Chapter 34
Abby opened her eyes and looked over next to her hoping that she hadn’t dreamed that she had gotten Tom back and sighed when she saw him asleep next to her. She turned her body so that she was facing him and knew that the best thing for him was to let him go, but she didn’t know if she could.
For once in her life, she wanted to just be selfish and keep him all to herself. Tom opened his eyes and looked at her, and as he saw her looking at him smiled and pulled her closer to him.
“I am so happy to see you, that woman was crazy” he said sleepily.
Abby smiled, “I’m happy to see you too, I was so angry when she took you, I literally wanted to kill her” she told him.
They lay in bed staring at each other for a few minutes, just happy to be together when he finally started to talk again.
“You know, this place feels different, but it feels comfortable, like a home I never knew I had” he said.
Abby was surprised, that wasn’t something she had expected to come out of his mouth.
“It feels like that for me too, but I figured it was just because I belong here” she told him.
He shrugged, “Maybe I belong here too, with you” he answered, sitting up in bed.
“Is there a bathroom?” he asked.
She nodded and pointed to the door next to the bed and he slid out of bed and disappeared through it. After a couple of minutes he walked back through looking at her with an odd look on his face.
“You know I was scared that you wouldn’t be able to get me back from her for a while there” he told her.
Abby sat up on the edge of the bed and he came over to her getting down on his knees in front of her and putting his head onto her lap. She started to run her fingers through his hair.
“I was going to find you no matter what, even if I died trying” she told him.
He looked back up at her, “I love you so much, I can’t even bear the thought of you dying, ever” he said with tears in his eyes.
He leaned forward and started to kiss her frantically, as though she was going to disappear at any second, and she knew at that moment that she could never let him go.
She snapped her fingers and both of their clothes disappeared; Tom looked down at his body and lifted his eyebrows. She smiled and stood up, lifting her into the air as his did and they lay back down onto the bed together, limbs intertwined.
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Abby looked over at Tom who was once again asleep next to her. She sat up in bed stretching out her arms trying to completely wake up. She slid out of the bed as slowly and quietly as she could manage trying not to wake up Tom. She needed to go and talk to her mother, but she would rather do it alone so she left him sleeping.
Abby looked around the room and saw that the clothes she had made disappear earlier were now draped over a small chair in the corner. Yawning, she made the clothes appear on her body before heading out to the place she knew her mother was, the Southern Gardens. It was her favorite place to be since Abby had basically banished Elysia from it weeks before.
As soon as she landed she spotted her mother lying on the grass looking up at the clear sky. Abby walked over and lay down next to her.
“Hello Abby, did you sleep well?” her mother asked her as soon as her head hit the surprisingly soft grass.
“Yes, I feel very rested” she told her.
They lay there next to each other for a while watching a lone golden cloud float by above their heads, and finally after it had completely passed over them did Abby ask the questions that were nagging at her mind.
“I felt so weak fighting Elysia today, why is that?” she asked. Her mother answered her right away.
“Magic is very subjective Abby, sometimes it will be very strong, but just like anything else, we can have off days too. There can be many factors that caused your magic to not be at its strongest” her mother explained.
Abby nodded, even though she knew her mother couldn’t see her.
“Do you remember when I was here in the garden with Elysia the first time and made her leave?” she asked.
“Yes, I remember it very vividly” her mother answered her.
“Well, that time it was like I was pulling power from the grass, the trees, the sky, everywhere really. It’s almost like I could hear them telling me they didn’t want her here, and that they were happy that I had finally made it here. But it wasn’t like I could actually hear them, it was more a feeling. Do you know what I mean?” she asked.
Abby could see her mother’s head turn toward her in the corner of her eye so she turned her head until they were looking at each other.
“I do know what you mean. Where did you fight against Elysia in the Faerie Castle?” she asked her.
“We were in a room that was really high up, nearly the tallest window” she said.
Her mother nodded, “Maybe that was part of your problem then, you seem to be the strongest when you are around nature” her mother said.
