Chapter 3

They first rode beside the lake and they went up a trail on a mountain. When they reached the top, they saw the valley below. They watched the animals and the tiny lights.

"What are those lights?"

"Tiny fairies."

They dismounted and tied the horses up. Deirdre followed Garrett to the other side of the summit. This view showed his village. He saw his home. There was a light.

"What? Deirdre, I need to go back. I'll be back before dawn, I promise."

He untied his stallion and reached his house and shop. Garrett opened the door to see the Sheriff and his friend, James, in his house.

"Garrett, you're all right!"

"James, what's going on here? Why is the Sheriff here, too?"

"I thought someone had kidnapped you. So I asked for his help. Where have you been?"

"In the forest, I just came back to get something. I'm helping someone on the other side of the forest."

"Oh."

The Sheriff had left after a few minutes.

"James, could you stay here and watch over things while I'm gone?"

"Of course, I will."

Garrett went upstairs to his room and grabbed a few things and put threat in his saddlebags. He got back to the castle an hour before dawn. Deirdre was in the Library. Garrett was tired, but he walked to a chair and sat down. He had his saddlebags in his lap. She walked over to him and kneeled down beside him.

"Garrett, you should be getting to bed!"

"No, take these and put them somewhere safe. I have a plan for Everard."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see. But first I need to tell you something."

"Garrett, let it wait till dusk. You need your rest."

"NO! I have to tell you now!"

"All right, what is it?"

"I love you. I always have Celia."

With those words her spell was gone and her memory had returned. She began to cry. It was him. He had come back to her.

"Alex!"

Garrett turned and looked at her face. He felt that he had freed her from a spell, but not the one he wanted to. She looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"I thought you acted like someone I knew."

"Who's Alex? What happened to him?"

"I will tell you, but first I have something to tell you."

"What?"

"I love you, too."

He looked at her not surprised. They looked at each other. Dawn was only a half hour away, but she had to tell him about Alex and the dejected story.

Deirdre began to tell Garrett the story.

Before she was reina, she had lived in a small village. She had fallen in love with its blacksmith. They were in the forest one day when Everard killed him. She then became reina. She put a spell on herself to forget about him.

Garrett listened to her story. He knew it already even told her how Everard had done it. Knowing soon that Deirdre would leave, Garrett quickly came up with a new plan.

"Lets get married."

"Why? I am a swan during the day."

"I have a plan remember?"