THE SEVENTH REALM: AMETHYST — The first lights

She told her about Ernesto. When she spoke Feliz’s name, emotion caught in her throat again.

Aurora listened closely. Memories of their shared home were coming together within her too. There were things she knew but couldn’t yet explain; others came to her in dreams, along with faces she recognized when she woke.

They didn’t try to settle everything that night.

Before parting, they stayed together watching the first lights over the realm’s border. For now, it was enough for Skyblue to know her friend was there.

Over the following days, they shared walks and gatherings in the clearing. Sometimes they talked about their journeys; at other times they told each other small things they remembered from their villages.