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Grace comes into her own This story is a sequel to the e-book 'Breath of Life' by Karin Bishop. Karin is an extremely prolific writer of TG fiction that is basically aimed for the most part at teens and young adults. Her work doesn't focus on titillating aspects of transformation (though obviously some sexual aspects exist, since she does deal mostly with teens), but generally on the inner thoughts, emotions, needs and responses of the individual. She has over twenty works available on the Kindle, plus a lot more on Top Shelf-give them a shot! The pretty 18 year old girl looked at the new gold ID badge on her blouse, signifying her promotion (finally!) to the position of Assistant Manager of her local mall's Hollister outlet, where she had worked for three years, ever since a few weeks after her magical transformation from Ryan Bradley to Grace Hunter (her mother's maiden name for security) to Grace McCarron (her murdered father's actual surname as a member of the most powerful family in the service of The Goddess of white magic in the world). Ryan had been taken over by the spirit of an (also murdered by the forces of dark magic) female track teammate named Lila Masters and brought into his/her destiny and powers as a member of that family. She still missed having Lila in her mind guiding her, but after ensuring justice on her murderer, Lila had finally received the call to return to the bosom of the Goddess. Lila had also been one of the most powerful servants of the Goddess in the world, on the path towards becoming the youngest Elder in history. Ryan-now Grace-was exponentially even more powerful in the service of the light, though at the time untrained and would have been an easy target for Lila's killer or any other dark disciples who detected him. In fact, that was the reason that his/her parents had magically disguised him as a boy at birth, had he been born female he would not have lived long enough to start pre-school. His aura would have drawn the dark forces to their home almost immediately. That had been three years ago, and she had received an extensive education in the magical arts and perhaps just as important, how to interact with the world as a teen-aged girl, after almost 15 years as a typical masculine teen-aged boy (and a member of several athletic teams to boot). She was now a high school graduate, with plans to attend an online university in order to free her better to engage in the battle for the souls of the human race. As many of the men and women who served the Goddess were quite wealthy (through ethical means, and using their wealth to do good only) she decided that a degree in business would serve her best in the struggle. With her enhanced intelligence and other powers, she could easily take several courses at a time and probably test out of many of the basic ones. She planned on finishing an MBA in as short a time as possible, while continuing to work at Hollister and also (especially!) continue the struggle against evil. In addition, if she stayed on at Hollister, her MBA would aid in her advancement so she could support herself while she helped to defend humanity. Grace liked working there, the teen girls who shopped there liked her and her supervisors could always count on her to follow directions and do the best job she was capable of. In addition, in the early days of her transformation, working there and interacting with other teen girls (and some boys!) had aided in her acclimation to her new female status so she could fit in and be considered just another teen girl. She had just finished helping a girl pick out a skirt when she detected something strange coming down the mall hallway. At her level of power, detecting another gifted or potentially gifted individual and their allegiance was simplicity itself. There were always potentials walking through the mall (such as her best friend Susan Stanwood), as well as a rare gifted person, but this was different-and much more powerful than the usual. A young boy of maybe 13 or 14 ("reminds me of me a few years ago" she thought to herself) was coming in her direction, with a very powerful white aura surrounding him. He seemed to be afraid of something, which explained why he was walking in such a hurry, though not running in order to not attract attention to himself. In addition, there were three other individuals who seemed to be trailing him, and she could detect dark auras emanating from them. Only she and a very few others would have been able to detect them, as they were doing a very good job of shielding themselves. Grace made a quick decision. "Miss Waters, Melanie, Moira, Frances, anybody" she sent out in a sort of telepathic message in a manner that only servants of the light (she hoped!) could receive. "I need some help now-please come quickly!" She mentally placed a 'blur' on herself and walked out to meet the boy. A blur was not as powerful as a shield, it didn't make her