A/N: This will be my last update for ages, cos I've got exams next week and I'm banned from the computer. I've got inset day today and my parents are at work, so I've taken my chance by uploading one last chapter. If they find out, I'll be banned for even longer. So, fingers crosses they won't! Hope you enjoy this- it's not very good and nothing really happens, but it should answer some of your questions. I love all my reviewers and people in the forum- keep up the random conversations! :)

This is dedicated to Darling Summers who gave me the idea for this chapter. So if you like it, she gets the credit! lol :P

Connie, Evelyn and Mack drove back in Evelyn's tiny Citroën, Mack grumbling about the small amount of leg space and Evelyn telling him he should have come on his bike if he was so bothered about being cramped. Connie tuned out, thinking of what was waiting for them when they got home. Dr. Brock was meeting them at Shaker Row, so Connie could explain everything to him. Mack's words brought her back to the present and she tuned in again.

"Grumpy old bat," he was saying. "The sooner she finds a house the better. Why'd she have to come back anyway? And why'd she want to stay with us? What's wrong with Hugh?"

"Now, Mack, be nice. You know she's having a hard time. Think about how you'd feel if it happened to you."

"If what happened?" Connie chimed in, suddenly interested. Was this the key to why Godiva had reverted back to her old personality so suddenly?

Evelyn looked at Connie through the rear-view mirror. "Nothing. It's nothing for you to worry about."

"Is it about why she's been acting batty? And why she's refusing to come to Society meetings with us?"

Evelyn sighed. "Tell her" Mack said. "She ought to know."

Evelyn was silent for a few seconds, then she spoke up. "Godiva joined the branch of the Society in Brazil where she was working. She made a lot of friends and many Society members were working in the same team as her to save the rain forest. She even got a new companion."

"A new one?" Connie asked, surprised. She couldn't imagine ever finding a replacement for Argand.

"Yes. It's been years since the last one died, and she thought it was time to move on. Anyway, she got very close to Willow."

"Willow?"

"Her companions name."

"Who told you all this?"

"Godiva, of course. Who else here knows about it?" Evelyn said, and Connie shrugged. "Godiva told me one night after I managed to coax it out of her.

"Anyway, her and Willow were close. Willow lived in the forest that was endangered, making Godiva even more passionate about saving it. If the forest went, Willow would have to find a new home. She'd lived in the forest her whole life and didn't want to move.

"One night, disaster struck." Evelyn spoke as if she was writing a story, not telling someone what had happened. "There was a forest fire."

Connie gasped. "Oh no! Was Willow okay?" But she already knew the answer. Everything made sense now. Evelyn was quiet again for a few seconds, then she carried on, her voice subdued.

"Godiva tried to get her out, but she couldn't. Willow was living close to where the fire started. She couldn't leave the tree without her companion, and Godiva didn't get there in time."

Connie was silent. She thought of Argand, and how she would feel if anything should happen to him. She immediately felt a rush of sympathy towards her great-aunt.

"Don't say anything to Godiva. She doesn't want to talk about it." Connie nodded.

"I know. I can't imagine something like that happening to Argand."

Evelyn looked awkward. "It's not just that. It's…"

"What?" Connie sat forward slightly, straining to hear her aunt's quiet voice.

"Well, Godiva blames herself. She was supposed to be visiting her companion that night, but she was running late. She was on her way to the forest when she saw the fire, but it was too late. Godiva blames herself for letting Willow die. If she had been on time, she would have been able to get her out and take her somewhere else. Wood sprites can't leave trees without their companion. Willow and the other sprites without companions all died."

Connie was silent, listening to the sound of the rain drumming down on the roof of the car. The three of them were silent for the rest of the journey home.

Bye everyone! I'll be back as soon as my exams are over. :(

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