When they got back to the house, Faylinn and Robert both made excuses for going to see their grandmother. After making sure that Dawson and Jack were in Martha's capable hands they went to get the boys.

They met up back in the hallway. Faylinn caring the still sleeping Win, while Johnny leaned against Robert rubbing his eyes.

"Want me to take him?" Robert asked as they began walking towards their grandmother's room.

"I've got him," Faylinn told him as she kept walking.

They stopped for a few moments outside of the door. Win had woken up and was hugging Faylinn tightly. Trying to be reassuring she squeezed him back. Using her other arm she pulled Johnny to her and hugged him as well.

Trying not to shake, she followed Robert into the room, both boys clinging to her." The silence that greeted them was worse then the yelling. It was as if they all walked into a wall. Faylinn came to a stop behind Robert and pulled the trembling Johnny closer to her.

"I am in the tea room," The quiet and thinly controlled vice drifted over to them.

Slowly Robert led the way as Johnny clung to Faylinn following. "It will be okay," she whispered before stepping into the room, hoping she wasn't lying.

"Sit down." Titania ordered when they were all in.

Robert sat down in the chair closest to their grandmother. Faylinn shifted Win in her arms before sitting down opening her arms for Johnny to sit on her lap as well.

"I have four seats here."

"Leave them alone." Robert answered her, hearing both boys trying to stifle their whimpers."

"This movie will not be made. As of tomorrow we are leaving for home and Manderly will be destroyed."

"No!" They all shouted at once, Faylinn and Robert jumping to their feet.

Faylinn pushed both boys behind her to shield them from the wrath she knew was to follow.

"This is not a discussion. I am the Queen and your grandmother. "I will be obeyed."

"Our parents died do we could stay here. We will not dishonor them by leaving." Robert spat out, ignoring the gasps from Faylinn and his brothers.

Queen Titania stood stretching until she towered above them. "Do you want your lovers to share their fate?"

Faylinn paled hearing those words, knowing that she was not bluffing.

"Don't you want to be in the movie?" Faylinn asked stalling for time.

The Queen turned to look at herself in the mirror. "You will have to the end of filming."

Relieved for the slight reprieve they began to back out of the room.

"Robert I am not finished with you," Titania said before he could reach the door.

Shooting a look for Faylinn to keep going he stood his ground and faced her.


A shaking Faylinn shepherded Johnny and Win back to their rooms. Stopping at Win's first they all went in.

"Why don't you both stay here tonight," she said pulling up the sheets and waiting for Win to climb in. Once he was in she tucked in the sheets and placed a kiss on his forehead. Crossing to the other bed she pulled back the sheets for Johnny and repeated the actions.

"Lynnie, what did Robert mean about Mommy and Daddy?" Johnny asked before she could leave.

"We'll explain in the morning," she promised. "Try and get some sleep." With that she left their room and returned to the wait outside the room they had just escaped from.

She wasn't waiting long before a shaking and pale Robert stumbled out of the room. Moving quickly she supported his weight and led him to her room.

She sat him down and ran to get him a glass of water. "What happened?"

"I may have found a way out of this for all of us."

"You are not going to chain yourself to this house Robert. Uncle Meria, will never let you."

"That's not the choice." He told her slowly turning around. She watched as his arms went up to unbutton his shirt. Swallowing a cry when she saw his back with two cuts one down each side. Gently, she ran her hands over them, using what little healing power she had to make them disappear.

"Thanks."

"Your wings, Robert you can't. It could..."

"I know," he told her hugging her tightly rocking her gently. "Are you going to stay in here tonight?" He asked lifting her away so he could see her face.

"No, I am going to live my life." Standing up she went to leave. "Robert, I'll go visit Grandfather tomorrow, please don't decide tonight." With that she was gone leaving a tired and worried Robert alone on her bed.

A few moments later he dropped his dirty shirt into her hamper. Laving the room he went down the hall wanting to be with Jack that night.


Dawson was still awake when she knocked softly on the door. He let her in and quickly wrapped his arms around her.

"I've missed you so much, I was such an idiot." He told her, kissing the top of her head softly.

Faylinn managed a trembling smile, "I wanted you to come back so bad, but I couldn't leave the boys or Uncle Max."

"I understand that now," he told her honestly. "You were doing everything I couldn't do, and it wasn't killing you to do it."
He stood still as Faylinn trailed her fingers lightly over his face. Leaning up she placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

"I have something for you," Dawson told her pulling away and going into a bag. Finding what he was looking for her held out a white box. "I know it isn't the same thing, and I am not giving up trying to find one, but well I wanted to…." Giving up his speech he placed the box in her hands.

Slowly she opened it to see a crystal statue. It was a fairy dancing in a ring of flowers while a man watched through a rose bush. "Its beautiful," she told him touched that he had found a statue. "I'm over the fact that the other one was broken. You will not be able to find another, these statues are unique."

"That's what Robert told me. He was as shocked as I was when we saw this one. The guy selling it didn't know what he had. I hope its at least by the same artist and not a fake."

"Its an original she told him." Putting it back in the box and on a table she made a reminder herself to thank Will later. Going back to the bed she got into the covers and crawled into Dawson's arms.

Dawson pulled her close and spooned her against him He buried his face in her hair and remembered the last time they had been like this. It was in this room over Christmas. He could feel her tense body begin to relax as he held her. Gently he began to trace random patterns on her arms and back, feeling her relax even more. He continued long after her deep even breathes told him she was asleep. Stopping he shifted her closer to him before falling asleep himself.