Any second I could spend with Faolan was never wasted, I just wanted to be around her all the time, to see her, to hold her, to love her. I was there every time she cried, and when her parents were yelling and screaming I was right there next to her protecting her from their words. She only ever called on me when it was an emergency, but usually when she did I was already on my way.

    When Fae, as I have nicknamed her, was around 4 months old the nanny was introduced. Ms. Hoffman was a short, stubby little lady probably in her early 50's, and she wasn't the most pleasant lady. Every time the baby cried, she reluctantly left her post in front of the television and went over to the crib, I was there as soon as my girl even thought about crying, I was there to fulfill her every need.

    After Ms. Hoffman came into the picture, Faolan's parents were almost never seen; during some of the nights I spent calming my girl to sleep, they could be heard yelling and screaming downstairs. I was beginning to see why this girl would need my help, everything around her was already ruined and the world was setting her up for failure, not on my watch. As long as I am alive, I swear this girl will be loved, this girl will be cared for, this girl will fulfill her destiny.

    Everytime I was on Earth I stayed as long as I could, secretly hoping I could train my body to adjust to atmosphere. That would never happen though, I didn't quite understand why but no delfa could ever live on Earth. It was just something I was going to have to understand.

    Once Faolon began walking and talking her life became more interesting, whenever I was there we spent all the time I had playing games and watching movies and just being together. She began calling on me more and more often, sometimes just to play, sometimes because she had been scolded, and my favorite was when she thought there was a monster in her closet.

    I was getting ready for bed one night when I felt fear begin to creep through me, but it wasn't my fear; It was my human's. Right before I could teleport, I heard her in the back of my mind, tugging at my brain. In two seconds I found myself in Faolan's room where a three year old girl with long mouse brown hair was trembling under the covers.

    "Faolan, baby girl, what's wrong?" I called out softly as I moved to sit next to her on the small bed.

    "Kawista, monster! Monster!" She cried pointing at the dark closet.

    It broke my heart to see her crying, so I walked over to the closet and flicked the light on. I knew there were no monsters in the closet, but to assure my girl, I checked the closet thoroughly. When I was done checking behind all the clothes and inspecting the walls, I turned back to the child, who was still trembling under her blankets.

    "Fae, there are no monsters in there. Do you want me to leave the closet light on?" I asked, cracking the closet door with some light coming out the crack.

    The trembling figure nodded and I abandoned the closet to rush to her side. Faolan opened up her covers to allow me to slide in the the bed next to her. I held her close to my side and gently rocked her side to side until she fell asleep in my arms. She soon was in a deep sleep that was enough for me to be able to put her head back on the pillow and slip away, no matter how much it pained me to do it. I couldn't stay much longer but I didn't want to leave. The pain in my head was too much bear so I teleported back to my bed in my cottage. Where I was greeted by my mother standing over my bed.

"You can't keep doing this Kalista, you're gonna get hurt one day and you'll be trapped on Earth" She commented sternly, looking at my tired body.

"I know, it's just- it's just that I feel her every emotion and I have to be there for her. I know she's going to call me before she even does, as soon as she let's out even half a sob I know I have to be there for her. Faolan needs me." I replied hoarsely as I tried to sit up but ended up collapsing back down.

"And how exactly are you supposed to protect her when you can't even stand up, come on I'm taking you to the doctor." She grabbed my arm and in a flash we were in the waiting room and she was filling out forms for me.

The office was filled with delfas, some holding small children that were sniffling, some with wounds that looked as if they had attempted to heal themselves but had failed halfway through. I didn't want to be here, all I needed was a nap and then I could be ready to go to my girl whenever she had called. This was a waste of time.

"Kal, what's your street name?" My mother asked, but before I could answer I felt the tingle of sadness move up my spine.

"Kalis-" I cut my mother off hush her sharply.

I tried to focus in on the feelings of my girl until a clear sound of what she was hearing rung through my head. It was Faolan's parents, shouting and throwing things across the living room. A glass bottle broke somewhere and I could feel her fear. She needed me there next to her.

