"Kara..." A sweet male voice calling out her name, again and again
Kara is standing alone in a road she knew well. She was in National City but this time, it was as if the city just stopped living. No people walking on the sidewalk and no cars beaming to life.She is alone and yet a voice keeps calling her name.
"Kara..."
She turned behind her and saw a man, walking towards her. She could not see his face and yet, she could feel power radiating from him.
"I finally found you..." the mysterious man said standing in front of her, " ...Kara Zor-El"
Kara woke up sweaty and panting. She could not help but use her super-hearing to check that there are people living around her. She could hear her neighbor snoring from downstairs, a couple talking about their feelings upstairs, and a dog barking from outside.
She was back.
A streak of her blond hair is now sticking in her neck. Her bed is now wet due to excess sweat.
This was the fifth time she had a dream about this mysterious man. And she knew that this means something but she doesn't know why. She speculates that maybe this man will show himself in the near future. Maybe, he was looking for her but something about this man feels like he is not a regular person. But whatever he is, she will be ready. She is Supergirl after all.
The next morning, she was as usual, bringing coffee to her boss, Ms. Cat Grant. Being Supergirl is hard due to the difficult job description it held with trying to save the world or at least National City from villains or metahumans. But being Kara Danvers, secretary to the Queen of Media, Ms. Cat Grant is different and yet difficult at the same time.
"KIRA!!" Ms. Grant screams her supposedly name. Kara knew that her boss knows her name and yet, she clearly doesn't understand why she calls her that way.
"Yes, Ms. Grant" she stumbled into her office.
"Wonderful Kira," her boss smiled while she stood up from her desk, walking towards her, "I have a question for you"
'Oh no' Kara thought.
"My Coffee is colder than usual" Ms. Grant says as if her assistant committed a sin to her.
"I'm sor--" before she could apologize Ms. Grant stopped her.
"You know what Kira. Let me stop you right there. Remember the day you got sick?" She asks her, "I said that the best thing about you is that you don't get sick. But do you know the second best thing about you?"
Kara could only shake her head.
"Well... You don't let my coffee be colder than a single DEGREE." Ms. Grant emphasizes on the last part, "Are you okay today, Kira? Cause you really made my day a hell of a lot worse than you usually do"
"I'm really sorry" Kara says. She thought that maybe her dreams are getting into her that her work life is getting affected.
"Get me another one."
Kira must have been spacing out because she heard her boss say, "Don't just stand there. Go get my Coffee"
"Yes Ma'am"
"Chop chop" Ms. Grant says as Kara runs to get her a new coffee.
This was not just a singular incident for Kara. Even as Supergirl, she seems to out of place cause she almost killed a mugger by accident by throwing him too strong on a brick wall. This was supposed to be an easy task for Supergirl, chasing down the mugger by the dark alley and yet it turned into this.
"You could almost killed the guy!" Her step-sister, Alex exclaims.
Kara can't help but think that maybe she needs a rest. Both as Supergirl and Kara Danvers for the meantime. Maybe she needs to find the man in her dreams first before everything.
"I'm sorry, Alex" Kara says as she looks at the ground, ashamed of herself, "I'm just out of the zone for a while."
Alex could not help but symphatize with her step-sister. Even though she is Supergirl, she still is a living person. Not everyone can have a good day.
"Maybe I should take a rest for a while" kara says.
"Maybe you should. I could ask J'ohn if he could cover your shift."
Kara smiles and hugs her sister, "Thank you".
"Call me if you need anything." Alec says as Kara finally breaks their hug.
"Yeah, I will" Kara says as she flies away from the scene and into her home.
The first thing she did was call Clark a.k.a. Kal-el or Superman here on Earth. After their seperation in space, it seem Kal-el grew up here on Earth as the Kent's son. And after 24 years, the ship where Kara was in, finally landed on Earth. She missed the opportunity of caring her baby cousin because she was gone for a very long time.
The baby grew up as a son of a farmer and now, a journalist in Metropolis. He also became the savior he is meant to be just like her, Kal-el became Superman in his own way. It made Kara proud and yet, sad because she missed the chance of taking care his cousin.
"Hello Kara?" Kal-el answered her call. She could hear a ton of journalist talking about the news in the background. Some man was supposedly exploded from the inside.
