Darkness looked down from his starry prison at her. Her dancing made the thick brown curls on her head flow like an eternal river. Her slim delicate figure bending and yeilding to the world about her. He wanted her, more than vengence upon Jack, more then he'd wanted the unicorns.Lily would be his one day, he vowed, he would have her, body and soul. He laughed and began to figure a way to escape...

"Jack! Jack, where are you?" Lily looked around the sun filled forest about her. She heard a rustle in the bushes behind her and went to look. She peered behind the red fire bush and found a rabbit, crouched just there. She smiled at the creature and put forth a pale thin hand to touch it. It shuddered at her and then yeilded to her soft, gentle touch. Lily sat beside the rabbit and just stroked it's soft fur, looking at the sky above her. But she was being watched.

He crouched in the tree branch just above her, watching her graceful gestures and soft expressions. He waited for a bit and just watched her. He loved everything about her, her long dark brown curls, her flawless brown eyes, her ruby red lips that would make even the reddist rose pale in comparison, all of them he loved and all of them he would hold dear to his heart. He loved her compassion and grace along with her voice and her kindness through every problem. She was a curious human, he'd not been around many, but the ones he's met were often rather nasty creatures. Lily spoke and he tilted his head to listen to her voice, it sounded like an angel singing every time she spoke. She called out Jack's name and he had to laugh. She had found the rabbit and was now petting the soft fur. He decided that this was the time to act. He jumped from the tree and landed in front of her.

"Jack! You scared me half to death!" Lily spoke to the tall young man in front of her. His bright blue eyes dancing in laughter and his brown hair still swaying from the impact.

"Yes, if I'd have scared you to death, I'd have no bride for my wedding next week!" Jack said slyly, laughing still.

"Just be glad that my father let me marry you! It's the first time he didn't argue about the suitors being of royal blood!" She said as Jack gathered her up in his arms and held her.

"But you know what?" Jack said as he stared into her eyes.

"What?" said Lily. She was lost in his gaze.

"I don't think I could live without you here with me. If you'd have married another, I would never fall in love again, and I'd probably die from a broken heart." and with that, he kissed her lips in a warm passionate movement. He pulled back a moment before she placed her delicate fingers on his warm face and pulled it to her to return his gift. They kissed with the heat of a thousand suns and the love of a million couples, their lips locked in an ever moving embrace that took them to the heavens and back. "I love you Lily. I'll always love you and I'll always hold you close to my heart."

"I love you too Jack." They sat down on the soft ground below and just held one another. "Jack?"Lily asked, quiet questioning emenating through her mind.

"Yes, my love?"

"Promise you'll never leave me?"Lily stared at his eyes and looked at him sadly.

"Why would I leave you?" A concerned expreassion crossed his face has he returned her gaze.

"Just promise me that please?"Lily pleaded, her eyes looking like they would weep. Jack lifted her chin with his finger and kissed her. He pulled back and smiled.

"I promise you, I will never leave you. You hear me? Never. Not even when the world ends and human kind is but a memory. I will always love you, I will never leave you." Jack looked at the frail woman beside him. "Don't you trust me?" Lily smiled and looked back at him.

"I trust you Jack. I trust you." Lily kissed him back and they sat there in the still woods, just listening to the birds in the trees and the waterfall near by. After a while, they fell into a deep sleep.