Rose's POV

We spent an hour or two staring at the fireflies after we stopped dancing. A yawn escaped my lips and Keelan decided that it was enough for one night. We got our horses and started to walk home. We talked mostly to keep me awake.

We were halfway there when we heard a sound.

"What was that?" I asked.

"It sounds like a swallow." Keelan said.

We came to a halt as we listened to the sound.

"Does it always make such urgent sounds?"

"No only when it is in distress. I think we should search for it." Keelan said as he grabbed my hand and led me through the forest with the horses trampling behind us. The same energy flow buzzed through me, but I ignored it thinking it was nothing and focused on the task at hand.

We looked high and low but we couldn't spot the bird. Then I saw movement in a thorn bush. I indicated it to Keelan and we moved over to assist the poor bird.

I walked closer and moved my small hands through the sharp thorns to get to the bird. I spoke calming words trying my best to calm the bird down that was in distress.

Once I retrieved the midnight blue bird, we could see a huge slash across its wing that would make it impossible for him to fly.

"Let's take it to the castle with us, I'm certain Ms Mousy would know what to do." Keelan said and I nodded in agreement.

I held the small bird close to my body while Keelan led the horse back home. We increased our pace, because we were worried about the bird.

After we returned Keelan handed the horses over to the stable hand, before rushing off to find Ms Mousy while I returned to my room.

I sat down on my bed while I rocked the bird back and forth waiting on Keelan's return. I was still rocking back and forth when a hot feeling spread across my hands. When I looked down I saw that the bird was encircled by a white light.

It was there for a slit second before it suddenly dissapeared. And when my eyes fell on the bird I saw that there was no sign of his injury that was only there moments prior. The bird flew out of my hands and perched it upon my bed as I stared awestruck at my hands.

"Ms Mousy said-" Keelan said as he came in but his sentence was cut of when the bird flew to sit on his shoulder. He looked at the bird before his eyes turned to me.

"Rose what happened?" He asked.

"I...I...the bird...white light..." I tried to form a sentence but the shock was to great.

"Gaurd!" Keelan called.

I heard the metal scrapping against the floor before I heard another voice.

"Yes sire?"

"Call my mother, tell her it is urgent." I heard Keelan say before I heard the retracting footsteps of the guard.

The buzzing energy started to flow through me again and I could feel my body starting to shake.

"Rose, are you okay?" Keelan asked, but I couldn't form a reply.

"Rose, it's alright I'm here." He said before he placed his hand on my shoulder trying to calm me down. A sudden surge went through me and the next moment Keelan was flying through the air colliding against the wall.

I stood up, but I must've stood up too fast because the next thing I know I'm surrounded by darkness as my body falls to the floor.

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Keelan's POV

As I flew through the air I felt my inner energy buzzing within me. My body collides with the wall and a brief darkness over powers me before I'm dragged back into consciousness.

When I open my eyes I see Rose laying on the floor next to bed.

I quickly rush over to her.

"Rose. Rose." I say as I shake her slightly. After she doesn't wake up I pick her up gently before I place her on the bed. Her skin is warm and it feels like she has a fever.

I hear the sound of running footsteps before my mother steps inside the room followed by Ms Mousy. The swallow sat atop of the dresser staring at everything around him.

"Keelan what happened?" My mother asked.

"Rose." Was all I could manage to say and my mother quickly walked over to her to feel her temperature.

"She is burning up, what happened Keelan?" She asked as Ms Mousy quickly gathered a cloth with cool water to cool her down.

"I don't know, it all happened so fast. Rose and I found that swallow in the woods in a thorn bush with a badly injured wing." I said as I pointed at the bird.

"Injured wing? His wing looks fine to me." My mother said as she inspects the bird.

"That's the strange part, I went to get Ms Mousy and when I returned Rose was pale and stared at her hands when the bird flew onto my shoulder. I asked her what happened and all she could say was bird and light. I was worried so I told the guard to go fetch you. And then I tried to calm her down, but when I did a surge of power threw me against the wall and I lost consciousness, but when I regained consciousness I found Rose laying on the floor." I said recalling the recent events.

"This doesn't make sense. All this sounds like the work of fae powers, but Rose is human, it's impossible for her to have powers." My mother said as she stared at Rose's still figure.

"I know, this is very strange indeed." I said as I took a seat on the bed.

"What do we do?" I asked my mother.

"I don't know, I've never heard of something like this happening before."

"What about Carling?" Ms Mousy asked while dabbing Rose's forhead with the wet cloth.

