Alright, it's kind of late and I should be going to bed because I have to wake up earlier than usual for work, but whatever. I'll be fine I guess. If I am really tired tomorrow and act all snippy towards my children then that is all on me, ya know? I really don't want to go into work early though. I am so not ready for that. My weekends are way too short. They need to be like five days long rather than a mere two. I got up early every day this weekend and that just killed me, but whatever; as long as I'm out the house. There really isn't anything to do otherwise…except type. Enjoy this next chapter.

~Rolyn~


Chapter Two: Introduction


"I don't think I ever caught your name," May said as she and the stranger she had met in the tea salon strolled down that oath that would lead them into the park. Cutting through the park to make it to home was a regular for the brunette. After surmising that their conversation should be taken to a less public location, the pair had gone on their way, walking in silence until now.

"Rolyn," The girl introduced with a small smile. "Well, Princess Rolyn of the planet Harmony." She added as her small smile turned lopsided. May's brow furrowed for a split second. She couldn't help but think in the back in her mind, this girl was off her rocker, but nothing seemed that farfetched anymore.

"A princess…" May sighed. She didn't want to appear as overwhelmed as she was. Rolyn nodded as she hummed in agreement. Deriving a conclusion, she concluded that the girl before her was a fairy princess…something that only existed in fairytales. "Of your own planet, you say?"

"The dimension I live in is different than this one. While you have the President of the United States, whole worlds are ruled by Kings and Queens. One day, I will rule over my planet," Rolyn smiled fondly before twirling in a full circle. Her ebony colored hair whipped in the wind. "I will be the guardian fairy over music, melody, and harmony."

"Is that your…?" May trailed off. The word escaped her.

"Quintessence?" Rolyn offered for her with a smile. May simply nodded. "Yes…my Quintessence is music. Unlike here, in the magical dimension, Quintessence is not limited to the basic elements such as fire, air, earth, and water. It expands to immeasurable possibilities. I think that seeing as you are from Earth, your Quintessence would be one of the four elements some of the humans believe in on Earth."

May nodded as she took all of this in. It was funny how this stuff about magic and Quintessence had integrated into the normal life and history she had today. She remembered learning in her history class about certain areas of the world that believed you could actually control the four basic elements.

"You said you'd show me your abilities if I showed mine…even though I didn't even know I had them." May laughed awkwardly. Rolyn looked towards the brunette before sighing and nodding in agreement. She had promised that she would show May what she was capable of. "What can a Quintessence like music do?"

Rolyn gave May a secret smile as she held out her left hand. On her left ring finger was a ring that had a glimmering treble clef sitting on top of her finger. May watched as the ebony haired fairy princess pulled the ring off her finger. It looked like she hesitated for a moment as she looked from left to right before the ring glowed faintly and began to shift and bend until it took the shape of a shining jet black flute.

"Watch…" Rolyn murmured before bringing the flute to her lips. She shut her eyes as she began to play a beautiful melody that May never heard before. It sounded… magical. Its gentle tune relaxed May's body almost instantly. The trees began to sway, but there was no breeze. The clouds moved away from the sun that seemed to shine even brighter.

"Oh my gosh…" May breathed as she saw flower buds bloom ten times as quickly as they should. Birds twirled around her, singing the enchanting tune Rolyn was playing. Rolyn pulled the flute away from her lips and everything stilled once again. May breathed out in shock. "That was amazing…"

"I'm pretty sure you're capable of much more amazing things…" Rolyn said with a smile as the flute quickly morphed back into the shape of the glimmering ring the fairy princess adorned on her finger. May watched as she slid the ring back on. "What I do not understand though is how a girl like you ended up in a place like this."

May's brow furrowed in confusion.

"How did a fairy end up on Earth?"

"I don't understand…" May said slowly. "Are there not any fairies on Earth?"

"Not anymore…" Rolyn sighed as they began walking again. May gestured for her to explain by waving her hand. "Fairies left Earth a long time ago when people began to ostracize them and treat them unfairly due to their capabilities. The idea of anything magical was quickly lost to everyone with time and soon turned into fables conjured up by parents trying to get their children to bed at night. No fairy has come to Earth in decades…until we realized that one has been here all along…unknowing of what she was truly capable of."

"That's horrible." May murmured.

