Okay. sorry to do this guys but I'm extending this chapter. I hope you guys like it though. I reckon its cool. Well, enjoy...

Phoenix from the Flames: You're good. You're very good. lol. Actually that WAS my original idea but then I came up with this. ie. (read the chapter below.lol.)

And to the rest of the reviewers: Thanks guys. Yeah there should be a bit more of Kai, considering he's the Prince and he should be waking up soon. You're gonna have to read to find out. lol. hint hint.

Chapter Thirteen: It's The Little Things In Life

"Good news everyone. We've found some familiar land. We'll be on the right road from now on."

Everyone felt like cheering at Robert's words but no one did. The predicament they were in kept the silence reined in. And had, for two days. For those two long days they had journeyed down the rocky path, with everyone moving mechanically. It seemed that since they had heard about Kai's endless sleep, the group wanted to do nothing more than get to Elerrian in hope of the Enchantresses help.

Rei tried for a smile to brighten up the group, "That's great news Robert. How long till we reach the Faerie kingdom then?"

Robert glanced at Rei and sighed. "I'd give it another three days if we continue like this. Maybe less if we fasten our pace."

Michael groaned. "I can dig camping and all that, but this is just plain torture. You guys are acting like my health teacher. And he's pure evil."

"Awww...the big baseball star can't handle any more walking?"

"Shut-up shrimp."

Kevin looked at Michael and scowled. "Who you calling shrimp?"

"You, you shrimp."

"I aint a shrimp...red head."

"Oh that's original."

"WILL YOU BOTH JUST QUIT IT!" The two looked to the very annoyed looking Tala. "One. He's not the only shrimp." A 'hey' was heard from Ian. "And two. He's not the only red head. So will you both just shut up."

Michael looked to the stressed teen. "Dude. Will you just calm down. We're all bugged about this Kai falling asleep thing, but you're taking this way to seriously."

Tala looked at Michael like he was stupid. "Well, 'dude', you don't think we should take this seriously? Then please, guide us in your oh so great wisdom and tell us what to do next and how to fix this."

"Alright... I said calm down. Not blow up in my face. And it wouldn't hurt to - "

"How about we rest here for a bit. I think everyone's becoming agitated."

Tyson slumped to the ground from where he was standing. "Good idea Rei. My feet were really starting to hurt."

Tala sighed and walked over to where the wagon was situated. Slowly he helped Brian lift Kai off the wagon and lay him down on a bedroll, which Tyson had set up. Having Kai asleep had certainly brought the group closer in terms of sharing jobs throughout the camp, but with moods down and tempers rising, the team needed more than the ability to share in order to get along.

Max lay on his bedroll, hands under his head, as he stared into the vast black sky above him. It had darkened quickly and all were about ready for bed. Max sighed and turned to where Tyson lay, thumb wrestling with Kevin.

"Do you think Kai will ever wake up, Tyson?"

Tyson stopped the thumb war and looked over with a smile, "Sure, Maxie. You know Kai, he'll live through anything."

Michael chuckled and sat up, "He reminds me of that fairytale, 'Sleeping Beauty'. 'Cept he's the guy in a deep sleep and his true love has to kiss him."

Tyson sat slack-jawed on his bedroll staring at Michael, "You really think that's the way to wake him up? Find his true love?"

"That's gonna be hard, nay, impossible!" Max laughed at the thought of seeing Kai with a pretty girl. "Not me! If that was me, all you'd have to do would be to get Emily to kiss me and-"

"Max… Shush."

Tyson laughed and settled back down, "Don't worry Max. He'll be fine."

It had been quiet for a few minutes when a shadow was seen creeping over to where Mariah lay. Tyson's voice was heard; an audible whisper above the crackling noise of the fire.

"… Hey, Mariah… If Kai really needs to be kissed by a girl to wake up… Why don't you k… Owwwww! Okay, okay. I only said it cause Max dared me to."

Max burst out laughing which put a smile to everyone's lips. His smile had always been infectious. "It's worth a try, you know."

"Go to sleep Max. You too Tyson. And I don't want to hear any more on who's gonna kiss the sleeping Prince." Michael laughed silently at what he said and lay down to sleep.

