Disclaimer!: I own nothing! Except Loki! And the new plot. That's IT. I sure wish I owned Keenan and Niall...

Aislinn sighed. Seth had walked out on her, again. It had only taken a few moments, once she felt him out of their loft, when the anger bubbled up inside her. It showed itself through the sunlight she expelled, the heat that surrounded her, and the sudden gust of sandy wind. She slammed her fist into the bed and growled.

Siobhan knocked on the door of Aislinn's room. "My queen?" she said softly, her voice reminded the Summer Queen of the warm summer breezes she loved."Aislinn?" she asked again when she got no reply.

"Yes Siobhan?" she said as she took rather deep breaths trying to calm herself down. Siobhan was pushing the door open as Aislinn spoke.

"Are you okay? We saw Keenan leave in a whirlwind of sand…and then Seth…just left…He looked rather upset also." She said softly as she glided over to her and knelt down taking Aislinn's left hand. She smiled up at her queen, hoping she could be of some help.

"No. I'm not Siobhan." She said feeling the sunlight balling up inside her threatening to spill out at any moment. "I need some time to think." She said pushing the heat and sunshine down so that she didn't overload Siobhan with her emotions or the sierra heat she was containing.

Siobhan could feel the heat that was overloading Aislinn's frail body. All the summer fay had noticed their queen's weight loss, and with that loss she seemed to have a harder time controlling her emotions. "Would you like me to accompany you outside? Or would you rather like some time for yourself?"

"Actually…I was thinking about going to The Crows Nest." She suggested looking to the summer girl curiously. "Would you like to gather the other girls and accompany me?" Siobhan's eyes lit up and she nodded.

"Of course my queen!" she said with a big smile as she squeezed Aislinn's hand and then quickly darted out the door to gather the girls.
Aislinn watched her leave, she sighed as she drew lazy flowers in her bedspread. "My queen." Tavish said from her open doorway. Her head whipped up and she stared at him, tears threatening to form in her eyes as he walked in and up to her.

"Where is Keenan?" she asked watching Tavish as he brushed his hair back, revealing the sun tattoo that was on his neck. Tavish sighed shaking his head sadly as he looked over at the blooming flowers.

"I have no idea My Queen. He left so fast none of us could keep up." He offered his hand to her as he looked back. She rested her small hand in his and he pulled her up with a sweet smile. "Now, please, go have some fun, clear your mind so that later you can think about the choices easier." He kissed her hand bowing his head and then retreated from the room shutting the door behind him.

He is right. I must be of clear mind to decide. I must be strong for my court.

Smiling Aislinn made her way to the closet and started to shift through the rather huge closet. It was all color coded and separated perfectly. Seeing the order in her closet seemed to help calm Aislinn down, quickly she found a beautiful golden dress. Once dressed she spun around as she admired how beautiful the dress was, hanging just above her knees, strips of fabric that faded from a warm orange to the gold of the rest of the dress made perfect spirals. Her moment of peace was interrupted by another knock of the door.

"We are ready, Aislinn." Siobhan said with a smile as she slowly opened the door to peer at her queen. "You look beautiful." She said walking over to take the queen's hand. "Now shall we go dance till our feet are sore?" Aislinn smiled softly and nodded.

They had been dancing for hours. Aislinn had lost count of the time once the summer girls handed her the delicious summer wine. Smiling Aislinn spun around, as one of the summer girls danced with her. There were a few faeries in the club that night, and all of them seemed to be watching the Summer Queen as they danced.

"Oh I think I need to sit down for a moment…" Aislinn yelled over the loud boom of the music. Tracy smiled leading her back to a small table; the two girls were giggling and talking as they took their seats. It seemed like only a moment later they had a waiter walked up. He was a faerie, one of the Summer Court, and the one who kept getting the girls the summer wine they desired.

"Would you like some more summer wine my Queen?" he asked holding out another cup for her. Aislinn took it quickly nodding her head in thanks as she started to drink. Tracy grinned from ear to ear.

"I think I'm going to go join the rest of the girls. Are you okay here by yourself or would you like me to stay?" she asked resting her hand on Aislinn's.

"Go have fun Tracy." She said simply as she smiled at the summer girl. Tracy nodded and got up, quickly rushing out on the dance floor and joining the mass of mortals and faeries.

