It was evening by the time the crew of the Nomad were prepared to set sail. Maeve, Sinbad, Firouz, Doubar and Rongar were just saying goodbye to all their new friends.

"Goodbye Adele" smiled Firouz. "And thanks for all your help."

"Yeah, we're glad you got your husband back" added Doubar.

"Well, I wouldn't have if it wasn't for you" she smiled back.

Rongar made some signs and Firouz interpreted them for her.

"Rongar's right, we didn't do anything, it was Sinbad and Maeve who did all the work" grinned Firouz.

Hearing their names, Maeve and Sinbad walked over.

"I just want to say thank you, for giving me my husband back, and giving my kids their father back. We are all very grateful" smiled Adele.

"We were happy to help" smiled Sinbad.

"And thank you for looking after Lottie for us" added Maeve.

"She was no problem" grinned Adele. "You are welcome to stay with us any time" She waved goodbye as she walked back to her house. Maeve walked over to Lottie and picked her up.

"I'm going to miss you Mummy" sobbed Lottie.

"I know, I'm going to miss you too" sighed Maeve, trying hard not to cry. "But you've got to be a good girl for your mummy, ok?"

Lottie nodded and hugged her tighter. "I don't want you to go" she cried. Maeve felt her heart shatter.

"I don't want to go either" she admitted. "But I have to"

Sinbad came over, deciding Maeve wouldn't be able to take much more.

"Don't I get a hug?" asked Sinbad cheekily as Lottie reached over for him.

Maeve walked over to Erika.

"Maeve, I don't know how to thank you enough. You saved us all" smiled Erika. "I owe you my life"

"There's no need. I was happy to help" smiled Maeve.

"Thank you for looking after Lottie. I heard what you did…thanks"

"It was the least I could do." She sighed. "I'm going to miss her"

"You are welcome to come back anytime. I'm sure Lottie would love that" smiled Erika softly. Maeve nodded and went to shake hands with the King where Sinbad joined her, still wearing the wrap around Lottie.

"Thank you again for everything" smiled the King.

"It was our pleasure" smiled Sinbad.

"Least we could do" agreed Maeve.

"Thank you for giving me my daddy back" smiled Connor.

"Your welcome" smiled Maeve.

Sinbad put Lottie down as she went up to hug Firouz and Rongar. Afterwards, she went up to Doubar.

"Bye Uncle Doubar" she smiled as she hugged him. He picked her up and swung her around.

"Bye Lass" he smiled. "Be good"

"I will. Thank you for teaching me how to make pancakes" she laughed. She got down and went back over to Sinbad.

"Bye Sinbad, thank you for letting me look around your SHIP" she pronounced very clearly. After accidentally calling it a boat, she was never going to do that again.

"No problem Lottie" he smiled.

After giving one last hug to Sinbad she came to stand in front of Maeve. All hearts cried when they watched them say goodbye in a heart wrenching hug.

"I'll never forget you" cried Lottie.

"I'll never forget you either" sniffed Maeve. She hugged her tightly for a while before putting her back down.

"Goodbye Lottie" she smiled sadly. "Take care"

"And you look after her Connor" smiled Sinbad, as he watched the little boy come up to Lottie and take her hand.

"I will Captain Sinbad" smiled Lottie. "And then you can come to our wedding" he added happily.

"That will be nice" smiled Sinbad. He looked over to see Maeve on the brink of tears. He knew she didn't want to drag it out any longer.

"Come on crew" he ordered. "We've got a tide to catch"

As everyone called their goodbyes, Sinbad quietly took Maeve's hand in his, offering his silent support. She smiled at him before waving back at Lottie.

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Sorry it's taken so long, but I'm off on holiday tomorrow so I've decided to post it all. This is where it ends at the mo...but I'm in 2 minds about whether to do one last scene on the Nomad between Maeve and Sinbad. So reviews about that with ideas and suggestions would be well appreciated! I'm sorry that Maeve and Sinbad aren't together in this fic, and they won't either. But I'm in the midst of writing a series of episodes...an alternate series 3 if you will...and the idea is to drag it out and let them finally get together at the end. Hopefully that won't spoil the episodes as they are going to be based around Maeve and Sinbad. Anyway, I've rambled on too long, please review and tell me what you think. Nessie