"The enchantress's daughter?" I asked.

"Yes, she knows a lot about all creatures. She might have some answers for you." Ms Mousy said.

"Yes, Carling will know something." My mother agreed.

"Then it's settled, I'll journey to her in the morning." I nodded.

"Keelan that is a long journey, if you want to get up early you need to go to bed early, as in right now." My mother said.

"But I want to stay with Rose."

"I know, but there is nothing you can do for her here. The safest thing is for you to go to Carling to get answers that will help her."my mother reasoned and I couldn't help but agree with her.

So I left after making Ms Mousy promise to let me know if her condition worsened. I could only hope Carling would have some answers.

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Rose's POV

My head pounded when I woke up. The room was dark and I deducted that it was still night. I heard breathing and I saw Ms Mousy sitting in the chair beside me, fast asleep.

"Ms Mousy." I said and the poor old lady almost jumped out of the chair.

"Oh Rose, you're awake." She said.

"Where's Keelan, please tell me his alright. Can I see him, I now he must be mad at me but I need to see him-"

"Rose, calm down. Keelan is fine, I'll call a knight to fetch him if you'd like?" She asked and I nodded my head. She quickly went outside before she returned.

"Keelan would be here soon." Her words weren't even cold before the door burst open and a disgruntled looking Keelan stepped inside.

"Rose, you're fine." He said as he rushed over and engulfed me in a hug. I hugged him back with all my might.

"You're not mad?" I asked.

"No, why would I be mad." He said as he took my face in his hands.

"Because of what I did." I sais as I stared at the creases of the bed cover.

"Its not your fault. I promise you that I will get answers and we will get through this, okay?"

"Okay."

"Good, I'm going to seek the enchantress Carling, but I'll be back before you know it." He said as he rubbed his thumb across my cheek.

"I want to come with you." I said.

"No, you need to stay here, where I know you'll be safe." He said stubbornly.

"Please Keelan, let me come. I promise I'm feeling fine." He stared into my eyes, looking for the truth in my eyes.

"Fine, but if you so much as feel an itch, were coming back home,understood?" He said.

"Understood." I said.

"Good, now try to get some sleep we'll be leaving in a few hours time." He said before he placed a kiss on my forhead.

"Goodnight." He said before he left me to sleep and darkness ensued once more.

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The next morning Ms Mousy woke me early and helped me get dress. The swallow was still on my dresser and I decided to let it go free. I held out my hand for it and it immediately climbed on. I took it to the balcony door before I opened the door and urged it to go free, but it sat still staring at me as if I was crazy.

After a few useless attempts I decided to keep the bird.

"If you don't want to go, I might as well keep you and give you a name. Now what are we going to call you?" I asked as I stared at the bird. It looked at me expectantly.

"What about Blueby?" I asked and the bird let out a whistle.

"I'll take that as a yes then, well then Blueby, welcome to your knew home."

"Rose, Keelan is waiting for you in the great hall when your done. Your bag has already been taken." Ms Mousy said as she stared at the bird who was now perched on my shoulder.

"Thank you Ms Mousy." I said as I hugged her.

"I'll see you when you return dear, and please be careful." She said as she returned my hug.

"I will." I said before I gave her a last smile and walked out of the room to the great hall.

There was no knights outside the hall and I was about to open the door when I heard my name.

"We can't tell Rose, she doesn't need this stress. She has already been through enough." I heard Keelan sigh.

"Sire she has the right to know." I heard Nick 's voice. What did I have the right to know?

"No, I can't risk her getting hurt. And besides how do I explain to her that her mother dissapeared." My mother dissapeared? How is that possible. I couldn't take it anymore and opened the doors.

"Where's my mother Keelan?" I asked.

"Rose you need to calm down." He said.

"I am calm, now where is she?"

He let out a sigh, "We don't know Rose, the knights searched everywhere for her, but they didn't find anything."

"That's impossible, my mother would never leave the farm."

"Henry chased them out and away from their farms, taking it for himself." Keelan said.

"Then he must have her." I said.

"No he doesn't, the knights did some searching, but she's not there."

"Then she must be..." I let the words hang as the most awful thought of her still body entered my mind. Keelan quickly walked over to me in two strides before he threw his arms around me.

"Rose, don't think like that. We'll find her, but first we need to get to Carling to ask her about what happened. And I'm certain she will know where your mother is. Don't worry we'll find her." He reassured me and I only hoped he was right.
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-Amorie