Hello, everyone. Sorry for the long wait, but I'm determine to finished this story tomorrow (at the least, the main story). This chapter will be surprisingly shorter than all the others, but that's why I'm hoping to get two chapters in one day.

Remember in The Raven Brothers, one of the parables mentioned the fairies? This next parable will continue it. Anyway, enjoy.

The Winter Child with the Sight

On our way to the Road of Baked Goods, there were less and less trees... As well as less snow. It's somewhat felt like Summer, except with the cold wind.

"I think I recognize this place." I spoke while looking at the familiar grassy field and the absence of the forest.

"It was in the story you found in that puzzle back at the cottage, the one with the oven and baking bread." Lumi answered. We continued walking until she spoke, "You might be a bit confused about the weather here."

"Well, a little." I admitted.

"The weather in different areas reflect the seasons. As you already know, the Cloud Palace is in Winter. The Forest of Cries is in Fall, where the apples are ripe. The Road of Baked Goods is in the Summer and the Gates of Departure is in Spring."

'A very interesting concept.' I thought.

"But will you be okay, traveling to the Road of Baked Goods?" I asked her.

She stopped to look at me with the feeling of reluctance. There was a hint of worry mixed with uncertainty in her eyes. That is, until she gave me her answer.

"Yes, the season there isn't like the Summer back in your world." she insisted. "Plus, because this world is being distorted, so is the weather itself. So long as I stay away from hot items, I should be fine. However, we need to find Lumina for everything to be restore again."

For some reason, I felt that she sounded a bit resented of the Princess. I can sense that she clearly wanted to saved Lumina, but it doesn't seem to be out of willingness, more like out of a weighed choice to do so. And the way how she changed the subject so quickly. Instead of worrying about herself, she was more focus on the Princess.

Was this out of the fact that she is not really real and that Lumina is the real one? But if this girl in front of me is the manifestation of the Princess' memories and love, then would they be the same? It's hard to see them as different people because they clearly looked to be the same... When it comes to their personality. However, before I could think anymore, something caught my attention from the horizon.

"Hey, what's that?" I pointed to the black smoke up ahead as Lumi turned around.

"Oh no..." the girl trailed off as she run forward.

"What's going on?" I asked, but my question went unanswered.

I followed to see a fairly sized oven with smoke from the burning bread inside. Many of the Brownies who helped Mother Holle with the bread were running around in panic. We ran up to the one in charged.

"Owen!" Lumi called out to the Brownie with the red hat.

At first, I thought that the Brownies looked more like Santa's elves.

"Lumi." he turned to her.

"What's going on? What's happening?" she asked.

"Some crazy woman was control the Unseelie Court! They're wrecking our work and to make it worse, she seemed to have controlled Aden." Owen explained.

Suddenly, a loud roar came from Aden, the oven. The Banshee appeared to us again, giving us an evil giggle before putting the spindle inside of Aden. She then disappeared as the oven gave out another roar, growing to the size of a mansion! Opening the door, Aden was hurling bread at the Brownies... And at us.

The other Brownies ran to take cover, leaving only us in the oven's sight.

"Aden, please calm down!" Lumi pleaded. However, the oven turned a deaf ear on her as a hot bread was being hurled at her. "Ah!" she screamed in pain as her left arm got burn from the fresh-baked good.

I had to rush in as more bread was being thrown at her. When I took her from a safe distance, she fell to her knees due to her burnt injuries.

"Are you okay, Lumi?"

"Hot objects burns my skin easily for I am susceptible to heat. My body will be destroyed if I can't take it." the girl softly spoke. I watched as she absorbed the snow into her body, healing some of the burn marks. "They heal, but the pain still remains... But I can handle these ones, I just need to rest a bit."

"Okay, then. Stay here, Lumi." I told the girl as I got up.

I looked around to see what I can do to stop the oven's rampage. I suddenly realized that I still have the Winter Specter with me as it glowed. However, I was too far away to aim the magic. So I left the girl to heal herself, but even when I got close, the magic wasn't strong enough. That's when I noticed three water tanks. That's it! I rushed over to the first water tank to find it missing a piece. Checking the others, I realized that all three of them were missing values!

I manage to find the first one, but it was stuck in a block of ice. With nothing else to do in the area, I quickly left.

So I ran to the right road, going to the Summer Field.

Immediately, there were sparkles in one of the bushes. I got one of the valves out of it. One down, two more to go. There was something else I saw. Next to the bushes, there was something laying in the thin blanket of snow. Picking it up, I realize that I found myself a chisel.

I went back to the Road of Baked Goods to put the valve in one of the water towers. A puzzle revealed itself. It was a simple matching game. The first level was easy, but with each level, some of the cards had similar patterns that I got confuse. Luckily, there were only five levels and I got a hammer from it. After completing the puzzle, it automatically sprayed water on the magical oven, Aden. He stopped in his track, but he was still hurling hot bread at everyone. Taking the item in my hand, I put the chisel in the block of ice. It took three slams from the hammer to freed the second valve. Putting it in the water tower in the middle, the door opened for a sliding game. The goal was to get the key to the other end by moving the blocks out-of-the-way. The valve turned as something fell off.

