Jade's past Part 1 Priestess
Jade looked around the large chamber for one last time. She had cleaned it from top to bottom. She had dusted, scrubbed, waxed and buffed until her arms ached. Her back was sore from moving all the heavy furniture to clean under it, but she was pleased. Even the ceilings were clean. The chamber and it many compartments were spotless. Whoever was to acquire these quarters would fine no fault with the service rendered at Lord Mobius’s dungeon. She felt a great sense of pride in this knowledge.
The chime from the clock on the mantle caught her attention. It had taken her fourteen hours to clean these living quarters. She was not surprise it took such an effort. When she opened the door and looked inside the chamber was filthy.
Jade went over the list in her head again to make sure she had not forgotten anything. Everything was spotless. The bathrooms and bedrooms all fresh linens. She had place flowers on the tables and the only thing missing was to light the fire in the fireplace. Jade knelt, struck a match and lit the wood.
Jade wondered who was coming to visit. The note in the kitchen only instructed her to clean the room. It did not say whom it was for or when they would arrive.
Jade watched as the fire grew. Everything about the chamber felt so familiar to her. Even the soft musical melody the clock played after it chimed was known to her. Jade rose and walked to the only window. They stars were bright tonight and she scanned the surrounding view. She had stood in this window before and the knowledge shocked her.
Jade fought as the memories flooded her mind and the voices tried to gain entry.
”Relax child. They are your sisters and only want to help you. You have chosen well princess. Your lover is exquisite and he will make a find mate. His family will embrace you and your children”, said the old woman.
”Stop with the riddles you old hag. I am tired of this game. I want answers. What is happening to me and what am I. Yuri is not my mate and I will have be having any more children”, Jade’s mind screamed.
”Calm yourself child”, said the old priestess as she sent Jade love and reassurance.
”I don’t want your love or assurance. I want the truth”, snapped Jade.
”The truth”, said the old woman then she paused. “I will try to explain what I know, but it is not really that much. You are what my clan calls a Changeling.”
”You all ready told me that old woman”, growled Jade.
”For heavens sake’s child show some patience and a little respect for my age would be appreciate as well. Being three thousands years old warrants a little courtesy”, snapped the priestess.
Jade couldn’t even comprehend living that long and she was being just a little rude.
”Baby girl it is understandable. I have only know of three Changelings ever born in my time. All three were killed by seekers shortly after the age of five. This is when their powers would start to manifest. Some how you were able to shield yourself from them and were able to evade them.
I can only guess that your earlier abuse triggered your shielding abilities at an early age than normal”, explained the priestess.
Jade didn’t want to think about her childhood and the old woman was starting to get on her nerves.
The old woman could sense Jade’s angry.
”I did not bring it up to hurt you child, but you will need to figure out how you survived when the other didn’t”, said the old woman.
”What is a Changeling?”, Jade asked again.
”The legends of my people say that the first Changeling was born from a god and a spiritual priestess of an ancient and dead race. The race could take the form of any living thing. They could be the birds in the sky or the beasts of the land, even those animal of the sea or even magical beings. It is said that the priestess had 5 children by the god and hid them all from race. She feared her people would try to destroy her children and she was right. When they found out. Their wizards created creatures call seekers to hunt down and capture her children. They made her watch as they tortured and killed her fours sons, but her sons would not tell them where their sister was hidden. The legend says the woman sent her spirit into the heavens demanding revenge for her children. When her lover spirit arrived the god was so angry he destroyed her whole race including her body, which she had left behind. It is said that the spirit blessed her child with the ability to live many lives before her spirit vanished. It is also said that some of the seekers survived and still look for the girl child. The rest of the legend has been lost over the centuries. But we do know that Apollo gave the barren queen of the Amazons a sleeping girl child which legends say had been asleep of hundreds of years”, concluded the priestess.
”I don’t understand. Are you saying I am a descendant of a god and a priestess or are you saying I am a descendant of the Amazons. This doesn’t make any sense. It would mean my mother and sisters should have powers to and they don’t”, Jade grumbled as her rubbed her throbbing temples.
