A/N:  Drum roll please 🥁

Ah, we are finally here.
This chapter ;)

The wait is now over.
Enjoy <3

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Mira POV

Today was the day the ruler of fairies would be chosen.

I sat on the rock where me and Gloxinia had first met in silence.

Today was the day my dream would either come true or fail miserably.

I felt groggy, overworked and tired but sleeping wouldn't heal me. The only thing that could heal me at the moment was seeing the results of all my hard work.

I was sad for some reason, I hadn't been feeling any type of happiness lately. It was if life had become all about my goal.

The day seemed to pass so slowly until noon. The sky began to get extremely bright and fairies were beginning to come outside.

I was already outside so I just headed towards where the majority of fairies were.

A surprised look made its way on my face as I walked around. There were fairies flying in the air and sitting on the ground.

There were lots of fruits everywhere and I felt curious. I watched as fairies were talking to each other and I frowned.

I also wanted to talk to my friends.

That's when I felt a pang of sadness wash over me.

Gloxinia.

I felt as if my chest tighten all of a sudden.

Him.

Would I be able to beat him? Was all the training I had done enough? I had trained so hard. It had to be enough.

I began to walk around. Where was he? Where in the world was he?

I finally saw him.

He was surrounded by fairies.

I backed up away from him before just watching in silence.

The little fairies we had played tag with and a couple other fairies I had never seen before were talking to him.

I felt so distant.

I looked at his face and I couldn't help but notice the tiredness in his eyes.

I wondered if he felt similar to how I felt. I knew I would never be able to tell by his facial expression, he was really good at hiding negative emotions.

I frowned.

It was then that I felt a hand on my shoulder," Cheer up Mira!"

I looked over to see it was Gerheade and smiled, for the first time today.

Gloxinia POV

How was it that I was talking to other fairies yet my mind was fixated on Mira?

She was talking to Gerheade and I was trying  my best not to look at her.

I wondered if she was thinking of me as much as I was thinking of her.

The last ten days had been terrible for me. I felt this overwhelming load of nervousness and now that today was here my heart was pounding.

I managed to keep my facial expression clear as I wondered about all that was about to happen.

Was the 'ruler of fairies' title more important to her than our friendship?

Friendship?

No this wasn't just a friendship.

This was much more than that.

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Suddenly, the clouds began to move quickly and it reminded me of the solar eclipse that happened a year ago.

However, this wasn't a solar eclipse at all.

There was a big ball of light that was travelling around the forest. Everyone watched curiously as it traveled and landed in front of Haida.

Was he going to become the ruler of fairies?

There was no way.

I watched as the light twirled around him before ultimately leaving him.

I watched curiously as it traveled towards our direction.

Don't come near me.

I watched as it landed at Mira and a sense of relief hit me.

I felt my heart rate calm and a smile grow on my face. Yes. This was I wanted most.

I wanted her to achieve her goal.

The smile that was on my face began to grow and we made eye contact.

She smiled at me and I smiled back and for a moment, I felt like everything would be fine. We could go back to how we were, her smile seemed to tell me all that and I was happy.

But that quickly changed.

The light began to travel towards my direction.

I felt my heart skyrocket.

No.

Stay away.

Don't come near me.

Slowly but surely it came closer and closer and my smile faded.

I looked up at Mira and I saw a switch in her expression. She wasn't angry but it looked like she was about to break down in any second. I felt a sour feeling fill me up as I looked at the light which was beginning to engulf me.

Suddenly, I felt myself being carried away at a shocking speed.

I was heading towards the sacred tree.

I felt myself become light headed and the last thing I saw was Mira with those eyes,

eyes of terror.

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Where was I?

I sat up at bit as I looked around.

I was surrounded by flowers and plants.

I sat up a bit more and immediately felt a pang of pain hit me. I felt new and old memories flood in to me and the next second the pain was gone. I sat in silence.

So I had become the Fairy King?

My job was to protect the forest and right now I was inside the sacred tree.

I nodded slowly.

I attempted to stand up but I stopped when I felt another pang of pain wash over me.

It was my back.

My back hurt.

I looked behind me and my eyes widened at what I saw.

I felt a smile grow on my face, my wings were growing. They were tiny but they had a rainbow colour to them.

I looked to my side to see something wrapping around me.

My new found memories seemed to be telling me something...

Basquius. The sacred tree seemed to be giving it to me.

I watched as it turned into what seemed to be green tentacles which wrapped around me.

I sat there in silence. This actually seemed quite nice.

I got up slowly and began to walk until I made it out of the tree. I looked up at the sky and I felt a water droplet hit my shoulder. One after the other and soon enough it was pouring.

I looked up at the sky with a smile.

"It's raining."

That's when a thought hit me.

Mira.

I wondered how she was.

Mira POV

I was walking in the east side of the forest. The only sound I could hear was my shuffling feet against the grass. There were no fairies around to see me and I was containing myself.

I made sure no one was around and I began to sniffle.

I collapsed onto the ground as I clenched my fists. What had just happened?

I felt myself begin to break down and tears began to run down my cheeks.

No.

This couldn't be happening.

I just laid there on the grass crying. My dream hadn't come true. I had failed Lilen. My training was useless. I couldn't stop crying as I began to sob. I slowly curled up into a ball as I just let myself go.

I just cried and cried and cried.

The sun was beginning to set when I finally looked up from the ball I was in. My stomach hurt from crying and I felt the cold wind blow against me but that wasn't why I lifted my head.

Rain.

It was raining. I suddenly felt the tears stop as I looked up at the sky.

I smiled a bit. Was it trying to comfort me or something?

I scoffed. I was going insane, wasn't I?

But despite all of this I felt a little warmer. I sat there in the rain on the wet grass. I felt a certain memory come back to my mind.

Gloxinia had asked me why I wanted to become the ruler of fairies when we played truth or dare.

My answer should've been, 'because of my brother,'

but what scared me was that it was more than just that.

'because of my brother and my pride.'

I bit my lip. I felt like I was a terrible sister.

Suddenly, the tears that had gone away came back.

I sat there all alone as I continued crying and the rain kept pouring.

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