"U-we-tsi a-ge-hu-tsa" Grandma said as we walked in the room. "My Daughters, I am so glad to see you both!"

We bent down and gave her a hug. Grandma called Aphrodite her daughter as well. Even though Aphrodite had a mom and dad, they weren't very nice. Her mom was pretty much Satan and her dad was the Major of Tulsa. Yeah. So anyways, Grandma had kind of adopted Aphrodite, which ironically helped melt that hard and cold heart of her's, thank you Goddess for that.

"Are you better Grandma? I've been so worried!" I said as I took the seat next to her and grabbed her hand and held it firm. "This is the second time you've been hurt because of me"

"Oh, Zoeybird, it is not your fault that I was out walking during all hours of the night" she replied.

"Yeah, but that thing that attacked you…" I started

"Oh, hunny, it was terrifying. I really thought I was in the middle of a horror movie when I saw it." Grandma said.

"Wait, you saw the thing that attacked you?" Aphrodite asked.

"Yes child, I did. It was big and ugly, with lots of hair all over it. It looked like a large wolf, but I wasn't afraid as you know, my people, our people" she pointed to me "wolves are celebrated and treated as members of the spiritual society. We honor them."

"Drekavac" I said. "I saw it too"

"What!" Aphrodite turned to face me, "When?"

"Today, when I had Equestrian studies. Maurelle was out with Lenobia and I stayed behind. It almost attacked me too"

"Maurelle?" Grandma asked.

"Oh, right, I forgot you haven't met her yet. So, get this Grandma" I got all excited as I started to tell Grandma that I had met a Fairy, they were real, no, not all of them were nice, well, actually Maurelle was the only nice one left it seemed, and now Nyx had marked her as her own since Maurelle's family died about a thousand years ago. All in all, Maurelle was a new kind of fledgling, and I swear that my rein as High Priestess is going to be known for outing new kinds of fledglings. First the Red Fledglings, now I have Green ones. Great, it just dawned on me, Christmas colors. Ugh!

"That is quiet a story Zoeybird!" Grandma said trying to take everything in. "Sounds like you had quiet the journey and I am ever so thankful to the young…fairy, for helping you. The Goddess really does find favor in you, my u-we-tsi a-ge-hu-tsa."

I smiled at her and kissed her hand, "Thank you"

"Now, go back to these beasts, I need to know exactly what you saw" Aphrodite said in a very serious tone.

"Why, what is the matter? Why do you look so pale?" I asked looking at her funny.

"I had a vision, which is why I wanted to talk to you so urgently."

For the first time I noticed how red her eyes were, and how I should have noticed before. Aphrodite always looked like hell right after a vision. "Why didn't you just tell me that instead of trying to talk in code in front of everyone?"

"Girls, Girls. No reason to fuss now. Aphrodite, share what you saw" Grandma said as she took Aphrodite's hand. "You can speak openly here"

Aphrodite took a big breath, "Remember how when we were starting that whole thing with Neferet and I had a vision, well, two visions of your death?"

"Uh oh, not one of those" I said.

"Yeah, one of those again. Except this time, it was by the hand of some awful creature, I was terrified to look at it." She said glumly.

"So you were looking from my point of view" I asked, since a few months ago, Aphrodite's visions had changed. They had no longer been just of her overseeing a terrible accident or occurrence, she was looking from the perspective of the person it was happening to, and most of the time, and it was from someone she knew.

"No, it was from your's" she looked at Grandma. "It was like I was looking from the beast's point of view, but I knew I wasn't the beast, I knew it was Grandma"

"My dear lord, are you saying I'm going to turn into one of those beasts?" Grandma asked.

"I don't know" Aphrodite shrugged. "It's my job to see the visions; its Zoey's to interpret them"

"Gee, thanks a lot." I turned back to Grandma, "I don't know enough about what they are to know if they will make people change or not." I turned back to Aphrodite, "Do you really think these things are or were people at one point in time?"

"I haven't a clue, but I know they are going to kill people. They are seriously bad news and since it's already known that Grandma was attacked, and you were almost attacked..." Aphrodite fumbled for a minute, "we just really need to get an idea about what's going on and fix it…fast"

"I totally agree with you" I added. "Grandma, I think Aphrodite and I need to talk with the rest of the group, if anything, I mean, ANYTHING happens, you'll let me know" I took a hold of her hand firmly in mine and squeeze.

"Of course daughter, you will be the first to know" she said as she kissed my hand and we left.

As I closed the door behind us I smacked Aphrodite on the shoulder, "Thanks' a lot, now your going to totally freak Grandma out!"

"Hey, don't smack me, and remember, if it wasn't for my visions, you'd have to find out all on your own. Would you prefer me to just to keep it to myself?"

"No, but blurting it out in front of her while she's getting better doesn't help! Use your head will you!" I yelled at her.

"Keeping that kind of information from her wouldn't help either Miss – Keep-Everything-To-Herself. People need to know if they may be in danger, they just can't expect you to try and fix it on your own!" Aphrodite snapped back and crossed her arms in front of her chest and puffed up almost like a guy does when he's about to start a fight.

I took a big cleansing breath, it was worthless to fight with Aphrodite, one, because she was right, and two, because she was right again. Argh. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you"

"Damn straight you shouldn't have" she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Look, I said I was sorry, what else do you want me to say!"

She looked down and away from me, "I guess that's enough then." Then she looked me right in the eye, "Don't snap at me again…ever!"

