Nalu was waiting for the trio "Did you learn what you needed to know?"

"Nope." Zee said.

"I don't know." Mariposa answered with a shrug "It's something I've been wanting to know but I don't think it's important to our quest."

"Do you know where we can find the enchantress?" Carlos asked.

Nalu nodded "I know someone who can take you there. Follow me." he took them back to the surface then pointed to the west "If you go straight that way you'll come to the Magic Meadow. Find Elina. She'll get you to the Crystal Palace."

"Thank you." Catania waved at him then the three flew off.

By time they reached the Magic Meadow, the sun was starting to set.

"It's kind of strange no having to worry about Skeezites showing up in the dark." Mariposa commented "But it's nice too."

Carlos nodded in agreement "I know. There's no lights here."

"We don't generally need them." A voice said behind them.

The three spun around to see a fairy with golden hair and bright rainbow wings.

"I'm Elina." She said "I don't think I've seen you here before."

"We're passing through." Mariposa answered "And I think you're the one we were looking for. The Merprince Nalu said you could take us to the Crystal Palace."

Zee eyed the other fairy doubtfully.

Elina smiled and nodded "I can. It's a bit of a flight though. If we started off now we might could be there before morning."

"That would be great!" Mariposa answered emphatically "If you don't mind..."

"Of course not. I'm getting the feeling it's urgent."

"It is."

"Totally." Zee added.

"Then follow me."

After several minutes, Catania spoke "Are you... the same Elina from the books?"

"Books?" Elina glanced back at her "I... don't think so."

"Wait! She's right!" Mariposa said "I knew you looked familiar! You've defeated the Enchantresses twin, Laverna, three times, right?"

Elina's eyebrows raised "Ye-s." she shook her head "I didn't think I'd land in a book."

"Are you kidding!?" Catania exclaimed "You're amazing!"

"I don't know about that." The flower fairy shrugged "I never could have done it without help. Lots of help. But enough about me. Who are you?"

After introducing themselves, Elina turned to Mariposa "You're the one who saved Flutterfield and brought peace between the butterfly fairies and the Crystal Fairies, right?"

"I wouldn't go that far." Mariposa answered.

"She did." Carlos, Catania and Zee said in unison.

It wasn't long til the sun set, casting everything around into almost complete darkness.

Zee bopped around, one second humming and the next dodging behind Mariposa's back and looking around cautiously.

"Trying to remind myself that there aren't any skeezites around here." Mariposa chuckled "It's a habit to be a bit jumpy."

"I understand." Elina smiled "But here..."

"There they are!"

all four of them looked around.

"That sounded like a skeezite." Carlos said "But that's not possible!"

"Think again!" Catania cried "Look!"

A whole band of skeezites broke from the trees and headed straight for the group.

Zee screamed and flew into Mariposa's arms.

"Why are they here?" Elina gasped.

"Henna must have sent them!" Mariposa answered "Come on!"

The chase went on for several minutes, the skeezites inching closer and closer.

"We can't get away!" Catania cried "We're gonners!"

"Not yet!" Elina stopped and spun around, immediately shooting a ray of blue luminescence right into one of the skeezites eyes.

"Oi! That hurts!" it cried, veering off track.

"Wow." Carlos mumbled while Zee let out a triumphant 'WooHoo!'

Elina created as big a ray as she could and aimed it at the beasts "There's too many of them!"

Just then, a green flash of light few by, striking another skeezite.

Elina gasped "Linden!"

Zee slightly rolled over "How many light shooters are there?"

The Oriad smiled as he came up beside Elina "I take it I have good timing."

"Better than good. Perfect!" Elina laughed.

Between her and Linden, it wasn't long till the skeezites were fleeing.

"That... was... AMAZING!" Catania squealed "I can't believe it!"

"Mariposa, Catania, Carlos. Meet Linden." Elina said "He's a friend of mine."

"Hi." Linden greeted "What are y'all doing you here in the middle of the night?"

Elina quickly brought him up to date "Then we ran into the skeezites."

"I'm sorry." Carlos said "They wouldn't be here if we weren't."

"Don't worry." Elina said encouragingly "I'm sure everything will be fine. Come on, we've still got a long way to go."

When the sun started rising above the horizon, the Crystal Palace came into view.

"Ooooh!" Zee squealed "Sparkly!"