The priestess could feel the pain in Jade’s head increase with each word she uttered. She knew what she would say next would cause Jade to relive a part of her past that she kept hidden deep inside. She prayed to her gods that Jade’s new family would be able to help her. Yuri and his family combined with the people Jade respected in the dungeon were Jade’s only hope in accepting herself.
”I am saying you are a three baby girl and that you have lived many lives before”, said the priestess.
”That can’t be. I won’t believe it”, screamed Jade.
“You are the only child born the your mother and father. Your sisters each have a different father. This is why they do not have powers. Your heart knows I am telling the truth. You must listen to it and you must remember the night of your accident”, whispered the priestess.
The priestess mind’s eye watched as Jade tried to shut herself off, but her own mind was trying to force her to see it.
The priestess begged for forgiveness for what she was about to say.
”How old was your daughter Jade when she was killed”, said the priestess.
They had been driving back from Jade’s mothers house. Where they had celebrated Jana’s fifth birthday party. Jade screamed when she saw the horrid figures standing in the road then she heard the squealing tires and the breaking glass as the car rolled down the embankment. She could hear Jana crying but the baby was not in the car.
”Mommy will be their soon baby. It will be okay”, she cooed as she tried to bend the metal that was pinning her.
Jade frantically shook her husband.
”Please baby wake up. I can’t get to Jana”, she cried as she felt the life running out of her.
Jade knew when she touched him that he was all ready gone. She watched as one of the horrible creatures approached the car holding her screaming daughter. She watch as the beast slowly sucked the life out of her child. Jade’s mind shattered and raged filled her. She screamed for god to save Jana.
”You are next priestess and after you are dead there can never be any more of your kind”, the beast hissed in her mind.
Jade did not care any more. Her heart was as dead as her child. She watched as the monsters approached her and her only wish for death. Jade watched as the deformed hand reached out for her and she welcomed it touch. She screamed from fright as giant wolf took the beast’s arm off at the elbow. She could hear a great battle-taking place. There were wild animals all over the place. Lions, tiger, bears, leopard and beast she did not recognize. They were all fighting the monsters. Jade tried to tell them to stop that she was dieing but she could not speak the words. A gentle hand caressed her cheek and she felt warmth fill her body as she lost conscious.
”It was you”, Jade said and started sobbing.
The priestess closed her mind to Jade.
”I am so sorry my queen. We failed you when you needed us the most”, she said with great sorrow as she looked at the upturned faces of her clan. The tears she saw on their faces only matched her.
”We must go to her grandmother”, said Raven.
”No Raven, we must let her walk the path she has chosen”, commanded his grandmother as she pilled him into her arms.
”She is strong and has survived longer than any other Changeling before her. When she is ready she will seek us out. Until then we most leave her in the hands of the family she has chosen for herself”, she said as she tried to comfort him.
”But she is closing herself off from them. I feel her moving farther and farther into herself”, he growled.
After the re-deforestation and re-blondification
After Dee did her magic to deforest and blondify SexSlave, SexSlave thank Dee with a warm smile, feeling as happy as she used to be when she was in the dungeon. SexSlave then sets out to find Lord Mobius or Lord Chuck to see what they got up their sleeves for SexSlave. Walking into the Lord Mobius (with permission of course), SexSlave notices that Lord Mobius is in deep discussion with Lord Chuck. "Hmm, i wonder what they're discussing" SexSlave thinks to herself. As SexSlave continues to ponder, Lord Chuck interrupts SexSlave's thought by asking "Yes, what would you want SexSlave?"
"Uhh erm...i was.......ummm wondering if i could have a word with you both Sirs?"
"Why of course" replied Lord Mobius gesturing SexSlave to advance and assume position between Lord Mobius and Lord Chuck.
"What is it you want SexSlave?" Lord Chuck questions
"i was ummm ........ wondering if you had the time to plan out the punishment that i am to receive." SexSlave had managed to say.
"Why yes we have" Lord Mobius chuckled "First go to your quarters and when we're ready for you, we'll come and get you"
"Thank you Sirs" SexSlave rise with a timid smile on her face. SexSlave leaves the room wondering what the punishement might be....