disappear, it merely forced ungifted people (and some less powerful gifted ones too!) to ignore her presence even if they were looking right at her. "Wouldn't want Connie (her manager) to see me leave" she thought to herself. "Come here son-I know someone's chasing you. Let me help you, and some more help is coming. I'm Grace, by the way. And can't you damp your aura-whoever is chasing you could detect it from a continent away! Wouldn't even have to be gifted-even a 'maybe' could sense you." The boy looked at her, made up his mind quickly and went to her, then they both walked into the back storage area of Hollister. "Grace, you were very right to call us-even you could be in a lot of trouble now, no way could you handle those three by yourself" She heard Miss Waters' voice coming from the back door, so she turned to greet her. In addition to the Elder, she saw her friends Moira and Francis enter also. "Thank the Goddess you're here-something I felt seemed awfully wrong-and awfully strong. I don't know if I could have protected both this boy and myself alone. What's happening? And who is it out there?" "Grace, you remember we described Lila's killer Burkhalter as a sort of Nazi Captain? Viktor Malenkov out there could be considered an SS General using those terms. He's thoroughly evil through and through, and a top member of their Inner Circle. He's on the level of one of our Elders, like me. With his two followers, even you couldn't have protected yourself, let alone this untrained boy!" "Are we all right now? And what about all the people here in the mall? If there's a fight, won't some of them get hurt? I wouldn't want that," Grace quickly communicated to her mentor. "Don't worry Grace-with us here they'll fade away as quickly as they can, they aren't ready for an open confrontation with us. Though your secrecy is blown, they could detect you and your power and they'll move Heaven and Earth, well, Hell anyway, to find out who you are. And when they discover you're a McCarron, they'll do their best to kill you, magically or otherwise. Do NOT under any circumstances lower your shields! Remember that's how Burkhalter killed my daughter!" In order to avoid suspicion, Grace stayed at the store till the end of her shift, with Moira browsing throughout the mall as a backup. To allay any suspicions of her, Moira actually made some purchases, especially from Victoria's Secret (she had a special date with her fianc? Derek later and hopefully she wouldn't have to break it. Derek didn't have power, but he was a 'maybe', so any children they had might be gifted.) When Grace's shift was over, she walked out to her Wrangler- her one concession to her former life as it was a vehicle she had always desired, especially as Ryan. In all other ways she exulted in her femaleness, and actually couldn't wait to fulfill her destiny of marrying a gifted male servant of the Goddess and reviving the McCarron line. The problem was that there weren't very many powerful male figures left, except for those serving the darkness. She might have to marry a 'maybe' and hope for the best. In any event, while legally her children would carry her husband's last name, among her folk they would all carry the McCarron name, and the bloodlines would be carefully preserved, both magically and in Moira's computer systems (she was a whiz in that area). She made her way to Miss Waters' home, where she and Frances had magically travelled with the boy. The two ladies had already talked with him and found out several important facts, starting with his name. Kevin Hamilton, which surprised everyone, especially Grace, as she was descended, through her mother from Caroline Hamilton, a very powerful 17th century Elder. Grace thus carried in her the two most powerful bloodlines in the entire world of the light. This boy was a distant relative, most likely, and through some lucky combination of genes, was a person of power. "My dad was Cletus Hamilton, and there were some strange things about him and my mom. We never went to a regular church, and both of them always believed in a Goddess, but told me not to tell my friends about it, since a lot of people wouldn't understand. Child Protection Services might get involved and take me away from the 'witches' as they put it. My mom's maiden name was Debbie Patterson, by the way." "Goodness, same as mine," Moira chimed in. "I wonder if we could be related also. We already know you're distantly related to Grace, the girl who detected and saved you." Moira fired up her laptop and began searching databases that people browsing even the deepest of the "Deepweb" couldn't reach. "You used the past tense talking about your parents, and along those lines, why were they chasing you?" Miss Waters asked. "I don't know- except I came home from school to find my dad dead and my mom dying. Those three were there, so with her last breath, my mom just waved her hand and said 'Goddess keep him safe!', and I disappeared from my house and