Sky

Chapter 17: Reunions

Sky walked back down the mountain. Her stomach was uneasy. "Lala?" She asked when she was at the bottom. "I'm sorry, but I have go."

Lala didn't look at her; she was too busy cleaning herself. "Okay, when will you be back?"

"That's the thing," she winced. "I'm not coming back."

Lala snapped her head upwards. "What?! Why not?"

Sky bit her lip. "It's about time I told you," she sighed. "I'm a ghost."

Lala's eyes went wide with horror. "What?! I've known you for two years and you're just now telling me this?!"

Sky hesitated. "Yeah," she admitted. "I've been a ghost for 4,000 years. And after I beat Darkness, I got the offer to become an angel. I said yes." Lala's eyes just kept getting wider and wider.

"So," Sky concluded. "I have to leave. Forever."

"That's when the tears started. Lala cried, Sky cried. Sky promised Lala she'd see her again in heaven once she died. And then she left." Blackboots stated.

"Left for heaven?" Andrieus questioned.

Blackboots smiled and shook her head. "This is my favorite part."

Sky was walking back up the mountain, then she hesitated. She had a strange feeling Chase was still alive, somehow. She had to look for him. The feeling in her gut was like a compass.

"She wandered around for nearly a month before she found them. Chase and Coral. And she found them at none other than the waterfall. She was kind of nervous; she hadn't seen them in so long."

After she inhaled and exhaled, she walked up and asked, "Anyone home?"

She heard a female voice say, "Chase, go find out who's outside, please?"

A full-grown horse that looked like a bigger version of Chase stepped out of the water. Sky asked and smiled.

"Chase!" Tears of joy pricked her eyes.

Chase squinted at her. "Sky? Is that you?"

Sky nodded ecstatically. His face lit up. "Sky! Oh, Sky!" They nuzzled each other with tears of joy.

After they settled down, Chase smiled and said, "Come on in. I've got something to show you."

Sky walked in and gasped in surprise.

Sitting there was a full-grown Coral, and she wasn't alone. Sitting next to her was a tiny newborn foal. "Oh, congratulations, you two!" She squealed. She looked at Coral. "Good to see you again, Coral."

Chase was beaming. "Coral, I'm sure you remember Sky."

Coral's face lit up. "Sky! Is it really you?"

Sky smiled and nodded, then looked down at the foal. "And who's this little one?"

Coral smiled. "We're naming her Blackboots."

"Humans put these things on their feet called shoes," Chase explained. "The tall one are called boots, and it looks like she's wearing them."

"Oh, that makes sense." Sky said.

Then Coral asked, "Um, not to be rude, Sky, but what happened to you?"

Sky chuckled. "It's a long story."

Coral grinned. "We have time. I mean, I just had Blackboots. It's not like I can get up anyway. "

Sky nodded. "Well, I guess if I won't waste your time..."

Chase shook his head. "Oh, you won't! No way! We haven't seen you in so long, you owe it to us!"

"So Sky told them everything. About her seat, not being let into heaven, being a ghost, watching Lala, and becoming an angel." Blackboots said.

Andrieus was still gaping. "I can't believe Sky is your real and actual grandmother! And you actually met her!"

Blackboots chuckled. "Well, I was a baby at the time. I don't remember it."

After telling the story to them, and answering questions, ("You're really gonna be an angel?" Sky said, "So. I've told you my story. Why don't you tel me yours? Like, how are you still alive and young?"

"So then they told her everything- the kidnap, Hailey, escaping."

"Since we were together all the time and since we're different from everyone else now, we decided to be mates, and here we are. Unfortunately, we haven't seen Stardust since then. We just figured she'd died. However, Hailey did come see us again, but that was a long time ago. Being a mortal, she's passed by now." Coral smiled. "It was good to see her."

"Oh," Sky said. Then she had a vision. That was definitely a first. She saw Stardust sitting alone in a forest. But the weird thing was it looked like she'd barely aged. "Woah. That was weird."

Chase and Coral were confused. "What happened?"

"I had a vision," Sky announced.

"Wow! Cool!"

Sky smiled. At heart, Chase would always be a child. "I saw Stardust! She was alone. But the weird thing is she still looks like a kid."

Just then it dawned on Coral. "Right. She isn't able to age. I totally forgot."

"What?"

Coral smiled. "Why don't you let her tell you? Go find her!"

Sky nodded. "I think I will. But in the meantime, I'm really going to miss you guys. I hope to see you one day in heaven." After nuzzling with both horses and kissing her granddaughter on the forehead, she left.

Two down, one to go.