As Makenna cautiously trekked through the corridor, she kept her eyes and ears open and said, "Oh gosh, I feel like something's just going to jump out at me and—!"

A bat entered from nowhere and soared by Makenna's head.

"Ah!" she screamed. She sprinted down the corridor and waved her hand as more bats chased her.

After running for a few minutes, Makenna stepped on a stone and lost her balance. She yelled as she fell to the ground. She landed on her front and closed her eyes, bracing her head as the bats soared over it.

Makenna kept her hands on her head until she was confident the bats were gone. When she was sure they were, she struggled to her knees and peered down the continuous corridor. "I'm a lost fairy!" Makenna yelled. She buried her head in her hands and sobbed. She felt like she was the only one in the corridor.

When she finally stopped sobbing, she twisted her head and glanced at her back, which was covered with the fur coat. She thought momentarily, then asked, "Can't get in control of my wings?" Makenna unbuttoned her coat. "I'll show him." With a stern face, she pulled the coat off and threw it to the ground. She was now looking at her tiny wings.

Makenna said, "Oh shoot!" when she felt the cold and wrapped her arms around her body. "I'm freezing!" She watched as her breath escaped her lips and dissipated in the air. With teeth chattering, she said, "No," and stood. "I'm going to-to fly! I'll show tha-that so-called wizard whose boss!"

Makenna peered back to her wings again and tried to remember how Tracey managed to control them. When it hit her, she put down her foot and called, "Wings! Lift me into the sky!"

The wings did nothing. They were on their coffee break.

Makenna clenched her fist and tried again. "Wings! You be-better li-lift me into the-the sky!"

Again, her wings did nothing.

"Ooh!" shouted frustrated Makenna. "You're kidding me. Stupid wings! Stupid, stupid wings!" Reaching back, she grabbed them and tried to force them to flap. "Flap, you idiots! Flap!"

Nothing happened.

Yelling, Makenna continued to attempt flying, but she failed every time. Finally, she gave up and plopped down on her butt. As she sat in the cold, dark corridor, she crossed her arms and started to pout.

The wings carried on with their coffee break.

After a bit, Makenna finally said, "I want to go home! I just want to be a normal teenager!" She punched the rocky ground, ignoring the pain.

After a few more minutes, Makenna finally decided to continue walking. She picked up her coat, let it hang from her right elbow, and trekked forward. While she trekked, she stayed as quiet as possible, and then she saw something.

Gasping, Makenna said, "A light. It's a light! My room!" Whooping, she jumped into a run and hurried toward the light. Soon, she reached it and gasped when she saw a room. Whooping again, she rushed inside but yelled when, out of nowhere, Tracey appeared.

The two fairies crashed into one another.

Toppling to the ground, Makenna yelled, "Ow!" She landed on her butt and reached for her head.

On the other hand, Tracey crashed down on his back, and the back of his head hit the ground. He yelled and closed his eyes.

When Makenna recovered from her fall, she jumped up and pointed at dazed Tracey. "All right, Ninja Boy, I'm fining you one million dollars for crashing into me! What are you doing in my room?"

"Your room?" asked Tracey. He sat and rubbed his head. "What are you talking about? This is my room." He opened his eyes but didn't take his hand away from his head.

"Your room?" Makenna asked him. "What are you talking about?"

"Your room is a little further down," explained Tracey, "but this is mine. You're welcome to look around if you want to. I have no qualms about that." Standing, he brushed himself off.

Makenna shook her head. Then, turning around, she gasped when she saw Tracey's room. It was amazing!

Strings of green and purple lights decorated the entire room, and a single, lighted torch was in one of the corners. A couple of paintings, like cavemen paintings, were on the room's rocky walls, and a large, green carpet was under Makenna's feet. Tracey's bed was in the far right corner of the room, and over the side of the bed, carved into the room's rocky wall, was a jail-like bar window.

Tracey's bedspread was green, his pillow was white with light green trimming, and he had a purple comforter at the foot of his bed. There was a bookshelf to the right of the bed's head. Up above, hanging from the ceiling, was a massive loft. Finally, many stacks of papers and notebooks were spread out in the room. For a teenage boy, Tracey was clean.