wound up here in that mall. Wherever here is by the way." "Kevin, you're extremely fortunate you wound up where you did, though obviously the Goddess had a lot to do with it. Grace is a powerful servant of the Goddess, as your parents were. Viktor Malenkov is one of the worst of the worst, and is the Dark Circle member in charge of exterminating our side. He led the operation that slaughtered Graces' entire extended family before she was born, the only one escaping in secret was her father. You're both descended from Caroline, so you're distant cousins, as well as being a relative of Moira here. Viktor killed your own parents and certainly would have killed YOU, unless he could convince you to turn to his side. Sort of like Darth Vader and Luke in Star Wars. Viktor is probably THE most powerful member of their inner circle, except maybe for Lilith, who is the head of the circle as well as the most vicious. But you're safe here, my shields will hold against anything he can bring to bear. And some other Elders will help too, as well as your 'cousins'. But we'll have to do some shopping, since we don't have any boy clothing anywhere. Or do we, Grace?" She and Grace smiled at each other. "Sorry Miss Waters, everything of Ryan's is long since gone, since he 'left', nobody needed it any more." The three women gave a slight laugh at that, since Grace HAD BEEN Ryan a little more than three years ago and now she rarely even wore jeans, preferring to wear skirts whenever possible. Grace McCarron had become one of the most feminine young women imaginable, as well as one of the prettiest. Surprisingly, given who his parents were, Kevin had never had any training, not even in how to either shield himself or damp his aura. So they began with shielding, the most important skill for his survival. Since they were close in age, and of course Grace had experience in being a 14 year old boy, she took over much of his training. He turned out to be surprisingly apt and powerful for a male, though of course nowhere near as powerful as any of the females in Grace's acquaintance (Miss Waters, Frances, Melanie, Moira, Sandra, etc). His gifts seemed to be more in the realm of offensive action, as opposed to the supportive and defensive magicks the women were best at (though any of them could cast a powerful attack spell if necessary, instinctively they all had a revulsion towards killing anyone, even a warrior for the dark forces). Of all the women, Grace alone had a special aptitude for that type of spell, though not as strong as Kevin had. Even though Kevin was more directed, Grace was still the more powerful when she released the necessary forces. It was just harder to accomplish that feat for her than it was for her student. It was like she was trudging through mud to raise the power, while Kevin could sprint. It was even harder for the other ladies. Meanwhile, several hundred miles away, a secret conclave was being held. Several men and women were meeting in a shadowy room seated along an elaborately carved circular table. The room was heavily shielded against any outside magic, and strongly reinforced against any type of physical attack. At the nominal head of the table was a petite woman, while Viktor Malenkov sat at the far end giving his report. "I don't know who this girl is-I've never felt that much power in a teenager since that fool Burkhalter killed Lila Masters so publicly. To protect his stupid bookstore! And his actions somehow cost us Bromley and Tanya, not to mention Eric!" A man on the side spoke with a sort of Eastern European accent-"We do need to find out who she is, if she has that much power. The boy has been traced to a city in the center of your country, where he met the girl, who somehow managed to call Waters and some of her assistants. She blurred herself from the entire mall of normal people and even a few sensitives-no child except for Lila ever had that much power. She could be a danger to us." A slender black woman spoke with a Caribbean type of accent, to go along with the dreadlocks she sported "It is no coincidence that she appeared in the same city that Lila was eliminated in. Nor is it by chance that Lila's mother was one of those who came to their aid. And again, could two teenagers of such great power appear at almost the same time in all the thousands of years of our existence? I know Lila was called to her Goddess, but could this new child be a reincarnation of the bitch?" The debate went on for several hours. Eventually Viktor spoke up "As our greatest and most effective Eliminator, I will of course take on the mission of slaying this new servant of the light. I don't think I'll need help from any other member of the circle, only from my own subordinates. I have the advantage-I'm willing to kill, while she won't do anything to hurt her standing with her goddess. I can't detect her, so that must mean that she is in Waters' home, and well shielded. For some reason, she seems to have a job selling