Sorry it took me so long to get this out here guys! Here's the epilogue. Hopefully it provides some closure?! Anyways, Mina wakes back up in the Human plane extremely confused! Read it to see what comes next!
Mina awoke on a bench in the middle of the park. "What am I doing here?" She rubbed her eyes that were wet from tears. It's obvious she had been crying because there was mascara running down her cheeks. She just didn't know why she had been crying.
She was desperate to remember what happened and why she was alone in the park. Had she missed the dance? Had she missed her chance to defeat her teacher? Mina had a picture playing in her mind of the witch being sucked into the Grimoire, but a piece seemed to be missing. She wasn't sure if what she was remembering was the truth. She pulled the Grimoire out of her dress and looked through the most recent sketches.
There were life-like drawings of her throughout the quest. The last drawing showed a very realistic drawing of Esmerelda, unconscious, before she was trapped in the book, proving that Mina had completed the Frog Prince quest. But it was the Frog Prince quest, and there was no prince to be seen in any of these pictures. Just Mina.
Confused, Mina closed the Grimoire and left to look for Nix. She knew he had been the prince to the quest, though something about that memory seemed off. Maybe she was just dazed from falling asleep on the bench and had to recollect her thoughts.
Before she could take another step towards the main road, a frazzled pixie came flying her way. Similar to Mina, Ever had mascara streaming down her face.
"Don't ever let me listen to you again!" Ever said pulling her into a tight hug. "I was an idiot for not coming with you!" Nix wasn't far behind. He came running up. Mina looked at him and pulled him into a group hug.
"I'm so happy you're okay!" Mina said to Nix. "I was getting worried. When I woke up you were gone. I was afraid the witch killed you."
Nix gave Mina a strange look. "Why would I be with the witch… you told us to stay in the gym…" Ever nodded in agreement.
"Mina where is Teague?" Ever questioned with concern.
"What? Why should I know?" Mina scoffed. Why would her friends think she would know about the dark princes whereabouts.
Nix and Ever looked at each other and then back to Mina. "What do you remember from tonight?" Nix asked Mina.
Mina closed her eyes to concentrate. She had been in a daze since she has woken up. Not once ever feeling secure about how she felt things went. Mina got a solid picture in her head and began relaying the earlier events.
"It's weird. I remember a lot, but at the same time I don't." Mina started. "I remember… The dance. I went with Nix. Then Esmerelda attacked us and then there was a crash. After that, we made our way through the forrest. Then I think we ended up on the Fae plane…" Mina check the last picture in the Grimoire again. She noticed the different, enchanting plants. "Yup, definitely the Fae plane. Esmerelda was defeated. Then I woke up here."
"Mina, who is 'we'?" Ever chimed in.
"Well, something is telling me it's Nix, but based off of his confusion, I'd say I'm wrong. Also, he isn't in any of my memories. In fact, there isn't a prince in any of them, but a hole. It's like this person was photoshopped out of my memories. I remember someone being there, but it's a matter of who."
"Mina, I wasn't the prince. It was Tea—" Nix froze. As did Ever. It wasn't like out of shock or anything. It was as if someone took a picture, and they were stuck in the photo.
"Guys?" After a few short moments, her friends became animated again. "You were saying, Nix?"
"What? Oh, I don't remember. It doesn't matter. It just matters that my princess is okay." Nix smirked at Mina. Ever face blushed with slight jealousy, but no one really noticed.
Except Teague.
He had been watching, waiting for someone to find Mina from afar. He couldn't have possibly left her alone. After all, he loved her and didn't want to risk her anymore harm. Teague had been waiting behind a tall, slender tree since he transported Mina back to the human plane. He was no where in eyesight, but he could see the trio clearly
"Mina, I wasn't the prince. It was Tea—"
Oh no! He thought. The Nixie is going to blow everything. Because the witch was defeated, Teague got all of his power back. He had enough power to change the memory of Ever and Nix within seconds. Though it was dark power, he didn't feel like it was a good time to use it for evil. Opposed to other days, he had control over when he used his powers for darkness. He could always wait until tomorrow.
He froze Nix and Ever as they were conversing with Mina. Mina noticed, but shrugged it off as they seemed to only be taking a slight pause from what they were saying. Teague decided to align their story with the one he told Mina, because then it wouldn't be as confusing for the three. When he was done twisting their memories, Teague made sure that Nix believed he was the prince to the quest, then ventured home.
The first thing he did was go to the Fae book and double-triple check that he was no longer in any pictures in the Grimoire. He was in the clear, but that didn't ease his feelings. He was depressed.
Teague sulked to his bedroom and threw himself onto his large, four-poster bed. He was a mix of emotions. He was heartbroken because he loved Mina, and now she doesn't love him back. Angry. At himself for letting himself fall for the one that fate said he was to hate. He felt jealousy toward the feelings Nix had for Mina and that she probably returned. Guilt. For putting Mina through so much pain. Making her fall in love countless times just to break her heart over and over again. But it was all for the best, right?
Teague wasn't so sure.
With the amount of emotions flooding through his body, he was hard to control. His parents couldn't calm him down. Even he was having trouble to restrain his powers. He felt darkness roar through his veins. No. He thought. It's not my fault I feel like this. It's Mina's. His blood boiled. The Grimm used him as a pawn in some quest. She was never in love with him. Teague needed to take his vengeance.
The next morning, Teague was no longer depressed. He was infuriated. Teague quickly dressed in a long, dark jacket with a high collar. He gelled his almost black hair back and looked at himself in the mirror. His blue eyes were bluer than ever, raging with power. By now, most of the students would have forgotten Teague ever went to their high school. He had completed the quest with Mina, and with that comes the forgetting. Today Teague would be going back to Kennedy High, but not as a student.
He was going to take his revenge on his favorite Grimm.
So basically this leads into the day that Teague shows up during Mina's speech and asks for the dagger! I tried to make my story go into Reign and I think I did an okay job! Any ways, thank you guys sososo much for the positive feedback throughout this story! It means so much to me!:) Again, I have another story going right now, and I might have another one coming out soon! So stay tuned! Again, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. y'all rock.