"Yea, but you never stopped believing, May, because I think that in your heart, you knew who you are…you could feel the magic, so you never gave up on it. It wasn't until recently that the magic inside of you refused to remain on the back burner," Rolyn smiled gently at the brunette. May couldn't help but smile right back. "I think it was the negative Quintessence you were exposed to at school that finally broke you."

"Negative Quintessence…" May mimicked quietly as they began to walk in time once again. "Is there such a thing?" She questioned with a shrug. Rolyn nodded as she hummed in confirmation.

"You know that good and bad exist in the world?" Rolyn chuckled. May nodded. "Well, there is negative and positive Quintessence; life and death, good and bad, light and darkness. Fairies possess positive Quintessence…others like witches and warlocks possess the negative kind."

"They all exist…" May breathed incredulously. "Witches and warlocks and fairies…"

"Oh, and pixies, wizards, and sorcerers," Rolyn added with a laugh. May couldn't help but smile. It was all too surreal. Everything she dreamed about…everything she wished she could be was real and she was a part of it. It almost seemed too good to be true. It had her heart dropping to her feet with excitement. "All that and more exists in Magix."

"Is that the dimension you're from?" May asked. Rolyn nodded for what seemed like the umpteenth time that day. "It's also the dimension you are from…and that still leaves the question of how you got here. A Fairy hasn't been born on earth for hundreds of years and you do not look a day over eighteen." May laughed lightly.

She had her own questions as well, besides the hundreds that erupted the moment she had come to the conclusion that fairies were in fact real. If what Rolyn said was true, how did she get here? Was she the first fairy to be born on earth in the last hundreds of years? She looked like her mother…or the woman in the pictures as Max liked to call her seeing as he and May did not share the same mother, so she was pretty sure she wasn't adopted. She had been living her life here on Earth for as long as she can remember. Nothing magic related came up before that.

"I…I don't know how to answer that question." May said slowly as she turned to face Rolyn. "But I think my Dad and Mom might have an answer."


Monica was a wonderful step-mother. She did nothing towards May to make her feel any ill will towards her, or maybe that was because May had to live with Monica for most of her life. Norman had married the blonde haired woman about two years after the passing of his first wife Caroline back when May was only three. Monica immediately took the role as the mother for the brunette and even gave her a baby brother. May loved Max with all her heart even though they were only half-siblings.

May knew Monica couldn't know much, but she went to her first anyways. Caroline's Flower Shop wasn't too busy anyways so her step-mother would have time to talk. May never really talked to Monica about her real mother. It was a sore topic seeing as Monica tried so hard to be the mother May never had. In spite of this, right now, May needed answers.

"May," Monica addressed when the brunette stepped into the shop. The bell above the door jingled and Monica put on her bright smile that seemed too wide to be genuine, and yet it was with the exuberant woman. "I'm glad your home. How was your last day of school – Oh! Who's this?" Monica gestured to Rolyn.

May glanced back at Rolyn briefly before turning her attention back on Monica. "This is Rolyn…she and I met at the tea salon and came to the conclusion that we have some unique common qualities." Rolyn chuckled at May's phrasing.

Monica's smile widened if that was even possible. She was all too aware of her step-daughter's incapability to make friends.

"That's good. Was there anything you needed? It seemed like you walked in her with a purpose." Monica laughed.

"Yea…" May nodded slowly. "My biological mother…does Dad talk about her?"

Monica blinked in surprise, her smile falling.

"Well of course." Monica forced out, giving the pair a brief strained smile. "Caroline was his first love…the love of his life really. From what he tells me, she was an amazing, special woman." Monica sighed as she busied herself with wiping down the counter. "Besides that, I don't know specifics about Caroline. I do wish I could have met her though. She sounds like quite the gal."

Monica forced a laugh.

May nodded slowly. "Thanks Mom," She murmured.

May usually jumped between calling Monica by her actual name and the term Mom, but seeing as how much Monica loved when the brunette called her Mom, May decided to indulge her this one time. The tension in the air needed to be released.

"No problem, sweetie." Just for the sake of leaving the conversation there, Monica pretended to be far too busy to talk and began scurrying around the shop, tasking herself with busy work. May took this as her cue to leave and went towards the stairs tucked into the corner of the shop that led to their home upstairs. Her father should be home. He wasn't needed in the station today.

