Chapter 4

Garrett then took his saddlebags up to his room. He climbed into his bed without changing. Later when he awoke, he bathed and then put on new clothes and went down to the Dining hall. After he ate his lunch he went back to the library. Watching the flames in the fireplace, he fell asleep.

Far away in a dark damp castle, Everard slept. He was up at night watching Deirdre and Garrett to see that they did not fall in love. Everard had been asleep when they told each other they fallen love with the other. He had captured many a fairy and hidden them deep inside his castle. Some were able to escape but few lived past the first few days because he sent his crows after them and if they found them, they killed them on the spot. Everard had no spies watching them during the day.

Back at the other castle, Garrett awoke and took a book down from a shelf. He looked out at the forest. Wondering if Deirdre had agreed to his plan and would marry him, he noticed a sheet of paper on the table beside the chair he had fallen asleep in. It read:

Garrett,

Yes, I will marry you, but we must do it near dawn. I will talk to you tonight.

Deirdre

Wondering why it would have to be just before dawn, he spent the rest of the day shoeing the unicorns and checking the hooves of Deirdre's mare. Before dusk, he went back to his room and changed into more stylish clothes for Dinner. He went down at sat in the Dining hall just as the sun set behind the mountains. Three minutes later a fairy entered the room.

"Rey Garrett, Rey Garrett, the Reina has been captured!"

"What? By whom?"

"Everard! He captured her before she turned into her human form."

Garrett ran to the stables and saddled his horse. He rode off toward Everard's castle following an owl. When he reached the moat surrounding the castle, a fairy appeared.

"Rey Garrett, there is an animal in the moat that will eat you. I have sent for help to get you over the walls of the castle."

Just then a blast of air came from above. Garrett looked and saw the belly of a stupendous fireblood red dragon. It landed beside him. The fairy turned to Garrett.

"He will fly you over the walls and take you back to the Reina's Castle after you save her. I will take your horse back myself."

"Thank you."

Garrett climbed on the back of the dragon and flew over the walls. As the dragon landed in the courtyard, Garrett got off and ran into the castle. Everard was waiting for him. He knew he had to get rid of Garrett as he had gotten rid of Alex.

Garrett entered the long dark main corridor of the Catilla. On either side were the hadas that Everard had turned into stone statues. He walked down the passageway toward the center of the Catilla. Of courses he did not know that Everard had traps set for him all through out the Catilla, but he had a feeling that Everard would have them set for him and watching where he placed his feet. He crept down the passage slowly, watching for anything odd.

About three quarters of the way to the throne room, the floor fell from below him. He fell down for about ten feet landing on a pile of hay and grass. Hoping that he could find Everard before dawn, he looked for a way out.

After he had been down there over three hours, he saw several tiny lights coming down and surrounding him. He slowly began to rise into the air and landed in the corridor on the other side of the hole.

"Garrett, take this sword and shield. Put the Rosado crystal into the sword and shield for it is now in two. Now hurry! There are many more obstacles to come and more of us, hadas, will help you on the way."

As they spoke this, a silver sword and shield appeared. Garrett took them.

"Thank you."

As quickly as they had appeared they disappeared. He walked on toward the throne room even more carefully then before.

High above in the South Tower, Everard had Deirdre in a cage, large enough to hold her as a human but secure enough to hold her as a swan. Everard was watching Garrett on a magical mirror. He saw Garrett fall and get out of the hole.

"I don't believe this. How can they stop my plan?"

"I told you. You'll never win."

"Oh, be quiet! I'll win. He still hasn't passed my greatest traps yet."

Garrett had entered the throne room. He watched very closely to see nothing came out at him. As he looked the room, he saw millions of crows. They began to fly toward him, but as soon as they reached him they turned into butterflies. After the butterflies flew away from him, he noticed the doorway leading to the South Tower and walked through it. He began to climb the stairway with only the light from his sword and shield.

He was four-sixths of the way up when something came out of the darkness. Its glowing amber yellow eyes looked at him. Garrett knew he had to defeat this creature. It moved down toward him. But before it reached the tip of Garrett's waiting sword, the tiny lights returned and turned the creature into a tiny white dog. It ran down behind him. Garrett continued upward to the room at the top. He reached the door at dawn. Needing rest Garrett, slept until dawn while the hadas protected him from Everard's view. As he began to open the door a gust of wind came up from the tower's base and opened the door for him. Garrett slowly walked into the room.

Everard plan was simple. He would get Garrett into the room and then trap him there. Everard had hidden Deirdre in another room of the Catilla. He had also hidden himself in the room. As Garrett entered, he turned the room into a hot muggy desert.

Garrett looked around him. He didn't know what had happened. As he began to walk, a tiny hada appeared.

"Garrett, it is only an illusion created by Everard to fool you."

"Where is Deirdre?"

"She is in a room caged."

Wondering what he could do, he looked at her. He had no magical powers to fight Everard with.

"How am I supposed to beat him?"

"Think back, far into the past. You know how to beat him, even if now you think you don't."

Garrett pondered this. Was this one leaving him like the other hadas?"

"I'm to stay with you to the end of your journey."

"Thank you, but who are you?"

"I'm Ava. I guided Alex and now I'm guiding you."

"Why and who's Alex?"

"Because in you I see his light, fire, and spirit. You'll learn who he is soon enough."

Of course he did not know that his hada had married a human and had given birth to two sons, him and Alex! She had made it so he was the reincarnation of his own older half-brother.

Garrett stood looking at her. She looked familiar to him, but he did not know who she was. He began to wonder how could he get out of this desert and back into the Catilla.

"How do I get out of this illusion?"

"Walk to that tree. That should work."

So he began to walk to the only tree he could see. As he reached it, the desert turned back into the room. Everard looked at him powerless to stop him. In fear he jumped out of the window onto the roof and slide down to another floor. He jumped into a room and disappeared inside Garrett followed him. The room was dark but he could see the door. Garrett opened the door and looked down the hallway to see Everard. Everard saw him and began to run. Garrett chased after him to the throne room. Everard had closed all the doors and had gotten himself a sword. Garrett kicked the doors opened as Everard ran up to the throne.

"You will never hurt any one or thing ever again."

Garrett ran toward him with his sword raised in the air. Everard raised his sword in defense. Their swords clanged as they met. Both fought with all their strength, but Garrett was stronger. He knocked Everard down. Everard tried to protect himself but could not. Garrett gave the final stroke. Everard landed dead just before dawn.

The hada came back and she flew around him.

"I found her. I shrunk the cage she is in because she is a swan and I couldn't unlock it."

"I thought if I killed him she would be freed."

"No, it is another thing. We must hurry back for the wedding must take happen after dusk."

So Garrett let Deirdre loose and she flew back to the lake. Garrett mounted his horse and rode back to the Catilla.

He went up to his room and went to bed, sleeping until three hours after dusk. Since dusk, Deirdre had been getting ready. Garrett wore a blue suit that matched his eyes. Deirdre wore a long lace over white silk gown.

They were married at midnight. They went to bed and Garrett worried about dawn. They slept until noon. Garrett awoke first and turned to see her still human beside him.

"Deirdre!"

"Uh…h what?" she said as she woke up.

"You are human!"

"Huh?"

She sat up. She then realized he was right. They hugged and then got dressed. Garrett and she went into village. Garrett got every thing he need from his old home.

They rode back to the forest and back to the Catilla. Many adventures happened to them but those are other stories.