Quickening Stories

Since the dawn of time, Rebecca Horne has guarded a fragmented secret that even the oldest Immortals dismiss as mere legend: the Methuselah Crystal. But when a bloody manhunt begins to decimate her former protégés, the fragile balance between wisdom and power starts to unravel.

AU: What If Arsinoe and Katharine were both Poisoner Queens and Mirabella was the only one of the triplets to be different? What if Arsinoe and Katherine were both raised by the Arrons in Ingrid Down? She is kind of Queen that knows the crown isn't on her head but in her soul. Heavy is the crown and yet she wears it as if it were a feather. There is strength in her heart, determination in her eyes and the will to survive resides within her soul. A warrior, a champion, a fighter, a Queen. When Queen Camille gave birth, she announced that she had two Poisoner Queens, Arsinoe and Katharine, and an Elemental, Mirabella. The Queens were raised in the Black Cottage by Willa for their first six years before they were sent to Ingrid Down and Rolanth, respectively. Now, Ascension Year will soon begin and it's anyone's guess who will win the crown.

Alexander Corvinus is immortal. He has existed thousands of years and has travelled the Earth trying to teach immortals and humans alike of their true origins. His swordsmanship is unequaled and his knowledge of the universe and it's secrets can change the whole course of the world. Wanted by humans, hunted by immortals, Corvinus has always been on the run and lived under many different names that became the stuff of legend in history. Now with the world in ruin, he makes his way through the desolate wastelands and ruined cities to the land from where he was born, Scotland, and it is here where he will confront his immortal enemy Kaine in a fight to the finish, a battle that will decide the fate of the world. Set before the final Highlander film, The Source, this story attempts to explore the origins of the immortals and how the lie 'There Can Be Only One' came to be.

From the dawn of time we came moving silently down through the centuries living many secrets lives no one has ever known we were among you and Esther prefers it that way. Esther the Gladiator is a woman who has lived secretly, who destroyed her own Watcher Chronicles in a fit of rage. She is friends of sorts with Duncan Macleod, she was best friends with Darius... And as for Methos well, what they had was special until he broke her heart in the 1700's. Esther has a mission, one no one but those she calls brothers know, a mission that involves Duncan Macleod... She knows what's coming, and she has to protect the Highlander long enough for him to take care of it... But her feelings for a certain ancient immortal resurface with a vengeance, can she protect Macleod and her love from the darkness that is coming? Rewrite in progress Chapter 1-3