Hey! I hope you guys liked the first chapter. I'm back with number 2 now! Thanks for reading guys:)

It had been a week since Mina had seen any sign of her new neighbor, though, she assumed she was still there because her garden has grown almost double the size since she's first noticed it.

Mina kept waiting for an opportunity to go talk to Dama. She had grown extremely bored and her brother was off playing with his friend and her mom was working. If only Nan was still in town. Finally, Mina saw the old woman walking towards the apartment complex with a basket hanging from her arm. She waited until her neighbor was in the house before approaching her.

There was a door bell at the bottom of the stairs. Then another door to get in at the top. She rang the door bell and through the speaker said. "Hello Ms. Gothe, It's Mina!" the bottom door unlocked and her neighbor opened the top door.

"Good afternoon, Mina." She led her into the house. Most of the plants that were there the first time Mina had been there were now in the garden. "Would you like some tea?" the woman asked Mina.

"Yes, please." Mina said as she sat down on the sofa. Dama gave her a mug. "Thank you." Mina smiled. As she went to take a sip, Mina noticed that the tea was sparkling, and it was golden. Mina rose and eyebrow. "What's this made of?"

"Ah, it is a special herb from my garden. It was a gift, transported from Germany!" Mina was still unsure about how the tea glittered, but she didn't want to seem rude in front of her new neighbor. She drank the tea.

"Mmmmm. This is delicious!" It was so sweet, like candy. Mina had never tasted anything like it before.

"I'm glad you like it. This is the only place you'll be able to find it!"

Mina and Dama talked for hours. About school, boys, everything. Dama even told childhood stories of her times in Germany. They were so interesting. "You know, Mina. I could think of you as my own daughter. Or granddaughter for that matter."

Mina laughed. "Thank you for keeping me company. I should probably go now." It was around dinner time and her family would be back soon.

"No, thank you." Dama began leading Mina to the door.

"Wait, can I take a look at your garden. I noticed it from the roof of my building, and it looks so enchanted." Dama's smile grew.

"Of course. Another glass of tea?" Mina nodded and walked down a spiral staircase to the backyard. She was speechless.

There were the common roses, peonies, and daisies, but the further in Mina walked, the more flowers and trees there were she didn't recognize. "What's this?" she said approaching to a patch of very tall, quite large, blue flowers.

"That's a Blue Star Creeper. It helps attract the fairies." The woman winked at Mina. Mina chuckled in return. There were beautifully hand painted signs reading the name of each plant. Brass Buttons, a small fern complete with small yellow flowers. Suddenly, Mina began to feel very tired.

"Thank you for everything, but I should probably go now. For real this time. My mom might be worried."

"No problem. See you soon, Mina."

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At dinner, Mina could barely keep her eyes open.

"Are you okay, sweetie?"

"Yeah just.. really, really tired."

"Maybe you should go to bed once you have finished dinner." It was only 7 o'clock, but Mina agreed. She has never been this tired in her life. Mina quick finished her spaghetti and got ready for bed.

The next morning, she awoke later than usual. It was noon. She started brushing her teeth, but when she looked in the mirror, she noticed her hair had grown significantly longer.

"What?" Her hair reached her butt. It then dawned on her that Teague must have thrown her another quest last night when she was tired. Usually she can feel when there was a quest coming. "Nope. Not today." Mina said while she cut her hair. She wanted to have a Fae-free summer, even if that meant not talking to Jared for a couple months.

After her hair was cut back to it's normal length, Mina was satisfied. She walked back into her bedroom and grabbed her journal. She made her way to the roof and started to write. Mina wrote for hours about how her summer has been and Dama. I must find out what plant that was in my tea. It was brilliant, but made me very tired.. she began to write. The day went by and nothing eventful happened. It was just another lonely day of summer.

Mina contemplated going back to Dama's house, but with a quest on her shoulders, Mina didn't want to drag her into it. She decided to play with Charlie a bit and attempted to teach him the real way to play Candy Land, but like always, they ended up playing his way.

The next morning, Mina awoke again with the same problem. Her hair was extremely long. "Ugh." She thought cutting it once would rid the quest, but she'd have to try harder. She almost called for Jared, but once he came, the quest would be set and she wasn't really in the mood to play a princess all summer. Especially one that spends her time locked alone in a tower. Mina cut her hair again and flushed it down the toilet. She heard rattling coming from the drawer the Grimmoire was held in. The leather book was glowing. She pulled it out and opened it.

I wouldn't do that if I were you, Mina.

~T

Typically, Mina would have began to worry if the dark prince contacted her, but today she wasn't fazed. She searched around her unorganized desk for a pen or pencil.

I'm not in the mood for your games. Mina wrote back

You'll regret you ever said that. Mina rolled her eyes and closed the book. What was he going to do? He already lives his life trying to kill her. Would he come to the human plane himself? He's already done that before. Surprised her on the roof top after the end of the Snow White quest. Maybe he'd send another reaper after her. She shrugged off the thought and put the Grimmoire away.

Maybe Mina should stop trying to test Teague.. We all know what happened when she didn't do the quest.. Leave reviews!:) I appreciate it!