AN: Sorry it took me so long to get back to this story. Please forgive me! I hope you enjoy this chapter. Its short, but that is because I am trying to get back to what Iris' story really is. As always please read and review!
Iris….Iris….Come on honey we have to get going….
Maria heard this ghostly voice coming from all sides of her in what seemed total darkness. Looking around all she saw was just a void.
Iris! Come on now we are going to be late! The voice was growing more impatient.
Iris, Maria thought, This is what Liz had called me.
Maria concentrated, trying to hold on to this very unfamiliar memory. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them she saw a vision in smoke of a little girl who looked like she did when she was small, only this girl had rainbow hued hair and golden eyes, hiding behind a silky flowing white curtain. The girl was giggling.
Got you! A beautiful slender woman peeked behind the curtain and clasped the girl in her arms. You my love, are a silly young lady. Always you will be my little love. The woman kissed her daughters forehead.
The vision changed again, only this time the house was a wreck and the young girl was a young teenager.
No! She was screaming, You can't take me away from here! This is my home!
Iris… her mother was looking at her with fear and sadness. You must go with them, you have been chosen, and you have the Gift.
The girl looked at her mother and tears came to her eyes. They will kill you mother.
I know honey, but it is preordained. This is the way of things. It must be.
With that the vision changed again. This time Maria was looking thru the girls eyes, staring into a mirror straight back at herself. She knew then that the memories had taken her and that she was no longer in control.