Epilogue
Some years have passed since I fell through the ice, but some things are still the same. Buck and I are still happy together, and he has even developed a slight craziness in me, which I don't exactly dislike. Risking our lives amongst perilous dinosaurs is a daily routine that never gets old, yet I would dare to say that our life in many ways is quite normal.
We now have two wonderful twin daughters, Lily and Iris, which are just as crazy and wild as their father, with the same brown fur all over their bodies. They also inherited my pitch black hair. Lily prefers it short and spiky, while Iris likes to keep hers in a ponytail, just like I did in my youth.
They've also got my eyes, one blue and one brown, so Buck calls us his trio of butterflies, referring to the insects with gorgeous wings in those colors.
My visits to the world above are few, and I mostly just go up to see my aunt and siblings. Luna has become really old and weak, but she stills smile whenever I'm visiting. Rock and Roll has become fathers as well, and even though I'm not that fond of their mates, I still enjoy chatting with my brothers and play with their kids. Rosie finally settled down with a calm and loyal weasel, but will probably never have kids. Yet I think that suits her well.
I haven't met my father since my first visit to the surface, and when he realized I wouldn't return and that Buck and I had become mates, he was so furious that he said he never wanted to see me again. It stills hurts when I think about it, which I do every time I visit, and if an opening even occurs when I can talk with him again, I will take it. Until then, my siblings talk about him, so I can still hear about his whereabouts.
I have brought neither Buck nor our daughters with me, but I have to do it soon, before Luna passes away. I made her that promise, and my heart will break if time makes sure that I won't be able to keep it.
Buck and I and our girls still encounter Rudy from time to time. The girls and I have developed the same kind of hate-love-relationship with the huge reptile as Buck has. Together, we are a dream time, and a nightmare for Rudy.
Sometimes, I think about my old life before I met Buck. I wonder how it could have been if I hadn't fallen through the ice that many years ago. About that, I can only speculate. The things I do know for certain are that the probabilities of me increasing my self-esteem and develop my present agility and courage, would have been really low I had stayed up there. I also have a hard time believing that I would have found love up there, and I most definitely can't imagine a life without Buck anymore.
But I'm still grateful for who I was. A few moments of my old clumsiness caused a lifetime of happiness and adventure. And I could make the transform from a tiny larva and into a wonderful butterfly.
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I realised I never published this all those years ago when I first published this story, so here you go! I also made some grammar cleanups, and updated all the chapters... Soooo... Enjoy! And thank you for all the favs and reviews :)
PSST! If you still notice grammar mistakes, no matter the size of them, you're welcome to point them out, by all means