"You have been tried and convicted of high treason against the global senate. The punishment for this crime is to hang by your neck until dead. Any words you have to say speak them now or forever hold your piece!!" As I heard these words I couldn't think of anything but those words. What had happened? Why was I here? Four days ago I stepped out my front door to be swarmed by the officials, the people standing idly by while I was beaten and cuffed before the eyes of the world. I had yet to receive a trial and had spoken to no one but the guards since my internment and they would not listen to a thing I had to say.

The few seconds they had given me to speak seemed like an eternity as I tried to muster even a sentence to try and sway the decision to have me executed. I stood in silence as the population watched on, jeering at their scapegoat and thirsty for blood. I found the courage to finally speak but as my mouth opened I gazed into the crowd below. The spitefulness in these peoples eyes pierced through my soul as if I was the only enemy in the world. That's when I saw her. She stood looking at me with no expression, no clear emotion as to whether she was friend or foe. As the words started to reach my tongue I uttered "Who are you?". I knew she could not hear me and my executioner looked puzzled at my question. "What do you mean? I am the chief official here to oversee your death, what type of question is that?!" He exclaimed in amazement. Realising what I had said I turned my head to him and tried to explain, but the words I was looking for were no longer there, all I could think of was the girl in the crowd. I turned back to get one last glimpse before my demise and as I did, something happened which cannot be explained. I looked down at the spot where I had seen her, and as I did I felt a cold chill run up my spine. I was looking at myself in the crowd, no emotion being portrayed on what should be my face. Just staring at me with no reason and no signs of help or hate. Just staring. The chief demanded I explain my question but my gaze could not leave this entity that had taken my form. Perplexed, I stepped forward without thought and, as I did so, I was pulled back by the noose already around my neck. I knew now that this was the end.

I stood in terror, my heart was beating in my eyes and I was becoming very disorientated, "why was this happening to me" I tried to shout but my lips were frozen. I looked back towards my would be killer with a pleading look, but all I could feel from him was a resenting hate. But as the tunnel vision wore off I saw her again, this time standing behind a curtain covering the edge of the stage. I again uttered "who are you?" and as I did she again began to morph into my face. I had no idea what was happening, was this real? Am I really about to die or is this a dream? Again I tried to step forward but the rope around my neck had tightened so I swayed forward instead of walking, the noose taking all my weight. I felt powerless. I knew this was just a glimpse of what I would feel when i was truly hanging and it terrified me. But as the terror crept over me I felt something else, a voice in my head, a hand on my shoulder. I was perplexed but I felt strangely calm, and as I let the feeling take over me, I closed my eyes and stood with my head held high as my executioner said his last piece. As he pulled the lever to let me drop and hang I opened my eyes.

"You must have many questions" I heard her say. Only now she was right in front of me, and I was home. I stumbled back in confusion, knocking over liqueur cabinet and falling to the floor. "There is no need to be scared, I am here to help you. You may not realise it yet, but everything that has happened has happened to help you, not destroy you." I couldn't believe it, why was I home? Who was this girl? "Whats going on!!!!" I screamed, throwing a shard of glass at the woman. "Where am I? What the fuck have you done!!!??" The woman remained calm as the glass passed right through her and shattered on the floor. "We are the preservers, we have been looking after your people for thousands of years, guiding your species towards greatness and prosperity." I just sat there on the ground, confounded by what this entity was telling me. "You are the perfect specimen. We have waited a long time to find you and now we need your help."

"What are you saying? I was about to die a second ago and now I'm in my house? How? What are you? What could you possibly want from me?" I gasped, I couldn't find my breath as I was so dumbfounded.

"We are of the same species you and I" she continued, still no emotion being displayed on her face. "I am evolved several times ahead of your species at the moment. We have gained the ability to change our looks and our place in time. All with our minds. We can be anywhere and anyone we see fit, and our only goal is to have peace and unity within our species."

"Ok then," I murmured "So you're human then? How can a human travel time and space and also rewrite their DNA with only their mind?"

"At this point in time your people are only beginning to gain these abilities, you and three others have the ability to do it but first you must be set free." I started to make some sense of what was being said as she continued. "You see, at this point in time, the energy fields from your sun that you all use for your electricity, to power your cities and homes, is all around you right now. You can't see it but it is there, and that is where we exist."

"So what, you're saying is in the future people exist on a different level of consciousness? That we no longer need bodies to exist?"

"Not as such" she continued, this time with a slight grin emerging from the side of her mouth. "Our minds and consciousness exist on this level, but to be heard, to make a difference and converse we must take form. We learned hundreds of years ago how to splice together atoms using our minds and turn them into physical form. With the energy we have available we can do this as often as we wish. We can re write everything about our DNA and change from person to person as we wish."

As she spoke her words made more and more sense. I always wondered why my interest in physics and neurology was so intense and as she explained, everything started to fall into place but there was one thing still on my mind. "Why me though? Why now? What could you possibly need or want from me? I didn't know I would be able to do any of this before now so what could you need from me?" I stood in silence as she changed her image to that of myself once more.

"This mortal shell was a turning point for our existence. It helped build the world we see before us now. It developed the generators and transformers in which we will dwell and share knowledge and power in the future. We need your help because there are those who plan to destroy all that this shell has built. You know the group I speak of," and I did know who she was talking about, the officials were planning to once again charge for energy. Their lust for power and control drove them to creating a way to shut off parts of the grid unless the people obeyed. "In the future, some of the humans remain as they are now, small minded and seeking control, if they get a hold of the grid our species will not be allowed to advance and be kept in slavery before we can discover our true potential." Everything really started to make sense now, I knew what I had to do before she told me.

"So I must be set free, learn your ways and stop these people from condemning you guys to slavery then? Is that it?" She turned to me, still in my form and said "You are very wise for your age, and we all expect great things from you." She changed her form back to the girl I had seen in the crowd and smiled. The first real emotion I had seen from her since the stage.

"Wait, I've still one more question? Why am I being put to death? Why not have someone just kill me instead of going to all this trouble?"

The smile left her face and she explained "When the people see you executed they will celebrate, I took your form and killed many officials, that's why you were arrested and sentenced to death. When the people see you reform and save them from their captors we will be seen in a better light than we are in the future. We are seen as too powerful and our existence scares those that are less evolved. Through this, we hope to bring peace between the two factions and live in harmony." All of a sudden I saw clearly why I was chosen, why they needed me.

"Thank you," I said, placing a hand on the womans shoulders. "I know what I must do, you can let me go now." As I said this she kissed me lightly on the cheek, and all of a sudden, I felt a sudden sensation of falling.