"You never told me it was your birthday tomorrow. I will have to get you something for it. Luckily I heard there was a festival tomorrow." "Aries you don't have too." "I know but I want to." Aries and I spotted dad and Lucia. "Oh hello father." "Hello Neve. How are you two enjoying yourselves?" "Pretty good actually. You remember Ten Ten?" "I heard she wasn't doing so well. Well, Aries cured her." "Well maybe. We will have to see in the next few days." Said Aries. "I heard your blood was special Aries." "Yeah." "Where is Quinn?" I asked. "Oh he..." Before dad could say anything Quinn popped out. "Hello Neve." "Hello Quinn. We were walking around and spotted dad and Lucia." "Oh is that right?" "Have you seen the others?" "They are around." We'll need to meet up soon anyway. Lets meet up in the spot." I said. "Ok." said Quinn. So we walked to the spot.
Once we got to the spot, we were waiting on Ryder and Zain. Then they finally showed up. "Sorry. We don't know this area and got lost. Someone showed us where to go. Thank you." said Zain "No problem." "OK lets go back inside the castle to our rooms." said Aries. "Yes!" I Said tiredly. "Looks like Neves a little tired." said Quinn. "Yeah. Well she and Lucia are the ones that have had it rough the whole journey." Aries carried me to my room. Dad smiled. "Oh to be young again." said Dad. "What that mean daddy?" "Oh you will understand when you get older Lucia." Then everyone went to their rooms.
The Mistress went to her guests rooms to see how they all were. She went to Neve's room first. She knocked on the door (knock Knock). "Who is it?" "Its the mistress. May I come in?" "Oh yes. Please." The mistress walked in and closed the door. "How are you feeling Neve?" "Well. I could be better. I was sleeping in Aries arms and in my bed for awhile, but I woke up." "Are you having trouble sleeping?" "Well sort of. I'm used to my brother in the same room as me. I know he won't be young forever but, that's why I can't sleep. I probably can manage." "Haha. Yes I remember those days. I have a little brother myself. I was 10 as well when he was born. He slept with me until he was about 6 or 7. He said he was getting to old to sleep with his big sis." "Hehe." I laughed. "Yeah. Well if he still wants to sleep with me I will be happy. I will try to sleep. Thank you Mistress." "I will go check on your brother and the others now." "Thank you." "Sure." So she left for the others.
"Hello little Lucia. Can I come in?" "Yeah." said Aries. She opened the door and saw Lucia and Aries. "Oh hello Aries. Helping little Lucia to bed?" Aries nodded. "Well I was just checking to make sure you are settled in ok." "Yes we are." "Also. I told you we are having a surprise party for Neve. Have you figured out how to lure her out?" "Yeah. I am going to take her to town." "OK sounds good. Lucia. Are you going to help decorate?" "Yeah. Big brother Quinn. I help." "OK then. Get some sleep you two." "Thank you mistress." She nodded Then she checked on everyone else and they were fine too.
The next morning, it was 8:00am. Aries went to Neves room and knocked on the door. (knock knock) "Hello? Its me. Aries." "Come in Aries." He came in and closed the door. "The Mistress wanted just you and me to go into town. She has a job for Quinn and Lucia so don't worry." "OK sure. When do we leave?" "When your ready." "OK thanks." "I will be outside your door waiting for you." He went out and I got dressed.
"OK!" I said coming out. "I'm ready." "OK. Wait for me at the entrance. I have to talk to the Mistress about something." So I did just that. "Mistress? How long do we need to stall." "Oh about an hour and a half." "Ok sounds good. We are off mistress." "You two have fun now." "We will." Aries went out to me and we went off on our date.
'Why are we going to town all of a sudden?" I said curiously. "Can't a boyfriend surprise his girlfriend with a stroll in the village? Plus its not all of a sudden. Remember I told you there was a festival going on. I wanted to get you something." "Yes but....You are acting suspicious." "Am I? I don't see how. Lets go. We have a few things to get." Aries stopped by a few stalls to get some picnic food. He already had a blanket. As we were on our way to the spot, we passed by a jewelry stall. Aries saw a necklace that he thought would look good on me. "Hang on a min. Neve." He went to the stall and paid for the necklace. "Thank you maam." "Thank you. Come again." said the lady. He turned me around, and put the necklace on me. "With your naturally pale skin and blue, purple hair, this necklace would look beautiful." He gave me a beautiful Aquamarine necklace shaped like a snowflake. It shimmered like my snowflake dress. "This would go well with my icy blue dress." "Thank you Aries." I gave him a kiss on the cheek. He blushed. 'He looks so cute when he blushes.' I thought.
