A/N: And so it is the next chapter. Thank you for the reviews so far! You might see layouts change over the course of chapters because I'm still trying to figure out how to layout the times since there's a lot of jumping back and forth in time.

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Year 2012 - Lima Ohio.

"WEAK!" yelled Sue Sylvester as she hurled another medicine ball at Quinn.

The cheerleader found herself a week later in the care of one Coach Sue Sylvester. She would be training for the next six months, staying with the woman of her nightmares. "Where did the woman get all the strength to throw medicine balls so easily?" Quinn thought to herself. She couldn't see a thing as there was a blindfold covering her eyes. She tried to listen carefully to any medicine balls that would be thrown at her.

"I can see that Fabray! You're being distracted! Focus you dimwit! Even a blind homeless man with a missing leg can dodge faster than you!" Sue picked up another medicine ball and threw it at the blindfolded girl.

"Coach I don't thi-mmmfff." Quinn was cut off by a medicine ball that hit her squarely in the chest.

"Concentrate Fabray! Use your other senses. Stop thinking so much! Now, don't you wish your hormones weren't so rampant that it unlocked the goddess in you? That damn Berry kid. What has she done to you? Quinn! You've turned SOFT! ARGH" yelled Sue in frustration. "QUINN!"

"Yes coach?" replied the recovering girl.

"We're calling it a day. You're too distracted. I want you to go home and figure your thoughts out. Here, take this." Sue passed to Quinn a scroll.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Just read it and stop asking questions. They say words can help soothe the soul. I on the other hand think it's utter rubbish, but the crazy man specifically gave these to me, to give to you. He said it'd help you with your mental training. Right now you're useless. How you'll save this nation I'll never know how." Sue waved her off and walked out of her private gym.

Quinn took off her blindfold and found that she was alone. Picking up the towel from the floor she wiped the sweat from her face and neck. She picked up her water bottle and took a swig from it then exited the gym. She headed to her make shift room. It wasn't five-star accommodation, but it had everything she needed, including an ensuite bathroom. At least she could have her privacy. She went into the bathroom and began to fill the bath with warm water. She threw in some bath salts and left the water to run. She walked back out into her room and shut the door. Stripping out of her sweaty clothes she picked up the scroll that she had left on her dresser. Going back into the bathroom she saw that the bath was nearly filled. She switched off the water then dipped her foot in to check the temperature. Seeing that it was all right she gently immersed herself into it feeling every muscle in her body relax. She picked up the scroll that she had left beside the bathtub. Rolling it open she began to read…

O Venus, beauty of the skies,
To whom a thousand temples rise,
Gaily false in gentle smiles,
Full of love-perplexing wiles;
O goddess, from my heart remove
The wasting cares and pains of love.

Quinn felt her mind clear as she read the words in her mind. Closing her eyes and placing the scroll back down she reflected on how it all began. She remembered Rachel's kiss. The warmth than ran from her cheeks down to her toes. She remembered how her heart felt like it wanted to beat right out of her chest, the deep breaths that were coming from the girl kissing her. Suddenly Quinn felt like she was being electrocuted. Her eyes shot open and she realized the water around her was bubbling from the lines of electricity shooting across it.

"SHIT!" she yelled out as she jumped straight out of the tub. As her hand flung up in the air a bolt left her fingertips and hit the mirror, shattering the glass. "Oh my god. Sue's gonna kill me…just stay calm Quinn, stay calm. Deep breaths." Quinn closed her eyes to try and calm her own panic. After a small moment she was able to slow down her heart beat. Taking a towel she wrapped it around her self and tried to pick up the pieces of broken mirror off the floor. Little lines of electricity travelled from her fingertips, but not enough to cause damage. As she picked up a large piece she saw her reflection. "What the," she whispered out as she noticed her eyes. They were glowing gold.

"What in Zeus' name is going on Fab-…" Sue stormed into the room and was caught off guard when she found the cheerleader looking straight back at her from the floor with trembling hands. She was surrounded by broken pieces of the mirror. She looked at the young girl sympathetically, "Okay, Fabray. Let's get you out of here. Don't worry about the mirror, I'll just get it replaced tomorrow." Sue guided the towel-clad blonde out of the bathroom and seated her on the edge of the bed. "Quinn?"

"Coach, what's wrong with my eyes?"

"Nothing's wrong with them. It's a part of you when your body is electrified. As you can see there's still a lot of work we have to do. You need to control your power."

"But how?" asked the head Cheerio.

"What were you thinking of before you got electrified?"

"Ummm…"

"Come on Fabray! Say it! Nothing to be embarrassed about!"

"Rachel. I was thinking about Rachel and how we were…kissing."

"Just as I thought. Fabray, you need to stop getting yourself too excited and losing it. You're like a sixteen-year-old boy! We need to teach you to harness this power and not let it rule you. Not to mention, I don't want you bringing down my house every time you start to have dirty thoughts of your little girlfriend."

"She's not my girlfriend…yet."

"Whatever you say Q. You need to rest."

