Lucy looked at the wreckage around her. Her home... was gone. And her father was no where in sight. She walked through the wreckage and found her father's sword - charred. Her eyes began to water up.
"You're father wouldn't want you in tears," said a voice, "Not on his behalf." Lucy turned around and saw her fairy godmother.
"Tiger Lily!" she said, "What has happened here? Where is father?"
"I don't know," Tiger Lily said, "But it is clear that he fought valiantly so you can escape."
"I never should've left," Lucy whispered, "I should've fought with him!"
"No," Tiger Lily said, "You were right to follow his instructions. Because you did the book is safe. We need to take it to your mother now. She's waiting for us."
"But what about father?" Lucy asked.
"You'll be reunited someday, I promise," Tiger Lily said, "Fairies have foreseen it."
"They have?" Lucy said in astonishment, "We're going to be okay?" There was a pause.
"The future is cloudy, but you will be reunited," Tiger Lily said, "After that... you just need to remember the lesson imparted by this book. Never lose hope." They looked at each other for a long time.
Henry and Lucy were flying on a plane to Maine. He still couldn't believe that he had a daughter. How had this happened? From what he could remember his wife had no indication of being pregnant. His supposedly daughter, Lucy, was looking contently at the window and humming to herself.
"Hmm-mmm-hmm-mmm-hmmm-hmmmm, hmm-mm-hmm-hmm-mmm," she hummed. Henry smiled at her. Suddenly, he grew dizzy, and he saw what looked like a glowing heart, but it wasn't on the plane. It was in a room. In some kind of office. He also heard a tune that sounded like the tune that Lucy was humming, but it was being hummed by a different little girl, one he couldn't see. Then the image changed to a bottle full of red liquid. Suddenly, everything returned to normal.
"Father?" Lucy asked.
"What did you just call me?" Henry responded.
"Nothing," Lucy said, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," Henry said, "Yeah... I'm fine." But he couldn't help but thinking, what the heck just happened?