CHAPTER THIRTEEN Second Prophecy…Bri Delenn Mir Sheridan

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On K'ha'dum in the Curse Swamp, Bri Delenn, Delenn, Delenn III and Delenn David Mir lay stunned in the swamp. All except for Bri Delenn have their mouths pointed directly upward. Bri Delenn has her mouth pointed directly downward in the swamp water which flows out to sea. As Bri Delenn drowns, her hand falls into the murky swamp water and the ring of the Witch-King of Angmar falls into the water. Remaining on her finger, the ring glows dimly blue.

As a wave hits Bri Delenn, Bri Delenn's body flops around lifelessly around in the water. As Bri Delenn opens her eyes, Bri Delenn get her mouth out of the water and she coughs up the water and thinks wildly to why she ever breathed it in in the first place. As Bri Delenn stirs around, she looks at Delenn, she is different, she looks like a fish! Bri Delenn rubs her eyes, but still she sees her mother as a fish.

As Bri Delenn begins to look at her hands, she oddly expects to see scales, and as her eyes look at her hands, she sees scales, bluish-green, slimy scales. As Bri Delenn freaks out, she closes her eyes and when she looks at hers hands for a second time, there is no scales there, this was indeed an odd experience for Bri Delenn.

As Delenn David Mir, Delenn III and Delenn are all awake, Bri Delenn, like the others, keep their distance from one another for they are all transforming into hideous creatures. Bri Delenn seems to be the only one not transforming, but she is feeling odd sensations all over her body, and is beginning to see things once again. Bri Delenn sees her life through the view of a second pair of eyes.

When Bri Delenn looks at Delenn, Delenn David Mir and Delenn III, it's clear that something is not right here. Bri Delenn does not express her feelings for what she is seeing and hearing, she is just hearing voices, voices in the water speaking gently to her. But as Delenn walks over to Bri Delenn, those voices end and Bri Delenn hears the sounds of the swamp and of Delenn's gentle voice. "Bri Delenn, may I talk to you?"

Bri Delenn turns, and then looks at Delenn with a glare of never seeing her before, it's obvious to Bri Delenn that something is physically wrong with her. "Delenn…are you alright?" Hinting at Delenn's many scales.

Delenn seems distressed about what she is about to say. "Bri Delenn, what is this place?"

Bri Delenn looks around the dim, low cast foggy plain. "It appears to be the Dead Marches, what does the map say?"

Delenn pulls out her map of K'ha'dum she found in Carn Dum. "Ah, I believe we are in the Cursed Swamp."

Bri looks at the swamp, "Oh, Cursed Swamp…that's not that bad!" Says Bri Delenn with a chuckle.

Delenn gives Bri Delenn a sharp look. "This is the swamp we were warned to stay out of!"

Bri Delenn's face looks distressed. "Oh…well that explains a lot!"

Delenn looks at her hands and looks at the scales. "Ah, that's what you mean." Delenn turns and goes over to Delenn David Mir who looks like she's not feeling well. Delenn David Mir has thick gobs of mucus dripping off her, and Delenn David Mir's eyes look like black pearls, so dilated.

Bri Delenn tries to figure out why she is not transforming, but the thought of the ring from the Witch-King comes in her mind, but another thought tells her that it was her own ring, her ring. Bri Delenn shrugs her head, she must be crazy!

As Bri Delenn, Delenn, Delenn III and Delenn David Mir begin their trek through the accursed swamp, Delenn III is experiencing problems. Bri Delenn had not once noticed the mutations of Delenn III, she was stretched in he legs, and stretched in the arms. Her hair turned silver and her fingernails grew to astonishing lengths. Also, she lost her crest bone, it submerged back into her skull and calcium spike jutted out of her joints. In Bri Delenn's head, she looked like one of the Numenorean's, but how could that be possible, Bri Delenn has never met a Numenorean before.

The walk is going fine until there is a problem with Delenn David Mir. Her stomach is bulging out at astonishing rates. At first Bri Delenn and the others though it was just their eyes, but for truth, Delenn David Mir's stomach was growing out towards them!

As the terrified group watch, Bri Delenn begins to feel that she needs to back away. Then as if the situation could get any worse, slimy tentacles wrap around Delenn, Delenn III and Bri Delenn. As they fight to free themselves out of the slimy tentacles, telepathically, thoughts enter Delenn's mind to tell the others to stop struggling, for if you stop struggling then the tentacles will release. And when they stopped struggling, the tentacles released.

Whatever be the cause to why Delenn David Mir became so sea-like, no one knew. Bri Delenn herself was having issues. Something in her mind was waking up, and actually putting her to sleep. Like being tired, Bri Delenn fell asleep, but her body still functions. As Bri Delenn looks at her feet and hands, she wonders why she is in a aliens body? The last memory she had was dying beneath the rolling waves. How did she get into this creatures body?

Kathren looks down at her young, Humanoid fingers; no longer webbed, wondering what happened to her. As she looks at the aliens, she realizes they are the same as Jake, only mutated. These must be the Prophecy? Kathren thinks about the details. She then recalls a life that does not belong to her…then she realizes if she is in a alien body, then where is its host?

As the soul of Bri Delenn conflicts with the invader, Kathren put Bri Delenn energy into hibernation. She has a grudge that needs to be settled with Lord Asron and Er Murazor.

When Bri Delenn's soul is put into hibernation, all bodily functions now belong to Kathren. About that time, Kathren begins to become aware that the leader of the group, Delenn, is beginning to become like her race. Certainly she will die out here if something is not done to prevent this change!

As the others panic on what to do, Kathren decides to take off her only protection against the curse and give it to Delenn. As Kathren places the ring on Delenn's finger, the change stops, but the lack of power weakens Kathren's soul and Bri Delenn's soul overtakes Kathren's soul and Bri Delenn puts Kathren into hibernation.

Now that Bri Delenn is in control of her own body, the active memories flood Bri Delenn's young memories and they cause pain. As Bri Delenn sorts quickly and stores away those memories in her brain, Bri Delenn oddly understands that she must find her invaders friend…Smaug the Magnificent! But even though Kathren has been put to sleep, Kathren has left a spiteful gift for Bri Delenn to de-profit her. Bri Delenn is about to go through some life changing events.