An: If you've read the fairy path before you will notice that the characters and story are very different. This is my story and characters with a similar plot line, so I'm sorry if there was any confusion about the book and my story.
"If i'm back Mal should be to. I'll go see her tomorrow" she thought as she drifted off to sleep.
While Faeryn slept comfortably in her bed, Malloren slept on the cold damp floors of the dungeons. She could hear the footsteps of a guard walking by, she got up and begged him.
"Please let me out! I shouldn't be here!"
The guard looked at her and laughed. "You're not the first prisoner to say that girl."
"Please, i'm telling the truth! I'm not from here! I don't even know what i've done!" she pleaded.
"I've had enough of your nonsense girl! Now be quiet!" the guard yelled as he hit the bars on the cell.
Malloren didn't say another word and began to softly weep in the corner of her cell. Moments later the guards footsteps could be heard as he walked away, they suddenly stopped and a loud bang was heard throughout. Malloren looked out from her cell and saw the guard slumped on the ground,she saw a hand reach out from the cell next to him and take a pair of keys. She realized that it was Felicity's. She watched as Felicity freed herself, once she was out, she quietly walked over to Malloren and handed her the key.
"Take this and escape, you can not follow me out as there are too many guards around. I will mark a way for you to escape, I will wait for you passed the gates till sundown tomorrow."
"But..." Malloren tried to say but was interrupted by Felicity.
Felicity reached towards her placing her hand on Mallorens shoulder. "I will explain everything to you tomorrow Adreana."
Before Malloren could say anything Felicity ran towards the door. Malloren looked to where Felicity had gone and slumped down on to the floor and tried to sleep.
Felicity made her way through the guards, leaving a small trail of thread she had taken from the hem of her skirts behind. She walked quietly through the dark halls, having only the light from the moon coming in from a window. The window would be her escape. She walked briskly through the halls hearing cries of pain from the rooms she passed, making her walk turn into a run, not wanting to imagine the unspeakable horrors that lay behind those doors. After the many twists and turns she finally made it to the window, it was a big fall from where she was. Looking around for something to help her climb down she noticed a rather large patch of wall flowers growing by the window. She stepped onto the window sill and swung her self to the side of the wall grabbing hold of the plant. She quickly climbed down and ran through the field towards the gates.
The next day, back in the prisons Malloren laid in her cell not able to sleep. She pulled out the key and twirled it in her hand.
"Is this really all a dream? If it was I would have woken up by now,right?" she thought to herself. She was brought out of her thoughts as the guard started to wake up. She hid the key in her pocket and pretended to sleep.
The guard got up and realized his keys and a prisoner were missing. He ran out to notify the other guards. Malloren took this as her que to escape. She opened the door and slipped through, she began to look for the marked path that felicity had left for her. Something white caught her eye, she realized it was a trail of thread. She smiled realizing this was the path. Following the thread she made her way out. she made her way down the wall flowers, but she didn't go unnoticed. A guard standing watch outside noticed her climbing down. He chased her through the field, till she was lost in the woods. She hid behind a tree and waited for the guard to leave. When she was sure he was gone she set off to find Felicity.
In Endor, Faeryn woke up and went to school as usual but was stunned to see that everything had been the way it was when she supposedly disappeared. She spoke with her parents in the morning but neither of them knew what she was talking about. They thought she was crazy! All that couldn't have been a dream, it felt so… real. Her usual walk to school also felt different today, but she couldn't tell why. She got that same feeling she got when she saw the new headmistress. She was so deep in thought she didn't realize she had walked into someone.
"I'm sorry." she stated as she walked by.
"It's alright...Tania." the person said. Faeryn froze in her tracks and turned to see that it was the same man she had seen in the palace.
"What did you call just call me?" she questioned.
The man ignored her question and walked away.
Faeryn was about to follow him but stopped herself when the school bells rang. She warily continued her walk to school. On her way there she greeted the townspeople just as she did every day. When she got to the school she stood in her usual place to wait for malloren. Some time had past and she still hadn't shown up.
" That strange Mals never late." she whispered to herself. She then remembered her conversation with her parents when she found them. They had said that both her and Malloren were missing.
"She's still missing! Oh my goodness! What could have happened to her!" she left the school grounds and went to search for her friend.
Malloren was still searching through the woods for felicity, it was almost sundown and she still couldn't find her. Just then she heard a strange sound coming from behind a bush. She shut her eyes froze waiting for the worst. After nothing happened she opened her eyes to see some birds fly out. She blushed in embarrassment and continued on her search.
"If I don't find her i'm going to die out here!" she thought to herself. She walked for a few more miles till she smelled smoke coming from ahead. She followed it to a small campfire with a group of boys. They were dressed in white shirts and pants and they seemed to be barefoot. Malloren was about to leave when she suddenly heard singing coming from the camp. The turned back to see a strange hooded woman walking up to the group of children, singing in a haunting voice. She noticed that the children were calm and soon began to sing as well. It was song about vengeance and loyalty and hardships. When they finished singing the woman removed her hood, it was felicity! She stepped back and accidently stepped on a twig alerting the others of her presence.
"Who goes there ?" yelled felicity as she pulled out a weapon.
"It's me! It's me!" malloren yelled as she stepped into view.
Felicity lowered her weapon and went over to embrace Malloren.
"I thought you had gotten caught! I was worried that we may have had to leave without you!"
