DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of "The 10th kingdom" characters. All the other characters that you see in the story are not real people.
This story take place after 27 years of the original one. I mean "The 10th kingdom" story. Oh, you know what I mean. Anyway, I'd really like to get reviews. So, after you read, please remember to submit a review. Thank you.
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A Fairy Tale by Dr. Huff-Puff
CHAPTER ONE
Tara was at the clinic as usual. After finishing a work with a patient, she went to the internet club. This time, she had so much work to do there. Tons of emails that she had to reply. She went home at 12:30. It was dark, and there wasn't too many people outside. Everytime she went home late, she worried about being followed by a stranger. But that didn't bother her at all. She's always careful. When she reached her apartment, she felt that someone was watching her. She turned around, but there was no one there. She opened the door using her key, and entered. Her parents were already asleep. Before she could close the door, someone put his hand on it, and pushed it a little. Tara opened the door and looked out to see who was it. It was a girl, wearing a long, thick coat. Her face skin was pale, and she was shaking.
"May I help you?" Tara asked.
"Miss, please help me. I need to hide. They are following me and they want to kill me. I'm lost here."
She let her in. And without saying a word, she offered her to come in. Tara locked the door, and took the girl to her room.
"Who are you?" Tara asked.
"My name is Crystal." she said in a shaky voice, and she started to cry.
"Hey calm down. You'll be safe here. I promise." She put her arm around the girl's shoulder, and tried to calm her. "Well, untill everyone wakes up, I guess."
"You're the only one who can see or hear me."
Tara was shocked. "What do you mean? You're not a ghost or something, are you? And ghosts don't exist as much as I know."
"I'm not a ghost. I'm a fairy." she took off her coat, and spread her wings. They were shining in different colors of the rainbow, and sparkling like a crystal.
"Oh. My. God. Am I dreaming or something?"
"You're not dreaming. I am lost in this world. And you're the only one who felt me presence."
Tara rememberd that she felt that someone was behind her before she opened the door of her apartment. "You mean no one can see you? Only me?" The girl nodded. "But who's following you?"
"Trolls."
"Trolls are only in films or cartoons. They don't exist!" Tara thought for a moment. "Wait. Fairies don't exist either. But if I'm talking to you, that means that there are trolls around! Shit!"
"Don't let them find me please."
Beofre Tara could respond, she heard the door knock. "Some one is getting crazy in the middle of the night." she said and got up to go to the door.
"Wait! It's them! They'll kill us both." Crystal said, as tears filled her eyes.
"Go to the bathroom, it's at the end of the corridor. Close the door, and turn on the shower. I'll handle them." Tara said and headed to the door. Crystal went to the bathroom, and did as Tara told her. Tara opened the door, and saw three of the most ugly persons she ever saw in her life.
"May I help you?" she said, without opening the door to the end.
"We're searching for a fairy girl. We know that she's here." One of them said. He was taller than the other two.
"Fairy? They don't exist. Do they?"
"They do." another said, this time the female. "Now give her to us, or we'll kill you!" she took out her knife and pointed it to Tara.
"Hey, calm down. I promise to tell you about her when I see her. Maybe you got here before she did."
The three thought about what Tara said. They whispered to eachother discussing Tara's offer. Tara stared at them, and waited for their next move.
"Alright. But if you lie to us. We know where you live. And you know what will happen to you." The tall guy said.
"OK. Come back in three days. She might be here until then. If she comes, I'll let her stay here until you come."
"No! We're comming tomorrow morning." the other guys said.
"What would you want to waist your time? You can have fun in the city, and after three days you can get back to your work. I do that all the time."
The trolls discussed the offer once again, and decided to agree. "Alright. We'll be back in three days. And don't even thing about running away!" the female said, pointing her knife at Tara again.
"I always keep my word." tara said, with a fake smile on her face.
The trolls left the building, and Tara closed the door and locked it.
"That was close." she said to her self and went to the bathroom. She knocked the door. "Crystal, you can come out now. They're gone."
Crystal opened the door, and got out. She hugged Tara tightly. "Oh thank you so much!"
"It's nothing. By the way, my name is Tara."
Crystla smiled at her. "Nice to meet you Tara."
"Nice to meet you too." she replied smiling. "Let's go back to my room, or mom and dad might wake up and think that I'm talking to myself."