May gestured for Rolyn to follow and she did quietly, looking around as she went. Earth wasn't so different from her home planet, or many other planets in Magix. There were pictures of the family on the walls and modernly designed furnishing…not as modern as Magix, but they had mystical powers on their side that made them far more advanced than any life in any other dimension.

"Dad," May called out as the pair strolled slowly through the living area of the house. Almost automatically, a tall dark haired man appeared from the hall that led to what must have been the bedrooms. Norman smiled brightly at his daughter and May smiled right back.

"Hey peanut," He greeted affectionately as he approached his daughter and enveloped her in a hug. Rolyn allowed herself to get distracted as Norman inquired about his daughter's day. She let her eyes dart from one picture to the next. She had to double take on one in particular. The woman beaming in the picture hanging above the mantle of the fireplace was gorgeous…familiar and gorgeous.

"Is that…" Rolyn breathed. Her little outburst caught Norman and May's attention and they both watched as the ebony haired girl moved closer to the fireplace trying to get a close look at the picture.

"It's her." Rolyn laughed incredulously. "It makes so much sense now!"

"What makes sense?" May questioned as she stepped away from her father.

"That is Headmistress Caroline!" Rolyn exclaimed turning to the brunette as she gestured to the picture of the deceased Caroline. "She was the founder of Sentry University; the school I'll be attending come the fall." Rolyn spoke quickly due to her excitement and for the millionth time that day, May was impossibly confused. The only difference with this situation was that her father was also at a loss.

"I don't understand…" May trailed off while shaking her head. Rolyn laughed openly as she approached the brunette and took her by the shoulders. May tensed in the other girls grip before being ushered closer to the picture of her mother she looked at every day. Caroline looked completely normal in the picture. Nothing magical about her could be visibly seen…then again, Rolyn was the same way.

"Headmistress Caroline was one of the strongest fairies of her time, but no one knew where she came from or who came from nowhere and built herself from nothing. She was one of the first guardian fairies of the Magix dimension." Rolyn explained. "Guardian fairs have not been around for long but when it became apparent that there were worlds in need of guiding and protecting, Headmistress stepped up and soon established a place where young fairies could hone their abilities and became the rulers and guardians the Magix dimension needs."

Rolyn glanced at May out the corner of her eye. The brunette was staring at the picture of her mother as though she were seeing the woman for the first time. May never got to actually know her mother, but she always believed that she was a great woman who did great things, but she never thought about just how fantastical those things could be. Her mother was a fairy…just like her. It wasn't possible and yet May didn't doubt it for a second. She always knew her mother was something way beyond expectation.

"May, your friend is…quite eccentric," Norman laughed behind the pair. May blinked in surprise. She forgot her father was still there, obviously completely clueless to a very shocking truth that not only rattled her life, but would soon rattle his as well. She wasn't sure why Caroline would hide who she was to Norman—her own husband—but now was the time to learn the truth.

"Dad…she's telling the truth," May said hesitantly as she turned to face her father. Norman stared at her with a perked brow. May stared right back. Her expression gave away no hints that she was joking and Norman was starting to worry.

"May, I know you like all those fantastical things and I would never want to burst your bubble, but you have to know it's not true." Norman shook his head at his daughter. He half expected her to sigh in defeat and agree or snap at him for treating her like a sensitive child, but instead she continued to stare at him with that far too serious expression on her face. "May…"

"It's true, Dad. Mom was a fairy and so am I." May murmured.

"May, drop the nonsense! I'm not in the mood. It was cute when you were a kid, but…but you're going into college and I can't protect you there. I can't be there everywhere you go to reassure you about the farfetched tales that defy everything that is real." Norman said firmly. "It has to stop. You have to…"

Norman paused midsentence when a flash of blinding light lit up the living room of the Maple home. It was gone as quickly as it came and in its place, was a completely transformed girl. May's jaw fell open in shock as her eye widened. This display of power was far more different than the minor display Rolyn had offered her in the park.

The girl that stood before them looked strange, yet stunningly beautiful. She looked like she was ready to go to a Halloween party even though it was the end of June. Her clothes caught the light at every angle and sparkled enough to almost blind May. She was dressed in what looked like a dress minus for the fact that the entire midsection was made of a sheer material that showed off her midriff.

