Author's Note: Sorry for the wait! I've been having a real hard time with writers block. Extra long chapter to make up for it. I hope this chapter isn't too bad. Again, I'm not sure if this will be my last update before I travel or not. More information on that is posted in the biography section of my profile. I want to thanks everyone who has reviewed or PMed me either about suggestions or praise.

Onceuponatimefan13, Your welcome about putting a Taylor Swift song in the story and I'll think about the song 'Red.' I wont have them find all the gems by this chapter though because it wouldn't be realistic to find two hard gems in one chapter.

Sunshine, Have fun at camp! I treasure each word you say to me and smile and actually blush when I read your kind words. Going to miss what you would've said about this chapter.

I've decided that in every chapter or so I'll have a song featured in it that Clarion wrote. So you can give me some suggestions. Juudjv has already said 'A Thousand Years' by 'Christina Perri.' Here's chapter twenty! Hope ya'll like it!

Clarion was the first to awake. The last thing she could remember was admitting that her song 'Love Story' was about Milori. His reaction certainly wasn't what she expected and he seemed honored that she had done it.

Milori was always a very mysterious male to her. He was very romantic and seemed to like things and appreciate them more then other sparrowmen would. That's what Clarion loved about him. He was real and didn't fake who he was. Sure, he may be the Lord of Winter but that never stopped him from being himself. Clarion on the other hand was different. From her training as a princess, she was always taught that she would rule as Queen Clarion instead of just Clarion. She had grown to the fact that she couldn't be herself because she wouldn't be respected. Clarion had always thought that was a load of baloney but now she thought it more so. Being with Milori brought out another side of her, she felt young again, free to do whatever she desired. The queen doesn't age and is immortal but Milori somehow made her feel like a love-struck teenager.

Clarion stared at her lover who was sleeping next to her peacefully. She took in the sight of his slight bed head of his silver hair. She smiled as she finally found someone with the same bed head problem. His pale skin was it's usual cold temperature but to Clarion, he never felt warmer. Clarion noticed he was waking up and quickly fluttered her eyes shut, pretending she was sleeping. Milori yawned quietly and propped himself on his elbow as he looked around. He looked down at Clarion and smiled as he leaned forward and placed his cold lips to her warm ones. Clarion responded to the kiss almost immediately, confirming to Milori she was in fact awake. Milori decided to deepen the kiss further as he slipped his tongue into her warm mouth. Clarion let out small sighs within the kiss as she roughly ran her fingers through his hair. Milori pulled back slowly and stared into her beautiful baby blue eyes.

"Good morning, gorgeous." He sighed as he stroked her hair. Clarion smiled at his pet name for her.

"Morning, Handsome." Milori smiled down at her as he leaned forward and gave her a peck on her perfect lips. Clarion smiled and looked around. Everyone else were still dead to the world and according to how close the sun was to the horizon, Clarion and Milori guessed it was early-too early. "They're not going to wake up at least for another three hours."

"You're probably right." Milori agreed. "Do you want to go back to sleep, love?" Clarion shook her head side to side.

"No. I'm wide awake, I'll never sleep." Milori nodded.

"So what do you want to do?" He asked politely. Clarion shrugged before getting up. She saw a better view of the area and realized how beautiful this place was at sunrise. Milori followed and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"We could go back to the flowers from yesterday?" Clarion suggested. "It's just I fell asleep before we got to explore fully." Milori nodded but then his face was plastered with a sly smirk.

"Would you bring your guitar? I'd love to hear another song." Milori smiled at her as she thought.

She looked into his big, warm brown eyes and sighed in defeat. Whenever she looked into those eyes she melted under his spell and would do anything for him. Clarion nodded and picked up her instrument before walking hand in hand with Milori to their little piece of heaven. Once they got the golden callie illies, Milori tugged her hand to sit in front of him. She sat on the floor and crossed her legs as she laid the wooden instrument in her lap. "What should I play?" She asked him.

"Did you write only songs about us?" Milori asked. Clarion blushed and shook her head. "Then play one not about us, I want to hear the one about us this evening," Milori explained. Clarion frowned in confusion but nodded. What she didn't know was that when Milori heard her beautiful voice singing a song about their history, he slept better and hears her sing it in his head as if it was a lullaby.

"Should I play one about a breakup?" Clarion asked not showing any emotions. Milori knew what she was talking about.

"Michael?" He asked quietly. Clarion nodded. Milori had heard about her breakup and how it ended with her first relationship. Milori became furious at how somebody could harm her in such a way. If anyone was fortunate enough to earn Clarion's love and trust, they should treasure it. "You can, as long as you're okay with it. You don't have to play it if you don't want to."

"No it's fine. I'm way over him and besides, I have the love of my life right here." She smiled at him. Milori nodded as she began to play.

"Say you're sorry that a face of an angle comes out just when you need it to

As pace back and forth all this time 'cause I honestly believed in you

Holding on the days drag on, stupid girl I should've known, should've known…"

Milori continued to listen as she sang the chorus, hearing the passion and pain behind the lyrics as well as the relief.

