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Reunions
Chapter 3
'A new day in the wonderful city of the Winglies,' Meru thought happily. Even though she missed her friends, she was happy with her new life. She danced across the room as she fixed supper. She held her two-year-old son, Bardel, named after the Bardel brothers, as she hummed a lullaby that Dart had taught her. (Yes it is the one that Claire sang to Dart and Dart sang to Shana.) She watched the child sleeping in her arms as she swirled and danced and hummed. Then she started to sing words that she had made to go along with the song.
"One day shining in the sky. Seven dragoons then flew by. They held the weight of the world. Death, what they had to terminate.'
"They flew fast and they flew far. Fighting mean Melbu Frahma. Had to keep the world together, and protect it from its fate'
"Fighting fast they all had won. All alive now 'cept for one. They all now don't know each other. What's the world come to today?'
"Each one had found their own life. Coping with everyday strife. No longer are wondering, where the others moved to stay.' She stopped singing and put her son into his bed.
"Guaraha, Sweetheart. What do you want on your Shakaré?"
"Just some stonluy spice, honey." Ah, Meru remembered when they had gotten married, her and Guaraha. It was a lovely day, even though Haschel, Kongol, Miranda, and Albert hadn't been there. Albert was having his own wedding that day and Haschel, Kongol, and Miranda had decided to go to his wedding so he'd have some of his friends there while Dart, and Shana went to her wedding. That was four years ago, and Meru hadn't seen any of her old friends since. She wondered whether the others thought of her or of each other. She wondered if Dart and Shana have had children yet. She wondered how Haschel was coping with the loss of Rose. She was very experienced with reading faces and knew that he loved Rose. Meru wondered if Kongol had left to rebuild his homeland yet. She wondered who it was that Albert had married, although she had a pretty good idea. She had lost touch with all of her old friends, and found herself wondering a lot lately. She had been sad a lot lately too. Even Guaraha had noticed, and he wasn't much for seeing other people's feelings. At first Meru put it off as being a mother, but as time moved on, she knew that it was because she hadn't seen her friends in so long. She had lost touch with them all. All she had was what she had heard at her wedding. Dart and Shana were married. Albert was at that time about to be denounced as king, she didn't even know if Albert was still a king. Kongol had wanted to see if there were any Gigantos left, as Dart had told her. She didn't know anything about Haschel because he hadn't come to the wedding and no one had seen him for a long time. Miranda was then a large part of the Crystal palace repair, and Meru didn't know what she had done after that.
Meru set the table and called her husband to eat. Maybe sometime soon she would see her friends and find out what had happened to them.
"What's that Darling?" Guaraha asked. Meru hadn't realized she had said that out loud.
"Nothing." Then they started eating.
The shadow had moved again. It was now in Meru the Wingly's house. It watched them from the ceiling of her dining room. She didn't know how right she was with that phrase. She would most certainly get to see her friends again. The time draws near. The shadow only has to choose which shall be the easiest to persuade to come, and which the hardest. Then it would bring them together, friends again.