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We're near the last chapter before the epilogue. This will probably be one of my shortest chapters besides the epilogue itself. This chapter will not go back and forth between Lily and Luther or anything like that. This will be all from the perspective of the people who just fought in the war against the bogeyman.

We won't return to Lily until the epilogue so let us enjoy this awesome chapter.

Probably not till the epilogue, but she might get a mention I don't know.

This chapter is about her family after all.

About them coming back from the dead.

And the boogie man's curse breaking.

At least partway.

OK, let's begin.

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at the battlegrounds

With the Warriors of Iron.

The crowd heard the cracking sounds or noise somewhere as they headed as they left the battleground area, leaving all the nests of the evil monsters on the ground. The count said when are you gonna put me on my throne soon Count Luther said we'll do it as soon as we see what this is why don't you come with us peanuts all right my group will come with you master he said my king as well. He calls him.

They walk towards the area, leaving a mess on the ground, then leave a mess, but as they make it to where the graves are, they break and start to pop out of the ground the bogeyman's curse is about to break all of his curses, except for the one on the queen she still laid there sleeping dead, pretty much.

But as the curse began to lift, everyone began to awaken all the people of the kingdom of the sweet dreams, the kingdom began to awaken and use some of his magic to help his tongue and crest abilities. He used to wake them up a little more, but the curse was still gradually breaking. They didn't completely turn to dust for some reason even though they've been dead since 2012.

You think they'd be dust by now and you're right they were well not God returned their life, even though it's been over several years.

Because the bogeyman was now dead, every curse and spell he'd cast was gone, was about to lift or to be broken in other ways.

The whole crowd of the Warriors from Ion appeared standing in front of the area of wedding anticipation slowly, as everyone started to wake up all of their sweet dreams, were about to awaken from the father of the young girl Lily first because he was the king to own by one of his children from the eldest daughter to the youngest so far that died along with their kids and partners waking up.

There were more than nine people nine kids 1011 whatever people waking animals, too everything was coming back to life. The kingdom of Sweet dreams was about to awaken for good now. Luther made sure of it by using his time magic to make sure that they weren't all making sure that they all woke up.

The king of Swan Lake looked like the king of the empire the empire of the kingdom of sweet dreams, woke up, and saw his violet eyes. Once everyone was awake. He stared at him. Who are you? The king asked Luther said I am Luther time. I should say I am Luther time crest Swan. He says I am the grand ancestor of the Swan, Princess Odette, he said.

I'm also the time crest the time crest that is the link to your daughter your youngest daughter Lily I am her time crest and she is my counterpart.

And if you ever disrespect me, don't make me hesitant that I could kill you your majesty the king watered him. The other kids did too. They accepted quickly. They knew that his sister's time crest would come one day some of them even protested against the marriage between the two of them between Lily and the bogeyman. They didn't want this to happen, but they were all mine controlled to do so, but they didn't get a chance to live.

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All of the children were fine with it now that the time crest was here and that he was an heir to the throne to another kingdom that made it better but the king did not why are you here because your daughter Luther began to say she used the counterpart wish to bring me here she wished for me to be here. She wished for me here your majesty.

And now I have taken my rightful place in the air to my kingdom, and I am the wife of your beautiful daughter Lily and the father of the children she's going to carry and give birth to. You will have a grandchild through me through her and the air to my kingdom.

I don't approve of this marriage. The king said you shall divorce and she will remarry the bogeyman. Alex Alex is dead. Luther said I killed him the power that caused you to be dead by his pan has faded. That's why you're awake, sir your majesty, he said by that power the curse that put you all to sleep for death is lifted. It wasn't your time to die you weren't supposed to be dead. You were killed out of revenge because my stupid wife the king said be throwing my daughter to you and that's it not just because of that Luther said we're supposed to be together. She's my counterpart. I am her Pinecrest that's how it works.

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I shouldn't have been apart from her, but I had no choice. I couldn't get to her because I was in another world Luther said. I don't care if you don't accept our marriage, but we are married and I am the king and she is the queen of Swan Lake. You don't need to bother us, your majesty. And there's no need for us to be at war with one another either. I do not want to fight you, sir. Luther said killing you would be more regretful than killing the king of nightmares. You're her father she'll probably want to see you she'll probably wanna know that she's happy that you are alive and that all of you Luther sad as he looked at all the other people of the kingdom they all not knowledge and acknowledged Luther all praises to the king of swans they said the long lost air of Odette Swan. They said Father the eldest daughter said he was going to be queen we should acknowledge that my youngest daughter has married her time pressed at last you knew she was a counterpart, and you deliberately married her off to the bogeyman because of spite and because a tradition we all told you to hold off we all told you to wait before the time crash could come but you all didn't listen. You didn't listen, Father why are you even still alive?

