<span style="font-style: italic">Blue opened her eyes as she felt a gentle, longing touch on her cheek. Painfully bright light broke through her vision, blinding her and making her let out a hiss of pain. Squeezing her eyes shut again, there was a soft laugh from a woman sitting near her. Jumping with surprise, Blue was quick to bolt up into sitting position and force her eyes open to deal with the blinding light. Her eyes were quick to adjust to the light, soon shapes and colors became visible to her. Vividly bright green grass gently swayed in the soft, cool breeze. Leaves rustled and tree branches creaked, her surroundings calm and bright, the colors unbelievably bright and vivid, as if it was all made of glass. <br/><br/>The sound of fabric brushing against fabric made Blue turn her head to look over her shoulder. A woman sat there, a gentle smile gracing her lips, features flawless and a loving, motherly look in her gentle blue eyes. There was an air of royalty about the woman, but it was not soured by an underlying tone of pretentiousness.<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/0//44/905/44905729_s_22.jpg">[ img ]</a> <br/><br/>"Hello Blue. Do you know who I am?" the woman asked gently.<br/><br/>Blue slowly shook her head and turned her body so that she was sitting on her legs in front of the woman, looking into her eyes, proving she was not afraid of her. The woman only smiled and her hand shifted so that the pink oil-paper umbrella in her hand stayed propped up on her shoulder to shade her from the sun's harsh rays. Motioning for Blue to come sit next to her in the grass, a slightly disappointed look crossed her features as Blue stayed where she was. But an understanding look was soon to replace it as she once again gave her a smile. <br/><br/>"Blue, I'm your mother. My name is Rynn. I had hoped to meet you in different circumstances, but I suppose this will have to do-" Rynn was cut-off as Blue suddenly threw her arms around her mother's neck.<br/><br/>Burying her face into her mother's shoulder, Blue felt the familiar sting of tears as she clinged desperately to her. Rynn dropped her oil-paper umbrella in surprise and a soft gasp escaped her, but she soon wrapped her arms around her daughter and hugged her gently. "Oh Blue. I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you. Your father and I were very eager to watch you grow up and become the lovely woman you are now.. But under some very unfortunate circumstances, I was not allowed to watch you grow. But just look at the beautiful young woman you've become.. So strong and caring, I know you will be able to fulfill the prophecy.." she whispered quietly, her smile glowing with pride. <br/><br/>Blue slowly forced herself to pull away as she sat back to look at her mother. "Mom.. I can't take on the prophecy.. I don't have magic! Do I even belong here? There's so many people who depend on me.. What if I let them down? I could get people killed! It would be all my fault... Who is Liam exactly and why is it I feel like he's the only person in the world I would ever need? What the hell is going on?" she asked a million questions as she looked at her mother, a lost look swamping her features. Rynn raised her hand and held it out, signaling for Blue to calm down. "Darling, I do not have much time with you. Soon you will wake and all of this will have been just a dream. The god's allowed me this time to visit you but their patience will only go so far. I can not explain to you about the prophecy or Liam, that you will have to learn for yourself. What I can tell you is that Liam is someone you can trust with your life and that your magic will come to you when it thinks you are ready. Magic has a mind of it's own and there is both good as well as evil for you dear. You will have a difficult choice to make but I am confident you will choose the right one," Rynn explained as much as she could, trying to make it as easy as possible for her daughter.<br/><br/>Rynn looked up the blue skies above, a saddened look crossing her features before she looked back to her daughter. "Blue, you have grown into a fine young lady. Even though I was not able to be there to raise you myself, Amy did a fine job. No matter what you learn about your father Blue, you must always remember that he and I love you very much. Now darling, I know you do not want to leave but you have to wake up. Do you hear me Blue? You have to wake up dear," Rynn urged her daughter to wake before she could finish saying what she wanted to. Blue frowned and shook her head rapidly, outstretching her hand to grasp onto her mother as suddenly her dream world, the image of her mother, everything, shattered and she was falling through the open air. </span><br/><br/>Waking up with a gasp of fear, Blue was expecting to see the top of the tent but instead came face to face with the dangerously sharp tip of a gold bladed sword. Her hands were gripping the closest pillows hard enough that her knuckles had become numb. Swallowing hard, she slowly looked past the sword to see Drevel's face. Instead of looking at a cold-blooded killer, Blue was staring into the dull eyes of a panicking elf prince.<br/><br/>Drevel was screaming for his body to stop, trying everything in his power to stop his body from drawing his newly made sword from its jewel-embedded hilt that rested against his hip. None of this made any sense, he had no intentions of killing the girl because deep down he knew she was the one. Liam had never been so head over heels for someone in his entire life, even if it didn't show, Drevel knew Liam better than anyone. Before Blue, Liam hadn't paid too much attention to females and he had certainly never crossed into the human world for any other reason than to publish that stupid book of his. But for Blue, Liam was willing to cross into the human world to keep her safe and even protect it since she cared so much about it. Even if he hated Liam for having his father's favor, they were like brothers and he would never dream of hurting Liam as bad as taking away his mate forever. If Liam was going to protect Blue than so would he, even if he seemed sour about having to do so.<br/><br/>He felt his arms move down and the blade slowly slice through the air, coming to a stop barely a centimeter above her head. "Drevel..." Blue's soft voice broke into his thoughts but even if he wanted to show a sign that he was there, he couldn't. Something powerful, something not human had jarred his subconscious loose from its hold on the reins and now it had it's blood-thirsty claws hooked deep into his body, forcing it to move and do it's bidding.<span style="font-style: italic">Move damn it! You stupid girl! Move!</span>he mentally yelled.<br/><br/>Blue wished that she could move but Drevel's feet were firmly standing on her arms. His body weight heavier than the amount she could lift, she had tried moving her feet but Drevel's body had been sure to tie those up tightly, Blue couldn't even feel her toes anymore. "Liam..." she whispered at first, for some reason not being able to find her voice. But as the sword lowered and she felt the cold metal press lightly against her skin, a scream was ripped out of her. "Liam!!"