Brendan and Pangur Ban quickly got used to living with Aisling. A couple of months passed. Around this time, Brendan thought about taking the next step in his relationship with Aisling. The only problem was: he didn't know how to ask. Deciding to take a chance, he went over to Aisling to ask her.

"Hello Brendan." Aisling smiled. "Have a good walk?"

"Yes, it gave me time to think about something."

"About what?"

"Well, it's uh...Aisling how do forest spirits ask each other to become mates?"

Brendan learned a while back that since forest spirits were close to nature like animals they don't use terms like husband or wife.

Aisling smiled joyfully, getting what Brendan was trying to do.

"Are, are you asking me to become your mate?" She made sure.

"Well, I'm trying to-"

Aisling hugged him.

"Good enough." She smiled.

"I take it your answer is yes then?" Brendan chuckled.

"Of course it is."

Now, forest spirit wedding ceremonies were different from human ones. No minister, no vows, no rings, not even a reception. Instead, Aisling and Brendan stood in front of a berry bush. It turns out that the bush was Aisling's mother. Aisling had already talked to Brendan about the ceremony, so he knew what to do. There wasn't a lot to do anyway.

All Brendan and Aisling had to do was to place their hands over each other's hearts and stay like that for a while. Until their hearts became one that is, and it didn't take that long either. Then, they kissed. Unknown to them at the time, the kiss did something very special to Brendan.

They found out after the kiss ended. Then Aisling looked at Brendan with surprise.

"Brendan, you're glowing!" She gasped.

"Well I am that happy-"

"No, I mean literally."

"Huh?"

Brendan looked at his hands and realized that Aisling was right!

"I wonder what this means?" He asked.

"Well, I'm not sure but I think this may have something to do with you being a human. Since humans have shorter lifespans than forest spirits then maybe our kiss increased your lifespan."

"If it's true, then I'm glad." Brendan gazed at her. "I'd hate to die and leave you here."

"I would hate that too." Aisling gazed back; then she became a little serious. "I wonder if this also means that you have forest spirit powers."

"If any I'd just like to be able to turn into animals. That way I could always be with you no matter what."

"Give it a try, maybe you can."

Brendan concentrated, thinking about turning into a wolf first since that was Aisling's other main form. He succeeded, which he knew due to the fact that there was a long orange colored thing in front of him. A muzzle. Wait...

"Wow, I'm orange colored?" He was surprised, he expected to be black or white.

"Due to your hair color I believe." Aisling smiled before turning into a wolf.

Brendan smiled back, though it was kinda hard to see, and he and Aisling romped off into the forest. Brendan loved the feel of the wind in his fur, and the ability to keep up with wolf Aisling for once. Also, he later found out that the wolf pack accepted him as their other alpha wolf.

Brendan and Aisling spent most of their days as animals, enjoying running through the forest or flying through the air. Luckily Brendan didn't really need to learn how to fly, it happened naturally. It was a few months later when Brendan remembered about showing the Book to the vikings.

"I almost forgot." Brendan, in human form, picked up the book.

"You'd better do what you planned." Aisling said.

"But what about you, the forest?" Brendan now wasn't so sure.

"The forest will be okay without me for a while, but I won't be okay without you for that long." Aisling said as if it settled the matter.

With that, Brendan decided to finally begin his journey. The advantage to having waited so long was that now he didn't need to walk from town to town. Now he could fly, with Aisling flying alongside him. To protect her Brendan decided that he should turn back into a human out of sight of the other people, while Aisling should stay a bird and sit on his shoulder.

They spent a couple of years going from town to town to share the Book. So that he wouldn't have to spend thousands of years sharing the Book, Brendan helped the town make copies. This way future generations could enjoy it without Aisling needing to leave her forest a lot. Or wanting to leave her forest, depending on how you looked at it. In her perspective she needed to be with Brendan no matter what, which wasn't surprising.

Brendan started to become a legend, a legend about a glowing man with a mysterious white bird, who had the power to reform sinners and comfort the rest just by showing them a special book. Yeah, the 'blinding sinners' thing turned out not to be literal. Instead it just blinded the little evil they had in them, allowing their good sides to surface.

Finally, Brendan and Aisling located where the vikings were going to strike next. They beat the vikings to that town, this time with Brendan turning back into a human in front of not only the town but the vikings as well. He and Aisling thought of that earlier, they figured that doing so would intimidate the vikings a little.

It worked, the vikings were so caught off guard that they weren't sure what to do next. Brendan, with a determined look, took the Book out. Beforehand the Book didn't work because it hadn't been completed. This time, it worked. The glow from the book made the vikings cower. Then Brendan started to read the book, and the vikings reacted by putting their hands over their ears.

"This is for you mom and dad. You too uncle." Brendan thought as he continued reading.

The words he spoke slowly became more powerful, until they seemed to combine with the glow. The glow was certainly getting brighter anyway, and it had an unpleasant affect on the vikings. Seeing this, Brendan turned the book so that the pictures faced the vikings. Finally there was a huge flash, one that even caused Brendan and Aisling to shield their eyes. When the flash was over the vikings were gone! All that was left was their armor and weapons. The town behind Brendan and Aisling cheered. They wanted to reward Brendan for defeating the vikings, but Brendan wouldn't allow it. Instead he just acknowledged their thanks and left. He didn't need anything anyway, he had everything now. A home, a wife, and the comfort of knowing that the vikings were gone, never to harm another family again.

However, as he past the armor and weaponry he caught whiff of a familiar scent. Due to gaining forest spirit powers his senses became better than a human's, though not as powerful as Aisling's. Confused, he followed the scent until he saw a flash of gold. It was his uncle's golden collar, the one the vikings stole after stabbing him. Filled with emotion, Brendan picked it up and put it on. Even though he didn't miss his uncle anymore, it still felt good to wear a part of him. After all Brendan still had the Eye of Crom, Pangur Ban, and the Book to represent Aiden's part in his life, so it only felt right that Brendan should have at least one thing to represent his uncle's part as well.

Now Brendan and Aisling could go back to their forest - it became Brendan's as well when he married Aisling - and enjoy a peaceful life together.

Brendan almost lost track of how much time had passed. If it hadn't been for the seasons he would've forgotten altogether. But every spring, he carved a small line on the wall of the den, to remind him how many years had passed. For forest spirits like Aisling keeping track of the years wasn't necessary, but Brendan had been a human previously and for humans it was necessary. He also drew Cellach, Aiden, and his old Brother friends on the den wall so that he wouldn't forget what they looked like. He didn't expect to forget their appearances, but he wanted to be on the safe side.