The fairy looked at her with a lifted eyebrow. "Your parents?"
"Yeah, I live with them"
"You're not living with your parents."
"Of course I am, there's their room." Tara pointed to a door next to her room door.
"I'm sorry, but I think I'm a little confused." Crystal said.
Tara took her back to her room. "Have a seat." she pointed to a chair that was near the window. But Crystal sat on the bed.
"I don't want to sit near the window. They might see me from outside. But what did you tell them?"
Tara took off her clothes and changed into her pajamas. "I told them that you're not here yet, and that they came too early. I also said that they can come back to take you after three days."
"What?! I thought you were going to help me!"
"I am Crystal. I just said that so they wouldn't come back in the morning. Untill then, we can get you back to your home. I guess."
"Oh, that's better to know. You scared me to death!"
"Do fairies die?"
"Only if they're not blessed by the fairy queen."
"Wow. And are you blessed?"
"I'm too young to be blessed. I'm only 23 years old."
"At what age can you be blessed?"
"One hundred."
"Holly God! And you live that long?"
"Yes. And we get blessed by our queen on our 100th birthday. But only if we deserve to be blessed."
"How interesting. But where do you live?"
"In the Seventh Kingdom."
Tara's eyes and mouth opened wide in amazement. "Seventh Kingdom? Where the hell is that?"
"It's one of the nine kingdoms. You never heard of them?"
"No. But how did you get here?"
"I ran through a mirror by accident, and the trolls followed me. I ended up here. I felt that you can see me, so I followed you."
"Oh. And do you know the way back to the place where you came from?"
"Only if I reach that little forest of yours. I can find the way back."
"You mean Central Park. It's not a forest. Anyway, I'm really tired, let's get some sleep, and we'll go there in the morning."
"Alright. Where can I sleep?"
Tara looked around the room. There was no comfortable place to offer but her bed. "Hey you can sleep in my bed. It's big enough to make space for the two of us."
"I don't want to bother."
"No way. My friend comes and stays with me very often. So, i'm used to it." Tara smiled.
"Alright. Thank you so much."
They got into the bed, Tara gave Crystal a seperate pillow and cover. She turned off the light and soon, the fell asleep.
This story take place after 27 years of the original one. I mean "The 10th kingdom" story. Oh, you know what I mean. Anyway, I'd really like to get reviews. So, after you read, please remember to submit a review. Thank you.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A Fairy Tale by Dr. Huff-Puff
CHAPTER ONE
Tara was at the clinic as usual. After finishing a work with a patient, she went to the internet club. This time, she had so much work to do there. Tons of emails that she had to reply. She went home at 12:30. It was dark, and there wasn't too many people outside. Everytime she went home late, she worried about being followed by a stranger. But that didn't bother her at all. She's always careful. When she reached her apartment, she felt that someone was watching her. She turned around, but there was no one there. She opened the door using her key, and entered. Her parents were already asleep. Before she could close the door, someone put his hand on it, and pushed it a little. Tara opened the door and looked out to see who was it. It was a girl, wearing a long, thick coat. Her face skin was pale, and she was shaking.
"May I help you?" Tara asked.
"Miss, please help me. I need to hide. They are following me and they want to kill me. I'm lost here."
She let her in. And without saying a word, she offered her to come in. Tara locked the door, and took the girl to her room.
"Who are you?" Tara asked.
"My name is Crystal." she said in a shaky voice, and she started to cry.
"Hey calm down. You'll be safe here. I promise." She put her arm around the girl's shoulder, and tried to calm her. "Well, untill everyone wakes up, I guess."
"You're the only one who can see or hear me."
Tara was shocked. "What do you mean? You're not a ghost or something, are you? And ghosts don't exist as much as I know."
"I'm not a ghost. I'm a fairy." she took off her coat, and spread her wings. They were shining in different colors of the rainbow, and sparkling like a crystal.
"Oh. My. God. Am I dreaming or something?"
"You're not dreaming. I am lost in this world. And you're the only one who felt me presence."
Tara rememberd that she felt that someone was behind her before she opened the door of her apartment. "You mean no one can see you? Only me?" The girl nodded. "But who's following you?"
"Trolls."
"Trolls are only in films or cartoons. They don't exist!" Tara thought for a moment. "Wait. Fairies don't exist either. But if I'm talking to you, that means that there are trolls around! Shit!"
