The Seven Realms

The forgotten legacy of the Seventh Realm.

Keira sat in the library, she was back home, much to Allister's arguments, she had left anyway, Lupin had come with her, being her brother, his mind set was he'd already lost one sister, seeing him as a human was strange he had darker more olive skin, grey eyes and ginger hair, he also had a splatter of freckles on his face which lit up as the sun passed over his face and eyes, beaming he explored this new world, "so this is what you've from?" "Yeah, I guess it's been so long that now this world feels alien to me" "by the way how is your hair shorter then in our realm?" "Well I hated my hair long and with the purple so when we first got here, after I showered and stuff,

I picked up some scissors and here we are" "but how is it so even?!" "I used a ruler" They both continued joking around, Keira's hair sat just above her shoulders, she smiled, she was still incredibly short, and had a really cute fashion sense but she missed this place more than she realised, she could tell Lupin didn't mind them staying here, Keira had called her dad and for the first time hearing his voice was reassuring, knowing someone here was human, even as much as she hated him, Keira looked across the lounge, they were in Sarah's house,

so everything had this old, antique look to it, Lupin lay across the couch, his ginger fringe in front of his eyes, Keira stood going through the many, many books Sarah had kept there hoping she may have kept one on the seventh realm, one that tells them what happened there, Azurite had helped, however not even he was sure what happened that day to his home, it pained him.

Keira went through a bunch of books, recipe books, true crime novels, supernatural occurrences novels, supernatural phenomenons explained novels, proof of Bigfoot novels, proof of Faeries and mermaids, Sarah really kept tabs on humans making sure they never got far enough to find out the truth. "Historium" Keira said aloud, Lupin jumped up from his lounge position, "my Father used to talk about that all the bloody time, he said everything that ever was or is or will be is recorded within its pages, it bloody pissed him off not being able to own it" "Lupin?! This is it! This is what can help us!" "Keira.....it can't help us" "why?"

"Like every magical being that comes through that portal over time magic fades until it becomes nothing but a distant and vivid memory forgotten to the mundane world, hidden from even our eyes, when we become blinded from our own magic there is now going back" "what does this have to do with the book?" Lupin took the book and opened it as he flipped through, Keira's worst fears came to materialise at the moment, all the pages were blank, not a single word.

"What if we take it back? That has to work right?! Right?!" "Keira calm down, I'm sorry they'll be another way right now we have to focus so we can find it, please Keira calm down" "I am calm, but why would Sarah leave this here for it to be destroyed?" "She wouldn't have, it's not real, it's a fake, clearly she was hiding the real one for a reason, this is a cook book" he held up the book now in its normal form, "old fashioned favourites 1943 edition" Sarah had some.....tastes.

"Where's the real book then, Lu, what the hell do we do?" "I think we should tell Al, erm Zephyr" "ha I'm rubbing off on you! You called him Al" "ha ha" Lupin walked over to the windowsill, "I was going to say we leave now, its in the dragon kingdom, that's how my father knew so much about it,  but, there's a storm on the wind I can taste it, we should stay here until it passes" "why? It won't effect us if we've not here"

"who said the storm was coming here?" Keira stopped, and understood what he was saying, she sat down and turned on the tv her and Lupin watched, some Christmas movie, Keira looked out the window it was strange to think it was almost that time again, she wondered if the realm of mystonia had any sort of tradition. Keira had already gotten gifts for Lu and and Al, she wondered if they had done anything for her, Keira heard someone knocking at the door, Lupin was once again sprawled across the couch, clearly he wasn't moving, Keira opened the door, the wheelchair almost seemed Alien to her now she jumped into a hug.