"It looks like something that would be in Shimmervale." Catania said.

Elina chuckled "It is huge. Come."

As they approached the castle, the guards standing around simply nodded to the group and allowed them to pass on by.

"Why do I get a lsight feeling that this isn't normal?" Carlos whispered to Mariposa.

She shrugged "Because most fairies aren't allowed to just fly through the castle gates."

Linden fell back to join them "It's because of Elina. After rescuing Fairytopia for the third time, she was granted access to the palace and anywhere really. Everyone trusts and loves her."

Mariposa couldn't help but catch the slight change of tone in his voice when he spoke of the rainbow winged fairy. She smiled to herself but said nothing.

Elina pushed open the palace gates and led them into the throne room where the Enchantress was "Your Highness."

"Hello Elina." The Enchantress smiled and flew over to greet the small group "Is something wrong?"

Elina looked over at Mariposa who nodded "I'm afraid so."

"Come with me." The Enchantress led the group to a smaller room "How can I help you?"

"We've come from Flutterfield." Mariposa started "The lights are going out! We believe that a fairy in our realm named Henna, has figured out how to drain the power from the flutterfeld lights. And if she does that..."

"The skeezites will come back." Carlos finished for her."

"We were told that you have the key to get through to the rest of the Bewilderness." Catania continued "Henna somehow found a way through and is living over there."

The Enchantress nodded slowly "I see." she walked over to a nearby window and looked out "I can't give that key to just anyone. It could be dangerous for it to land in the wrong hands." she turned back to face them "Tell me your names and your parents'."

Carlos started "Carlos. My mother is Queen Marabella of Flutterfield."

The Enchantresses face lit up "Ah, Marabella. I remember her well. We were good friends."

"I'm Catania." The Crystal fairy spoke "My father is King Regillious of Shimmervale."

"Yes, I know him."

"I'm Mariposa." Mariposa said slowly "My mother was Rose... from Flutterfield."

The Enchantress stared at her for a long moment "You mother was Rose?"

"Yes."

"I knew her too. I knew her before I had no choice but to cut Flutterfield off." she slowly shook her head "Your mother created the lights. Did you know that?"

"I know she helped create them." Mariposa answered "Figured that out a few hours ago."

"It's actually a bit more than that." The Enchantress said "Rose created the magic that made the lights glow. Well, I guess you could more say that she discovered it."

"Discovered it?" Catania asked curiously "How?"

"Yeah! How?" Zee repeated.

"Rose had always been a very special fairy." The Enchantress answered "Everyone knew it. One day, she discovered that she had a very special ability to create light. That's how we got our luminescence. Rose found that everyone has a little bit of light in them. But her light was different. It was magical. She could shoot a ray of Luminescence at anything and it would continue to glow. That's when she came up with the idea of the Lights of Flutterfield."

"How does my Mother keep the lights on?" Carlos asked "They are basically linked to her."

"Rose gave your mother some of the magic." The Enchantress smiled softly "They thought that between the two of them, the lights would burn for a long time. But neither one suspected that one would die before the lights were even tried for the first time. Now, Marabella is the only link left to the lights. That's why when she was poisoned the lights went out."

"So, if Rose were still alive, the lights would have continued to glow?" Catania asked.

"Yes." The Enchantress nodded "I'm afraid I don't know how to help besides to wish you good luck." she pulled a bracelet out of her pocket "This will allow you to pass through the wall. After you pass through, the others will have thirty seconds to get through before it seals again." she chuckled "Or you'll have to pass through the wall again to give them another try."

"Thank you." Mariposao said, taking the bracelet.

"Of course. Tell Marabella I said hello."

"Yes ma'am." Carlos gave her a slight nod "Thank you, Your Highness."

"I wish you all luck."

"I can show you the way to the Bewilderness from here." Elina volunteered "It's quicker than heading back towards Flutterfield."

"That would be great." Mariposa smiled "Thanks."

The Enchantress watched as the group flew off "Rose's daughter is still alive. I wonder..."

(Sorry people who were hoping Rose was still alive! But her story still isn't over! Enjoy! Laterz! Oh yeah, I have no idea how long it will take for me to update. My computer's starting to crash on me! NOOO! So if it dies it may be a few weeks! :( Sorry! Laterz everybodiez!)