Dark Mina: You ready for this?

Puck: Why would you ask that?

Dark Mina: Because I can, and I think this chapter is fascinating!

Ash: Uh huh...

Dark Mina: Oh shut up...

Thorn

Early in the morning Meghan and my dad were talking about our plan to warn the two courts. Dad was saying his plan was fine, but Meghan didn't think she should go to warn Mab but her own father. Especially since Meghan didn't know how my dad would tell Oberon. When Ash entered the conversation it became a whole new argument.

Kierran and I were still laying on the same couch, but they were so busy talking they didn't even notice us. Ash began saying that he wasn't about to let his wife go with my dad. Meghan was saying she couldn't let Dad go to the Seelie Court alone. And Dad seemed to think they were both over analyzing.

I sighed deeply. "Why don't you guys go to Oberon and Kierran and I will go to Mab. End of story."

"There's no way Mab will listen to you two," Ash argued. "She barely likes Kierran and was holding you captive barley a week ago."

"We can go with them," Kiri suddenly said.

Everyone turned to stare at her shocked. She was leaning against my room's doorway and had a bandage wrapped around her throat. There was some blood coming through it but she seemed to be fine, other than looking a bit pale. Ion was right behind her, he looked ready to catch her if she fell or became unbalanced.

"Kiri, should you be standing?" I asked her.

She shrugged. "Does it matter?"

"Well, you did have your throat sliced..."

Kiri rolled her eyes. "Well, I should be going to Tir Na Nog then, so I can heal faster."

Ion shrugged. "Maybe we should stick with Puck's original plan then but have Kiri and I go with Ash and Meghan to Mab and Thorn and Kierran with Puck."

"I don't think Puck should be our spokes person for either ruler," Meghan fought still.

"I'll be with my dad," I answered.

"Will Oberon listen to you?" Meghan asked. As I looked away she sighed. "That's what I thought.

"Alright, then Thorn, Ion, and I will go to Mab as the rest of you go to Oberon and Titania," Kiri answered.

"I am not leaving Thorn with you two," Kierran answered , glaring at Ion only. I knew he only meant Ion that he wouldn't leave me with.

"Fine," Kiri growled annoyed. "Kids to Mab, adults to Oberon. Does that work?"

Everyone seemed like they wanted to fight about something but nodded. I smirked at her as I said, "Wow Kiri, you got everyone to agree with something."

Kiri laughed a bit and then reached up to her throat, wincing. I stepped towards her as Ion put a hand on her shoulder, but she waved us both away.

"I'm fine, lets just go," Kiri said.

Kierran

It took some time but we finally got the parents to jump into the Iron carriage my parents brought from the Iron Court, though Puck was having a hell of a time getting in it. After he was told the handle was the only iron in the carriage he finally got in, but he was instantly sick looking. My mom was the one to tell him that the outside was all iron but the door.

Ion and Kiri had two horses with them and lead Puck's and Thorn's horses back to the house. Ion and Kiri got on the same horse as Thorn got on their extra horse. I decided to ride the Iron horse I had come with, but he was gone. I figured he was the one who told my parents where I was. So instead, I got on one of Thorn's horses to follow them.

As we were running towards the Wyldwood, Kiri suddenly looked at Thorn saying, "I forgot to tell you that unfroze your bed and floor."

"Oh, right..." Thorn said and sighed. "I just woke up and it covered everything..."

"So, your winter powers are out of hand?" Ion smirked at her.

I wanted to kill him, but Thorn replied saying, "Well, I don't exactly know how to use Winter glamour like I know Summer. So far I've figured out how to throw icicles and that's about it."

"Maybe we could teach you a bit?" Kiri asked.

Thorn smiled at her. "I would like that actually."

Kiri smiled back at Thorn as she asked, "Great, when do we get started?"

Thorn chuckled but Ion interrupted, "Once we get to Tir Na Nog you—" he said referring to Kiri—"are going straight to bed, I'll show Thorn a few tricks though."

Kiri rolled her eyes but glanced at Thorn and then Ion. Watching her do it I ended up looking between them also. Thorn smiled at Ion and looked away. Ion nodded but observed her for a moment longer. I wanted to knock out his eyes for just looking at her.

