01_-_The_Alchemyst

“There will come a time when the Book is taken…”
Well, that was fairly self-explanatory.
“…And the Queen’s man is allied with the Crow….”
That had to refer to Dr. John Dee. He had been Queen Elizabeth’s
personal magician. And the Crow was clearly the Crow Goddess.
“Then the Elder will step out of the Shadows…”
Flamel knew that Dee had been working for centuries with the Dark
Elders to bring about their return. He had heard unconfirmed reports that
more and more of the Dark Elders had left their Shadowrealms and begun to
explore the world of the humani again.
“…And the immortal must train the mortal. The two that are one must
become the one that is all.”
Nicholas Flamel was the immortal of the prophecy. He was sure of it.
The twins—“the two that are one”—must be the mortal who needed to be
trained. But he had no idea what the last phrase referred to: “the one that is
all.”
Circumstances had placed the twins in his care, and he was determined
that no harm should come to them, especially now that he believed they were
destined to play a critical role in the war against the Dark Elders. Nicholas
knew that bringing Josh and Sophie to the Goddess with Three Faces had
been an incredible risk—especially in the company of Scathach. The
Warrior’s feud with the goddess was older than most civilizations. Hekate
was one of the most dangerous of the Elders. Immensely powerful, one of her
many skills enabled her to Awaken the magical powers that existed in every
sentient creature. However, like many of the Elders, her metabolism was
linked to a solar or lunar cycle. She aged during the day, and effectively died
when the sun went down, but was then reborn with the sunrise as a young
woman. This peculiar trait clouded and colored her thinking, and sometimes,
as had happened earlier, the older Hekate forgot the promises her younger
selves had made. Flamel was hoping he would be able to reason with the
maiden Hekate in the morning and convince her to Awaken the twins’
extraordinary potential.