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“So rational Kreed.” I snort.
“It’s rational to be rational.” He says with all seriousness.
I stare at him. Bewildered. “Be still my heart.” I deadpan and roll my eyes.
I grab the box out of the case that’s full of letters. I walk backwards to the bed a couple steps and plop down. I grab a few and look at the dates labeled along the top. I flip through the envelopes and find the earliest one. September of 2008. I pull the letter out and start to read.
It’s been 6 years with you sweet thing and as much as I miss your toddler years, watching you grow is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. You are the smartest girl I have ever had the joy of knowing. Full of sass too.
I write these letters to remind myself of all the things I need to tell you.
The gods have forbidden me to speak of our conversations to you. Even though it frustrates me, I know the reasons.
You, my sweet Dana, are Bathalian which means you are half fae. I do not know what your father is but I do know he had magic. If I knew more about him I would tell you. I swear it. I came to this world knowing I would have a baby girl. One that would be a catalyst and change the course of history to come.
I did not know how it would happen or with whom. I felt drawn to your father. I don’t know if he was my tether or the will of the gods. I can tell you I have missed him every day since the first and last time I saw him.
I wanted to find him but I have to stay on this path. I would give up anything to make sure that you become who you are supposed to be. I have followed the gods' will to make sure you have everything you must have. I do not say this to make you feel bad but to show you how much I love you. To show you that even though you may not understand and you may be mad or even hate me, I love you.
There are other things you must know though. This letter is just the beginning.
Today is the last time Danalia will visit me. Our goddess of love and war.
I knew I would have you. She told me before I even left for this world.
I came here knowing I may never get to return home but you were more important. Not only to me but to the whole of Bathaile and many other worlds. She won't tell me why, she is not even sure, I don’t think. I knew if I stayed in Bathaile you would not have been born and you are the catalyst to something large my sweet girl. I can’t even fathom how you, my small little bean pole who eats way too much popcorn could be a catalyst but yet here I have goddesses coming to me in my dreams and in my visions telling me exactly that.
There are two containment boxes waiting for you. I will help you open them. I need you to open them and take out everything. You will need everything in both of them.
The armor I made, I found the gems and had them blessed by Danalia, it was by her will that I did it. The engravings I did and the tooling. It was made with lots of love and frustration. Haha! So take good care of it little miss. It took me a long time and many blisters. I hope and pray they serve you well for whatever the gods have in store for you.
I also had many sets of fae clothing made for you. I know you're wondering how that's possible since I couldn't possibly know your sizes but, I am a seer. I know all the things. All of this was made and put together before I ever left Bathaile.
I know you are strong and together, when I can finally tell you these things, to let you read these letters, we can figure out all that is to come. We will stand together. We will fight anything that comes our way.
I love you sweet thing. –Mama
“She knew she may never make it home.” I stare at the shaking letter. How deep does this go? I’m a catalyst? Why me? I get answers and then I end up with more questions to replace the ones I just got answered.
I hope this is not the theme of my life.
I hand the letter to Kreed. He sits down on the bed and starts reading it while I choose another letter. Should I go in order? Should I grab a random one? There are about twenty of them. I search the dates to see if any jump out to me. The next I grab is at random, it’s labeled March 2012
Dana,
You are giving me a run for my money. Who knew a ten year old could be so witty. Do you know how hard it is to remain serious when you are being a witty little shit? Even if it’s to my own detriment. I hope you keep that fire. I think you will need it. No, I know you will.
I know life is getting hard with the ghosts. I don’t know how to help you. I pray to the gods everyday hoping to have an answer. If I could get back to Bathaile, I could find a priestess to bless you. Maybe, on Bathaile the ghosts wouldn’t even bother you. I really do think it is because of this plane of existence. I can only hope the portal straightens out. I have thought about just hoping for the best and jumping in but I couldn’t do that to you.
What if we ended up on a hostile planet with no gateway back? That’s the real problem, the Allway can take us anywhere but if that world does not have a gateway on it there is no way home. You are stuck, forever unless you can build one and have the magic to generate it. It takes incredible skill to make one. Even small portals are finicky and those are something you can cook up in a basement on a Friday night out of boredom.
If I knew how to contain those specific abilities, I would. I know you may be mad at me for this but we did, and I mean the goddess Danalia and I, put a barrier on your magic. It’s just for now. It won't always be there. It’s just so when your abilities do develop there won’t be the possibility of humans seeing it. I will break it for you when you are twenty. When you have had a chance to be a child. You won't get the chance to be a young adult though. To party and make stupid mistakes that will embarrass you for the rest of your life but this is how it has to be. As your mother I struggle with the will of the gods. Should I have come here? Should I have put this on your shoulders? Should I have stayed in Bathaile and let the cards fall where they may? Never forget that I love you so much, I just don’t know if I did the right thing anymore. It scares me, the unknown for your future. What you may encounter. I don’t want you to get hurt. I don’t want this struggle but I also don’t want whatever horrors that lie in weight for our worlds to unfold.
The goddess says you have many trials in your future.
But remember that the future is always changing.
I love you sweet thing, even your attitude.
