Chapter 1: Bright Guardian


Author's Note: I am not Brandon Mull, and I did not create Fablehaven/Dragonwatch
Spoiler Alert! Activity from Dragonwatch 5: Return of the Dragon Slayer might be included... please read Dragonwatch 5 if accessible!

Kendra glanced at the clock in her bedroom. She had asked to be left alone. Now that the Fairy Realm had been captured by Ronodin, and because she didn't have her allies, (the Fairy Queen, Bracken) her thoughts and emotions were a jumbled mess.

She had tried to contact Bracken multiple times with his horn to no avail. So now she was in her bedroom. Sitting down on her bed she felt strikes of grief hit her.

She started sobbing, rocking back and forth, and between her sobs, she said, "why did this happen... *sob*... this could have been prevented... *sob*...I have no idea about their condition...and I can't even help them! She felt a soft and gentle hand touch her shoulder and looking up, she saw that she was in the presence of a Fairy.

This fairy was not an ordinary fairy, she was a full-sized one, and looked powerful and Queenly.

"Your highness," the fairy said, "I have come here with a message for you, and I am the Alderfairy. Kendra gaped at the fairy and said, "Why did you call me 'your highness,' wait you are the Alderfairy"? The Fairy King is Ronodin, not me"!

And knowing the fairy's position knelt. The fairy smiled kindly and said, "I will explain everything in a minute" and seeing Kendra kneeling she said, "stand up, it is I who should be bowing, not the royalty."

Requesting the information from the Alderfairy, Kendra seated herself on a chair, wondering the meaning of this.

The Alderfairy started, "Your Majesty this message is very important and you must pay attention to it, for I was sent to deliver this message to you, My Queen so that you would have instructions. You are the Bright Guardian and thus protector of all magical creatures whether good or bad, fairies and demons, dragons and giants.

Seeing the questioning look on Kendra's face, the Alderfairy continued, "Us the fairies and all the magical creatures of the world, have been waiting for the Bright Guardian for many centuries after hearing the prophecy that says:

The Bright Guardian is Queen over us

The Magical Creatures might make a fuss

The Queen will come age 17

Will rule everything in between

The time will come when the Fairy Realm

Will be tightly overwhelmed

But the Bright Guardian will come at that time

And will save all creatures in the world

A crystal she will give

And many she'll forgive

And forever she will live and live

Hearing this Kendra gasped, "It all fits! I'm 17 and the Fairy Realm was overwhelmed, but I don't have any powers!

Hearing this the Alderfairy beamed and said, "I am the one to give you your powers too, although you are fairykind!

You have to accept saying, "I accept the office of the Bright Guardian to protect all creatures of the magical world, I will rule with justice and fairness. Kendra repeated the words and felt an overwhelming sense of light filling her up, even more than her fairy kind powers.

Immediately, Kendra realized she had power over all of the magical world and was their Queen.

The Bright Guardian quickly learned she could do anything with her powers.

The powerful, young teenager was aware that she would live forever according to the prophecy.

She acknowledged that being the Bright Guardian was a huge responsibility. Hugging the Aldefairy she promised her that she would give her a huge reward for her help later after saving the Fairy Realm.

After all of this before the Alderfairy disappeared she asked the Alderfairy to meet her at the Source of Magical Light later.