I should take over his air. I should become queen you denied me from becoming crowned queen soon I will become queen the oldest daughter said.

Why should you become queen my daughter the king asked cause you don't care you don't care about your daughter you don't care about this kingdom at all you married our daughter's sister off without acknowledging us. We had to sit and watch it and be hypnotized to watch this watch that awful wedding. It was all fake. You know it was a fake union father you knew that the conquest wasn't here so you took advantage of it.

Now you ruined everything.

Now you need to apologize to Luther for the time crest the love of my sister's life. Her husband is standing in front of us, and now she's the queen of another kingdom.

And having children, we need to get to her now the eldest said the queen to be said to her siblings they all nodded. The rest of the eight siblings nodded, along with their eldest sister.

I can't believe this the king said where is my wife the movie man killed her Luther said she took the blow for your daughter. I woke her with a kiss of true love, but your wife Serafina is still asleep, sir. You'd have to kiss her to wake her if she forgives you.

How dare you talk to me like that the king of dreamland the king of sweet dreams said to Luther, you abandoned her you never came for her. That's why I married her off. I never had a chance to come. Luther said I couldn't travel through worlds freely, I also had a responsibility as the hero of my land. I couldn't just abandon Alencia either in a size at the time that that happened your daughter was only nine when I could come she was old enough, but like I said, I had a responsibility as a leader and as a hero. I had to wait. I had to wait till she called for me. She had to make the counterpart wish and she never got a chance at that time she could've called for me sooner I would've come to her.

But she never got the chance to your daughter rescued me. She saved me by carrying me off of the mountaintop of a nightmare mountain taking me all the way home facing her ex-husband bringing me home, putting me in a bed, and then kissing me awake then see how I helped her by helping me bring my friends and family here by the power of the counterparts wish.

All the other kids cried, knowing what Lily sacrificed to save Luther's life and the king finally cried a bit too my daughter did what he said.

Yes, Luther said she did it to save me from my curse she broke it by doing those things now I'm free so is she the bogeyman who cursed her to sleep and poisoned her in the same way tried to kill her in her sleep? Once he put her to sleep hurt her and tried to kill her, I tried to save her and I did, but her mother suffered your wife suffered I couldn't save her, but you can. If you find the find love in yourself Luther said and wake your wife everything will be fine.

Everything in your kingdom will be fine and you can go back to normal and you can help out Lily. She has to do everything by herself she manicures and is cured of nightmares disease, but she has to give out the sand on her own. That's why I made a machine that'll help her distribute the sand.

You did that the oldest daughter said yes Luther said I did. I did it so that she wouldn't have to travel in her condition. What's her condition? The second child said and asked my daughter better not be sick. The king said she was not sick. Luther said she was pregnant and she was about to give birth at any moment.

She's pregnant with twins, and about to give birth Luther said.

You gave her a baby I didn't, sir your majesty she's carrying my air and a second child too.

No, I don't permit you to be with her I've already married her, sir and we're bound. You cannot break us apart. You cannot destroy binding. It's permanent what is binding the king of dreams asked it's like marriage Luther said, but stronger and permanent forever even if I could get a divorce, I'm bound to her. We are connected. She is my mate, my bound partner. She is my she is my counterpart and I am her time crest we are automatically engaged, one another to marry, we were betrayed before you even patrolled church to the bogeyman, but you left her. You never came for her. I'm here now and that's all that matters Luther said I couldn't come when I was younger. I couldn't leave Alisha once I had to find my sibling and then I had to take care of some other business it took me 16 years to find him and then it took me at least another half a year to get into trust.

Then she had to make the counterpart wish she had to wish for me to come to help her. Oh, I didn't come for the wish but my friends and family did. I was brought here. She saved me from my curse. You should be proud that she didn't have to wait for me to rescue her. No no no she was supposed to marry Alex and have children with him. No, I killed him. Luther said, I freed her from him forever, and from your curse, the curse that you had to marry your children off to him the eldest child cheered now that I had children. I won't have to worry about that anymore, being the eldest in the air the eldest princess cheered you free us Luther as the new queen. I will thank you once I'm coordinated as queen. Several coronations are going on now. Luther said you as the queen of dreams and count him will become the new king of the nightmare realm how it is supposed to be with those classic monsters.