He seemed to realize that Kiri and I were looking at him and quickly looked away from Thorn. As he did I decided to slyly get between him and Thorn. Thorn looked at me confused but Ion looked like he wanted to kill me, it made me smirk.

As we were nearing the Wyldwood, Ion and Thorn turned towards a different direction. I was going to ask them where they were going when Ion reached a trod to go through. "Does that go to the Winter court?" I asked.

Thorn nodded. "Yeah, I've gone through it before."

Ion nodded and walked into it with Thorn right behind him. I sighed and forced myself to follow her. I guess I can't leave them alone...

They began to turn away from the Wyldwood. I watched as Thorn followed my cousins without resistance and hesitantly followed her. I was beginning to worry they didn't know where they were going when Ion reached a trod. I finally understood what was going on.

After Kiri went through the trod I stopped Thorn before she followed once more. "Do you really trust them?" I asked her.

"Yes," she answered. "Ion saved my life and Kiri agreed to make a deal with me that could have put us both in jeopardy."

"Really?" I asked, shocked really. She nodded and smiled at me. "They're Winters, not bad people."

Of course I didn't believe there was a difference between the two, but Thorn went through the trod. I hurried to follow her and we met Ion and Kiri waiting on the other side. We were behind the Winter castle suddenly. Ion turned his horse to run around to the front as soon as he saw us. The rest of us had to quickly catch up to him.

When we reached the front, all four of us jumped off the horses and ran inside. We were quickly in the throne room, getting stared down by Mab.

"What is this?" she asked as she met Ion's eyes and then mine. "Are my grandchildren planning to over through me suddenly?"

"No, Queen Mab," Ion answered as he stepped forward. "We came to warn you of a war that is coming." I was surprised how much Ion sounded like a professional prince. I didn't even sound as prince-like as him.

"A war?" Mab asked coldly. "From who? Oberon or my son and his pathetic wife?" I clenched my fist at the last part.

"Neither," Ion answered not missing a beat. "It's a rebel army, and a large one at that." Mab's eyes flashed suddenly with interest, though I barely caught it before it was gone. "Their leader is an Iron fey that goes by the name Electra."

"Electra?" Mab said so icily to make everyone in the room wince, even though it wasn't towards any of them.

"She planned to betray you from the very beginning," I said finally when I found my voice.

Mab brought her piercing gaze down on me. "And how do you know this?"

"Electra told me she was going to be queen, she think she should be queen of every court."

"I see..." Mab seemed to think in silence for a short moment. "When will she strike?"

"We don't know that," Thorn answered. She was so polite I didn't even recognize her voice.

Mab looked to her so fast I thought her head would fall off. "You don't know?"

"All we know is that it'll be soon," Thorn answered calmly.

Mab seemed to question Thorn but understood what was happening. She nodded as she said, "Then we will get an army put together at once." Mab's gaze fell on Ion. "Go find Izo for him to get started."

Ion nodded and moved to leave but stopped and looked at Kiri. Mab finally looked at her because of his hesitation. I was sure that it was rare for him to hesitate at all. Mab's eyes lite up with a new found rage as her eyes landed on Kiri's bandaged.

"What happened?" Mab's voice echoed in the huge room.

"I was attacked by Electra," Kiri answered. "I'm fine though." She glared at Ion.

"I would feel better if you went to see a healer," Ion replied, glaring back.

"If you'll stop worrying, I will." Kiri turned before Ion could answer, going deeper into the palace.

Ion sighed, bowed, and left the room to get—who I believed was the army general—Izo. Thorn and I stayed where we were as we waited for my cousins.

"Are you two going to leave?" Mab suddenly asked.

"Kiri had promised me something," Thorn answered in reply.

"I see..." Mab did not sound happy about about that. "Then I guess you could go to the room you were in before," Mab added as she was looking at Thorn.

Thorn said nothing but turned towards the stairs leading upstairs. I followed her up to a hall where some redcaps seemed to always stand, waiting for a fight. They glared at Thorn, some baring their teeth. She ignored them though.

