Lorelai and I had left the fairy realm and came out of another tree stump back into the human world.
"We're back in the human realm." said Lorelai.
"Yeah, so where do we go from here?" I asked.
"No clue."
"But, I thought you always leave the fairy realm to look for supplies."
"I do, but not through this exit. Fairies are prohibited to go through this one because it's too dangerous, except for higher up fairies, soldiers, or the Elder." she explained.
"Oh, okay. By the way, how come you didn't tell me that the Elder is your father?" I questioned.
"Well, I respect my father for who he is. He doesn't like it that I call him Elder, he thinks I'm calling him an old man, which I don't mean it." she stated. "How come YOU didn't tell me that you're the Prince of Brellomore?"
"I-uh-" I stuttered. "I was just trying to keep my identity a secret. I'm sorry Lorelai."
"...It's okay. I guess we both had something to hide from each other." she said as she flew up higher. "C'mon! Follow me." I followed behind her. It felt so amazing to fly. I never imagined that this would happen in my life. I finally felt free. We floated to the top of the trees and flew out to see a beautiful landscape.
"Wow…" I said in awe.
"Yeah...wow." said Lorelai in response. She then pulled out a map from her tiny bag, unfolded the map, and pointed to a place on the map. "So we're here, and we need to go there."
"To the Crimson Firelands."
"Yes, and the only way to get there is to go through these places. Umalt Valley, the Kilakilk Wetlands, and then we pass the The Forbidden Mountains to get to the Crimson Fireland." she explained as she pointed to each place on the map that was heading towards the firelands.
"Okay, so the first place we need to get through is Umalt Valley." I said.
"And all these places head north, which is where the firelands are. Good, so we just need to head north." Lorelai stated.
"Hold on." I looked at the sky to where north is. "So the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. So if it's the morning right now, then that mean the sun right now is in the east, and if you think where the directions are, east is left of north. So if we turn around and have the sun to the east of us, then that means we're are now facing north."
"Adrian, I know how directions work." said Lorelai.
"Oh-uh..." I started to blush. Lorelai then had a smile on her face.
"Hehe, you're silly." She giggled at me. I then blushed even harder.
"Alright, let's go then." I said as I immediately flew north.
"Hey! Wait up Adrian! I was just messing with you! I'm sorry!"
We had passed the beautiful Umalt Valley, with the sun shining brightly, many animals roaming all over the valley, and the cooling fresh air. We soared over the valley for half a day, then entered the muggy Kilakilk Wetlands. We both were getting very tired of flying all day, so we found a small empty cave and stayed there for the night. The next morning we woke up and we felt as good as new and headed towards the mountains. It took us half a day to get out of the humid, airless swamp, and we then trekked the Forbidden Mountains, which took us the other half of the day. Again, Lorelai and I got exhausted and needed to rest. We found a flat surface on the mountain and decided to stay there for the night. About ten minutes later, we had a fire going.
"Man I'm tired." I said with exhaustion.
"Me too. The wetlands were disgusting." replied Lorelai.
"So the firelands are just over this mountain?"
"Yep, that's what the map says." said Lorelai. "I can kinda feel a warm breeze coming over the mountains." Lorelai then pulled out fairy bread for us to eat. It's weird, she pulls out so many things from that very tiny pouch.
"Hey Lorelai."
"What's up Adrian?"
"Your pouch, it's so tiny, but I see you pull so many things out of it." I said.
"Oh, well that's because it's an everlasting pouch. I can put many things inside and have this pouch small so that I don't have to carry around such a large bag." She then put her entire arm into the small pouch and pulled out a jug of water. "Here."
I grabbed the jug and said, "Whoa, that's cool." I opened the jug of water and took two big gulps as Lorelai kept searching her pouch for food. I then looked at Lorelai and asked, "Hey Lorelai, what happened to your mother?" she then froze up from taking out food from her bag.
"She-she died." She then continued unpacking food.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mea-"
"It's okay. She died when I was very young. I don't have much memory of her, but I have enough to remember her by." she said with a sadriddin smile. "I really do miss her though. I wish that she wasn't dead. I always tell myself that she's still alive out there somewhere. Happy, and healthy." I looked down at my food and took a bite as I looked at the ground. Lorelai then sat down and took a bite out of her bread, and looked at me.
"Adrian, I've always wanted to ask-" I looked up at her to hear what she had to ask. "Why do you have dots on your face? Is it a disease?"
"Pbft! HAHAHAHA!" Lorelai then looked at with confusion and anger in her eyes.
"Hey, what's so funny?!"
"You're so silly! It's not a disease, I was born with them."
"Well, you didn't have to laugh at me!" she shouted as she crossed her arms and made a angry pouty face.
"Haha, they're freckles. Have you never seen freckles before?" I asked.
"No, no one in the fairy realm has dots on their face."
"Really? You would think fairies were full of them since they're outside all the time." Lorelai then looked back at me.
"Really?"
"Yup." I answered. She then scooched over to me.
"Um, this sounds weird, but can I-" she hesitated. "can I touch your freckles?"