Her dress was light green in color and was strapless while ending a couple of inches above the knee. Her hair looked longer, reaching to her shoulders and jet black in color with green undertones, if that was even possible. Her sparkling matching green boots went all the way up to her knee, and on her wrists were silver colored gauntlets that matched the very expensive looking tiara perched on the girl's head. In her hand was a scepter with that familiar shimmering treble clef perched at the top.

In spite of the outrageous outfit, what put Norman off the most were the shimmering light green tinted wings that seemed to be sprouting from the girls back. The even emitted sparkling dust every time she moved.

May managed to tear her gaze away from the fully transformed Rolyn and looked back at her father who was staring at the girl in absolute shock. She had caught them both off guard, but she was glad she did so. This certainly proved her father wrong.

"Do you believe me now?" May said quietly as she gestured to Rolyn. Norman blinked himself out of his daze and turned his wide eyes towards his daughter.

"May, we need to talk." He breathed.


"I can't believe your father didn't know that your mother was a fairy…" Rolyn sighed as she sat on the edge of May's bed. May sat across from her in the chair that went along with her desk. All over that desk were fantasy novels and fairy figurines. "That's a big secret to keep from your husband, but I understand why she'd keep it."

"Really?" May murmured. She didn't know how she felt about her mother never telling her father that she was a fairy. She didn't even know how to feel about being one herself. All she knew was that it was true and there really was no way to change it at this point.

"Yea, I told you how fairies weren't treated as kindly on Earth…well, Caroline must have been scared. She was a powerful fairy, May. Your mom practically had no limits and people here on Earth either fear or try to take that kind of power…that is something to be anxious about," Rolyn said quietly. "I was hesitant to come here, really…I asked Headmistress Jennifer what was so important about this one pulse of power that required me to stick out my neck by coming here…but now I know."

"I can't be that special…" May laughed awkwardly.

"You are," Rolyn laughed right back. "You have more power than you could ever imagine. All the negative you have faced in your life never hindered you and that's what fuels the fire inside you. You belong to Magix, May…which is why I want you to come back with me."

May jumped at her words. Rolyn smiled weakly at her as if to silently apologize for the sudden proposition.

"You want me…to go to an entirely different dimension?"

"It's where you belong,' Rolyn argued. "Earth cannot handle you, nor can it understand you. In Magix, you will be able to be who you truly are. You will discover everything you need to know about yourself if you just come with me. You are guaranteed at Sentry University."

"I…" May began before snapping her mouth shut. She had to admit she was still curious about who she was and exactly what she was capable of, but at the same time, where she was now…she was used to the simple life. She was accustomed to being normal. What kind of transition would it be to go from what was seen as the norm to everything that defied it?

"I don't know…"

"I get it," Rolyn nodded in understanding. "I'm pretty sure you just need time to think and let everything set in, right?"—May nodded quickly—"Then I will leave you to it."

Rolyn stood from her seat on the edge of Rolyn's bed and pulled her ring off her ring finger. It glowed, just as it did in the park, but instead of shifting into a mere flute, it grew and stretched into the scepter Rolyn had wielded earlier, prior to her transformation. May watched curiously as Rolyn brought the scepter down to the floor with a firm tap and May gasped as her floor began to slowly open up.

It was surreal; an entry way into the unknown on May's part, but Rolyn stepped up to the portal that appeared with little hesitance. May stared into it as it swirled with sparkling colors that almost hypnotized her. She was almost tempted to jump in herself.

Rolyn turned back towards her. "When you've made a decision use this." Rolyn opened her hand and a small treble clef charm floated from her palm and towards May. The brunette opened her hand and the charm settled in her palm. May decided not to question where the charm had come from. This was a fairy princess… "For what it's worth May, I hope you choose to come to Sentry…it's in your heritage."

Rolyn and May shared a smile before the fairy princess disappeared into the vortex. May watched as the portal slowly inched closed before her floor was just as it was before. Finally alone, she concluded that she would have a large headache in the near future. She had a lot of thinking to do.


Augh! This took so long and I don't even know how I feel about it! I still have so much to do before this story actually gets moving with a plot and focus. I think introductions to everything and everyone will take another two chapters so, just bear with me. I'll try to make sure that it never gets boring because no one likes a boring story, right? Obviously some original twists have made themselves apparent such as May's mother and her step-mother. It'll add a little drama down the line so it's all for a reason. For once, I have a little bit of planning done and I don't feel boxed in. Thank you all for reading.

Feedback would be much appreciated.

~Rolyn~