I Am Number Four

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Power Within

Opening her brown eyes confused, Avalon looked around the room confused about where she was and she had a feeling that this wasn't a good thing; her head ached and she couldn't remember what had happened after she had passed out.

Peeking down at her clothes, Avalon frowned wondering why she was wearing golden dress; it hadn't been what she had been wearing for the battle and she didn't recall getting changed.

The last thing that she remembered was being at the battle at the high school, where she and Leila had been fighting several Mogadorians but after that there was nothing but darkness.

"What on Lorien is going on?" Avalon asked looking around, she paused as she heard someone entering the room; she was sure that she had been here before yet she couldn't truly remember when that was.

Avalon felt faint when she saw who had entered the room, it seemed to be an older version of herself and it left her with even more questions about what was going on here.

Nothing made sense and Avalon truly hadn't been expecting this when she had opened her eyes; it felt like only a moment ago, that she had passed out and now she was seeing this.

"Leila, have you seen John?" other Avalon asked Leila, who seemed to have appeared from nowhere and was now sat at the table in the centre of the room.

Avalon swallowed as she tried to wrap her head around what was going on, it didn't make any sense and she wondered for a moment if either of them could see that she was here.

"Sorry Ava, but don't worry he won't worry he can't have gone far isn't it his turn to watch the twins?" Leila asked with a shake of her head, her words making Avalon pale at the very idea of having children.

They were in the middle of a war right now and she didn't think that she was ready to have children of her own; she doubted that she would be ready anytime soon.

"You'll be a wonderful mother," mused a voice that made Avalon jump, she turned around to face the person that had spoken just as the scene that she had been watching disappeared before her eyes.

Lady Adela smiled approaching her granddaughter, it only felt like moments ago, to her that she had been giving her Midnight and now here she was all grown up and ready for what came next.

There wasn't much time and Lady Adela could only imagine what had transpired before this moment; she could only hope that Avalon was prepared for what came next.

"That is an echo of what could be, I am an echo of what was," Lady Adela said sadly, she wished with all of her power that she could be with her right now but she was sure that she would have died during the invasion that had taken their planet.

The council had planned this for a time and Lady Adela felt blessed that she would get to see how Avalon would have turned out; she wished that she would have been there to see it happen.

Avalon peeked back to find the other two figures had disappeared, she had no idea how they were doing this but to talk with her grandmother felt like a gift.

There had to be some sort of power that was allowing this to happen and she doubted that they would have much time to talk about everything that needed to be said.

"Now let's get down to business... there is much to be told and so little time," Lady Adela mused looking at her only granddaughter sadly, she knew that this would be the last time that she saw her and she needed to pass on her wisdom before it was lost forever.

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John and the Garde were working hard to push the Mogadorians back and to create a strong hold were the group could recover from the battle; they weren't going well and they needed their strength.