Chapter 4

Lotus City

Waxing Cresent Moon, 7th Bright Lunar Fortnight

NRE 1084 (New Revival Era)

"So... That is why Danny the parrot would always hover around you." Amaara had a moment of realisation.

"Wait. You said, you could manipulate them. So, are you saying that, the way he used to snatch my freshly ordered donuts, pretending to kiss me but then slapping my face and curse out my friends on sleepovers, were your doings?" Amaara was really suspicious. Where did her sweet and loving grandma go? Who is this wily, scheming, deviously cunning old lady?

Ella was suppressing her laughter while Amaara was counting her misdeeds.

"Phu phu...fu..fu..fuhhuu fu ..."

Amaara looked vaguely at the fae lady, who was stifling her smile with difficulty, baffled. She was very beautiful. No words could describe the looks. Her hair was silver and shiny. Her skin was icy and smooth with perfect contours. Her eyes were large and captivating. But.

Why was her laugh so ...

Weird.

Like a mother monkey smacking her baby and admiring his stunned face and then laughing at him.

Well, even if the scene matches overwhelmingly. Why does the laughter sound the same? Awfully same.

"Ha..ha..hahhah. Why is your laugh so weird. It sounds like a monkey. Haha...hahha..." Amaara couldn't contain her chuckle.

Ella was dumbfounded. In the centuries of her life, no one has ever made fun of her like this. Openly and boisterous.

"What are you laughing at little girl? Now that you are all grown up, you have courage to laugh at me? Your wings have become really hard. Do you dare to let me tell you how clumsy and dumb you were when you were little? Hmph. This is the laugh that make everyone smile unconsciously. You don't know how social and popular I was. Where have you seen the world? Humph." Ella sneered evilly and scolded her with a flip of her hair.

"Hm. Hahaha..... Haha. I don't have wings, you have. And they sure are hard. And sure, you were fun at parties. I can tell." Amaara was dumbfounded at her outrage. She nodded vigorously with her thumbs up.

Ella looked at her pointedly and suspiciously.

"Well, let's go ahead. What happens after you get an ability?" Amaara asked after calming down.

"You see, abilities are gained as per your own affinity and nature. Abilities are what you are truly made for. Once you gain the blessing, you will realise the ability in the body and mind. Actually, fae people are born with abilities. But they are dormant in their fragile body. Once you are able to fly, it convinces your power and spirit to hold and control your abilities. So, then after Arbor would help you awakening your ability from dormant state and you can master that slowly with time and practice."

"As I said earlier that nature of fae people is very complicated. They are people who cannot sit still and learn or acclimatize honestly. The law is that once you get away from your world. And start to get integrated with outside world, you start to forget the way back. That means, you have to pay for your mistakes and there is no coming back. The fae world is very detached and guarded from outside world. Once a fae loses his way into the outside world because of his playful attitude or foolhardiness, he starts to get detached from the fae world itself. In time he becomes the part of outside world that fae world rejects." Ella sighed softly.

"That is so cruel. What if he is genuinely guilty for his lost way and wants to come back?" Amaara asked with her lips pursed.

"Actually, it is not that serious. This is the procedure of life. Once you grow up and spend years of time, you start to forget some useless memories and memories from your earliest years. This is the same. They start to forget the way. And the way back to the fae world become insignificant. Some fae people become so integrated into the society, they slowly forget the way. Some fae people have a special attachment to their world and their friends and relatives, so they ask for help to return. And there are multiple ways you can return to the fae world to complete your minor life."

"Oh. So, you are here in outside world. Did you also lost your way?" Amaara narrowed her eyes.

"Oh... This silly girl. No, I did not forget the way. Let me tell you about the adulthood ceremony for fae people."

"After years of tempering and training in the closed seclusion, fae are ready to face the outside world. After the century of minor life, they step into the adulthood thereafter. The time they spent in training their instincts and nature is very cruel. And all the time they are very lonely. No one to share their happiness or sadness. Their makers are also very busy in their own world. Hence, Arbor would grant them a permission to leave the protection of fae world and a blessing for finding their soulmate. This is actually a tribulation. A tragedy that every adult fae has to pass. Fae will say goodbye to the fae world and descend into the outside world. Where they shall find their very own soulmate and spend the life in this strange world."

"So, the soulmate will be human? Isn't it very unequal relationship? Humans may be very weak, compared to a century old fae." Amaara commented.

"Well, not only humans. The soulmate can be of any species. They may be, human, fae, demon, deity, witch, elf, nightwalker, or even lycan. After my minor life in fae world, Arbor granted me the soulmate. And he was human. Your grandpa, George Terence Numen. After descending to the outside world we are normal people. Our power and abilities will be decreased ten times. Arbor is the deity for fae people. And fae people normally have very long life. On the completion of tribulation we shall be summoned by Arbor along with our soulmate. Where Arbor will bless the pair with fruit of divinity, which will bind their souls and complete their physical forms." Ella twirled a strand off her hair around her finger.

"I... I don't understand." Amaara stared at her hesitantly.

"What I mean to say is, that I have completed the trajectory. And now I have been summoned by Arbor with George." Ella faced her squarely.

"He is already there. Waiting for me." Ella whispered.