clothing to other stupid teen girls, so that's probably where she is most vulnerable. Burkhalter and his crew took out Lila with a heart stop spell, I can do the same. If she has backup, my own disciples can deal with them. Agreed?" The woman at the head of the table spoke. "Don't fail us Viktor. I know you took out the Hamiltons but the stupid son managed to escape us. He must be found and slain also. If trained, he has the potential to cause us a lot of trouble. He is much too powerful for a male of the light, in my opinion. Both of them must be taken out-permanently. You do understand the rewards and penalties you face here?" "Of course I do Lilith. I'm not a novice, and I've clawed my way up to earn my place at this table for the last four hundred years. And if I'm successful in eliminating the girl, I expect to be made next in line to sit in your place." The two glared at each other, allies though they were, no one at the table could be considered friends of any other, and all were jealous and ambitious. None would hesitate to backstab any other of the inner circle to advance his or her place. Viktor and Lilith were actually bitter enemies and had been for centuries. They did respect each other, and did cooperate with each other to achieve the goals of their dark master. Time gradually passed, as it always does for most people, though for any of the servants on either side, that wasn't always true if they wished differently. Viktor and several of his subordinates travelled (in a manner best not described!) to the city where Miss Waters and her associates dwelt, and immediately caught a sense of Graces' presence at the mall. They also knew she wasn't unprotected, they felt one or another of the women of Miss Waters' organization there also. Open combat with both of them would have been futile, young Grace was at least as powerful as Viktor was, and eventually would most likely become the most powerful gifted in history. But she wasn't there yet, she had a lot of growing to do. Grace continued with her life as it had been, with the exceptions of becoming the main mentor for Kevin and her awareness of the new danger facing her. Unfortunately, her new surname would become known, since she had gone public with it. "I wonder if that was a mistake. They wouldn't look for Grace Hunter, but knowing that a McCarron still lived would send all of them wild. They're going to have to try to kill me before I marry and especially before I have any kids. If Viktor could take out two powerful Hamiltons, he's a serious threat. Staying here at Hollister makes me a target-like racing was for Lila. At least I don't have to drop my shields in order to be fair to other competitors like she did. I need to discuss this with Miss Waters-and my mom." When she got off work (she was full time now of course, as management) she got in her Wrangler and drove to her mentor's home. Kevin was still there, wearing the new boy's clothing they had bought for him using her mall employee's discount at such stores as Gap and JCP. "Wonder if he'd prefer to be a girl" she giggled to herself. "would make clothes buying much easier-and increase power too. But no, I haven't detected any feminine traits in him-he's all male, and a very powerful male pole too. Too bad he's only 14-he'd make a good candidate for a complimentary mate for me, so the McCarron line would be continued forever." Grace had very powerful shields, some of which she developed herself. They'd only work for women though, and only extremely powerful women such as Miss Waters at that. Even Moira and Council Member Melanie would have trouble raising them, though they probably could. Employing these shields gave young Kevin someone to practice attack magick on-it was extremely unlikely that anything he could do would harm Grace in the least. So after showing him the basics of offensive force (again, something extremely foreign to her and most of her friends) she allowed herself to become a target. Kevin's strength was growing, and Grace could often feel his attacks, though with her power, they were completely neutralized. Along with offense, she did teach him shielding and damping, telekinesis, teleportation, telepathy, aura reading and whatever other skills he was capable of learning. "Grace, you're doing a marvelous job as his teacher. I don't know any other boys that ever exhibited this much power this quickly, or exhibited such potential. And forgive me for saying this, but except for YOU when you were still Ryan, during your transformation. He will be an exceptional servant of the Goddess some day, assuming we can keep him alive." Thank you Miss Waters, but I couldn't have done it without your and Lila's training. She taught me so much in sleep learning, and I miss her so much. It still seems like she's watching over me, I can almost feel her aura. I really wish I'd known her before the meet-I know we would have been such great friends, or possibly more. Don't misunderstand me, I'm proud and