AN: Awrighty, this new chapter is to introduce my OC for this story. So…yeah. Thanks to those who reviewed to chapter 1. I hope you guys enjoy this. This chapter is a freaking dead giveaway as to where in God's name Celeste went after the anomaly took her in. Her features will also be told since I forgot to put that in the Prologue and I am lazy as hell to edit. Again, please enjoy.

CHAPTER I:

CASSANDRA KNIGHT

Year 2024

In the year 2024, a 15 year old girl sits in her solar panelled hover car, competing in a racing circuit for the gold.

"And there goes 15 year old Cassandra Knight in the lead." A commentator announced. The strawberry blond haired girl with green eyes smirked as she jumped over a ramp, leaving her opponents in the dust. Her car didn't even gain a scratch. She drifted at the next turn, almost going over the race track. But that's okay; to her, that's the fun part.

"Cass, the Leap of Faith is coming up. You might want to ease up if you don't want something to happen to you." Her uncle said via radio.

"Not this time." Cassandra replied. The Leap of Faith is a ramp that goes upward with a gap to the other side. You go too slowly, you'd never get out of the ramp. You go too fast, you risk crashing once you get to its downward ramp. Most barely get past the Leap. It was called the Leap of Faith because you got to have faith in yourself to get through it. It is said to be the tallest and most dangerous ramp in the North Dakota circuit and possibly the whole world. Cassandra opted to go her fastest since this was going to be her last race before her hiatus anyways. She was launched upwards towards the sky before going downwards. She remembered how afraid she was of this ramp when she was 12 and how her father helped her through it.

"Be brave, Cassandra."

"How can I be brave if I'm afraid?" She asked him.

"You can't. All you have to do is to push the fear down and let courage replace that. With courage, you can do anything. And go anywhere. Especially in the world of racing." He answered.

That was the first race she won. She dominated the race tracks immediately after that, becoming renowned in 8 months. Once she touched the ground, Cassandra immediately gunned it. She drifted in some areas and jumped in some. She was unstoppable.

"Cassandra Knight is almost at the finish line! Nothing is stopping her! The pain of her parent's death is coming back with a vengeance!" The commentator yelled. Cassandra's adoptive parents recently died. One of the reasons for her going on a hiatus.

'I'm an orphan now. Might as well go and look for my real mom and dad.' She thought as she kept driving.

"Knight is almost at the finish line with Gardener in her heels." The commentator said. She didn't even realize that Lewis Gardener was behind her already.

"Gun it, Cass!" Her uncle yelled as she and Gardener entered a Magnetic Tunnel. The Magnetic Tunnel's name pretty much speaks for itself. Once you permit your car to do so, it would latch to the walls and the ceiling of the tunnel. Though most don't do it because they'd overshoot themselves and crash most of the time.

"With Pleasure." She answered and she stepped on the accelerator. Gardener started ramming her again and again, trying to force her to the walls.

"Getting real tired of your shit, Gardener." Cassandra muttered before she activated her car's magnets, enabling her to scale the entire tunnel. Once she was directly on top of Gardener's car, she dropped herself on him, forcing him to eject.

"Knight just dropped on Gardener! Unbelievable! This just ended his no eject streak!" The Commentator announced excitedly.

"Beauty of Modern Day Racing." Cassandra said.

"With a few more meters to go, nothing stands between Knight and the gold."

Cassandra made a turn and she crossed the finish line.

"And Cassandra Knight brings home the gold!" The commentator announced. Cassandra stopped the car and took heavy breaths. Opening the cockpit, she looked up. Hundreds of people were coming towards her. Her uncle hoisted her up on his shoulders as she waved at the people. Particularly the kids. She was the youngest winner of the North Dakota circuit and that would automatically gain her an invitation to the Grand Circuit but since she was going on hiatus, she announced that if she won, she would be passing it to her older cousin, Rex. Rex was good in the tracks but he was no match against Cassandra. But Cassandra knew that Rex could bring home the gold in the Grand Circuit and bring honour to the Knight family. Cassandra took off her helmet, signed it and gave it to a 6 year old girl with a mental illness, who was a pretty big fan of hers. She was brought over to the stage and the rewarding process was pretty fast; they hand her the trophy, smile, shake hands, pour champagne all over her, answer a couple of questions, eat and then she was gone. When Cassandra arrived at the Knight family mansion with her Uncle, she immediately took a shower and started packing up all her clothes in a single duffel bag.

"So, where are you going to go?" Her Uncle asked her. Damon Knight is the youngest brother of her father.

"I don't know. Find a clue somewhere I guess. Don't try to stop me." Cassandra replied as she put her watch on.

"I won't. I just want to talk. Will you sit with your Uncle for a minute?"

Cassandra sat down immediately, fixing her brown boots, white pants and her black dress shirt.

"I want you to sit here for a while and think about the family. Our history." Her Uncle said.