Makenna chuckled as she explored the room.

Tracey soon approached her and asked, "Well, is it okay?"

"It's great," Makenna said. "I wish my room were this nice and clean." When she passed Tracey's bed, she brushed her palm across it.

He approached her from behind and took her shoulder. "Makenna, I want to show you something."

"Show me something?" Makenna released her shoulder and turned to him. "Show me what?"

Tracey smiled and offered her his hand. "Come with me."

Makenna smiled. She lifted her hand and grasped Tracey's. The second she did, the warm, fuzzy feeling returned. Makenna blushed. She had to admit that Tracey was as handsome as Peter Nelson. If not, handsomer.

A bit after the two touched hands, Tracey flapped his wings and lifted into the sky.

Makenna peered down and gasped when she was outlined by green magic. Tracey tugged on her hand, and Makenna grinned when her feet lifted from the ground.

Tracey tightened his grip on her. "Make sure you don't let go, okay? If you do, you'll fall."

"Right," Makena whispered as flashbacks of her dream reentered her head. "I remember this from my dream."

Tracey didn't hear. He was too interested in showing her whatever he wanted to show her. He dragged her into the sky and took her to the loft hanging from the ceiling.

Makenna said, "Whoa," as he dropped her off and let her hand go. The second he did, the green magic surrounding her vanished. She watched as Tracey landed and started to scout around for something.

As he scouted, Makenna observed his extra, room-like loft. It was just as impressive as his room itself. Like down below, strings of green and purple lights decorated it. There was a green mat on the loft floor. Makenna also noticed that behind her, covering a section of the wall, were green and purple curtains. She felt a draft. It was coming from the curtains. Makenna wondered if something was behind them. She was just about to check it out when she heard Tracey:

"Over here, Makenna!"

Makenna jumped. Turning her body, she saw the young ninja waving her over and smiled, approaching him.

Once before him, she crossed her arms. "Well, Ninja Boy, what do you want to show me?"

Tracey lifted into the sky and held out his palm. "Stay there, Makenna. She's a little shy."

Makenna blushed. "She?" she asked through gritted teeth. "Who's she?"

Tracey slightly glared at her. Then he relaxed his facial muscles and backed up to a rock. Soon hovering over it, he placed his right palm on it and held out his left hand. "Come on, Gina. You're okay."

Makenna turned red from her heels up. "Oh," she angrily said, "right. Gina." However, her angry face vanished, and she smiled when stepping out from behind the rock, slowly and carefully, was a beautiful tern. She had the face of an angel and looked just as innocent as Tracey.

She glanced at Makenna and then at Merlin's young apprentice. Seeming to smile, she climbed onto his wristband.

Tracey bent his elbow. He flew to Makenna and hovered before her. "Gina, this is Makenna. Makenna, this is Gina. I found her injured with a broken wing three years ago, and we've become the best of friends."

"She's so cute," said Makenna. "Hi, Gina." She reached out to touch Gina, but she snapped at her. Makenna yelped and stepped back.

Tracey chuckled and said, "I do apologize about her, Makenna. You'll have to excuse her. She's been edgy around strangers ever since she broke her wing."

Nodding, Gina turned to him and started to squawk.

"Hm?" asked Tracey. "What is it, Gina? What about Makenna?"

Gina hopped onto his shoulder and silently squawked in his ear.

Makenna furrowed her eyebrows and tried to figure out what she was saying.

After Gina spoke to Tracey, she turned away, and Makenna noticed the young apprentice trying to hold back a laugh. She asked, "What'd she say, Tracey?"

"Sorry," Tracey chuckled, "but I don't use that language."

"Oh!" Makenna said. She stomped her foot, "Fine!" and turned away. "Have fun with your inappropriate tern, Ninja Boy! I'll leave you alone!"

"I apologize, Makenna," Tracey calmly said, "but Gina currently is a one-fairy tern." He turned his head toward Gina. "Aren't you, Gina?"

Gina cuddled up to his cheek and seemed to purr.

Tracey chuckled and twirled in midair as if he were dancing. As he twirled, his wings gave off a blast of green and purple fairy dust.