Abby turned her head back toward the sky, she had a feeling that her mother would tell her those exact words and wasn’t all that surprised to hear them.
“What happened exactly? How is she not here trying to find you now?” her mother asked her.
She told her about how the unicorn had come to their rescue and about how she turned the barrier inside out so that the fairies couldn’t cross it once they were on the other side.
Her mother listened quietly, “I don’t think it will hold forever, she will find a way to either turn the barrier back around, or to eradicate it completely” her mother finally told her when she was finished with her story.
Abby nodded, “Yes, I know. I also know that once she does escape, I will not be able to hide from her, and I’ll be ready for her when she does come for me” she said.
Abby’s mother sighed, “As your mother, I wish there was a way I could protect you, but I know that I can’t. This is all a part of your destiny, and I am actually quite proud to see you accept it so completely” her mother said.
Abby smiled, that was one of the nicest things anyone had ever said to her.
“I have to go back to the mortal world, I don’t think Tom should stay here much longer” she told her mother reluctantly.
“I know that Abby, and I agree with you” her mother responded.
Abby felt an incredible sadness come over here, she loved being here so much and it hurt her to think of leaving again. She grabbed her mother’s hand.
“I wish I could stay here with you” she told her mother. Her mother pulled her into a hug and they lay there for what seemed like hours hugging.
Chapter 35
Abby looked down at Tom, still asleep on the large bed and almost just crawled into the bed beside him, but she knew they needed to home and she had already gone around and said her goodbyes to everyone.
Finally she decided she was definitely going to wake him up; she leaned over and slowly stroked the side of his face.
“Tom” she said softly.
She knew he was a light sleeper and would likely hear her without speaking too loudly and sure enough after a few minutes she watched his eyes open. When he saw her looking at him he smiled.
“Morning” he said stretching his arms above his head. Abby smiled down at him.
“Good morning sleepy head, it’s time for us to go back home now” she told him.
He rubbed his eyes and nodded, “Okay, let me make myself presentable” he told her.
She watched as he got out of bed, looked around, spotted his clothes and grabbing them, headed into the bathroom. Abby giggled as she watched him, oblivious to the fact that he was walking around quite naked.
After a few minutes, he walked back out of the bathroom fully clothed, his blue eyes already brighter.
“Ready?” she asked him. He nodded and she grabbed his hand taking him with her to the place that was close to the portal.
Her mother thought it would be best for them to leave through the portal, as it
would be too hard to try and take him all the way to the mortal world with magic.
Once they landed he looked around, “Why are we still here?” he asked seeing the castle in the distance.
Abby laughed, “We have to go out through the portal, then we can go home from there” she told him.
He shrugged his shoulders, “Whatever, you’re the boss” he said.
She smiled and pulled him through the portal letting the bright light wash over her as they stepped back into the mortal world.
Once the light started to fade, she saw the gazebo in the distance and smiled, knowing that they would be back very soon. Halfway to the gazebo Tom stopped moving.
“Hang on a second Abby, my eyes need to adjust” he told her rubbing his eyes. Abby stopped and waited.
“They really need to put a dimmer switch on that thing” he told her.
She laughed and started to pull him forward again, but he didn’t move. She looked back at him, wondering if his eyes were still hurting him when she saw that he was looking at the ground.
“What is it?” she asked him as he let go of her hand and bent over picking one of the flowers off the ground.
“I’ve just never seen flowers that were orange like this before.”
The End
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 1 2
Chapter 13
Chapter 1 4
Chapter 1 5
Chapter 1 6
Chapter 1 7
Chapter 1 8
Chapter 1 9
Chapter 20
Chapter 2 1
Chapter 2 2
Chapter 2 3
Chapter 2 4
Chapter 2 5
Chapter 2 6
Chapter 2 7
Chapter 2 8
Chapter 2 9
Chapter 30
Chapter 3 1
Chapter 3 2
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
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