The Last Legacy

The Garde

It has been a year now. We are safely settled in Chicago. An amazing city. We are living in a huge apartment with a great view of the river. Elizabeth finally decided to spend some of the precious gems given to us by Lorien and we brought this place. It really is beautiful, right in the centre of town. Hiding in plain sight. Lately I have started to get a tingly feeling every time I go near the John Hancock centre. It really is weird. I think I should probably go and have a look.

So I tell Elizabeth that I'm gonna go see the John Hancock centre and make my way there in the morning. I arrive and go into the lobby. I say I'm visiting a friend. They let me in. Im just a kid after all. As I step into the lift, I close my eyes. My hand guides me to the button for the top floor. I press it. As I travel upwards, I suddenly freeze. Literally. I can't actually move. Slowly the elevator door slides open. 8 kids and a man look at me.

"Um hey" I say into the silence. They are all staring at me. I catch the eye of one. He is tall and muscular with a mess of dark hair. I feel myself blushing under all the attention. Suddenly I unfreeze. someone has pressed a button. Everyone moves back. I step into the apartment. It really is amazing, all white and gold trim. Wow. I examine the people in front of me. I notice they are wearing shorts or skirts. i look at their feet. I suck in my breath in amazement. After all this time I have found them. They all have scars on their feet. The garde.

"Who are you" a blonde boy asks. In answer, I smile and lift the leg of my trouser up to show them my identical scare. Slowly, smiles spread across their faces. I then use my telekinesis to lift us all up and then lower us all down again just to give them more proof that I'm one of them. The dark haired one smiled at me. "hey I'm nine, my earth name is Stanley. The blonde one says "hey I'm four. My earth name is John Smith. gradually all the others step forwards.

"Hey, I'm seven, my earth name is Marina"

"hey I'm eight, my earth name is Naveen but i prefer eight"

"hi, Im six, my earth name is Maren Elizabeth but i prefer six"

finally the smallest girl looks at me. "hello, I'm ten, you can call me Ella"

They introduce me to the rest of the people there. There are two humans, Sarah and Sam and an older man called Malcolm who turns out to be Sam's dad. I wonder where the rest of the cepan are. I realise that I don't actually want to know. They are all looking at me expectantly. I take a deep breath.

"Hi my earth name is Thalia."

"I am number 11"