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Chapter 13
David woke up at the sound of voices. "David...David...can you hear me?"
"Tink? Is that you?" David felt a hand on top of his, and opened his eyes.
Darkness.
"I can't see anything. Am I..."
"Blind?" Tinker Bell finished. "No, thankfully, but you were temporarily deaf and your face was burned a little." David sighed with relief and felt around. He was sitting on a stone block, so he was in the Nursing-talent's infirmary again. He sat up, holding on to the stone block as he did. He successfully sat up, with the help of Tinker Bell, and leaned against the back rest. He felt Tinker Bell's hand on his cheek, and heard her say, "That was very brave, what you did back there."
He heard her inhale sharply. He raised a hand, and felt her own cheek, and moved his finger up until he felt something wet. Tears. "I thought that when the hawk knocked you out of the sky, you were done for." David pulled his hand back, a few tears on his finger.
He smiled, and said, "Come on, you know it takes a lot more than a magic hawk to stop me." He heard Tinker Bell move closer to him, and she kissed him on the cheek.
Tinker Bell pulled away and said, "That was for saving all of us." David smiled, but then turned his head. "What is it?" Tinker Bell asked.
David was silent for a moment, then said, "Queen Clarion and the others, they're coming here." He heard Tinker Bell move a little bit away from him, and then heard the doors open.
"David!" He heard multiple voices, mostly Tinker Bell's friends. He could hear them all talking at once, and then someone else silenced them all.
"Give him some room," he heard Queen Clarion's voice. "He can't even see you at the moment." Someone cleared their throat, grabbing everyone's attention.
"David, I'm going to remove your bandages now," a female voice said. He heard the others step back, and felt a pair of hands move across his head. He heard the fabric being cut, and then some of the pressure started to lessen around his forehead. Once the Nursing-talent removed the last of the bandages, his vision was slightly blurry. "He got a little burned, but it should clear up in a week or two," he heard the Nursing-talent say. He blinked a few times, and his vision cleared. He noticed everyone was crowded around him, and he heard the Nursing-talent fairy say, "He can leave once he feels alright. Until then, he should rest." The Nursing-talent flew away, and the others continued to talk.
"What happened out there?" Iridessa asked.
"It was all," Silvermist started to say, then began to make crackling and explosion noises.
"Not to mention you took a huge drop," Fawn said.
"And that hawk," Rosetta said, "it was the most scariest thing I had ever seen."
"Yeah," Fawn said again, "I could hear that voice all the way to the Tree." She shuddered, and continued, "I may never sleep peacefully again."
David looked towards Queen Clarion and said, "Queen Clarion, can I talk with you in private?" Queen Clarion nodded, and the others left.
"What is it David?" David thought for a moment, and finally said, "That hawk, wasn't any normal hawk. It used something called Shadow magic." Queen Clarion's face turned grim, and David continued, "It was also the same hawk you banished. The one that devoured Queen Amanda."
Queen Clarion looked at David, and asked, "Are you certain?" David nodded and said, "The hawk said so. He said, the last time he hungered was before you banished him to the Shadow Cliffs."
Queen Clarion sat down on the stone block next to David's and said, "The hawk was normal before. I assumed that when he devoured Queen Amanda, her ability to use the Magic-talent was passed on to the hawk and further increased his hunger for more. When I earned my talent, his next target was me. I myself don't know how, but I was able to use both the animal translation spell and the banishment spell. He was banished to the Shadow Cliffs, yes, but he couldn't stay there forever."
David thought for a moment, then said, "Queen Clarion, the hawk said it learned Shadow magic from an outcast sparrow man. Do you think," he paused, coughing a little, "that he might do something? Something that could cause further harm?"
Queen Clarion stood, and said, "I cannot see the future David. I would advise that caution be exercised the next time danger is at hand."
David nodded, and said, "I think I'll stay here for a while, get some rest." Queen Clarion nodded, and left the infirmary. David laid back down on the stone block and closed his eyes.
When he opened them, he found himself back in the golden room. He looked around, and eventually found another fairy. She was dressed like him, only in a dress, and she had dark skin. The fairy turned and David finally recognized her. "You, you're Queen Amanda."
She smiled and said, "Yes. I am here to tell you that yet another path has been walked down." David was confused, but then realized what she meant. "The hawk?"
Queen Amanda nodded again, and said, "Yes. The hawk wielded terrible power. Shadow magic is the complete opposite to a Magic-talent. To normal fairies and sparrow men, it can kill. But to someone like you..."
"Its painful," David finished. Queen Amanda turned and walked to her right, and said, "I knew Clarion was special. She always was. She, as well as I, could hear the Voice of the Tree. I also knew that she cared for the Winter sparrow man, Milori." She turned to David and said, "When I knew she was ready, I gave her what she needed to realize her talent. A sacrifice." She completely turned around and walked to her left, continuing, "I sense that you care for someone else as well." David nodded, and she said, "She cares for you too."
She turned to him, and said, "I assume you are also wondering about the outcast." David nodded again, and Queen Amanda waved her hand to her left. It rippled, and soon darkened. David stepped forward, and saw the image: dark cliffs, overlooking a raging ocean, the waters slamming into the stone. "Those are the Shadow Cliffs, home to the outcast." The image rippled again, and showed a cave. A sparrow man was slightly visible, and David shuddered. He couldn't see much of him, but he could feel the danger. "Once a Magic-talent, before Clarion arrived, he grew corrupted, hungering for power. He eventually found it, in the form of a terrible secret."
"Shadow magic," David said. The image faded, and he turned to Queen Amanda. "Yes, a terrible magic. One that corrupts those who seek its power. He found it in the form of a half burnt scroll, brought to Pixie Hollow by pirates (remember from the movie, "Lost Treasure"? Same ones). He found the scroll among the pirate's loot, but did not know the dangers."
David thought for a moment, and said, "Wait, how was he able to look through their loot?" Queen Amanda paused for a moment, and said, "He was captured of course. Forced to reveal the location of an enchanted mirror."
David turned and walked for a moment, then turned an said, "He's the next path. Isn't he?" Queen Amanda nodded and said, "I must go. The Shadow Cliffs lie beyond Pixie Hollow, past the northern mountains. Rest first and prepare, then you must go." David nodded before everything went dark.
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