"Don't let them find me please."
Beofre Tara could respond, she heard the door knock. "Some one is getting crazy in the middle of the night." she said and got up to go to the door.
"Wait! It's them! They'll kill us both." Crystal said, as tears filled her eyes.
"Go to the bathroom, it's at the end of the corridor. Close the door, and turn on the shower. I'll handle them." Tara said and headed to the door. Crystal went to the bathroom, and did as Tara told her. Tara opened the door, and saw three of the most ugly persons she ever saw in her life.
"May I help you?" she said, without opening the door to the end.
"We're searching for a fairy girl. We know that she's here." One of them said. He was taller than the other two.
"Fairy? They don't exist. Do they?"
"They do." another said, this time the female. "Now give her to us, or we'll kill you!" she took out her knife and pointed it to Tara.
"Hey, calm down. I promise to tell you about her when I see her. Maybe you got here before she did."
The three thought about what Tara said. They whispered to eachother discussing Tara's offer. Tara stared at them, and waited for their next move.
"Alright. But if you lie to us. We know where you live. And you know what will happen to you." The tall guy said.
"OK. Come back in three days. She might be here until then. If she comes, I'll let her stay here until you come."
"No! We're comming tomorrow morning." the other guys said.
"What would you want to waist your time? You can have fun in the city, and after three days you can get back to your work. I do that all the time."
The trolls discussed the offer once again, and decided to agree. "Alright. We'll be back in three days. And don't even thing about running away!" the female said, pointing her knife at Tara again.
"I always keep my word." tara said, with a fake smile on her face.
The trolls left the building, and Tara closed the door and locked it.
"That was close." she said to her self and went to the bathroom. She knocked the door. "Crystal, you can come out now. They're gone."
Crystal opened the door, and got out. She hugged Tara tightly. "Oh thank you so much!"
"It's nothing. By the way, my name is Tara."
Crystla smiled at her. "Nice to meet you Tara."
"Nice to meet you too." she replied smiling. "Let's go back to my room, or mom and dad might wake up and think that I'm talking to myself."
The fairy looked at her with a lifted eyebrow. "Your parents?"
"Yeah, I live with them"
"You're not living with your parents."
"Of course I am, there's their room." Tara pointed to a door next to her room door.
"I'm sorry, but I think I'm a little confused." Crystal said.
Tara took her back to her room. "Have a seat." she pointed to a chair that was near the window. But Crystal sat on the bed.
"I don't want to sit near the window. They might see me from outside. But what did you tell them?"
Tara took off her clothes and changed into her pajamas. "I told them that you're not here yet, and that they came too early. I also said that they can come back to take you after three days."
"What?! I thought you were going to help me!"
"I am Crystal. I just said that so they wouldn't come back in the morning. Untill then, we can get you back to your home. I guess."
"Oh, that's better to know. You scared me to death!"
"Do fairies die?"
"Only if they're not blessed by the fairy queen."
"Wow. And are you blessed?"
"I'm too young to be blessed. I'm only 23 years old."
"At what age can you be blessed?"
"One hundred."
"Holly God! And you live that long?"
"Yes. And we get blessed by our queen on our 100th birthday. But only if we deserve to be blessed."
"How interesting. But where do you live?"
"In the Seventh Kingdom."
Tara's eyes and mouth opened wide in amazement. "Seventh Kingdom? Where the hell is that?"
"It's one of the nine kingdoms. You never heard of them?"
"No. But how did you get here?"
"I ran through a mirror by accident, and the trolls followed me. I ended up here. I felt that you can see me, so I followed you."
"Oh. And do you know the way back to the place where you came from?"
"Only if I reach that little forest of yours. I can find the way back."
"You mean Central Park. It's not a forest. Anyway, I'm really tired, let's get some sleep, and we'll go there in the morning."
"Alright. Where can I sleep?"
Tara looked around the room. There was no comfortable place to offer but her bed. "Hey you can sleep in my bed. It's big enough to make space for the two of us."
"I don't want to bother."
"No way. My friend comes and stays with me very often. So, i'm used to it." Tara smiled.
"Alright. Thank you so much."
They got into the bed, Tara gave Crystal a seperate pillow and cover. She turned off the light and soon, the fell asleep.