and more light up the forest. I watched blue, then red, then green all sparkle as if the
stars had been tied to the trees. I knew what they truly were. Fairy lanterns, all the
faes had them. I made my way through the trees and followed the path the lanterns
gave me up to a high structure of rocks. It just looked like an ordinary cave but as I
made my way around the side I snuck through a small crevice and into a tunnel. I
held my right hand along the wall as I walked through the maze downwards and
into the ground. The maze led me out into the large opening in the ground where I
could look up and see the forest above me.
As I walked through the bottom of the small canyon I found a large opening in the
wall and walked through. I felt a small surge of energy as I passed through the field
and into the half fairy realm. Light blinded me as I walked out into the open.
I whistled again but in a different tone and waited for a response. Nothing. I
whistled again and this time I got a reply. Slowly and softly a light whistle filled my
eardrums and made my heart beat faster. He was on his way.
I quickly turned and ran back out of the realm and into the canyon again. I jumped
up the rocks quickly and through maze with my left hand on the wall and out into
the black of the night once again. I waited sitting at the base of a large red wood and
waited with my face in my hands. I counted to sixty and once I looked up the familiar
face greeted me. Chandresh held out his hand to me and I took it, helping me up.
‘Hi.’ I mumbled.
‘You sound troubled.’
‘Just Thomas again.’ I muttered. Chandresh didn’t reply. I stopped staring
past him. I looked at his face. It had turned dark with rage. That enough made me
smile. ‘It’s okay. I really wish you were there to kill him.’ He let out a hollow laugh
at my remark.
‘Why do humans even bother with marriage?’ I heard him whisper as he
turned away. I placed a hand on his shoulder and turned him back to face me.
‘Please Chandresh. We’ve been through this before.’ His eyes looked up from
the ground and he held my gaze as I slowly removed my hand from his shoulder.
‘You are not like the other humans though May.’ He whispered quietly. I
blushed.
‘Thanks Chandresh, but I’m still human. And I do believe in marriage. Just not
with.’ I held my breath from saying it.
‘Thomas.’ He hissed. I actually thought he had seen him for I turned around
to look behind me but no one was there. ‘You know, I really wish I could meet him.’ I
grinned giving him a light punch in the shoulder. I watched as his wings twitched
and sent off a faint sparkle in the black light. I could barely even see his face.
I whistled lightly and Chandresh joined in shortly after until a few fairy
lanterns were lit around us. Now I could clearly see his face. Enough to tell that he
had ink swirl down his neck and behind on his back.
‘What’s that?’ I asked curiously pointing at the ink.
‘I got marked today.’ He hesitated. ‘Everyone gets marked at 18.’ He added.
‘What is it supposed to be?’ I asked. He smiled and turned for me to see his
wings and the ink that went down his shoulder blade and stopped between his
wings. It was a bunch of intricate swirls spreading out with symbols intertwined in
them written in Selaids.
