We woke early the next morning. After spotting Miriza in tears, I had left her to go back to sleep. I felt bad about leaving her, but I know she needed time alone. "Miriza," I heard Xavier say. Had he already forgotten that he was scared of her? I decided that I'd never get Xavier to remember something or me. Miriza turned towards him. "Why did you make us play that game yesterday?" he asked, "One of us could have died!?" Miriza gave Xavier a death stare. That's when he seemed to remember his fear. I could see it on bis face. Miriza began to speak. "Did you forget I was a sky dragon slayer? I can use healing magic. If anyone where to be poisoned, I would have been able to save them. Also with my healing magic, I am unable to heal myself."

"If you had eaten poisonous berries or mushrooms wouldn't you have died then?" Lokni asked. Miriza nodded her head.

"You're correct. I would have died if that had been the case. Though, If I did die, it would have been for the good cause of providing food for my comrades." A smile spread across Miriza's face. Well didn't she have a unique personality? What sort of 6 year old talks about sacrificing themselves for their friends! When I thought about it, we didn't actually act like 6 year old children at all (accept Lilias I guess). I had a feeling Xavier was dumber than a 6 year old though... But we all seemed to act so... mature? Lokni... actually, I didn't know much about Lokni. He'd been so quiet ever since we were all released from the lacrima.

"Faya," Miriza said, "I'd like to have a small chat in private." She smiled.

"Okay?" I answered.

"You're screwed!" Xavier said. I glanced back at Xavier. Miriza gave him another death stare. I had the feeling that she was starting to not like him too much...

"Faya," Miriza spoke looking down, "about last night..." I flinched. She knew? A silence filled the air around us. From a distance away I could hear Lilias and Xavier shouting. They sounded like they were playing a game. Finally, normal 6 year old behavior! "I'm sorry," she carried on. Her voice didn't seem as calm or confident as it usually did. "I was crying because when I found the knife I realized how much I missed my family, but don't think I missed being a princess - because I don't and I never will..." she stopped.

"I never thought for a second you missed being royalty," I stated.

"Thanks" she smiled. I gave small smile in return. I couldn't seem to give a big smile. Was I so gloomy and depressed in my past life that I never smiled? OK... I was beginning to think that I was maybe the strangest...

"I've never been a strong confident leader," she muttered, "I've always been shy and weak and afraid... I hide behind a mask of confidence and take leadership... I'm not strong... I'm useless..." Miriza began to shake as she tried to hold back tears. She slumped down to the ground and assumed a similar posture to the one I'd seen her in last night. Was she going to cry right now? Wait... Was I supposed to comfort her!?"

There There Miriza, are you feeling any better?

Don't cry Miriza, It'll all be fine...

You're strong! I believe in you!

You're a real man!

What!? That was all!? Well done Faya... What on earth was that last one supposed to be! Who would even say something like that!? Especially to someone who wasn't a man...

I knelt down beside Miriza and placed a hand upon her shoulder. "Strength comes from the heart," I said, "I can tell that you have a kind heart. You could never be weak or useless. You're strong and loyal towards your friends. You're a passionate caring leader. You are strong. Don't EVER doubt yourself!" Miriza looked up at me, wiping the tiny tears away from her deep brown eyes. "You're right," she said, "I have to believe in myself!" She gave me a warm radiant smile. I was proud of myself. How did I come up with a speech like that? Compared with all the others... You're a real man! I think I should probably forget about that now...

We returned back to the others after Miriza's tears had dried. "What look you so long?" Lokni asked with a smile. His smile looked more like a friendly smirk to be honest. "You took about half an hour," he carried on, "We should really get going on with the journey." Xavier and Lilias stopped playing. "Agreed." Miriza said. This time, I was up front alone. Lilias and Xavier chatted behind me while Lokni and Miriza walked behind. The pull was getting stronger. Before long, we had exited the forest. As soon as I had stepped outside the boundary of the trees I thought I heard a voice speak to me in my head. "An eternal adventure." Voices in your head were normal right? I doubted that highly. But what did those word mean exactly. "An eternal adventure," I muttered. A never ending adventure. What did that have to anything? Putting the thought to the side of my mind, I had noticed that as soon as I'd heard the voice, the pull had gotten stronger. I almost knew exactly where to go now.

We traveled across fields and eventually found a small path. In due course, night came upon us. Luckily, we had saved some of the berries and mushrooms that Lilias had found yesterday evening. We had eaten the last of them before we got ready for sleep. I lay down on the grass. Lilias was first to fall asleep. Soon after I could hear Xavier's snores. Then I heard Lokni and Miriza whispering to one another. An owl hooted. They were so quiet, I couldn't hear a word they were saying. I sighed as I easily drifted off into a slumber.

Before me was a building which looked rather like a castle. At the front there was an orange flag with an unusual orange symbol across the front of it. There was writing, but I didn't read it. Why didn't I read it? I stepped inside. It was empty, but I could hear many different voices:

"Do fairies really have tails?"

"The world rejects me..."

"Comrades isn't a simple word..."

"My dream from this day forward will be to protect you..."

"I'll believe in you."

"my fairies are in my heart!"

Many other voices spoke. some quieter than others. All different people. Suddenly, I began to see small brilliant lights dance across the dark room. I looked closely at one of them. It was what looked like a humanoid figure with butterfly wings and a long tail. I saw it smile at me an beckon me forwards. I followed. It lead me to what seemed like to basement of the castle. Before I stepped inside I heard another voice whisper. "Lumen Histoire." What did that mean? I stepped inside the room. I was looking up at what looked like a great tree, looming over what seemed like a great forest like the one we'd just traveled through... I could see all sorts of creatures living among the trees it was strangely beautiful... In an instant, I was running. The forest around me was burning. I had no idea how I had gotten hear. I felt panicked and afraid, but I wouldn't cry... I ran into a clearing and looked upon a crying girl.

Slowly, I opened my eyes to see sunlight from above. Had all that had just happened just been a dream. The second part with the fire and the tree... That had seemed too real to be just merely a dream... It felt like so much more... What was going on inside my head? Did it have something to do with my memory...