New Friend

Santana was the first one out of the choir room but Marley was hot on her heels. 'Santana.' She called but Santana didn't stop walking. 'Santana we need to talk about this.'

'There's nothing to talk about Marley.' Santana said over her shoulder.

'Really, because I think there is.' Marley stopped as Santana whirled on her.

'You need to shut up.' Santana was right in her face. 'You don't know anything.'

'I know it was you who saved that woman.' Marley said, stunning Santana momentarily.

'It wasn't me.'

'That look on your face proves to me that it was.' Marley took her hand. 'You're still warm Santana.'

'I'm still pissed off.'

'You're so nervous all the time, you have a massive black eye, and your average temperature would kill most people.' Marley dropped her hand. 'You can talk to me. I won't tell anyone.' Santana thought to herself for a moment, gritting her teeth.

'Ugh, fine.' She said, defeated. Marley smiled and started to speak but Santana cut her off. 'But not here, I have to get home. I'll call you when I can talk, okay?'

'Okay.' Marley agreed as Santana walked off towards her house.

-x-

Santana walked through the door to her house and was met with the hard stares of her mother and father. 'We need to talk.' Her father said. She put her bag on the floor and followed them into the living room. Santana sat on the sofa opposite her parents, waiting for them to start.

'You have no idea what using your powers like that means Santana.' Her father said calmly.

'I saved that woman dad.' Santana pointed out. 'I had no choice.'

'You could have waited for the police.' Her mother said.

'No I couldn't have, he was about to kill her.' Santana protested. 'Or would you have rather I watched her die?'

'We are proud of you for helping, we taught you to be strong and brave, but Santana...' Her father paused.

'But what?' Santana lent forwards. 'Someone tell me what's going on.'

'We thought you were the only one of your kind Santana.' Her mother started. 'Then, when you were four years old we got a letter saying that you might be one of a few, not the only one.'

'You mean, there could be more people out there like me?'

'Yes.' Her father confirmed.

'But who gave you that letter? My birth parents?'

'We don't know, it was just in the mail.' Maria informed her.

'Okay, but I don't get why me using my powers is a problem.' Santana said, confused.

'The letter said that your powers might attract the others.'

'Like some sort of bat signal?'

'Something like that.' Santiago confirmed.

'Again, I don't see that as bad. I want to not be the only freak in town.'

'First of all, you are not a freak.' Maria said. 'But the letter said that not everyone is as good as you. They may want to hurt you.'

'What? Why?' Santana stood up. 'What aren't you telling me?'

'Santana.' Her father tried to calm her.

'Don't Santana me, tell me what you know.'

'You were given to us for a reason. Your world was being destroyed by a powerful evil and they knew that you would be the key to completing the destruction.'

'Why did they think that?' Santana asked, sitting back on the edge of the sofa.

'Your parents...' Santana's eyes began to glaze over. 'Were the King and Queen of a place called Adralin. It's not a planet, or a place, but a dimension. We're not sure how you get there, but your parents managed to get you here, to us.' Maria smiled.

'You knew who my parents were, this whole time?'

'We did, but they instructed us not to tell you anything about where you were from, not even about them.' Santiago said.

'Are they still... are they alive?' Santana asked, a tear falling down her face.

'No Santana, they're not.' Maria told her. 'They died fighting the evil who was trying to destroy Adralin.'

'So, this evil, why do I matter?'

'You are the only daughter of the royal family Santana. You could potentially bring peace to the dimension.'

'So, I'm a princess?'

'By blood, yes.' Santiago smiled. 'If this evil knew you were still alive they would hunt you down for sure.'

'So the evil managed to get here with me? Who, or what, is the evil?'

'We're not sure, but they weren't the only ones who got through.' Maria said. 'Any who could, left Adralin when the war started. We're not sure how many there are.'

'So, I'm a princess, some sort of evil wants me dead, and there could be more of me?' Santana looked back and forth from her parents.

'Yes. We know this is a lot to take in Santana.' She stood up from her chair and made for the door.

'I need a minute.' Santana said.

'Santana.' Her father called.

'I'll be careful, okay, I just need some air.' With that she slammed the door behind her and walked out into the closing darkness. She took a deep breath, wiped the drying tears from her face, and took out her phone. After a few rings Marley answered. 'I think I need to talk now.' Santana said.

-x-

Twenty minutes later Santana was sitting on the floor of Marley's bedroom with her back to the wall. She had just retold her story and was waiting for a response. 'Say something.' She pleaded. Marley was staring at her.

'Wow.' Marley said.

'Yeah, wow.' Santana agreed. She got up and sat next to Marley on the bed.

'Can you...' Marley turned to her. 'Can you show me?'

'I can do something small, my parents said it was too dangerous to do much.'

'Okay.' Marley nodded as Santana closed her eyes and concentrated. After a few deep breaths she opened her eyes and looked to Marley. They were once again swimming with fire. 'Oh my...' She whispered. 'They're beautiful.' She looked down as Santana lifted her hand and saw a small ball of fire sitting on her palm. 'You're on fire.' Santana laughed.

'Pyrokenisis is my speciality.'

'That's amazing.' Marley said, putting her hand over the fire so that she could feel the heat. 'What else can you do?' Santana closed her palm and put out the fire, then her eyes returned to normal.

'I can make forcefields sometimes, but I have to concentrate and it takes a lot of energy, and I can shoot energy from my hands.'

'Of course you can.' Marley smiled. 'Look, I just wanted to thank you for trusting me with this. I know we're not exactly friends.'

'We're friends Marley, I was just being a bitch before.'

'I get it, you didn't want anyone to know.'

'That's true. And you can't tell anyone, I don't know who I can trust.' Santana said.

'Well, you can trust me.' Marley took her hand. 'Is there anyway you can cool down?' She said, dropping it quickly.

'Oh shit, sorry.' Santana said. 'It takes me a while to go back to normal.'

'That's so strange. But at least you're a princess, that's pretty cool.'

'I'm the princess of a dimension that I didn't know existed. I'm hardly royalty.'

'No, but your parents were.'

'Yeah, they were.' Santana said, looking down.

'Hey, why don't we celebrate this new friendship by doing a duet in glee club?'

'You know, that's a great idea.' Santana said. 'I'll meet you in the choir room tomorrow and we can pick something.' Marley nodded. 'Thank you for listening.' Santana said, before getting up and walking towards the door. 'I'll see you tomorrow.'

'Bye Santana.' Marley said. Once Santana had left her house, Marley went to her bedroom mirror. She studied herself for a moment before her eyes began to turn an ice blue, darker shades spinning around inside them. She let a huge smile cross her face. 'I've finally found her.'