Before my mother could say anything or even stop me from going, I teleported out of the uncomfortable waiting room chair and into a dark closet, where I recognized Faolan's sniffling. I scooted closer to her, pushing through the hanging coats to get back to her.

"You're all right baby girl, you've done nothing wrong." I held her close to my chest and helped her shut out the noises around her.

There was banging all around us and crashing, I stayed there holding her until it was finally over. I looked down at the still trembling figure, wishing I could stay with her longer, but the fatigue was setting in. Holding her head between my hands, to big blue eyes blinked back tears as they stared back at me.

"Faolan, I need you to go to your room, shut your door and wait till I can come back," I pressed a chaste kiss to her forehead before I slipped away back into the doctor's office, where I was greeted by my angry and annoyed mother.

"You're lucky you're still alive" were the only words I heard before a warm darkness absorbed me.

When I woke up there was something calling me, my girl was calling me. There were monitors attached to me and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get back to Faolan. As soon as I got some of my energy back, I went about unattaching everything, just as a nurse walked in.

"No, no, no, back into bed with you. Come on lassie, your body took quite the toll." She helped me back into bed.

"My girl is calling me." I whispered hoarsely as I kept trying to get away and get back to Earth.

"You will do her no good to go back like this." The nurse started putting the monitors back on me.

"She's scared and she needs me." I was overcome with Faolan's fear and sadness as the nurse gave me something to calm me down.

There was a feeling around me, soft blankets graced my skin but no matter the comfort around me I still felt scared and sad. No one was there to hold me and no one was there to dry my tears. These weren't my feelings, the were the feelings of a three, going on four little girl that didn't deserve this.

"Please," I tried to reach out through the drowsiness that had overcome me.

Even in my sleep I could feel her, maybe even more than when I was awake. My senses were open to hers and i could feel her every emotion, her every thought, her every feeling. I tried to reach through to wrap my arms around her, hoping she could feel that I wanted to be there but couldn't.

When we were in our early stages of preparing to come to Earth and protect our humans we had to study the atmosphere of the different planet. On Ribbinion, we don't have all the greenhouse gases nor do we have such a heavy atmosphere around our planet. When we are exposed to Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, and other gases as well as the atmospheric pressure, our bodies become fatigued and are unable to get the proper oxygen we need to support our more developed mind and bodies.

Maybe if I just let myself become human I could always be there for her.

    After they finally let me out of the hospital, I wasn't allowed to go to Earth by myself. An older delfa had to accompany me, but they wouldn't be visible to Faolan. This lasted for almost two Earth years, right up until it was time for Kindergarten.

    Kindergarten was not fun for my girl. She was often teased by the other kids and was left with no one to play with at recess, luckily I could always be there when she was alone on the playground. We would play on the slide, I would chase her around the playground, and I was always up for pushing her on the swing set. Once Faolan started school, she also cried more. Every morning when the bus came to pick her up, I was there to dry her tears. And I always waited for her at the bus stop when she got home and spent the two hours I could spend on Earth helping her with her homework.

    I quickly had to learn to know when I needed to return home, sadly i couldn't spend more than two hours on Earth at a time: only if I allowed myself three hours to recharge in between visits. The sad part about that was, Faolan was getting to the point in her life when she needed someone there. Someone to love her and comfort her, to dry her tears and let her know she is cared for. No one else was there to, so I had to be.

    School only got worse after Kindergarten, Faolan was a great student, but she was often afraid of being called a nerd if she were to do well in class and was too shy to make friends with anyone. So, she became an outcast among outcasts, rejected by everyone. When it came time for middle school, Faolan began calling on me less and less, and when she did it always started with "I'm sorry to bother you Kalista, I know you're probably busy."

    Then came the bad crowd. In seventh grade, Fae was finally accepted into a social group, yet it wasn't a good one. It was a crowd with stoners and drug dealers, but she didn't care; she was just happy to have friends. Things went from bad to worse when she finally let them pressure her into going to one of their parties. It was hard to keep up with keeping her safe.