Daemonar stood beside his mum, watching the girl sleep. It was the afternoon and she hadn't woken up yet. He was starting to get nervous. "Mum, shouldn't she be waking up by now? What if something's gone wrong?"

Marian smiled and ran a hand down his hair, "don't worry, she'll wake up when she's ready to". She moved closer to the bed, "hopefully she won't be too scared when she wakes up. You'll do exactly what I say if she is, ok?" she ordered, looking back at him. He smiled at her, "don't worry mum. I don't want her to be scared of me".

He looked back at the girl as she moaned. "I think she's waking up!!" He moved closer to the bed.

"No!! Stay back!!" Marian ordered, "Give her some space alright?" She took the girls hand and stroked it, watching as the girl began to wake up. Daemonar was almost jumping up and down in excitement. Finally!! She's waking up!!

The girl moaned again and raised a hand to her head. "Sweetie? Can you hear me? You're safe now" Marian let go of her hand and stepped back. The girl opened her eyes, looked around, and screamed.

Scrambling out of the bed, she frantically looked around and, seeing the door blocked by Daemonar, crouched into a corner. Covering her head with her arms, she began to whimper.

Marian turned to Daemonar, "get your Father and then wait outside the room with him, understand?"

Daemonar nodded and raced outside. He flung out a sapphire psychic thread.

*Father!! She's woken up!! Mum's trying to calm her down but she wants us to wait outside*

****

Marian looked at the girl crouched in the corner, trying to decide what to do. Poor thing, she's terrified. She moved closer and crouched down in front of the girl.

"Sweetheart, my name's Marian. I'm not going to hurt you". The girl's only response was to curl up tighter. Marian reached out and began rubbing the child's arm. "See? Everything's ok. Can you look at me?" Marian let the girl go as she looked up. Tears blurred her blue eyes as she gazed at Marian and sniffed.

"That's better". Marian called in a cloth and wiped the tears off the girl's face. "Can you tell me your name?" The girl looked at her, and then shook her head, looking scared.

"I-I can't remember" the girl's voice was a whisper. She started crying again, "I can't remember anything!" She put her head on her knees and sobbed. Marian reached over and lifted the girl onto her lap. "It's ok, it's ok. We're going to look after you" she hugged her as the girl curled up into her lap and cried herself back to sleep.

****

Lucivar, Marian, Jaenelle, Daemon and Saetan were gathered in a room down the hall from the girl's bedroom, Daemon and Saetan having just had their first look at their guest.

"So she doesn't remember anything? Not even her name?" Saetan questioned as he found a seat.

"No", Marian replied, "at least, not at the moment. It may come back to her in time".

Jaenelle nodded her agreement. "Are you ok with keeping her here for now? We can move her to the Hall if you want."

"And let you guys have all the fun? Not likely" Lucivar spoke up. "Besides, our furry friends are already begging to meet her" he grinned.

"Don't burden her with too much at once Prick" Daemon spoke up, "I don't know if I trust your judgement. I give Marian all the credit for how my niece and nephew turned out".

Lucivar snarled half-heartedly, "Shut it Bastard. If I remember right Daemonar's gotten the better of you a time or two".

"Quiet you two" Saetan said wearily. "Daemon, I want you to do some discreet inquiries. Find out if anyone's missing a girl of her description".

Daemon nodded.

"If her memory isn't back within a week I want to move her to the hall" Jaenelle spoke up, "that way I'll be able to keep a closer eye on her". The others murmured their agreement.

"We need to think of a name for her".

Everyone turned to look at Marian. "Well", she said, "she can't remember hers and we can't keep calling her 'girl' can we?"

"She's right", Jaenelle said, "any ideas?"

Everyone thought for a moment, and then names began to be thrown back and forth.

20 minutes later, Lucivar and Daemon were ready to strangle each other when Saetan spoke up.

"What about Shaina?"

They all turned to look at him.

"Shaina?" Marian asked, "It's pretty, I like it".

"Me too"

"How do you spell it? S.h.a.y.n.a?"

"No, it's S.h.a.i.n.a"

"I think it's the best we've heard so far," Jaenelle said, "and anyway, she may remember her real name".

"Well," Marian said, "I better get back there. I don't want her waking up alone". Jaenelle rose with her, "I'll come with you. It's best she doesn't meet the boyos yet though". She looked at them and grinned, "They're enough to scare anyone".