happy being a woman, and I WILL fulfill my feminine destiny. But if she'd lived, she wouldn't have come into me, I probably never would have changed from Ryan to Grace, and she would have detected me like Frances did at some point. The McCarron line would have continued through her someday. I wish she hadn't had to be called for this life to happen for me, though. Best of both worlds would have been for me to become Grace, and be best friends with her. Can you imagine the good that the two of us together could have done?" "I know Grace. I miss my daughter terribly too. And I still hate Burkhalter and all of his allies and superiors for what he did, and I'm glad he's managed to destroy himself and the others. He did remove Steiner also-a big win for the light. Remember, we WILL see Lila again, when we are called ourselves. No one lives forever, though Lilith has been around longer than most. She is the greatest servant of the dark on earth, though of course Viktor plans to supplant her, but actually that's a win for us also, since there are currently two immeasurably powerful dark lords, if they fight then one or the other will die. Since they will do it, and not us, that's a good thing, one of them being gone." Viktor and his party observed the women of the light as secretly as they could. Of course, Viktor's aura stood out like a bonfire to any gifted with their sensors out. All of them knew he was there, with several others. After several months with no open warfare (though no lulling of suspicions or lowering of shields) Viktor's chief assistant, Sonia Tepes (a descendant of Vlad the Impaler) was ordered to strike. And she did so with a vengeance. Frances, the woman who as an undercover 'bag lady' had discovered Ryan outside the Open Eye bookstore (owned by Burkhalter) had been working in the financial sector, as an auditor in a major bank. She had been tracing currency transfers from known servants of the dark, where they originally came from and where they went. The plan was to temporarily cripple their operations by both magical and legal means (the Government seizing as much as possible for both Tax Evasion and violations of the RICO statute). While both sides had vast resources, this would at least slow them down for a while. In general, this was that best that could be hoped for by either side. Both sides had occasional successes, though the dark servants were much more open to the idea of overt operations such as killing their foes. After work, Frances left the bank and started to hail a taxi, when Sonia stepped out of an alleyway. Too late, Frances detected her and started to strengthen her shield, also calling for help from Miss Waters or Moira. Sonia had been trained in the darkest of magics, and hoped to sit at the table herself someday. As allies (for a time anyway), she and Viktor working as a team could easily control the entire dark brotherhood. But she had to get there first, and killing Frances was a good start in that direction. The entire exchange between the two women took less than a second. Frances felt an excruciating pain in her chest, grabbed it and let out a scream of pain. Her aortic valve ruptured and she fell to the concrete, dead before she hit the ground. Sonia was just one among many bystanders rubbernecking at the incident. Someone with a cell phone already out called 9-1-1, someone else started (too late) to give CPR. Sonia surveyed her work, mentally felt for any signs of life, and cringed as she sensed the hand of Frances' Goddess come for her called servant. She began to walk away from the scene, and in the commotion, disappeared halfway down the block. The psychic energy left by Sonia was obvious to Miss Waters and Moira, who were the first to appear in the area. They could easily tell who it was who had performed the murder, also. Miss Waters sent out a warning to all of her people in the area, and an especially urgent call to Grace, still at the mall for an evening shift. She heard the warning and found an excuse to walk towards the opening to the store-where she saw Viktor and another man, both of their auras dull black. He was leering at her, with an evil smile and obvious malice in his heart. "Miss Waters-Melanie, anyone! He's here and I don't have time for a blur, it's all I can do to maintain my shield. I can't even ask for a break, no time and I can't take the risk of losing concentration! Help!" Her frantic call went out to every servant of the Goddess in the area, many of whom unfortunately were occupied with others of the followers of the dark. Only Sandra and Kevin were available, and Sandra was concerned that he was really no match for an inner circle member. However, she replied mentally to her younger friend "Grace, we're coming. I'll shield and Kevin will take out Viktor's assistant, or at least keep him busy. You worry about Viktor-but be safe, shield yourself above all!" The two shimmered into existence in a deserted maintenance corridor of the mall, perhaps 