*Merna* Slowly my eyes started to flicker open. Someone had dropped me on the bed that I have been acquiring lately. The pain that radiated from my backside was a reminder that no matter what plane of existence I was in, I still lived. Using my arms I pushed myself up from the bed, “fuck!” I hissed when I placed all of my weight into the sitting position. I inhaled and exhaled a couple of times before I shifted my weight around to find the most comfortable position. “Good you’re awake, let us go!” A female had told me as she barged into the room. Without waiting to see if I was following her she turned around leaving the door open. For a few seconds, I just glared at the door contemplating if I wanted to move or not. Slowly I stood up and headed towards the door when a male hunter came to the door. Glaring malevolently at me, “you were given an order it!” He strolled over to me reading his hand to backhand me. I could feel the energy surfacing in me, I did not move as I stood straight waiting to see if he would indeed hit me. The male's arm was in motion! Three times he tried to move, each attempt he failed to complete his objective! I smirked when his expression changed to shock. Taking a few steps forward and passing him, I exited out of the room. In the hallway there stood an irate female. With her hands on her hips, she barged past me, towards the male, “Sangasu … why did you not punish it?” Sangasu cleared his throat, “Lady Zefer … I can not move!” ‘So that is her name!’ I thought to myself. Zefer spun around to see that I was still standing where she had passed me, screeching “release Sangasu now it!” “Merna! My name is Merna!” I replied as I crossed my arms in front of my chest. The energy that was coursing through my veins was growing. In my mind, I could see how Zefer was going to aim for my face with her hand. I did to her as I had done with the hunter, then and only then would she see the pendant around my neck which would stop her hostility. With the wheels turning in her mind she was quick to realize that I had extra protection from her. “Release me now, it” “My name is Merna!” I would not allow her to degrade me down to a number or it. She would call me by my birth name or stay as she is. We were having the death stare neither one of us was willing to back down. The clicking of heels hitting the floor was heard in the distance. Causing Zefer to smile as the upcoming female got closer to me. “It needs to be taught a lesson in manners and obedience.” Zefer's smile was wicked with her eyes swirling obsidian energy. I matched her energy and multiplied it, “I would stop where you are Alma … if I were you!” Abruptly the clicking paused, “Sister?!” Alma’s voice appeared strained. “What is going on sister? We have never had this issue before!” “It …” Zefer began. “Zefer … My name is Merna!” I corrected Zefer with bitterness in my tone. The energy was building, if it continued I would soon not be able to control it. “I called for father!” Alma announced, “he will be here, then it will be punished again!” Her tone seemed more excited than it should have been. I knew chuckling at what Alma had said was exactly what would get under their skin. Seconds pass into minutes, and the whole time Zefer and I locked eyes not willing to bow to the other. By the time the Master presented himself, my sight was starting to blur as I struggled to maintain control over the power surge that was going on. The more blood I lost the stronger I became. I never fully understood why I felt more energy when I was on my menstrual cycle, it just seemed to happen. “Father!” Alma wailed in anger, “IT is not obeying!” The Master waved his hands and snapped his finger. Glaring at me I could tell he was attempting to unbind what I had created. “Release them!” He ordered me. My vision had dissipated, I was no longer in control but now out of control. ‘Now he tried to order me!’ I responded to the humming of the pendent. The pendant buzzed with my mother's energy. I could feel the cooling effects washing over my skin as she soothed me back to my senses. Her words echoed in my ears. I turned my head so that I was staring at the Master. “Mother told me to inform you that this realm's effects have taken over completely. That if you try to harm her creation, this same act will transpire. The next time she will not come to soothe me. All actions on my part will not be punishable tho punishable on the others part.”“F.a.th.er?” Alma questioned, she could not believe I had spoken out of term. “Merna … I would like you to release my daughter and the hunter!” The Master kept his tone at a neutral leave. I did as he had requested. With an irate Zefer and a confused Alma, “Merna … get yourself cleaned up. You have training and I do not accept tardiness.” “Of course!” I spoke sweetly before turning my body so that I could walk in the direction of the bathing room. “Oh … this is going to be a long week!” I whispered to myself. *Master* I was ready to punish Merna for her actions, that was until I looked into her eyes. Different from the last time! All light had been extinguished. Rapidly swirling starless energy with a ring of sapphire blue, replaced her human born emerald vision. It is not often that my siblings can hide anything from the others. We all have our spies watching the movement of the others. More so my siblings have more spies watching me versus the other way around. For centuries my siblings have tried to dethrone me and take over what I have collected. “FATHER!” Zefer screamed. My daughters and I glared at Merna as she strolled away as if nothing had happened. “Enough!” I bellowed as I glared at my daughters one at a time then my eyes spotted the hunter with his head bowed. “No one will hand out any punishments towards Merna.” Zefer’s jaw had dropped. Of all my children she enjoyed giving out punishments for no cause. “I need to go and visit my dear sister.” I glanced at the hunter, “Sangasu, make sure Merna gets ready, when I return I want no excuse.” *Zefer* IT is a hybrid! Anyone that has a nose, could smell that it was not fully human born. How does it have more power than our father? No one of our bloodlines can defeat his commands. “Blood!” I bent down and stuck my finger in the droplet of blood that was on the floor. ‘This is where IT had been standing. Could IT be that IT is a hybrid fae? sorceress?’ I thought to myself. “IT’s eyes changed, that is a trait that is held for the fae, elementals and sorceresses!” I was mainly speaking to myself. “I heard from a little birdy that the human born was able to stop the serf’s from bathing IT. Do you think that she is a sorceress? They do!” Alma asked with a shimmer in her eyes. “We can not make her bleed!” I had a vile grin spreading across my mouth. “There are other ways to punish her without breaking IT’s fragile skin.” I thought about it, ‘blood gives her power!’ Glancing at my sister. “IT has to have ancestors that were kin to sorceresses or sorcerers! We can not make IT bleed, it gives her power!” “What are you thinking big sister? Can we play?” Alma’s mind started to swirl around thoughts in her mind. “Did you observe the pendant around its throat?” Sangasu asked as he passed by us. “What of it?” I was not happy that he spoke and was going to punish him after he finished the task father had given him. “Pirapancam is protecting this hybrid!” He pointed out something that did not cross my mind. Alma and I glared at each other for a moment while we watched Sangasu wander down the hall. “Pirapancam has not been seen nor heard from in … when was the last time, I can not remember!” Alma was as shocked as I was. I cleared my throat, “just like father, she separated from the family a long time ago with little to no interactions.” Following Sangasu's direction, “father didn’t say anything about staying away from IT. Come on!”