"I'm not a princess this aint a fairytale I'm not the one you sweep off her feet lead her up the stairwell

This aint Hollywood, this is a small town

I was a dreamer before you and you let me down

Now it' too late for you and your white horse, to come around"

Clarion began to play many chords until she reached the part that Milori knew that this woman had a talent that needed to be shared.

"And there you are on your knees begging for forgiveness, begging for me

Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry

That I'm not your princess, this aint fairytale

I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well

This is a big world that was a small town, there in my review mirror disappearing now

Now it's too late for your and your white horse

Now it's too late for you and your white horse to catch me now.

Clarion strummed the last chord and looked towards Milori. He smiled at her and clapped his hands together. Clarion blushed as he scooted to sit next to her instead of in front of her and kissed her cheek. "That was an amazing song, sweetheart. You truly have a gift."

"Thank you Milori." She smiled.

"You know, that Michael is an idiot." Milori said all of a sudden. "I cannot believe he would actually hurt you like that. Someone better damn right show him how to treat a woman!" Milori exclaimed, working himself up.

"Look honey, it's all in the past now." She said, moving the instrument from her lap and stroking his cheek. "Yes I hate him for what he did to me but I don't care. I'm happy we broke up because now I have you; the best man I could ask for. Milori, the day I found him cheating on me, I was heartbroken. I remember going straight to Mary and had to stop her from punching the living day lights out of him. Darling, I'm just so happy I didn't have my first kiss with him; thankfully I had it with you. I'm glad that we weren't together long. Milori, when we met you taught me something." Milori looked at her confusingly. "You taught me what love was. What it truly means to be in love with somebody. I learned that love is so hard to find but once you do find it, it's there for a lifetime. Milori I love so much. You've taught me, guided me as a Queen, a lover and most importantly, a best friend." Milori sat speechless at her words.

"My love…I-" He was cut off by a warm finger to his lips. Clarion smiled at him.

"Just come right here."

Milori pulled her close and hugged her tightly. He buried his face in her neck and took in the smell of her hair of honeysuckle. He began to kiss her neck, which tasted like vanilla, and made Clarion sigh in pleasure. Milori laid her down on the plush grass as he kissed all over her neck. He kissed up her jaw line and to her earlobe making her sigh as he sucked it gently. He moved to her lips and couldn't help himself to kiss her roughly, immediately shoving his tongue inside. Clarion kissed back with the same roughness as she ran her fingers through his hair. When he pulled back, he saw that Clarion looked so adorable all flushed.

"We better head back." Milori said, not wanting the moment to end.

"I guess so…" Clarion sighed as Milori helped her up. As they walked back, Clarion made sure that she wasn't too flushed but every time she tried Milori would give her one of his smiles, making her go all the way back to square one.

Once they got to camp, Clarion's siblings and their spouses greeted them. They all gave them a look, which Clarion chose to ignore. She went over and made breakfast with the girls and served it to the men of their life. They ate and talked happily before they went to go change and head on their birds to who knows where. They were flying around for about an hour when the strangest thing happened. Lightning shot through the sky. There was no thunder or dark clouds, just a struck of lightning slicing through the blue sky. Everyone turned to Clarion.

"I like it how you all look at me." She said dryly.

"What does it mean?" Milori asked. Clarion shrugged.

"I've never seen anything like it before. This sapphire is going to be harder then I thought to find." Clarion explained.

"How do you know?" Robert asked.

"An instinct." Clarion replied simply. "Plus, the other two signs were positive a rainbow a-" Clarion was cut off.

"How is rain positive for when we found the pearl?" Robert asked dryly.

"Well rain helps plants grow, gives animals water…need I go on?" Robert sighed in annoyance of his little sister. 'How can she be so much younger but so annoying?!' He asked himself. They continued to fly and saw where the lightning was pointing to; it came from the sky and pointed to a pirates boat.

"Oh great!" David sighed. They all nodded. The sapphire shaped human was inside the boat and most likely human sized. "How are we going to get it now?"

"I don't know…but if we all die I know who to blame." Clarion said looking at James.

"Why me?!" He asked throwing his hands in the air.

"Each gem represents one of us…this is your fault!" She said, trying so hard not to burst out laughing.

"Was it my fault I was born?" He asked. They all sat in silence before laughing like immature teenage boys.

"Okay but seriously? How are we going to get it?" Milori asked once the laughter died down. Robert shrugged.

"Let's wing it!" Clarion said, clapping her hands together once. They all looked at her. "What? It's our best option." Robert shook his head.

"I have a feeling you'll be part of the blame too." He chuckled. Clarion shook her head.

"You're the eldest…you think of something for a change!" Robert thought.

"Wing it, it is!" He said. Clarion smiled smugly, knowing her brother was too much of a coward.

They flew to the deck of the boat and jumped off the birds. Clarion told them to fly around the boat at all times in case they needed to leave immediately. They all hid behind a storage box. Louise was about to move but James blocked her. They all looked confused before eight men stumbled past them. They were each holding a bottle of wine that was empty. They were laughing loudly and slurred their words confirming to the fairies that they were drunk. As they left, the fairies sighed.

