Illyana nodded at Lucien's assessment. She wasn't sure if she would be able to locate anyone, but she knew that she could at least help pin-point someone if they got close enough. As far as she knew, her abilities didn't work at great distances. She had tried sensing people before, and in fact, recently. When she had been hiking across the land searching for her home, she had tried to sit down, clear her mind, and search for the vibrations and mental signature that she associated with her parents and sister. It hadn't worked, but there was no telling whether she could learn, or if there was only a certain distance it worked within. 

She would have said this, but at Lucien's question, however, she gave pause.

She knew what she wanted to do, and she knew why Lucien would ask her this. They had to be surprised that she wanted to return to parents that had abandoned her, there was no denying that. She knew that none of them would ever say this, but she could just feel it by the way he asked her, by the pause he left after. It wasn't about her parents though, it was about her sister. Isabella had been asleep when Illyana had been taken by their mother, and as far as Illy knew, her twin hadn't known anything about it. She was sure her parents had come up with a plan for what to tell her, something to keep her from asking questions...How long until their parents found out that Illyana hadn't been the only one of their children to inherent a deformity? And what would they do once it did come out...?

[color=598527]"I have to find Isabella,"[/color] she said, her voice unwavering, [color=598527]"I need to be with my sister. Whatever it takes, I can't let them do to her what they did to me."[/color] She paused for a moment to shake the feeling that she was about to cry again, and mastered it with a deep breath. [color=598527]"My sister is...special. She doesn't have anything to show it, like I do, but she has abilities like mine. She doesn't have the dreams and she doesn't see things, but she can talk inside your head without moving her mouth, and sometimes she can move objects without touching them. As far as I can tell, it's not very strong, and my parents don't even know...but if they find out..."[/color] she paused again, dropping her eyes, [color=598527]"I don't know what they'll do to her."[/color]

Despite the fact that she and her twin were supposed to be identical, there really were many differences between them, including intelligence. That wasn't to say that Isabella wasn't smart, it was just that Illyana had always been smarter and had always been a little more mature. Isy could be naive, and sometimes selfish and bratty...Illyana knew that she wouldn't be able to handle her parent's rejection in the same way that she had. Isy was their favorite, their normal little girl, and was always treated that way. She didn't know her parent's cruelty, their ability to not care about their child...she had never had to witness it. Illyana had to find her before they found out, she had to protect her. She was the only one in the world that knew her secret and could save her from a life of fear. At least...she had to try.