"John, are you sure that it was a good idea for us to come here?" asked Lisa as she got out of the carriage and she sighed as she looked at John.
"Of course it is honey, it will be good to go away for a while" said John as he replied and he smiled as he gave Lisa a kiss on the forehead.
"But I still don't think that it was a good idea to come here, I mean, I'm not in a good frame of mind right now" said Lisa as she sighed.
"And that's exactly why it's a good idea for us to get away from it all" said John as Lisa sighed.
"Besides, Lucinda and Lucas invited us, it would not be good for us to not honour their invitation, Evie is going to be coronated after all" said John.
"I know, but I still don't want to be here, if not for the fact that Stella convinced me and you insisted, I would rather stay back at the Palace" said Lisa as she sighed.
"Stay back there and sulk in worry, honey, you know that it's best to try to get our mind off worrying about Annie" said John as Lisa just looked at him and she shook her head.
"How can you tell me not to worry about Annie when we don't know where she is, how she is, and when she will come back, I don't know how you can speak as if it is that easy not to worry about your only daughter and child?" asked Lisa.
"Lis honey you misinterpret me, it's not like I'm not worried about her, oh I am, but I know better than to let myself worry to the point of neglecting everything else, besides, Stella assured her that she would be okay, and I trust Stella and she says" said John as Lisa sighed.
"Bear with me honey, everything will be okay, I promise you, Annie and the others will return safe and sound" said John as he hugged Lisa and she sighed.
"Come on, I am sure that Lucas and Lucinda are expecting us already" said John as Lisa nodded.
"Mom!!" called Annie as she rushed outside and Lisa turned around in surprise, hoping that she had not started to hear things.
"Annie??" called Lisa in nothing but surprise as she turned around and she saw her daughter standing right there, she would not believe her eyes.
"Mom, Dad, you guys are here" said Annie as she smiled in disbelief, she could not believe what she was seeing right now, when she had seen them through the window in the hall, she thought that maybe she was just seeing things, but now that she ran down here and she was in front of them, she knew that she wasn't seeing things, they were actually here.
"I missed you guys so much" said Annie as she hugged Lisa and Lisa hugged her as well.
"Oh my child, Annie, you don't know how much I've missed you, how worried I've been" said Lisa as she cried and Annie sniffed as she did not want to cry, but she had missed her mom so much.
"Dad" said Annie as she stopped hugging her mother and she hugged John who had been quiet in surprise, he knew that he said that he was sure Annie would return soon, but this was just too soon, too good to be true.
"Oh my girl" said John as he hugged her, it was not like he was not worried about her, he was seriously worried about her, but he just tried to focus on other things to get his mind off worrying too much.
"Oh Annie, are you okay? How do you feel?" asked Lisa as she examined Annie up and down as Annie laughed.
"I am fine mom, really" said Annie as she laughed and Maddie smiled at the sight of the family, if there was one person that she had good jealousy over, it would be Annie and her parents, they were just what a definition of a family were.
"Oh Maddie, you are here too" said Lisa as she looked up and she saw Maddie as Maddie smiled.
"Yes Aunt" said Maddie with a smile.
"Oh come here and give me a hug as well" said Lisa as Maddie smiled and she hugged Lisa as John smiled at her.
"How long have you two been here?" asked John as he and Lisa looked at Annie and Maddie.
"Not too long dad, we just got here actually" said Annie as she smiled.
"Wait, so you came here straight from Caligo?" asked Lisa as Annie nodded.
"Yes we did, that's what the letter Aunt Stella sent said we should do" said Maddie.
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Annie as she smiled, because It was not like she didn't want them to be here, she did, because she missed them and they were finally here, she was just curious.
"Ahh well Lucinda and Lucas invited us over for Evie's coronation, actually I didn't want to come but Stella and your father convinced me, and well I am so glad that I can so I can finally see you again" said Lisa as she caressed Annie's right cheek and Annie smiled.
"Well it seems that everyone is here for Evie's coronation" said Maddie as she laughed.
"That is true" said John as he laughed.
"Oh is Aunt Stella coming? And is Uncle Capi coming as well?" asked Annie.
"Stella isn't coming unfortunately, she's too busy to come, and I doubt that Uncle would come too, since there are some important things that he said they had to take care off" said John.
"Ahh I see" said Annie.
"Annie, where is Curtis?" asked Lisa.
"Ahh well I don't know, I think in his room, I'm not sure" said Annie.
"Did you get your powers back?" asked Lisa as Annie nodded.
"Yes Mom, I did, and I will tell you later, but it's a long story" said Annie.
"It's alright darling, you have all the time to tell me later" said Lisa as she smiled and Annie smiled.
"Maddie, how are you?" asked Lisa as she looked at Maddie and she smiled.
"Well I am good" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Anything to say about Caligo?" asked Lisa.
"Oh a lot Aunt, and don't let me bore you with all my complaints, but it was such a journey, a mostly bad one, I had no magic for six months, six months, I couldn't believe it myself" said Maddie as she shook her head and Lisa and Annie laughed.
"Oh Lisa, John, you are finally here" came Lucinda's voice as she smiled and she walked to where they were all standing.
"Oh Hi Luc" said Lisa as she smiled and she hugged Lucinda and gave her a kiss on the cheek as John did the same.
"I thought that you guys weren't coming" said Lucinda as she laughed.
"Oh course not, we are coming, we cannot just chose not to honour a invitation" said Lisa as she smiled and Lucinda smiled.
"Oh Annie, Maddie, I am sorry, I haven't gotten a chance to see you both all day" said Lucinda as she smiled at Annie and Maddie.
"How are you girls?" asked Lucinda as she smiled.
"Good Aunt Luc" said Annie and Maddie with a smile.
"And how was Caligo?" asked Lucinda as she smiled, she had not had time to ask Matt how everything went, and she really didn't want to go into detail and ask Annie about her powers right now because she did not think that it was the right time to ask such a delicate question.
"It's a long story Aunt Luc" said Maddie as she laughed and Lucinda laughed.
"Well in that case we should eat first, it's time for dinner, and I am sure that Father would be happy to have you all here with us" said Lucinda as she smiled.
"And we are happy to be here" said John as he smiled and Lucinda smiled at him.
"Where is Lucas?" asked John as he could not see him anywhere.
"Oh I don't know, somewhere in the trees I think, the children went to look for him, I am sure that they have found him by now" said Lucinda as she laughed and they all laughed, she didn't know why her husband loved being in the forest so much, she thought that she married a vampire, and not a monkey.
"Come on, let's go inside now" said Lucinda as she smiled.
"Do you guys have any bags?" asked Lucinda as she smiled.
"Only two" said John as he smiled.
"Okay, I will take them to your room, meanwhile, we should not keep father, or rather my father's waiting" said Lucinda.
"You mean King Henry and Professor Sapiens" said Maddie.
"Oh Maddie, these past few days, those two have become more alike that even I myself can't understand it" said Lucinda as she sighed and the others laughed as she could not help but laugh as they all followed after her into the castle.