"Clark!" She greeted, "I'm sorry for calling you. I'm sure your busy."
"It's fine, Kara." He says, "So... what made you call?"
Then she said everything to him. From the moment she had her first dream until the incident with the mugger from earlier.
"You think you can help me find this man?" She asks, hoping for a solution.
"I don't know if I could help you" he says, "but I know a person that can"
"Who?"
"Zatanna" he answers.
"The magician?" Kara asks.
"Yes. The magician can help you to finish and maybe locate this mystery man of yours. I'll text you her location."
Kara smiled. Finally, a way to answer her questions. Who is that man and why is that dream felt real?
"Thank you, cousin. You're the best. Send my regards to Lois for me" she says.
"I will." She knows that he is smiling right now by mentioning Lois' name.
After the call, she finally recieves the text message of Clark containing the Magician's home.
'Zatanna, the great magician lives in an island at the center of the pacific ocean? Why did I not thought about it.', she thought.
She flies to the location almost instantly. At first the only thing she could see was the vast blue ocean and the ocassional dark clouds at the edge of the ocean. Storms forming she realized.
Until she sees a small island and a hut at the edge. She zooms down and lands softly on the stairs of the nipa hut.
She smiles as the sound of the waves and the birds flying in the island. The white sand that glimmers almost like silver as the ray of the sun hits it. It was heaven here she thought. Then she realizes how this island is filled with magic.
She could feel it.
As soon as she knocks on the nipa hut door, it opened. Clearly a sign that Zatanna is here.
She entered and shocked as a life sized mansion is inside. Despite the small nipa hut from the exterior, magic made it possible for the interior to become a life sized mansion. Complete with everything that a man could think of.
A stairway taht separates and leads to two ways. And a big chandelier at the top was glamorous as hell.
Her mouth was open until she felt an invisibke force close it for her. She blinked and there she was, standing at the center of the room.
Zatanna was wearing a red dress which shows her cleavage and fashioned with jewels on her neck that shines brightly from the light. Her hair, dark as her eyes and her skin tan maybe because of the location of her home. She looks gorgeous with a smile on her face. But Kara knew that she could be equally be terrifying if she becomes an enemy.
"Supergirl!" She smiled, "what bring you here?"
Kara walked towards her and said "I need your help".
"Dreams are quite a trouble, eh?"
This made Kara suspicious. Why does she know about her problems. Is she spying on her?
As if she heard her thoughts, "Don't worry, Clark texted me a while ago about your... mysterious man"
"Oh" suprised, "Well, can you help me?"
"Yes, Dear" she smiles, "Shall we?"
She followed her to a room on the left wing of the mansion.
"They say that technology is making magic look fake but I rather find it useful" Zatanna says as she led Kara to a series of hallways and doors.
"Why?" She asked
"It's because, I find social media a good way to search about me. Mostly, magic enthusiastic persons who aspires to learn magic talk about me." She rambled , "It is either they want to become my apprentice or just wants to learn how to burn their school to avoid deadlines and such"
Kara was horried at her statement.
"But you know... Humans" Zatanna laughed as they finally reached the room where Kara could get her answers.
Kara entered the room and saw that it was filled with books. It was small and yet she could feel power radiating from all the books that is in there. In the middle, a circular chair and a glass ball in the middle. It seems sketchy when you look at it but inside, you can feel power radiating from... everything.
"Sit, Ms. Danvers" Zatanna says as she is now currently sitting on the opposite side of the table. Kara walked and the door behind her suddenly slammed and candles started to light themselves up.
Kara gulped as their was no turning back.
She sat oppositely to Zatanna, who smiles at her innocently.
"Before we begin..." Zatanna explains, "the only way you can find an answer to your problem is to experience them once again. But this time, I will strenghten you by letting you see and follow this man in your dreams. Do not worry or panic if you see something not in your dream. There is a tendency for this spell to make you see your future."
Kara understood perfectly and is willingly ready to see who is the man in her dreams.
"Shall we begin?" Zatanna asks as she lends out her hands, signaling for Kara to hold her hand.
She did.
And she led both their hands to touch the glass ball. As soon as they touched the ball she had a vision.