Brian sighed and muttered to himself, "It would be funny if it wasn't true."

No one seemed to hear him, and he was grateful, except for the fact that he had underestimated Neko-jins ears. Lee had heard him and turned to where Brian lay, half coughing to get Rei's attention.

"There's still one thing that I need cleared up, Brian." Brian turned his attention to Lee and nodded for him to continue, "You told us that Kai was adopted by Voltaire, and yet, you three are the best of friends, a big step for him being human and you two Avarians; Kai seems to be just as capable as you to do what an Avarian can handle; He has red eyes; Voltaire and Boris are Avarians, banished from this world, no doubt and were most probably the same people who kidnapped the Avarian Prince. My question to you: Is Kai the Avarian Prince, or not?"

Brian almost laughed, which took them all back. Tyson slowly looked to where Kai lay and slowly turned back towards Brian, "Kai really is a Prince?"

Tala stood up and growled, "Yeah! I'm meant to be watching him, or my necks on the line!Meanwhile he goes and gets himself into an endless sleep!"

Rei looked to Tala, still daring to stick up for his Team Captain; "Technically he didn't get himself into this sleep. It was What who caused it so if anything…"

"Which is why, if we hadn't left when we did, I would have killed him." Tala sighed and put his head down and walked off into the forest, too mad to sleep. He needed to calm himself down and he would do that away from camp.

Coming to an opening, he took out his hidden daggers and began slashing at the trees around him. Taking out all his frustration on his surroundings he stopped to look at what he had done. Shaking his head he walked further into the woods, as far away from the damage he had created and as far away from the camp as he could possibly get.

After several minutes of wandering the forest, he came to an area full of geysers. Boiling water gushed out of one close to where he stood, making him jump back with daggers out in reflex. He let out his breath and shook his head and walked over to where the geyser was situated. He bent over, to look inside, when suddenly a pink light appeared in front of him. Not wanting to be bothered by the annoying little follower he had picked up, he simply hit the Fairy away with his hand.

"Go away before I swat you down." Tala growled at the little Fairy and it got up and disappeared into the geyser. Tala was confused …Why would it go down to where it could get scalded by the boiling water?…

But suddenly it rose out of the opening, unharmed and not even wet. It managed to poke out its tongue before Tala acted. His temper had already reached boiling point but that Fairy managed to make it boil over. Reaching over, Tala tried to grab the Fairy when it disappeared back into the hole. He leant over; ready to jump in after it, when he stepped back. Something didn't feel right. Where was the steam? No hot water was gushing out, and the Fairy seemed to hold the reason. Carefully looking over, Tala saw that the hole was big enough for him to fit through, so he carefully made his way in and jumped down.

He was right. No hot water anywhere. He could feel how warm the mud under his boots felt which meant that the boiling water had only vanished a few minutes ago. Walking further down the dripping and steaming tunnel, Tala noticed a glowing light up ahead. The pink hue was unmistakably the Fairy's, but the two read eyes staring at him certainly didn't belong to no Fairy. Suddenly the tunnel began to glow a brighter red and that was when Tala saw the Fairy's companion.

"Dragon!"

The flames exploded down the tunnel coming closer to where Tala stood. He took no time in turning tail and using his Avarian speed to race down the tunnel. He could feel the heat resonating off the flames as they made their way closer, licking at the walls, making their way down the tunnels and out the geysers. Tala came to his exit and stopped. The hole wasn't big enough for him to put his wings up and fly so he jumped as hard and high as he could. Grabbing hold of the edge he pulled himself up and over the side as the flames burst through the hole. He lay there ready to swear when a rumble was heard. The ground began to shake and a huge figure emerged from the ground, sending rocks flying all over the place. The dragon was over double his size, which gave Tala a 'small' feeling that he was no match compared to the huge beast.

Avarians weren't scared of any beasts in the land but against this huge beast, Tala made an exception. Once again he picked up his legs and turned tail. If he ever wanted to live, he needed to get out of there- and fast.

Seeing it's victim running away the great dragon roared and flew into the sky. It watched from above everything that moved, trying to find its prey. Spotting Tala running through the forest it made its way down ready to land and destroy once and for all, what it had been trying to do for the past week.

