A/N: Yeah, yeah. I know I said that I wouldn't be posting, but I got mixed up on the party date, so here I am and here this is! Enjoy!

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Disclaimer: Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka! The famous Chocolateer! What does that have to do with anything? Nothing. Good. Now that we know I'm insane, I don't own Avalon. I wish I did. Mmmmmmmmm…

Previously:

One by one starting with Emily and then Marlin, they climbed through the portal to Avalon.

Now: 11. Avalon

Emily felt like she stepped into a dream. Everything around her was perfect, and buzzed with magic. She had a light, carefree feeling to her, as if nothing could possibly go wrong.

She spun around a few times as she waited for the rest to get here. She plopped down on the ground and lay down. The feeling the lush grass on her neck and arms was wonderful. It didn't feel prickly as it usually did. Emily closed her eyes, trying to preserve this feeling forever.

"Emily?" she heard a soft voice above her, and felt that someone lay down next to her. She opened her eyes, and looked at the clouds above her.

"Yes, Marlin?" she asked. Emily felt her hand being grasped by him.

"I want to ask you something, but I'll wait until we're alone. I know that there's a certain someone listening to us, isn't that right Kara?" Emily felt her mouth lift into a smile.

"No!" she heard Kara respond almost automatically. Kara then realized her mistake. "Dang it!" Marlin laughed beside her.

Adriane walked over to them. "All right, lovebirds. We gotta get the crystals to where they belong." She gave them her hand to help them up.

0OooO0

As they walked, Marlin pulled Emily to a clump of trees. "We'll be right back!" he called. Once they were hidden, he got down on one knee.

"Emily, will you be my girlfriend?"

0OooO0

They had been walking for a few miles, and they weren't even tired. Emily guessed it must have been the magic in the air. Finally, they spied something up ahead.

"Can you make out what it is using your jewels?" Sara asked.

Kara said, "We could try." They held up their jewels, and concentrated on projecting an image of what they were trying to see. The air warped in front of them, and an image of a pedestal with 9 empty slots appeared in front of them.

"That's it! Let's go!" Emily yelled. Because of the magic in the air, they were able to run full blast to the pedestals without tiring. They finally got there, and were met by The Voice they talked to earlier.

"Good job, mages. Thanks to you, the magic of Avalon will be restored."

"Emily did most of the work," Kara said modestly. (There's a first. Kara? Modest? Get real. XD)

"Ah, but on the contrary, who helped get the other crystals? Who helped and encouraged Emily to even be where she is now? That is ALL of your doing. For that, you will be rewarded."

"Thank you," Adriane said kindly, "but Barbie over here – sorry," she said, seeing Emily's face, "Kara, destroyed one, and we don't even have the other crystals with us."

"Ah, yes, the broken crystal. You will use your new crystals to attract the others. When you have all eight, the magic will be so great, the pieces will reconstruct and it will be drawn to you." he let this sink in.

Then Kara remembered something. "When you said reward, what did you mean by that?" she said with a gleam in her eye.

The Voice laughed. "You will have powers you have never dreamed of, never heard of, and brought up to the highest lever of magery, Level 5."

No one said anything, until…

"OH. MY. GOSH!" from guess who? Kara. "What kinds of magic are they?" she asked.

"That's the only catch. You must find that out for yourselves. You can use books, learn from others, anything. But I can't tell you.

"Once you finish putting the crystals in place, you may go. Your memories of this will be forever implanted in your mind. Just close your eyes and think, and it will come to you. Every feel, sense, touch, sound, and thought. Thank you mages. Thank you."

0OooO0

"I think he's gone," Kara said.

"Thank you for stating the obvious Miss Barbie," Adriane retorted.

"You guys! Don't. Just. Don't." Emily sighed. "Try to have the best time possible, please? I don't want to have to remember this." The two girls reluctantly nodded.

"Great, then can we get a move on with the crystals thing? I wanna get this done," Marlin said. And to do something else to! He prayed silently.

He took out the filled power crystals, and handed one each to Emily, Adriane, and Kara. Emily stood in the middle of Adriane and Kara, and this time Marlin took his place next to Kara. They raised the crystals.

A strong wind surrounded the four as the crystals shone brightly. Their hair whipped around uncontrollably. It took all of their strength to stay upright, but they did. They others dove for cover.

The power crystals raised into the air out of reach. Each of the four in the windy circle felt their eyes being closed by a magical force and thought hard on the four power crystals they retrieved before.

A rumbling erupted coming from the ground, scaring all the magic birds from the trees, caused grazing unicorns far away to break into a full gallop, and made the rabbits and rodents scurry for shelter.

BOOM! The air warped, and four power crystals popped from nowhere. The wind died down, and the animals came out of hiding, and resumed eating.

The mages opened their eyes, and sighed in relief. They had almost thought it didn't work. After all, they didn't see what was going on. The three girls walked forward to the crystals they fought so hard to protect. Grabbing one, Emily passed it to Marlin.

Each walked to the pedestal with two crystals in hand, now surrounded by the others who had come out of hiding, human, goblin, and animals. Carefully, they set each and everyone in its rightful place.

One spot stood empty. The wind picked up again, and this time everyone dropped to the ground.

CRACK! An earthquake opened the ground merely a foot away from Emily.

Flecks of light drifted up from the rock bottom. It passed the opening, and the hole closed back up. The wind stopped and Emily swore she could hear angels singing in the distance as the particles of light merged, forming the last remaining power crystal.

Without any help, it floated over to the pedestal and seated itself in its rightful position. A crack resounded through the air and beautiful enormous golden gates appeared about a ¼ of a mile away. So beautiful, framing the sunset behind, that they could only be the gates of heaven itself.

The group froze with wonder at this spectacular sight given to them; so happy they could cry that they would remember this always.

A figure in the distance took a step forward and raised his hand in good-bye. He appeared taller than the tallest man, yet tinier than the smallest baby. Thinner than the thinnest model, fatter than the fattest man. He waved goodbye, and Emily raised her hand in acknowledgement. The others did the same. They had a feeling they ought to. A great wind blast forward from his hands, carrying them to the portal, and set them gently outside of it. The air twisted and the portal closed.

"Wow," Emily breathed, afraid this was a dream, and didn't want to disrupt it.

Lorelei saw them, and trotted over. "So how did it go?" she asked, jolting everyone out of his or her own reverie.

"Wonderful," Kara said.

"Spectacular," Ozzie chimed in.

"Brilliant," Zach breathed at the same time.

"Amazing," Adriane whispered.

"No one could possibly hope for anything more." The last came from Emily.

Lorelei cocked her head, curious. "And why is that?" She looked at Emily.

"I-I think we saw the entrance to heaven, and-and…Him," she whispered the last part.

Lorelei's eyes widened. "As long as I've been there, that's never happened before."

Kara smiled. "Well, as long as you've been there, the power crystals have never been put in their place now have they?" She put her hands on her hips.

Lorelei shook her head and ruffled her mane. "Can't say I have. Now, do you want to go see the unicorns at the Academy or not?"

They all nodded their heads in unison. "Well, then let's go." Lorelei shook her horn, and a portal appeared. They jumped through, excited to see the newest unicorn generation again.

A/N: So how was it? Can't say much. Gotta get off. 'Til next time!