As the night pressed on, the empress had a wonderful time, having a goblet of wine with Ludwig and Sage, then talked to Colin and Rune. It was great to see all of her friends, and possibly make new ones. She met a couple of Runes friends battle faeries. Roman and chevy, or was it Chev? They seemed like good guys, built like warriors, too. 

She was overjoyed to see it turn out so well for Willow who was now a full grown fairy. It didn't seem that long ago that Willow had been born. 

She then made her was back to the table with the Queen. After she sat down, Amberosia brought over a bottle of wine to the table. 

"Your goblets shouldn't go emptied." 

"Oh thank you dear." Lily replied. 

Amberosia bowed to her, then returned to her mate and Salem. 

     Taking a sip of the wine, 

it was amazing how many of them showed up. Possibly more than when they had the fairy festival a few seasons ago.  Looking around the crowd, she saw that Willow had returned to the celebration and ran up to her.

"Guess who's here." She said to the empress.

"Who?" 

"Lylithe and Soranto flew in for the party." Willow shrieked.

"Front of the palace?' The empress asked, eyes wide.

Willow nodded yes to her, and Ralvania squeezed through the crowd to get out of the palace.