Agreed now we can work on my coronation. My father is ready for retirement. I'm not ready to retire. The king said if you are father, you were about to retire the throne to me before you went into battle. This all would've been avoided if you had to control our daughter to the bogeyman we would've been alive waiting for the time to come for Lily all this mess. All this drama would've been avoided. You hate him because he never showed up. You gave up on him coming father and now he's here and he's here to give our beautiful, my beautiful sister and you your beautiful youngest daughter alive that she deserves to have everyone else agreed we can restore the kingdom she said, the shepherds can take the sheep again the sheep can scatter around the world and give sand to those who need it, but if Luther did what he thinks I did, he did and making a machine we don't need that any more Old methods won't work anymore. It's time to modify the kingdom. And let Lily be married to her husband, her beautiful time crest.

All the kingdoms are free the fairy kingdoms the mermaid kingdom. Every kingdom is free because the bogeyman is dead thanks to Luther Pinecrest, the Pinecrest, my sister's partner.

We must reward you loser. There's no need princess. He said there's no need for you to reward me. Luther said I'm just doing what I was supposed to do. He was my kill. I killed him. I freed your sister and that's all that matters.

Father, you should accept that Luther is her love fine. The king of dreams said the king of sweet dreams said fine I will except Luther is my son-in-law. I do see that he is capable and strong now even though he wasn't here when he was a kid, but you better not break up with her or divorce her, or I will hurt you, Luther you don't need to worry he said I'm planning on staying with your beautiful daughter forever and we're beloved we are married. We are bound. Ezra said binding is permanent, sir. Your Majesty Luther is right about that. I am the first major of Valencia and I'm the one who performed the ceremony.

You cannot break them apart. They're meant to be time. Press encounter parts are meant to be together. It's a sacred thing it is. It is something that you cannot break, sir. Your majesty, he said again.

The king's side OK fine I cannot break up Luther and Lily and since she's now pretty much a queen of another kingdom, I cannot do anything about her anymore.

You better not she's giving birth to my air anytime soon probably today Luther said I need to get to her before we do any kind of coronations for anyone and find my oldest daughter. The king said I will step down as king and let you take over his queen she smiled and said thanks, Father I've been training my whole life to be queen Luther said my wife has all of your clothing all your royal clothing she has saved. She has them all in on right now. Will return everything to you soon.

I guess the king said I'll give you my blessing.

Everyone cheered my wife. Would love to hear that too. Luther said she talked about how you didn't give her anything much attention. Fine, the king said, but you better not be asking us for things or money. I don't need that. Luther said you don't need to worry about us asking you for anything your majesty.

And I do love Serafina. He said they walked towards where she lay in the special box then the others didn't have to rebuild the kingdom so that'll take some time. Luther also helped to be billed. He said he'd help him help. The king rebuilt their kingdom back to normal and they have plenty of Valencia Valencias that can fill in the spaces of just regular citizens. They spread out towards their kingdom anyway.

I just met you, sir and I don't know your name. Luther said as he looked at the king of dreams I am Nathan we said King Nathan of the dream room. I am Nathan king of the sweet dreams and I don't approve of your marriage with my daughter that's why I married her off to the bogeyman in the first place. I thought it was a big fairytale for you too to be together. We're married already. Luther said so you have to approve mail. You have to approve of it now fine he said defeated King Nathan said now that I met you in person and you killed the bogeyman for my daughter's life I guess I have to let you be with her now.

Good because I love her Luther said as he looked nice in the eyes.

Luther asked do you love your wife? What kind of question is that Nathan said, of course, I love her to improve it. They walk to a beautiful coffin where the beautiful queen said Serafina laid in her coffin. Lily must've gone to the trouble of bearing her like this her father said Nathan said as he looked at Luther yes she did. Luther said she wanted her mother to have a more beautiful burial than the rest of you, but she's almost dusted. How can I find it? He says I will awaken my wife, but you want me to divorce Lily no you've already been married and probably having children as long as you provide me with good grandchildren, beautiful grandchildren that's all that matters to me now I guess and if you're ruling another kingdom, I cannot interfere with those laws. Also, Luther said I abolish the law about the bogeyman because there won't be any more bogeyman families my children or yours will never marry into that family ever again.

