Synopsis:When Billie Tells his sister Mary about being Queen Thunder, she knows that she is also chosen and becomes the fiery Red Thunder.

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I found myself back home as myself, the Red Thunder costume was missing.
It must have been a dream,

NO DREAM MY GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME.

"Then why am I myself, again?"

YOU MEAN THAT YOU ARE NOT THE GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME?

"I am, but now I am wearing what I was BEFORE I met you,"

AH! YOU ARE IN YOUR MORTAL FORM SO THAT YOU MY MEET WITH YOUR UNCLE DUDLEY FAWCETT. IS THAT NOT WHAT YOU WISH TO DO?

"Yes. By the way, you knew what I meant, right?"

I actually heard a soft, feminine chuckle that was full of warmth.

EVEN I, MOTHER GAEA LIKE TO HAVE FUN.

"Oh great! Now I've heard EVERYTHING! Planet Earth with a sense of humor," I giggled.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT THE GIRAFFE AND PLATYPUS CAME FROM?

"Touché, Mother Gaea," I giggled.

IN HER MORTAL FORM QUEEN THUNDER MAY TRANSMUTE ANY LIFE FORM. IN YOUR MORTAL FORM, YOU MAY TRANSMUTE STONE.

"Does that mean that Billie can sense Life?"

YES, SHE CAN SENSE THE HEALTH IF LIFE, JUST AS YOU CAN SENSE THE HEALTH OF STONE.

"Does that mean that has Mary that I can do what Terra does?"

NO, BUT YOU MAY TRANSMUTE STONE AND HEAL IT.

"Why would stone ever be sick?"

MAN HAS SICKENED STONE WITH POLLUTION. YOU MAY CALL UPON ME TO HEAL SICKENED STONE AND CURE THE SICKNESS.

"But if I do that, people will know that I have that Blessing!"

FEAR NOT, MY GUARDIAN. THE HEALING SHALL BE DONE THROUGH THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE HEALTH OF MY BODY.

"Okay, and my transmuting stone and sensing stone/"

YOU WILL KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ON MY BODY AND KNOW ALL STONES IN ALL OF THEIR FORMS.

"Can I transmute stone into metal?"

STONE, AND METAL ARE OF MY BODY. ONLY LIFE AND CRYSTAL ARE DENIED YOU.

"Thank you, Mother Gaea,"

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After our chat, I began to comprehend just how awesome my Blessing was as I saw the world through my new Blessing's eyes. Getting overwhelmed by it, I learned how to channel it through my mortal eyes.

I could sense the aura of health surrounding me, but as I let my mortal form dominate my body, I found that I could focus the Blessing to see the stone in the room and by contrast, the vitality of the flora and fauna around me.

I focused upon the steel mixing bowl that we kept our hard candy in. We would go to the store and buy bulk containers of sugar free hard candy to suck on while watching movies. Mine are butterscotch and Coffee Nips.

The bowl changed into gold with titanium coating as I envisioned. Then I reversed the process because like Unca Dudley and Sis, I had no need for such wealth.

We preferred to accumulate more esoteric accumulations of personal gain in the form of trophies and awards from our athletic and academic pursuits. But in Unca Dudley's case, just academic since his days as an athlete were over.

Nowadays, he spent most of his time in academic pursuits running the Fawcett University Archive Museum and was Dean of Archeology and Mythology with Professor William Omaha McElroy teaching archeology and Victor Goodman teaching mythology.

I showered and donned a red sailor dress mini dress with white hose and matching sandals then got into my fiery red Trans Am, a red duplicate of K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider minus that cool voice. It had Momma's dear voice instead.

Unca Dudley bought a red Trans Am like K.I.T.T. and had the modern conveniences installed by his friend Reed Richard's and Tony Stark over at Empire State University.

I drove up to Unca Dudley's Crown Victoria as he was getting in, "Hey, Unc! Heard the news about me?"

He turned around and gave me a hug as I ran up to him, "You mean about how Billie has told you about becoming Queen Thunder and you now are Red Thunder, my little chickadee?"

He laughed at my imitation of a fish out of water, "HOW?"

"Simple, Mary. Mother Gaea just told me," he said with a smile.

