Hello again, everyone. I feel so accomplish. Two chapters in one day. And tomorrow is the last for the main story. We still need the bonus and extra stuff. Anyway, enough of my rumbling, enjoy.

The Winter Child with the Sight

"Um, Lumi... All I see is a clearing in the forest." I remarked.

"Well, the spindle lead us here. See?" she pointed out.

I looked at the golden spindle as it glowed even more golden than before. I know what I have to do. Find the last charm. Up ahead, there was a nest in a tree, where two hungry birds are. The last charm was in the nest! But the young ones were too hungry to let me take it. At the base of the tree was a puzzle board, but it was missing some flower tokens. Immediately, sparkles showed up near the bushes on the right. I got some flower tokens out of it. Going back to the puzzle board, I place the tokens in the places that needed the tokens.

Suddenly, an old elf appeared before me, "Oh, I see you found the pieces of my game. Can you be a dear in playing with an old elf like me?"

"Sure." I agreed.

"Excellent! If you beat me, I'll give you one of my best berries!" the old elf explained. It was no surprise that what we're playing are checkers. For an old fella, he knew some good moves. But in the end, I manage to beat him. "Oh, I lost. You sure make a wonderful opponent. Well, a deal is a deal. Take it."

He gave me a pouch. I took a look inside.

"It's empty."

"Oh, is it? I'm so sorry." the old elf apologize. "Well, there is a patch of berries nearby. Hope you'll be able to find some." he replied before disappearing.

Taking the pouch, I went to a cluster of bushes to the left to find a few berries. However, it filled only half of the bag. Looking deeper in one of the bushes, I found half a key. Now where was the other half? Wandering around the area, I found something was buried. It wasn't deep, so I just clear the dirt with my gloved hands. It was the other half of the key.

Going back to the tree, there was some sap that I used to mend the two halves together. Having a full key, my eyes turned to a small box that a statue of Mother Holle was holding. Using the key, I opened the box to find the remaining berries I needed. Filling the bag, I went to where the hungry birds are. They were hungry alright, gobbling all the berries I have to offer. Once full, they went to sleep. Taking the Nightbloom Charm, I return to the spot where Lumi was waiting. Putting the last charm in, the locket glowed more brightly than before.

With the locket complete, the Faerie Sight got stronger until it changed the forest around me. Replacing the forest was an open meadow with a small waterfall in the background. Crystallize flowers blossomed with a hint of snow around the area. Despite the moon has set a little, it was still a beautiful sight. Immediately, the golden spindle reacts to the strengthened Faerie Sight as it also glowed bright. The golden threads continued, weaving, waving, spiraling until it surrounded one spot. A light in that spot shined until it took shaped of a twelve year old girl in a white dress. That familiar blonde hair and that rose in one of her strands in the front.

Then it hit me. This field... The Memory Glade, is the meadow that the Princess has been playing with her best friend! I should have realized it much sooner!

"Lumina!" I called out.

The young girl turned to face us, revealing her bright green eyes. She smiled as if she knew that we were here to saved her. However, just as she was about to come with us, the Evil Stepmother appeared behind.

"Look out!" Lumi warned, but she was too late.

Renee snatched the little soul and firmly tightened her grip on the girl. The Evil Stepmother then absorbed Lumina's soul into her own body until there was nothing left of the Princess.

"Yes, at last!" the crazy woman laughed in victory. "Her powers are now mine! I now control Winter and the power is at my disposal!"

With her hands in the air, she command the snowy weather to her beckoning call. Purple clouds swirled around the entire area. The land was covered in harsh Winter as everything is be encased in ice at a much faster and deadly rate.

"What are you doing? Are you insane?!" I yelled through the loud wind.

"Detective, I must asked, why are you siding with that Witch? All she does is toy around with people's memories, she might be even doing it now. After all, you don't even remember your past and you've learned the truth about her... So why do you insist in helping her?"

I looked at the girl beside me who was looking down at the snow. Lumi didn't say anything to defend herself from Renee's taunting, so I did it for her.

"The only 'Witch' I see is you! And you technically took away the motherly figure of two people!"

"Ha! The girl by your side is nothing, but an extension of the original. A fake, sharing the same memories that she can't even have her own. The same way that she doesn't have her own soul, relaying on someone else memories and love to sustain themselves. She is nothing, but a broken doll with no purpose of her own!"

"If you asked me, you're the one who is broken and have no purpose other than ruining other people's happiness!" I insulted back.

Her expression changed from a gleeful face to a threatening look.

"You made a grave mistake of insulting me, Detective." she took the Winter Specter as it appeared in her hands. "Now that I'm the Ruler of Winter, I believed that this belongs to me!"