I guess you did, but I couldn't. My father said the same. Luther said you killed the bogeyman when I couldn't kill him because I thought it would be more war for our families, but I saw now that you had to kill him to bring peace. I guess fine Luther Truce if it wasn't for the bogeyman, I would've been fine with my daughter marrying you the only reason I married her was because I didn't see any other viable options and I had to look at the big picture King Nathan said and I didn't know you were real. I was as real as she was. Luther said I'm her time crest and she is my counterpart. I see that now the king said I shouldn't have married her off, but if I had enough would've been an even bigger war.

I had to do what was best for the kingdom. I didn't know he was mine controlling her or any of those things to do those things that you told me, King Nathan said I didn't know he mind controlled her to sleep with her and have sex, and I didn't know she was mine controlling all of us and her to say those vowels if I knew I would've stopped the wedding, but it was too late.

And I apologize to you loser if I'd known you were real, this wouldn't have been happening right now. If I had known, I would've sent her to Alencia to be with you the bogeyman wouldn't have gotten to her there, but was done, she married him yes but they never lived together. Luther said after the killings they moved to the awakening world. Luther explained your mother, your wife, and her mother moved to the awakening world and led the life out there for a long time. She didn't come back here until she had to save me from the nightmare mountain and then kiss me awake then we went back to the awakening world for a short time, Luther explained up until her mother's death, and when the bogeyman tried to kill her, Nathan shivered he did what he poisoned her said I had to kiss her awake to wake her up like she did me also nursed her back to health after her nightmares after her counterparts disease I saved her from that as well I'm the one who kept safe all these years at least for this last couple of years Luther explained, and said.

Then I must thank you then the king said I will thank you for saving my daughter and her to save you I guess.

And I can tell that you're what my daughter needs more than the bogeyman. I'm sorry I judged you, Luther Luther said it was OK and shook the man's hand.

The rest of the children the nine that were gathered there for the time being shopped to see Nathan's behavior. Well, I better give my daughter her proper blessing to marry you. I'll give you that even though you've already married and I am happy that you were providing us with grandchildren.

And that you're not a false prophet, a false promise after all.

They finally arrived at the Queen's coffin. Queen Serafina lay in a beautiful coffin of gold line while Jules did not lie in the same coffin. Lily didn't have for Lily did not have the time and the resources to give them proper burials and coffins, even when she came back to do it, she didn't have the proper materials .

But the queen got the proper burial that she deserved and needed. She lay in a beautiful dress lying in the coffin her eyes closed in her hair bundled up Nathan's eyes teared up the first time he ever cried in forever to see his beautiful wife lying in such a coffin. Luther did tell him that they were in the same coffin when everyone came back to life, but he didn't wake up in the same coffin next to her for some reason when he came back Nathan touched his beautiful wife and apologized to her. I'm sorry Serafina I'll be a better father and husband and a better king. I'm gonna retire anyway and my daughter will take my place my eldest one like it is tradition. I don't know what we'll do next with the other kids. I see that our daughter has married her destined partner of our time crest I'm still very proud in some Serafina he says as he touches her face I'm sorry will you ever forgive me and that I love you, my beautiful queen.

He leaned in as he touched her lips briefly with his own life restored to Serafina. No one was dusted anymore. Serafina opened her eyes and looked at King Nathan's husband. She said you are my true love because you woke me the bogeyman dead poisoned me just like our daughter Luther wasn't lying. I can see that Nathan said looking at his beautiful wife and he's perfect for our beautiful daughter. I am so sorry for all these years. I forgive you as long as you never do this again I don't think we'll need to the bogeyman is dead. That's why we're still alive except for you. I had to kiss you awake but the curse is broken.

The first mage came to them and said yes your kingdom was cursed it was cursed because your daughter married the bogeyman. It was cursed because of the marriage between the bogeyman and your family. Ezra said, but to break it, the counterpart had to be chosen at this time and had to marry her time press. That also helps with the breaking parts of this particular curse as well not just your death. Your death had to happen so that this would happen.

And I'm sorry who are you key? Nathan asked I am the first major of Alencia. Ezra said on the first page of my land our magic is elemental base and our power sources aura or runs through your daughter now too, sir Luther had given it to her.

