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Taylor woke with a start. She had that dream again, the one telling her that she would soon be gone from here forever. She loved that dream, but hated it at the same time. "Nothing but lies!" She muttered to herself. Taylor got out of bed and went to her drawers to get her Blue T-shirt and jean shorts. She was about to put her socks on when she heard a strange sound. "Water?" Taylor looked where her desk once was. Oh great Taylor your loosing your mind! What's next?
As she fell sideways her head hit a tree trunk. The surprise of it made her cry out and tears sprung from her eyes with pain. She looked around, where her bedroom was once was now a forest. She looked at the pool of water, then her gaze went east where she saw what looked like a fire-elves' nest. "Oh my god!" It was a whisper so low that even she had trouble hearing it. But she knew where she was: The Wayless Wood.
Taylor began laughing, "I can't believe it!" Whether it was a dream or not she didn't care. Taylor went over and looked into the pond, still laughing and tears still stinging her eyes. Taylor didn't even notice the boy behind her until she saw his reflection in the water.
Farid had heard the cry and was running through the forest. When he found someone it was where he and Meggie appeared when they first came to the Ink world. He quickly put that thought aside. Just thinking about her made his heart ache. He instead focused on the figure but the pool. It was a girl! Surprised, he tried to remember what Fenglio had said when he had first asked him this one last favour. 'You may have a surprise waiting for you, my boy, so do be careful.' Farid heard her start laughing though he could tell she was crying too.
He cautiously started walking over to her. She had a pretty laugh, he thought has he advanced closer to her. She didn't even notice him until he was standing right beside her. IDIOT! He told himself. He had made her jump so bad she fell into the pool, luckily he got her out before the water- nymph pulled her down. The girl murmured her thanks and walked over to a tree. A fairy flew out of one of the nests and tried to pull a piece of her wet hair out, but she just shooed it away.
She was bare feet, he noticed when she sat down. Of coarse Farid followed, he wanted to know who she was and where she came from. The girl looked at him, "Taylor," she murmured, "My names Taylor." Had he asked his question out loud? It was possible. She stared at him, when he returned her gaze she looked away blushing slightly. "And you're Farid." She glanced at him, but quickly looked away at the look he was giving her. "How do you know that?" he asked.
Fenglio hadn't sent this girl to me to teach her fire had he? He had to admit she was very beautiful. What was her name, Taylor? It was a lovely name. It also fitted the girl who bore the name. Her voice brought him out of her thoughts. "Your eyes, only Farid has eyes so beautiful, almost like a girl's." Now it was Farid's turn to blush. "Have you always been in this world Taylor? Or do you come from a different world?" She looked down. Damn it! Damn it Taylor! She cursed to herself. In her dreams it had been easy to talk to him, now it was hard as going to places by herself, stupid shyness. "If you mean a world like Meggie's then yes, but even where she lived it is a story where I'm from."
She hadn't noticed the fire-elf land on her hand, it burned a fresh cut that she had gotten a few days ago, it hurt worse then the fire-elf that landed on her arm. A strangled cry rose from her throat. Only the fire-elf on her arm flew away when she shook it, but the one on her hand stayed. She doesn't want to risk hurting it, yet it doesn't care it's hurting her a lot, Farid could tell, oh but the pain on her beautiful face.
He picked the fire-elf up carefully and put it on the dewy grass and shooed it away. Farid looked back at Taylor, then his gaze slid to the spot on her hand. "Did it do that?" he asked, cursing himself for the unexpected anger in his voice. Taylor shook her head, "No, that happened a few days ago"