Chapter 10

Telling His Family

When we got there he let the soldier know he was back and we walked into the palace to find his parents.

When we found them, they were in the dinning room eating.

"Son, you're back, so soon? I thought it took five days to ride over there. You probably didn't even get there. Any way, glad your home. Oh! Who's this?" Derik's dad said turning to me.

"This is Lindy. I met her in Linderwall. Lindy this is my dad," Derik answered.

"Hi," I said, politely. I leaned over to Derik. "Tell them now."

"Not now, after breakfast, and then my cousin should be coming," he whispered back. "So, let's eat. I'm hungry after that long trip here."

"Ok, chef! Two more plates for my son and his friend."

So we ate and soon enough after that Susan was there.

Right away, when she came in, she recognized me from her vision. I could tell because she came in with a surprised look on her face, her eyes wide, and was looking straight at me, but then she fixed herself and gave Derik a hug.

Derik knew his parents were expecting him to introduce me to Susan, even though I already knew her and she already knew me. So he introduced us.

Finally he spoke up. "Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you."

His cousin looked at him quizzically, and then looked at me as I had a smile on my face.

"Well, what is it son? Are you hurt? Is it about the trip?" His mom asked.

"No, not exactly, you know how Susan can see into the future and how that happened, right?" He asked.

"Yes, what's this all about?" His mom asked.

Then his cousin knew what he was trying to say and smiled at him.

"Mom, Dad, I have superpowers too. When Susan got her visions, I got super speed." He looked at them and their faces were puzzled.

"Why didn't you tell us before, and why didn't Susan tell us?"

"I didn't tell you because I was worried of what you would think. I knew you always thought that Susan would achieve something great, but I didn't know what you would think of me, and Susan didn't tell-"

"I didn't tell you, because I wanted him to tell on his own. It was his secret. It would have been disrespectful of me to tell without his permission."

"Why did Lindy come with you?" Derik's dad asked.

"She wanted to be here when I told you. I promised her mom I would have her back as soon as possible," Derik answered.

"Oh, so the beam hit you and Susan? And now you have super speed and Susan can see into the future. Son, I'm sorry, but… I don't believe you. I believe Susan's first story, but not this one. I just don't see how Susan could lie to everyone like that, and you don't look like you have superpowers," Derik's dad said.

"And Susan does? Why can't you trust me any more? Why should I have to prove everything to you? I guess I'll have to run across the Ocean for you to believe me," Derik said. "I'll be back in a few seconds." He took off and was back in a few seconds with a cup made in Chinka. "See? I ran all the way to Chinka in five seconds, and brought back a newly designed cup. Do you believe me now? Even if they sold them somewhere here, it would be a busy place and I wouldn't get through in five seconds," Derik confirmed.

"You're right. Son, I trust you, but it just doesn't seem likely that you were caught under a tree, with Susan far from you, but you still got super speed," Derik's dad said.

"Oh, right, you still think I was caught under a tree. I wasn't, Dad, I was standing next to Susan and the beam hit us both. Susan said I was under a tree to help not tell that I was hit too."

"Really?" Derik's dad asked.

"Son you should know that we love you no matter what and you should be able to tell us anything," Derik's mom said. "Now, I want to know why you really went to Linderwall. I can tell it wasn't just a vacation."

"I told him to," Susan said. "To help Lindy."

"Why did Lindy need help?" Derik's dad asked.

"She needed help saving the world. There was a wishing dragon that was bent on taking over the world and killing all human kind. I had a vision that Lindy was to save the world. So I researched. I knew that the dragon was to put her in hyper speed, from my vision, and she didn't know how to get out. So I found the spell and made it into a song. After I had memorized it, I packed and left to Linderwall and became her nurse.

"I had begun singing the song while she was around, and I was working. I made her think I didn't know that she was there.

"After a few times, I started to hear her humming it to herself, so I knew that my plan had been working. A few more days later, I quit and came back home," Susan said, telling her part of the story.

"Then, a few days later, she asked me to help Lindy fight, because she could feel that the dragon had been released. So I packed and ran to Linderwall. She had told me to hurry, because she felt that you were in danger. Later I found out that you were, and that the dragon had a partner, but wasn't very threatening.

"After the dragon, whose name was actually Ginger, had ran away from the fight, we went to their castle. I knew I had to act like I had never seen her before, so I made her think that I thought she was just rich.

"We had a little bit of relaxing time, and then we ate dinner and made a plan. The plan wasn't going well, so Lindy's mom suggested looking in the spell book. I found out that Lindy was a… curious, girl, and made the dragon without asking."

"Hey!" I said, but Derik just smiled at me and continued.

"In the book we found a spell to get the dragon back into the book. We waited a bit, so Lindy could learn the incantation that she had to read, but only made it through half the spell. We looked in the book again, and found that we could start where we ended. The next day we fought Ginger again, finished the spell, and trapped her into the spell book, along with her partner. After the second fight, I had to tell them the truth. Now, as we speak, Lindy's mom is putting that spell book under lock and key. She feels that at any moment someone could read the spell and release Ginger again. I hope I didn't leave anything out, did I?"

"No, sounded good to me," I said.

"So that's how she knew, and that's why she came along," Susan said. "She wanted to support you."

"Let me get this straight. You went on vacation to help save the world, and you didn't tell us?" Derik's dad said.