"Ok we are here Neve." said Aries. He put a blanket down and took out the food he had bought. "Oh wow. What a pretty view." I said. "Yeah. I thought you would like it. I was asking around seeing if anyone knew of some pretty views that I can show my girlfriend. This was only one of them. They were all beautiful but I thought this one for today." I snuggled up to Aries and he embraced me. I was facing forward, and he was embracing her from my back. We both looked at the scenery.
"Hey Aries?" "Yeah. What is it?" "When we go back to your village, can I meet your brothers?" "Sure you can. You can meet my parents too. When I turn 17 I am going to be shipped off anyway. I might as well go back to your village with you." "How old are you exactly?" "Well I am almost 16 myself. I will be 16 in 2 months." "Really?" "Yeah." "Well in 2 months my brother is going to be 6." "Oh so Lucia were born in the same month." "Yeah. OK. What day of the month is your birthday?" "The 20th. Wow. My brothers is the same day." "Oh cool. If we don't get back to the village before your birthday, I will figure out something. I know I don't have to but I want too. Plus its Lucia's birthday as well." "Ok. Neve. Oh when we get back to uncle Keelo's place, I want to show you something really awesome ok?" "Are you going to stop by to see your brothers and parents one last time even if we don't make it back before your birthday?" "Yeah. That's the plan." "Ok cool. I want to meet them too. When we get to be in our 20's we can see them again. Until then we will write letters." "Hey. Is there any way to send letters that far?" " "Well I am sure there are birds and creatures that can go that far." "Ok. I will have to ask the elder when we get back to your village. Oh uncle has an extra room. So you will be staying in that one when we get there." 'OK. let's be going back." "Aw. Already?" "Yeah. Don't you want to start heading home?" "Well we gotta go get the others. The mistress has everyone else busy." "Okay." I said. Aries carried the picnic stuff.
"Ok here we are." said Aries. "Huh. I wonder where everyone is. Oh maybe they are in the courtyard." We went to the courtyard and everyone yelled SURPRISE!! I was surprised. "Oh I see. That's why you were acting suspicious Aries." "Yeah. You enjoyed it right?" "Of course. Oh Aiden and Ten Ten are here." "Hi Aiden and Ten Ten." "Hi Neve! Happy Birthday!" said Ten Ten. "Well it looks like Aries cured you after all." "Yeah. Thanks again Aries." said Ten Ten. "Hey dad." "Hey Neve. Happy birthday my little girl. Dad. I'm not little anymore. Its embarrassing Aries is here." "Haha. Ok Ok." "Hey grandpa." "Hi Neve happy birthday." "Thanks grandpa." "Big sis!" He gave me a big hug. "Woah there Lucia." "Happy Birthday." "Thank you." "Wow. Can't believe you are 16 now." Said dad. "I know me neither. It doesn't seem long ago since Lucia was born. I was only 10."
"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you Neve." said Dad. "Its ok dad. I'm glad your alive and well. Hey dad? Before mom died, the last thing she said was Another thing and she died. Was she trying to tell me you were alive? Did she know that you were?" "Yes she knew about me." "Oh mom." I kneeled down and covered my face. Tears started streaming down my eyes. 'Mom I know now. Thank you for trying to tell me.' I said in my head. "Neve honey?" said dad. "I'm ok dad." I got up and wiped my eyes. My eyes were a red but not puffy from crying. "Come here Neve." Said Dad. I hugged dad until I calmed down. Aries came over to see if I was ok. "Neve. Are you ok?" "She's fine." said dad. "She just found out something about her mom is all. Aries. Take care of my daughter." He nodded. Everyone did party games for awhile then it was time for presents and cake.