Thorn and I walked into a small room. It had a single small bed with a single pillow and a thin blanket and a night table right next to it. There was a closet on the other side of the bed, both the nightstand and the closet were the same dark wood. I noticed across from the closet was imprints in the carpet. I guessed there was probably a desk and table there before.

Thorn sighed and hugged me suddenly as I surveyed the room. I didn't ask what was wrong or act as if I knew just, just hugged her back. After a while she revealed her face to me. We stilled didn't speak to each other as Thorn stood up on her tippy toes to press her soft lips to mine.

It seemed so long since I felt her lips to mine. Our kiss was so soft and sweet though. We were both kissing with all of our love, but it slowly turned into a more urgent, hopeful kiss. I pressed Thorn against me and fell against the wall. Thorn's fingers went through my hair, tugging on it lightly. Our mouths opened in sync as our kiss deepened more, getting more violent. Thorn bit my bottom lip, I pulled at hers, she dug her nails in my shoulders, and we continued until the door was suddenly opened.

Thorn

Ion was standing in the doorway when Kierran and I separated from each other. He looked as unemotional as ever, maybe angry.

"I came up here to get Thorn," he explained. "I said I was going to teach you, remember?"

"Oh, right," I said. "I didn't know we were going to work on it so quickly."

Ion nodded curtly before turning to leave without any explaination. I sighed and quickly whispered to Kierran to stay in the room. As I followed Ion, I was about three feet behind him, I watched his black hair sway and the stiff walk he seemed to always have as if he was slowly freezing into a statue.

"I was thinking we should practice by the fountain outside," Ion answered.

"Okay..." I answered even though I didn't know what he was talking about.

Ion walked towards two doors, both with faces on them and opened the left one. There were a few Winter's walking around or standing together in groups. Ion seemed to sigh since there was so many fey standing around. He seemed to rethink the location and took me to a field full of white snow.

"This looks beautiful," I muttered. "We're practicing here?"

Ion nodded and walked more into the field. He turned to me and walked closer until we were about a foot away from each other. "So, to begin I was thinking you could try raising the snow." He demonstrated by making three small hills by holding out his hand.

I held out my own hand and tried the same thing I did to use my Summer glamour. I looked for it—easy—felt it and it's power—not so easy—and control it—didn't happen. It didn't help that Ion was laughing at me.

"Shut up, I haven't even used it on purpose," I growled at him.

"What about in the fight against Electra?" Ion asked.

"Spur of the moment..."

"Well then..." Ion trailed off and I feared what he had up his sleeve. I quickly knew though as he threw three icicles at me. It surprised me enough that I raised four hills to block them.

"Now, do you know how you did that?" Ion asked.

I looked down at the hills and then at my hand. My hand was at my side, all my fingers were spread out. As I slowly lowered my fingers, so did the hills. I could feel the Winter glamour better after they had flattened. "Yeah, I think I do."

Ion smirked his very rare smirk. "Alright, then the next thing I suppose we try is turning the hills into ice." He demonstrated by making another hill and from the bottom to the top it slowly turned to a giant icicle.

I looked down at the snow that was hills and lifted one in front of me. Trying to harden it into ice was surprisingly very hard, but I did manage it slightly. There was splotches of snow still.

Ion chuckled. "Well, at least it was better than last time."

"Just get to the next thing without making fun of me."

"I'm not making fun of you."

"Yes, you are." I glared at him.

"I'm teasing you, it's different."

I lifted a snowball into my hand and threw it at his face. He wasn't expecting it but reacted quickly enough that it only hit his hand. He glared at me and collected his own snowball.

As our snowball escalated, I ended up tackling Ion and shoving snow in his face. In response he pinned me down but froze before doing anything else. He stared down at me intensely, making me freeze myself.

"Thorn?" Ion whispered.

"Y-yeah?" Thorn asked.

"Why are you..." Ion hesitated, "in love with Kierran?" I could only stare at him, which made him talk more. "I know I don't really have the right to ask you, but...he's an Iron! And even worse, he's an Iron prince!"

