SECRETS

Chapter 16- Anna- Maria

Gabs walked through the valley, back to the Jade Palace. The busy town seemed so calm. Calmer than the life she lead- the life with secrets and regrets. She had always wondered what her life would be like if she was human, correction, still human. It was true that she had once lived a normal life but since her grandmother supposedly died, her life seemed like a dream. And when she had become a Caveanna, she felt that she truly had a purpose in life. The pain and tragedy made her stronger. All the times people had tried to kill her somehow mad her wiser. She then remembered her best friend Nikki, correction, ex-best friend. When Nikki was denied powers by the Immortals, she turned to the Cavebens – the opposites of Caveannas who only want to bring misery to this world and others using any means possible. Soon after she had received powers from them, she and Davis had become their leader. Davis was to her husband, Tom , as Nikki was to her.

In the end, Gabs and Tom with Nikki and Davis had a great battle. It went down in history as 'The Battle of the Couples'-the fight between the two greatest supernatural couples in the history of the world. In the end, Gabs and Tom had to kill their best friends. Just before they died, they swore to return with the ultimate weapon. If they ever did return, Gabs doubted it would be with something as simple as a gun. Nikki especially was much cleverer than that.

Suddenly, Master Gabs felt a sharp pain racing through her body. It made her scream at the top of her lungs and fall on her knees. The villagers ran towards her. By the time they got their, she collapsed. She didn't fall in a coma though, nor did she faint. She went into what is called a mental surrounding- a large black space with no definite size. You could walk for days and still not reach a wall or barrier. In there she saw Anna- Maria, her great grandmother and the Goddess of Caveannas- she was the first ever Caveanna in existence. Gabs was shocked and was unsure whether this was the real Anna-Maria. Truth was, Anna-Maria had disappeared off the face of the earth for the last twenty years.

"Anna-Maria..." She gasped her mouth still wide open as if to say something but nothing came out.

"Do not be afraid my child." She assured her. Anna-Maria looked just as old as Gabs but she was in truth much older. It was her immortality that made her look more youthful. She wore a beautiful, black velvet cloak and her long dark-honey hair was done up in along plat, stopping at her waste, "There is something I must tell you."

"Why don't you tell me where you are first?" Gabs snapped back. She had a smile spread across her pale face .

"You know where I am Gabs, you've always known," Gabs stayed unfazed, " Let me remind you of you're legend. I told your grandmother and your four great aunts – the Black Widows, previously known as the Black Arrows – that one of their female descendents, born and raised in the third dimension, will have an imagination so powerful that even as a mortal, she can change the future. Together with that female's Caveanna powers and imagination, she will be invincible. This female would be known as the 'Supreme Caveanna'. The only two people who 'fitted the bill' so to speak was your aunt and mother. As you know, this divided the black widows in two. Two of them believing it was your aunt and another two believed it was your mother. The fifth, Maria, stayed neutral and tried to keep the peace between the sisters . Unfortunately, when it was discovered that the two daughters were both mortal, just by chance, their worlds fell apart and they stepped down as protectors of the dimensions but what they did do was they swore that when they were all old enough to die, they would fake their own deaths, one by one, as Caveannas usually do, and make a come back as 'The Black Widows'. What they did not realise is that I said 'descendent', not daughter. The power skipped a generation onto you. What they also did not realise is that the jab they gave you to erase your memorise of the future did not work. Did it?"

Gabs sighed and asked, "For how long have you known?"

"I've always known." The goddess replied.

"So," Gabs walked towards her,"What did you want to tell me?"

Anna-Maria whispered something in her ear. With every breath, Gabs' eyes grew larger. When her great grandmother reclined her head, Gabs immediately woke up in the real world, where she saw a male pig leaning over her.

"Are you alright miss?" He asked worryingly.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She replied rubbing the painful part of the back of her head and slowly getting to her feet and whispered, "I guess I have a long day ahead of me and many stories to tell."