"Yes, I couldn't tell you, because if I did, I would have to tell you about my superpowers, and you wouldn't let me go," Derik replied.

"Well, yes, I guess we wouldn't, but you still should have trusted us," Derik's mom answered.

"Well, now you know. So what are you going to do? Never let me leave home again?" Derik asked.

"No, Derik, we're not going to punish you. Why would we?" Derik's mom answered.

"Because I kept a big secret from you for a long time," Derik said. "which includes lying to you."

"Well at least you told us now. That's all we could ask for," Derik's dad said.

"I think I should take Lindy back now," Derik suggested.

"It's getting dark. I think you should wait until morning, especially if you're going to run there," Derik's mom worried.

"Ok, but she better call her mother, to tell her she won't be back until the morning," Derik suggested.

"Don't worry about me. I know what I need to do. Now you get some rest. A run here, a run back, and a run here again will get you tired. I don't care how fast you are. That will tire you out." I smiled at him and gave him a push to the stairs.

"She's right, Derik. Go upstairs and rest," Derik's mom said. He went upstairs and left the rest of us to talk.

I wanted to meet his parents and Susan, alone, but I wondered why Derik's mom really wanted me to stay here.

"Lindy, I have a question, and I was wondering if you could answer it," Derik's mom said.

"I can try," I said, which was about the best answer I could muster.

"Is that all true, or is he just lying to us again? The thing is, we found out a long time ago that he had superpowers, but we didn't tell him because we wanted him to tell us first," Derik's mom said.

"Wait a minute, how did you find that out?" Susan blurted.

"We saw it happen, of course. Don't you think we would want our only child when something dangerous is happening? Well, we got to the door and then the light hit. We didn't know what would happen. After that, we saw him running faster than a car, and we knew it had something to do with that beam," Derik's dad said.

"So you knew the whole time. I didn't even have to come. I have a question. It's not going to be dark for an hour; he could have made it there and back before then. Why did you tell him to stay?" I asked.

"Because, we wanted to know the answer to that question, and we wanted to get to know you. So, what's the answer to the question? Then we'll carry on."

"I can't believe you still don't trust him! Of course he was telling the truth! I saved the world! How could he make that up, and why?" I asked.

"We don't know what to expect. He tried to keep a big secret about himself from us for a very long time! He didn't trust us," Derik's dad said.

"What do you mean he didn't trust you? He didn't trust himself enough to tell you. I guess he was right. I don't know how I could live with a person who doesn't trust me, but that's his business. Now, I'd like to get to know you a little better, if you don't mind," I said.

"Well, then I guess we should start with our names. Mine is Peter and my wife's is Lucie. We are King and Queen of Pickenly. You are?" Mr. Pickenly said.

"I'm Lindy Linderwall. I am the princess of Linderwall. My mom's name is Elizabeth and my dad's name is Ben. When I was turning three, my parent's friends gave me a spell book for my birthday and that's how I got a hold of the dragon spell, so your son was not lying. The whole time he was in Linderwall he was fighting a dragon. We finally defeated her, and he decided to tell you the truth. He didn't tell you over dinner because he was waiting for Susan so she could back him up. Do you believe him now?"

"I guess so. The dragon is caught, right? It isn't free?" Lucie asked.

"Yes, she is caught in a spell, which is, now, under lock and key, along with her partner, Angel. I do fear that if someone takes the book and says the spell, Ginger might get out and try again," I said.

"Ginger? Is that the dragon's name?" Peter asked.

"Yes, it is, we are trying to keep the book as safe as we can keep it, but… if someone is desperate enough, they could break in," I said.

"Well, we can help. If you need more money or more alarms, we can help just ask. If our son thought this dragon should be put away, then we have to help keep it put away," Lucie said.

"Thank you Mom and Dad, for believing in me." We all looked up and saw Derik standing on the balcony.

"Derik! How much have you heard?" Peter asked, astonished to find that his son was listening to their conversation.

"All of it, I'm really glad that you're going to help, but I can't believe that you knew the whole time, but yet you made me say all that to make you believe," Derik said.

"We didn't make you say all that to make us believe you had superpowers. We made you say all that because we needed to believe you about the dragon," Lucie said.

Peter shook his head.

"Finally you are telling the truth to each other and trusting each other enough. I didn't know it would take this long. I thought you had learned your lesson the last time, but then we got hit, and there went another trust issue." Susan smiled.

"We're good now, I hope." Derik smiled back.

"I didn't think she would be saving the world, and saving a family," Susan said.

"Should I go back home or stay here?" I asked, ignoring what Susan just said, and I had yet to call my mom.

"Didn't you call your mom yet?" Derik asked.

"No, they asked me their questions before I could," I answered.

"Go call her then, but don't start a conversation on the phone telling her what happened. Save that for when you get home," Derik suggested.

"Ok," I said. They showed me where the phone was and I told my mom I was going to be late. She agreed and let me stay the night.

I came back and they were saying goodbye to Susan because she was going back home for the night.

"Goodbye Susan. Hope to see you again sometime," I said.

"You will, let's just say, I had a 'dream' that said so," she answered and gave me a hug. After that she left in her big carriage.

I turned around and Derik's parents were giving him a hug and sent him to bed, since it was about midnight. Then they showed me where I was going to sleep. I slept good knowing that, finally, there was a lot of trust in the world.