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6 months later Quinn found herself blindfolded again, but rather than being the gym she was outside. She could hear the birds chirping, the wind blowing through the trees nearby. She could hear distant traffic. She blocked them all out though to prepare for Sue's next attack. Dodging to her left she could feel the medicine ball fly past her and hit the floor with a thud. The field was silent again. Quinn dropped to the ground on her chest as another medicine ball flew past above her head. Then she felt the ground beneath her shaking. Something heavy was moving toward her. She listened carefully as the object headed closer toward her. Then she realized what it was. "COACH! This isn't very fair." She shot up off the ground and began to sprint, still blindfolded.

"Life is never fair Q! And neither will this evil thing that's meant to come and destroy the world!" yelled out the coach from her modified golf buggy. She picked up a box next to her filled with throwing knives. She began to throw them at the running girl in front of her.

Quinn moved swiftly left and right as she dodged the knives being thrown at her. She felt one fly by closely to her right. Turning around she began to sprint backwards, while concentrating on the direction of the knives. Her ears tuned into the movements in the air surrounding her. She picked up 3 knives flying towards her and with a quick movement of her hand she struck at them with lightning. They momentarily stopped mid-air then dropped to the ground. She then sensed another five flying towards her. She stopped running and held out both her hands in front of her. Relaxing her mind, she took a breath and focused her energy on creating an electrified shield around her. The knives deflected off the shield and fell to the ground. Tearing off the blindfold, Quinn shot out her right hand and aimed bolts of lightning to the back tires of her Coach's death-mobile. The buggy flipped over, but Quinn didn't need to worry about the safety of Sue. Out of the wreckage the devil-woman stepped out unscathed laughing.

"Well that's a big improvement Q!" she cried out happily. "I believe you're strong enough to take on any evil minions of this terrible darkness is coming."

Quinn looked at her trainer and a smile crossed her face as a bead of sweat rolled down from her temple. "Sure Sue," she replied nonchalantly.

"I can see you already Quinn. Leather clad, dirty face, just going 'ka-pew-pew' and shooting down whatever retarded creature comes crawling out of the black abyss of Hades."

Quinn used the blindfold to wipe the sweat from her brow. She leaned her head back and looked up at the sky. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and listened to all the sounds around her. Her eyes glowing gold, she looked back at the tall blonde woman watching her.

"My god Q, you've become so Zen it frightens me. There's so much peace I see in your eyes despite how bright they glow."

"Thanks Sue," said Quinn.

"For what Q?" questioned her trainer.

"For helping me grow. For helping me find my own footing. For teaching me discipline and control."

"Well Quinn Fabray, you've grown a heck of a lot in six months. It sickens me to say this, but I'm proud of you. At least I can revel in the fact that I trained one the country's future heroes! It's like you've evolved."

Quinn laughed as she let herself relax a little more, "Like Pikachu evolving into Raichu."

"I swear Q, I never know when to take you seriously when you talk like a half-wit nerd. Now get out of my sight! Go take a rest, you're going home tomorrow. From what I hear, you'll be joining the rest of the gang."

"The rest of the gang?"

"Yes, the rest of the gang. Porcelain, aka Kurt our little telepathic messenger, Santana, god only knows why she would be gifted with the power of Athena. Wisdom is the last thing on that woman's mind especially with her blonde counterpart. Goddess of war my left foot!"

"What about B coach?"

"That girl? Her alter-goddess? Freaking Aphrodite. But other than wooing Boobs McGee she's a skilled healer. I swear, just when you were unlocked babies, put a particular girl in front of both you and Santana and we see your powers just go off prematurely. It was fan-fairy-tastic hell!" Sue let out a breath of frustration.

"I'm sorry Coach Sylvester. At least you don't have to worry about it now. I look forward to seeing the rest," Quinn replied calmly.

"All right Q-lai Lama, get out of my sight," smiled Sue as she dismissed her student.

Quinn caught the towel that Sue threw to her. She hung it around her neck and jogged lightly back to Sue's house.

She entered her room and made a beeline to the bathroom. Turning on the tap she began to fill the tub with hot water. She slowly stripped the clothes off her body and gently immersed her body into the bath. The aroma of the bath salts wafted over her. She reached to the floor beside the bath and picked up a scroll. She read it through for the ump-teenth time…

Celestial visitant, once more
Thy needful presence I implore.
In pity come, and ease my grief,
Bring my distempered soul relief,
Favour thy suppliant's hidden fires,
And give me all my heart desires.

As Quinn continued to read she felt herself relax. She thought of Rachel, and the thought calmed her nerves. She was doing this not just so she can be ready to save the world, but also so that she can see Rachel again. No matter how long it'll be, she knows she will see her again. She's made her choice. Rachel had her heart.

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A/N: Once again, reviews please. It really does help me continue to write this fanfiction. I'm glad that some of you are enjoying it. Don't worry, the story should actually be picking up more in the next few chapters.

**The poem that Quinn is reading is actually a translation of the Greek poem by Sappho, "A Hymn to Venus" the first and last verses.