Wow! Two updates in a week. Once I return back to school I'll try to update at least once a week. Considering the amount of work and my classes I can't promise anything but I'll try my best. Alright so here is the next chapter. Enjoy and in case I don't update till next week HAPPY NEW YEAR!

When she got home, she couldn't stop thinking about the feeling that she felt when she held Merlin's hand. Fauna had never felt anything like it. She contemplated whether her reaction had something to do with her magic. Could it be acting up? While she knew that wasn't possible, that was the first thought that came to mind. Fauna had complete control over her magic. She had practiced for years to learn how to control it. If that wasn't it, what could have possibly given her that shiver? Suddenly a thought that she had placed in the back of her mind, she believed she would never have to worry about it came to light.

Could she possibly have a crush on the boy?

The thought surprised her. She couldn't no…it couldn't be. Shocked, she searched for answers in logistics. How could she have a crush on a boy she just met? She hardly knew him. Yet, when she thought about the boy and the way that his hand had felt in hers, it felt like she had known him for a lifetime. And she found him attractive with his black hair and deep beautiful blue eyes. Once again she caught herself. Beautiful blue eyes? What was she thinking? What was wrong with her? This couldn't be happening to her. She had sworn off men since the day that she found out that it was prophesied that she would only marry one man.

And that man's name was Emrys.

It was prophesied that Fauna wouldn't meet Emrys till she was at the brink of death.

When she had first heard of the prophesy between the two of them, she was 13. At that age, Fauna and her mother lived on the outskirts of a village. It was one day, as she was gathering herbs for her mother, that she met Christopher. Upon meeting him, they instantly became friends. They played games in the forest and talked about everything they could possibly think of. Fauna became infatuated with the boy, she came to care for the boy more than an average friend.

When Fauna told her mother of the boy, for a brief moment she saw sadness in her mother's eyes. Upon finishing telling her mother about this boy that had captured her attention, Fauna's mother sat her down and told her of the prophesy. Her mother had reasoned with herself that now was the time to tell Fauna before her feelings for the boy developed more. She had also considered it better to warn Fauna of what was to come in order to keep her protected from those that would have no good intentions towards her and to make her aware of her possible incoming death. Her mother wanted her to be alert and focused at a moments notice incase anger arose.

At hearing her future, Fauna's emotions ran haywire causing her magic to act out. She had made a mess of the house trying to accept that her fate had already been decided. She wouldn't fall in love like any other regular girl, she was already engaged without ever having met the man.

At first Fauna was adamant about the prophesy. In wanting to prove the prophesy wrong, she tried to fill her time with Christopher. She tried every possible thing she could think of in order to make herself fall in love with him. Unfortunately, it only kept her thinking of the man that she was betrothed to. In addition to the fact that she was to marry him, the prophesy also foretold how with her help he would make Albion a reality. Once realizing that if her fate helped the creation of a world in which magical and non-magical creatures could live together, she began to interact with Christopher less and less until the friendship had completely disbanded.

Knowing that there was only one whom she could marry and knowing how she would meet him, Fauna never looked at any man for more than one glance. She was waiting to meet her husband to be. That is why her sudden attraction to Merlin caught her off guard.

At the thought of her fate, Fauna shook her head and sighed, hoping that her feelings would pass.

So what do you guys think? I know its going a little slow but I promise it will soon start speeding up.