It was an ornate key. Now Aden stopped throwing bread as he is being drenched in water. With nowhere else to search, I took the left road to find the Gates of Departure. The Gates was a large structure, with golden doors and a large bell on top. However, it was deactivated. Near of the closed structure is a chest. There was a keyhole that has a key's name on it. I put it in to find the last valve. Going back, the last puzzle is surprisingly, a classic puzzle. Putting the pieces showed of the oven with the many bread.

With all the water tower activated, water poured out onto Aden. Using this chance, I freeze the water, covering the magical oven in chunk of ice. With Aden now still, I used the Winter Specter on him, getting rid of the Unseelie Court that has possessed him.

"Oh..." the oven slowly opened his eyes as he returned to normal size. "Thank you, miss, for freeing me."

"Aden." Lumi, all healed up, walked to the magical object.

"Oh, Lumi. I'm sorry if I might have hurt you." Aden apologize.

"It's okay, but do you still have the spindle? We need it to find... Her." the girl looked reluctant to say Lumina's name.

Again, I can't help, but felt resentment from the girl.

"Oh, yes." Aden opened the door as she reached out. "Careful, now. I am hot inside."

Lumi nodded as she cooled down the spindle using her magic, taking it and something else too. Surprisingly, the threads where not burned from the extreme heat.

"Thank you, Aden." the girl replied before turning her attention to me. "Here, Detective." she gave me a Rosa Charm. "Let's go."

I place the charm in the fiery slot next to the snowflake slot where the Edelweiss Charm is before catching up with Lumi.

When I caught up with her in the area with the Gates, I saw that she had charged the spindle in a golden bowl where the warm sunlight shined. Many flowers were blooming and the weather was... Pleasant. It felt like Spring. Surprisingly, I didn't notice this before.

When the threads turned golden with magic, the girl gave the spindle to me.

"Ready, Detective?"

"Yes."

As Lumi used her magic to unlock the Gates, I gathered what was necessary to aid her. Soon enough, she opened the door as we both step through. When we passed, the bell rang as light surround us. When the light died down, I opened my eyes to see that we're back at the cottage, in the Backyard.

"We should follow the trail to the forest." Lumi suggested.

"Well, I see why not." I replied. "We should get going, the sooner the better." I told the girl after noticing how the Kingdom of Faylinn was encased in ice much worse than the last time I saw it.

"Agreed, let's go." she unlocked the gates from the Backyard. "But be wary, Detective. Know that this forest isn't that safe, especially with the Unseelie Court hiding in the shadows."

"I will." I assured her as I found a parable piece just at the entrance of the forest. Opening the parable book, I looked at which of the tales that were unlocked.

The Princess who Forgotten to Smile, 3/3

Mother Holle, 3/3

The Sisters of the Seasons, 3/3

The Faerie Sight, 3/3

The Story of the Twin Snow Fairies, 2/3

The Faerie Sight

Long time ago, fairies were once known creatures of the forest. They inhibit the Human World in peace and prosperity. However, everything was turned chaotic when an Evil Witch came and ate them. Luckily, a boy saved the forest by defeating this witch and freeing the Moon Goddess.

I saw a silhouette of the Moon Goddess blessing Hansel to become a Golden Child. However soon, the scene changed to show the Moon Goddess shedding tears over her lost friends in the forest as a result of her captivity by the Evil Witch's hands.

After losing so much of her fairy friends, the goddess place a powerful barrier called the Faerie Glamor- to hide the Fairy World within the Human World. This magical barrier concealed many fairies and magical creatures from the human eyes, keeping the two worlds separate.

"So that's what happened..." I was lost for words as I saw what the Faerie Glamor did.

It hid all the magical creatures behind the glamor like in an invisible wall. Some fay creatures who aren't tiny even take form as a human to blend in, losing their fairy features in the glamor.

Very few fairies revealed themselves to humans out of fear that it could be the Evil Witch in disguised, who was rumored to still be roaming around the earth. Nonetheless, some would play harmless pranks on the humans, using the glamor to their advantage.

I saw a random man getting tripped over by two fairies who were laughing at their prank. However, the man got up in confusion, not understanding how he tripped for the fairies are out of his sight... Despite they were in front of him.

Other worlds, where most fairies take refuge, remain separated from our world. Such places could be the Spirit Realm, a place between life and death, where Winter Fays lived. One of them was Mother Holle, the Ruler of Winter. Other creatures, however, made their new homes in the ancient land of Rosaria, the spring area of the Fairy World, where the Goddess Flora resides. There was even another magical land where children oftened visits to play that caused the legend of a young boy who never aged.

"A reference to Peter Pan?" I questioned.

No one can see the fairies anymore which caused most to stopped believing in such creatures. But the Moon Goddess wanted young innocent minded children to venture into the magical realm so they might one day protect them. So on every full moon of the tenth year, different generations of pure hearted children were born with the Gift of the Faerie Sight. These children have powers to see the true forms of the magical world as well as the inhabitants, allowing them to walk between worlds. Thus, began the legends and stories of children who have the Faerie Sight.

I see... So unlike the Golden Child, who are blessed every hundred years on the Silver Moon, these children with the sight are blessed on every full moon on the tenth year. Perhaps that explain why some of my friends have connection to magic other than within family members...

Closing my book, I catch up with Lumi as we made our way into the forest.

I hoped you enjoy. Like I said above, I'm going to try to finished this story because of the holiday. So as soon as you read this, please leave a review.