Don't Mess With Time

Chapter Forty-Five

"You know... if you're going to the Snow Ball, you'll need to dress up."

Amber looked at Theresa like she had just committed blasphemy.

Hilda was laughing.

Theresa grinned and moved a bit closer to Amber.

"You'd look really pretty in a nice dress... maybe some Camelot colors... the coat looks nice on you, so that's some evidence," Theresa said, pristine blue eyes sparkling.

Amber blushed.

Hilda was waiting for it.

For Amber to snap and say she wouldn't wear a dress.

Because Amber had never worn a dress.

But instead Amber just looked at Theresa.

"Fine," she growled out.

Theresa's face lit up with excitement.

"Really?!"

Amber glared at her and nodded, her face still tinted red as she looked at her.

Theresa glanced at her cousin and could tell she was already formulating ideas in her head.

Theresa's arm was going numb, but Amber seemed to have no intention of letting her go.

And she was okay with that.

They were going to the Snow Ball and the No Ball in a couple of days and they had finally ensured that all of them were actually going to be born.

And as Theresa finally let herself relax, Merlin appeared.

"Congratulations! You have all ensured that you were born and it's time to take you home!"

Theresa felt her smile fall.

That meant...

She glanced at Amber.

The Never has a practiced blank look on her face.

But she could tell that Amber was disappointed.

That made her feel happy (even though she herself was disappointed).

Merlin didn't seem to notice and he snapped his fingers.

There was a blindingly bright light all around them and they reappeared in their proper time.

In the past, everyone seemed to forget about them.

They forgot that they were supposed to come back and should still be at their school, but they all remembered the lessons they'd taught them.

It was easy to manipulate the human mind.

But there was something that couldn't be manipulated so easy.

But he could delay it.

But not for too long.

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Theresa groaned and pushed herself to her feet.

She grabbed onto Amber's hand and pulled her up while the Never grumbled and leaned against her.

The others were all climbing to their feet, but Amber was still groggy and practically laying against her.

Theresa shrugged and pulled the girl into her arms and held her bridal style.

Hilda grumbled something about PDA and rolled her eyes before continuing to take in her bearings.

She smiled as she suddenly recognized where it was.

It was the Camelot castle gardens.

Where Merlin had originally found them.