A/N OMG I am so sorry you guys! I am an evil writer, not updating in so long! My only excuse is that this is my GCSE year, and this is a sequel. I'm sorry but I don't update sequels enough, so sorry! And I left it on a cliff hanger as well! SORRY
I woke up and the pain in my chest was still there. I tried to focus, but my vision was still cloudy and the room around me was dark.
"Hello?" I said, my voice croaking. "Is anyone there?"
"You're awake then?"
"Cameron?" I could tell it was a male voice, but I didn't know who it was,
"No I'm afraid not," the voice gave a chuckle, "I'm your rescuer!"
"And who might that be?"
"Well fair maiden... I think I deserve to know your name first,"
I wondered whether to lie, then decided it would be too much trouble, and he had rescued me, "It is Shaylee,"
The man gave a gasp, "Shaylee... you are named after the princess of legends?"
I gave a small chuckle, remembering what I had said last time I was asked that very question, "Not exactly,"
"You could be her... but it's impossible," the man was muttering now, "no... it can't be. Too many years have passed, you'd be dead... and yet, the resemblance is astounding, and you never can tell what might happen when..."
"Excuse me?" I interrupted, knowing it was rude, "but can you tell me who you are now?"
The man stepped forward into the light. I gasped, I couldn't help it, but with the build up, him revealing himself to be who he was, it was a shock.
"Fin? Is that... really you?"
"So it is you Shaylee... but how?" I was now looking at Finley, King of Hadanim, one of my sister's best friends and one of my rescuers in my previous journey to the fairy realm. It was true that he looked older. Not a thousand years older, given that he was immortal, but he was no longer the twenty something he had looked, now he looked around thirty, maybe a little older. I couldn't tell properly because the candle light flickered, and he looked like he had gone through a hard time, like he was worn from more than just age.
"It's only been four years in Galidren, I just turned eighteen,"
"Happy Birthday, what a present, coming back here to see the country in this state," he sighed, "Sometimes I think it would have been better if we hadn't overthrown the goblin queen..."
"Don't be stupid Fin! That is daft, I can tell you haven't been around friends for a while, the people I met here, they said you had disappeared,"
"I guess I did, but that is talk for when you are better. Right now I want to know how you got here, and what happened to you, and I want to hear about Ty and Kayla," I tried to sit up and although it hurt, he managed to help me into a sitting position. I looked around the room and saw it was little more than a cave, hollowed out of a banking or hill. The walls were made of dirt and apart from the bed I was lying on, there was only a table. Three candles lit the room, although lit was probably not the most accurate description.
"I came here just after my birthday, Kayla and Ty had just left and,"
"They're married?" He interrupted,
"Sorry, I'll fill you in on home life first shall I?" I said, laughing, "Well, once we got back, it was pretty much straight away that they got engaged, they waited until Kayla was eighteen to actually marry though. And then she moved away to rule Berinum with Ty, oh and they have a son now, Ryann, he is almost one."
Finley chuckled, "Goodness, I wish I could have been there to share with them,"
"You and me both, I haven't really seen them that much of late,"
"I see," he nodded, "so how did you end up back here?"
"I went riding... I wished I could come back here, I wanted to see you, to feel... special again,"
"After your eighteenth birthday ball you didn't feel special?" Finley said, looking a little puzzled,
"No, I didn't, I don't know why but I felt as though I don't belong. Mother wants me to marry soon, and I am being trained to be Queen. All my life Kayla was meant to be Queen and I didn't have to worry, but now... it's my responsibly."
"That must be hard, I mean I know the hardships of ruling,"
"So, I went riding and found myself in a Glade of Mists, then I met a boy, cutting wood, his name is Cameron. He took me back to his house where I met his father, who is in fact Prince Rupert, a prince of my realm. He was one year older than me when he disappeared a year ago, now he is well... somewhat older."
"I see," he said, letting me know he was listening but not interrupting.
"He married a fairy, and Cameron and his sister are both half mortal, half immortal,"
Fin gasped, "I didn't know there were any such families left, after the war... well such families were... run out,"
"They have lived all their lives in the wood, never meeting anyone, then I had an argument with Cameron. He doesn't think highly of royalty and as I didn't inform him that I was a princess straight away upon meeting him, he thinks I too am distrustful. Alicia, his sister, wanted to take me to the Ruins, of the Golden City and he said that it was too dangerous,"
"I would have a tendency to agree with him, you don't know what they are like now Shaylee,"
"He said I didn't know what the goblins were like," I said simply,
"Oh," Finley nodded, "I can see why you would be upset. You more than most would understand the dangers of Goblins, but they have changed, they are even more savage now, if you can believe it. And I expect this boy was simply worried for the safety of you and his sister."
"I suppose, but I ran off, I was just so angry... and then I felt a pain in my chest, and I woke up here."
"Shaylee, I found you in the woods, and you had been stabbed. You've been unconscious for several days, I didn't know whether you were going to make it or not,"
"Several days?" I felt sick to my stomach as I imagined what Alicia and Rupert and Linderen and maybe even Cameron must be feeling. How worried they must be that I had disappeared just as quickly as I had appeared. Then I realised what else Fin had said. I had been stabbed.
A/N Ok, that is sort of a cliffhanger, for a bit of suspense, but not so much as last time I hope! I hope it won't be as long between posts either and I am truly sorry! I hope you liked this chapter anyway and YEY Fin is back! LOL sorry, I really like him!