Falling Sky

Almost There

*Six Months after Bri's Birthday*

Arielle's POV

I was back home. Orion had been lying about Grandmama being sick, the war with Falion was over, and I was enjoying some nice quiet time with Ky. All of a sudden, I heard a blood-curdling scream. Instinctively, I knew it was Bri. My beautiful baby sister was being tortured. I ran into the woods, snapping twigs and getting branches snagged in my clothes. I burst into a clearing. There was Bri, crying and sobbing.

"Why did you leave me?" She cried. "I loved you, I trusted you, then you left me!"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't want too! I promise! I love you!" I collapsed to the green grass.

Bri's cries became louder and louder. "All your fault! It's all your fault." Her voice faded and so did the forest.

"It's all my fault!" I screamed, jolting awake.

"What?" It was Ky. He sat up, his black hair stuck up randomly.

"Nothing, go back to bed." I mumbled, staring at the top of cavern.

"I feel like I should find out what this about, but I'm too tired." He kissed my forehead then turned around and fell back to sleep.

We had been running for six months now, and I wasn't sure we were any closer to the surface than when we started. At first, it was great, and hopeful, and all that, but soon I started to have dreams. Of Bri. And I started to chastise myself, maybe Dream-Bri was right. What sort of sister would leave her baby sister to the wolves? Also known as our family? I was worried that Bri was getting hurt because we left. I was worried that Grandmama was slipping away because I didn't marry that old, fat count. He was 35, for Pete's sake. That's just gross. But worst of all, I was worried that I had failed everybody and that Mom would have left me again if I hadn't left first. Leaving a newborn leaves more of an emotional scar than you would think.

I rubbed that stupid silver locket. That thing had given me hope, which made it all the worse when my Mother-Daughter  fantasies didn't come true. I sighed.

"Good night Bri. Wherever you are." I said, as I fell asleep.

Kyron's POV

I woke up to the sounds of soft sobs.

"Ari? What's the matter?" I stumbled over to her, still a bit sleepy.

"It's Lythian." She wailed.

"Where?" I looked blindly around the cave.

"Here!" She pointed at the paper, bursting into tears again.

"Umm. Are you sleep deprived?" I asked.

"No! He wrote a letter." She shoved the paper at me. "This one's for you, I already read it, but after you read it, you can read mine." She stared at the page, weeping.

Dear Kyron,

I'm sorry I hated you, but you were so in sync with MY twin sister. I guess I just felt left out. That's why I let Mara enlist me to help set Ari up with Duke Farrow. But I had my own reasons.

I could see that she loved you. Even when she couldn't, I could. Twinstinct, I guess. But I also knew that they people of our land would NOT let a Halfblood Fairy Princess marry a mortal. They wouldn't have wanted the bloodline to be tainted further. I knew that my stubborn sister would marry you anyway, and I knew that before Ari could even have a child, they would kill you. And make it seem like an "accident". Ari would have been heartbroken, and I couldn't see her like that. So I helped. I was hiding behind the curtains though, and I heard Ari's conversation with our mother, then our father, then herself. She was broken with the thought of telling you even though she didn't know why. That's when I knew I had made a mistake. With my Twinstinct I know Ari is reading this, because I know you would never keep anything from each other.

Be forever happy,
Prince Lythian
P.S. Marry her soon, we all know Ari's impatient

I smiled at Arielle. She smiled back, before looking at her letter again and crying. She flopped to the floor dramatically.

"Hey!" She squinted. "Is that... Light?" Ari began to run.

"Ari! Wait up!" I raced after her.

That's when we saw it. A doorway of light, leading into our glade. Ari spun around excitedly. She kissed me, long and sweet, than reached for my hand.

"Together?" She asked, seriously.

I knew this was about more than walking back home. This was about the future. "Always." I answered. Then, I grabbed her hand and we walked through that door. Together.

That chapter took FOREVER. But at least it's over now. I'm too tired to write more. The picture is pretty self-explanatory(Ari and Ky). Good Night Folks!

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