Aislinn's face sunk as she watched them. Why can't I just be happy? She thought as she took a swig of the wine. Seth is back! I should be ecstatic…But I just feel…feel… "GAH!" she growled slamming her fist on the table as she let out a long sigh. A few mortals looked over at her curiously while the faeries watched her sadly. They hated seeing their queen so upset, so confused.

Siobhan rushed over to her side. "Aislinn? What is wrong? Is something not to your liking?" She asked franticly as she watched Aislinn's face go from anger to a soft warm smile.

"No, no, it's noting Siobhan. Just got a little frustrated. Please go join the girls." She said softly as she shooed her off. Siobhan just nodded and walked off slowly, keeping her eye on Aislinn the whole time. Sighing Aislinn watched everyone dance, her eyes jumped from faerie to faerie. Most were of the summer court, one or two from the dark court. She took another sip of her wine and looked down at her own hands. She smiled softly at the glow she knew she was letting out.

Where is Keenan? She asked herself. Her mind jumped from one place to another of where her king could be. But none seemed right. Did he go to Donia? The orchard…? Letting out a long sigh she looked back up to see a faerie standing in front of her. The girl watched her curiously. She was a bit taller than Aislinn. Her black hair framed her face in a perfect pixie cut, purple streaks poked out randomly. Dark ocean blue eyes watched Aislinn with the utmost curiosity.

"Ya Okay?" the faerie asked her with a smile.

"For the most part I guess." Aislinn replied holding onto her summer wine. "Who are you?" she asked tilting her head.

"Me?" the faerie asked rather coking her head to the side "Me? I'm Loki!" she said raising her head up proudly as she smiled at the queen.

"Can I help you Loki?" Aislinn asked sweetly as she watched the faerie take a seat next to her.

"You glow."

"Y-Yes…I do…" she started to clam her body down letting the sunlight disappear.

"Holy-!" Lokie yipped as the sunlight faded. "How do you do that?"

"Summer q-"

"Ohh! You're of the summer court! That explains everything."

Aislinn raised an eyebrow at Loki. "It does?" she said curiously as Loki nodded.

"So what's your name?" Loki asked bouncing in her seat; she was looking at the empty wine glass that Aislinn had been holding.

"Aislinn…" Loki looked up at her, smiled and, in one of the fastest movements Aislinn had ever seen, knocked over the wine glass. "W-What-?" she stared at the now toppled over glass.

"Why did you…?"

"It's pretty." Loki said simply as she watched Aislinn set the glass back up. "It was pretty…" her voice drifted off as Aislinn looked at her with a smile.

"You are very…interesting."

Loki grinned, a large grin as she nodded. "I'm glad you think so!" her eyes were torn away from Aislinn as a few of the summer girls rushed over to Aislinn sitting all around her. "You sure are popular!" she said with a quirky laugh.

"Is there something wrong girls?" Aislinn asked, the authority in her voice seemed to catch Loki's attention. The girls shook their heads but stayed close to Aislinn watching Loki curiously. The silence became a bit awkward but then Loki smiled.

"Why don't you come dance Aislinn?"

"I think I'm okay. Why don't you and the girls go dance?" The girls started shifting as to get up and start dancing again. Loki watched the girls then looked back to Aislinn who just smiled.

"Salt…?" Loki muttered watching the girl who moved slowly reaching out towards the wine glass.

Aislinn tilted her head raising an eyebrow "Salt?"

"I taste salt." Loki said simply then waved down a faerie waiter.

"What can I get you..?"

"More summer wine" Aislinn and Loki said in unison, then looked to one another and laughed. The waiter rushed off and returned with enough summer wine for all of the girls. They each started to sip the wine smiling. Loki stared at it curiously, sniffing the liquid she seemed to flinch. "It smells of sunshine, sugar…honey?"

"Summer wine is like pure sunshine, perfect lazy afternoons with warm breezes…" Tracy said as she sipped the beautiful golden wine. Loki raised an eyebrow at the summer girl then picked up the wine swirling it around for a moment before chugging the whole thing. Aislinn just laughed smiling at Loki who grabbed her hand tugging on her to lead her to the dance floor. The summer girls tensed all getting up to follow their queen.

