Author's Note:

Here it is the first chapter of Fablehaven: Life of the Next Generation. Please review, but you don't have too for me to continue to write.

Hope you enjoy... -Evangeline

The Dream Meeting

I was standing in a bright green grassy field. Flowers speckled the clearing, and one side was lined by a forest, the other was met by a glistening blue lake. Off in the distance, were mountains and a crashing waterfall that fell into the lake. The sky was a vivid blue, had a few white puffy clouds, and the sun was as bright and warm as ever. Creatures, both magical and non, could be seen everywhere and heard with ease. Simply, it was a nature lovers dream, a place un-touched by humanity.

When I looked down, I was shocked to see that I was in a white silk dress. It fell past my knees, had short sleeves, and was firm fighting until the waist where it flared out. The dress was casual yet elegant, and was too beautiful to be on me. My feet were bare foot, allowing me to feel the soft texture of the grass.

As I admired my attire and breathed the clean fresh air, a dazzling light erupted a few feet away from me. My smile grew as a bowed before my queen; I was her servant after all.

The soft and quiet laughter of the Fairy Queen filled my ears and echoed in my mind, I could tell she was smiling. An overflowing feeling of happiness, joy, and amusement filled me; I was truly in the presence of her majesty.

"Rise, my dear maiden. As I have told you before, you never need to bow before me," her voice was velvet to me and, like in all my other dream contact with the queen, I heard an echo of her words in my head.

I rose immediately, "I know but I can't help it. You are a queen and I am your humble servant after all." My voice was not as shy and timid as it once had been when I spook to her majesty.

After the first time Bracken took me to the fairy realm, might I say it is gorgeous and filled with light, I had been visiting regularly for training. Over the past few years, I have received a better understanding of my powers and how to use them. Now, I had more power and I not only could see in the dark, interpret things through my feelings, and all my basic skills; but I could tap into that source of power everyone saw I had when I held Vasilis. Also, I now know my responsibilities as the Fairy Queen's Handmaiden on a deeper and more detailed level.

"Yes, but I would rather my handmaiden not bow to me. I mean you are the one who gives me advise on dealing with the mortal accept of my work and speaker of my opinions." Great pride surges trough me and I was extremely happy that she felt this way.

"I will try not to bow to you any more my queen. May I ask though, why you have come to me? Does this have something to do with the Knights meeting?"

The Knights of Dawn had continued protecting the magical realm after the war with Grandpa as the Captain. However, in order to lessen confusion, the once Astrid Knights of the Dawn were called the Warriors of Flight. I believe they choose the name in order to remember what they had gone through and honor their duty to protect light magic.

A ting of sadness, strong worry, and great stubbornness; or as I liked to say the emotions of the queen getting her leader face on, erupted in me. She exhaled in a guff, "Very well then. At the meeting tonight, you may have to speak on my behalf. My son," my heart flipped at the very thought of him and it irritated me, "is going to the meeting; however, he most likely will speak his mind and not mine. I wish for you to express my feelings on the matter that will be presented. You will know what to say when the time comes, as usual. I will not tell you what the topic is but know it is of great importance to all, especially to creatures of light."

"I understand, my lady." My head swarmed with questions, but after a few years of experience I knew not to ask them. She had told me all that I would need to know.

As my vision began to grow dull she said, "Good bye, Kendra, and be careful. You are very important to the world of light; and to any enemy of mine, you are as good of a prize as my own children."

Before I could ask her what she meant, my vision went black. My meeting with the Fairy Queen was officially over.

Next Chapter:

Forgetting Something