Just as we were getting ready go get the cake out, I was starting to feel strange. My body was getting weak. Aries saw me and yelled "Neve!" He ran to my side to try to catch me. He barely made it in time but he did. "Neve! Can you hear me!" Aries was yelling. "Gramps! Mr. Fox! Call me dad its fine!' They Ran over to see what was wrong with Neve. "Aries." I said weakly. "What's wrong Neve?" "I feel so weak. I don't know what happened?" "I might know." said the Mistress. "Here. Let's lay her on the sofa over here." Aries carried her to the sofa and laid her down. She explained what it could be. Then she started. "After the Fox princess has completed her goal, the body weakens. I really don't know if it because of the power or not." Aries said, "Does the fox princess keep her powers after the quest?" "Yes. They keep the powers the rest of their life. The power is not as strong as it was though." "Will she get better soon?" "I don't really know how long it will take. I am sure she will get better. First fox princess Zee, once she weakened it took her about a day to get better. I know you want to get home as soon as possible but, you might want to stay an extra night." "Yeah good idea." Said Dad. "We will take you up on that offer." "Ok. Well looks like we are staying another night." "You all have the same rooms."
"Hey Neve? Can you sit up?" said Aries. "I think so." I tried sitting up and was barely able too. "Hey Neve? Would you want us to bring the cake here?" "Yeah that would be nice. I won't be able to blow out candles though." "That's fine. We won't put any on." Aries gestured the men to bring the cake over. "Oh my. What a pretty cake. I almost don't want to cut it. It has all my fox and Raiju friends and family on it." "OK ready to sing happy birthday everyone?" said Mistress. "Yes." said Aries. Then they sang happy birthday. "OK lets cut the cake." said Aries. He put my hand on the handle and Aries helped me since I was weak. "Thanks Aries." 'Happy birthday Neve." "Thanks Aries." He gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Time for her 16 spankings." joked Dad. "Da-aD!" "I'm kidding Neve." "Sorry about my old man Aries." "Ha ha. Its fine. Do you want a piece Neve?" "I don't know if my stomach can handle it but I will try a small piece." "Ok I will get you one." said Aries. "Hey baby girl." "Hey dad. Hey brother." "You ok sis?" "Yeah I feel a little weak. I will be ok. Hey dad." "Yes? Mom told me to tell you something. When you were still at the village if she died first. She told me to tell you...." Then Neve closed her eyes.
"Hey Neve you ok?" said Dad. He checked to make sure she was breathing but it was weak." Neve! Mistress! Its Neve! She was going to tell me something and she closed her eyes. Her breathing is shallow." "I know someone who can help. I will get him right away. Someone needs to stay with her." "I will do that. Aries! Its Neve!" "No!" He ran to her side and stayed with Neve as well. Dad told Aries what Mistress Annabeth said. "Hopefully she comes back soon. Hang in there Neve." said Aries and Dad. "Sis." Said Lucia sadly. Aries felt Neves head and she was getting colder. "No! Dad! Neve is getting cold!" said Aries. He felt her head too. "Yeah she is. I'm sure Mistress Annabeth will be back in time."
"Here she is!" said Mistress Annabeth. "She's worse." said Aries. "She is starting to get cold." The man she brought felt her head and checked her breathing. "I see what's wrong. If we don't do something now she will die." "Ok. Here is what we will need to do. Does she have a boyfriend here?" "Yes. I am her boyfriend." Said Aries. "Good. I need you to blow some breaths into her mouth. Plug her nose, tilt her head slightly and breath into her mouth." "Once she starts breathing normally, I will be able to give her some medicine that will help her." "Yes sir." He did everything the man said. "Come on breathe normally Neve." said Aries. "Come one Neve." said Artimis. Everyone was really worried about her. After about 6 breaths, she took a deep breath and started coughing. (Cough Cough.) She coughed up blood. "This isn't good." said the doc. If she coughed up blood, it will take awhile to get the medicine. Hopefully I have enough to give her now."
"Aries." I said weakly and tried to touch his face but my hand didn't quite make it. Its going to be ok Neve. "Dad and the others are here." "Hello Neve. My name is Zack. I help out with rare cases like yours. I am going to give you a shot. It will make you sleep for awhile. When you wake up you should be good as new." I smiled. I closed my eyes again, Zack gave me the shot. "OK. She should be asleep. Now. Someone should take her to bed." "I will." said Aries. He Picked her up gently and took her to bed and Zack followed.
Once they got to Neve's Room, Zack said, "I will be staying here until we know she is better. If anything happens, wake me up. I don't care what time it is." "Thanks doc." "Someone will need to stay in her room tonight with her." "Dad and I will." "OK well then. I am next to Dimitri's room. Thanks Doc." said Dad. So Zack was on his way to his room.