Okay, I was not satisfied with the way Fablehaven 5 ended cause I wanted to see where their relationship would go. Hence this story. I'm making this up as I go along so advice would be nice!
Crystal Sorenson sat by the edge of the pond, dangling her feet in the water. Sometimes the naiads approached her, but they never touched her. She knew the naiads were far from kind, but sometimes when she saw their pale, young faces, she remembered her mother's tale of Lena. She smiled as she looked around her home.
After the Sorensons had moved in for good at Fablehaven, the caretaker's mantle was passed down to her Uncle Seth. She, her mom, and her dad, still lived at the main house to keep him company. Her Grandma and Grandpa lived in Warren's old cottage. Warren stayed in the main house.
Crystal stood for a moment, hesitated, and glanced around to make sure there was nobody there. Then she took a deep breath and focused on the image of a fairy. She could feel herself shrinking, and her back felt like it was swelling up. Wings appeared, and she sparked with magic.
Crystal had been born a shape-shifter, able to change her shape at will. That was her secret, and only her parents and her Uncle Seth knew. Her dad, being a mythical creature himself, had a theory of how it had happened.
"Crys, your mom is a fountainhead of magical energy. I'm a unicorn. My best guess as to how you got your gift is that when we had you, her energy supercharged my magical creature DNA and that's how it happened. Of course, maybe you just mutated because you spend so much time running around in the woods."
Crystal couldn't deny that her dad was right- she spend an awful lot of time exploring Fablehaven. Her uncle had shown her how, and when you can shrink into a fairy and use magic, it wasn't really that dangerous.
Crystal turned back into her normal size. She almost forgot the wings, though, but a fairy giggling tipped her off.
"What's so funny?" she accused in Silvian.
The fairy laughed some more. "You look like you just walked into a costume shop and bought big clumsy curtains."
Crystal said a bad word her uncle had taught her and made the wings disappear.
Dinner that night was very lively. Her dad had invited some satyrs to come over and "liven things up a bit," and Newel and Doren were happy to oblige. He had granted her wishes by not inviting Verl, though. After Kendra had gotten married, he had set his sights on her daughter instead. Crystal had enjoyed the attention at first, but it had soon gotten way too creepy. However, she had learned from her mom that the quickest way to get rid of a satyr was to mention work, and Verl was just like all the others in that aspect. Newel and Doren, however, were currently holding a gravy drinking contest judged by her uncle and an unwilling Bracken.
Seth chanted, "Drink, drink, drink!"
Bracken, on the other hand, had Let's get this over with written all over him.
Sadly, we will never know who would have won, because something exploded outside.
Sorry for the cliffie and short chapter. Reviews are good. Bye! :)