Silver. Susie Harris
On top of whatever they were preparing for, but I couldn't help that now.
I said a fae blessing over the tree and gave it back to the earth. Then returned safely back to my sleeping body.
I will return the cloak tomorrow night before I decide to call on Queen Una. Tonight I just rolled it up and put it under my bed...such a human thing to do.
I lay here thinking about the events of the night. It does concern me that they detected me even wearing the Elven cloak and using my own cloaking. I was being so careful with the Elven cloak wrapped so tightly around me. So what did they see? They didn't recognize it as me or they wouldn't have been searching. They would have just telepathically connected to me. I did not even feel them try. So Legolas who was there didn't even recognize whatever they saw as me. That is strange. He is someone I would class as a close friend. We have spent a great deal of time together. I thought I saw Arwen as well standing observing from the main tower and he definitely should have recognized my energy. Especially when I created the energy shape to cross the field and out of their land. So therefore that cannot be what they were seeing. So what were they seeing and why didn't he recognize my energy in the shape? Had my energy changed its signature that much? I know our energies change with different circumstances but that much that those closest to me couldn't recognize it? The tree seems to be another mystery my power has never turned anything to silver and the veins of its leaves definitely had pure liquid silver running through them. The trunk and branches also seemed to have silver embedded in the bark. It is definitely a puzzle.
One thing for sure is, I'm going to have to be more careful with my power as it is obviously way beyond anything I have ever had before. That poor tree could attest to that. But for now it's time to sleep.
Chapter 7
I woke this morning feeling just a little on edge and the very human emotion of anxiety. So after dropping my baby girl to school I drove to the nearest lake and spent some time centering my spirit. The last thing I needed was to be distracted by my emotions when I return the cloak. Anytime you appear in a place more than once you run the risk of detection, whether it is a watcher or one of the other supernatural creatures roaming this earth. I couldn't risk being detected by anyone just yet.
I was just sitting in a yoga pose on the edge of the lake, when I felt Sandalphon's entity calling for help and the pain rushed through my body. As it happens I had been meditating on actually finding him. He is called the tall one amongst us. His entity in relaxed mode spans approximately 12 foot in height. He is the musician of the archangels and often heals by song or instrumental melodies.
Somehow I had made the connection to him through meditation. I felt something tearing the energy from his form. He was in such pain he did not feel the psychic connection between us. I couldn't see what was doing this to him and I didn't want to take the chance of whatever it was taking any of my energy. So I broke the connection, I felt bad but I couldn't risk being found until I knew what I was facing.
I tried to feel for him a few moments later but whatever had happened he was gone. I am still hoping that all of them who have been taken so far; have been taken to someplace I haven't found yet and I will be able to bring them back.
I tried to focus on what I had seen or heard while connected to San anything to give me a clue as to what was occurring to him and who was doing it. But bringing the memory back only showed me that all I heard was muffled deep growling sounds besides his screaming and all I could see was Heliotrope or bloodstone like a fractured shell surrounding him. The red shone with power but the green seemed almost black. These images didn't give me any new idea of what maybe occurring, or who may be behind it.... so I will continue on my present path and pray that it is the right one.
I came home and made dinner acting as if nothing had occurred it was just another ordinary day. All the while my memory was replaying San's screams in my head. By the time everyone was in bed asleep and I could leave with the cloak safely I was already back to stressed again, the main reason I was meditating in the first place. It does seem to be a coincidence that the attack occurred while I was connected to him at exactly the right moment so that he didn't notice me. Perhaps my father is not as far away from all this as I thought. Michael has always told me that everything happens for a reason. Perhaps I should give him some credit. So I took a long slow deep breath and exhaled all of my concerns away.
I shouldn't have left the cloak under the bed. I couldn't exactly pull it through the air without anyone noticing. So I had had to wait for everyone to fall asleep. "Sigh" But of course everything in its right time one should not rush. I can almost hear Gabriel saying this.
This time I flitted to a few streets away from Karlsruhe institute. I didn't want to run the risk of entering at the same coordinates as my last visit and scanned the grounds from a taller building not far from it.
There were no scientists again but definitely more security guards. That concerned me. I decided to scan the whole grounds for anything out of the ordinary including fae. Good choice.
I found Aerinar lurking on the roof of the building I would need to enter to return the cloak. He was one of Legolas's legion when I saw him last. Obviously they had detected the swap somehow. He was an extremely proficient and dedicated elf. I knew it would be difficult to distract him.
The only way I could think of was even for me a little drastic. But desperate times call for desperate measures and my secrecy was paramount. I had to create a magical creature to appear in the forest near the grounds so that he could see it from where he sat. I decided on a Niddhog I know no one has seen one in centuries and he was the last one to kill one. He was very proud of that; he had bragged to me to many times to count. So I was pretty sure he wouldn't resist the urge to go and deal with it himself without calling for help. He wouldn't want to lose his bragging rights.
I went to the forest and carefully remembering the extent of my power; slowly trickled power into the air. Until the Niddhog dragon like form appeared before me. He was beautiful if I do say so myself. Beautiful shining colorful scales of green, purple, yellow, red and silver horns. I didn't mean to make them silver but that seems to be part of this new power of mine. I smeared them a little in brown mud. Making them a bit duller and turning them a little grey. I took a minute to admire my work. Pity these creatures were so dangerously volatile. They truly were magnificent. I had not animated it yet but I moved him close to the grounds in the trees and returned to my vantage point.
Aerinar was still sitting in the same position I had left him. You have to admire the patience of elves. Time doesn't seem to exist to them when they are told to wait on guard. I have known elves to sit alert for over a week with no food just an occasional drink from their flask. It is definitely admirable unless you want to get past them of course. Then it's just annoying.
As I said before we cannot create life so to make the Niddhog come alive I would have to split my essence and put myself into the creature. While my other self returned the cloak. This is not difficult in my true form but I hadn't tried it with my human attachment. I decided I would have to carefully send part of myself into the Niddhog making sure to keep all the connections to my human self with the me that would return the cloak. That way Aerinar wouldn't have any chance of accidentally seeing any human connection to the form and of course if he happened to kill that magical me it would not affect my human self. It would drain my powers a little but I felt like that would only help me at the moment. This much power is hard to control.
I enjoyed bringing the Niddhog to live so to speak. They were such impressive beings with startling blue sapphire eyes, its sad to think that Aerinar had killed the last. Even though I knew it was necessary to stop their destructive tendencies. One of their wizards actually tried to tame one for five years. He tried but eventually the Niddhog killed him, ripping the once proud wizard into little pieces and eating him. That's when Legolas sent Aerinar to kill them all. Apparently the wizard was a friend. Anyway the last one was killed by Aerinar, in Sweden some time ago. I hoped it wouldn't be to far of a stretch to think one could have hidden here. I hoped Aerinar would believe that.
Aerinar took the bait and left the roof so fast I doubt a human would have seen a flash let alone his form.
He met me (the Niddhog)