"Al, what are you doing here?!" "I thought we could spend Christmas here" she smiled, behind him, was Anquis now in his human form, black hair and black eyes, the same olive skin and freckles, his hair was cut edgier, his fringe covered his eyes, "what the bloody hell is he doing here" Anquis met Keira's eyes, "I brought presents" he smiled at Keira. Keira invited them in, Anquis smiled, "exactly how I remember it" "wait....you've been here?" "Yeah, Sarah raised me, but when you came along it wasn't safe for me so I was sent to my father, that was the worst decision of her life" "I had no idea" "well don't feel pity for me, I'm fine" "you're my older brother, I want to get to know you" "well don't bother, there's not much to know" "how about you stop being a walking cloud of emo and help set up the tree" Al piped in "can't you?" Anquis then realised his mistake, "I'm sorry, that was insensitive, Lucerne, would you help me? Please?"

"Fine" they both got up and began walking out to go get a tree, Al and Keira were left alone, "so, how'd you break Anquis out?" "Would it be cool if I said I did some spy moves?" "No, you dork" she laughed, Keira sat on his lap he wrapped his hands around her waist, "I've missed you" Allister kisses her, Keira laughs noticing the two males dragging some random tree, "it needs to be pine, have you never seen a Christmas tree?!" "Ah fuck! I told you!" Anquis groaned, they went on swearing and yelling at each other, as they searched for a pine, Flynn and Spencer came across from the other side of the road, recognising Allisters brothers, as they carried what appeared to be a tree Keira's eyes lit up, "surprise" Al whispered to her, "why would you ask Lupin and Anquis to look for one if you already had one?" "I needed an excuse to have alone time with you and also they need bonding time" Keira laughed as she helped Flynn with door, as he and Spencer set it down in the water prepared for it, "thank you" "don't mention it Keir, since I work with Joe on the farm I got first dibs, so I picked this beauty"

"it's perfect thank you Spencer, you to Flynn" , "can we interest you in some hot cocoa? Sarah's recipe?" Al was already in the kitchen, "sure, it'll be nice to sit here again" with that hey both tossed off their snow boots and hats and hung their coats they sat on the couch, they all sat with hot cocoa as Keira decorated the tree, they heard yelling Keira guessed it was the boys back from their expedition, "there are no bloody-hey nice tree" "you idiot I told you that's the type tree we needed, we passed like 30!" "Hey, hot cocoa now sit down and shut up" they groaned and accepted the hot cocoa and joined the others on the couch, Anquis and Spencer got along well, they talked for ages, they were a contrast, Anquis, dark haired, dark eyed, olive skin and freckles,  Spencer, dirty blonde hairs, skin flawless and pale, no freckles, his pale blue eyes set him apart from everyone else but he and Anquis or as the human name he adopted, Abel, haven't stopped talking since they met, its nice to see Abel as he now prefers to be called, happy, even briefly.

"I got something for you" "Al, you didn't have to, I don't have anything for you, not yet anyway" "its fine and besides, i wanted to" Keira held her breath as Al, took his time going through his bag, he produced a small box, with a bow, he handed it to her, everyone was quiet, what was happening? she begun opening it she took the ribbon off, and begun undoing the paper, the box was beautiful, handmade and clearly one from the elfin realm, maybe Seelie. she opened the box and inside was not at all what she expected.

"Kiera, I won't say your full name because you've asked me not to, will you marry me?" she was breathless, staring at him hey eyes began to water, "yes, yes Alister is that even a question?" He slid the ring onto her finger as they kissed each other; the ring was gold and thin, it looked like a skeleton leaf, but it wrapped around into the ring on her finger, apparently this was Alister's grandmothers ring it was Antique and hadn't been worn by any Queen since her passing. Keira and Alister turned to their family, Keira's brothers and Alisters brothers who were all sitting sharing hot cocoa. Alisters brothers were smirking, they knew what was happening the whole time, whereas Keira's brothers well.....Lupin couldn't care less, and the dark angsty Anquis shed some tears.

"So Abel, Lucas, will you spend Christmas here?" "Lucas who the bloody hell is lu-" Alister shot him a glare and he realised, "oh right uh yeah we will, Abel and I can't wait to see the humans in their natural habitat" "right....cool friends Al" the uneasiness was stirred "sorry my brother needs to work on his sense of humour" Abel spoke up "he was joking" "oh! Ha....ha....ha?" Abel laughed at Spencer trying to be nice. This was it, this was family.