"Fine fine." She laughed as they went back out on the dance floor.

It seemed like she had been dancing for a full day before she was seated again. Her legs were sore, her head was in the clouds from all the summer wine she had been drinking, and her body felt light. She sighed resting her head on the back wall and just laughed. Loki made her way to sit down next to her new friend.

"You are a good dancer" Loki said with a large grin as she sipped more summer wine.

"As are you."

Looking away from the glowing woman Loki smiled watching the faerie dance."You seem much happier." She added simply as she slowly turned to look back at the, still glowing, faerie.

"I am." She said simply as she looked to Loki "It's because of you." Loki went to open her mouth to reply but both of the girls attention was pulled to the front door. If it had been a mortal, neither would have noticed or even cared, but the looming darkness that suddenly seemed to seep around all of them drew their attention.

Standing at the entrance and looking around curiously was Irial and Niall. They spotted Tavish, who had been staying within ten feet of Aislinn since the moment Seth arrived, and walked over talking to him in hushed, rushed tones. Tavish motioned with his head towards Aislinn and Loki.

"Aislinn…"Irial said as he walked up, but before he continue his sentence he was tackled by Loki.

"IRI!" she cried clinging to him. Irial stared at her for a moment, as if he didn't know who she was and then he wiggled away standing back up and offering a hand for the faerie girl.

"Loki…." He said with a chuckle hugging the girl once they were both standing up again. Niall rolled his eyes and sat across from Aislinn.

"Aislinn. What are you doing?"

"What do you mean what am I doing?" she asked as she twirled the wine glass around.

"You are at The Crow's Nest….surrounded by humans; you're drinking summer wine, and attracting every mortal boy's attention." He motioned around the club showing how all the boys were stealing glances at her. "Don't you think you should be at the Rath?" Aislinn sighed rolling her shoulders in a shrug.

"What's it matter" she growled upset; he seemed to smile as she allowed her emotions to slide through. Her body started to glow lightly as she remembered why she was there in the first place.

"Aislinn!" he growled "You NEED to leave now."

"You are not my king! I do not have to listen to you."

"No you are right. You don't have to listen to me. But it would be in everybody's best interest if you leave and come with us to the Rath. I do not want to see you do something stupid because of the way you are feeling."

"Wh-What?" Aislinn said looking up at him her eyes a bit wide in shock. Loki plopped down next to Niall and smiled happily listing to them.

"Despite what has been going on within the courts you are still a good person Aislinn. I do not want to see you ruin what little you have left because you couldn't control yourself around mortals."

"Niall…" she said just above a whisper. "You amaze me sometimes." She smiled at him. He didn't smile, didn't react. He just nodded simply and stood up turning to come face to face with Loki who had a large smile on her face.

"Niaaaalllllll!" she said hugging him tightly. He tensed up for a moment, Loki stepped back looked at him and tilted her head. "Niall? Do you not remember me?" she said in a teasing tone as she poked his chest. He growled a bit, he was obviously a bit annoyed.

"Loki." He said simply as he pushed her out of the way as he walked to Irial's side. "It's nice to see you." He turned to look back at Aislinn. "Come on Ash." He said trying to smile at her.

"Let's get you either to the loft or to the Rath." Aislinn stood up and nodded she motioned for the summer girls to return.

"Girls…Where do you want to go? Home or to the Rath?" There was a mixture of opinions but they all paused to look at their queen curiously, all of them had the same expression. Asking what she wanted to do.

"Let's go dance for just a bit more." She said smiling at them all then looking to Niall and Irial who turned to leave. The summer girls surrounded Aislinn, Travish quickly walking over, along with a few other guards. Loki looked between the dancing mortals and the group leaving. "Are you coming Loki?" Aislinn said smiling at the girl. Loki's eyes lit up, if just for a moment, and she rushed over to join her new friend.

By the time Aislinn was home, the sun was rising. The summer girls lead her to her room and lightly placed her down in the bed. "Good morrow my queen" they said in unison as they walked out of the room. Aislinn lay in her bed, her hair a mess, her legs sore her body felt like a log and she sighed. What am I doing mom? She sighed rolling over to look out the large window that was near her bed. Both of the men I l- she shook the word away, but as she did so she felt wrong. Do I…do I really love both of them?

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