THE SEVENTH REALM: AMETHYST — Your time has come

One morning, as they listened to the other creatures, Skyblue felt something grow deeply still within her. She wasn’t sleepy or distracted. She could still hear the murmur of the clearing, but a silent certainty was asking her to rise.

Aurora stood at the same moment.

They looked at each other.

“Your time has come,” said the winged mermaid.

Skyblue thanked everyone who had kept her company while she waited. She wanted to say something more to the orange tree, the stream, her new friends, but she could find no words that were needed.

She and Aurora walked to the band of light that separated the Amethyst Realm from the land around it. For a few steps they walked together. Then each recognized the direction of her own call.

They said goodbye with a look.

Skyblue crossed.