It was early dawn. The longboat gently was being lowered to rest at the sea's surface, and the very next moment the ladder stroked the Nomad's side. The sails were already convoluted while the whole crew gathered on deck and waited for the captain. When finally he came back from below deck with his sword, everyone looked at him startled. Sinbad was shaven. It was a big change for the crew because he had not done so for many days. Now the captain's beard was gone and his long hair was elegantly combed backwards.

"What are you looking at?" He interrupted the silence made everybody lower their eyes abashedly.

"Don't stand like this! Let's go!" Sinbad ordered to his crew.

"Aye, aye, Captain!" Doubar answered and moved towards the ladder just behind his brother. While Bryn, Firouz and Rongar were waiting for their turn, the sad woman looked around.

"Have you seen Dermott?" she asked her friends and added "I can't find him anywhere"

"I haven't seen him since I got up" Firouz reported. The brunette looked at Rongar who also negated.

"Where is he?" Bryn whispered to herself and followed the rest to the longboat.


In the meantime, Dermott flew towards the island. Passing the rocks on the coast, he found a little house built from stones and covered by a thatched roof.
The hawk sat down on one of the windowsills and looked inside. He saw the redheaded woman sleep in her bed. He almost could not believe this was really his dear sister. He decided to wake her up by using telepathy.

Maeve slowly opened her eyes and turned around sleepily but when she saw her brother the weariness went away.

"Dermott!" she jumped out of the bed, came near the window and petted the hawk.

"I missed you so much…" The sorceress said and then she finally realized something.

"Wait a minute! If you are here, that means…" She took a deep breath. Her heart was pounding.

"Yes, Sister, he will soon be here as well" Dermott answered her through his mind.

Maeve turned around and she was going to leave the room when Dermott stopped her, calling:

"Don't you think, you should dress up at first?" The redhead looked down herself. She wore only a long, white, satin nightdress. She just laughed at her brother and said.

"You probably got a point there."


Master Dim-Dim had not been sleeping for whole night. He already knew that Sinbad's faith was strong enough to find Alkida. The old sage was watching the upcoming longboat. It came closer and closer to the coast. Dim-Dim probably would have been able to see who was in it, did the sunrise not blind him this much. The same sunbeams blinded the feverish Sinbad who was standing at the front of the longboat.

Bryn still was watching her captain. Closer and closer they came to the shore. And as much as he was happy she was sad. She wanted to get back to the Nomad and leave that place.
Firouz was droning to Rongar on the island's location with a map in his hands.

"How is it possible?! According to this map we are in the middle of nowhere! There should be no islands!" He almost shouted. Rongar just smiled and Doubar really had enough of this.

"Firouz!" The big man shrieked out on the scientist. In the same moment they felt how the longboat ran aground.

Sinbad quickly jumped out of it and the rest followed him. When Doubar, Firouz and Rongar started to push the longboat, their captain moved towards the person who also was coming closer.
They both swiftly recognized each other and fell into a hug.

"Sinbad, my boy, I knew you could do it. I knew…" The master welcomed the blue-eyed man and pulled away but still had his arms open for the others. Doubar and Firouz hugged the old man calling:

"Master Dim-Dim!".
After all these welcoming hugs the sorcerer looked at Bryn.

"Master, this is…" Sinbad wanted to introduce the woman but Dim-Dim interrupted

"I know who she is better than you think" he announced in a slightly hostile way but then he resolved that it was not the best moment for these kind of confessions. He quickly added

"But there would be time for this later, my child" the old wizard smiled at Bryn and she smiled back at him. She got a strange feelings about this, someone finally seemed to know something about her past.

"Perhaps, we shouldn't be standing here for the whole day" Master Dim-Dim said to his silently reflecting friends. Sinbad was about to ask about the one person who was most important to him but the sorcerer preceded his question

"There is someone who is waiting for you" he smiled at Sinbad "Shall we?" he added and pointed at the path leading to the cottage.

"With pleasure" Firouz answered. He and Rongar moved to walk behind the master. Sinbad just smiled and went with them.
Doubar came closer to the slightgly tremblin brunette and put his arm around her shoulders.

"Don't worry, Little One" he said good-naturedly. She smiled and they both followed the rest.

The whole way Firouz did not stop asking Master Dim-Dim various questions. Sinbad almost lost his breath when they finally arrived at the house. He had been waiting for this moment for so long and he still could not believe that he finally had found this place.

Maeve who had heard Firouz' voice quickly ran downstairs and opened the front door to walk outside. She was just as intent as Sinbad. They both felt like being in a dream which finally came true.

The redhead slowly walked out and as soon as their eyes met, their strengths went away. They were not able to talk, they were not able to move - they just looked in each others' eyes which they had missed so terribly.

Firouz was the first one who broke the magic of the moment. He ran to Maeve and pulled her into a big hug. Doubar and Rongar decided to do the same.

"Maeve, Lass! We missed you so much!" The big man said.

Sinbad still was not able to make any move. He just watched the woman he loved. She looked as beautiful as usual. He quickly figured out that she wore the outfit he had bought her. The brown, short dress which with its thin straps left her arms and shoulders uncovered fitted the sorceress just perfectly.

While Maeve still was embracing the friends, Sinbad came a little closer to them.

"I missed you, too" The redhead greeted the guys who slowly let go off her and stood back to make way for their captain. Sinbad's and Maeve's eyes met again. They felt like everything around them disappeared. She ran into his arms and he comprised her as strong as he only could and pulled her into a big and passionate kiss. They let this moment last and forgot about the whole world.

Everyone was glad to see their happiness. Everyone except Bryn who was about to burst into tears. In a consoling gesture, Doubar put his arm around her shoulders once again.

"I think, we should leave these two" Dim-Dim proposed "Follow me" he added and moved to the garden's direction. The crew followed the old sage and left the lovebirds alone.

When Maeve finally broke away from Sinbad's kiss, she put her head on his shoulder. He gently kissed her neck and whispered

"I missed you so much."

"I love you, my blue-eyed sailor" Maeve answered and gave him a little kiss. He rubbed her nose with his. She looked deeply into his blue eyes which reminded her about someone.

"Sinbad…" she said to the man who just played with her hair.

"Yes?" he reacted. She took a deep breath, smiled cunningly and said

"There is someone who really wants to meet you."