(Much credit to Libba Bray for this last upcoming section, esp. chapters 35-38 of A.G.A.T.B.) (The different font in the next section is used to give insight into the characters, try not to confuse it with what they're actually saying.) Oh and could you please tell me how my "Gemma" is, I always feel that she carries too much baggage for me to portray her adequately.

I HAVE NOT TOLD MY GARDEN YET (By: Emily Dickinson)

I have not told my garden yet,

Lest that should conquer me;

I have not quite the strength now

To break it to the bee.

I will not name it in the street,

For shops would stare, that I,

So shy, so very ignorant,

Should have the face to die.

Gemma: …This is not a place to stay. It's a place of dreams.

Pippa: What if I choose the dream instead?- A.G.A.T.B

(The Next Day…)

"Gemma won't take us into the Realms." Pippa pouted as she walked over towards Felicity who was practicing her archery.

Felicity lowered her bow. "What's this, Gemma? Why won't you take us back?"

Those green eyes shifted nervously under Felicity's grey stare.

"I didn't say that."

"Well you implied it." Pippa continued to behave petulantly.

Felicity glared angrily. "You want the power of the Realms all to yourself, don't you Gemma?"

"No, that's not true." Gemma said unconvincingly.

Felicity took a challenging step forward. Gemma might have wanted to deny it, but it was true. She wanted to have the power over all of them. She wanted to take control of their happiness; well Felicity wouldn't allow it. She was strong enough to handle her own power and control her own happiness.

"Don't you see? Gemma wants the power all to herself! She wants the power over us." If she made them believe that, then maybe Felicity could secure more power for herself, more freedom.

Gemma staggered as Felicity's uprising sparked. "T-that's not true."

Pippa tilted her head to the side curiously. "Then why won't you take us?"

Gemma hesitates, and that's when Felicity is sure that she has her.

"She doesn't trust us." Felicity announces. "We need a sacrifice, that's what the huntress told me. Then we will be able to reach the Realms on our own."

Gemma won't let Felicity's coup take root. "You can't do this. I won't let you."

But Felicity's will for power is stronger. She won't be under her friend's whims any longer. "You. Can't. Stop. Us." Her ice grey eyes stare back at Gemma menacingly.

Gemma seems to be at a loss, not understanding what has come over her friend. But Gemma can never really understand, not fully, because Gemma has never been completely powerless like Felicity has been.

"I wouldn't be forced to marry?" Pippa's voice is hopeful.

"We could change everything." Felicity declares.

"Everything." Ann echoes.

Gemma is trying to stop these drastic things from happening; she's desperately hoping to keep the swelling riot at bay. "Stop! I'll take you to the realms! Take my hands." Gemma outstretches her arms, palms up. She's offered the one bargain that Felicity cannot refuse. The door of light appears, and they are entering the land of dreams once more.

"You see Gemma, it isn't any different." Felicity says, twirling through the garden.

"Yes." Gemma agrees, but she still seems to be completely on edge.

Suddenly, the wind begins to change. Everything is not as beautiful as it once was. Ann is being forced to look at her reflection in the water, and Gemma pulls her away. Felicity is surrounded by a black figure whichever way she turns. Gemma slams into her, hard, and they take off running.

A storm attacks the garden, whipping the girls' hair about. Fruit rots off the once luscious trees, everything is in chaos. The black-cloaked wraith is closing in on them. Pippa's screams echo through the garden.

"Where's Pippa?" Gemma asks, frantically glancing around.

"Pippa! Pippa!" Felicity screams over the storm until her voice is hoarse.

"Over there!" Ann points. "On the water!"

Pippa is standing precariously on the edge of a rowboat. "Don't leave me!"

She shouts. The boat tips under her weight and she falls into the water, her pale hands desperately grasping at nothing. The wraith howls and closes in.

"Pippa! Pippa!" Felicity is frantic. But there's no way to reach her.

Gemma pulls Felicity back. "Felicity, we've got to go- now!" Gemma pulls her friends through the door, all accept for Pippa, whose body is seizing on the floor of the cave when they return.

"Pippa?" Ann asks, her voice shaking.

Felicity is sobbing. "You left her there! You did it!"

And the last candle sputters and dies.

That last line was right out of A.G.A.T.B. by the way. Review please, and thanks for reading. The next post is the last one, so please review if you wish to read the ending. Thanks again!