Scoffing, Makenna reached for her head and rolled her eyes. "This is poppycock. Ninja Boy thinks he's a real fairy. Ah." She waved her hand and crossed her arms, marching past Gina and Tracey, who literally started to dance in midair. As Makenna marched, she muttered. However, quite suddenly, she stopped and turned back to the two friends. They looked like they were having a blast together.

Makenna sighed. She was starting to have a change of heart with Tracey. He was so innocent, kind, responsible, curious, trustworthy, and handsome to her. She was now realizing what a bully she'd been to him and Merlin, and it was all because she didn't believe she was a fairy.

Makenna nodded. She made up her mind. She would try to act more like a friend around Tracey and Merlin, not a foe. She was going to try to do better.

Her wings sensed her change of heart, and for the first time, they flapped. Makenna lifted a few feet off the ground. She gasped and, smiling, peered back at her wings. They were finally starting to trust her!

Makenna, however, didn't stay in the sky for long. Before she knew it, her wings dropped her back to the ground, and she landed on her feet, still smiling. In a low whisper, she said, "Thank you, wings."

They seemed to nod.

Makenna soon focused on the ground. Lifting her arm, she sat cross-legged and put her coat over her lap. She propped up her head and watched Gina and Tracey.

They soared gently across the sky, and Tracey scratched Gina under the beak. Afterward, they twirled to the ceiling, and Gina flew into Tracey's arms.

Smiling, he closed his eyes and hugged her. When he let her go, he next peered up at his wings, and Makenna watched as his smile turned into a grin.

Gina hovered beside his right wing, and it brushed against her.

Soon, Tracey landed. He reached up and grabbed his wing.

Makenna chuckled when she saw him. Wow, Tracey loved his wings.

Gina soon landed on his shoulder, and she and Tracey met eyes. They smiled at one another.

After a bit, Tracey let his wing go and grabbed the tern, again pulling her into another hug.

Aw, now, wasn't that just the most adorable thing? Oh, how Makenna wished she could have a friend tern. Just witnessing it, she thought it'd be the coolest thing ever.

Tracey let Gina go and rubbed the top of her head. A few of her loose feathers wafted toward the ground, and the young apprentice chuckled. He was getting ready to open his mouth and speak when suddenly, he gasped and yelled, "Ahh!" reaching for his head. Closing his eyes, he grabbed it. "Oh no! Sensei!" He started to sink toward the ground.

Gina called to him.

Makenna gasped and jumped to her feet. "Tracey, what's wrong?" She hurried toward him.

Tracey landed on his hands and knees, and his wings fell limply behind him. They started to shake uncontrollably, and the young apprentice continued to hold his head and yell.

Gina landed beside him, rubbing against his arm to comfort him.

Makenna soon reached young Tracey. The second she did, she kneeled and repeated, "Tracey, what's wrong?" She reached out to take his shoulder, but Gina squawked and opened her wings, starting to flap them. She leaped before Tracey to protect him and squawked angrily at Makenna.

She held up her hands and said, "Gina, take it easy! I'm merely trying to help him! Don't take it so personally!" She reached out and pushed Gina aside. Then, she again focused on Tracey. She breathed deeply and asked him, "Nin—Tracey, are you all right?" She almost said "Ninja Boy", but then she remembered that she was trying to act more like a friend around him, not a bully.

Tracey kept his hand on his head. In a calm voice, he said, "It's Sensei Merlin. Something's wrong. I have to find him." He opened his eyes and struggled to his feet. "Makenna, Apprentice Fairies know when their masters are in danger. They can feel it. They can feel the pain that their masters are feeling. I have to find him!"

Makenna blinked. "I'll go with you," she said, her wings flapping slightly behind her. "I want to help you find your master."

"Thank you, Makenna," Tracey said. "This means a lot." He waved at Gina, "Come on, Gina!" and leaped into the sky, grabbing Makenna's hand.

She smiled when, once again, she was outlined by green magic and lifted from the ground.

The two fairies and tern soared back down to Tracey's main room, and he let Makenna go.

She landed on her knees but quickly jumped to her feet. Then, with one more breath, she ran after Tracey and Gina.

They exited the room and hurried down the corridor, searching for Merlin the Great. The only thing that was left behind was Makenna's fur coat.