Chapter six
"Janaff, I don't know what to say."
"Say yes."
"Janaff, the goddess may take away your powers if we have a child.''
''I don't care. Are my powers all you care about?"
"I don't care if you have powers or not. What I'm trying to say is… that I need time to think… that's all."
"You need time to think about our love?"
"No. I'm just worried what Bastian will do…when he finds out."
"I don't care about Bastian. All I know is that I love you and I'll always love you."
"I just really need to think about the next step of our relationship. Please, just give me a day or two and I'll give you my answer. Okay?"
"Lucia, I will love you still if you say no."
With that said they ate their lunch and left. Volke went back to the castle to tell Bastian what he had heard.
"Bastian, you're never going to guess what I heard."
"What?"
"You know my rules."
"Huh… how much do you want?"
"15,000."
"Fine. Now tell me what you heard."
"Okay. I was following Janaff up in a tree… and I heard him propose to Lucia."
"What did she say?"
"She needs time to think."
"Did she say how long she needed?"
"One or two days. That means you may still have a chance to give her the love potion."
"You're right. I need to go see if the potion is done."
Bastian quickly ran out the room to go find Galinda. He found her in the field eating grass. She was in her animal form.
"Good day, Galinda." he said to the pink pegicorn.
"Neigh," she said still in her animal form.
"Is my love potion done yet?"
"Neigh."
Galinda walks up behind Bastian and listens to him talk to a regular pegicorn.
"Have you even started yet?"
"Neigh."
Galinda taps on Bastian's back. Bastian lets out a scream like a six year old girl, he jumps up in the air and turns around to see Galinda standing there grinning.
"Bastian you're the stupidest count I have ever met."
"Galinda I'm hurt."
"Oh, and yes the potion is done."
"That's great! Now all I need to do is get Lucia to drink it? But how?"
"I do not know."
" I was thinking that maybe you can get her to drink it.''
"What me? Why?"
"Because she thinks that you and her are friends. That's why."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes."
"Why can't Volke do it?"
"Because I'll have to pay him."
"Fine."
Galinda and Bastian went back to the castle to find Lucia. Galinda found her in the garden drinking tea. Galinda sat down beside her to talk to her. Bastian hid behind a rose bush.
"Galinda I haven't seen you in forever." Lucia said as she hugged her. As Lucia hugged her Galinda put the potion into the tea.
"I can't wait to get this over with. I can't stand this human." Galinda thought to herself.
"I know."
"Galinda can I talk to you for a while?"
"I guess."
"I don't know what to do. Janaff asked my to marry him today."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"That's so sweet. What did you say?"
"I did not give him an answer."
"Why?"
"I don't know." Lucia said then she took a drink of her tea.
"Yes!"Galinda thought.
"Galinda the reason why is that I think that I'm in love with Bastian."
"Really?"
"Yes, I do."
"The potion was starting to work.''
"I must go find Bastian and tell him how I feel"
Bastian quickly got up ran out the door, turned around and came back into the room. It gave the appearance that he just came into the room.
"Hello Bastian"
"good after noon Galinda."
"Bastian!!"
"Lucia my love, how are you today?"
"I'm good. Bastian I have come to know my love for you is greater then yours for me."
"What about Janaff?"
"I do not know. I'm just so confused about all this after all he did ask me to marry him."
"You might want to talk to him" Galinda suggested
"I think I will. But first…" she then kissed the count and left the garden.
A/N: the story has more twist and turns to come.