It was the night of the party and all of Kiro’s friends had arrived. They
were having a great time when Kiro looked worried. He walked over to his
friends.
Weylin flew slowly over to Kiro. “Why the glumness?”
Kiro glanced at Weylin and quickly looked away. “Everyone is here but Shannie.” He quickly flew to his seat in the party room and sighed.
Weylin followed him to the seat. Weylin watched Kiro’s expression. He gently rested his hand on Kiro’s shoulder and squeezed gently. Kiro looked up and saw how sincere his friend was. Weylin smiled. He looked out to see the people staring. Kiro sighed once more. He turned to the people.
“I have announcement to make, dear people and friends.” The room went silent. All eyes were focused on Kiro. “I have been assigned a task that I must fulfill. The task I have been assigned was given to me by Devon the bat. He has come to me and told me that the magick in the land is lost. Soon enough, there will be no magick for us and we may have to walk on land, or find away to leave the land and find a new one. I want my people to know that, I may be the heir to the fairy thrown, but I must partake on this task to save us all. I leave tonight on my quest.”
All the fairies triumphed. They gave Kiro a nod of encouragement. He stepped off the thrown with Weylin at his side. As the dancing began, Weylin and Kiro stepped out of the room. They needed some privacy.
Weylin grabbed Kiro’s shoulder. “Im going with you. You can’t go alone. It’s too dangerous.”
Kiro pushed his hand away. “You can’t go with me. If I lose my place and don’t return by the time Shannie gets back, then you must tell her what has happened..”
Weylin’s expression grew grim. “Can’t one of the girls tell her? You could lose your magick sooner then anyone else and have no help.”
“That’s a risk I’m willing to take, my dear friend.”
Weylin looked at the ground. “Who is going to take thrown if you don’t return?”
Kiro dropped silent. He didn’t know who would take his place. His older brother was dead from a dark angel who attacked him when he stole one of the crystals of Sameryth. The black angel stole the his magick and countered it. That was when Kiro last cried. After his brother’s death, he took his belongings and tried to run away never to take what belonged to his brother.
When he got to the sacred gardens, that’s where he met Shannie. She was singing a tune that enchanted him. He fell at her knees.
She turned and found a young boy, maybe a few years older then her, stare up at her with those dark shadowed eyes. She helped him get to his feet. He was a bit taller then her, but not by much.
Kiro saw how beautiful Shannie was and grew a friendship with her. He knew he wasn’t aloud to marry a fairy girl if she wasn’t from a royal palace. Shannie may not of been from a palace, but her beauty shimmered like no other.
Every day, he flew from the palace back to Shannie.
That same year, she taught him how to survive. He taught her how to use a sword and dagger and fight for her life. He trained her well, while she trained him. He asked for a duel and she accepted.
“If I win, I get whatever I want.” Kiro smirked at her.
“And if I win, I get whatever I want, correct?” Shannie replied.
“That’s right.”
They got into position and dueled. She parried but he was too strong for her. He laughed with compliment in his voice and she shoved him off. She came back and slashed at him, nicking the side if his arm. He looked at the blood and whipped his sword around to slash her sword out of her hand. Shannie’s sword flew to the grass. She flew up to the trees and he laughed at her decision. Kiro dropped his sword beside hers and went after her. He caught up to her speed and grabbed her. She giggled and squealed for mercy but he held onto her tight.
He flew her into the side of the tree and pulled her back down to the ground. Kiro let go of Shannie and she flopped into the grass with exasperation. She breathed heavy, trying to catch her breath. Kiro sat beside her, catching his breath. When the breathing slowed to a steady pace, he pinned her to the grass.
Kiro stared into her beautiful eyes. She smiled with glee. He bent down to kiss her. His lips brushed up against hers. His lips were so tender and delicious. She never knew he grew a taste for her. He kissed her passionately. She let his warmth rush through her and she kissed back.

Shannie wrapped her arms around his neck and head. Kiro realized just then what just happened. He kissed the girl who he could never love because she was not from a royal palace. He let go of the kiss and he looked at her. He hesitated to see her concern. Kiro jumped up and backed away from Shannie slowly.
Shannie felt his repulsion. She frowned at his decision. She had never kissed a boy so loving like him. She had learned so much from him, but he as well learned a lot from her. She swiftly got to her feet. She fluttered slowly over to him. “What’s wrong Kiro?”
Kiro lowered his head to shadow his eyes. “I can’t love you, Shannie. I wish I could, but I can not.”
Shannie drew tears. “Why?”
Kiro fluttered to meet her wings. “I am a prince, my dearest. I must find royal blood to marry. I am the next heir to the thrown. My brother died not long ago, leaving me the inheritance. I hope you understand.”
Shannie fluttered away from him. “Leave, Kiro. If you can’t stay, why are you here? I have never loved and if you must find someone else, then why did you kiss me? Why did it feel like this so called love?”
Kiro fluttered to chase after and grabbed her arm. “We have friendship, Shannie. Is that not enough? I kissed you because I got caught up in the moment. What you felt was friendship between us.”
Shannie looked into his eyes. They were dark but worried. “What must I do? If you leave, I will have no one to help guide and no one to talk to. Before it was lonely. My mother, she loves me dearly, but I was never aloud to have friends. She waits for me to return.”
Kiro grabbed her hand and guided her back to the palace. She gave a brief hug and headed back to her house. Things lead from there.
Weylin fluttered with Kiro back to Kiro’s room. When they reached his room, Weylin wished him a good luck and wish see him tonight after dark. They agreed to and Weylin fluttered to his room, down the hall. Kiro watched him go down the hall.
Then he turned the knob on the door and fluttered into the room. He turned to close the door when he heard a sigh from his bed chamber. He quickly closed the door and fluttered to the ground. Kiro ran to his bed and found a fairy girl sitting on his bed. He walked slowly to find the girl was beautiful. He shimmer reminded him of Shannie. He cleared his throat to find that the girl was Shannie. Shannie looked at him with her bright blue eyes.
Her stare was cold. Kiro felt a chill down his back. His left wing started to flinch. He wasn’t expecting to see her sitting on his bed. He moved closer to the bed. His steps were as soft and delicate towards her. As he moved closer, he felt her energy. It was harsh and unforgiving. He stopped in his tracks to notice her standing now, staring at him with those cold eyes.
She moved closer to him as he noticed it wasn’t the real Fairy girl, Shannie.