She was about to attack me, but Lumi pulled me out of the way.

"We have to get out of here." she suggested as I nod in agreement.

As we run back the way we came I heard Renee laughed before disappearing via portal.

"I'll see you two for the final showdown at the Cloud Palace. Be sure not to be late!"

We retreated back to the Backyard of the Cottage.

"What should we do now, Lumi?" I asked.

"First, we need to return to the Fairy World." she replied.

"Through the well?" I questioned, looking at the portal we used to enter the Spirit Realm.

"No, not this time." she shook her head. "To counter the Winter Specter, we need the magic staff that counters it."

"The Summer Specter." I realized.

"Correct."

"But how can we find it?" I asked.

"It's in the Fairy World. Luckily, Detective, you have something that can take us there."

"What?" I questioned.

"That orb that Snow White gave you." she answered.

"You mean this little thing?" I asked, showing the tiny orb to her.

"Yes," she replied. "It once belong somewhere else."

"So how do I get it to work?"

"Just drop it in the well, it will appear later if I remember correctly." she replied.

"Okay."

I walked over to the well and dropped the small orb in. Immediately, a flash of light came from the well until I opened my eyes to see a different area.

This new area is a golden room. There were four shrines dedicated to the Rulers of the Seasons. Each seasons have their own specter which allow the rulers to rule their domain. And all, but two of the specters were missing.

"This is the Halls of the Seasons, Detective." Lumi explained.

"Two of them are missing." I took notice of the scepters.

"They are missing because other rulers still have them. Unlike with Lumina, the other candidates were already chosen and had accepted their destiny... Or, the current rulers are still using them. Lumina didn't get a chance to inherit the specter yet since she is still too young to accept such responsibility. Very few exceptions are made when a young candidate truly accepts."

"So what should we do?"

"We have to summon the current Summer Ruler."

I nods as I begin searching. Sparkle showed up on the table. I got a bunch of herbs in a bowl when I was finished. Apparently, getting the herbs opened two doors on the sides. I went into the left to find myself in an ivory room. On each corner of the room is a statue of the Moon Goddess, the Sun Goddess, Flora, and that one Goddess whom I never seen before.

The Moon Goddess' statue was made out of silver and crystals. At her feet were little figurines of fairies. The Sun Goddess' statue was made out of complete gold. Tiny butterflies gracefully flew around her. Flora's statue apparently is made out of stone marble with flowers around her. The fourth corner is where this new Goddess is. She was on the opposite side of Flora, diagonally.

Despite her statue is also made out of marble, I can somehow see hints of the actual color of her. Red hair like the autumn leaves, deep green eyes. Contrast to Flora's green dress, this one wear red. At her bare feet is a fawn which she pets with affection and a child whom she holds hands with.

There was a small plaque nearby that says: Sister of Nature, the Goddess of Animals, Fauna.

Huh, does that mean the Flora and Fauna are sisters? I looked down to see some sort of elixir.

Returning to the Halls of the Seasons, I showed Lumi the bottle of pink substance.

"I think that you'll have to find the right herb and mixed it with the elixir. There is a cauldron in the other room."

I nodded as I walked to the room on the right. Once I got to the Spell Room, I took out the herbs that were gathered in the bowl. There was a list telling me of which herbs to use. The only ones I needed were the Sage, Mint, and Parsley. However, with all of them mixed with the other herbs, I had to sort them out. So, another matching puzzle. Once I got all the herbs I needed, I put them in the cauldron along with the elixir.

It took a while until the Summer Ruler was summoned, at least, a vision of her.

The current Summer Ruler has curly deep red hair and brown eyes. She wore a floral dress and a sunhat is being worn. Just then, Lumi walked into the room.

"Lady of Summer," Lumi called out. "We need your help."

"Why child, of course. What is it that you need?" the kind woman asked.

"We need your specter to battle someone who has falsely claimed Winter." she explained.

"I see... Very well, it shall appear before you." the moment she said that, the Summer Specter appeared. "But beware, use it carefully child."

"Thank you." I told her.

"Once you finished using it, make sure it returns to its place in the Halls of the Seasons."

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

"My time is close to being up. Soon, my successor will take my place. Although, her powers have remained dormant, I can sense it starting to rise back up again." the Lady of Summer answered. "Detective, if you ever encounter my granddaughter on future missions, please tell her to make me proud."

"I will." I answered.

She smiled before disappearing.

Before Lumi reached out to the Summer Scepter, I grabbed her hand to stop.

"Will you'll be able to hold it?"