"Can't that busybody let me have any fun?" I pouted.

"Switch to Red Thunder and we'll talk."

I tapped my amulet and became Red Thunder and was surprised to see him in a satin white robe, carrying a staff like Gandalf's from LORD OF THE RINGS , "Yes, I AM a Wizard, much like old Merlin was."

"YOU MEAN THAT YOU'RE A MAGICIAN?"

"No, I as High Priest to Mother Gaea may use any of the Blessings of her Champion or Guardians."

"Then why do you not become a Guardian?"

"Only a woman may be so Blessed as she carries Life within her and nurtures it."

"But Unc! I was born Mark Batson, NOT Mary Batson! I Cannot become a mother," I wept.

"Mother Gaea, Billie and I can see the feminine spirit in you. When Mother Gaea chose you to be her Guardian, she Blessed you so that you may now be a mother."

"REALLY?"

"Yes, think back now. What is new in your memory?"

I let my mind go back and see that I now remember being born a girl and how instead of my previous history, I was now Billie's sister and remembered the fun we had being cheerleaders and dancers.

Before, I wore a gaffe to hide my male genitalia until my surgery in my freshman year in high school, thanks to Unca Dudley. Then it hit me, Mother Gaea had ALREADY changed my personal history, it took Unca Dudley to make me realize it.

I hugged him, "Unca Dudley, thanks! I just realized that Mother Gaea reset my history so that I was born as Mary, not Mark," I wept.

"Any time, Chickadee, Now look at me, please," he said with a chuckle.

He was now wearing a red bodysuit with yellow trim, boots and waistband with my lightning bolt and cape.

"You look funny in those thermals,"" I laughed.

"No, Mary. For us to fly to my Special place, I had to dress like you. But I simply REFUSE to wear a dress. Besides, I think that I look sexy like this," he chuckled as he jogged around me.

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"Okay, Unc. How do we get there?"

"Follow me," he said as he flew up into the sky.

I flew up next to him, "Okay, now what?"

"Touch your amulet,"

I did and the next thing that I knew was that we were ABOVE an asteroid that looked like the Lonely Mountain from the Hobbit.

"BUT I THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T GO BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE!"

"Normally, you can't. But as Mother Gaea's Guardian, you have access to the Rock Of Eternity in the Center of the Universe where I has High Priest to Mother Gaea keep guard against some of the most terrible fallen angels in Creation," he sighed.

"You mean that the Bible is for real?"

"About the history of Israel and birth of the Church and End Times, yes. But religion has corrupted the Message of Love in the Bible."

"Does that mean that Mother Gaea is God?"

"The FEMALE aspect of God, yes."

"WOW! I WAS CHOSEN BY GOD," I said in an awed whisper.

"Yes you were, Red Thunder. Now look around you. What do you see?"

"I see a living green planet with a Green Lantern symbol on it and a desolate world."

"That green planet is the Green Lantern planet Mogo, and the desolate planet is Oa. Home of the GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE, AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS.

"I bet that Jade'd love to be here."

"I can only bring one of Mother Gaea's Guardians or Champion," he sighed.

"Too bad. Why are they here as well as this place?"

"Only Mogo was moved here from the system that the Star Heart destroyed. The Green Lantern melded with the planet, giving life again."

"Why is he here, then?

"He came here because he knew that as a planet, he would cause great harm to another living planet. Now all Green Lanterns who are sick or want a vacation may go to Mogo."

"That's cool. Will I ever get to go to either planet?"

"Yes, once you receive one of Jade’s Rings, your Blessings will allow you to travel to either planet as the Ring will then be able to generate an aura that protects you while in this system."

"That also includes flight?"

"Yes, but you MUST come to the ROCK OF ETERNITY , first."

"Unca Dudley, can they see us?"

"I suppose that they can if they ever think to look this way. Why do you ask?"

"Because I see a bunch of green lights heading to Oa, and focusing on a few, I see Lanterns of many species that are hurt. SHIT!"

"WHAT?"

"I see TWO human Lanterns! A blond guy with a Bowl hair cut and a black man as well."

"Best get in before they see us. If there's been a battle, the Guardians will not like us being here."

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To Be Continued In Red Thunder-3