Author's Note: Sorry for the wait! I'm really trying to update as quick as I can but I'm having a real hard time about the plot lines. I've been really busy lately as I need to memorize my lines for our school production, Peter Pan and Wendy, before I get back to school. Ironically enough, I'm playing Tinkerbell! I'll hopefully post a couple more chapters before I leave, but not many. I've been having really bad writers block so it's been quite hard to come up with something.
Sunshine, Thank you so much for your continuous kind words and support since day one. Your reviews really make my day and always smile when I read them! I hope you have a great time at camp (saying this now because I'm not sure if I'll have another chapter up in time to say it!)
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This is just a fun chapter and long one to make up for my slow updates. I knew if I didn't post this, it would be a while until I figure out the next chapter or two. Here's chapter nineteen! Hope ya'll like it!
The siblings all looked at each other, not knowing when to make their next move. The area was deathly silent and all of a sudden it didn't feel very heavenly. Clarion was still holding the emerald as the words echoed in her head, haunting her. 'Never ignore a Queen's Instincts…' Clarion didn't know what to think. As a young girl, she always thought that it was a load of rubbish and that nobody could predict the future, not even a Queen. Milori had noticed Clarion's sudden change in complexion. She was pale and looked like she had just seen a beast. Being protective of his love, he wrapped her in his arms and kissed the top of her head. Her siblings could detect that there was something wrong so Dania went over and hugged her baby sister. They knew Clarion was nervous about everything happening. To Robert, Clarion was like a baby. Being twenty years older then her, Robert was wiser even if he acted like a moron at times. Clarion didn't look like she was going to cry but nervous.
"Now what?" James asked, breaking the deathly silence that engulfed them. Most of them shrugged before Clarion answered.
"I think we should set camp here." She advised. They gave her a questioning look. "It's just here…its quite safe. We should be able to get a decent night's sleep." Robert nodded as he James and David went to get the bags off the birds. Milori stayed behind, holding Clarion.
"Are you sure you're alright?" He asked the woman in his arms. His love nodded and rested her head on his chest. Milori lightly laid his chin on the top of her head. They held each other in the silence. Milori moved his head slightly to kiss the top of her head, making Clarion smile. "I love you…you know that, right?"
"Of course I do." Clarion answered, nodding. "And I love you just as much, if not more." Milori smiled down at her and leaned forward to kiss her perfect lips softly. Clarion's hand reached over to cup his cold cheek as his hand got tangled in her tresses. Milori loved it that Clarion kept her hair down. It was the most perfect shade honey brown and fell perfectly down to her waist without her even trying. Milori opened his mouth and slid his tongue over her bottom lip; begging for entrance. Clarion opened her mouth and just as Milori's tongue entered the warmth of her mouth, they could hear Robert calling them. They quickly pulled away and Clarion blushed.
"First the leprechaun and now your brother…will we ever get to finish the moment?" Milori asked jokingly making Clarion giggled.
"Oh honey!" She sighed dramatically making Milori smile. He walked over to see what Robert needed so desperately for him to interrupt their enjoyable kiss. Apparently, Robert only needed Milori's help with carrying something. Once all the bags that were needed were off the birds, the men were sent to find some driftwood for a fire.
"They're going to be at least half an hour, what can we do to kill time?" Dania asked. Louise shrugged.
"Beats me, there isn't much to do here." Louise said, looking around her. Elizabeth nodded in agreement.
"Do you guys like to sing?" Clarion asked with one of her trademark smirks. They nodded slowly, not sure of what was going through the girl's head. Clarion got up and went to a pack with pixie dust in it. She took a handful out and brought it back to the girls. She shaped the dust in what looked like a guitar and five minutes later it was there.
"You play?" Elizabeth asked. Clarion nodded as she positioned the guitar on her lap.
"But that's a 'clumsy' instrument. How did you learn to play?" Dania asked curiously.
"I taught myself." Clarion replied. "So what do you want to sing?" They all thought.
"Not sure really…I don't know many songs." Louise said. Clarion smiled at her.
"I wrote a couple of songs when I was younger, do you want to hear those?" Clarion asked. "I have memorized some of them." They nodded as Clarion began to strum the instrument and began to play one of her original songs.
"We were both young when I first saw you I close my eyes and the flashbacks starts, I'm standing there on a balcony in summer
See the lights see the party the ball gowns, see you make your way through the crowd and say hello, little did I know.
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away from Juliet and I was crying on the staircase begging you please don't go"
It seemed like magic as the other girls began to sing along with Clarion for the chorus and somehow knew the words.
"And I said, Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone, I'll be waiting all that's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
It's a love story baby just say yes."
