Chapter Two

Third Person POV

Lily leaned against the tree and looked around at her surroundings. The clearing she was in was surrounded by thick, tall trees and lush, dark green grass. Looking up at the sky, she saw that it was already dark outside and shivered when a gust of wind rustled through the trees.

Looking down, she took in what she was wearing. She had on a pair of black, bootcut jeans and a light blue, short sleeve, button down shirt with a simple pair of white tennis shoes.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard yelling from somewhere in the trees. "Help! Help!" she heard being yelled frantically over and over again. Lily pushed herself off the tree and moved cautiously towards the yelling. She knew she was going in the right direction when the shouting became louder and she could hear other voices.

She could see blinking pink, green, and blue lights between the trees. As she got closer to the trees, she realized that the lights weren't blinking, they were moving so fast around the trees that it made it look like they were blinking.

"Who's there?" Lily called out, moving closer to the lights. Just as she called out, the lights stopped moving and the shouting stopped. "Help me!" came a tiny voice and the blue light sped towards her. The blue light stopped right in front of Lily's face.

She blinked several times, thinking her mind was playing tricks on her. The blue light transformed into a tiny girl with blue wings on her back. "You have to help me! Please!" she said frantically. When she noticed the two other lights were headed this way, she transformed back into a light and fled behind Lily's back.

The pink and green lights flew up to her and stopped in front of Lily, further back than the blue on had, but still pretty close. The two transformed into tiny girls with wings as well, but they looked different than the blue one. These two had platinum blond hair, while the other one had dark black hair.

"We know you're hiding, Aliessa." the green one said snidely.

"What makes you think she's going to protect you? She doesn't even know you! And if she did, she wouldn't even think twice about protecting you." the pink one said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"What makes you think I won't protect her? And where do you two come off bullying her?" Lily asked angrily, placing her hands on her hips. Aliessa poked her small head over Lily's shoulder and watched the interaction take place.

"You mean you're actually going to stand up for her?" the pink one asked shocked. The two of them shared a look and then turned back to Lily. "You must be new here, so we'll take it easy on you." the green one said. "I'm twenty times bigger than you. What do you think you could possibly do?" Lily asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Hey! We may be small, but our magic is extremely powerful." the pink one retorted angrily, her tiny hands balling into fists.

"Calm down, Greta. She's obviously never met a pixie before and doesn't understand our powers." the green one told the pink one, who Lily was assuming was Greta. "That's not the point, Fiona! Even if she doesn't understand, that gives her no right to underestimate us!" Greta yelled. Lily stepped back a little when Greta started to glow a bright pink. Fiona moved back as well. "Greta, be careful!" Fiona yelled.

There was a pause and Greta's glowing became even brighter before a large fireball shot out from her glowing form and started towards Lily. Lily gasped and shut her eyes, waiting for the burning impact. When there was none, she opened her eyes and looked around in shock. She looked down at herself to see if anything had caught fire. When everything checked out okay, she looked back up at the two pixies.

They looked at her with shock and fear evident on their faces. "What are you?" Flora asked in horror as she started to back away from Lily. Greta was frozen in her spot and just stared at Lily terrified. Flora started tugging on Greta's arm and she went without a second thought. Turning back into balls of light, they fled from Lily as fast as possible.

Lily looked around confused. Aliessa came out from behind Lily and stopped in front of her face. "That was amazing! How'd you do that?" Aliessa asked, a big smile spreading across her face. Lily looked at her confused. "Do what? I didn't do anything." she said, her eyebrows furrowing.

"Greta's fireball just evaporated when it came close to you. It was amazing! I've never seen anything like it! Greta's fireballs are famous amongst pixies for being the most powerful. I've never seen her so humiliated!" Aliessa said gleefully. Lily laughed half-heartedly. "I don't know what I did. I guess it just happened." she said.

Lily lifted her hand and Aliessa looked down at it. With a smile, she sank down and sat in the palm of Lily's hand. "You're so small." Lily said with a small laugh. Aliessa just gave her a funny look and tucked her hair behind her ear, not responding. After a moment, Lily decided she should ask. "Why were those two chasing you?"

Aliessa looked up at Lily and blushed. "Because I'm different." she said, looking down at feet. Lily just looked down at her confused. "What's wrong with being different?" Lily asked. Aliessa looked up at her then. "Because. Just...because." she told Lily. "You know, Pixies aren't born. We grow in flowers. Tulips to be precise. That's why we're 'born' with blond hair and how we get our powers. I was 'born; with black hair and no powers." Aliessa explained.

There was a long pause before Lily broke the silence. "I don't think there's anything wrong with being different. If it makes you feel any better, I don't remember anything." Lily told the Pixie with a small smile. Aliessa looked up at Lily. "What?" she asked confused. Lily just laughed a little and told Aliessa about her encounter with the Goblin King.

"You're kidding!" Aliessa exclaimed. "I can help you, if you want." Aliessa said shyly. Lily thought about Aliessa's offer. If Aliessa came with her, she wouldn't be alone and she might have a chance of making her way though this thing. Lily didn't know how big this place was and it would be kinda nice to have someone with her.

"You know what? Sure. It'll be nice to have someone around and not be lonely." Lily said, smiling at the small girl in her hand. Aliessa jumped up and and hugged Lily's cheek. "Thank you so much, Lily! It'll be great to be wanted around by someone." Aliessa said. She might have been small, but it was nice for Lily to have someone she could trust.