I gave a groggy type of moaning sound as I woke up, blinking my eyes in confusion before starting to panic. Where was I? This wasn't my room! It was far too fancy to be mine plus it lacked the earthy tones of the tree. All fairies had their houses inside of trees in a sort of treehouse styled building. Mine was an ancient willow tree that had survived millions of years. Father said the tree was able to protect those who resided inside. Either way this was not my house or my room. The last thing I remember was being thrown around by something...I never actually saw what had ahold of me. "Your awake." came a quiet feminine voice. I looked around but wasn't seeing anything until a small squirrel jumped onto the bed beside me. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to knock you out so badly. I was just having a little bit of fun." The squirrel said causing me to scream and fling it out the door which had just opened.

Invent peeked inside before coming fully in as she said, "Well at least your alright. You had us worried."

"W-What was that!?" I asked, slightly freaked out by a talking squirrel which even for a fairy was unheard of.

"Apparently, its name is Kraken, and it protects the wand you pulled free. Ice hasn't said anything else about it yet despite Prince trying to get him to talk." Invent giggled.

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I stared at her a bit before asking the obvious question, "Where am I?"

Invent gave me a tiny smirk, "Prince's room. He insisted that you be in his room, in his bed and refused to let you sleep in anyone else's bed. I think he liiikes you~"

"Huh? Why would he like me?" I asked, shocked at the idea that a guy who seemed to dislike me could actually like me.

"I don't know but..." she went a bit quiet before she came over and sat down on the bed, placing her legs crisscrossed as she faced me, "Ice mumbled something about it being the only logical explanation, but he didn't say anything else. I think he noticed that I had overheard him."

I stared down for a few seconds as I asked, "I wonder what he meant?" Invent shrugged her shoulders as we thought about the possibilities behind his meaning.

"Well, I guess it doesn't really matter right now anyways. The king wants to see us...that's actually why I came to pick you up." Invent said.

"A meeting with royalty...maybe you'll find your future lover?" suggested Kraken who had came back inside and remained quiet on the bedside table.

"I doubt it..." I whispered bitterly.

Kraken jumped onto my shoulder, turned around so he/she (what gender even is this?) so it was facing the same way as I was before speaking in its quiet voice, "You never know, my friend. I meet my lover in an unsuspected way so maybe you will as well." I wondered who this little squirrel's lover could be and where were they now as I followed Invent to the Elven Kingdom's thrown room. We had more questions than answers at this point and the only one who could answer any of them was a mysterious boy who refused to tell.