The girls continued to sing the song as Clarion played the memorized music. Everything was perfect. About fifty feet away or so, Milori and the others heard music as they collected driftwood.
"Do you guys hear that?" Milori asked. Robert stopped what he was doing to listen.
"No, do you?" Milori nodded. "It's probably nothing."
"Yeah." They continued to collect wood until Milori heard it again, only this time it was louder. "No, no I hear something."
"Like what?" David asked. Milori listened carefully.
"Like music…I hear music." James just looked at him dryly. "I'm serious…don't you hear it?" They all shook their heads side to side. Milori rolled his eyes and quickly picked up the rest of his wood, as did the others. They began to head back towards camp. As they became closer, the others began to hear the music too and singing as well.
"Wait…I hear it now." James said. Milori sighed.
"Yeah, too little too late pal!" He said sarcastically. Robert chuckled at him and they began to walk back quietly. When they were only a few feet away, but hidden by the forest trees, they could finally see what they heard. Clarion was using some sort of wooden thing to create music and the girls were singing along. All the men had a rush of pride run through them. When Clarion finished playing, they guys clapped and walked out, startling their girls.
"I didn't know there was a karaoke party going on." David said smiling. The girls giggled. Milori walked to Clarion and kissed her cheek.
"How come I've never known that you play?" He asked her as he sat next to her.
"I guess I never got the chance to tell you." She smiled at him.
"That was a beautiful song, I've never heard it before." Milori said making Clarion smile.
"That's because I wrote it." Clarion giggled at his shocked expression. "What?"
"It's just…I never knew you had such a talent!" Clarion blushed at his kind words and leaned forward to peck his cold lips.
Milori got up and helped the guys set up a fire to keep warm. Clarion and Dania went over to the packs to find something to cook for dinner as James and Milori studied the instrument. Milori noticed that the instrument had not much indication how to play and he wondered how on Neverland Clarion knew to play the way she could. His thoughts were interrupted by Clarion's angelic voice.
"Milori, would you mind helping me with the soup?" Milori nodded.
He remembered that the last time she cooked soup, he asked if he could join her the next time as he wanted to know how it was done for future reference. Milori followed her to the fire and studied the way she cut the carrots, minced the mushrooms and delicately placed them all in the pot over the fire. He knew that he would never be able to cook like Clarion no matter how much he ever tried. As Clarion was chopping some vegetables, he stood behind her with his arms around her waist. He leaned forwards and kissed her cheek before nuzzling her neck with his head. "I love you, sweetheart." He whispered in her ear.
"I love you too…so much." She turned in his arms to kiss him before going back to chopping. Milori smiled at her concentration and her natural beauty. He could never get over the fact that this beautiful woman actually loved him. He never thought that he would find someone to put up with him. Milori could never go back to his life when they were separated, even for wings. He never really cared for his broken wing. Sure, it made it hard to get around and fly, but without Clarion…he didn't even want to imagine a life without her. He did it once and it certainly wasn't a walk in the park. Clarion noticed his silence. "What are you thinking about?"
"Just the fact that I never want to live without you ever again." He said sweetly as he held her tighter. Clarion smiled at him. "I want to be with you forever." Clarion sighed when he added that.
She wanted to be with him just as much and not just as lovers. She wanted to be known as Milori's wife, his mate, the only woman he wanted. She knew they were only reunited two months ago but it didn't stop her from fantasizing about being his. Milori was like oxygen to her. She needed him. There wasn't another man like him; he was one in a million to her. Just having him holding her made her smile and her heart swell. The love she had for him was indescribable; she never thought that she would ever find love in Pixie Hollow. There had been dates here and there, but none of them ended well. The furthest she went in a relationship before Milori was with Michael.
Michael had been kind and sweet at the beginning but he turned into someone she couldn't even recognize. The way it ended with him had been horrible. He had sent her a note saying to meet at Summer Meadow at six o'clock, but because she didn't read it properly she ended up arriving an hour too early. Only to see Michael with someone else, holding her and kissing her. All Clarion could think was that she glad she never had her first kiss with the jerk. Clarion had confronted him about it but he didn't seem to care about her feelings. Little did she know that ending it with her first lover was the best thing she could have done because a few years later she met her true love, Milori. As a young girl she thought she would never find true love. But, little did she know it wasn't Pixie Hollow that held the answer to her prayers but the Winter Woods.
Clarion finished the soup and handed everyone a bowl before sitting next to Milori. Being around the fire gave off the cozy and comforting atmosphere. They ate their soup in silence as they thought about the busy day ahead after the night. Milori wrapped an arm around Clarion when he was finished. Clarion just smiled at him and leaned in to kiss his cheek and nuzzle his neck with her head. Milori kissed her head as he held her hand, tangling their fingers together. Once everyone was done, Milori got an idea.