"He's also a Summer and a Winter...if he wished to be under a different ruler like Oberon; he'd still be a prince, like you," I defended him.

Ion didn't say anything more.

"What are you two doing?" Kiri's voice suddenly came from behind Ion. He moved so quickly I didn't even see him.

"Kiri? Are you okay?" he asked as he walked to her.

"I'm fine, stop worrying about me."

"How can I? Look at your neck," Ion nagged.

Her neck? I wondered as I remembered the image of the scarred Kiri beside Ion. I moved passed Ion to get a better look at Kiri and saw the very same scar from my vision was across her neck. The pale line of skin looked more out of place than me working with Winter glamour.

Did I make a mistake? The thought came to me brutal and hard. Kiri and Ion's confused gazes turned to me, but I was moving before I even realized it. Was all the visions I had from me living? Not dying? I thought horrified. Did I make a grave mistake?

"Thorn?" Ion's voice reached me. "What' the matter?"

Kiri and Ion were right behind me when I looked at them. "I think...I-I made a mistake..."

"What do you mean?" Kiri asked me.

"I didn't think I was supposed to live," I whispered. I suddenly felt myself feeling dizzy and my vision turning dark.

"Thorn!" the Winters' voices mixed together as they faded away from me.

Kierran

As Thorn left the room with my cousin I sighed deeply, falling back on the dark bed. I didn't know how to feel about Ion. For one he was a Winter prince and for two there's something between him and Thorn that I can't put my finger on.

I sat up and looked out the window. I didn't know how long I had been laying there, but when I looked out the window I saw Thorn and Ion were already practicing. I watched as Ion lifted three hills of snow, and how Thorn failed to do the same. I smiled a bit, but as Ion laughed it faded. They have good chemistry...

Turning away from the window I looked around the small room. It didn't seem to have much in it. I sighed as I moved back to the bed. I wanted to sleep but I wasn't sure I would be able to—being in Tir Na Nog and Mab's home. But after I laid down my stressed and exhausted body, I crashed.

I jolted up—a knife in hand—as the door was slammed open. Ion was the first one to enter with a limp Thorn in his arms and Kiri close behind. I jumped off the bed and helped Ion lay her on the bed.

"What happened?" I asked.

"She started to freak out about something and fainted," Kiri answered.

"Freaked out?" I asked.

"Well, she was looking really wide eyed, and then whispered something under her breathe." Kiri seemed as worried as I was. She was looking at Thorn with a look only a friend could have.

"She feels cold," Ion suddenly said.

I moved on the other side of the bed and felt Thorn's hand, but then I felt her forehead as a thought accured to me. "She has a fever too..." I said.

"What does that me?" Kiri asked.

"Was she only using her Winter glamour? Did she use any Summer?" I asked Ion, looking him in the eye.

"Why would she use any Summer glamour?" he asked.

"She has to use both or she'll get sick. Summer, Winter, and Iron are all toxic to each other, so if you have more than one you have to use them together."

"Why?" Kiri asked.

"The only explanation we could find is that if you only use one, another glamour or the one you're using dominates the other; killing you slowly and making you sick."

"And that's what's happening to Thorn?" Ion asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, she'll be fine though after some sleep"

Ion and Kiri seemed to hesitate but nodded before leaving the room. I knew they were worried about her, but she really only needed rest. I sat by Thorn's side, watching her, before laying down myself and holding her close to me. I focused on Thorn's breathing as I closed my eyes and it lulled me to sleep.

Thorn

A giant army full of Iron fey and a few Winters and Summers covered in shining armor, marching and snarling in the darkness of the night. Somehow I knew it was Electra's army marching, but it was confirmed when I saw her in the front of it all. She was covered in armor like the rest of them, looking angry and ready to kill. I wondered where they were going and then—I don't how—I knew they were going to Tir Na Nog to go against Mab before any of us could warn her.

Puck: What the hell is that?

Dark Mina: I think you just read all the readers minds.

Ash: Goodfellow is barely capable of bathing himself led alone read a person's mind

Puck: Hey! I am a good smelling fellow!

Dark Mina: *face palm* I think I need to get my metal baseball bat back...

Ash & Puck: No!