Wings of fate

Chapter 10

We were in a big green field. There was nothing else in sight. Just green grass. I looked up and saw the blue sky. With excitement I turned to Jai.

"Is this sky illusion?" Maybe it was not an illusion and I managed to open a door to the human world. I knew that the curse on the pocket door prevented this but still I couldn't stop myself from hoping. Only this could make today better.

"It is an illusion, Rosalynn." My face fell with his words but I quickly pulled myself together. I already showed enough vulnerability for today. I knew I totally had the right to but I still didn't want to. I knew that you were supposed to cry when your father dies in front of your eyes but it still didn't make me feel better.

"But if there is a sky illusion here, where are we? We can't be in Lightlee because there is no sky illusion in Lightlee except from the castle." With Xara's very smart observation Onyx started to jump with a big smile.

"We did it! We are in a another pocket! All we needed until now was a Rheta!" shouted Onyx, still jumping. Are we really in another pocket? It makes sense since there is a sky illusion but how? I didn't even mean to open a Rheta door to another pocket. Onyx still jumping united all of us hands and made everyone jump with him. Deciding to think about the details I smiled and started laughing and jumping with them.

I thought about how lucky I was to have friends like this. We all were wounded kids but we knew how to cheer each other up. They were with me when I cry and when I laugh. Between us there were no humans and faeries, it was just us. I experienced very bad things from faeries and the faeries experienced bad things from humans but we still managed to untie. We learned to blame the ones who were guilty instead of blaming an entire race. Even though none of us had families available we had each other. Because contrary to what everyone thinks blood doesn't run thicker than water. Blood stains and water cleans. Blood hurts and water heals. The only important thing is to find a real water. Because if you try to clean blood with something else you just make it stain more. If you try to heal blood with something else you just make it infected. And at that moment I understand that I did in fact find my water. When you manage to laugh so whole heartily right after you cried it means that you made it. You found the right person. The only thing left is to wash the blood stains and heal the wounds. Everyone here had so many wounds that it would take time but eventually we would make it. Today was our first step and there was a whole stair left but no one was tired. We would hold each other's hands and make it all the way up happy and together. That's what friends are for. Today everyone here came together and made a magic not even the strongest magician could do; they made my heart warm again, they washed away one stain. And tomorrow I will do what I can to wash away their stains.

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After walking for an hour we were still in the same field. We only went straight but it was like we weren't going anywhere. We were walking and walking but not reaching anywhere. The sky illusion was affecting all of our senses so the sun was making us sweat. Everyone was very tired and thirsty but no one was complaining since we were all excited about coming to a new pocket realm. My gratefulness for the sky illusion was starting to turn into weariness the more we walked. I never felt so thirsty in my life. Even in our poor days in human lands we always had water in our town. I was used to hunger but not thirst. The fact that there was nothing in our sight made it even worse. If we saw anything else far away the walking would be much more motivated but it was only green grass. Endless green grass.

"I know you guys won't believe me but I am starting to miss the darkness and the coldness of the down city." Finally Raiden complained and everyone nodded to him saying they definitely believe him. After another hour of walking we stopped to discuss if it was worth trying to open a Rheta door but decided it was not. I did not have enough experience in this and I couldn't control where my Rheta door took us to. We could end back in down city and no one wanted to risk it. Jai tried to take away the illusion but he couldn't, which meant that whoever made it was a very strong person. Jai, Onyx and Xara tried to fly to see if they saw anything else but no one had enough energy to fly. We all were so hungry and thirsty that we couldn't do anything else other than walking. It felt like dying but we were alive. For now at least.

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"I am starting to think this field has no end and this pocket realm is just green grass," said Eleni. So was I.

"Your crazy 10 ideas would help us very much here, Eleni," responded Jai angrily. He was still angry at Eleni and the rest for letting her make the plan when she was at 10.

"I know brother but let alone being 10 I am dangerously close to 4 at the moment." Even though Jai was angry, Eleni didn't really care. I realized that Eleni was very result oriented and didn't care what happened on the way as long as the result was good. When Xara told us about the original plan I realized that we would have been fucked if I didn't manage to open a Rheta door in time becouse in contrast to what they thought the spell bound room was not strong enough hold when the whole castle was collapsing. It was really a crazy plan and not one a healthy thinking person would do. But then again, which of us was healthy? I hate to spoil but no one.

"Apart from me if you could find some new powers inside you Rose, that could help too. Especially if you find something to do with water." Onyx joined the conversation with a tired voice.

"Those powers are not inside me Onyx, I am stealing them from Etetis and as far as I know Etetis didn't have any powers related to water."

"We are four and a half faeries here and no one has any useful powers to use in this situation," said Xara. Am I the half? Ouch that hurt.

"Let alone useful, I don't even have any powers yet Xara," added Eleni. Well that is even more sad but I didn't say it. Eleni was already very upset about it as it was, she didn't need my comment.

"It is okay Eleni, I am sure you will develop it soon enough. Think of it as peeing; you can't do it until your body is ready." Well, only Onyx would try to comfort someone like this.

"Very interesting topic to compare but I get your topic Onyx, thank you," said Eleni, putting one arm around his shoulder. Onyx smiled at Eleni and they started to walk ahead of us. They were very sweet. It was like they were made to be together. Eleni was the crazy type and Onyx was the one calming her ideas. Onyx was the sensitive type and Eleni was the one acomending his needs.

Even though everyone was one step away from collapsing everyone laughed back them and continued. This walk was really starting to be changeling. As we continued I tried to reach to Etetis's powers or his wings but as my dad said I couldn't do it by myself. I needed Jai. It was like our fate was bound from the first minute I found myself in this realm. I didn't feel like it was a coincidence that I fell onto him when I came here or when he kept me alive. It felt more like this all was fate. Me meeting him, meeting this group and everything else.

As I was lost in my thoughts I took one more step and fell back. Confused, I tried again but failed. I looked to the rest of us but no one could take one more step. There was nothing in front of us but we still fell back when we tried to go. It was like there was invisible glass. Maybe it was the border of this realm. But it meant that there was really nothing in this pocket which didn't feel right. I felt like there was something more here. Right when I raised up to try again a loud voice came.

"It has been a while since any other faeries came here or passed the test but you guys did it. Incredible. Now that you are here I think you guys deserve to enter Guernri. Welcome to the only border pocket realm in all the pockets."