"You mean, YOUR history." She answered. The Knight family migrated from Italy during the Early 1900s and was pretty well known in the World of Racing as well as the Car Industry. Before Knight Automobiles was even established, the Knight family was already pretty rich, being a family of champion racers. As of now, there are only a couple of Knights left, all following the family legacy. Cassandra's Uncle, 53 year old Federico Knight, is a widower and the current CEO of Knight Automobiles. Uncle Federico never raced in his life, but rather focused on the company instead. He has 4 children; 23 year old Rex, Duncan, who is 19 and the 10 year old twins, Andrew and Andrea. His wife, Christina, died birthing Andrew and Andrea before Cassandra was even old enough to remember her. Thankfully, Uncle Federico never placed any blame. After Uncle Federico is Cassandra's dad, Raphael. Raphael, who was 5 years younger than Federico, was a champion racer but retired when he was 33 to raise Cassandra with his wife, Clara. Clara and Raphael, both 48 at the time, died a few months ago in a car accident. The two were unable to have children because Clara was barren so they considered Cassandra the greatest blessing they ever had. The youngest was Uncle Damon, who was 3 years younger than Raphael and 8 years younger than Uncle Federico. Now 45 years old, Uncle Damon is married with an 8 year old daughter, Janine. Uncle Damon handles the racing careers of the Knight children even after his brother passed on. Not only that, Uncle Damon is also a brilliant inventor. His wife, Natalie, was Cassandra's pillar of support when her parents died.

"No. I mean OUR history. Adopted or not, you're a Knight. Look at you; you're good at racing. You kept the company alive whenever it had a crisis. You have the Knight spirit in you. Adopted or not, you've proven yourself to be a true Knight. I get that you're downright furious because of your mom and dad's death but they're always going to be here." Damon explained as he pointed to her heart. His blue eyes clearly showed sadness while his black hair was starting to have trails of gray in them.

"As long as they are there, you're never alone. And I'll tell you that wherever they are, you can bet your ass they're proud of you the same way we're proud of you. During this journey you go through, I hope you create bonds and bring down the walls you brought up. If you want to come back, that door is always going to be open for you. Whether you find your real parents or not, it'll always be open for you. Because you're a Knight and you always will be. I love you, kid."

Uncle Damon immediately hugged her tightly.

"I love you too, Uncle."

When they separated, she grabbed her jacket, bag and secured the watch in her wrist. The watch was Uncle Damon's invention. It was a freaking weapon. She can harness the power of fire and ice with it as well as shoot people with it. It was a normal sized watch so the features are easily concealed but if you turn the watch face once, it'll feature its fire power. Turn the face watch twice, it'll feature its ice power. Turn it three times, it'll turn into its gun mode. To use elemental features, it depends on the user's mental capacity and will to how powerful it will go. Problem is it's very taxing to the human mind and the body. To use its gun mode, all you have to do is pull back the watch face to release the bullets. How her uncle made it? She has no idea.

"Cassandra." A small voice said behind her. She turned around and saw Janine, Andrew and Andrea there.

"Yeah?"

"Where will you go?" Andrew asked.

"Somewhere." She answered.

"Can we come with you?" Andrea asked her.

"No. No. Not this time." She answered as she approached them. Cassandra kneeled before them and took their little hands in her own.

"Listen, guys. Someday, your parents are going to say something about me. About who I really am. Look, I just hope…that you guys won't look at me any different than you do now." Cassandra said. It was the three youngest who were kept in the dark of who Cassandra really is.

"We won't." Janine said. The three children engulfed her in a hug immediately. When they separated, Cassandra walked out of the house. She loaded her things into her solar panelled SUV (how they managed to hide said panels, she has no idea) when her Uncle Frederick, Aunt Natalie and Rex approached her.

"So, you're really leaving?" Her Uncle Federico asked her. She turned around. His aging features clearly showed anguish. His black hair turned gray out of the stressful anticipation of this moment and his blue eyes had tears behind his glasses. His children all inherited his eyes but had their mother's brown hair. Rex was a splitting image of him while Duncan, Andrew and Andrea inherited more of their mother's facial feature.

"I have to." Cassandra answered.

"No, you don't. Cass, please. Think of the kids. Think of us. Think of Duncan. He loves you. Do you really want him to come back to a house without you?" Aunt Natalie tried to argue. So much like her daughter, Janine, Aunt Natalie had the red hair and pretty face that Janine inherited. The blue eyes, of course, came from her dad.

"Duncan knew I'd leave someday. He'd just have to face the reality of it." Cassandra answered.

"Let her go, Aunt." Rex said. They said their goodbyes and had their hugs and kisses.

"Come back every once in a while, alright?" Rex requested.

"Take care. Bring the gold home on the Grand Circuit, alright?" Cassandra requested. Rex chuckled.

"No one can match up to you. But I'll do my best. Come back, alright." He said. She simply nodded in reply before getting in the car. She drove away and didn't look back. She couldn't bear to take her race car. It was her dad's last gift to her after all. As she drove, she passed by the woods where her parents found her in. Out of pure curiosity, Cassandra drove to the entrance. She was 12 meters away from the entrance when she felt something pulling at her car.

"What the hell?" She muttered and she brightened the headlights. When they were brightened, she barely saw any trees. Just perpetual blackness. Cassandra felt it pulling at her car. It was like a portal that was sucking her in.

"Oh shit! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! Whoa, I haven't cussed that much before." She said. Cassandra tried to get some traction to pull away from the portal but it sucked her in. Within seconds, she was thrown out of the portal but instead of it being night, it was daytime.

"OH FUCK!" Cassandra yelled as she turned to avoid hitting a tree. Unfortunately, when she slammed on the brakes, she hit her head on the wheel and knocked herself out.

AN: And that is Chapter I. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter. If you guys were able to put two and two together, you'll figure out who Cassandra Knight really is. Yeah, yeah, this is a piss poor chapter. No promises this'll improve. Thanks to those who reviewed.