"I don't think that's very realistic…knowing the both of us, we're going to fight every now and again" I rolled my eyes at her. "Come on, let's find the rest of the group and tell them what's up before anything else goes weary."

Soon we were out of the infirmary and off back to class. It was going to be a long evening considering that everyone was in class when we went to go look for everyone. I was tempted to just go back to my room and ditch everyone until dinner, but my conscience got the best of me and I forced myself off to class.

By the time classes were over I was starved. I ran out of the Spanish class and off to the dining hall. That's when I heard it again. The growling. This would not be good, two in a night. I called for the elements to come to me. "Fire, come to me" I felt the warmness of fire light the area around me, "Light aflame whatever is growling over there" and from the moment I said it, the flight leapt from me and off down the path until it burst into a huge ball no more than 100 yards away. I heard the yelping as the thing ran away. I was glad to have scared it off so easily. "Thank you fire, you may go" I released it.

I was in for a major surprise when I got to the dining hall. First, not only was everyone NOT talking, but the was a scarcity among many students. I walked over to my table and sat next to Aphrodite who had a very concerned look on her face. Then I looked up to see who she was looking at and it was Caren and Neferet talking amongst the balcony to the Professors Lounge. "What's up?" I asked, totally not aware of what was going on, obviously.

"I think you need to go up there Z" Shaunee added.

"Yeah, I agree with Twin. As a High Priestess now, you need to know what's the up and up" Erin said.

"Cuz we need some serious good gossip" Shaunee said.

"No kidding Twin"

"This is NOT gossip you idiots! This is serious" Aphrodite snapped at both of them, which then they promptly shut up and turned back to their salads. Aphrodite looked at me, "You need to go up there"

"Do you know what's going on? Why is everyone so on edge?" I asked.

"A fledgling died today" was all Aphrodite said.

I took her hint and started up the stairs to where I saw Caren and Neferet. "Merry Meet" I greeted them.

"Merry Meet Zoey" Caren said, Neferet just nodded and smiled at me. "We have grim news."

"A fledgling has died today?" I asked, just reiterating what Aphrodite said.

"Yes, but in a most…dreadful way" Caren continued.

"We have a reason to believe that whatever it was that attacked your Grandma, also attacked this young fledgling" Neferet added. "She had the same markings on her back"

I sucked in breaths, no, this couldn't be true. "A Drekavac?" I asked.

Caren nodded her head, as did Neferet. "Lenobia has reported that you were attacked earlier today, how come you did not report it to me earlier?" Caren asked.

"Sorry, I meant to, I just wanted to know more about what it was so I could give you more information. Plus, I was just scared"

"I don't mean to scold you, but we can not help our High Priestesses if they don't let us know if something is wrong. Next time, come straight to us." Caren smiled at me, "I know you are young and still in need of learning, but you will mature and learn what is best. Just listen to Nyx"

"Come Zoey, we need you to come with us to the morgue were we have taken the fledgling." Neferet said as she took my hand.

I wasn't sure I wanted to see what this fledgling looked like. All I knew is who was behind it all, but how were we going to stop her? I needed to speak up, "I know where the beasts come from" I blurted out faster than I had time to process if I should.

Caren turned around and looked at me interestingly. "And just where do these beast belong?"

"The Dark Fairy Queen" I said, unable to control my tongue.

Caren laughed, "Fairy Queen? That's impossible" she rolled her eyes and began to turn away again.

"No, I tell you the truth. I have traveled to the land of the Fae. I have seen her!" I pleaded. That is when she stopped dead in her tracks, hahaha, nice pun right? Dead in her tracks. She turned slowly around and looked at me hard.

"You have traveled to the realm of the Fae?" she arched an eye brow. "And what did you find?"

"A beautiful place that has been ruled by darkness for a thousand years, but that not all are so mean and ugly like we are made to believe. I saw that their Queen, who is one very scary fairy, has been kidnapping vampires and humans for her own"

Caren looked interested in this now as her eyes narrowed and her brows raised in surprise. "Kidnapping vampires? What for? And why Humans?"

"She's collecting us. She wants our powers. She didn't harm me because she knew I could control the elements, she actually started to be nice to me. And she kidnapped humans…well, for food…for the vampires" I said softly.

"Food! She was feeding vampires with humans making us kill them?" she asked.

"Yes, precisely so"

"Then, it seems that maybe this Dark Queen can be behind it if she's able to get here and kidnap people, but how?"

"Well, she did have help, a Fairy named Maurelle"

"Maurelle, our new fledgling?" Caren asked.

"Yes, she has been pretty much a prisoner to the Queen because of her extraordinary powers herself. She was forced to bring the Queen between the realms because that's what she can do, she can walk between them."

"But this fairy, she here now?" Caren questioned.

"Yes, she helped us escape and helped us free all the prisoners, vampires and humans alike. Nyx had marked her with a green Mark"

"I have seen her, it is true Priestess" Neferet said as she touched Caren's shoulder.

"This is very interesting, but how do we know we are not endangering ourselves more? How do we know she's not stepping back and forth on her own?"

"Because she, like us, would like nothing more than to see the Queen over taken and killed. The Queen killed her whole family. I trust her, and I do not think that Nyx would mark her if she was so deceiving."

"I suppose you have a point Zoey. Come, we must be quick." Caren turned back around and headed towards the door. I looked back at my friends that were looking up at me curiously wanting to know what was going on, but I couldn't give them an answer. I just shrugged my shoulders and walked with Caren and Neferet to the morgue. One of the few places I hoped I'd never have to go to again after Stark, but here I was, off to the Morgue I go.