Author's Note:

Here's the eighteenth chapter. Sorry for the long wait. Let's just say I had tons of school, long trips, and my computer died. No joke it DIED. I can't even use it. Yes, guest 415440002 I have been getting "the blue screen of death". So I am completely and utterly sorry, and if you don't want to continue reading or call me a big fat jerk, you can. I won't even hold it against you. Thank you for waiting and hopefully that won't happen again. Here is a recap of the last chapter, First.

Kendra almost gets her first kiss with Bracken, but Liz interrupts. Liz, the queen, the princesses, and Raxtus look grief stricken, leaving Kendra and Bracken confused beyond belief. Until, they reveal that the fairy is dead.

Is there anything that they can do for the fairy or is she truly doomed? This will be answered in this chapter.

This chapter is sad, serious, and revealing.

I've been getting a lot of comments concerning how I don't switch from Kendra's POV to Seth's POV. You see the thing is that's not MY writing style. I know why Brandon Mull uses that style but it's not my thing. I'm not even that big of a fan of writing in third or second person. I love writing in first person and keeping it to just one character. Maybe after I grow as a writer that will change, but for now this is me. Also, leaving cliff hangers is what I do, too. That's how I keep people reading. I mean, you have to admit the reason the majority of you want to kill me is because I have not resolved the cliff hanger. Don't worry, chapter twenty I will TRY to not make a cliffhanger. No promises though, this is how I write. Don't like it, too bad. Please tell me what you think of this chapter. I will try to get the next chapter before Tuesday, because I have will be gone for two weeks. Thanks for reading.

Hope you enjoy... –Evangeline

Dead, or Not

No, no, no. It can't be! She has to be fine! We are in the FAIRY REALM!, my mind screamed as I freaked out on the inside. However, my exterior was cool and collected.

"How could this be?" Bracken asked. As much as he tried to hide the shock in his voice, I could hear it. I placed my hand on his and squeezed it in a comforting manner as his right hand continued to move up and down my right forearm. My left hand moved in circles on Liz's back.

"We don't know yet," Bree said. Tears still feel from her eyes, but she was the only one who didn't seem grief stricken. "We just got a messenger telling us the news."

"Then lets head over there," Bracken's voice sounded like he was on a mission. Which, he probably thought he was. "We need to find out what exactly happened to her."

Everyone agreed and off we went.

Bracken's arm was draped over my shoulder as I leaned into his side. We were the last to enter the fairy's room.

"Explain," Virtue sounded hard and cold. She hated losing patients. No matter who was over the patient's care, if they died, she felt responsible. I think the reason she felt that way was because she is in charge of the infirmary. The infirmary is her baby, husband, and life. Medicine is her bread and jam. She even slept next to the infirmary.

"We don't know what happened," one of the doctors said. He of course was a unicorn. It amazed me how all the unicorns I met were always in human form. I had never seen any of them in their actual horse form. I was starting to think that it didn't exist.

"What do you mean?" Virtue hissed at them as she looked over the fairies file.

"One minute she was fine, the next she was crashing," said another doctor.

The Fairy Queen put her hand on Virtue's shoulder. "Enough Virtue. There is nothing you can do for her. Kendra." Her voice was cool and collected, everything a person would imagine of a queen.

"Yes, your grace?" I replied in the same tone. I had to be strong just like the Queen. I was her hand maiden and I couldn't and wouldn't fail her.

She looked at me with a sad, cautious face. "It's the only thing we can do now."

What is she talking… OH NO! OH NO, OH NO, OH NO! "You can't be seriously thinking what I think your thinking?" I asked her and myself in astonishment.

She smiled a sad, small smile. "It's our only choice we have to help her."

I saw her reasoning as always. I took a deep, shaky breath and moved next to the fairy.

"Mother, what is going on?" Bracken asked with a voice full of concern and worry. I could tell that he tried to come next to me but I think his mother stopped him.

Everyone was probably confused. This power I held, I had only practiced with the Queen alone. Of course, Liz had been at my side but she was the only one who knew about it.

Suddenly Liz shrieked in and out of my head, "NO!"

I snapped my eyes open and my head jerked up in time to see her leap out of Raxtus' arms and towards me. The Fairy Queen however caught her in a magical ball of energy.

"NOOO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS KENDRA! YOU'RE NOT READY YET!" Tears fell from her eyes and her face was distorted with agony.

"I'm sorry Liz, but I have to," I quietly told her as I turned my head back to the fairy on the bed.

She looked so peaceful and beautiful. I remembered how much she fought against death. She never wanted to die. She wanted to live. To live a full, healthy, magical life. I was going to let her live. Those good-for-nothings were not going to win by killing her. I would not let them.

My hands hovered over her as my eyes closed.

"NOOOO! Please, you could die." Liz sounded heartbroken as she pounded on the energy barrier that surrounded me and the fairy.

After hearing this I heard some gasp and Bracken shouted along with Raxtus.

I shook my head. Focus Kendra! Or you will die.

"Quiet all of you," The Queen commanded, "She must concentrate and focus or else she WILL die. None of you are helping her by acting like this." There was not a single hint of doubt laced in her voice, only truth and knowledge. You could hear a mouse in the following seconds after her words.

I cleared my head until the only thing that existed was me, the fairy, and my power. I reached deep down into myself, into my power.

Next Chapter:

Power Challenge