(psssst... here's where I added to.)

Tala felt more than saw a shadow begin to appear around him. It was the middle of the night and the moon was still shining brightly. The shadow slowly began to grow, until it began forming shape. The dragon was right on him, above him to be more precise, and only a few metres at that.

The dragon turned its head to its companion and swooped down. The Fairy flew down right afterwards, passing its friend within seconds. It came to a stop in front of Talas face, which in turn made Tala halt.

"Stop it! I've had about enough of you and your 'Trying to kill Tala' days. I didn't do anything to you. Why are you after me?"

He heard a great big thump behind him, as the dragon landed. The mighty beast stalked over and bent its head towards Tala's, resting only a few centimetres away.

'…Because, no one who sees a fairy ever lives…'

Tala jumped at the noise. He turned around, viewing his surroundings, trying to find the culprit of the voice. But no one was there.

"Where are you? Who said that?"

'…Whom do you think? I protect this fairy from anyone who comes near. Your mistake was coming over as I was resting…' The voice had a harsh tone to it, spoken in a low growl.

Tala slowly faced the great dragon and tried for a smile. "But that wasn't my fault. Your little fairy friend was the one flying around. I thought you were a rock… Besides- I would have left if she hadn't shown herself."

Tala saw the dragon's eyes crease into slits. Had he said something wrong? He took a fearful step back but the eyes quickly turned to the fairy that flew behind Tala's head to hide.

'…You never told me that it was your fault he saw you…'

The fairy peeked around Talas ear and spoke back. Tala couldn't hear what she said, he couldn't even see her little lips move but it seemed that the dragon could.

'… She says that she thought you never saw her and that when you did she got frightened and awoke me…'

Tala looked towards the little girl and frowned, "Oh! Really? Did she also tell you that she made fun of me after she noticed me?"

The dragon once again turned its attention to the fairy and growled.'…No. She didn't…'

'She' came around from Talas ear, head hung low, and sat on his collar. Tala shook his head and looked towards the dragon, eyebrow raised. "So- what now? Are you still gonna kill me? Because, just for your information, I'm not going to let it happen. I have a charge and I am not going to leave him alone. It's already bad enough that those little- freakin'-elves put him into an endless sleep." Tala sighed and leant against a tree, "What's even worse is that his parents are going to kill me if you don't. I mean, the Avarian Prince in an endless sleep? That doesn't sound too good for my health."

The dragon frowned once more but not in anger, '…The Avarian Prince?…'

Tala ran a hand through his hair and let it out, "Can you stop that. How are you talking to me anyway, if your lips aren't moving?"

'…Through the mind…' came the reply. '…We dragons use our minds to link with the ones we talk to. Unlike the fairies we watch over - whose voices are too low to be heard. We are able to understand them through linking with their minds. What one usually speaks can be heard in the mind….'

"So does that mean I can think what I say in my mind, and you could hear it?"

'…I do that now as you speak. I hear what you say in your mind, sometimes as you say it or even before. That way it puts less strain on us having to hear your voice…'

"Yeah- Thanks." Tala looked towards the dragon and shook his head but stopped suddenly curiosity written all over his face, "So why are you telling me all this anyway? I thought you were going to kill me."

'… You said you were watching over the Prince…' Tala nodded and the dragon continued, '… Bring me to him…'

Tala nearly jumped back in surprise, "Are you kidding? Rocking up at camp with you is going to freak them all out. No way."

'…Then bring Amethyst. She will help him…'

"Help him as in what? Heal him? Not even the Faerie Prince could do it. What makes you think that a fairy who's thrice his size could."

'…Do not underestimate my little friend. She may be small but she holds the power of goodness and light. She will be able to help the Prince…'

"But- My friends - "

'…Your friends are asleep. Amethyst helped with that…Now go. I want to see the Prince.'

Tala led the way back and hid behind a bush close to camp. He did a check and found the same shining dust on their faces, which had kept them asleep last time. Slowly, he made his way over to Kai and turned to Amethyst, "Well? What are you waiting for, an invitation? Heal him."

