Interlude 3

Jules and Bernadette watched as Sonic took webbing from the spider web on her wall and began to carefully spin it on her small spindle. The webbing was fine and sticky, but not so much that it clung to everything it stuck to. Sonic watched in awe as the new thread began to form under her fingers. The whirl of the spindle spun swiftly and Sonic wound the thread into a ball. Every time the spider renewed her thread, Sonic took small amounts until her ball was of a respectable size.

One day the mother spider died and the eggs hatched. Most of the spiders left for other homes, but at least three stayed on the main web and caught any insects that managed to get into Sonic's tiny room. Sonic began now to weave the thread into cloth, and Bernadette smiled. Even undyed, the cloth was never the less pretty and very tough. It would make great garments for Sonic's friends and for herself if she chose to make any. Bernadette doubted it though. Sonic was too scared of being discovered.

A few weeks earlier, a number of fairies flew up to the heavens, or just below them, waiting for Jules and Bernadette to come down. They could not enter until they were full angels. Jules and Bernadette flew down and met the fey to hear what they had to say. Their news was very interesting.

"I've seen you trying to help our Sonic," Jules remarked calmly. "Do you have any other news for us? We could use some good news at this point."

"I'm afraid something bad is going to happen soon," said the moonlight fairy with the emeralds in her depths. "We can feel it in the air. Soon for us might be fifty years for the mortals though, so we can't exactly pinpoint the time."

"There is an evil fairy living in a swamp and plotting a curse on Sonic and Shadow's family line," said the fiery fairy. "I'm afraid she's more demon then fairy at this point."

So not exactly soon, thought Bernadette. It could either be ten or so years from now, or even longer. It all depended on when the demonic fairy would strike. Her and Jules couldn't help much, but she had a plan. Jules took her hand and they flew upward.

"I think it's almost time for my second life," said Jules. "I don't want to leave you but I must."

"We have a few years at least," said Bernadette. "I'll be watching over you and maybe you'll have a fairy or two as well. Maybe we can speak to someone higher up about this."

"I agree," said Jules, and they flew up into the heavens, leaving the fair folk behind.

"I'll have to be born at least five years from now," said Jules, "Five years minimum. If I'm to help Sonic's children, I need to be at least a teen."

"If I'm thinking this through rightly," said Bernadette, "This will either be one of her children or one of her grandchildren. We need more information."

"I agree," said Jules. "We must go higher up for this."

The two of them flew higher up, to where the clouds were even farther out of sight than they were before. They flew for seven days and seven nights before they found the counsel. They spoke at length and the counsel deliberated before the leader spoke. He scratched his beard and frowned thoughtfully.

"Jules my son," he said, "If you must go, it needs to be now. "There's no time to waste. You can't help Sonic's children directly, but your children can help one of her grandchildren. All of this will make sense later. Go with my blessing."

Bernadette hugged Jules goodbye, then flew backward. The leader of the counsel touched Jules' forehead, and he vanished into a cloud of vapor. The vapor trail drifted down to earth, and Bernadette watched it sadly until it vanished completely.

"Do not worry my daughter," the leader said. "You will see him again."

A/N Yay Chapter 14 is finished, so you can have this lovely interlude. Once I manage to get chapter 15 done, you can have chapter 13. In the meantime, please read and review and maybe check out my other fics. 😊