FINALLY! I just didn't have any more ideas...then...I came up with something brilliant! So I should be updating fairly regularly know, until it ends. Sorry it took so long...I don't even know if all the people who subscribed are still keeping up...but here it is!
"Why didn't you just tell me Nelie?" Lyra inquired.
"I wasn't completely sure of my suspicions...and if I had be wrong, and I told you..."
"Ya...could have been quite a shock to me."
"But that little stunt you just pulled proved my theory." Nelie's expression turned from one of playful scorn, to concern and warning. Lyra looked at her, alarmed by her sudden change in mood,
"What is it Nelie? Is something wrong?"
"Do have any idea where you and Will just were?"
"No...but how did you know I was with Will?" Nelie plucked a piece of dark hair from Lyra's blouse.
"Oh.." Lyra smiled peevishly.
"Lyra, the place where you met Will, it's called a "closed space". They are extremely dangerous. I'm going to have to ask you not to use them again." Nelie warned sternly. Lyra stared at Nelie, shocked.
"I don't understand? It seemed perfectly normal to me...aside from the bumpy ride nobody was hurt." Nelie shook her head
"You don't understand Lyra...I used to use a closed space. Not that long ago..." Nelie trailed off. Lost in thought. He face had turned to one of guilt, and loss. "Please, just promise me that you won't go back. I don't want you to go through the same thing I did." Lyra looked a Nelie quizzically.
"But...what about Will, I won't be able to see him again...I can't Nelie, I have to go back-
"NO, Lyra you can't, I don't think I can handle loosing you too, you're the only thing left in this world for me." Nelie was desperate now. A tear slid down her face and she briskly wiped it away. Lyra looked at her, dismayed at her sudden distress.
"Alright...I promise. I don't know what you've been through, but I've never seen you cry before, so it must have been horrible...I won't go again. I'll...just have to live with not seeing him, like I've done for the past three years." Lyra sighed and gave Nelie a weak smile. Nelie suddenly embraced her in a tight hug.
"Thank you Lyra, I don't know how I would live without you."
