Silver. Susie Harris
appeared only moments after she had left her and consequently passed out. Her hair had a beautiful silver streak running through it down the right side of her head. She had investigated it and it appeared to be pure silver flowing from her head. When Aria awoke she didn't remember anything of the last day and couldn't explain anything let alone her hair turning silver. She had been about to call Oberon; when she was pulled through the planes with such force she couldn't breath and felt like she may be crushed from the speed and energy surrounding her. Then she had arrived in the circle and I was standing in front of her. She asked if her hair had turned silver at all. I looked and sure enough there was one fairly thick stripe of silver running through her hair.
I was kind of frightened to tell her. The fae royalty were very particular on their look. All I could think of was what if she didn't like it. I had never been on her bad side but from what I had heard it wasn't a good place to be. But if I didn't tell her and she found it later...I had a feeling that would be worse.
So I bit the bullet so to speak and told her. Her only reaction was a loud audible sigh. She then turned to me and said I had better tell her everything.
So I began from the beginning explaining my decision to become human. My human life, my children and my grandchildren. She interrupted me then and said "Wow, Ash you are a mother?" Her face held pure joy all over it. She said she never imagined me having children. She was genuinely happy for me. I showed her images of my children and family. She loved hearing about them all; you could see it in her eyes.
My children have been the greatest gift of this adventure. Just the little things they do. I remember my oldest daughter at just under two, asking me why, for the hundredth time one day. All of you as parents remember this stage in their lives. Anyway I had answered her with, well why is the earth round? She didn’t even skip a beat and answered me with, because we have to have night and day Mummy. Like I was silly to even ask that question. That quick answer made my day.
They have always brought me such joy even through the troubling teenage years. As those of you who are parents can attest, those times are definitely a trial. I love talking about them but I really hadn't wanted to tell her about them because I hadn't wanted anyone to know about them in the supernatural world. Unfortunately I knew that hiding them from her would be dishonoring her friendship and if I was to gain her trust. I had to be 100% honest so she would never doubt me.
She said she was glad that her spells were helping to protect them and hoped to someday be able to meet them but for now I had best continue my story.
I continued explaining that even though I had never unbound my powers, I had felt them being released by my father not so long ago. I had heard his voice speak the words to release the bond. I couldn't remember exactly when. I told her I had not used my powers after this in my human life and it was a short time after this that I had felt my brothers and sisters dissipate and then disappear entirely from my telepathic reach. I had become worried and had decided to investigate.
I stopped for a second to see if she would comment on that. But she didn't so I continued. I went through all that I had done since my first visit to the ethereal plane until she finally appeared in front of me.
She had sat down while I talked and when I finished talking she just sat there still. I waited somewhat impatiently.
She finally spoke. She said that I was right to be concerned. That Morgana had disappeared before anything else had happened in either of our worlds. Oberon had called for Michael and myself. When only Michael had appeared both the fae and my brothers and sisters had searched for me. They had concluded that whatever had happened to Morgana must have happened to me. Michael was a mess. Galadriel had petitioned the Valor to take him to the fae-blessed realm to bring him back from despair. They had agreed as the fae council held Michael in high regard for all he had done for the fae.. But that's another story that will have to wait for another day. When he came back he was solid but not the same. I interrupted her then and asked who had looked after Hov while he was gone. I couldn't imagine the Valor allowing him to come to the blessed realm. The fae never liked any of Gna's kind or anything to do with their magic.
She laughed then; it was such a magical sound and said of course not he had stayed with Loki in the human realm. This information shocked me a little, as Michael leaving the care of someone so special to him to Loki seemed a little strange. Although on second thought, Loki did love animals. He certainly would do his best to never harm one, so perhaps it was a logical choice and Hov did love him. So I guess it made some sense. Perhaps the relationship between Michael and Loki had grown a little since I last saw them...
I did ask when Loki had returned from Nibiru and she told me it was a few years before this incident. She said no one had missed me during this time. She guessed they had just presumed I was with whoever they weren't. She was ashamed that she had not even noticed or thought anything of the coincidence that no one had seen me since Loki had left. She said she couldn't have missed me at her wedding in case I was wondering because Oberon had forbidden anyone but fae to attend. Relationships between our kind has always been on again and off again. So I presumed it was off again at that time. I put her at ease saying we live such long lives it isn't unusual for us not to be seen for centuries; so a human lifetime..it was not surprising that no one noticed my absence. It was actually something I was counting on when I decided to become human.
I apologized for not checking on her and I hoped married life was agreeing with her. She smiled with a glow on her face and said it was wonderful. I promised to send a present to her and Red as soon as I was able. She bowed her head and said it was not necessary my thoughts were enough. She is such a beautiful being inside and out that comment just reminded me of that.
I asked her to continue with what had been occurring as obviously I felt like somehow I was supposed to do something about it. She agreed on the later so continued telling me of the events I had missed.
Apparently it was several months after Morgana disappeared that the first of our kind was taken. It was Brap, though not one of the hierarchies he was skilled at finding metals and was used by both our kind and the fae to find whatever metal we needed. He didn't have any other duties other than that.
According to her Oberon felt he was a greater loss to her kind as we had taken him for granted only calling on him when needed. They had respected and loved him. Including him in their lives. Perhaps she was right. We have stopped looking out for each other and socializing together. Considering nobody had noticed me not being around until Morgana was taken. We should be more observant of each other, considering we are supposed to be watching out for humanity. Perhaps watching out for each other should become a directive as well.
She continued to explain that after this incident Oberon had grounded all royalty. The wizards were sent for and were tasked with finding out what had happened.
Several months later they still didn't seem to have an answer. They reported that they could still feel a faint thread of Morgana’s life force in the human realm.
Then Michael had returned to them and said that several of his brothers and sisters had been taken. He was very concerned. He said there seemed to be massive amounts of our power being collected but he could not trace the locality. Every time he went to a position that he had centered on, it was gone when he arrived. The only thing he had been able to see through telepathy was a curtain of heliotrope or bloodstone in what he thought was feather shaped patterns. He also spoke of a growling sound.
This is all that I had seen when I had been able to connect to San during him being taken. I had not noticed that the bloodstone looked feather like in appearance but looking back...he was probably right.
She said there had been two others of the fae taken recently. One was a keeper of records and the other a wizard. Both were in the human world when it happened. That is when Raziel had come to stay in Valinor. Oberon had agreed to this as the knowledge he had collected over the years of the fae is not something they wished to share with anyone. Oberon helped Raziel hide the library of records in Eden so that no one would find it. That is why I wouldn't have been able to find the entry in Eden, or Raziel for that matter. I hadn't searched the fae realm. At least I knew now he was safe.
Oberon had then called the legions into training as