She seemed to realize what I meant as she starts to falters in wielding the magical staff.

"I... I think I can handle it." she answered with uncertainty. She slowly wrapped her fingers around the staff and upon making contact, she wince a little. Sighing, she replied, "Let's go."

While going back to the Cloud Palace via one of her portals, I opened my book to the Forgotten Cinderella section.

The Forgotten Cinderella, 3/3

Diamonds and Toads, 3/3

The Girl and Father Frost, 3/3

Aurore and Aimee, 3/3

The Three Fairies, 0/3

Huh, that was strange. I don't recall solving any puzzles relating to the fourth tale. However, I still touch the page as the past revealed itself to me.

Aurore and Aimee

Once, there were two daughters of an old lady. The oldest was Aurore and the youngest was Aimee.

I see Aurore, a girl with sunshine gold curls in a light blue dress and Aimee having a more dirty blonde. She was in a darker almost black-like blue dress.

Aurore grew up sweet and kind while her little sister grew to be very spoiled and wicked. Eventually, the mother realized that she lost her youth and feared the people will questioned why an old lady, like her, has two lovely daughters of young ages. So, she abandoned Aurore in the forest and falsely making up ages of herself and Aimee. While Aurore wandered the forest, she found a lone cottage in the middle of the woods. No one was living inside, except for an old, kind woman.

I immediately knew who the old woman was. It was Mother Holle disguised by the Faerie Glamor.

Because the girl was bored and wished to do something, the kind woman gave her a list to do to keep the young girl occupied. It wasn't till soon that a young Prince named Ingénu from a faraway kingdom visited the land to hunt. He encountered the lovely Aurore and asked the old woman if he may wed her. The woman gave her consent as the Prince took off, back to his home from this far off land to informed his brother, Fourbin, the King. Meanwhile, Aimee was searching for her older sister after their mother was long gone. Upon finding Aurore, the younger sister grew jealous of her. Wanting to win the Prince's hand in marriage, Aimee scarred Aurore's face through the thorny bushes. At the kingdom, King Fourbin was angry at his brother for marriage without his permission and threatens to marry Aurore himself. The brothers and their men traveled back to the forest.

Upon seeing Aurore's scarred face, the King harshly turned her down.

"You brought me here to see this filth?!" the King asked.

"She's so ugly, she might be a witch..."

The word 'Witch' was repeated many times, I realized that throughout my adventures here. Even I can hear the word despite the men were not saying it. It was almost like I'm reading their thoughts. I wonder if that word will be related to any of the other Rulers of the Seasons... Paul's mother was deemed a witch, Lumi was deemed as a witch... How many times will I see people who have nothing to do with anything be deemed guileful and sinful?

"If... If a woman is deemed as filth to be unable to please men satisfaction... If I'm deemed unworthy to be the woman I am... For unable to please your sight for complete beauty, then I don't regret not living a life full of luxury. I may be a simple peasant to you, but I'm at least not arrogant like you are!" Aurore exclaimed.

"Why you little..." Fourbin trailed off.

"In fact, I'm actually relief to not have your hand in marriage! I'm the one who wants nothing to do with you in the first place! You only looked at beauty that is skin deep and not from within! Because of it, you failed to see the true beauty and pure young souls who genuinely cares!" the young maiden continues.

I have to admit, I was surprise by those words that Aurore spoke. Nonetheless, I congratulate her. Not many can speak out the way like she did, especially back in those fairytale times.

"I won't forgive... I won't forgive you, Aurore! Because of you, my brother told me of your suppose beauty! The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. I was going to marry you, but this turned out to be the result, right?!"

"Brother-" Ingénu got cut off.

"And you! How dare you, Ingénu! I won't forgive you either for making a mockery out of me! If you like this filth of a woman, then go ahead, marry her!" the King went on. "Go anywhere you want, because you two aren't welcome in my kingdom! Go curse this woman for caring Aurore, go curse your stupid fate or destiny! I hope you both die from a miserable life as filthy peasants!"

Wow, I never expect the King to say those words. Heck, he even blamed Mother Holle for his own selfishness. What a scumbag!

After banishing the two, the King has his sight on Aimee for her beauty alone. They wedded, but misfortune were destined to happen to them. Meanwhile, the old woman healed the girl's face for her work and for impressing her. She left to return to her world while the couple fled to a remote island, where Ingénu and Aurore happily wed. They continue to live contently until they were taken back to the kingdom to rule. The former King, Fourbin, died due to Aimee's wickedness and the younger sister, herself, was kicked out by the people.

Closing the book as the past disappeared, I step through the portal with Lumi.

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