when she sat up, there was another person in her room. When her eyes adjusted to the dim light she saw whom it was: Anareth.

"What do you want," Kira questioned.

"I told you I'd come again when it was time,"Anareth responded in her passive voice.

"Time for what? The last time we met I was unconscious for over half a day!" Kira sat at the head of her bed, looking at the entity who stood near the foot of her bed.

"I'm sorry about that, it was an unexpected side-effect of direct contact with me. I forget sometimes that my presence causes that. There is no need to worry about it now, I'm meeting you in your corporeal realm."

"What do you want?"

"There is an orb that your people haven't received yet, it is named Clarity."

"There are no other orbs, all of them are on Bajor."

Anareth laughed. "How do you think the orbs got to Bajor, huh?" Her tone changed, and she asked a question this time. "Where do you believe they came from?"

"The temple."

"It's a rather long distance between the temple and the Denorios Belt don't you think?"

"Yes, what's your point," by this time Kira was becoming rather frustrated at Anareth's elusiveness.

"I am the one who placed them there for your people to find. I personally gave the first orb to your prophet Shabren. Before that it was I who made the tablet of the first Reckoning and hid it. I am the one who created most of what your people believe."

Kira stood up, and she tied a bathrobe around herself quickly. "You! You're lying!"

"Why do you not believe me, we met while you were gazing upon the orb of Prophecy did we not? How then can I be lying to you?"

"They call you the fallen messenger for a reason don't they."

"Yes, they do. I was the only one willing to talk to both sides in the war. I still am. The two I sealed for the Reckoning were willing to end the war. Unfortunately it couldn't end then and Kosst Amojan has been causing hate to spread more deeply in the fire caves while peace has been spreading in the temple. I am the one who is trying to maintain the balance."

"Are you trying to say that the faith of my people is misplaced, because if you are," Kira's voice had a very threatening edge to it.

"I'm not saying that at all. The Pah-jara hear you when you pray, so do the Pah-tala. They have a great deal of insight, but some linear things they do not understand. They are powerful and they care for Bajor, so do I. Your faith is why I have come to ask you for your assistance."

"What makes you think that I can help," Kira's voice softened and she sat down on her bed again.

"Because you're an Emissary."

"I'm not the Emissary, Sisko is."

"No, you misunderstand, I didn't say that you are the Emissary, I said you are an Emissary," she emphasized the words so that Kira would understand, she didn't though.

"What do you mean?"

"You were chosen years ago by the Prophet Eidha as a vessel during the Reckoning. They chose you to be one of their Emissaries. The Pah-wraiths also have two Emissaries."

"Dukat and… Don't say Jake, he was the other one who was taken over."

"No, not the younger Sisko, another Bajoran, she has already taken her place. Although at first the Pah-tala did not want her, I told them that it was her destiny, just as you, Dukat, and Sisko had already been chosen. However, none of them are the Emissary."

"Who is it then?"

"That will be revealed at the Final Reckoning."

"The what!"

"When it is time you will understand more, that is all I can tell you for now. However, all will be clear once you have the Orb of Clarity. I will guide you to where it is, however, I think it is time for you to go on duty, I shall return later."

With that Anareth disappeared and Kira was left alone to get ready for her shift.

TBC…

Kyra- In some ways it will be a happy ending for Dukat, but I can't say much more without giving away the ending. Thank you so much for your lovely review!