"Uh, sure, I guess." She then reached her hands out to my face and cupped my face into her soft palms, and rubbed her thumb over my freckles. I can feel my face warming up.
"Wow, freckles are actually really…beautiful." My face immediately blushed fire red. "Are- are you blushing?"
"Well-" I stammered as I moved away from her. "It's just, I've never had a girl, besides my mother, touch my face like that."
She looked down to the ground and said, "I'm sorry."
"No it's okay, it actually felt nice."... What did I just say?! Lorelai's face turned bright red after I said that. God, I'm such an idiot! That was so awkward! "Uh, I'm sorry, that was rude." I then whispered quietly to myself, "Adrian you're such an idiot."
"It's okay Adrian." I turned to Lorelai who looked at me with rosy cheeks. "Your face is really soft, it felt nice too." she said with an awkward smile. "I guess we're both awkward, huh?"
"Yeah, very." We both look at each and giggled.
"Well, I should get to bed, for tomorrow." said Lorelai.
"I should too. Goodnight, Lorelai." I said.
"Goodnight, Adrian."
En... Dashadu... No bei... Shun dwu…
Dein shu twu... Keiranu swa lei…
I blinked my eyes a couple times and then closed my eyes to go back to sleep…Wait a minute! That lullaby! I shot up from the ground and looked around. Near the edge of the mountain, I saw Lorelai standing there. What's she doing up? Then I heard the lullaby again, but I also heard the beautiful harp playing quietly along.
En... Dashadu... No bei... Shun dwu…
Dein shu twu... Keiranu swa lei…
I took off my blanket, stood up, and walked over to Lorelai. I couldn't believe what I saw. Lorelai had a harp in her grasp, and she started to sing.
Hail to his grace, our great Elder.
March forward, restore this realm's order.
Hail Fludien, give us Courage.
Teach Wisdom, bless us with Power.
Lorelai?! It was her? Ever since I heard that lullaby, it was her singing it? She's the mystery girl I've been looking for! I tear trickled down my cheek.
Brave warrior, hero of flight.
From here, your journey begins.
I then jumped in to sing with her.
Your sword in your hands.
Lorelai turned around when she heard me.
Her song in your heart.
May you bring light to this land.
She smiled and jumped back to sing and play the harp.
Take to the skies, receive his blessing.
Raise your sword, to the sky, skyward.
Your time has come, our great hero.
With your light, unite both the Earth and Skies.
With that, Lorelai played the last note on her harp.
"It was you." we both said at the same time.
"Wait, what?" we both said again.
"Uh, you first." said Lorelai.
"Uh, okay. Lorelai how long have you been singing that lullaby?"
"Well, since I can remember. My mother sang it to me since I was born, and I learned this lullaby when I was about three." said Lorelai. "Ever since I started to sing the lullaby, I've always heard a boy sing this it with me. I always thought it was pleasant, and as I started to grow up and keep singing the lullaby, the boy was growing up as well. But I didn't know who it was. I would always try to search for him, but could never find him.
"Lorelai, all my life, since I lived at Brellomore, I've heard that lullaby everyday. It's kept me going my whole life. I know this lullaby by heart, but never knew what it really meant. But…now I do. It talks about your father, Fludien, and about how he protects the fairy realm. It talks about me, the warrior, that was granted the power flight, and you. 'Her song in you heart'. It's talking about you how you've sang that song everyday to me." I explained as I walked closer to her.
"You're the boy, who sang that lullaby with me ever since I was young, I've been looking for?" asked Lorelai. "I didn't know I was singing with a human this whole time."
"Yes Lorelai. I've been wanting to go look for you too, but couldn't because of those castle walls." I stated as I stood in front of her. My face started to blush, as was Lorelai's.
"Adrian, I-I don't know what to say." she said as blushed even harder. I then cupped her face into my hands. She looked up at me, as I looked at her vibrant violet eyes. I then brought her face closer mine, and our lips locked onto each other. I can't believe I was doing this, but it felt amazing. Lorelai's shed some tears down her face, as did I, and she set her hands on my waist. We kissed for a few seconds, and we slowly let go. I then looked at her.
"Damn, I'm sorry." I said as I wiped off her wet face.
"Why are you sorry?" she asked as she sniffed and wiped my face off.
"I was too forward."
"It's okay. It felt...nice" said Lorelai as she made a reference to what she said about my face before we went to bed.
"Lorelai?" I asked.
"Yes Adrian?" she asked with her beautiful rosy cheeks.
"This is going to sound cheesy, but even if I never found the girl who sang the lullaby everyday, I wouldn't care. Because I've fallen in love with you, ever since you saved me in the Old Birch, so many days ago." I said with embarrassment written all over my face.
"Adrian." Lorelai began to speak. "This is also going to sound cheesy, but even if I never found the boy who sang the lullaby along with me, I wouldn't care. Because I've fallen in love with you, ever since I saved you in the Old Birch, so many days ago." I then looked at Lorelai and gave her a bear hug.
"Stealing words are we now." We both giggled as we hugged each other till the end of the night.
