Kragdon

PART 6: A Decision is Made

Sunlight streamed through the flap of the tent hitting Faith's face, warming her, waking her up from her own induced nightmare. Sitting up in a cold sweat, tears streaming down her face as she remembered the peaceful look on her sisters faces as they slowly disintegrated into ash. The look in there eyes as they were set free. Faith put her face in her hands as her tears turned into quiet sobs at the memory that hit her again this time more vivid then before.

It was her sob that woke Dawn from where she slept peacefully. At first she wasn't quite sure what she was hearing until they started to get louder. Looking over in the direction where they were coming from Dawn saw Faith her head in her hands and her body slightly shaking from the force of her sobs. Getting up, in her still sleep induced mind Dawn moved over to where Faith was; pausing when she reached her rubbing the gunk out of her eyes waking up.

Faith felt someone beside stand beside her, not knowing who it was she looked up with tear filled eyes to see Dawn standing there rubbing her eyes trying to get the sleepies out of 'em.

Dawn stopped rubbing as soon as she noticed that Faith was staring at her. It was too early for the others to be up so it was just the two of them. They stared at one another, both not knowing what to do. Dawn out of instinct did what she would have done if her mother were still alive, she dropped to her knees beside Faith and hugged her as tight as she could leaning her head on Faith's shoulder.

Faith was simply shocked, she was about to tell Dawn to go back to bed when Dawn just knelt down and started to hug her. The last person who had hugged her not expecting anything in return had been Angie and that just brought more tears to her eyes as she squeezed Dawn tight to her being ever mindful of her strength so as not to crush Dawn.

They just sat there holding each other as Faith cried and Dawn tried her hardest to comfort her. That was how Sar'ah and Selena had found both of them when they woke up a few minutes later.

"Dawn, Faith, you guys ok?" Selena asked groggily when she smelt the tears.

Pulling away from each other they both answered at the same time "Yeah."

"What's going on?" Sar'ah groaned out while putting an arm around Selena, making sure that she was real and not a dream like she had though last night.

"Nightmare" Faith answered facing Dawn with a look of thanks as she said it.

"Oh, okay, you wanna talk about it; I mean is it about ...” Selena trailed off.

Picking up on what she thought it was about Faith quickly assured her that it wasn't about that. Then Faith asked the question that had been on her mind since she had found both Selena and was told that she was a Queen. "What Am I?"

Sar'ah perked up right away, instantly waking up when she heard the question. She and her mate both shared a look of confusion. "Wh-what do you mean?" Sar'ah asked Faith hesitantly.

"I already told you Faith. Your s'Fuyrsha, the new Queen of Xairna" Selena said before Faith could answer Sar'ah's question hoping that that would be the end of her questions, but apparently she had under estimated Faith's curiosity.

"Yes I know but I still have no idea what the hell that is or what the title which I am assuming it is entails me to do. And I know that neither one of you is human well not really, 'cause in certain lights all three of your guys eyes turn to cats eyes and I also know for a fact that I have never heard of this Xairna Dimension. So explain."
Faith said while thinking in her head 'dear god I'm starting to sound like red.'

Selena and Sar'ah just stared at her while Dawn thought about what was being asked. Finally Dawn answered in a quiet voice "Xairna means mirror world."

"What?" Faith asked with a frown on her face as she looked at Dawn, not sure if she heard right.

Dawn looked straight at her and said it again in a louder voice this time "Xairna means Mirror World."

"What does that mean Mirror World?" Faith asked, turning to look at the couple on the bed who were looking at each other in shock. "Guys?" Faith called when they gave their attention she asked again. "What does that mean?"

This time it was Sar'ah who after thinking hard on what to say answered Faith; “Xairna is like Cairsa or Earth as you call it. We have demons and shifters, half breeds and hunters," she said slowly, looking at Faith for a reaction only seeing a questioning look when she mentioned the Hunter's did she clarify. "Hunters are what you call men who use magick to control us. Um in your world you would call them Scientist or Shadow men like the ancient scrolls call them. Mostly they mutilate our kind and try to make Scrask or um monsters who would do their bidding." Sar'ah explained.

"Okay so then what are we and why am I queen of y'all all of a sudden?" Faith asked.

"Were's." Dawn answered.

"Were's? Like Werewolves." Faith asked incredulously.

Dawn simply nodded her head quietly.

It was Selena who then answered Faith. "Not really Werewolves but we are Likens. Its all the same family just different branches." she then supplied as if it were an afterthought "though I guess we are like werewolves I mean both of us change during the three days of the full moon."

Faith looked at Sar'ah who was nodding and then at Dawn, who just starred back at her. Faith could feel a different type of power radiating off of her and wondered what it was that drew her to Dawn.

"What are you" Faith asked point blank at Dawn.

With a shrug of her shoulders Dawn answered, "I don't know."

It was after that that Faith turned back to Selena and Sar'ah who went on into explanations about who and what she was, their history and that there were differences between them and her like her chemical makeup, and the fact that they had no idea what she was.

Faith explained about her past on how she was a slave, about her two sisters, her mom, and the fact that she was a Slayer, second only to B. She didn't explain much about B, just that she died and came back to life, thus activating her. They listened and nodded there heads at the right intervals the only one who tear'd up was Dawn when Faith mentioned Angie and Abby; Faith though that was because she understood.

The day had past quickly because when they had finished talking the sun had already set. It was then that Faith was given a choice. Stay and learn about what she could do or Leave before the full moon rose tomorrow and face the world that she was born in. Lying Down on her little makeshift bed listening to Sar'ah and Selena fool around a little, Dawn's snores and the crickets outside Faith made her decision to stay for Dawn's sake if for anything else.