I'm the one who married and bound your children together respectable first made. It's good to see you again. Serafina said likewise your Majesty Queen Serafina he says now we need to get to ion your daughter is about to give birth to twins let face light up Lily is she OK? She'll be fine, but I don't know how long she can wait. Everyone laughed. They were headed back to Ion. Ion King Nathan asked Luther if it was my palace. Luther said I named it. I made it too from the I am bricks King Janice gave to me. He gave it to me before I destroyed his kingdom. Why did you do that? I did it to save my human, not my human friends, but my human race I'm half-human in Valencia standards I'm half-human. I'm a half-blood explained.

To be a time crest I have to be half human, but my friend Scarlet is also one because the counterpart chose her to be an ashes one because of my blood, but also because of my emotions Luther explained as they walked back that I am palace beast fell behind them, cause I wanted to walk what do you have with you? This is my Griffin Rubi Luther sad and this is my friend Scarlet, Ruby, dragon Ruby, and this is Ezra's dragon Greeny he's an emerald dragon and in agreement with how beautiful the creatures were magnificent, they were. We also have a female griffin to give us fresh griffin eggs I cook I make my egg sandwich sandwiches I'll let you try some sometime your majesty your wife has eaten them and she thinks they're exquisite queen Serafina laughs. Yes, they are delicious. I can't wait for you to make some more for us sometime. Don't worry there'll be events where I'll be making Griffin eggs sandwiches again for you Your Majesty. .

Also, you'll get to see the queen before she dies not my wife, but the former queen of debt, the queen of Swan Lake, who I inherited this kingdom from Luther explained oh yes, Swan Lake, Nathan thought fondly of times when he took his children there back when things were simple and he wasn't upset about Luther and about, marrying his daughter off to the bogeyman, where there were no worries for a while before his daughter became a time crest.

Also, I hope to see my unicorn soon Queen Serafina said Luther said she's given your daughter your unicorn to to my friend Scarlett. Your other unicorn belongs to her now. That is very nice of my daughter to share her gifts. I also made a machine that'll help with your distributing of dream sand Luther said I'm an inventor so I am fitted a machine that will help you distribute sand all over the world without having to travel as much both the king and queen didn't agree to this modernization. Their palace was modern after all, but they'd have to rebuild it and that'll take some time so what is the machine Nathan asked well Luther said the sheep go in it and they travel all over the world and then they come back. It helps without having to have to travel as much. You don't have to take care of them like shepherds and all that, but you won't have to fly around with them or go out with them or whatever it is you do with the sheep.

I guess you're fine for my daughter since you can invent and take care of her and provide the king said as they walked into ion, everyone's eyes lit up as how it all how beautiful ion was your back a feminine voice said Mother Luther said as he went up and had Tylenol these are Lily's family her nine siblings. Helena counted all the heads of all those children and her parents, Nathan and Serafina I met Serafina before Eleanor said, but I never met the man. I am your daughter-in-law's father. Nathan said I am King Nathan and the world of dreams. It's nice to meet you. It's nice to meet you too. Helena said checking the king's hand.

Son go take a bath you're dripping blood all over ion's floors you can't let you can't let Lily see you in this mess of course Mother I'm gonna go take a bath and so everyone else please wash my clothes, of course, son.

Everyone was flabbergasted at seeing how beautiful this palace was everyone who was involved in the battle went to get clean from the blood. They carried on their clothes and on themselves after they were done they met in Luther and Lily's bedroom or something spectacular was about to happen.

Lily was about to give birth.

And just like at her birth, the Destinys came to pay a visit and Ezra was getting ready to give them the twins, a blessing and the destiny we're gonna give out their destinies.

Which was determined by God himself. It will be good whatever it is.

And Luther, after cleaning up, will bathe then I really am later right now he needs to be by his wife's side. He took her hand in his own and said I'm here, Lily I know you're in labor and in pain, but I am here. Lily looked up at Luther Luther. She said quietly and began her first contractions.

cliffhanger

ending here,

Ending this chapter I hope you enjoy it. It's probably a short one, but that's OK. The next one will probably be even shorter. It's the epilogue this book is about to close and the third book will open soon. I'm not sure what I'm gonna call it yet so I'll probably give it some thought but I hope you enjoy the book too and book one of the counterpart series. Also please go check out the shorts they'll be more coming all right then I will see you in the epilogue. See you then which I probably will write and put up tomorrow so I'll see you then. All right see you later.

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