Niki immediately ran to the side of the path. Hiding behind one of the bumbleberry bushes that the lane was named for, she sat shaking. She waited for the sound of hoofprints, waiting for her love to leave so that she could continue on her walk.
She had not expected to see dear Faleron on this walk. What was a handsome steed like him doing on a path like this? She did not know, and she did not intend to find out. Just the sight of him made her knees quake. She had never dared to even speak to him.
But then, Faleron walked over to the bush.
He had seen her.
“Micky…? Is that you?” A deep baritone voice called from the other side of the bush.
He had said her name. Almost.
“Niki,” she managed to squeak out.
“Excuse me?”
“Niki. My name is Niki.”
“Yeah. That’s what I said.”
“Oh, OK. Well, I’m.. I’m gonna leave now.”
“Bye Micky.”
Niki galloped away at her fastest pace. Faleron had actually spoken to her. He even almost knew her name. She knew at that instance that she had to have him.
Niki turned right back around and walked through the small, mounatin town of Femo. The locale at which she had been born, and lived in to this day. She walked through the entire town, and finally reached a deep, dank cave.
Inside the cave, was fairy.
