I'm just new here. This is my first fanfiction story.

Category: Children of the Lamp

Pairing: Faustina and John

Rating: K-T; T

So, this is it...

Wait! Disclaimer: I do not own Children of the Lamp. P. B. Kerr does, he's the author anyway.

So, this is it...

Faustina was gazing outside through the window. The Blue Djinn should have been hard-hearted, but Faustina missed everyone—John, Phillipa, Nimrod, Dybbuk, her mother, and lots more.

Meanwhile, John was also gazing outside. "Miss her?" Phillipa asked.

"Yeah," he replied. "I've decided to go to Iravotum. ABECEDAR— "

"No! It's in Iraq! You know what dangers face you. And the wish monster."

"I memorize all the things that I'm supposed to do." He said. "And I'm 18 already."

"We are twins! FABULONGOSHOOMARVILESH-!"

"Do not try to bind me. This is my life." He said. And before Phillipa could protest, he said, "ABECEDARIAN!"

John arrived exactly where the trapdoor to Iravotum was. He stepped inside and experience again the language twist. He faced the same monsters.

The seventh monster was Faustina herself. She waved and smiled. She ran forward. John apologized and threw a rock at Faustina. Faustina disappeared.

Now, he calls up the brass man with his boat. They sailed through the hot sea. All of a sudden, a wave hit them. The boat toppled over and the brass man held John's shirt and dived. John cursed.

The Rukhkh arrived. But it could not see any victim and could not hear any sound, save for the sound of the sea.

The brass man just held to John. John did not feel any heat at all. After about a minute or two, they arrived at the forest. The brass man calls up his boat and oar, then sails away.

The grass was almost depleted. Because of the king, the grass is almost gone, John thought. I wish that the grass would grow more.

He heard a roar in the distance. Then the grass began to reappear where the bare ground was. He ran until he was tired, then he rested.

He ran again when he was okay, then he took a sip of water from a jug he brought. He did not stop until he reached the Hanging gardens.

John had been here before, to save Phillipa from being the Blue Djinn. But he didn't know about the inside of the palace.

John explored and he never rested until he found Faustina's bedroom. John said, "Faus—"

"Servants, stop him. Put him in a cage." Said a girl.

"Faustina! I'm John. I've known you for many years."

"Ignore him, servants," said Faustina. "Just put him in a cage!"

"But Faustina... I have loved you for many years. Don't you care for us? For Dybbuk? For Mrs. Sachertorte?" said John. Faustina softened a bit. But after a breath, she said, "Take him in a room. Lock the door and give him anything he says, but relay the request to me first."

And John was pushed into the room. It had a bed, a bathroom, a table with ink, quill and paper, a window and a closet. He should have listened to Phil's advice. But he couldn't just let Faustina go.

So that's it. It is going to have a new chapter. Watch for it!