"Why don't you girls sing the song you were singing earlier? We never actually heard it properly." Milori said. Clarion smiled but then looked at him wide-eyed.
"Now?" She asked. Milori nodded his head with a smile. "Uh…okay." She got up and got the guitar. She took a deep breath as she played the introduction of the song. The other girls began to sing along as the guys listened. It wasn't until one part that Milori began to wonder who the song was about.
"This love is difficult but it's a real, don't be afraid we'll make it out of this mess it's a love story baby just say yes."
Clarion played some more music without singing before singing the next verse, which made Milori think if the song was about him…
"I got tired of waiting wondering if you were ever coming around, may faith in you was fading, when I met you on the outskirts of town
And I said Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone, I keep waiting boy you but you never come is this in my head I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulls out a ring and says: Marry me Juliet you never have to alone I love you and that's all I really know I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes"
When Clarion played the final chord, everyone clapped. Clarion smiled shyly at her family. Milori leaned close to her ear. "You play beautifully." He said softly. Clarion blushed and smiled at him. As it got later, Milori decided to take Clarion somewhere. When he collected the driftwood, he had seen a field of callie lilies that went on for as far as he could see. He took Clarion's hand and told the others they would be back soon. As they walked away from the camp, Clarion began to get more and more curious.
"What are you up to?" She asked giggling. Milori smiled at her.
"I just want to show you something, love." Clarion nodded and continued to follow him. As they got closer to the field, Clarion gasped in delight. The flowers were all in colour order; red with red, blue with blue and gold with gold. Milori bent down to pick up a golden callie lilly, which was her favourite flower, and placed it in her hair lovingly. Clarion smiled. "A golden callie lilly for a golden girl."
"My favourite but, you knew that." She giggled. Milori chuckled along with her. They continued to smell the flowers as Clarion explained them.
"Clarion, did you really write that song that you played earlier?" Milori asked. It was about half an hour later and they were lying in the grass surrounded by the flowers. Clarion was on her back as Milori was propped on his elbow, stroking her hair.
"Yes, why?" Clarion began to grow nervous. Did Milori suspect that the song was about him? Clarion knew it wasn't hard to figure it out. Forbidden love? Saying goodbye? Why didn't she think before she played it? If Milori found out it was about him, he would find out that she wanted to be his wife since day one. He would know that she wanted to marry him so soon. Clarion knew there was nothing wrong with it but she would be so embarrassed about it.
"It's just…" Milori trailed off. How would he ask if it was about him? What if it wasn't? He had his suspicions about the song. If she did write it about him, he would be over the moon. Nobody has ever cared for him much to take the time and write a song about him. "Is it about us? Me?" He blurted out before thinking. Clarion blushed.
"Uh…" She looked into his big brown eyes and sighed. She just couldn't lie to him. "Yes. I would understand if you thought I was odd though." She quickly added before turning her back on him, to ashamed to look at him. Milori smiled. He couldn't believe it that she loved him that much. He remembered that the song talked about marriage. Did she want to marry him as mush he wanted to marry her? He turned her over so she would lie on her back.
"Why would I think you're odd?" He asked.
"Its just I thought you would find it weird that I write songs about you." Milori smiled.
"Songs?" Clarion blushed more and face palmed her forehead. "Don't worry I won't ask about them." Clarion sighed in relief. "Yet." Clarion giggled at him. "I'm actually happy it's about me. I never thought I'd find a fairy to love me enough to take the time to write a song. I love you, darling."
"I love you too…" Clarion said snuggling up to him. Milori saw her close her eyes and begin to breath deeply. He carried her in his strong arms back to camp to see that everyone had fallen asleep. He lied her down on her sheet and crawled in with her, covering them with the thin blanket. He cuddled to her warm body, kissed her lips before falling into a much-needed sleep. Listening to her sing the song in his head.
Author's Note: Lots of Milorian fluff there guys! The song that Clarion sang was 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift. I thought the song had a lot of aspects that related to them and it's catchy! We see in this chapter how Clarion and Milori feel about marriage and that the both secretly want it. The thing about Michael was just something to add to compare how Clarion feels about the two and how she now knows what love is. And I think we can all agree this Michael is some jerk, am I right?
Thanks for reading! I wrote this to have more Milorian fluff in the story and I did say I'd be doing a chapter like this every few chapters. Don't forget to review because I love to know how I'm doing with this story and I really appreciate the effort that most of you put in your reviews. See you all in the next chapter!