"We have to be extremely careful." James said. "When humans are drunk they tend to do things without realizing it. They could start shooting each other for all we know!" His siblings gave him a look. "Who's studied human behavior before?" They all shrugged.

They walked out and saw that there were dozens of rooms on every deck and it could take days before they found the room with sapphire, let alone get it successfully. The day became very long and they only managed to cover the first deck of four. They knew it would be faster if they flew but with the precious pixie dust, they didn't want to waste it. Besides, if they flew they would be more likely to be caught. Milori whistled for their birds after the boring day. They jumped on and circled the boat until they thought of a reasonable place to set camp.

"We can't stay on the boat! It's too dangerous!" Robert exclaimed.

"We can't stay on the shore because we might lose the boat!" Dania argued. Robert rolled his eyes.

"The weather can guide us again, can't it?" James looked at Clarion. The fairy queen shook her head side to side.

"No, the weather will only guide us once and once only." Clarion explained. "If we lose the boat, we might never find it again." Robert sighed.

"Why don't we stay on the roof?" Milori suggested. "The pirates don't go up there during the night in fear of falling off."

"And the condition they are in, they'll probably go into an alcohol-induced sleep." Clarion giggled, never seeing people so drunk in her life.

After a long time of convincing, they finally agreed to sleep on the roof. The birds flew up and found it was quite spacious. Obviously the roof was used to strap boxes for storage and they were able to find wood for a fire and some bread to go with the soup that the girls made. They sat around the fire that the men so kindly made for them, and talked about how they would get the sapphire.

"Hopefully that gem will be ours by this time tomorrow." Dania said as she took a bite of her bread, which was toasted over the fire.

"All we can do is hope." James sighed. "Hey, maybe if those pirates sleep in, we can search around quicker." They all nodded their agreements as the continued to eat. Once everyone saw Clarion finish, they looked at her.

"What?" She asked.

"We were wondering if you would play another song for us, do you mind?" Elizabeth asked shyly.

"I'd love to." Clarion smiled as she got her guitar. She sat down next to Milori and gave him a subtle wink to let him know she remembered about her promise to play a song about them. Clarion began to play the guitar and sing the song she knew Milori would immediately know it was about them.

"Heart beats fast colors and promises

How to be brave? How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?

But watching you stand alone, all of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.

One step closer"

Clarion then sang the chorus making Milori's heart melt knowing it was about their separation and he tried not to tear up in half happiness and half sadness.

"I have died every day waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more"

Clarion began to sing the next verse, her angelic voice soaring through the dark sky among the shining stars.

"Time stands still beauty in all he is

I will be brave, I will not let anything take away

What's standing in front of me

Every breath, every hour has come to this

One step closer"

Clarion sang the chorus two more times with the help of the other girls as they picked up on the lyrics. At the end of the music the guys began clapping. Milori leaned over and kissed her cheek, making her blush.

"Clarion that was amazing!" Dania said sitting next to her baby sister and kissing her cheek. "Where did you learn to write like that?" Clarion shrugged and smiled at Milori as she answered.

"Sometimes, you just get inspiration…" She said, gazing into his eyes. Everyone reflected on the lyrics and realized they were about Milori and Clarion. She had written the song when they separated. Milori grabbed her hand and led her away from the others to have a private conversation.

"Love, that was beautiful." He said with tears in his eyes as he kissed her brow. "You continue to amaze me everyday waking moment I have with you." Clarion smiled up at him and kissed his cheek.

"I meant every word, I have loved you for what feels like a thousand years." Clarion said with tears shimmering as she reflected on the painful years. "There was not one day that went by without me thinking about you." Milori leaned forward and kissed her forehead.

"Same here, sweetheart. I never thought I could feel this strongly about anyone." They continued the emotional conversation as the siblings looked.

"They really love each other don't they?" Robert said smiling. Elizabeth nodded, agreeing with her husband.

"Hopefully after this whole commotion is over, they can start thinking about marriage and future together." Dania said happily. Everyone nodded.

"It would be great to finally call Milori family." James said. The others looked at him. "You know, if he marries Clarion he'll become our sibling-in-law." James explained. They all smiled. They already considered Milori family but there was no paperwork to prove otherwise. They turned the topic to tomorrow, not noticing that Clarion and Milori were having a moment.

Milori was kissing his lover passionately as he hugged her closely. He couldn't get over that this beautiful woman loved him. He wanted her. He needed her. He wanted to be her husband, the one she would promise her love to forever. Clarion ran her fingers through his hair. She loved this man so much she couldn't believe it herself sometimes. She would die for him. Break her wings for him. They continued to kiss and think about a life together as the stars danced above them.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading! The first song was 'White Horse' by Taylor Swift. Thought this song was good for Clarion's break up with the jerk Michael. The second, as you all know, was 'A Thousand Years.' Thank juudjv for the great suggestions. Remember if you want a song that Clarion wrote; write it in your review. But make sure I can relate her somehow into it. Also review about what I have written in my biography. Thank you so much for all your support!

See you al in the next chapter…that may or may not be posted before I leave =(