Chapter 5: Attacked
In place of the Fablehaven, she had known and saved since age 15, the house was burned down, the grass had turned pitch-black, and the remains of the burned house were ruins. No fairies could they see, and it looked as if no magical creatures had ever resided there in the past.
Immediately, after surveying the damage Kendra knew this was the work of Ronodin, who controlled the fairies and made them ransack Fablehaven. The Alderfairy and Bracken looked stricken at seeing Fablehaven in such a case. Bracken put his hands on Kenra's shoulder, calming her.
Stepping forward, she raised her hand and said, "Show me whose work this was", and to confirm her suspicions, dark fairies appeared all around her, and began to chant magical spells, but as soon as they were 20 feet away from Kendra they suddenly changed into light fairies. A
fter surveying the damage they had done, looks of regret and extreme sadness flashed across their tiny beautiful faces.
Shaira, the fairy with blue hair and glittery silver wings flitted forward, and said, "Forgive us, for we did not mean to do this to our beloved Fablehaven, we will with all our strength try to restore it", and seeing Kendra's stricken look said, "No one was in the preserve when Ronodin took control of us", they either were at the store buying groceries or going on a business meeting, again we apologize with all our hearts".
Seeing Bracken she hyperventilated, "Oh my goodness, is that you Bracken, how is the Queen? Are you alright? The fairies alerted to her surprise, came over, and seeing Bracken, they started to help each other mend his shirt chattering welcomingly.
Bracken responded, "Everything is okay, Shaira, thanks to Kendra… she kept my mother, sisters, and me from a great catastrophe."
"May I tell them?", he communicated telepathically.
"No, first we have to make Ronodin not able to take control over them or see through their eyes, I want to keep my identity a secret for as long as I can.."
"Very well, I did not consider that", he replied quietly.
"Fairies," Kendra announced, "As you know, Ronodin is currently king of the Fairy Realm and fairies, thus being able to see through your eyes and control you.
Would you like to be free of that? I have a secret that we need to tell you, fairies… and if Ronodin is controlling you, I cannot.
Hearing the mysterious request, all the fairies, immediately, and enthusiastically consented to be free of Ronodin's rule as Fairy King!
"He wasn't much of a ruler, first of all", a fairy exclaimed.
"And he controls us and makes us do horrendous things, which is a violation against our nature", one fairy agreed.
"What do we have to lose if we attempt this?", one fairy reasoned.
"Plus, Ronodin is a dark unicorn, who is attempting to lead us light fairies… that is exactly what the Fairy Realm was set not to do", a fairy explained.
"I can feel his grip on us weakening by the moment, and it must be the cause of a dark being ruling over a light being, by operating a crown of light", one fairy mused.
Shaira, who looked like the commander of the Fablehaven fairies asked, "Are all of you agreeing to be released from Ronodin's hold on your minds?"
A chorus of assent was murmured causing a harmonious, musical, melodious agreement.
Kendra smiled, "Release", she whispered glowing gradually, she could see lines of light coming from her body, zapping the fairies with light.
She directed her hand to Shaira, and whispered, "Promote", then Shaira was suddenly wearing, a stunning turquoise dress, her hair was set in place, a sparkling tiara was on top of her hair, and an identical bracelet to the Fairy Queen's, and she looked exactly like a fairy duchess. "Shaira", many fairies muttered, "what has happened to Shaira?"
"Shaira has been promoted to Fairy Duchess, she will lead the Fablehaven Fairies, the bracelet has given her additional powers than she normally had as a true fairy", Kendra exclaimed… now let me tell you my secret, along with Bracken and the Alderfairy, she said glancing at Bracken and the Alderfairy, who had been observing the conversation quietly, awe in their gazes, just like the fairies.
*A/N: There you go! I hope you enjoy... review! Chapter 6 will be updated shortly.