Amethysts hands went to her hips and she poked out her tongue to Tala. "Okay, okay. Please?"

Her frown quickly turned to a smile and she began to throw the shining dust all around Kai. Landing on his chest she made her way up to his face and blew a big chunk onto him.

Kai let out a sneeze before opening his eyes to look at where he was, "How the hell did I get here?"

Tala let out a little laugh, thankful that he wasn't going to be killed by anyone and helped Kai to his feet. "Come on. I need to show you something."

Kai let Tala lead him away from camp until the moon was being blocked by a huge figure.

"What the-"

Tala smirked and pulled out the small fairy, which had crept into his pocket for a ride, "It's a dragon. And look. The fairy I was 'imagining'?"

All Kai could do was stare. Dragons didn't exist, only in fairytales. But then again, so did Fairies.

"So- Dragons are real. And the Fairy- real?"

The dragon bowed its head to the Prince and showed what seemed to be a smile, '…Welcome back, Prince Kai…'

"Ah-" Kai looked towards the dragon confused when Tala spoke.

"Don't worry about it Kai. Dragons talk through the mind. He's already explained it to me."

"Right. So- what happened exactly? Last thing I remember is that we were at that Elve village."

Tala shrugged, not wanting to explain it all right now, and looked towards the dragon, "So why did you want me to bring him to you? Your not going to kill him too are you?"

'…I'm not going to kill anyone. Just let me tell you a story. Long ago, we dragons would roam this world able to go wherever we pleased. Each time a dragon was born a fairy would come forth aswell, both developed a link with eachother; a bond. We dragons would guard our little friends from those who would use their powers for evil. No one thought that the time would come where anyone would be able to do so, but it did. When the alliance was formed, it not only included the Avarians, Faeries and Neko-jins. It also included a fourth kingdom held by the creatures of magic. The Elve's, Fairies and Dragons were seen as a separate nation, but the alliance was held by the four, and maintained. Until the alliance with the Avarians was broken. The kingdom was easily acceptable to the darkness and soon each kingdom separated. We knew we could not be brought into the darkness, which now reigned there, and we gathered our nations together in one last effort against the darkness. With the help of all our fairy companions we were able to use enough magic to wipe our existence from every mind. The magic even went forth into the New World but would only effect those who were born in this world.

This done, we knew we had to hide. No one could ever find out about us and so we created a pathway. It was hidden deep within the forest and only a few have ever found it. You, it seems, were lucky enough to find the elves and find us. Very rare, considering how much power went into hiding all three nations.

But that is not why I wanted to talk to you. Before that day I made a pact with your parents, Kai. If they were ever in need of any help, I would be there to help them. I made this declaration after they saved my life. Even dragons can get into danger and I owe my life to them. But after their death and your disappearance, I vowed that I would honour my promise, somehow. And now it seems that I can.

I want you to take this…' The dragon looked to Amethyst and in amidst her flying an amulet began to appear. She flew around an around, forming it in mid air until it dropped into Kai's hands.

'…If you ever need my services, use this to call on me. I will receive the message and will come. But only call on me when you really need my services. Until then, Prince, I will be going…' The dragon turned to leave but stopped short of lifting off the ground, '…Take Amethyst with you. She will help you on your journey and I undoubtedly know that she will be of great benefit to you, if you wish to take back the throne. And please, don't be afraid to call for my services. If the job is too big, I shall bring help with me. Until next time we meet, keep safe. All three of you.

Goodbye Amethyst. I will see you soon. And Kai? Goodluck…'

With all that said and done, the dragon rose into the air majestically and soared off into the starry skies. They could still see the form of the dragon from the moonlight, and stayed where they were, watching, as it became too small to find.

Kai put an arm around Tala's shoulders and they began their journey back to camp. "You have a lot to explain to me… thief."

At that Kai took off, pushing Tala and making him stumble. Amethyst poked her head out of Tala's shirt pocket in protest as Tala ran after his Prince. Things were back to normal, and with extra help on their side, Boris and Voltaire had better watch out. They were going to get Kai back onto the throne. Back where he belonged and, at the moment, needed most.

Well? How was it? How cool is that, Tala's got a fairy who lives in his pocket. :P

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