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CHAPTER TWELVE

"You will pay for what you did filthy animals." The man in the white cloak said. "That fairy betrayed me. And she's going to get her share of punishment when the time comes."

He turned to another mirror that was big and old. "My dearest mirror. Will you find the Crystal fairy for me and make her suffer?" The mirror cracked in respond. It showed Crystal sitting near a table and eating.

"Give her a headache that will cause her pain beyond limits." The man said with a calm, but an evil voice.

Tara was having breakfast and talking to David. "So, what's it look like to work at a royal palace?"

"Boring." David replied.

"Really? I thought it would be fun to see the king everyday. And to live in a palace would mean to be surrounded with important people who would help you when you need them."

"But it gets boring sooner than you expect."

Suddenly Crystal held her head with both of her hands and screamed.

"Crystal are you OK?" Tara asked.

"My head! It's killing me!" Crystal was screaming and crying on the floor. "HELP ME! It hurts!" She kept squeezing her head with her hands hoping to ease the pain, but that didn't work.

"Your Majesty help her please." David called the gypsy queen.

"Chris, take her to my wagon." The queen ordered.

Chris carried Crystal who was crying in pain to the queen's wagon. The queen followed them. "Stay here and continue your breakfast. I need to work alone." She said, almost as an order and she continued her way to her wagon.

"Is she going to be fine?" Tara asked.

"I don't know." David replied. "Where is Amanda?!" he asked angrily. "She's never here when she's needed!"

Tara stared at David in amazement. 'When she's needed?' she thought. 'And I thought they were some kind of relatives.' She sat back in her place and continued to eat.

Amanda walked through the forest until she reached the lake. She didn't see Leo there. "Looks like he's gone already." She said to herself, and turned to go back to the camp.

Leo reached the surface of the water. He saw Amanda leaving. "She was here? Wow! I didn't expect that. Looks like the Great Spirit is good with me today." His smile got wider, and he swam to the shore. He got dressed and followed Amanda's scent.

Crystal kept crying in pain, while the gypsy queen was working on a healing potion.

"I can't stand this pain! Help me please!" she said.

"I am working on the potion dear. Here, drink this. It will take the pain away."

Crystal drank the yellow liquid and closed her eyes. "This was horrible."

"Medicine should be horrible dear."

After a few minutes Crystal's headache passed. She was already asleep in the queen's wagon. The gypsy queen went out and searched for David. He was talking with Lucas.

"David?" the queen called.

"Yes, your majesty?" David turned to her. "Excuse me Lucas."

"Sure." Lucas replied and left them.

David went toward the queen. "How is she now?"

"She's sleeping. I gave her a healing potion."

"Thank you so much. But what was the reason for that headache?"

"David, do you remember when I told you I don't trust her?"

"Yes."

"Well, she has been cursed. That's where the pain came from. And believe me, I know curses when I see them."

"Suck an elf! But who did it?"

"I don't know. I will ask my crystal ball to tell me, but I'll do that after Crystal wakes up, so I would be alone in my wagon. I don't want to take my crystal ball out."

"Alright. And after that we should be leaving. I think that we won't make it to Kissingtown and get back to the palace in time. Amanda's birthday surprise for her mother is ruined."

"No it's not. When's her birthday?" the queen asked with a smile.

"Tomorrow."

"Alright, when Amanda comes back, come to my wagon. You'll see what I have for you two."

"Alright. I will go to find her now."

"Be careful." The queen said as David headed to the forest.

He just walked through the forest hoping that Amanda would find him by his scent, because he wasn't able to smell her. "I wish I was a half-wolf. At least, I could find her using my nose." He said to himself.

After a half an hour of useless walking, David stopped and took a deep breath. "Damn this girl! I can't find her anywhere!"

"You can't find who?"

David jumped at the voice and turned to see her standing right behind him. "Don't you ever do that again!" he put his hand on his heart. "You almost killed me. Where have you been?"

"Around here." Amanda replied. "Missed me?"

"It's not the best time to play games Amanda. Crystal is cursed."

"WHAT?!" Amanda yelled, "What do you mean she's cursed?"

"She had a headache at breakfast, and the queen helped her. She told me that Crystal has been cursed."

"Oh cripes! This is bad." Amanda scratched her temple nervously and started to walk back and forth.

"Hey kid, calm down. Please." David rushed to her and took her in his arms. "Everything will be fine."

Amanda raised her head to look into his eyes. "Dave, I have a bad feeling about this."

"Nothing will happen to us. Besides, the queen told me that she has something to show us both. It concerns your mother's birthday."

"Shit! I totally forgot about it! It's tomorrow!!!"

"I told her the same. She said that everything would be fine. Now, let's go and see her." David kissed her forehead and they both returned to the camp, Amanda, not letting go of David's hand. And all the way back to the camp, he kept calming her. She was nervous about the fact that Crystal has been cursed. It meant only one thing. An evil soul was after them.