100 feet from Hollister. Upon entering the main section of the mall, Sandra told Kevin the plan "Hit the one to the right, he's the weaker of the two. Viktor will just shrug off anything you could hit him with, he might not even feel it. I'll add power to Grace's shields and she'll send a psychic bolt at Viktor. NON LETHAL, do you understand? We don't want to do anything to anger the Goddess, no matter who they are. If things change at any time, Miss Waters will let us know. Ok-GO" the last came out as almost a scream. Time seemed to stop for the 5 gifteds preparing to engage in a magical battle. Actually, what really occurred was that they were moving so fast that it only seemed that everyone in the mall was motionless. If the confrontation lasted more than five seconds it would be considered an eternity in their world. Grace and Viktor sent spells at each other, Viktor's being lethal, was meant to suck the life out of his adversary. Luckily, Graces' shield held (it almost seemed that a familiar presence was aiding her adding strength to her defenses). Grace didn't have time to think about that, though. She launched a banishing spell towards her dark opponent. She HOPED it would remove a powerful foe from the world, but realistically she knew it probably wouldn't. She could only hope to distract him. The results were unforeseen. The unseen presence aiding Grace DID add power to the banishment. A magical rift appeared and Viktor disappeared into it. While it didn't send him all the way to the nether regions where his dark master dwelt, it did send him to an alternate world, one where there were many other servants of the light-and none of the dark. He would be captured and neutralized, at least until others of his kind decided to free him. This would happen eventually, though with a possible removal of his status as a member of the Inner Circle as a punishment for failure. "Of course they may decide to leave him there. Lucky us!" The other combat went equally as well-Sandra shielded Kevin (he couldn't raise a powerful enough shield himself just yet) while he attacked the dark disciple. He was constrained not to use lethal force, but permanently incapacitating him wasn't forbidden. Kevin caused a blood vessel in the attacker's head to rupture, causing him to have a massive stroke, with its accompanying physical and mental disabilities. It worked-the dark one keeled over twitching, his memory failing and with an inability to engage in any complex thinking or actions. He might walk again, but only after intensive rehab and therapy, and he would always have a reduced range of motion. While magical healing was possible, it was unlikely that any on the dark side would give such aid to someone who had bungled so badly as to be defeated by a relatively untrained child. So one of Viktor's chief aides was crippled and Viktor himself was exiled for who knew how long? That just left Sonia Tepes, Frances' murderer, now facing a senior servant of the Goddess and Council member who herself was a powerful servant of the light. At the moment she was acting as Miss Waters' friend and aide, not as a councilor. Sonia wasn't stupid-she knew she had to get out of there, which she attempted to do. In one of those ultra fast moments that had occurred at the mall, she opened a magical passageway back to the Dark Citadel, home of the Inner Circle of her allegiance and many others of her ilk. She was dreading a meeting with them, as she knew that even though Frances was dead by her hand, the mission to kill the two teens had failed. And she wasn't even in charge of it, it wasn't fair! But that was how her side operated, you either succeeded completely or you in effect failed. With appropriate action to be taken in either event. She was at least facing a reduction in rank from her position as a Chief Assistant, and without several spectacular successes, there was NO WAY she would ever sit at the council table! Grace inserted a suggestion into her manager's mind that she really wasn't needed any more for the rest of the day, and that she could go home. This gave her an excuse to teleport out with Sandra and Kevin, and go to Miss Waters' house, which they did. They appeared in the living room where Lila's wake had taken place and where Moira, Miss Waters and Council Member Melanie were already sitting. There was also a shimmering presence in the center of the room, which slowly began to take shape. It started out as a pretty dark haired girl in a white robe, but as they watched, her clothing transformed into a Madison High School track suit. "Lila" all of the women said or shouted in various tones of voice. "My sister, it is so wonderful to see you-but how did you get here?" "Mom, Grace, everyone-the Dark Circle is moving, this attack on Grace and Frances were just the opening salvos. They plan on eliminating everyone, not just the McCarrons as they did before. The Goddess granted me permission to come and warn you, and for a VERY short time