Milori stood in the middle of the library, his gaze scanned every nook and cranny of the room. He was alone. The library had always been the most quiet and almost always empty place in all of Pixie Hollow. Even when the Keeper was here all was still very quiet. He would usually just stay at his pedestal and write, leaving Milori to his thoughts. He had always known this and often sought after the confinement of the library for deep thinking.

When he had first entered, he was under the assumption that the Keeper would writing away near the back wall. So when he noticed that he was not present it surprised him. However, it was still very early. Not even the first light of day had shown yet, but Milori needed a place and time to think.

He took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly. His eyes were closed so he could not see, but he could feel the tremors of every object in the room. Just a few feet in front of him was a stack of books that trailed on throughout the room. To the left and right were each a pair of tall doors, they lead to other rooms within the mountainside. His thoughts began to race as he continued to stand there.

The moon was full. The thought had kept repeating in his head all throughout the night, to the point where once he had awoken, he was unable to fall asleep again. Today was the day everything was going to change and after years and years of knowing he still hadn't figured out what to say. "Pathetic, not knowing what to say to your own..." a voice in his head began before being interrupted.

He could sense the doors of the library suddenly opening and closing, silently behind him. He didn't even have to to turn around the know who it was. The Keeper. It had only been a matter of time before the sparrowman would arrive, it was his library after all. Milori was just hoping he would have more time alone. "Good Morning, Keeper,".

"Lord Milori, we need to talk," Dewey had spoken in such a serious tone, it surprised Lord Milori. He let out a slow exhale and turned towards the sparrowman.

"You haven't gotten a decent amount of sleep in weeks, and don't tell me otherwise because I'm not the only one seeing it either. Your eyes are as bloodshot as can be with dark circles under them," Dewey continued.

Milori let out a sigh, he knew the Keeper was right. He constantly saw the uncertainty in Clarion's eyes, and the nurses worried as well because he would not tell either of them why. The only thing he had told, even Clarion, about it was that he was having dreams and that was it. Not what they were about or anything.

"Look, you've been keeping secrets," Dewey went on.

The mood in the Lord of Winter immediately changed, like something had snapped. "That's none of your concern!" he barked. His eyes were suddenly almost animal like. They appeared as if they were those of an owl's.

"I just worry...".

"There is nothing to worry about! Your concerns are unneeded!" Milori interrupted. With that he began to exit the library. Almost nothing would stop him from leaving, except...

"It's not you I'm worried about, you are perfectly capable of handling yourself" he paused a moment, but Milori continued on walking out, "I'm worried about her,". It was in that instant Milori stopped dead in his tracks, he instantly knew who the sparrowman was talking about. Clarion. He slowly turned back around. At this point his anger was gone and his eyes became a calm silver once more.

"You've been keeping secrets from her as well. What's going to happen when she finds out about them? Are you just going to lie to her or are you going to tell her the truth," Dewey began to walk towards his pedestal, but then he turned back for a moment more, "It doesn't matter what you tell me or any of the fairies, what you tell her does,".


"You had the dream again, didn't you?" Clarion asked. She had been clinging to Milori as they rode atop the back of Phoebus. The two were on their way to a council meeting. She had noticed the depressed feeling in him ever since she had met him at the border just a few minutes ago.

Milori didn't reply to her. In fact, he said nothing except for letting out a quiet and dismal sigh. He just sat with the reins grasped in his hands as the cool winter air blew against them.

There was a few quiet moments before either of them spoke. "Milori?" she asked softly. Why was it so hard for him to just answer her? Couldn't he see that she only wanted to make him feel better?

After a moment he finally spoke, "Yes,".

Ever since he had the dream the first time he would not tell her what it was, but there was one thing she did know, "Then that means you crossed over again too?".

"Yes,". He wasn't proud of what he had done, but he knew couldn't lie to her face. Not after what the Keeper had said to him.

For a moment she was angry with him, but her frustration quickly faded. "Please, just tell me what happened,".

Phoebus then slowly descended towards the ground and landed silently in the snow. Neither of the two rulers moved. After a few moments Milori turned towards her and finally answered, "I can't, I don't want to worry you,". This was the most words she had gotten out of him the entire flight, but that still didn't make either of them feel better.

"But I do worry. I worry about how at night you can't even sleep anymore. I also worry about what could possibly happen to you when you cross the border. I don't like to see you like this," she replied.

He smiled at her, "Everything is going to be fine. I promise,". She smiled to him as well. Milori then hopped off of the owl and proceeded to help her down.


Hey! What's up? I'm back along with King of the Never Owls. Plus I'll be on the internet posting both videos and chapters.

So I'm going to start doing this little News Update thing in some of my chapters. It's going to have answers to questions you may have, details on working title stories, and random stuff that will barely have anything to do with Tinker Bell.

NEWS UPDATE:

I love all the messages, comments (on videos), and reviews telling about what you think is going on with Lord Milori. I hope I get more of those soon.

RANDOM:

So here's the random section. Anyway my topic for today is the Addams Family. Thanks to the Tinkerbell movies, especially Secret of the Wings, I will never be able to watch either of the Addams Family movies with a straight face ever again! If you know how these two movies are related actorwise you'll understand.