Serendipity has a minion!

Felix Felicis the Prystalli

"Hello, stranger," a light feminine voice sounds from somewhere to your right. "Please, do not be alarmed," it almost giggles. "I am Seren and this is from where I watch the world." There is a slight pause. "Do tell me, young one, how do you suppose you ended up here?"

She continues eagerly before you can answer, you can almost hear the excitement in her voice, as if she doesn't get visitors very often. "Well let me ask you this; have you ever stopped to consider how much of life is determined by chance? What if, for example, your parents had not happened to be in the very same place at the very same time when they first met? What if you had been born not here, but in another place, as another species, or not at all? Alas," She laughs lightly, "these are anxieties of the gods. I should not be filling your mind with such considerable thoughts. Let me simplify it for you; what if you had eaten cereal for breakfast, or taken the bus today? Could those decisions change the world?"

You finally find the source of the voice as a stange-looking creature materialises off to your right. She tilts her head when she sees you watching, and begins to move closer on all fours as she speaks. She looks to be very young in appearance, but her eyes are filled with a wisdom that only comes with age. "I don't mean to confuse you," she laughs lightly. "Let me put it this way; what if every detail of your life, every choice, opened up a thousand other possibilities?"

She looks at you and smiles cheekily as she nears, her large tail waving animatedly above her head, and her ears pricked alertly. "You may even begin to wonder if perhaps some... force has nudged you along in the right direction all this time, and led you down a very specific path." She pauses and catches your gaze. "But I digress..."

Having found a preferred spot, she sits down elegantly and curls her lithe form into a ball, her tail still waving in the air. "Some people seem to believe in coincidences. Others know their lives have purpose, meaning..." she stops for a few seconds to study your reaction.

"And that is where I come in. As a spirit guide it is my job to make sure the natural order of things is maintained. There is a rough plan, of course, though some struggle so hard against what is meant to be..." She shakes her head for a moment. "Oh, now don't despair. You can try and change things, of course." She smiles wisely. "Some of the greatest discoveries have come of that."

Seren studies your face for a few moments. Her cool blue eyes are almost piercing. Again you get the feeling that she is older than her looks suggest, older, perhaps, than any mortal could ever be.

"Alas, I did not intend to discourage you," she says in her gentle feline voice, "from chasing your own path. But know that eventually I will catch up with you. Sometimes, when you're looking for something, you may stumble upon something else, and realise that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you were looking for. A fortunate accident, some like to say. And that is how I prefer to work." She watches you for a few more seconds.

"You may take this encounter as meaningful, or not. Accidental or foreseen, that is up to your own interpretation. But I ask you this, young one," she breathes softly as her form begins to turn hazy and disappear, "if life is only chances, what luck has brought you here?"