I blinked several times. The light from outside entered through the window and casted an eerie shadow over my bedroom. Strange dream I thought.
Someone was knocking the door.
"Yes?" I said from the bed, not wanting to stand up.
"It's me, Meghan"
I scrambled out of my bed and hurried to open the door. Meghan was dressed in some blue pijamas and had a bundle of clothes in her arms.
"I brought you something to wear for the Elysium" She grinned.
I let her in. "Thanks"
I was going to Elysium.
Once in there I'll look for him, tell him, try to convince him to come with me, go home. Search, tell, convince, go home. It's easy.
I looked myself in the full-lenght mirror in the corner of the room. The strappless light green dress came all the way to my knees with tiny flowers entwined in the fabric.
"It looks really good in you" praised Meghan.
"Thanks." I turned to her "Yours is amazing, it's so... queen-like"
She grimaced. "It's beautiful but this thing it's like five tons" Her blonde hair fell like a pale golden cascade down her back, while mine was a messy mass of red curls. I liked them, they reminded me of Mom.
"Do you really think he'll be there?" I asked her.
"I'm sure he'll be there, it's mandatory, so don't worry. Now come, the guys are waiting outside"
Sure enough, Ash and Kierran were standing beside Glitch who looked ready to go. They were laughing. My eyebrows rose to the point of almost reaching my hairline. That bitter Iron prince was laughing? I knew I had only met her the day before, but during that time he hadn't laughed at all. I shrugged inwardly, that wasn't my problem.
Ash approached Megan when he saw her, and kissed her softly on the lips. "Beautiful my Queen"
She circled his waist with her arms and giggled. "And you are very handsome my Knight"
I avoided looking at them, I felt like an intruder. Instead, my gaze settled on Kierran, he was dressed with formal princely clothes and was looking directly at me slightly open-mouthed.
"Hey prince, you're drooling" He closed his mouth and glared at me.
"I am not"
I shrugged. "If you say so..."
"Alright, ready?" asked Meghan when she finished making out with Ash.
Ash put a hand on Kierran's shoulder. "Remember what I told you" he warned him. Kierran just nodded and glared at me again.
Glitch helped me into the carriage and we left to Elysium.
Search, tell, convince, go home. Search, tell, convince, go home. I repeated to myself while I walked with my arm hooked into Kierran's to the Summer's courtyard.
Hungry gazes followed us, it seemed the Winter court was already here, and they were the worst of all, at least with the Summer ones I could pretend they were good. But the Winter faery, they did nothing to hide their true nature. They gave me the creeps.
I hadn't noticed I had been squeezing Kierran's arm until he said: "It's okay, they won't harm you. You're with us."
The Queen and her consort were ahead of us, it was a beautiful sight, they were so regal. They entered first and were received by the Summer rulers, Oberon and Titania. I felt suddenly shy, I mean, my name was Summer what would they think about that?
I searched with my eyes the whole place, I couldn't see him.
"Oh, and you've brought Kierran this time" said Oberon delightfully. He had long silver hair and a beautifully carved robe that screamed King. "and who's his companion?" he asked eyeing me curiously.
"I'm...-" A loud crash interrupted me at mid-sentence, followed by very colorfoul cursing that would make even Fangs proud.
A redhead guy ran towards us pushing dancing couples aside, and I saw why, he had apparently pissed off a bunch of trolls.
"He hasn't changed a bit" I muttered clutching Kierran's hand. He stilled for a moment but then relaxed.
The guy paused before his kings and bowed. "Your Majesties" Then he turned with a huge grin to Meghan. "Hey Princess" and to Ash "Iceboy"
The trolls backed when they saw him talking with us. Nice move.
Ash rolled his eyes. "There's someone who wanted to see you Goodfellow"
"Who, my dear snowflake, wants to see me?"
I dragged Kierran with me and stood where he could see me. "Me"