Felicity released her and brought her over to the camp and introduced her to the children. There were three of them, Gabriel, Thomas, and Ivan.
"Now Maloren there's so much I must tell you."
"Can you start with why you call me Adreana?" Malloren asked.
Felicity hesitated then decided that it was time she learned the truth.
"The reason I call you Adreana is because that is your name, or was before you and the princess Tania crossed the realms."
"Who's princess Tania?" Malloren asked.
"Tania is your friend Faeryn."
"Faeryn?"
"Yes, she is the princess of the fae and you my child are also a princess."
"Me? But how?"
"Your are the daughter of a queen who has lost her throne"
Malloren thought about what she had just heard and realized that this was no longer a dream. This was actually happening. Her best friend is the princess of the fairies, and she was a princess to.
"What am I the princess of though?" she asked.
"Do you recall the song the children and I sang when you arrived?"
Malloren thought for a moment, if her friend was a fairy, and felicity was and the others were singing, would that mean they were sirens?
"Am I a siren?" she asked.
Felicity laughed at the question. "No my child, we are creatures of the forest, we are what is known in your world as Vilas." when she said this she began to glow, and she became a beautiful transparent ghost.
Malloren was astounded by what she was seeing. She recalled what she had heard about these creatures. They were beautiful ghost like nymphs that were similar to mermaids in that they lured tavelors into the deepest parts of the forest where they would be lost and go insane.
"Can I do that to?'' malloren asked.
Felicity changed back into her human form and and laughed.
"All in do time my child. Right now you must remember who you were, who you are."
Malloren agreed and sat down near the fire as Felicity told her about her past and who she really was.
"Many centuries ago, you and Tania were best friends. At the time the fairies and the vilas were at war. The two groups stopped their fighting because they saw how you two accepted each other's differences and put the war aside. The kingdoms were at peace for many years till one day the both of you went missing. Now the two kingdoms are a war again and have been since the two of you disappeared. That is why we were thrown into the dungeons for treason. They blame us for the disappearance of their princess, when it was really Tania who wished to leave this realm."
"But what if we tell them that it was Tania who wanted to leave? They would understand right?" Malloren asked.
"We can't say that for sure because neither of you have your memories back, all we know is that it was on the day of Tania's wedding to Alston" Felicity stated.
"Alston? Why does that sound so familiar?" Malloren asked her self.
She then tried to remember all the books she had read about fairies, she thought about how at the time she thought that it was all just a bunch of stories but now she sees that it was all true! She remembered a book she had read not that long ago. It was called The Fey, it had information about all the types of mythological creatures, mostly about fairies. She remembered where she had heard of Alston! He was the son of a Sluagh, an evil type of fairy that flies in swarms from the west looking for easy victims to torture. They are the most feared creature in the fairy realms.
"Why would Tania be engaged to a Sluagh? Don't they know what he is?"
"They did know, it was Tania's own wish to marry Alston" ,Felicity said.
Felicity then looked to the sky noticing it was now past sundown she got up and told the others it was time to go.
"Where are we going?" Malloren asked as she stood up.
"To your kingdom of course. Princess Adriana" Felicity said with a slight bow.
Malloren had now accepted who she was, and bowed in return before they began their journey further into the woods.
Faeryn was still searching for her friend till she saw the strange man from before once again. He seemed to have noticed her and turned the opposite direction.
"If I saw him in that dream world, he should know where Mal is!" Faeryn thought to herself. She left her search and followed the strange man through the streets, till he turned a corner into an alley. She cautiously walked up to where she had seen him go, only to see that he had vanished.
"What? But I just saw him go this way!" she yelled in frustration.
She turned around to walk back only to bump into something. She looked up and saw that she had just walked into the man she had been following.
"Hello Tania. It's nice to see you again" ,the man said as he walked towards her, forcing her to back into the alley.
"Who are you!" Faeryn demanded. "And why do you keep calling me that!"
"How rude of me, please accept my apologies, Tania, my name is Alston" he said.
Faeryn looked closer at the mans face and felt a strange feeling of familiarity. It was as if she had met him before. She then began to see images of the girl she had seen in the dream world from before, she saw the girl with Alston dancing and laughing. She was taken aback by what she had seen and she collapsed. Alston quickly caught her before she hit the ground. He carried her to the alley and they both disappeared. Later Faeryn awoke in the same room she had found herself in a few days ago. She got up from the bed wondering how she had gotten back there. She walked up to the door and saw the three princesses she had seen the last time chatting with each other in the halls. Quietly she stepped out and tried to go unnoticed, but her efforts failed. The three girls ran up to her and tackled her into a hug.
"We were so worried you'd gone missing again!" the oldest exclaimed.
Faeryn recognized her as Melody from the last time she was there.
"Mother would like to speak with you soon!" the youngest who she recognized as Ilsa stated.
The three sisters grabbed onto Faeryn and brought her to their mother in the throne room.
Titania was talking with Alston when she heard the door open, she turned and saw that Faeryn had returned. She rushed up to greet her.
"Come Faeryn, there is mush to tell you! I should have told you all this before!"
Faeryn was dragged by the queen to the hall with Alston walking close behind. She had become frustrated by all the attention and mystery that she was receiving. She wrenched her arm away from the queen.
"What is going on? I don't know any of you and yet you treat me like a lost family member!" she looked to Alston "And you, you basically just kidnapped me, and you all keep calling me Tania! My name is Faeryn!" she exclaimed.