to aid you if necessary. But not indefinitely, and I may be called back at any moment. Grace my sister-believe it or not, YOU are now the most powerful servant of the Goddess now dwelling on earth, and one of the most powerful ever! Kevin is your match, your opposite number. You were right, my sister-he IS your destined mate, the one who will complete you. It is unfortunate that he is only 14, so according to the laws of your nation your joining would be a crime. You have two possibilities-wait two years until he is 16 (the legal age of consent here) or magically age him. That would be the most difficult choice, it would put many things totally out of balance. It would cause at least one Elder to be Called, and I fear it would be you, Mom. But a mating between Grace and Kevin is the only feasible way for the Goddess' servants to gain the power to eventually vanquish the dark forces currently in the world." "Miss Waters, Lila-even if we age him physically, emotionally he wouldn't be ready for a sexual relationship with an older girl, and especially not marriage. Even with his heritage and powers, he should be playing video games and blushing while he asks a cute classmate to the 8th grade back to school dance! We have to wait at least the 19 months till he's sixteen and maybe even longer. If I'm destined to marry him, he has to appear to the world to be a mature husband, especially if we're expected to produce children as soon and as often as we can." "I know, my sister-but that's the choice. Three of them actually. Wait until he is old and mature enough, magically age him, or deny your destiny altogether and allow the dark ones to prevail. I know you won't do that, but you do have to choose one of the other options as soon as you can. By the way, I was helping you in that confrontation with Viktor, so I don't know how much more aid the Goddess will allow me to give. And NO, I am forbidden to tell you anything of what you'll find when you are finally called to Her presence. Frances is there now, and I'll speak with her soon, though so are many others from our history and our immediate acquaintance that have been called. Caroline for example, is SO proud of you her descendent, as is your father. But there's no time to waste. Send for Kevin, tell him the situation and let him give his input and make his choice. You don't have to follow it but he needs to know his options. And let's face it Grace, making love with a beautiful older girl is every boy's fantasy (giggle), remember? He may- lose it?-just on hearing his choices." The boy walked into the living room just after Lila's spirit faded (she didn't want him to see her) with a questioning look on his face. "You wanted to see me Miss Waters, Grace?" Grace was a little too embarrassed to speak to him about his future. Miss Waters replied "yes Kevin. We've heard from the Goddess about your destiny. You are fated to marry your friend Grace, and your daughters will be the driving forces in the final defeat of the dark ones, especially the man who murdered your parents. But we realize that you're only 14, and both legally and emotionally not ready for that step. We have two choices, both risky. One is that we can wait until you ARE old enough, 16 in this state, though even then you may not be prepared to marry a twenty year old woman and take on the responsibilities of a husband. We would of course help you financially, since a job that would enable you to be the supporter could be hard to come by at your age. The other choice is that we would magically age you and change your records to show you as an adult with most likely a college degree who COULD support a wife and family. The problems are that you would still have your current mentality and emotional level, and the magical forces necessary would cause such a major imbalance that at least one Elder would have to be called to the Goddess. That would most likely be me." "Wow, that's heavy. Do I really have a choice? Yes? Then I choose to wait. Grace, you know I like you a lot. And to be honest, I do fantasize about you while I-do other things (the boy blushed a deep red at the last). But I'm not ready to marry you, no matter what I'm physically able to do. I'm still a kid, and still in shock over losing my parents, and almost killing someone. If it's okay, let me grow into being an adult first-and then when I'm prepared, we'll marry. Is that all right with you all? Grace was furiously blushing at young Kevin's admission over what he did in private, remembering her days as Ryan and doing the same thing while thinking about other girls, mostly her now best friend Susan. In the meantime, she and the others would continue to train him to use his powers to the fullest, while defending the world against Lilith and the Dark Circle, and hoping desperately that they would NOT try to rescue Viktor. Even out of the circle, he would be a power to be reckoned with, and could cause them a lot of harm in his quest to regain his rank.