Found

After a time, Magna stopped the bike and instructed Deidra in it’s mechanics, and before long, she was in the driver’s seat and Magna was on the back holding on to her for dear life. She took to the bike like a fish to water. She loved the freedom she felt on it. She imagined that flying felt something like this. Magna finally had her come to a stop in the middle of a blue and green field. Next to the path where she parked the bike, a small pickup truck was also parked. Sulu was sitting in the bed, with his feet hanging off of the tailgate.

“I never imagined Merlin in a pickup truck” Deidra said. Sulu laughed, and jumped up to help her off of the motorcycle. “It’s not my truck, I assure you. I have no need of driving. Magna will also give you driving lessons in this before the night is over. I just thought I’d stop by and see how the training is going?”

Deidra gushed about Magna and his fighting skills, and he blushed in pleasure. He told Sulu that Deidra was more skilled than he had previously thought she would be, and that he held every confidence that with experience in the field, she would be very capable of surviving.

Sulu watched as Magna instructed Deidra in her driving lessons, and she picked up the skill quickly. She much preferred the motorcycle, but was glad to be prepared for whatever driving would be necessary in her future. Even though she had only been learning her lessons here on Lau for a day, because of the dimension, everything she would have learned in the past 12 years of her life were now falling into place.

“I believe your physical lessons are now finished, my child. Let us head back to the main house. We’ll share a meal together.”

Deidra knew it would do no good to ask questions of Sulu now. That time would come later. She hopped on the motorcycle before Magna could, and smiled at him as she pulled the helmet on. He laughed and climbed into the truck. “Race you back to the house!” Deidra said, then zoomed back on the path towards the house.

“I think I’m smitten,” said Magna. Sulu saw his crazy grin and clapped him on the back. “Yes, aren’t we all. Just stay focused. Hopefully we’ll find something in the prophecy to help guide her.”

Magna’s eyes clouded over. “We must help her Sulu. Now that we have found her, now that she has come here and my redemption has began…it’s not about me. It’s not about my redemption anymore. It’s about her. And the world too, I suppose, and the Watcher and Slayer. I just want them all to be safe. I want her to be safe.”

“All we can do is train her, and guide her, and support her. The choice will be her’s to make. We must do our best so that she doesn’t fail. That’s all any of us can do.” With that, Sulu clapped his hands and vanished.

“Why can’t you include me and this stupid truck in that clap” Magna groused, and then he too drove back to the house.

Deidra pulled into the garage and parked the motorcycle in it’s place, returning the tarp to cover it. Magna pulled in a bit later and helped her with this task, putting the helmet away as well.

“You are to meet Sulu in the garden for evening meal. This is where we say our goodbyes. It has been a pleasure to train you Deidra, and I look forward to a time when we meet again.” He bowed before her.

“Thanks, Magna, for everything. I won’t see you tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow you will be returned. But Sulu will be keeping watch of you, and Allison will be with you. And you’ll always be in my heart. I will make sure to stay informed, and I’ll help you whenever and however I can.” He was beginning to get choked up, and he didn’t want Deidra to see him emotional, so he turned and left.

Deidra found Sulu in the garden, and she sat beside him and began to eat her meal before he scolded her again. She didn’t need coaching this time however. She was famished! All that training had invigorated her, and now her body needed feeding.

When she finished the meal, Sulu clapped again, and again the table and everything on it disappeared. Deidra just smiled at him and quirked her eyebrow. “I really would like to learn how to do that” she said.

“Sorry, my child. Merlin’s privilege only.” He smiled at her. Then from beneath his robes he pulled out a book and opened it before her. It was in some language that Deidra did not understand. “Translation please?” She asked Sulu with a smirk.

He closed the book and handed it to her. “Tonight when you sleep, put this book under your pillow. Everything will be revealed to you in your dreams. When you awaken, you will not be here any longer. Allison will accompany you on your journey. You will wake up in the same room, but you will have been returned to your dimension. Everything will make sense to you, more so than it does now. You will have this book with you, and it will fall to you to protect it. Your answers, your choices, are revealed within. You will also find that some other gifts from here will follow you. Allison will be your link between us. She is your guardian, and will be able to communicate with us here now and then. But remember, only you can make the choices, as the “Forgotten One.” We can all guide you, and support you, but only you can fight the good fight.”

Sulu stood and offered his hand down to Deidra to help her up. “When you are rested, look for the Watcher and Slayer. You need to explain to them the prophecy. Show the Watcher the book, and then he will believe and be able to help you. Befriend the Slayer, which will be quite easy for you to do. I predict the two of you will be close. You both are a lot alike in personality, and your loyalty to each other will bond you. I know you worry about their acceptance of you, but this book will help them to believe, and accept.”

He knew her feelings for the Watcher, and was hesitant to explain further, but knew that he must. He touched her face and softly continued. “I know you have great feelings for the Watcher. He was your childhood love. But neither one of you are children anymore. Your return will cause you maturity and growth just as if you never left your natural time dimension. Your heart will change with the knowledge of your choices. You’ll bring them together, and your heart will hurt because of it. But I promise you, love and greatness will to to you as well, if you make the right choices. The Watcher will love you, he does love you, but he is not your destiny. His destiny has always been his Slayer. Remember that always.”

Deidra placed the book under the pillow, and climbed into the soft bed with a heavy heart. She didn’t believe that sleep would come easy, but she was wrong. And the dreams began.

TBC