Lucian started to stir, his eyes fluttered open. He sat up and stretched. It took him a minute, but by the time he was fully awake he realized, he was not in his bed. Or even on the Destiny Islands for that matter.

He stood up slowly, rubbing his eyes as he tried to get his bearings and figure out what was going on. Then, he looked down, he gasped at what he saw. Beneath him was a colorful mosaic. A beautiful image of a woman, her golden hair done up, dressed in an elegant blue ballgown. Lucian stared at the mosaic for a moment, his heart racing. The woman in the mosaic was someone he knew all too well. His mother.

“Mom…?” He whispered.

The mosaic seemed to glow faintly, as though responding to his presence, and Lucian’s heart pounded even harder. [i]What is this place?[/i] he wondered. He looked around, but there was nothing. No walls, no sky, no nothing. Just him, and this mosaic of his mother.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. “Alright Lucian, don’t panic… There has to be a reason for this.” Slowly, he began to walk forward. His mind racing with thoughts at what this could possibly mean.