I HIT TWO MILESTONES! 20 REVIEWS AND 10 CHAPTERS! YAY! I FEEL SO ACCOMPLISHED! I LOVE YOU GUYS! KEEP THEM COMING! BY THE WAY, DID ANYONE CATCH THE IMPLICATION IN THE LAST SCENE? LET ME HELP IF YOU DIDN'T. SO ALICE FELL ASLEEP IN THE CHAIR BY EDGAR'S BED, RIGHT? EDGAR WAS UNCONSCIOUS, LYDIA WAS AWAY, SO WHO GAVE HER THE BLANKET? GET IT? GOT IT? GOOD! ENJOY!

"YOU DID WHAT?!"

Lydia sighed for the hundredth time. It was already morning and she was tired. With all the yelling, she wouldn't be surprised if Alice woke up her father and the entire block considering how loud she is. Even though the fairy doctor knew that Alice would have this reaction, she wasn't ready for the emotional situation she's putting her friend in.

"Alice what's done is done. If I didn't save him when there was a way to, I would have regret it for the rest of my life. Please understand," Lydia explained.

Tears were gathering in the corner of Alice's eyes. She shook her head and turned to Nico.

"Nico! Tell her to stop! T-Tell her she's making a mistake!"

He frowned. "But Lydia, what about your father?"

"I'll write him a letter later." Lydia smiled sadly. "Keep him company, ok? Alice, you-" she was cut off by the blonde's crushing hug.

"Don't go," Alice whimpered. The fairy doctor returned the hug just as fervently. She only released the crying girl after she heard Kelpie's footsteps.

"Oi Lydia, we're going!" the water horse called out.

"Coming! Listen, don't think of this as a 'forever goodbye'," Lydia gave Alice and Nico one last hug, "Think of it as a 'see you later'. I promise we will see each other again." She then walked towards Kelpie and, in a flash of light, they were gone. Alice stood there for a while; hands clenched, eyes watery, and miserable. She finally snapped out of her brooding when she felt something tug at the bottom of her dress.

"Let's go home," Nico said.

'Home. That's it, then? We just accept her decision and move on? No. Not me,' she thought. Where there's a will, there's a way. And anyone who gets in her way will be damned if they do.

"Hey! Where are you going?" the fairy exclaimed when he noticed the girl walking in the opposite direction.

"I'm getting Lydia back."

"And how do you suppose we do that? For you, one step in the fairy world and that Angelus will no doubt come!"

"I have to try something, Nico!" she yelled, "Do you really think Lydia wants to spend the rest of her life there?!"

Nico sighed. "What about Edgar?"

"What about him? It's his fault in the first place; going off and doing reckless things!"

"Kinda like what you're about to do now," he said dryly.

She scowled and glared at the disguised fairy. "Don't be a smart ass."

"Then try not to be a dumb one."

Alice threw her hands up in defeat. "FINE. Let's see if Edgar has any bright ideas."

"So...in order to save me, Lydia agreed to marry Kelpie?" Edgar asked.

Alice scoffed and crossed her arms. "Don't flatter yourself. It's just in her nature and her responsibility as a fairy doctor to do such a thing."

"In short, yes," Nico said. A vein popped up on the girl's head.

"How could she go with that barbaric horse when she has feelings for me?" the Earl mumbled.

"She doesn't have feelings for you," Alice and Nico deadpanned in unison.

Ignoring the comment, Edgar continued. "Nico tell me, you are able to travel to the fairy world, correct?"

"I know what you're thinking. I couldn't possibly take a normal human to the fairy world."

"How about you, Alice?"

The girl in question tensed. "What makes you think I can do anything?" she lied. 'He couldn't know, could he? Unless...' She glanced at Raven and their eyes met for a brief second before she looked away.

"Oh, come now don't try to play innocent. Did you really think I wouldn't figure it out? And before you jump to any conclusions, no, Raven did not tell me until after my revelation," Edgar smirked. "To be honest, I didn't expect you two to be keeping secrets. It makes me wonder what else you've hidden."

She couldn't believe it. Well, actually, she could. But the audacity and that he was teasing and implying something so improper made her jaw drop and her cheeks redden.

'That no good, egotistical, pompous, philandering bastard!'

"To answer your question," Alice gritted out, "no I can't."

Edgar's smirk grew at the sight of her blush, but chose to quit his goading. "Can't or won't?"

"Both!" she snapped.

"Very well. Are Marigold and Sweetpea still around?" the Earl suddenly asked.

"Hey! The Earl is asking for you two!" Nico called out.

Sparkles twinkled around until the two young fairies appeared.

"May we be of assistance?" they both asked.

"I would like you to take me to your queen."

They both beamed in delight and Alice sweatdropped. "What are you planning?"

He winked. "You'll see."

"Don't go."

Those two words were floating around her head ever since she got here. Lydia couldn't help but feel somewhat guilty.

"Don't go."

