The next morning, Alyrica woke up to the distant smell of coffee, fire , and... oranges? She blinked, wiping sleep from her eyes, and saw Meggie eating an orange, Dustfinger playing with his fire, and Mo drinking coffee. Alyrica struggled to sit up, but the pain was just too much. I can't give up! I can't show anyone that I'm in pain! But Mo noticed, and Meggie did. Meggie smiled to herself. Mo got up asking: "Your burns have hardly improved." "Can you sit up?" Alyrica spoke up. "Of course, It's nothing!" Sitting up was extremely painful, but she managed. She stumbled, and, almost fell over her own feet. Dustfinger and Mo told her it was best if she would just sit down. Alyrica saw Mo frowning, and Dustfinger observing the scene. Meggie asked for Dustfinger to show her a few tricks. "Not until I see that girl, Alyrica, can walk, princess." His voice was low, as if he was forbidden to let anybody hear him. "She's quite a brave one, you know." Meggie smiled. "Yes, I'm sure I could never stand that pain." Alyrica began walking, ignoring Mo's warnings, and smiled a grim smile. "See? I can walk now. I'm fine." Mo hesitated, but Dustfinger said: "No Mo, let her go." Alyrica was limping, and tears were watering in her eyes. The pain was... Too much. She saw Meggie and Dustfinger playing with fire, and laughter in Dustfinger's eyes. She saw Mo criticizing the scene. "Ich kann nicht glauben wie Ich kann nehmen dies Schmerz." Alyrica said to herself. "What?" Dustfinger looked up. "Oh nothing, it's just german." Alyrica said. Dustfinger raised his eye-brows. "What did you say?" "I said, Ich kann nicht glauben wie Ich kann nehmen dies Schmerz." Dustfinger looked puzzled. "I can not believe how I can take this pain." "What language is that?" Mo asked, amused. "German." Alyrica replied. Oh great Alyrica, now they know you can speak German. Now they know what you said in German. Now they know- "So you can speak German?" Meggie asked. There was jealousy in her eyes, and of course, as usual, nobody noticed. "Yes, I can." Alyrica replied, shrugging the matter off. With this, Dustfinger went back to teaching Meggie, of fire. Alyrica was limping to the woods. She saw a hot spring, and collected some water in her hands, putting it on some of her burns. Queer as it was, the burn disappeared! She had to tell Dustfinger! She ran, ran with no pain, and soon enough, ran right into Mo. "Where's Dustfinger?!" Her eye's were shining bright with excitement. "Uh, he's right over there?" Alyrica ran to Dustfinger, shouting: "Dustfinger! Their gone!" Dustfinger, who was awkwardly trying to shift from Meggie's hug, said: "What's gone?" "My burns! There was this hotspring, in the woods, and when I put it on my burns-" "You mean the Hot-Spring of life?" "Er, I suppose! But isn't this just exciting!" Dustfinger laughed. "You are very lucky." Alyrica beamed. Meggie, who was partially embarassed, and angry, went to the side.
MEGGIE'S POINT OF VIEW:
Dang it! That girl, Alyrica, is stealing Dustfinger from me again! How could she? Why! Just because she has a horrible family, doesn't mean she has to interupt my relationship with him. I like him alot. I like his fire, I like him! That girl is DOWNRIGHT stupid to think she can interfere with our relationship :'( I'm not quite sure it Dustfinger feels the same way, but.. I've liked him such a long time! Not at first, at first I felt he was betraying me, and a liar, and all, but now, and so many years before, I've'd loved him. I won't have that girl distract him from me!
DUSTFINGER'S POINT OF VIEW:
Mo, who was astonished looked at Dustfinger, said: "You never told me about a Hot-Spring like that!" Dustfinger sighed. He looked at Meggie, her face pink with embarassement at being caught. Why were hugging my Meggie? That's as far as you two will get. I have noticed Dustfinger, that, you and Meggie's bond are much, much closer, but just because you're years younger, only eight years older than her, you can't have her." "Age doesn't matter now, does it?" Dustfinger growled under his breath. Mo did not hear. Dustfinger could vaguely feel warm,fiery, fire spreading through his body, and his veins, but he controlled it. He managed to, atleast. He looked at Alyrica, glad that she wouldn't have to wait months for her burn's to heal. Mo had now walked away, with Alyrica running off to the woods again. Meggie had sighed. "It was just a hug." But Dustfinger shook his head. "Your father princess, does not see that." Oh darn it Dustfinger! Darn it all! You can't love this girl! Remember? Roxanne is your only love! She will always be! You're such a- a coward! Dustfinger got up, saying: "Er, Meggie, I'll be inside if you need me."
He saw Meggie turn away. He looked at her, now saying: "It's not that I- I hate you, I DON'T. It's just..." Meggie smiled. "I know how you feel. It's just, Mo is so.. protective. "Ah, yes, he is." Dustfinger said. Dustfinger! You can't like her! Wait, no! You know what?! To all the fire, and fairies of the world, curse them all! Just because Roxanne is dead, it doesn't mean that she'll hate me for loving someone else. She'll forgive me. She's not that evil! New courage filled Dustfinger, and he realized he couldn't let his love of Roxanne's, controll his actions. She was gone now. Dustfinger still walked away. He couldn't announce his love for her now. He didn't know if he really loved her. He wasn't even sure if she loved him. He was sure of it, they always had had a special bond, from the time that he was rescueing her, Elinor, and Mo, until now. He would just wait and see. Perhaps, time might just tell.