She had to. She made a deal with Kelpie and she will honor that deal, despite her reluctance.

"Don't go."

"I'm sorry, Alice. I'm sorry, Father. I'm sorry, Nico. I'm sorry-" her breath hitched, "Edgar..." she murmured.

"I'll prepare all kinds of things in order for you to live comfortably here," Kelpie explained while carrying a bundle of moss. He spread it out like a blanket and pushed her on to it before pinning her to the ground.

"W-Wait! What are you going to do?" Lydia stammered.

"Mate with you," he whispered seductively. Her eye twitched in annoyance and slapped him for the lewd gesture. Kelpie immediately got off of her.

"Jeez, that hurt! I thought humans weren't violent like female aquatic horses!"

"We're not even married! So don't think about doing such a thing!" she scolded.

"Tch. I figured it would be bloody impossible." He suddenly perked up, mumbled something along the lines of telling her to stay put, then ran off.

"Lydia..." a voice whispered.

"Wow, I must be really tired if I'm hearing Edgar's voice."

"Lydia!" the voice called again. This time she turned and was face to face with Edgar.

"Edgar!" she exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"

"I came for you, of course," he grinned. The Earl took her hand and led her through the forest.

"There you are!" Nico said, "Come on, we need to get out of here!"

"Wait! I can't leave! I made a promise to Kelpie," Lydia reminded him.

"Did you honestly think that after you saved me that I would simply go on as if nothing happened? Lydia-"

"Hey! It's those two, hide!" Nico chimed in.

"Your Honor?! Where are you?" they heard Marigold and Sweetpea call out.

"Don't tell me that you got them to bring you here? That would mean you accepted the proposal with the fairy queen!" the fairy doctor concluded.

"Well, they may have understood it that way," he said coyly.

"What? How in the world-sigh-you know what, nevermind. If you accept the ring you have to marry the queen, Edgar. And there's nothing even I can do about it," she explained.

"Actually, there is," he held up the moon ring, "Marry me."

"Ah! There you are!" the two fairies floated down. "Come your Honor!"

"But you don't even love me..." Lydia replied.

"Is that difficult for you to believe?"

"Yes."

Edgar seemed to think for a moment. "Then think of it as a makeshift marriage," he suggested.

Before Lydia could respond, Kelpie had returned. "What the bloody hell is going on?!"

Marigold and Sweetpea shrieked. "It's the barbaric water horse! Your Honor, hurry! This way!"

"Blue Earl Knight? You never give up, do you? Lydia is my bride so give her up!" Kelpie demanded.

"You're mistaken. She's going to marry me."

"You really want to get eaten today, Earl?" he warned.

"Then I suggest we let Lydia decide. Lydia, a promise between humans can be taken back at anytime. And think of your father and Alice. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life here? You may never see them again," Edgar reasoned.

Lydia is not the type of person to make promises she can't keep.

"I promise we will see each other again."

Lydia is not the type of person to lie.

"Listen, don't think of this as a 'forever goodbye'. Think of it as a 'see you later'."

Finally, Lydia is not the type of person to abandon her friends and family.

"Don't go."

"Ok, Edgar. I accept. Please give me the moon."

He smiled and gladly slipped the ring on her finger. "I will cherish you forever. Thank you," he proclaimed.

"But Lydia!" the aquatic horse began to protest.

"I'm sorry Kelpie. I have things to do in the human world."

"Then...I'll be waiting until you've finished everything," Kelpie sighed.

"Ah, forgive me fairies. Please give up on me," Edgar added.

"In that case, please have a son soon!" Sweetpea requested.

The Earl chuckled. "You heard them, Lydia."

"Don't get carried away!" she chastised.

"Well, since everything is taken care of, I'm opening a portal," Nico announced.

As they walked through the portal, Lydia turned around smiled, and said, "Farewell!"

A few days later~

Things have been looking up. Paul is now on good terms with Edgar again and he is finally pursuing his career as a painter. Scarlet Moon no longer is hunting Edgar down as an imposter. Lydia is back working as Edgar's fairy doctor with Alice by her side. And no one is dying. So all in all, everything is well.

"Good morning, Lydia!" Edgar greeted the fairy doctor as he walked into the office.

"Seriously? I'm sitting right here! Am I invisible to you?" Alice remarked.

"If you wanted my attention, Alice, all you have to do is ask," he quipped.

"Good morning to you too," Lydia chimed in before things got out of control.

"Lydia? You're not wearing the ring," Edgar noticed.

Alice's eyes narrowed. "What ring?"

"You haven't told her?"

"No and the ring is in a safe place so no need to worry," Lydia assured.

"Wait...the moon ring?" the blonde girl asked.

"Ah, don't worry about it!" the fairy doctor laughed nervously.

"Well, long story short, I proposed to Lydia in the fairy world and she said yes," he said simply.

Alice blinked and turned to Lydia.

Three...

...Two...

...One.

"YOU DID WHAT?!"